texts: Is it possible to communicate with a laptop (or other device) connected with the wifi hotspot?

texts: Could I connect a device to my phone's hotspot and have the phone and device communicate over wifi? I'm intending to have a raspberry pi connect to my phone so I can SSH into it on the go.


texts:
I bought myself a new Android phone since my last one died (overheated). So I've lost all the applications.

Is there some kind of download history to find what you've downloaded via your Google Account or something? I'm aware of something similar in Market > My Apps,  but that contains only what you have on the current device.


texts: LG P880 Screen stays awake whilst charging

texts:
I have a phone that when I plug it in it turns the screen on and the doesn't go to sleep until I press the power off button.  Is there a way to make the screen go to sleep automatically like when you just leave it normally and it goes to sleep after 30 seconds?

I have googled and tried most things i have found like checking the developer options to make sure the stay awake when charging box is unchecked and using the original power cable but nothing seems to work and as my personal phone automatically turned off I have got used to just plugging it in and leaving it to charge.

The problem with this new one is that when the screen is on whilst charging, it is so crap that the battery actually goes down rather than charging.  I hate the phone but can't get rid as it's a work phone


texts: No SMS/MMS Notification Sound Sporadically for only a Specific Contact?

texts:
Phone: HTC Desire 530s - MetroPCS Stock Rom - Android 6.0 - Rooted.

The Issue: No notification sound for a specific contact. Call notifications seem to come through from said contact, but SMS/MMS are problematic.

Issue has been present for months. In the last few minutes, the phone has received messages from said contact. The only notifications that did sound were when looking at the phone, but that in itself was also sporadic. Some texts made noise while looking at the phone, most still did not.

During this same up-time, without any reboots etc, I received a audible notification for numerous text messages from another contact, in any phone state (Looking at the SMS tread, looking at another application, phone screen off, etc.)

Listening to any other audio source, or notifications from anyone else sound fine. Music plays uninterrupted even if you tap on the phone etc, so the speakers seem to be OK.

Doesn't make sense that it's because the screen is off/"sleeping" as the d$%n thing makes every other notification for every other contact and/or type of notification.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you for your time.


texts:
I use Iriun 4K Webcam for PC and Mac to use your Android phone's camera as a wireless or USB webcam in Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. It is supposed to support resolutions up to 4K. (Max resolution depends on the phone).
I use a Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 10. However on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate it says that the resolution of Iriun is 640x480:

I don't see any option on the phone:

and https://iriun.com/ (mirror) seems to have no documentation.
How can I change the resolution of Iriun 4K Webcam?

Skype doesn't allow me to change the webcam resolution (clicking on "webcam setting" doesn't do anything):


texts: How do I fully back up an Xperia Z2 phone?

texts: I'm thinking about moving onto a custom ROM, but I don't want to permanently lose any DRM keys. How do I go about fully backing up the contents of the phone before mucking around with it?


texts:
My car is a Chevrolet, and uses the Mylink radio system. It basically comes with some shortcuts (fixed) to run certain (limited) apps on an Android phone and show the phone's screen on the stereo car screen.

I want to run any app of the phone in the car screen.

So, my question is:

Is it possible to change the executable or shortcut on the phone to run another app?

For instance, my car can call an app called Bringgo. Can I change on the phone the shortcut or executable name to run Google maps instead Bringgo? So, If I tap the Bringgo icon on the phone, Google maps should run.

I think should be something like a symlink in Linux.

I have a rooted s3 mini, with CM 11.


texts: Is there an app that can turn off wifi for me when screen goes off?

texts:
I have a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. I have looked for a WiFi Sleep Policy (or similar) setting under Settings -> Wireless & networks -> WiFi settings -> (menu button) Advanced but there is none.

Is there an app available for this device that can set WiFi to turn off during sleep?


texts:
I was call recording , my battery died, the phone shut off while I was recording.
The file is on my phone. It is the correct size. It shows as an 3gpp extension. It's 2 MB so it's there. It will not play in window Media Player or with VLC player. It doesn't show up on the phone itself in the gallery, but it's there in file manager.


texts:
My emulator can't do adb root. Anyway, I can do adb shell and then do su and get root to do my things. But how to copy some file from my PC to connected device using adb shell? Where can I access my disk? cp Mypc/somefile /Myandroid/comewhere ?

EDIT: I can't also do adb pull :(


texts:
I would like to know how to use a Wacom graphics tablet with an Android smartphone or tablet. I have seen that it is possible in a YouTube video, wanted to know if there is any kind of driver or app that does this, because I I just tried to connect to my tablet (Wacom Graphire 2) on my smartphone and Moto G 1st generation (also already tested on a Moto x nothing).

I cannot take my PC to other places, and if the tablet worked on the smartphone that would be much more practical.


texts: My HTC One X erased everything on the phone by itself. i lost everything from contacts to pictures to music, everything's gone! I have no back ups! Please, how can I restore everything back? All my important things are gone please!


texts: Allowing requests for Google Voice Search with a Bluetooth headset when the device is locked?

texts:
I enabled

  Allow requests with device locked
  For Bluetooth devices
  For wired headsets

in Settings for Google Voice search.

However, none of my devices ( Sky Vega racer3 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1)
seems to be responsive to "Okay Google" using either a wired headset or my bluetooth headset.

Both of my devices respond correcctly to "Okay Google" with or without any bluetooth devices or wired headsets when the device is not locked.

None of my devices has a lock screen.

Ultimately, what I want to do is to be able to send Hangouts messages or ask for the time while I'm riding my bicycle without having to pull my cellphone out of the pocked and turn on the screen.


texts: I want to remove the root, i.e. unroot the phone Nexus 4. The automatic factory image downloader using Nexus toolkit takes ages (for some reason). I also read somewhere that updating your rooted phone removes the root. So How do I update a rooted android in order to remove the root?


texts: Mac Fails to recognize my Android phone through USB

texts:
I installed ADB via homebrew but running adb devices returns an empty list. I also tried system_profiler SPUSBDataType but I still fail to find my device here. I don't have EasyUSBTethering issues on my system. After connecting to my iMac, my cell phone starts charging, but fails to start USB debugging even though I have turned both "Develop Mode" and "USB Debugging" on. The version of my MacOS is 10.14.4.

There is no problem with the cable because I can USB Debug with it on my PC.

I know this situation seems awkward. Any possibility is welcomed and please feel free for requesting more relevant information about my devices. Thank you in advance!


texts: All the 'msgstore' in the database of Whatsapp are not being restored

texts: I recently got a new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and installed Whatsapp in it. I had a previous backup of Whatsapp from my Note 4 so I copied the same from the old phone to the new one. But when I installed Whatsapp and tried to restore all the old chats, it did not restore all of them. The 'database' folder has all the 'msgstore' of all those dates that I want to restore. Need help.


texts: looking for a stable gaming custom ROM for Xperia Neo V

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

Gingerbread seems to be better in gaming on my device. I will really appreciate it if someone could point me to a stable custom rom built with gaming in mind


texts: Cannot delete hundreds of duplicate contacts

texts:
I have a Google account and a MS Exchange account (Outlook). There are multiple instances of hundreds of duplicate contacts for a single name; e.g. John Smith. They are in "not assigned" groups. If i go into contacts and delete all 200-400 of them, they all reappear in a couple of hours.

They take up so much space; there are thousands of them.

I very much appreciate your help and ideas.

I"m using a Galaxy S3, v4.4.2.


texts: my phone was stolen last day and its switched off now , is there any way to get my contacts back?

texts: my phone was stolen last day and its switched off now , is there any way to get my contacts back ? There is a screen lock with numbers, can anyone access the phone without formatting the phone . If they format all the datas will be lost right? And als can I block my memmory card by an means ?


texts: Why don't any of the files on my Android tablet show up on my computer when I connect my computer with my Android tablet through USB?

texts:
The computer (Windows 7) recognizes the tablet but I can't see anything when I click on the "drive" corresponding to the tablet.

I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad tablet.


texts: Google Maps constantly requesting location

texts:
I'm running LBP Privacy Guard, and every 30 minutes or so I get a warning that Google Maps is trying to request my location.

Why is this, and how can I prevent this?


texts: Why external microphone doesnt work on some Androids (like LG G5)

texts:
I want to solve the problem with new Android phone (I use LG G5; and Motorola-Turbo2 too, but i dont care about it).

I use two kinds of microhpones (4 pin) :

=========== Wired =========

This mic actually has only 2 working wires (3rd an 4th rings connected to MIC board). Top 1st and 2nd rings are just empty.

=========== Wireless =========

==== Problem ===

I can use WIRED mic perfectly with LG, but not with MOTOROLA (MOTOROLA cant see that as "mic", thus doesnt get any voice from it).

However, I tried to use Wireless microphone system with LG, it cant obtain voice (i have tried all ways), but MOTOROLA works with appliance perfectly.

As you know, the receiver outputs audio exactly on the same 3rd and 4th rings, but in addition, it adds some electrical power too, as a person is able to hear it softly in speakers (as opposed to WIRED microphone, which doesnt output anythig if something doesnt powers it)

Addition: I am a bit technician and tried to manually cut wires &  connect lines with each other, to every possible combination, but in none of the case the LG worked with the applicance...

p.s. I dont think that it matters whether 3rd or in 4th ring is "ground", because when I have exchanged 3rd and 4rd (ground & microphone) wires, it didnt matter for phones. They are working the same way, only with "beloved" types...


texts: Restore the default Android settings app

texts:
We just got a new Android smartphone. It is an LG L1 II E410i. The provider is HOT mobile.

The phone's default language is Hebrew, and I can't seem to change it. The normal Android settings app is not available - they seem to have replaced it with their own.

Is it possible to get the settings app back?


texts: I can't see my device in Android adb list

texts:
I have LG G3 with android 5.0 lollipop and I want to connect it to my laptop with windows 8.1 OS (For using unity remote).

When I connect my phone I can access to storage but I can't see my device in adb.exe. I tried many solution like this and this but nothing work for me.

For now in developer mode I checked  these:

Stay awake
USB debugging
Allow mock locations

And I installed the driver from lg website. This is output for adb usb command:

shell@g3:/ $ adb usb
adb usb
error: device not found

Actually I really confused because I think it recognize my device and show g3 name but I don't know why it can't show my device name in attached device!!!

