texts: Apps report the phone's using mobile data even though it's connected to a WIFI

texts: My Oneplus One, running cm-13.0-20160906-NIGHTLY-bacon, has been in a situation for quite a while that apps, for instance Google Photos, report it's using mobile data even though it's actually connected to a WIFI. This prevents Google Photos from automatically syncing my pictures. The WIFI connection is not set as metered. I'm not sure if it's a CM bug or something as I don't see similar reports on xda forum.


texts: Clicking a checkbox to an app using a script

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I need to automate accepting a terms & conditions on a 3rd party app installed on the Android device. I just need to click a checkbox on that app's T&C UI. Can someone please guide me how I can do that? I assume I need to write a script??

Any advice would be highly appreciated.


texts: USB OTG support on Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330

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I have Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330 and I was wondering if there is a way to get USB-OTG support on this.

sorry for my bad English.


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I wanted to buy a new phone, but one that I could install TWRP on. I searched and found that the Galaxy A01 CORE is cheap and good and I almost bought it.  I tried to search for TWRP for the device unsuccessfully.
I have not found any guide or website that explains how to install TWRP on this device. Is it because it's new and only came out on 6/8/20?
The question is basically about new phones and TWRP, since the phone came out it has been about 4 months, how long does it take until a version of TWRP is released that is suitable for the phone? If I want a phone with TWRP I will always have to buy an old one? Because new phones are always released every year, and the problem is that stores are no longer selling phones from 2019, so what can be done?
Is there some way to install TWRP on Galaxy A01 Core?


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I use the WeChat messenging application on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Edition (GT-I9515). Among its features, users can send short videos as so-called Sights.

I am trying to copy these videos to my PC.

I have found some hints that ultimately have not helped me yet:

/tencent/MicroMsg/WeChat/ contains JPEG images of all the photos sent via WeChat messages, but no according video files for the video messages.
This website claims that videos are saved as MP4 files in the path mnt/extSdCard/Tencent/MicroMsg if an SD card is installed, but doesn't say anything about phones where no additional SD card has been installed (like mine). Evidently, the videos must still be saved somewhere, as I can access them without a network connection. Moreover, the website says "It varies depending on the phone model you use.", which makes me suspect my question is specific to S4s (and maybe a few other models), rather than generic for all Android uses of WeChat (hence the samsung-galaxy-s4 tag).

Even so, after installing an additional SD card, WeChat apparently keeps saving any recorded or received data to the internal memory. There is no Tencent subdirectory in mnt/extSdCard, as far as I can tell.

/tencent/MicroMsg/*long number*/video/ seems to contain JPEG thumbnails of the videos, but not the videos themselves.


texts: xiaomi redmi note 4 stuck in bootloop after making twrp backup

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attempt to flash lineage os los16 mido on xiaomi redmi note 4. unlocked bootloader and flashed twrp according to los mido official page instructions. made backup in twrp by checking all boxes.(system, vendor, data, cache, recovery, boot, persist, bootloader, firmware, efs). didn't make any other changes in options/encryption. total size came to 14gb+. after system reboot it got stuck in bootloop (mi logo, 'unlocked' written at bottom of the screen). on holding down power key it vibrates, and reboots back to mi logo. on holding vol up and power, boots into twrp. tried wipe>advanced>cache, dalvik and then also tried wipe>factory reset but to no avail. please please help me as i need my phone back asap for work. with the curfew idk when i'll be able to take it to a service centre until which time i'll be w/o a phone.

this is my first time so please excuse me if i've not followed/violated any rules and i'll make the changes. thanks


texts: How can I root the Samsung GT-P7510? I've tried z4root and many others, but they all seem to support Android 3.1 and not 3.2. I gather 3.2 is specifically designed to eliminate the exploit that z4root and others depend on.


texts: Can I extract my contacts from my device remotely

texts: I lost my device which is a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge can I extract my contacts and pictures from the device remotely


texts: How can I recover from flashing broken ROMs on my HTC One X?

texts:
I am seeking your help to clear up some of my confusion in solving a problem with my HTC ONE X. I tried flashing a custom ROM on my HTC Android phone but all the files and partitions got messed up that every time it boots up, it is on a bootloop. I know the cause to this is due to a mixture of inconsistent (boot, recovery)partitions libraries that I have on the phone.

Therefore, I want to FULLY WIPE OF ALL the data on the phone's storage and reinstall a clean set of libraries and stock rom. However, before I wipe off all data and install the new stock rom, I want to know all the commands that I can issue to correct this problem but the problem I have is that the stock zip has a boot.img, hboot.img and recovery.img along with a set of folders (System and Meta-inf folders) and I don't know the command that I can issue to push the folders I mentioned in the right partition, "/system" partition. Moreover, I cannot boot into any recovery modes (CWM or TWRP) so everything has to be done via fastboot commands, I think.

I know I can execute the following commands if everything was an .img file but for the folders I do not know how to push them onto my phones storage.

For example to push the boot content on the boot partition, I issue the following command to flash the device

fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash boot boot.img

and the following for the rest of the partitions:-

fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

and so on..

So what would be the solution to push those folders that are non image related onto the right partitions?

Lastly, the phone is unlocked, CID: 11111111, Hboot: 1.09 and can only boot into fastboot mode for now. I also tried running the automatic RUU files via zip and exe formats but always fail due to signature or some other missing file error.


texts: how to really permanently delete everything on samsung s4 active?

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I will give my phone to technical service due to a problem on battery. I am a little paranoid about technical service employee and don't trust them in terms of personal privacy.

I read that factory reset does not permanently remove everything on phone:
http://blog.avast.com/2014/07/09/android-foreniscs-pt-2-how-we-recovered-erased-data/.

I would like to delete everything on phone in a way that in which even high level forensic recovery softwares can't recover anything.

By the way, i am not an expert user on android so please describe the solution in detailed form.


texts: How can I install and use apps on my phone with neither of them knowing about the other?

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For example I want to install app Y on my phone, but I don't want my Google account (which I'm using to use my Android) to know that I'm using the app or any information that I enter in it...and I also don't want the app to be able to pull any info from my Google and know anything other than what I directly feed it. Basically both of them living in parallel dimensions completely oblivious to one another.
How can I achieve this?
Android 7 | Moto C Plus | Rooted


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I have created an exchange account on a Galaxy S2.  Upon creation of the account no errors were thrown or encountered.  Yet when the user open email for this account "refreshing" keeps popping up and going away at the bottom.  No emails ever show up for any folders, but all folders in the exchange account do appear.  When the user sends an email via the GS2 two identical emails are sent.  The exchange server that the account is on has a ssl certificate from a CA installed and working. Other android/apple phones are working fine.  Several different exchange user accounts have been tested on the GS2 even one created just for testing(one email was sent to this account for testing).  I'm perplexed and need a push in the right direction on what to look for to resolve this issue.  Using a different email app shouldn't be necessary and is not an acceptable answer.  The GS2 is Android's flagship phone and it's email client should be sufficient.  I appreciate any help on the matter.

Thanks,
Jonathan


texts:
I am developing some applications for Android and I'm getting some errors and force closes.

This is rather annoying, although not as much as annoying as the loud vibrations the phone does (a long vibration and 3 quick ones). This is very unpleasant for me and for my workmates.

I've set Sound >> Vibrate to "Never", but it keeps coming on and on and after searching through almost all the entire phone settings, a solution is still to find.

The device is the SGS running Froyo.


texts:
I have a Samsung S6 with Nougat 7.0.
Today, I can't navigate because I got the message "route not found".
This happened when I entered the destination with voice or by using my home address.

Then, I closed Maps and with "OK Google" I had my route.

Can someone please help me understand what happened and what can be done?


texts: Floating browser window that can be minimized?

texts: My problem: I need to have an open web page floating on top of my Kindle app which can be minimized to the screen and not on the status bar as that covers the book.  What I need is an open resizeable window with transparency settings so I can read and research at the same time.  How do I go about solving this?


texts: External_sd storage showing in my usb storage

texts:
My total USB storage on my Galaxy Note is 10.55GB, but I have 14.55GB of external_sd storage showing up inside of my USB storage.

I am showing a separate external SDCard with the proper amount of storage.

Just wondering why it would be showing up under my USB storage


texts: Will a UK Android telephone work in Japan?

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I am on the UK carrier Vodafone, and wish to upgrade my phone soon. I am going to Japan for five months next year, and would ideally like a phone which I can use out there, with a Japanese sim card.

Will an android phone I get here (e.g. the HTC Desire) work in Japan? Will it need to be unlocked?


texts: Gallery app crashes when trying to view photos or videos

texts: The Gallery app on my phone does not show any of my photos or videos. If I try to view them from the camera app the screen just goes black and exits to the home screen. I have an Xperia Mini Pro. Is there any way I can troubleshoot this?


texts: Why is my Huawei IDEOS X3 (U8510) not appearing in the Device Manager list?

texts:
I have just written my first Hello World app for Android using the Eclipse plug-in. As I understand it, I can run the app from within Eclipse so that it will be automatically downloaded to the phone. I should be able to select whether the emulator or phone should be used.

So far I have not been able to run the app on the phone. There are no connected phones to deploy to. When I look in the Device Manager (Windows 7), there is also nothing there that looks like a phone and nothing in the 'Other devices' group either.

Can anyone suggest what I can do?


texts: How to import Contacts from old Sony Ericsson C702 to Xperia X10?

texts:
How can I import contacts from non-android phone?

Are there dedicated applications?

What I want to avoid is doubling contacts when moving them from old phone to SIM card and then to new phone.

Any suggestions?


texts: Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?

texts:
Every now and then a red star icon appears on my brother's notification bar, as shown below.  The message related to this notification is some advert like "Turbo Boost Your Battery". He has been installing software from doubtful places, so my guess it is some sort of malware he accidentally installed.

I'm not very familiar with Android, but my guess was to identify the process responsible for the notification. So I checked the process list, but nothing out of the ordinary was shown. I tried force-closing all processes (some returned although all of them originated from HTC or his carrier), but nothing made the star disappear. How can the malware be detected and removed?

Notification icon:

Notification message:


texts: Is there a way to access and edit Apple's Reminders.app database from Android?

texts:
Is there a way to access and edit Apple's Reminders.app database from Android, I didn't find a way to do it, how can I do that?

(searching both google and play store I've found tons of unrelated stuff, and exactly zero related)


texts: What should I do now to move apps to SD in my Samsung Galaxy S Duos (ICS)?

texts:
I just bought a new Samsung Galaxy S Duos and the Android version does not have a option to move the app to memory card. I also installed the app called "app2sd"and when I open the app it says, The device does not have a real primary external storage or the primary external storage is emulated. Moving app to SD function may not be supported by this device.

What should I do now to move the app to SD.


texts: Google builds a beautiful font (Noto) for the world. How can I replace the system default font with the Noto font?


texts: How to modify app permissions on a rooted device without third party?

texts:
Is there any way to modify app permissions on a rooted (running Android 4.3) device "by hand"?