This is windows command prompt screenshot:

Without lg driver installed, my device in device manager is like image below and when I try to update the driver using Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver it say: Windows could not find driver software for your device

And when I install lg driver, my device is like image below and again i can't update driver and it say: Windows has determine the driver software for your device is up to date


texts: Greenify and BootManager in Xposed Modules for Lollipop 5.0.1

texts:
I installed the latest Xposed Framework(alpha) module for lollipop and all its modules are working fine. But am not able to run modules like Greenify and Bootmanager which I use frequently. Is there any workaround to solve this issue ?

I tried reinstalling the Framework and am still stuck.


texts: Could I use my phone to scan or image myself?

texts: Could I use my phone or tablet to create an image rendering of my body that I could use to quantify body metrics like waist size, inseam, etc?


texts: What is the meaning of the fan shaped area behind my current position in those gps applications

texts: In osmand and other gps navigation applications, my current position is shown as a spot with a certain radius, the radius shows the accuracy of my position, sometimes there is a fan shaped area in that spot, what does that mean?


texts:
This question doesn't seem to have been asked here before, although the exact opposite question (get Windows notifications in Android) has been asked.

I'm thinking here of getting notifications in Windows from (pretty much) all Android apps, and not from a tiny subset of apps (e.g. messaging apps).

There used to be a way to get app notifications through Cortana, but that was disabled in 2018 and still has not been enabled either in Cortana or in any other product offered by Microsoft. Is there some other way to do it?


texts:
I have lost my phone (Huawei Mate 9) recently. Unfortunately, I didn't have any backup from my contact. Now I use a Huawei P8 Lite. I see my contact in Telegram app and sync with my phone, but I can't use the telegram's contacts because they are read-only and I can only see them.

I looked up for a solution on the web, but I couldn't find any solution. Is there any way of using Telegram's contact or backup the?


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Plus (GT-I9003) that is stuck in a boot loop. It is running the stock Samsung firmware (Android 2.3.5). I want to recover the data (specifically of the Memo application) from the device. I can boot into recovery mode and then connect via adb shell, but I'm not allowed to read /data:

$ ls -l /
(...)
drwxrwx--x root     root              1970-01-01 00:00 data
$ id
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1009(mount),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet)
$ su
su: permission denied

How can I backup /data from this phone?


texts: Emulate tsu when the device su binary doesn't support command as a parameter

texts:
The stock su binary from the semi-officially rooted Meizu smartphone (Android 7, Flyme 7) does not support passing commands as parameters (--c option) so tsu fails with an error "invalid option -- c".
I'm trying to emulate the actions that tsu performs with a script that I manually should start after executing the su binary. The debug output of tsu revealed the environment variables and its values that tsu tried to set so I prepared the following script with them and I start the script with the source alias (in order to preserve the changes for the current session)
export PATH=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin:/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/applets:/system/bin:/system/xbin:/sbin:/sbin/bin
export ANDROID_DATA=/data
export TMPDIR=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.suroot/.tmp
export PREFIX=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr
export TERM=xterm-256color
export LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec.so
export ANDROID_ROOT=/system
export HOME=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.suroot

Is this the correct way to emulate tsu actions for termux to work correctly from the superuser? I see that some apps I installed from the general termux user work (mc, nano), but I suspect I can face an unexpected issue in the future. Probably there's a more suitable way to achieve the same effect (when the su binary is too basic)?


texts: Deleted mobile number keeps returning Galaxy S4

texts:
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S4, running ICS.

I keep my details including my own mobile number in my contacts.

Whenever I go to look at it, there's another number included (I think it's one I had a while ago) which makes it hard for me to remember which is mine!

I've checked my Google account and that only has one number for me.

I delete the number, but if I check a few days later it's back - any suggestions how I remove the number?


texts: Why does Adaway want to install a self signed certificate?

texts: In the preferences for the ad-blocker Adaway, it has option to "Install self-signed certificate". What exactly does this do and what are the risks involved?


texts:
I need to use commands like iwconfig in Android, I know I have to install the wireless tools because they are not in Android by default, The problem is that I have just seen 3 chinesse tutorials that makes no sense when I translate them, and a link that downloads a directory with Android wireless tools, but I don't know what to do to get them into my device and use them.

Any help would be apreciated.


texts:
Note: I have researched this online, but none of the answers seem to work.

Currently, my honor 6X does not make any alarm sound. Obviously, this can lead to some predictable problems. I've made sure of the following:

My volume, ringer, alarm, and calls are all turned to max.
My regular volume works perfectly
I am using the default clock app
I deleted all my alarms and tried again, to no avail
My phone was restarted (I do not want to do a factory restart unless that is the only possible solution)
The alarm pops up, but has no sound
I gave clock priority over other apps and gave it all the permissions possible
I've tried different alarm sounds and reset it to the default
I have turned off Bluetooth
I have cleared all other apps
I have turned off the Android given task manager
I have no other clock apps
Although, my phone is rooted, but for over a year now, and have only encountered this problem very recently, so I think I can cross that off my list.

I am completely lost now on what to do, I have basically tried everything possible. So how in the world can I get this to work? Any opinion or idea would be greatly appreciated


texts:
When I follow links about rooting the Kindle Fire HD, I have the impression its not possible with the latest versions?

I have one bough just now, July 2013.
Can I do it?

(The main issue is Google Play)


texts: Available space is more than total space on the memory card

texts:
I recently purchased a 16 GB memory card. But my android shows available space is more than Total Space and when I try to install a new app it says insufficient memory.

Total space: 8GB.
Available space: 13.88
Device: Swipe Elite 2
Android Version: 5.1

What's wrong here?


texts: How to copy 2GB video from Samsung Galaxy Orbit running Android 9 to Windows 10?

texts:
I recorded a nearly 2GB video of my kid at an event. Now I'm unable to transfer it to Windows 10:

I can email pictures from my phone via gmail, but it won't do it with the large file.
When I connect the phone to the computer with a USB cable, I don't see the phone as a drive.
I tried the Microsoft's "Your Phone Companion", but they won't connect.
I found something about uploading the file to Google Drive, but several hours later it still says "preparing to upload file".

Apparently there's something called "MTP" which if enabled would allow a sort of managed file transfer. But all the steps I've seen for enabling it lead to dead ends on my Samsung Galaxy Orbit running Android 9.0; if it's there, maybe it requires different steps to enable it than I've seen.

Any suggestions??


texts:
I have a Transformer Prime TF201 which I sit next to my main pc to display a webpage that shows stats about the systems I work on.

However this page is a bit rubbish for updating and will time out and log off and generally just not work all that well (its a home made iframe that just shows data from other sites).

On a windows system elsewhere I used a line of VBS to, effectively, hit F5 every 30 seconds and this basically resolved all the issues.

Can anyone think of a way to do this on Android?


texts: where does the work profile app data stored? how to access them?

texts:
I am using Total Commander to view files in phone storage.
I only see emulated/0
I need to view and modify files in work profile...
any adb command I can use or tool ?


texts: Backing up everything on my kindle fire with ubuntu before installing firefirefire, can't get past Hellions with blue flames when rooting

texts:
I'm trying to follow this post in order to install firefirefire on my kindle fire:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369405&page=1

I'm at the part at the beginning of the guide that has me back up everything:

  This will back up all partitions and the hidden NVRAM data. If you
  ever have to restore from scratch, you can get fastboot to write a new
  partition table and then fastboot in these backups Need >8GB local
  free, and adb installed and able to get a shell. Root not required so
  you can do this on a fresh out-of-the-box KF. Make a new directory to
  store the dump files and cd into it. Get and copy zergRush into the
  directory. You must use zergRush even if you're rooted!!! We need adb
  running as root for this to work. Then run in a terminal

adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush
#(if you've already rooted, or the next command says "permission denied", you may have to do:)
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh /data/local/tmp/sh
adb shell /data/local/tmp/zergRush
for F in `seq 1 12`; do adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p$F; done
adb shell idme ? > nvram.txt

So I go into root mode in ubuntu with

sudo -i

My kindle fire is plugged in to my computer via USB, and the kindle fire's display shows the "You can now transfer files from your computer to Kindle" screen with the Disconnect button.

I execute the first command:

adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp

This returns:

565 KB/s (23060 bytes in 0.039s)

I execute the second command without error:

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush

I execute the third command without error:

adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh /data/local/tmp/sh

Then I execute the next command:

adb shell /data/local/tmp/zergRush

And this returns:

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00000118
[*] Scooting ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !

Which indicates that the rooting has failed, so the next commands also fail. I'd appreciate any help.


texts: Dismiss voicemail notification when you can't call voicemail

texts: I have gotten a notification that I have 1 new voice message. However, I am in a different country right now and would rather not pay an exorbitant amount of money to call my voicemail just to dismiss the notification. Is there a way I can remove it without calling voicemail? I have tried restarting the phone and swiping the notify away, but it's a pretty persistent notification.


texts: I have checked with few USB Otg checkers it said there are Apr are present in mobile. But i could not able to connect Pendrive. Many entry levels phones also have this feature. But this is recently launched metal body phone.  I really wondered why this feature is not present. Any way to enable this?


texts: HTC-Desire-HD Calls go to answer phone if emails / data is updating

texts:
a customer of mine has a HTC-Desire-HD that when Data is updating be it emails, weather or any other data app the customer can not receive any voice calls as they go straight to answerphone..

Data turned off the calls work no problem.

If the phone is ont he home screen or other menu screen the phone calls are fine.

only when data is in use does the call go to answerphone.

Any tips??


texts: How do I Change the Font Text Style in Sony Experia M without rooting phone?

texts: I want to change the default font style on Sony xperia M without rooting my phone. How do I do this?


texts: How to set everything to silent except the alarm clock [7.1.1 Nougat]

texts:
Does anybody  know how to set everything to silent except the alarm clock? In priority only, and alarms only mode, both calendar reminders and alarm clock notifications make the phone vibrate. If I set it to full silent both are silenced.

Currently I'm using the business calendar app

I'd like to configure the calendar to only notificate in priority mode and not in alarms only mode.

(The problem I'm having is full day calendar appointments make my phone vibrate at midnight.)


texts: How to download unsupported files from the default browser?

texts:
When I try to download an SVG through the default browser (eg, by clicking on the image on a Wikipedia illustration - despite the .svg extension, that page is actually showing a PNG preview), the 'Downloads' says, 'Cannot download. The content is not supported on the phone'.

I tried installing a SVG editor, thinking then the phone would figure out I could view SVGs, but no luck.

[ETA: Is it a mistake by this program that it hasn't registered itself on my phone as a .svg handler?]

Luckily Firefox displays SVGs natively, but still, there should be a way to download files even if the phone "thinks" it can't display it! Any ideas?

Running Froyo on Samsung Galaxy S.


texts: Prevent phone auto-connect to a specific wifi connection, without forgetting that connection

texts:
The feature I am looking for exist on MIUI rom and samsung roms:

Similar question were asked before:
This from 2015 has an answer about Samsung and MIUI roms only.

Answers to this and this question  (both from 2013) offer workarounds.

An answer to this question suggested to use Wi-fi Ruller which unfortunately is not supported anymore.

It looks like the questions are rather old, and a simple, straight forward direct solution is yet to be found.


texts:
How can I enable home screen rotation of Google Nexus 5(stock) with root enabled?

I've found launcher.force_enable_rotation=true, but it doesn't worked... Anything similar for Google Nexus 5?


texts: How to stop my phone from annoying me with software updates?

texts:
I'm getting constant notifications that a new software-update is available for my phone.

It's a motorola on android 7 and i do not want the software-update. I was getting notifications all day getting to the point where it's so aggressive I'd rename my phone to an "updates pager".

I did the following:

1) Tap build number 7 times to enable developer mode
2) Settings -> Developer Options -> Disable Automatic System Updates

And ever since the notifications per se stopped, but the phone still constantly (without the notification tho!) shows an activity (entire screen) telling me that there's a new software update.

Can someone help me to end my misery? The phone is not rooted. All stock.


texts: Galaxy Note 1 - Hangs on start up screen

texts:
This is the most tragedic thing ever happened to any of my electronic devices...

My phone was dead (naturally) battery charge was zero as I was outside waiting for a friend.
I wanted to charge it for couple of minutes
I went to Samsung Centre
The staff showed me a charger cable and asked me to charge there. (point A)
Phone was charging
Not more than 2 minutes, another staff came and asked me to connect to the negibouring laptop, where it had the charger cable connected (point B)
I disconnect from point A and connected to point B. Phone was charging and I started the phone. The was started normally yet battery was very low. (within the first 5 minutes) I shut it down.
She came back again and asked me to disconnect from the laptop (point B) as she has another customer who needs to use the laptop
So I disconnected from point B and connected back to point A. After 5 more minutes, I saw the charging green bar has increased. So I started the phone. Now phone hanged on the start up screen and keep showing "SAMSUNG"............

Then I asked them why has happened, they said sorry let us recover your phone, your phone has a problem. From the day I bought, I didn't have any issues with my phone and had been using it for year. Phone is up to date and well taken care.

This whole issue has occured due to the fact that Samsung staff asked me to connect my phone to the laptop which automatically upgrades softwares and while upgrading the softwares she disconnected my phone.

They refused to help me by at least giving me back my data. So can someone please help me with proven steps to connect to the kernal and recover my data back?
And I have never connected this phone to a kernal.

I don't know how possible that is either.
I saw this. But I have zero understanding what he is talking about ODIN, DOWNLOAD MODE...However if someone can guide me with the steps, I can manage it.


texts:
I have a motorola-moto-g which has a broken power button. I tried to fix my button by gluing it but now it seems that the button connection is somehow isolated and unworking completely, similar to that of this post. Now I need to find a workaround for being able to power my phone up if it shuts down.

I've researched about remapping volume buttons but most of what I've seen seem to work only on already powered up devices. I believe what I need is a lower level remapping. How can I remap volume up button so that it acts completely like the power button?


texts:
I've installed Adobe Air, and I have a few AIR apps that I have built over time and am curious to see how they will look running on the device, but am not clear on how to install them.

I uploaded the app to the phone but clicking on the .air file doesn't provoke an installation process, instead, it just opens the browser and attempts to display it (and fails, obviously).

What to to do?


texts: How can I use Whatsapp without scanning any QR code?

texts: My phone is broken, and I need to use Whatsapp. I already tried Whatsapp Web, but it is asking for me to scan a QR code, which I can't. Is there any other way to access my Whatsapp account through my PC with the help of an OTP or something?


texts: Optimizing battery life via colour schemes

texts:
I have been looking for a way to change everything on my phone to black (and pure green), since the screen is the main power consumer.

  "the Green OLEDs provide 10 times more Brightness per watt than Blue OLEDs."

Source

Could someone make a way to do this? A perfect theme, perhaps combined with a filter.

I went through 4 themes so far, and they all fail majorly in some things (not overlapping).


texts: I want to update my Micromax A87 Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Android 4. ICS

texts: Please tell me step by step how can i install Android 4 ICS to my Android 2.3 Gingerbread, I am new to Android but i can do this, if some one help.


texts: Can I shorten the network name in my status-bar so I have room for more icons?

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The network-operator name takes up that important real-estate in the top-left corner of my screen, on the left side of the notification bar. It takes up room that can better be used for notifications.

Can the status/notification bar be hacked in some way to eliminate the network operator name?

I've not yet seen any hack in the marketplace for this kind of thing. Would I have to write this myself?

FYI, using Android 2.x on a UK Motorola Razr


texts: How to call GTalk to GTalk from Android?

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I need it badly. I know Google voice is there, but it's not available in India.

Clarifications
Need any good client application (Google Talk / Jabber client) that supports voice calls to and from GTalk users.

Thanks @Matthew


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My Samsung Galaxy S was having an error on the notification bar saying sd card blank or has unsupported file system, so I was required to format my sd card. However, I couldn't format it using the phone, and my lappy couldnt recognize it either. So I formatted the card using my Nokia 5800, and it works.

I tried to recover lost images and songs using Photorec. However, I was only able to recover 3 files and all of them are sqlite files. One of them is 2gb in size which match the size of all the photos and songs that I used to have. Is the sqlite file my lost data or not? If it is, how can I convert it back to photos and songs that I mentioned earlier?


texts: Block all sounds going out through speaker when headphone connected

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I'm kind of new in Android and I realized that all the sounds are going out through the speaker regardless if the headphones are connected. If they are the sound also goes out through the headphones, but I'd also like to avoid the speaker when headphones connected.

Is that possible?

Few more information that may help:

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy i5510
Its Android 2.2 Froyo
I've installed Tasker, maybe there is some way to make a profile to achieve what I want.

Thanks, Diego

Update

As it wasn't to clear I'll clarify for each sound (if i forget any please let me know):

Phone calls: Speaker and headphones.
Notifications: Speaker and headphones.
Games and almost every app: Only headphones. (I wrote "almost every app" because, for example, Skype or Camera sounds in both speaker and headphones).
Keyboard and "touch clicks": Headphones.

Summarizing the problem are: phone calls, notifications and some "random" apps.


texts: Asus zenfone 5 USB device not recognised by windows 8.1

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I have zenfone 5 (A501CG) with Kitkat 4.4.2. When I connects mobile to my laptop it shows popup saying that "USB device not recognized. the previously connected device is malfunctioned". To solve this problem, i have did following:

From control panel->hardware and sounds->device manager. there is one device named **
Unknown USB Device(Device descriptor request failed

Here i have updated device driver it says that "device driver is up-to-date". But problem is still there. Can anybody please help me?


texts: How to check that an Android device isn't being used in a botnet / sending spam emails?

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I've discovered that my home network IP address has ended up on several blacklists after spam traps received emails from this IP address. I've tested the one PC that uses this network, and it seems to be fine. That leaves the most likely culprit looking like one of the two Android devices on this network.

On a PC, common ways to check for botnet-type activity include checking traffic on specific ports, and monitoring outgoing traffic. Is there any equivalent for Android?

I've searched on this but found nothing beyond generic anti-malware articles talking about antivirus software. I've not found anything specific to spam or unsolicited outgoing mail, and common anti-malware apps like AVG and Avast seem to only mention spam in the context of preventing incoming spam (not a problem for me), not outgoing.

If possible, I'd prefer a solution based on checking for the actual malicious activity (i.e. detecting actual outgoing mail), rather than relying that an anti-malware app has its listings up to date.

If possible, I'd also prefer to not need to root the devices, or change the operating system from the manufacturers' (Samsung and Sony in my case).


texts: How to temporarily spoof ᴍᴀᴄ address without root?

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There are many claims that’s it’s possible to change Wi‑Fi ᴍᴀᴄ address temporarily, but each time there’s a permission error when running one of the command.

How to temporarily change ᴍᴀᴄ address without root ?


texts: FM radio for Xperia arc S with CyanogenMod?

texts:
How do I listen to radio on an Xperia arc S?

I use CyanogenMod (version 7.2.0), which does not include an FM radio app.


texts: Is it possible to use WhatsApp Web without scanning the QR code?

texts: I have a camera issue in my phone that it is not able to scan the QR code. Is there any other way to use WhatsApp Web without the QR code, like using OTP?


texts: Stolen phone: is changing your GMail password enough?

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My Galaxy phone got stolen today. Of course I blocked my SIM card and changed my password for GMail (and went to the police) but is this enough?  Could the person that stole my phone still log in to my market and download stuff?  Not sure what the deal is for that and I'm really freaking out about how much this person could possibly do with my phone.

Also about the payment: I never bought any apps (I only downloaded free ones).  How does this payment work? Is that also blocked if your SIM card is blocked?

And is there a way to delete "My Market" account?


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I recently got a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and was using it just fine. I imported all of my previous apps and app data and everything went smoothly.