Or maybe I should ask how third party apps (like "access denied" or "Gemini") can block app permissions?


texts: How do I get offline voice detection on my tablet running JB (4.1.1)?

texts:
I just got myself a budget tablet (Halo Value) from "Swipe Telecom", and I was wondering how I can get offline speech recognition on it, since JB should support it.

My language is set to English (US), and I can't seem to find any option to download offline voice recognition files. I looked under Settings > Language & input > Google voice typing settings and it has just one option, to block offensive words. Under voice search settings, I have "speech output", "block offensive words" and "Hotword Detection".

Any ideas how to get offline voice recognition on the tab?


texts: Where are the lollipop OTA system upgrade files stored?

texts:
Android devices automatically download OTA system update files and store them on your device until you install them.
Then you get a notification that the file has been downloaded.
I do not want to update using this OTA file.
I just would like to delete the OTA file but cannot find where it is stored.
In the past they were stored in the /cache directory, but with lollipop that no longer seems to be the case.


texts: Activating and upgrading HTC G1 w/o a data plan or a sim?

texts:
So I got myself a used G1 from a local guy. The main reason for purchasing this phone was that I needed a quad-band GSM phone for my visits abroad. Then, I thought why not put a few more $$ and get a smartphone that I can use as a PDA when in the US (as I don't have/want a cell phone nor an active voice or data plans).

The 1st problem I encountered was that in order to turn on the phone, I had to activate it by registering my Gmail account. But, in order to get to that point, I had to overcome the "No SIM card" screen, and to activate the WiFi connection. I was able to use my foreign Sim to pass the first screen, and found instructions on the web for activating WiFi before registering Gmail. The problem is (or at least was at the time - a couple of months ago) that this method required the installation of the RC29 system version.

So, my question is - is there a readable walk through or tutorial that explains, step-by-step, what is required in order to upgrade my system to something more modern - without a local voice or data plans?


texts: WhatsApp saving contacts with nicknames in a group

texts: for the 99.99% of it - I am pretty sure the answer is No because it'd violate privacy norms - but in my school reunion whatsApp group - I have nicknamed my  school mate contacts pretty badly ( gave those nicknames to those contacts ) . I'd assume they'd not see "how I refer to them"  but just wanted to check


texts: What is the proper way of using GPS Test Plus to update GPS data?

texts:
Do you need to click the Clear AGPS button, then click the Update AGPS button, then wait for its home screen to update the list of satellites it finds, before closing the app?

Or is clicking the Update AGPS button sufficient?

The help file describes what these buttons do, but there doesn't seem to be any best practice for using the app (or when is the best time to close the app).

  Clear AGPS Button. Pressing this buttons clears the AGPS aiding data from your phone. Do this if your GPS takes a long time to get a
  fix.

  Update AGPS Button. Pressing this button requests the download of AGPS aiding data. The AGPS aiding data can become out of date, so
  requesting an update will get te latest version.


texts:
I recently bought a refurbished unlocked Pixel 3 XL to replace my aging, cracked, broken one of the same model. It came with the bootloader unlocked so I decided to lock it because I didn't like the warning message every time it booted and noticed that in the Fastboot menu of the bootloader it shows:
Secure boot: PRODUCTION
NOS-production: no
I'm concerned about that NOS-production setting; has this device been tampered with? My old Pixel 3 XL shows yes there as well as all other screenshots I see of the bootloader on other P3XL's - they all say yes instead of no. I used flash.android.com and completely flashed the phone to the latest April Android 11 firmware but it still shows no. I can't find any documentation of what that could mean. Any insight would be appreciated!


texts:
Almost all apps in my tablet with Android 7.1 use beside "normal" fonts an hardly readable contoured font:

Is there some way to substitute it with non-contoured font?


texts: How do I change timer alarm tone in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +?

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I upgraded from Galaxy Mega to Galaxy S6 Edge +.

There is no menu button. In Galaxy Mega, part of the menu contains changing the timer alarm tone.

How do I do that in S6 Edge +?

Galaxy mega has option in timer to change tone. This does not seem to be allowed in s6e+

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)


texts: After purchasing a phone from the store should a factory reset be done to erase anything that the store or someone might have put in?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I update the OS in my device?

How can I update my Desire S from Android 2.3.3 to Android 2.3.4?  Is it possible to update the OS for this model?


texts: ADB (in recovery-mode) gives "adb server out of date. Killing..." followed by "error:closed"

texts:
I connect my device to my PC in recovery-mode, when I write adb devices I get:

 List of devices attached
 4d00ededbeaca0bd        sideload

However, when I try to adb shell I get:

error: closed

Most places online suggest to adb kill-server and adb start-server (to re-start the adb), but it doesn't work. adb usb doesn't work either.

   > adb kill-server
   > adb start-server
  adb server is out of date.  killing.
  * daemon started successfully *
  >  adb shell
  error: closed
  >  adb usb
  * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
  * daemon started successfully *
  error: closed

Also, most online places comment that ADB has issues with each other. However, I only have a single instance of ADB, so I guess that's not the issue. Do you guys have any idea?


texts:
Can I view my phone with the screen split-duplicated and turned sideways (for use with Cardboard)? I have a controller for navigation.