Then, a few weeks later, I tried to record a video, and received the popup:

Warning: Recording Failed

This only happened with the video, and NOT with regular pictures (I could capture still images)

I've tried:

Taking out the microSD card
Formatting the SD card
Restarting the device
Clearing camera cache and data
Clearing system-wide cache partition
Factory data reset

Option 6) actually solved it, so I think it may be the cause of an app. What's going on?


texts: Can anybody help please? My Motorola Moto G (XT1039) is reporting “Storage space running out”. Settings > Storage confirms I apparently have only 302MB available from an internal capacity of 5.52GB. I can’t now do any app updates, nor does Sync work anywhere. I’ve already followed the standard advice and moved all the apps (that allow this) to the SD card, together with all photos. Further investigation of Storage shows I have apps totalling 3.5GB, and all other items (including cached data and misc) only total 320MB, a grand total of less than 3.6GB. I should have around 2GB free. Why is it not reporting this, and allowing updates and sync to work? Or, what else is occupying the space, and why doesn’t it show me that? What I actually need to know is what can I do about it?


texts: TWRP system backup larger than system partition

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I made a nandroid backup with TWRP 3.0.2 on Sony Xperia M4 Aqua. When I tried to restore it, TWRP reported error 255 while restoring system partition. Upon closer examination, I realized that the size of backup is actually larger than available space on system partition. Available space after formatting is 2432MB, while backup size is 2483MB - 51MB larger.

As I understand, nandroid backup is actually a TAR archive of all files in a single partition, so I can't imagine a scenario under which this is possible. Partitions certainly weren't resized in the mean time. And I am certain the partition wasn't even close to full, because I already uninstalled many system apps using Link2SD. TWRP bug comes to mind, but while parsing the backup archive, I can't spot anything that doesn't belong there. Any ideas how this could happen? Could this be something Sony-specific?

EDIT: If someone finds themselves in similar situation, I found a workaround. I located some non-essential files inside the archive and deleted them using IZArc utility in Windows.  I then copied the archive back to phone and this time restore went through. The mystery still remains, how could TAR create an archive larger than the original.


texts: CyanogenMod for Samsung Galaxy S Advance. Which version?

texts: Which version of CyanogenMod should I use for Samsung Galaxy S Advance and where should I download it from? I'm interested in CyanogenMod 11 but maybe there is a better choice? I wouldn't like to download wrong version so I'll be grateful for exact link. Thank you.


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I would like to play the RealMedia streams at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/theory/index.php/Main/AdditiveCombinatoricsMinicourse .

I have installed the RealPlayer beta but all that happens is that the browser saves a .ra file and then RealPlayer says it can't play it.

Interestingly, they work fine in mplayer on linux using mplayer -playlist http://acstream.princeton.edu:8080/ramgen/blackboard/cs/additive_combinatorics/1_luca_trevisan_350k.rm for example.  The stream itself is rtsp://128.112.131.181:554/blackboard/cs/additive_combinatorics/1_luca_trevisan_350k.rm and I thought Android had rtsp support.

Is there any way to play the videos in Android?

Edit: The answer shows how to play the rtsp streams. However, I would really like to be able to play the videos directly from their web page without having to extract each rtsp link manually using a separate computer.


texts: Any way to auto close Chrome when closing the last tab?

texts:
I have been using the stock Android browser for several years and I am trying to make the switch over to Chrome.  The one major annoyance I have with Chrome is that the browser doesn't automatically close when I close the last tab like it does in the stock Android browser.  This may not seem like a big deal, but I tend to use a lot of apps that open web pages.  With the stock Android browser, closing the last web page will auto close the browser and return me back to the app I was using.  With Chrome, I have to manually close the browser or manually switch back to the app I was using.

Does anyone know how to make Chrome automatically close down when I close the last tab?  If not, is there another good browser that works this way?


texts: Android Apps from Old Tablet to New Tablet

texts: I have a Motorola Xoom running Jelly Bean and am moving to the Asus TFT-700. I plan on giving my Xoom to someone in a factory default condition so that my Google account will only be on the Asus. Do I really need to remember all of my installed apps so that they can be manually downloaded to the Asus or will my Google account take care of this automatically?


texts: Very high battery drain by Android OS, Android System, and Screen in Samsung Galaxy Note 3 running Lollipop

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I've got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900) running Android 5.0.

The battery life is terrible. Most of the battery is taken by Android OS, Android System, and Screen. The moment I switch the screen on, the phone doesn't even last an hour.

What should I do to fix this drain?

(Click image to enlarge)


texts: Are contacts from the Google account also stored on the phone?

texts: Are contacts stored in Google Contacts also stored on the phone or are they only accessible if the phone has a data connection?


texts: Does the average cellphone battery protect against overcharging or deep discharging?

texts: It's known that Lithium Ion batteries are damaged by overcharging or deep discharging. While I've seen an Xposed module which prevents the phone from charging the battery above 90%, I'm wondering if it helps at all, since if the battery circuitry takes care of it itself (meaning, showing 100% when really it's charged to 90%), then there's no point in charging to 80% of the real capacity. But obviously, if the battery isn't that smart, then it's worth it to prevent the phone from overcharging.


texts: How to setup a xiaomi mi band without an internet connection

texts: I have a phone with no internet connection and i want to pair it with a xiaomi mi band, is there any way to do that since the xiaomi app asks for an online registration. Or at least can i use internet just for the activation and then keep using it offline normaly. Thanks


texts: I'm trying to get apps and I have plenty of storahe but about half a second after download starts it stops with no message


texts: Would a full back up (from recovery) preserve all data including installed apps?

texts: I wonder if I create a full back up from recovery, would it preserve all my data? Including installed apps (along with their configs) and my contacts?


texts:
I added a second account in the GMail aplication, in order to be able to send/receive mail using that account.

I realized that the account has been added not only for GMail, but the Market (Play Store) also sees both accounts now.

Is there a way to keep the second account only in GMail?


texts: This item is not available in your country

texts:
I am trying to install an app available freely in switzerland (postcard creator).

Use a VPN that connects to switzerland (I actually am in colombia).

I used google wallet with a swiss visa card to buy an item in the play store.

i deleted app data in app settings. I cleared cache.

Still the same problem.

I am running android lollipop


texts: I have a news & weather widget on my Nexus S home screen, set to show the weather for my current location. In its settings, I have it set to update once an hour along with automatic location tracking. Neither of these things work anymore since about a month ago (possibly the 2.3.4 update?). I have background data enabled, sync enabled, and I don't have any battery saver style programs.


texts: How to add my device (Galaxy s6 edge) to connected devices?

texts:
I am new here and it is my first question.
I downloaded Android Studio from official website then when i debugged the application ( Hello world) i can't find my device , and the device is connected to PC...Also troubleshoot "VT-x is disabled in BIOS" so i will be glad for you if you helped me.
Thanks..
Photo from my PC...my android version is 6.0.1


texts: I've been having some problems with my Razer Phone 2, running Pie.  I wasn't getting MMS messages from some people.  I tried doing a factory reset without restoring any my my data.  It doesn't work well at all.  After the factory reset, and reinstalling both the Amazon app and the Audible apps, they are so slow as to be unusable.  Is there a better way to do a factory reset than through the System > Reset options >Erase all data (factory reset)?


texts: How do I get my Samsung S5 to maintain a stable wifi network connection?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SC-04A), running Android 4.4.2, and it is rooted but still has the stock ROM that it came with when I purchased it. This problem has existed since before rooting the phone.

I leave the phone in its charging cradle over night. When I wake up, the phone is not connected to my home wifi network.

I have looked at the advanced wifi settings, and the option "Keep Wi_Fi on during sleep" is set to "Always". I do not have any "Wi-Fi timer" set. I can't see any other options that might make my Wifi disconnect.

How do I ensure that my Galaxy S5 is staying connected to my home network, and in general always maintains a stable connection to any network?


texts: Is there a way to automatically turn off the wireless hotspot once I get back home?

texts:
I use the wireless hotspot function daily as part of business, providing a wifi network from my Nexus 7 tablet (Lollipop, oem) to other business-essential devices.

When I get back home (alternatively, within range of my home Wifi network), I'd like to have the hotspot automatically turn off, and the tablet to use the wifi network.

Currently, if I forget to turn off the hotspot, I can inadvertently empty or overuse my mobile data, which is obviously quite costly.

So, is there a way to have the hotspot turn off automatically (but not using a timeout) based on location and/or wifi availability?

I would prefer non-root, non-flash-another-ROM solutions but am open to these as well if they're more elegant.

//edit: An additional problem is that work and home are ~300m apart in a rural environment, so geolocation is flakey and the cell tower doesn't change. Wifi presence is the only good discriminant I see...


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Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3

The wireless tethering hotspot name is AndroidAP. I would like to change this if I can.


texts: Android OS 4.0 - USB host mode support for external keyboard

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I would like to use an external USB keyboard with the Odys Next Tablet. Does Android OS 4 support USB host mode and will an USB external keyboard work with that tablet if it's connected with an OTG cable?
(I recently tried to use the keyboard with an Android OS 2.3 device and it's not working for it)


texts: How Does Google Maps Detect Compass Accuracy?

texts:
Modern versions of Google Maps display a cone of various widths for the compass, depending on how accurate/in need of calibration the compass is.

Given that the compass is simply a magnetometer and could be detecting either real magnetic fields external to the phone or calibration errors/magnetic fields coming from inside the phone, how does Google Maps know how accurate/well-calibrated the compass is at any given instant?


texts:
As (partially) mentioned here, I've been using Moto G4 prior to purchasing Moto G5. On Moto G4 I went from Android 6.0 through 7.0 to 7.1.

I assume that Moto G5 is a successor (next generation) of Moto G4. Correct me, if I'm wrong. If so, then why am I still on Android 7.0 or how to trigger immediate update to 7.1 or 8.0?

I assumed that having newer phone = newer or at least the same system version. I'd never expect newer phone having older system version than its one year older predecessor. What am I missing?


texts:
I have a new annoying icon on my Razr notification bar.  It is a tiny blinking symbol that sort of looks like a tiny house with a cloud over it.  It is blinking above the network strength bars where the "x" would be if there was no service.