I am looking to run regular apps, see my regular homescreen, etc., but with the screen split and rotated sideways (for use with Cardboard).


texts: Access Smartphone from PC with defect screen

texts:
After I dropped my Google Pixel 3a the screen just stays black. However when I connect it to my Laptop I can see in the hardware manager that an "MPT media device" is connected.
Is there any way to unlock my smartphone in order to transfer files?


texts:
As is apparent from the images the version of whatsapp on my device is higher than the store version. I install and update from the store only. I have started getting messages on Whatsapp to update.

I have this on a Redmi Note 4X, running MIUI 9.


texts: Error with rotation in Google Now Launcher

texts:
I have a Google Nexus 10, 16GB, with Android KitKat, v4.4.2. Yesterday I installed Google Now Launcher and when the launcher is rotated the wallpaper does not fit the screen properly in portrait mode.

Here's the home screen when on landscape:

Click image for larger version

And here's the home screen when on portrait mode:

Click image for larger version

I have tried setting the wallpaper while in portrait, but it still looks the same.
What could be the problem with this?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Stay awake while charging, bad for battery?

texts:
Is it bad for battery to use the option to stay awake while charging? Will it make my battery drain faster in the future?

PD: I use my phone for app development. I have activated the stay awake option to avoid unlocking the phone constantly.


texts: Does a broken screen affect the resolution of an android device?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 which screen was recently broken. I am trying to use the phone with a third party app on my PC. I tried vysor but the screen resolution is terrible. I also tried the Connect app in windows 10 and I am facing the same problem again. Here are photos of what I mean:

Connect app screen

Vysor Screen

Is there anyway I can go around the issue?


texts:
using Terminal Emulator I created a file;

cd /storage/emulated/0/Downloaded
echo test > test.txt

Then using Android File Transfer I can see files in the same dir but not the test file. ls -l indicated it's not a chown chmod issue;

-rw-rw---- root    sdcard_r      3323 2016-02-22 15:15 other.txt
-rw-rw---- root    sdcard_r         5 2016-02-22 15:15 test.txt

sync, repluging, killing the client, and changing to PTP then back to MTP did not help but a reboot did so what's up with that?


texts:
I recently bought a Umidigi F1 smartphone, and I can't figure out how to enable battery percentage to always be displayed in the notification bar. If I go to Settings -> Battery there's no option to enable that.

screenshot


texts: How can I compile native applications on my rooted phone?

texts: I'm running Cyanogenmod 7 on my Nexus One, and I wanted to compile and run LAME on my phone. I've already downloaded the source package and have tried to ./configure it, but I'm told that neither cc nor gcc exist on the phone. Is there a way to get gcc for Android? I'm simply looking to be able to compile a few native applications like LAME for use on my ARM device. How can I go about doing this?


texts: How can I solve Play Store Error ”unknown error code during application install:-102“

texts:
When I update the ES File Explorer today, I met the error. And I have checked a lot of site. Most of the site never mentioned the -102 error code. How can I solve it.

I have checked this post on the xda-developers, but I cannot found the error code -102.

This question mentioned the error code -102, but the question is I am not the developer. I cannot change the signing certificate.


texts: Is it possible to extend a local bluetooth connection over the internet?

texts: I want to play a game on my phone with a friend who lives in a different city.  The game supports local "ad hoc" play over bluetooth but does not support play over the Internet.  Is there an app that can do this, with or without root?  Or is there a device that my friend and I can purchase that can "extend" a local ad hoc bluetooth network over the internet?  Or is it possible to install an application on both of our computers that will do this?


texts: delete gmail account without resetting my android phone

texts: I mistakenly set my gmail account on my mum's phone the a few months ago  because I wanted to avoid the whole process of having to sign up on Google. But now I have created an email for her and actually added it on her phone. UNfortunately I dont see how to remove my account from the phone using android 4.4.2.


texts: (Galaxy Note 1) Can I use custom ROMs and Recoverys made for the GT-N7000 on a GT-N7000B?

texts:
The GT-N7000B is the Samsung Galaxy Note 1 sold in Thailand and Australia.

Wikipedia: Note 1 Variants

I am wondering, if I can use custom Recoverys and ROMs like Cyanogenmod made for the International GT-N7000 on the GT-N7000B.
Specfically I am interested in this one.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I study or prepare myself for an exam with the help of my Android device?

Is there any German course that I could do on my Android device? Whether it's an app or an optimized web site it's fine by me.


texts:
I'm looking to manage multiple Android devices and put ICE Contacts on all of them. Unfortunately EMM/MDM solutions are prohibitively expensive, and all I've looked at don't actually do any contact management (that i can see).

I realize we could just setup a bunch of gmail accounts, and set the contacts that way, but most of the phones have Google contact sync turned off, and there would be quite a few accounts to login to.

We are using ActiveSync with them, but i've not been able to get ActiveSync to actually push Emergency contacts the right way. That may be the easiest solution if we can do that.

Are there any good inexpensive/free solutions to push out emergency contacts?

Alternatively is there a way to manage from a central location, sync settings for gmail accounts? So we wouldn't have to touch each phone directly.


texts: So on my HTC device whilst offline I jokingly typed an email which if sent will screw me up and then I sent it after by accident. Since then I haven't connected my device to any internet at all as I am to scared to. I sent it using the gmail app on my phone so has the email already been sent or perhaps is it only on my phone(I have unlinked the account from my phone to be safe). If the email ha sent been sent could anyone be kind enough to tell me how to delete the e,ail before it is sent or is it already too late


texts:
I have bought a cheap tablet, and it was not able to connect to my N-only wifi. When I set it to NG or G, it connected fine. So I took it back to the shop and had it replaced. The new one has the same problem. I have tried several channels and even disabled the encryption on the router, nothing helped.

The interesting part is, I asked my neighbour to change his network to N-only, and the tablet connected to that one.

Both of us have TP-Link routers, mine with DD-WRT, his with stock rom. 3 other android devices and a Win7 laptop connects to my N-only wifi without problems.

G is fine for browsing, but not enough for streaming.

Any suggestions?


texts: Permissions conflict with screen overlays

texts:
I installed Marshmallow on my Galaxy Note 4 like 2 months ago. Everything was nice and peaceful, and I was happy to be able to select custom permissions per app.

A few days ago, out of the blue, I started getting this very irritating and well known problem, where every time I want to grant an app permissions, I have to get a message that asks me to turn off screen overlays.

The most annoying part, is that it doesn't tell me what overlaying app I have to disable. I just get this generic annoying message, PLUS, there's no master switch for overlays on my Note 4! Am I gonna have to spend the next two years being unable to give any app any permissions? Every time this happens, I spend an hour digging... This is crazy and very impractical!

What are my options here? How can I get rid of this problem once and for all?

PS: My phone is rooted, so please, whatever it takes!

Thanks!


texts:
I am using Android 2.2 on my samsung. One problem that I hate is that when I turn on bluetooth then turn on my handsfree headset it doesn't auto connect. It's paired and works, but each time I have to go to system settings, then wireless, then bluetooth and finally select the headset to connect.

This is very annoying. My old Nokia N95 would auto connect, why can't Android.

Is there a setting I am missing for auto connect?


texts: Disable booting into Safe Mode on damaged S3

texts:
I have a rooted i9300 (Samsung S3) that is damaged, and only boots into safe mode.

You can read about some people with the same problem HERE and HERE.

Took the device to Samsung Tech Center, they wanted to replace the motherboard. That's 2/3 of the secondhand price of the device. Big NO.

There is also this question that may be related, but to me the why is already settled. Damaged motherboard. Now...

After this debrief, Here goes my question:

Is there a way to make the S3 NOT boot into safe mode? Disable booting into safe mode? A ROM that can do that?

I know it sounds stupid, but its better than throwing the device out.


texts: Unable to mount Galaxy S2 on Debian Squeeze laptop as storage device

texts:
I am trying to mount my Galaxy S2 on Debian Squeeze laptop. I turned off USB debugging and then in:

"Wireless & Networks" → "USB Utilities" → "Connect storage to PC"

it asks me to connect a USB cable, as soon as I connect the USB cable the pop goes away and my phone starts charging but I don't see my phone mounted in my laptop.

I did lsusb and don't see any Samsung device connected. Then I decided to turn on USB debugging and did lsusb again but no luck. What could be wrong?


texts: How to use Wi-Fi Direct on Android 11 without enableing Location?

texts:
For some reason now Wi-Fi Direct requires to always enable GPS.
This is how it looks like when Location is disabled:

In Android 6, for example, it was not required. I don't understand why it is necessary, because I can properly use Wi-Fi routers without GPS, but for Wi-Fi Direct I'm forced to turn it on.
Is it possible to get rid of this restriction on Android 11? Even with root or some other modifications.


texts: How can I see how "Internal" storage is used

texts:
How can I see how apps are using Internal Storage?
How can I see percistent/constant usage?
How can I see how much applications on SD-card would use extra, if I moved them to the phone.

I am referring to /data, Which Link2SD calls Internal (Storage).

There is also "System" (/system) and  "Cache" (/cache), which are also probably internal in the sense that they are not on the SD - but my problem is the Internal as defined above.


texts: When typing, automatically replace specific characters with others (ie accented uppercase Greek vowels)

texts:
I'm looking for an app or other way to automatically replace specific characters with others, from a list of my definition. This should be done in every possible text edit field, inline.

Ideally I would type up some text and, if the keyboard I'm using is configured to do so, it would replace as I type or after a word is autocompleted. Unfortunately I haven't found any keyboard app that allows for this.

A second way to do this would be to complete typing in any text field, select all typed text, share or copy paste to another app that will do the replacement, then paste the replaced text back into the text field. This seems like the most realistic solution to be looking for, and one that I could consider writing myself. I figured I'd check for a more elegant or existing solution before considering that.

The main purpose of this is to accomodate whoever types in Greek and wants to use a keyboard's autocomplete functionality, in particular to send SMS in GSM-ASCII encoding and thus be able to use 160 characters per single SMS.

All keyboards that I've tried (Go Keyboard, Swype, Swiftkey, stock ICS, Samsung), exhibit the same issue, namely the capitalized versions of the words in their Greek dictionaries incorrectly include accents on the vowels. This probably happens because the dictionaries include only the lowercase versions of the words, while automatically uppercasing them on demand to save store space or to avoid what they perceive as duplication.

Unfortunately, although lowercase greek vowels may carry an accent, uppercase ones must not do so. More importantly, the 7-bit GSM-ASCII encoding for SMS transmission that allows for 160 characters per SMS only includes uppercase Greek characters without accents (it does not include lowercase ones). As soon as a single lowercase or accented uppercase character is typed, the SMS must be sent using UCS-2 encoding which is 16-bit and limits us to 70 characters per SMS.

The list of characters and their replacements is this:

Ά => Α
Έ => Ε
Ή => Η
Ί => Ι
Ό => Ο
Ύ => Υ
Ώ => Ω

Would anyone have any idea how to go about doing this, in an existing app or some sort of macro with string replacement functionality?

Apologies for the long question, if you reached this far. I thought it was important to state the background that lead to this limitation. Thanks in advance.