Anyone know what that is?


texts: Previously my dialer would give me the option of making the call through Skype, or my network. This for some reason has disappeared. It did give me the option when I send a text (of going through either Skype or Viber or network), that also stopped as of today. It does give me the option when I go through Samsungs S Voice and request it to make a call. I have cleared all defaults I can find (I do not have a dialer option - only dialer storage, all other default options are 'greyed out'), I have uninstalled and reinstalled Skype and have tried all the other advice on the forum. Would really love it if someone can help me out! I have a Samsung S3


texts: Add a screenshot as attachment in Gmail android 5

texts:
How can I use a screenshot as an attachment in android 5?
I really don't get why this is so hard, I can only select files from my drive.

To find the screenshot I had to go to Photos -> menu -> device folders -> screenshots (what?)
Here I can't move the image to my drive folder
And no I don't want to enable auto backup for my screenshots
(even if I do I can't find this auto backup folder in my drive)

How can I fix this?


texts: Is it possible to use another system language than the one defined by country

texts:
I'd like to use my phone (CM 11, rooted) in English. The only problem I have is that this means that the contacts app doesn't sort names that begins with Å, Ä or Ö in their own separate section, they're shown within the A and O section. I thought that for example setting  locale to en_FI with MoreLocale 2 would solve the problem, but it doesn't. For example, Åsa is still shown between Arne and Atte.

Google hasn't helped, neither did I find answers here. Is it possible to set the language and locale to different values? sounded right but didn't solve my problem.


texts: Hidden sms message sent at every startup

texts:
My Samsung GT-I8150 is sending a text message after every reboot witch is not appearing at all in the sms area of the phone. The phone is rooted and has cyanogen mod 9 installed.

I think someone at work/at home got into my phone and installed some hidden tracker. How can I detect this and also prevent this?

Thanks


texts: What codecs does the 2.3-Gingerbread Internet calling (SIP) use?

texts:
I am looking at the internet calling options in 2.3-Gingerbread. Does anyone know what codecs this dialer uses?
Can the codecs be configured?


texts: I want to list the partitions on my phone - system, boot, recovery etc. What terminal command should I use? The mount command just lists mount points.


texts: Does Android use a VPN in background when connecting to Exchange?

texts:
i use Android 2.3.6 stock. I am new to Android.

At work we have a MS Small Business server, it has Exchange for e-mail.
With my laptop (Thunderbird), i can only connect to IMAP if i have a VPN connection to work.
But my android phone can get my email without a VPN connection. But that is not allowed in our firewall! How can it be?
Now the VPN has the same credentials as the email itself. This is probably the way it always works on MS small business server.

I am guessing that Android is so smart that it tries to make VPN connection with the given email credentials when the connection fails initially.

Is that so?


texts: How can I unlock my s6 Edge Lock Screen w/o having to factory reset it?

texts:
Given how sensitive the fingerprint sensor on this phone, the 5 tries were used and the phone was asking for the backup password after. The problem is that i cant even remember the PW. I can unlock it using my google account But I can't even enable my WiFi or MD.  What's the best way to do?

PLEASE HELP!!
THANKS IN ADVANCE! :)


texts: Android can't view local content after OS upgrade

texts:
After upgrading to Android 10, I am not able to use the Files app to view local files on my phone. If I run Files and view the Downloads folder, for example, it merely says "Can't load content at the moment".
I've been using the built-in Files app for many versions of Android. But after upgrading to Android 10 it stopped working. I am able to view the contents of some directories. And if I choose / navigate to folders in a different way, e.g.

Images -> Download
Or

Device -> Download

Then the file explorer will view some files. But simply selecting "Downloads" from the menu gives me this error.
I have gone into App Permission -> Storage, but the Files app does not appear there. Inside App Info -> Files it says "No Permissions requested". I have installed two other file browsing apps, and both of them can access all of my folders just fine.
Is there something I'm missing to be able to browse my own local files, on my own device, using the OS built-in file browser?


texts: I can't install or update Apps from Play Store: Error 905. How to fix?

texts: Suddenly (after a Play Store update?) I can't install or update any Apps. I always get error code 905 when I try to do so. How can I fix this?


texts: No matter how messed up a desktop is, you can always format it and reinstall of a live boot. Why can't you do the same thing with a droid?


texts:
I have a galaxy s6 and was looking to install custom roms. Unfortunately, when I successfully install a custom Rom, it doesn't boot up. So I looked online and one website said something about Seandroid enforcing issues. So when I went to default prop.l, I found that line of code. The value is set to 1. What happens if I disable it and is it interfering with the kernel or Rom flashing? I also got rid of all the Knox apps too.

So what exactly is persist.security.ams.enforcing?


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I apologize if this has been asked and answered, if it has please just link me to the solution.

Here's the question:

Is there a way to make a section of a specific app into a widget if the app itself does not come with it's own?  I'm asking for my Venstar Skyport thermostat app, which allows me to control the temperature of my home via my Android.  It would be extremely awesome if there was a way for me to turn the temperature controls into a widget so I could operate it without opening the app every time we want to change it.

Thanks a lot!

Device:

Samsung Galaxy S7
Android 6.0.1
Kernel 3.18.20
Not Rooted (But if it
will help, I'd figure out how to do so)


texts: Retrieve private mode pictures from Samsung device after factory reset

texts:
I got a Galaxy S6 recently and none of my private mode pictures were transferred from my Galaxy S5 when Sprint transferred everything to my new phone. My normal pictures appeared when I entered my gallery, however upon entering private mode, it was empty.

I still have my Galaxy S5, but it have been factory reset. Is there any way I could retrieve them?


texts: In Oreo, is there a native way (preferred) or a 3rd party app that can show current screen refresh rate (fps counter), in the form of an overlay, in all situation (system UI, apps and 2D/3D games)?


texts:
I find more often than not auto correct makes incorrect suggestions.

Is it possible to get a spell check similar to that on desktop where it underlines mistakes in red?


texts: How do I disable mobile data access for certain apps at certain intervals?

texts:
Due to increased battery drain I figured I should probably come up with a solution that will allow me to block access for certain apps during certain hours while the only data connectivity available is the mobile connection.

For example: I don't really care if someone is messaging me via LinkedIn during night time so it's probably better not to check.
Or if I'm not over obsessed with who is messaging me via OkCupid I would probably want to increase the check interval for that app to check for new data only once an hour or 3 hours.
Blocking Facebook push notifications during work hours is pretty much reasonable as another example.

I've been looking at solutions such as AWall+ and although I could figure how to block data I could find any simple method of defining time range for that operation.

I was also thinking of a possibility to block access for half an hour after a fetch, this way the interval will change to a half an hour minimum causing the battery to drain less.

Do you guys know of any existing app or Tasker script? (My phone is rooted)
Thanks in advance!


texts: Wifi works only on safe mode on pixel 3XL

texts:
I'm an happy owner of the Google Pixel 3XL. It's been working like a charm for ages, but since a few weeks, the WiFi & Bluetooth started to fail after a few hours for system uptime.
I first thought about an hardware issue, but both the WiFi & Bluetooth works in Safe mode. Is there anything I can do to fix this without making a full reset of the device?


texts: Samsung Note 2 does not assign received IP

texts:
I am trying to connect a Samsung Note II ( OS: Android 4.0, Ice cream Sandwich) through Wi-Fi to a DHCP Server. The DHCP server(192.168.3.29) is running on a Virtual Machine with OS as Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. A D-link Wi-Fi access point is connected to this DHCP server. The DHCP server sends the IP(192.168.3.100) to the Samsung Note II but the device fails to assign the IP address. The samsung device never had any problem connecting with other DHCP servers. Please let me know if you need any other details.

I've checked it with Wireshark, which shows that the DHCP server accepts the request from the device:

Wireshark screenshot -- click it to see it in full resolution

Question was closed as off-topic on SO, and I was redirected here -- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15962600/samsung-note-2-does-not-assign-received-ip


texts:
I have recently installed this app into my Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The speed at which words are being spoken by this system is too high for me to grasp. Also, I suspect that there is absolutely no pauses after commas and full stops.

I am not able to find any settings too. What should I do? Is this problem solvable?


texts: Backup stock HTC Desire ROM with Unrevoked

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I want to play with different ROM's for HTC Desire (which is still under warranty). Based on my understanding, in order to keep the warranty and still play with custom ROM's, the following steps are required.

Root the Phone with Unrevoked Method
Take a backup of the stock ROM
Restore a custom ROM
And when warranty is required restore the stock ROM from backup

Am I going in the correct direction?. If yes where can I find the guides to perform all of the above mentioned steps.

*NOTE: I don't want to lose the warranty of the phone. I know it will get void once I root it but then there should be options to unroot the device and get it back to factory settings. *


texts: What do the values in "Running Services" mean?

texts:
When I go to following path

Settings : Applications : Running Services

I see:

Other: 78MB in 4

Avail: 109MB + 58MB in 8

What does above mean?

Specially, [78MB in 4], [109MB + 58MB] and [8]


texts: Is it possible to use the GMail "Call Phone" functionality on Android without Google Voice?

texts:
I'm outside the US so don't have access to Google Voice.

On the GMail web page, if you enable chat, you can see a "Call Phone" option which allows you to call land line phones from the web page.

Is there any way, to make use of this functionality to make outbound calls on Android?


texts:
On Android 7 I have some apps preinstalled. I'm talking about fresh installed apps without user data:

AOSP Keyboard - 152 KB
Browser - 180 KB (org.lineageos.jelly)
E-Mail - 288 KB  (com.android.email)
Calendar - 116 KB (com.android.calendar)

Why are these app so small compared to some small apps I have installed

Unit Converter Ultimate ~ 8MB


texts:
I have a Galaxy S5 running LineageOS 14.1.

The device settings state that the device is encrypted.

I set up a password, and select to require password at boot.

I then set up a PIN for unlocking the screen, but did not select to require PIN at boot.

When I boot the phone, it does not ask for the password to boot and only the PIN is required for unlocking the screen.

Is my phone encrypted with my password?


texts: How to get contacts from Titanium Backup on Windows PC - without restoring on a phone?

texts:
I made a backup of my phone using Titanium Backup, including the contacts.

How can i open this contacts backup on a Windows PC so I can see all contacts data?
I would like to restore them manually (or add the missing info to existing contacts).

I would like to avoid restoring this backup on a mobile phone.


texts: My Bluetooth headset (SoundBuds Rise) will play its own generic ringtone when it's connected to my phone (Moto Z2 Play). I just went through and gave a bunch of my contacts custom ringtones, so I don't have to pull my phone out to look at who is calling. Is there anyway to force my headset to use my ringtone instead of its?


texts: Tethering data allowance from phone to laptop via usb

texts:
I don't have a problem doing this, I can use my phone and connect to the data allowance from my sim card and I can also connect my phone to a wireless network.  I can then plug my phone into my laptop via a usb cable and I can enable tethering from the phone.  I then end up with internet connection on my laptop.

That is all well and good.  However, when I click the connected connection on my phone, it comes up as 192.168.0.5 and when I check ifconfig on my laptop, it shows up as 192.168.42.209.

Why is that happening, shouldn't my laptop also be showing at 192.168.0.5 as I am using the internet connection on my laptop via the phone?

This really isn't a problem in terms of using the internet on the laptop via the phone as it works nicely.  The problem is when I try to configure my home router to do some port forwarding.  My router has an ip address range from 192.168.0.1-254, so I can't port forward using the 192.168.42.209.

I have tried setting up a static ip address for my laptop using the routers ip address range, i.e. I tried 192.168.0.50, and the internet stops working.

I clearly don't understand all this, why is this happening?

So basically, why is the ip address on my phone different to the ip address on my laptop even though i am connecting to the internet on my laptop via the phone, and why does my internet connection stop working on the laptop if I tried giving the laptop a static ip address within the routers ip address range?

I have an old phone with Froyo 2.2 and I have a laptop with Ubuntu 12.04


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I try to root my phone but now I get the error Failed to mount '/preload' (Invalid argument) on practially every operation in TWRP, so I read that I should replace the PIT-file with ODIN.

Is this source trustworthy:
https://zfirmware.com/download-samsung-galaxy-s8-g950f-pit-file/


texts: How to block apps on tablet from accessing the Internet while on tethering

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I use my WiFi-only tablet for turn-by-turn navigation.  I either use wifi hotspot tethering or bluetooth tethering through my phone's data plan.  (Or USB tethering once I get a Y charging cable.)

My problem is that my tablet apps run their background updates and syncs while I am tethered, consuming my limited data plan.  The worst culprit is Google account autosync.

While most apps nowadays are wifi/3G-friendly, that is, they have a setting to do heavy downloads only on WiFi, they do not differentiate broadband wifi or my phone's wifi hotspot.  The Play Store app on my tablet would particularly update large apps in the background while I am driving!


texts: How can I get the correct mapping for my bluetooth keyboard?

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I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Android 5.1, and a Buffalo BSKBB22 bluetooth keyboard.

It connects fine, and I can type with it, but the keyboard mapping is off. The keyboard itself has a Japanese key mapping, but it seems I can only select from various western and European key mappings in the settings on my tablet device.

Is there a way I can get the correct key mapping for my bluetooth keyboard?


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Assume you have a call. I would like to play a piece of one song to the caller at one point of discussion, while keeping your voice too in the discussion.
I am using Android 6.0 CyanogenMod with Samsung Galaxy S4.

Edited: According to Media Playback's docs, the standard Android system does not allow the feature.
However, I am interested in how this restriction works.
If the feature works in non-rooted CyanogenMod, then it is not a restriction.
Also, I am not sure if Media Playback's manual applies to the whole system.

How can you direct Music Player's output into the ongoing discussion?


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After noticing that my Galaxy S3 sometimes grew slow after a week or so of not rebooting, I set up a Llama task which reboots my phone automatically every night (under certain conditions).

My question is simply are there any downsides to rebooting a phone daily?


texts: remount file system with "adb remount" in production builds Marshmallow 6.0

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Before Marshmallow the solution of adbd insecure from Chainfire was working great on rooted Lollipop and previous builds.

But now, with Android 6.0 the adbd insecure apk doesn't work.

Question: is there another similar solution to adbd insecure, rather than mounting the file system with :

mount -o rw,remount /your_path

Regards


texts: I am on Android 4.2.1 (Galaxy Nexus), when using Lockscreen widgets, they are always quite small until once drags them down, then they get maximized. Any way to maximize them by default? Thanks :-)


texts: Display slideshow on Android from files on PC

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Ok, this has me frustrated. The good slideshow/gallery apps are already few and far between. But the wanted feature of having the Android show pictures that are stored on my PC, leaves the number of apps to, zero, it seems. I just can't find anything that works.

What I do is I run ushare on my Linux box. A couple of upnp browser apps confirm that they're seeing the ushare, and I can see the files being advertised. Then next, is any gallery app, that can actually access that available content and put on a slideshow.

My Android box is an Android TV box in the living hooked up to the large TV.

If I get fed up, I'll have to slap something together myself. I might concoct a network protocol myself, to give me good control over being able to only transfer what's need to show content...
Any thoughts?


texts: How do I set a device password longer than seventeen characters?

texts: The stock-Android device security settings restrict the length of passwords (and PINs) to seventeen characters. When I first got my device, I worked around this by using Android Device Manager to lock it. Now, I'd like to change the password, but the device itself still refuses to set anything exceeding that limit, and ADM just uses the existing password (despite prompting me for a new one). What's another way to bypass this limit, without disabling disk encryption as a side effect?


texts: How to make an Android device to display complex rendering of Indic characters?

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Please excuse the length of this question. I need to explain all this to help others and to avoid helpful contributors to provide answer without asking clarifications.

My requirement in one line: "to enable an Android phone to display Tamil characters properly".

Elaboration:
Tamil, like any other Indian language has complex character rendering system. Unlike English or other Latin based script, it has glyph (what you see in screen) composed of more than one character.
Android does not have ability to render such complex scripts (with exceptions). My aim is to know how I can provide such an ability to an Android phone or tablet.

Little background that I gathered so far:
To display a glyph in screen, Android first needs a suitable font file.  Android device has a folder /system/fonts which has few of them.  The most interesting file in that folder is the DroidSansFallback.ttf.  As the name suggests, when Android's system fails to find a character in system fonts (that could be DroidSans.ttf or DroidSans-Bold.ttf etc) it falls back to search it in DroidSansFallback.ttf.

By replacing a suitable font file from PC (Latha.ttf or Lohit-Tamil.ttf - these are fonts for Tamil) and DroidSansFallback.ttf will enable to display Tamil characters in the device.
It is not so easy to replace and it involves rooting the device and mounting the system as writable.

In spite of those troubles, even if the DroidSansFallback.ttf is replaced, the Tamil characters that are displayed are not rendered properly.  The Tamil character "தி" is a conjunct of two characters and instead of getting displayed as "தி", it will be displayed as "த ி" without space in between. Though this is enough to read short messages, it cannot be used to read books etc.

From Android 4.0 on wards, Tamil and other few languages are supported through browser as said in Android 4.x API overview as seen below.

Support for Indic fonts (Devanagari, Bengali, and Tamil, including the complex
character support needed for combining glyphs) in WebView and the built-in Browser

The words to notice is "in WebView and the built-in Browser", which means that Tamil characters will be rendered perfectly if it is rendered as HTML content and will not be rendered otherwise.  Opera and other few browsers did this even before Android 4.0 by substituting image instead of character.

I noticed that in few devices that target Indian market (ex: LG Optimus One, most of Samsung phones and tablets) are able to display Tamil properly both in browser and even in places out of browser like in contacts, text messages, file names etc.  To my surprise they do this even in Android 2.3 onwards.  I also noticed that the same model targeting non-Indian country running same version of Android does not support Tamil character display.

This made me to investigate further and reached a conclusion that Android (as other Linux based OS) depends on a font rendering engine to display such complex characters.  The two engines that I came across are Skia and Harfbuzz. I noticed LG uses skia and Samsung uses Harfbuzz libraries in their devices to bring this ability.

I came across many websites suggesting to replaces these libraries and fonts. It did not work and results in freezing.  Fortunately I backed up using clockworkmod and hence I restored my phone.

Though I had explained this with Tamil, this is applicable for most of the Indian languages.

Here comes my question (if you are still reading;) )
Now, far sure it is clear that a TTF file should be present to provide characters and an appropriate libraries (libskia.so or libharfbuzz.so) are required to render them correctly.  Does any one know how these manufacturers are able to provide the ability? I am even ready to build my own ROM from AOSP (Android Open Source Project).


texts: Detect Android device from BLE device (How bluetooth works ?)

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I would like to know how bluetooth works with Android : when you turn bluetooth on, is it broadcasting data that other devices can detect ? If not, is it possible to detect from a BLE device if a specific Android with the bluetooth turned on is nearby ? And how ?
Thanks.


texts: List of installed apps not showing in Settings

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Perhaps naively, I switched the sd card between my phone and my tablet.

Trouble was some of my phone apps has been installed on the sd card and they no longer work, I felt at the time that I could live with that.

The thing is that as the internal memory starts to fill up again, I can no longer bring up the list of apps from the settings screen. When I click on it, it shows the circle like it's working on it but never finishes the job! I'm guesnig this may be because it's looking for apps that were on the sd card which I removed. This is a pain as I can't move or delete any of the apps that are left (in the internal storage).

However, recently my memory went critical and at that point the phone was able to show me a list of apps which allowed me to chose some for deletion, but this only comes up when the phone memory gets critical. So it must be possible for the OS to find the list of apps.

Is there a way to move the apps to the SD card using an app or a PC?

I have an HTC One_M8, Android 6.0 and HTC sense version 7.0.


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A few weeks ago, my phone's APN list got corrupted, causing me to lose mobile data; a series of firmware flashes, modem updates, and backups and restores fixed the APN problem, but now the entire sound subsystem is non-functional.  The speaker and microphone do not work in any app.

Example symptoms:
Dialer - pops up a "stopped responding" dialog when making or receiving calls; selecting 'wait' in the dialog allows the call to complete, but with no incoming or outgoing sound.
Sound Recorder - pressing record pops up a dialog "Internal Application Error. Microphone may be in use."
YouTube - all videos show "There was a problem while playing. Touch to retry."