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I have exactly the same problem of this question:
After flashing TWRP with Odin, nothing happens and the OEM recovery is still there

The problem is the answer is not valid for me, my volume buttons don't work.
Is there another way to do it without using vol+?


texts: Fix Broken Launcher on Soft-Bricked Device

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I recently tried to remove the Google search bar on my homescreen using this tutorial by disabling the Google Search app in settings. It turns out I was using the Google Now launcher, and so when I rebooted the launcher broke and sent me into some kind of recovery mode (not the proper android recovery mode.) It went through the booting animation, but then just came up with an alert saying 'Optimising Apps: 1/150', which cycled through each app and 'optimised' it. Upon completion, a black screen came up and the phone rebooted itself.

I'm using an unrooted Moto G2 which had Marshmallow running on it. I'm wondering how to reinstall my OS or otherwise restore my device; I don't care about data as it is backed up.

Any ideas how to fix/reinstall my Android installation?


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Running 8.1.0 on a Moto x4: I keep getting this notification:

  Weather is running

  Tap for more information or to stop the app.

If I tap and Force Stop the Weather app, it comes back before long.

How can I really keep the Weather app from running in the background?
Or, if I want it to run in the background, how can I prevent this notification from constantly appearing?


texts: Inbox shows 2 emails but nothing is there

texts: when viewing my email folders (inbox, sent, trash etc.) it shows I have 2 emails in my inbox, when in fact there are none.  When a new email come in it shows three, but there is only one.  What gives?


texts: Android 6.0 -- Bluetooth broken causes audio to not work correctly after connecting to car. How to rollback to previous firmware or fix BT glitches

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EDIT:
It looks like Android 6.0 is extremely glitchy. This old problem also came back
Very low to no volume after upgrade to 6.0 marshmellow

Is there a way to rollback to a previous version of Android? 6.0 is very glitchy. If I connect to my car using bluetooth it will work the first time. But once I turn the car off, the phone calls won't work, neither will apps like snapchat.

It is like the sound is trying to route through bluetooth despite not being connected to anything. If I disable BT it will work half the time. OTher half I have to reboot the phone.

If I connect to the car a 2nd time without a reboot, I have to disable and renable the BT connection so that it does not sound choppy. If I take a phone call while in the car on BT, the music will come back choppy as well.

I never used to have this problem till the upgrade.

Ideas for solutions or how can I rollback?

This is a Droid Turbo 2


texts: Shutting down or ringing an alarm when the phone leaves a certain range

texts: I need to make the phone available for all people in a building, for example.  If someone were to try to walk outside of the building with the phone, the phone would shut down or a loud alarm would sound. Any thoughts?


texts: How to manually flash your android device?

texts:
Want to update my android version myself. The phone manufacturer isn't providing any updates. Is there a way to update from Jellybean to kitkat manually?
I'm using Micromax A76 Canvas Fun. Currently on Jellybean 4.2.2


texts:
I am wondering, on what does it depend which emoji are available on which system? I was using an emoji from the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs code page and it displays on OSX, but not on Android. Looking at the chart from the Wiki article, I can see that it displays in full on OSX, but only some of the emoji are visible on Android Nougat.

Why is that?


texts: Is there a RAW (canon) image viewer or gallery hack for android?

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I have a samsung galaxy and it has a brilliant screen. I would love to use it to review photos taken on a DSLR while out and about but I haven't managed to find any way to view RAW images in android. My camera is a canon so I guess it would need to have specific support for cacnon's raw format.

Are there any photographers here that can recommend some apps?


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A few days ago my Samsung Galaxy S4 asked to uodate the Samsung Account application which I accepted. After that all me S-Memo files are gone. They aren't in me SD-Card/S-Memo folder. And when I open S-Memo and choose import I can't choose Samsung account. The Memo's are still on my Samsung backup account. When I go to settings/account/samsung/used storage I see 2.85 mb of S-Memo files. When I click on that it asks me which files I want to delete but I don't want to delete them. I want them back. When I go to the account tab in settings again there's a option called cloud with which I can restore files from the Samsung cloud but I only can choose between, logfiles, mms, sms and wallpapers. I definitely need the memo files back. Does anybody knows how I can get them back from the Samsung server. Luckily they aren't completely lost.
Thanks in advance,


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I have an Razer Phone 2 android phone with Android 9 (Build Number P-SMR3-RC002-RZR-200226.3141).  I've been on Android for about 2 years, before that Windows phone, then Android before that.  I've never had an iPhone.  I did change from a TMobile MVNO to a Verizon MVNO about four months ago.  My wife is a long time iPhone user and has been using Verizon for a couple of years.  My dad is a long time Android user, not sure what carrier.
I recently realized that I'm not seeing texts from my dad in an MMS thread to my wife and I.  She sees texts from both of us.  I only see her texts.  I'm using the default Messages App.
I see MMS texts from my Android and iPhone using friends.  I've definitely seen MMS texts from my dad up until a few weeks ago.
The only way I'm aware that this can happen is if I recently switched from IPhone to Android and he had formerly sent me texts from an IPhone, but neither my dad nor I have ever had an iPhone.  I checked in the phone app and his phone number isn't blocked.
Thinking about trying a reset.


texts: ADB is working, fastboot is not (HTC Desire Z)

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The adb devices command is working for me, the fastboot devices command is not (Mac OS X Mavericks, SDK downloaded yesterday, phone is a HTC Desire Z):

$ sudo fastboot -i 0x0bb4 -p 0x0c91 devices
$ fastboot -i 0x0bb4 -p 0x0c91 devices
$ fastboot devices
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
HT0C5RT00804    device
$ adb shell
#

So fastboot doesn't list devices, whatever I try (sudo, or specifying -i and -p options), while ADB works just fine. I found vendor and product IDs via Mac OS X system information. ADB working seems to indicate that communication between my laptop and the phone does work fine.