Phone details:
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Sprint), model number SPH-L720. Rooted, running Android 5.1 (& 4.4) (CyanogenMod 12.1 various nightlies and 11 snapshot).

Things I have tried (without success):

Factory Reset (without restoring backups, just to see if sound works)
Re-flash various ROM versions; cm-12.1-20150917-NIGHTLY, 20150922, 20150926, 20150928, and cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-jflte.  The 20150917 nightly and 20141112 snapshot versions have previously had sound working, so it's not a bug in new ROM versions.
Combinations of the re-flash with factory reset.
Reboot with SIM card and micro SD card removed.
Re-flash modem/baseband to earlier version (was running OH1, now running NAE; have not flashed all the way back to MF9, which is the version that was running the last time I'm sure sound worked, but this was a move of desperation, since the modem firmware shouldn't impact the sound system.

I'm at my wits end.  I feel like with the above, I've re-initialized every location that could possibly be affecting the sound system, and yet, I can never get any audio input or output from the phone.


texts: Tricking the file system to mount a LINK2SD drive as mnt/extsd

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I've got a device that is using the brilliant LINK2SD to expand the system memory onto the SD......all good.

As part of the implementation, the app mounts the two SD card partitions as:

FAT32 /mnt/extsd/179_49

and

EXT4 /mnt/extsd/179_50

Of course a regular FAT32 SD card mounts as /mnt/extsd so the problem then presents itself with some apps that are hard coded to look for /mnt/extsd for SD storage.....apps like Camera fail with errors similar to can't find SD card etc.

My question is how can I mount/trick the system to mount the FAT32 partition /mnt/extsd/179_49 as /mnt/extsd ???

I've got root access, terminal etc.

Any ideas folk ?

Cheers

David


texts: Does Google Navigation Live Traffic reroute during the journey?

texts: After setting a destination and start navigation and my journey, if a new incident occurs and slows/blocks the route, is Google Navigation able to update the route and find a faster alternative automatically before I get near?


texts: Got 220 MB space free but still not able to download apps

texts: I have a second gen MOTO -E . I have 220 MB free in internal storage but I can't download apps of even 3 MB What should I do ?


texts: Android Device Manager lock doesn't prompt for password

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My phone stopped taking my normal password all of a sudden, so I'm using Android Device Manager to set a new password.  Android Device Manager is working fine and allowing me to call my phone and change the message on the lock screen.

However, the screen won't let me input any sort of password to login.  If I hit the Android back button, it takes me to the standard unlock screen, but that screen won't accept my password.

How do I get back into my phone after setting a Lock in Android Device Manager?

(I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S7 if it matters)


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I need to force a selected application to start up each time my Android-based device is (re)started.

Is there anything I can use (configuration setting, external application etc.) to accomplish this task? Or is this kind of behavior limited to home screen managers only?


texts: Can I enable USB debugging and recover data via PC from a phone with broken touch?

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One of the possibilities is attaching a mouse via an OTG adapter and enable USB debug from there. Or just replace the touch screen, of course.
At the moment, I don’t have an OTG adapter and the cost of replacing the screen surpasses the phones price.
So I am left wondering, is there any other way?


texts: Why do I have to set lots of my settings again after a phone reboot?

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For examples:

I have to set Input Method back to SwiftKey
I have to set what application I'd like to use when I clicked sms icon (I'm using ChompSMS)

All these happens after a phone reboot.


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I've downloaded a several firmware versions to install on android tv stick to take it out of its boot loop.

I need to firmware packed as an update.img file and all the firmwares I've downloaded are in the form of a zip file with the following structure inside:

update.zip\
  |-META-INF\
  |   |-com\
  |   |-CERT.RSA
  |   |-CERT.SF
  |   |-MANIFEST.MF
  |-recovery\
  |   |-etc\
  |   |-recovery-from-boot.p
  |-system\
  |   |-app\
  |   |-bin\
  |   |-etc\
  |   |-fonts\
  |   |-framework\
  |   |-lib\
  |   |-media\
  |   |-tts\
  |   |-usr\
  |   |-vendor\
  |   |-xbin\
  |   |-build.prop
  |-boot.img

Note: I'm only showing two levels for clarity, it's not that those folders are empty.

Does anyone recognizes that directory structure? Can I create an update.img pack out of it? If so, how?

IMPORTANT: I need the new firmware in that format because Rockchip Batch Tool is the only way I have to install it my android tv stick.


texts: Google Play not able to sign-in into Clash of Clans app

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I'm playing Clash of Clans on my Android device, and I have already downloaded Google Play and signed in as well.  But when I am trying to log-in into Clash of Clans the loading ring just rotate for a while, but I am not able to sign in and save the game.

What should I do now?


texts: Samsung build number and rooting SM-G900P

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I would like to root my Boost Mobile  Samsung S5. I've read up enough to know that I need to be 100% about the model and software build version before proceeding with the root.

My provider: Boost/Sprint
Model: SM-G900P
Build: mmb29m.g900pvpu3cpg1
Android 6.0.1

I've looked around and found confirmations for this build with one difference, the builds confirmed don't have the "1" at the end of the build I.D.

Can anyone explain the significance of the 1 at the end of my build?

Also will I need to reactivate my service if I root?


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Run the update on my moto e yesterday, and after installation, it shut itself off an couldnt turn it on again.
I got 1 or 2 blink led while pressing power for 10 seconds (this only if it is plugged), it doesnt do anything if unplugged.
Tried 2 min hold power down, power and volume down, and several other options.
Tried several charger, LG, Samsung, RPI2 (5v 2a), pc/notebook usb, and of course the original charger. eft it all night, and several hours during the day.
Nothing seems to work, battery still cold afetrr so much time charging.

A few minutes ago, i removed the battery and plug it to a charger and it seems it wants to boot, see several blinks but the screen never turns on so the phone, after a few seconds it stop blinking.
After that i connected again to the notebook, and the notebook seems to detected but throws an error and disconnects usb.

What is going on????
Any help would be helpfull


texts: How can I root LG Optimus Net (LG P690)?

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I recently bought a new phone and decided to play with my old LG P690 with Gingerbread 2.3.4.

I want to root it using a Linux PC.
I tried to exploit it using psneuter and zergRush.
I pushed them into the phone and gave it executable permissions.
Both tools are failed to obtain root access.

Rebooting into recovery mode just factory resets the phone without asking a thing.

Are there any other options left to root the phone?


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Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4
App: default mail app (Android or Samsung, don't know which)
Issue: I have an IMAP email account and when I delete an email and then check for new messages later, or at the scheduled sync frequency, those emails reappear in the account - they won't stay deleted.

I can't use K-9 mail as it doesn't support Exchange Server and I have an Exchange account as well. The problem account is set up as IMAIL. I don't see any options anywhere to change server settings for deleting emails on the server as well. Any ideas?


texts: How to I find who sent a picture to me via Facebook Messenger?

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I found a picture saved to my gallery from the Facebook Messenger app. How can I find out who sent this picture to me?

When I go to the picture and click on details it tells me:

title: received_123456789012345
time: 13-7-15 8:43
type: image/jpeg
resolution: 450x744
orientation: 0°
size: 19.18kb
path:/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Facebook/received_123456789012345.jpg


texts: I have a galaxy S3 and want to copy the data from my sdcard to my nexus 6 without a PC any ideas?

texts: My Asus laptop is caput and I would like to get the SD card data onto the nexus 6, any idea maybe direct cable between both phones?


texts: Modify hosts file on Android without rooting device

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Is it possible to add entry to hosts file on Android without rooting phone?

I am contractor working in remote and I have to use AirWatch and Cisco AnyConnect to get access to VPN, but if I root Samsung tablet (SM-T700, 5.0.2) then I can't get access to VPN. All what I actually need is to access web application behind that VPN with either Firefox or Chrome. It's just adding: ip.ip.ip.ip jbossWorker100.intranetOfCompany.com

I already rooted tablet, changed host file, but then I can't get access VPN, and if I unroot it then I can get through VPN but I can't get to the app.


texts: Galaxy S tablet won't add app shortcuts to home screen

texts: I have just bought my first tablet, Samsung Galaxy S. Two days after it stopped adding downloaded apps shortcuts to home screen. Apps still work, they are accessible through some digging inside tab, but it obviously is some kind of bug?


texts: An image couldn't be downloaded on messenger

texts:
This is not the same question as  the ones already existing. I can save most of the shared images in the messenger group, but there are several images which when I want to save to my phone, a message pops up reading: "Couldn't be saved". What is the problem? Thank you in advance!
P.S. Those images are high quality images (2730×3640).
And the user who shared those images doesn't exist. Could it be the reason?


texts: samsung galaxy S6 Sim Network unlock pin

texts: I Have bought a Samsung galaxy s6 model from Saudi Arabia and inserted saudi STC sim and i just made a call and brought it to India.I tried with inserting Indian SIM and it asked me for the "Sim Network Unlock Pin". My few friends say saudi sim should be used minimum 5 minutes of call but i did only 1 min. I also Have a Saudi Arabian Sim which is currently in roaming. Can I insert that particular SIM and make calls from India and get it removed. Kindly help everyone . Please...


texts: Control phone with broken screen from computer?

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I'll just clear up the basics before proceeding as previous comments have just been talking about things that really haven't helped me get any closer to fixing this.

Have I checked out the broken screen tag wiki?
Yes, filled with circumstantial answers that didn't really make any sense to me, every answer required something I couldn't do.

Use a USB-OTG cable?
Unfortunately the screen is untouchable. I can't see what I'm doing so I wouldn't be able to direct a mouse even if I could get one connected.

Basically, I have a Samsung Galaxy with a broken screen, touch screen also broke and USB debugging is disabled, can I still save this?

I just wanna be able to control it for a little before taking it to a store. I need to do some things, is this possible? Every answer I read just talks about circumstancials.

I actually might have USB debugging enabled, although my device isn't showing up when typing adb devices and simply prints List of devices attached with 2 blank lines after it.


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OUYA has been one of the largest backed products on Kickstarter.

Unfortunately it runs a custom version of Android which does not provide Google Play Store support.  At the same time by design it is supposed to hackable so I wanted to explore the available options in terms of custom ROMs.