How can I get fastboot to work?

Background info:

I'm trying to install cyanogenmod on a HTC Desire Z. Part of the procedure I'm following is described here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/HTC_Desire_Z:_Firmware_Downgrade_(Gingerbread)

I get stuck at the fastboot oem rebootRUU step:

 $ fastboot oem rebootRUU
 < waiting for device >

(hangs, I gave up after 20 minutes), and I think that is due to fastboot not working. Any other ideas on how to get past this appreciated?


texts: Will my apps still auto-update if I root?

texts: I'd like to root my Nexus 4 with rasbeanjelly because I heard it increases battery life. If I do that, will the apps that I have installed still auto-update from the Google Play Store like they do now?


texts: Change IMAP folder subscriptions on default email client

texts: I've set up an IMAP account in the default email client (android 2.2.1), and have added and removed some folders on the IMAP folder. How do I change the android email settings to subscribe to these new folders?


texts: How to turn off vibration during a factory reset?

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I am experimenting with my phone quite a lot, and I need to do a factory reset quite often (several times per day).

Everything works fine, but it vibrates several times during the factory reset. And it's really annoying. Maybe someone know, how to turn those off - some setting maybe?

I'm using Android 2.3.6, Alacritous v3 Mod.


texts: Check the exact location of each other any moment of time

texts: we have two android items one is nexus 5 phone with 3G connection with my younger brother and other one is nexus7 tablet with wi-fi only (with me) and both are in different cities.We both are connected to internet through our device .can I check each others exact location any moment of time? if we can then which App we need to use in india?


texts: When rooting android device, what is changed in device?

texts:
Not a Duplicate Claim

If you are tempted to flag this as a duplicate of questions like "How to root my android phone?" or "What can I do with a rooted android device?", then please take the time to read my question carefully. My question is not about those topics.

Question

Out of couriosity, what is changed inside of an android device when it gets rooted? Is it saved somewhere, like in a config file with rooted=true or something like that?

I've extensively tried to google for this, but the information I'm looking for seems to be hidden behind all the results for how to root which phone and what fancy things you can do with a rooted phone, so I couldn't find it. Not even a clue.


texts: Line spacing issue when writing an e-mail draft in the Gmail app

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When writing an e-mail draft in the Gmail app, 2 line breaks (e.g. between two paragraphs) get transform into 1 line break with large line spacing when I edit the draft using Gmail web interface on my computer. How can I configure the Gmail app so that 2 line breaks stay 2 line breaks?

Example:

I use a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A with Android 4.4.2.


texts: How can an Android user know which Project Mainline modules their device supports?

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Project Mainline (officially "Modular System Components" - https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/modular-system) introduced a set of OS components that Google can update via Google Play system updates.
Some of these modules are mandatory for OEMs to support depending on the version of Android that the phone ships with, but some of these modules are optional. OEMs can choose to add support for more modules when updating to a new version of Android, as well.
As the title states, how can an Android user determine which of these modular system components their phone actually supports?


texts: How to Clear notifications once and not be bothered/repeated again?

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Simple yet annoying behaviour of Android (Galaxy S3)

Notifications appear for many apps (email, games, messages etc.,) but once I view them (by a slide down, not by opening/responding to each of them ) I want them to be gone. They keep on repeating & appearing again and again until I respond to the notification.

ie., If it is a new email, I'm being notified repeatedly until I open the Email program!  I find this extremely annoying. I don't want to Turn off Notification because they are useful. But, I don't want to be bugged by them as well.
Good, show me once & then disappear.

How do I get this behaviour (View once, clear notifications & the same notifications don't repeat?


texts: How to reinstall stock firmware on Galaxy S4 SCH-I545

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I rooted my phone to get rid of bloatware and free up internal storage.  It worked but then I uninstalled the root app and my phone was having issues.

I did a factory restore and now when moving through the setup wizard it throws an error  "unfortunately, setup wizard has stopped" and starts back at beginning of setup wizard.

Any idea how to reinstall the stock firmware to get my phone going again?

Edit:

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)


texts: Where are attachments stored when sending text messages

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Where are the attached images to text messages stored on Froyo 2.2.1 ( Samsung Galaxy S , if that should make a difference ) ?

I am asking following problems I have now when sending texts with images attached : I can't send a picture attachment together with a text message.

--- UPDATE ---

I have found the solution to the problem mentioned. Please look at the answer of my other question if you have the same problem.


texts: How to Make Samsung Galaxy S10e perform IR?

texts:
Now, I know the Samsung Galaxy S10e does not have a built-in IR blaster.

However, the comment at the end of this post says the built-in iris scanner has some sort of IR capability?

Is that true, and do you think it's possible to utilize that?

Otherwise, I would use one of those IR remote control apps on Google Play and I'd need an IR blaster attachment like this.  But is this the best way to go?

I'm thinking to control random TVs in hotel and airport lobbies... (just for fun) or the AC at a friend's house or our Stereo receiver we have.


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I just got a Nexus 6p. Today, I plugged in apple earbuds and found that the phone doesn't recognize them (which struck me as odd because both the Nexus 6 and Nexus 4 support those headphones).