Are the any custom ROMs available (or planned/in development) for OUYA?


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I have a Samsung Nexus S.
I have erased recovery and boot pertitions using fastboot erase <partition>
and when I do fastboot flashall -w it stops on

sending 'boot' (XXXX KB)...

What might be wrong?

UPDATE:

I successfully managed to flashed my NS back to stock ROM.
Please refer to my own answer below.

Regards,


texts: How to prevent S7 edge from connecting to open WiFi networks?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge running Android 8.0.

Is there a way to prevent the phone from connecting to open wifi networks? If wifi is on, the phone will always connect to any open network within reach, even new networks I had never connected to (so "forgetting" them does nothing).

It's annoying, not to mention a privacy/security risk, because most of these networks require some kind of login via a browser, so connecting to them effectively means disabling internet access.

E.g. I may be walking down the street or in a bus, the phone picks up the network from a cafe, a hotel, a taxi, and whatever I was doing that required a data connection (eg streaming music) stops.

I seem to remember there used to be an option to prevent connections to open wifi network in earlier Android versions, but I can't find it - don't know if it was removed in Android 8 or by Samsung. All the solutions I have found online refer to older versions of Android.

Thoughts?

Thanks!


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Is there any way I can take a photo/image and create a calendar item based on it.

Ideally I would like to click an image in my gallery then select share via and pick my Calendar app (Google calendar).

So far the apps I tried do not work with images. For example when I tried 'Share to Calendar V2' it only put the images file name as a description it didn't actually attached it to the event.

So far the only solution I found involves sending an email with attachment to  yourself then creating an event from it, as described here https://www.groovypost.com/tips/add-image-google-calendar-events/  (this site also does a great job of describing the problem I am trying to solve)

I want something that is quicker, a one step process.


texts: Android 5.1.1 no "move to SD Card" option

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Just bought a nice 9" Android with 8GB storage.  Put in a 32 GB SD card.  It shows up under storage.  When I select Apps then pick an app, there is no option to move it to the SD card like I had under Kit Kat on another unit.  It does show the Clear Cache and Clear Data options.

I just erased the SD card and it still just shows up as empty, under Storage.  The internal 8 GB is starting to fill up so I really need to use the SD card.

Q:  How can I move apps to the SD card when the option is not there under App info?


texts: Is there a way to improve S6 audio quality?

texts:
I just got a Samsung Galaxy S6 (Android 5.1.1) and I'm disappointed by the poor audio quality, as sounds are "chirping" and metallic, quite disagreeable to the ear. At first I thought it was just me, then I found several comments of people having the same opinion.

Is there a way to improve sound quality? For instance a built-in permanent equalizer, firmware updates, etc. ?


texts: How can I transfer android data to PC (windows) given that phone screen is not working and I don't want to replace it.?

texts: I have a LeTV android phone launched in India in 2016, now the company has been shut down. Few days back, my mobile screen suddenly just went off. Now it is just switched ON. Before dismantling it, I want to transfer my data to my PC as I haven't set backup on. I tried through command prompt adb commands but it is saying  device in unauthorized, do it by clicking on screen which I can't do. Please help me, how can I transfer data.


texts: I would like to use Shareaza on Windows 7 with USB Tethered Samsung S7 (rooted) but either a network or some internal firewall is blocking access to both TCP and UDP (does it on any other P2P Network and I2P), any help would be appreciated


texts: How to sync deleted photos with google photos/drive?

texts:
Have in mind that when I take photos I might take 2 shots of same instance. I arrive home, start wi-fi. All photos are synced with photos.
Now - looking into gallery I delete some of them - they were bad photos.
How can I make sure that when I delete an image it is also removed from photos application?


texts:
So here is my problem.

I've been formatting my Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5839i) and it worked pretty much, but then i got mad and tried to root it, which i failed, and now my phone won't turn on anymore, it just stays on the start menu (The one where Samsung GALAXY Ace is printed) and it never goes any further.

I can access the recovery menu, but each time i tried to just wipe data/factory reset or wipe cache partition, it didn't help, so right now i'm stuck with a non working phone, which is not really funny !

Just so you know, before my phone stopped being useful, i tried to install some "ClockWorkMod", and i guess i didn't follow the steps as i should've.

So i'd like to know if anyone can offer a solution ?

I can still put files on the SD card, i just don't know how to go back to the gingerbread version i had before.

Thanks in advance ! (And sorry if i made any english mistake in my explanations)

EDIT :
I kept searching and i found a guide about ODIN and flashing the phone, and it worked very well ! My phone is now working like it never died !

You can find the guide i followed right here (The guide is in french, but if you look for flashing a phone with Odin, i think you can find a guide in english)


texts: Sd card not recognise in any pc ( but recognised in mobiles)

texts: My 32 gb memory card is readable in any mobile but it is not at all detecting in any pc or laptop. I can view, delete, add anything from any mobiles but when I tried to insert the same sd card to different laptops even using different card reader then also it not at all detecting. How to fix this?


texts: Is it possible to enable "double tap to wake" on android devices which do not support it?

texts:
I am an amateur android fan with abit of shallow knowledge about android and I have always had this query about whether or not it is possible to sort of enable or integrate this feature(dd2w) into my older rooted android phone ? What does it depend on or what does it take to enable it? What is the science behind it? Btw, I'm running the regular android rom.

Ps: it would be really nice if your answer would explain things simply for me to understand. Thanks in advance :D


texts: What specifically prevents OTAs from being taken on modified /systems, and why can't it be shut off?

texts:
I have had a constant nightmare with not being able to take OTAs on any of my (rooted) devices. They boot into TWRP, complain about the build fingerprint, and won't install, so I have to wait for a full .zip and flash my systems manually.

What is it that is preventing the OTAs from installing over a modified /system partition, and why can't it be defeated or disabled?

If it can't be defeated/disabled, why can't my modified /system lie about its build fingerprint to fool this validation into allowing the OTAs to be installed?


texts: How can I see the time with seconds on a Nexus 4? The settings give me the option to only change the date format, but not the time format.


texts: How to enable backlight of control buttons in Xperia miro st23i?

texts: Very first i have disabled this, after that i can't find the option to enable it


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How do I set the volume of a call (ideally while being on the call)?

I can find volume settings for media, alarm and ring but none of those appears to impress the voice volume on a call.

Calls are currently much too loud on my phone.

OnePlus X, Android 5.1.1


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I  have a DroidX running Android 2.3.4.  When somebody sends me a text message that goes to other devices too, is there anyway I can tell?  Usually the only way I find out is when somebody else does a "reply all" (probably using a newer version of Android), and I get some random message from a number I may or may not recognize.

Also, what about when I reply to the message?  Does it only go to the person who sent it to me, or does it somehow auto-reply-all behind the scenes?


texts: Prevent Chrome from opening certain links in certain apps

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The Stack Exchange app is a good one but I don't like it, because whenever I install it, Google Chrome will open all links to Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange in the app rather than a new tab.
Can I make Chrome permanently ignore this app and open any SO/SE links itself?
Android 7.1.2, Google Chrome 62.0.3202.84


texts: How to mark messages from Field Trip as read?

texts: Maybe it's just me, but how does one mark messages as being read in Field Trip?  I was using it today and they same landmark popped up multiple times through out the day.  I can't seem to find a way to mark it as being read so that it'll no longer pop up as I pass it.


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When browsing, I sometimes get random redirections to websites claiming my device has viruses, and that I need to click a link to get rid of those. They also make my phone vibrate, and the back button gets me nowhere, I am stuck to the page.

Somes sites I get redirected to include :

paly.google.com.store.apps.seebestpossible.com/findvirusfrcdnew
androidmarketstore.co/of/dus.php
yeah.youmadethedeal.com/mobiledirect/?aid=62079&uid=219
...

So my questions are :

What's causing this ?
How do I make it stop ?
What can I do to prevent this from happening again ?

Additional info :

I am using Chrome
The phone is rooted
Using android 5.0.2


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I have already Googled a bit, but I haven't found a list specifying the supported devices.

Is it possible to use Wi-Fi Direct on Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570B with Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread)? Is there a hardware limitation?


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I have an unlocked GSM Nexus S I bought from a friend. I'm currently running version 2.3.6 (which was pre-loaded on the phone). I really like the way Ice Cream Sandwich looks, so I would like to upgrade to 4.0.3.

I've looked around for tutorials and it seems I'm going to have to root my device and install a ROM. However, I can't seem to find an ICS (4.0.3) download from any reputable sources. They all seem to be hosted independently by users. Is there a place I can download the update from Google/Android directly?


texts: What is taking the storage of my Huawei phone?

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Update: The suggested duplicate  question does not indicate how to solve it, nor do I think it explains the situation unless there is a unusual amount in the hidden folders

I recently did a factory reset reset on my Huawei P8 lite 2017, and as soon as I installed a few apps if started to complain about memory.
I looked at it from every angle I could think of and it just doesn't seem to make sense. Here is a screenshot of the memory usage:

My question:
Where did the remaining memory go, can I free it up?
Note that I am not allowed to root the phone


texts: ADB/Fastboot not detecting Android stuck in bootloader

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I tried to flash the most recent android pie update to my pixel 2 only for it to fail writing partitions even though I followed a recent guide to my best ability. Now, the phone is stuck in the bootloader with no way to boot into android or any way to access the recovery options (throws an error and takes me back to the bootloader info page)

Neither fastboot nor ADB can recognize the phone, I think this is because the USB debugging must have turned off somehow even though I turned it on, as before I WAS able to access it through fastboot. But now I can not, plugging it into the Windows machine, windows doesn't see any change in Device Manager when the phone is plugged in and out.

I reached out to a google supports rep and they told me since there is no way to access the recovery options, the phone needs to go through warranty, but is this really the only way? Is there some driver I am missing?

Thank you.


texts: question regarding message internal updation

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i am using Samsung galaxy A8, my question is that only one of conversation is converted into like "whats app" in internal message app, while rest of the conversations just as simple as other mobile phones conversation.. how can i convert all the conversations into above mentioned pattern?
i mean one of the person conversation in my internal mobile app is showing that MSG is delivered and MSG is read and it sounds interesting so how can i make other conversations n this pattern