After a little bit of experimenting I found that the phone will recognize the headphones if I hold down the microphone button on the inline controls, but not otherwise (also, releasing the button causes the phone to stop recognizing them).

Can anyone else confirm this is an issue with the device? Or is it a hardware problem on my device?

Thanks so much,

Edit

Ordered a replacement, apple earbuds work great. Problem seems to have been a hardware failure.


texts: How do I keep the Spotify Android app from hogging all free space for its cache?

texts:
The Spotify for Android app uses every last byte of space it can find on my device for its cache, and I frequently have to delete /storage/self/primary/Android/data/com.spotify.music/files/spotifycache/Storage to reclaim the space. The last time I did it was about a month ago, and now it's 11GB again (12GB available space in total on that device)

I pay for Spotify and would very much rather not serve as their CDN so they can save a few cents on bandwidth while rendering my device unusable.

How can I prevent Spotify from writing to that directory altogether? I tried changing the permissions to 400 but the app fixes the permission and promptly resumes eating up all free space.


texts: I have LG G4 and I am using Picturesque Lock Screen in place of default Lock Screen. After the last update of Microsoft lock screen things have changed. I have both the lock screens are enabled by default i.e. stock LG one and the Micrsoft one. How would I disable the stock lock screen. I can do anything because I have root access. Thanks.


texts: Pressing MENU button pops up voice search

texts:
I am using LG-P509 with Android 2.2.2..

from last week on pressing the MENU button, I get the "Voice search" app opened up. Be it in home page or in any application. This gives trouble as I couldn't use any of the options in any application. For example, if I am in Mail application (exchange), where I need to use MENU button for options (like forward mail), pressing MENU pops up voice search. I searched the settings but couldn't find any way to get this corrected.

Can anyone suggest a solution please?


texts: how to unlock Xperia from emergency call display

texts:
After booting, my Xperia M2 mobile is locked and displayed Emergency call

How should I do to get out from this screen and go to the home screen ?

Regards,

Patrice.


texts: What is this Google Settings app that installed itself on my phone?

texts:
Today, all of a sudden I saw this app in my Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone:

I am talking about the app named "Google Settings"

I uninstalled it immediately only to find it installed again a few hours later.

My mobile phone is rooted and I did have access to internet through the phone during this period?

Can anyone tell me as to what is going on? Should I worry? What should I do?


texts: Is there a way to open an m3u8 playlist on android

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I'm using Android 2.2. Trying to open an m3u8 playlist file directly from a http source. Dolphin browser just asks me to save the file.

Any ideas on how I can stream the content.... is there a market app for this?

Jason


texts: Screen Sharing between two android devices

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Is there any way to share the screen from one device to another?

Sharing screen means not just accessing data from one to another device but it should be real time, suppose If I open any Application/file/video on my device the same should be seen on all shared devices as I see on my device?

For desktop environments I have seen teamviewer, join.me – but the opposite device should have access to my file explorer. Did anyone come across a solution?


texts: Can I transfer my Injustice game data from my iPhone to my new Android phone?

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I currently use an iPhone 4, and I'm eligible for an upgrade. I'm considering the Note 3 and the Galaxy S5.  I've been playing Injustice for some time now and I'd very much like to not have to go through all the trouble of re-earning all of the characters I've bought or won in challenges. Will logging in with my WBID on my future phone automatically let me transfer over my game data? If not, is there something else I could do?

Also, if you have any other suggestions for what I should upgrade to please feel free to suggest it.


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When exporting contacts from the standard contacts application to the disk and importing them to Thunderbird - the pictures are missing.

I'd like to export all contacts with pictures though.

Is there a way to get a 100% backup of my contacts? Where are they stored and how can I back them up?


texts:
I was listening to some music on Youtube with bluetooth headphones and my phone suddenly closed. I turned it back on to continue listening and after a few seconds it closed again. Again, I turned it back on and my friend was calling me through whatsapp. I asked her if she called me before and she said no. I tried to listen again, and it didn't shut off again. I blocked the auto-update for Youtube on Play Store.
I have a Samsung A7(2018), Android 10. I had this phone for 2 years and it didn't happen anything the same.


texts: Photos sync - where did the files recover to?

texts:
I decided to try out Google's "Photos" sync, which can be enabled under account settings. After the sync finished, I did a factory reset on the device and let it restore the photos. It apparently did - they are viewable through the Google "Photos" app.

However, I can't find the files anywhere. Originally they were split into two files: DCIM/Camera and DCIM/Test. Now, DCIM is empty and, when viewing the entire set of thumbnails, it tells me there are no "Collections".

I most certainly expected it to restore the photos in the same structure as they were originally. Not only are the two subdirectories gone, I can't even find the png files. What am I not understanding?

I did this on a Moto G, running Android 6.0


texts: Formatting (or reinstalling) Samsung Galaxy S2

texts:
I have some experience about Android phones (but i'm not an expert) .

I have problems with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) . Its battery heating too much, there are a lots of applications, sometimes phone freezing and not responsing, it's battery consumption is too much and it's a little slow. And sometimes restarting itself.

In shortly, i'm using it for long time, i installed too many apps and uninstall some of them. Now i want to clear everything (except SD card datas) , delete all datas / apps . And start from origin, again. I'll my (really needed) applications from Google Play, later.

In computer knowledge, it's mean format , i think.

But for mobile phones, I'm not sure, it's called as "formatting" or "firmware reinstalling" .

I plugged my phone to computer and launch Samsung Kies but there isn't reinstall firmware option.

Notes

Android version : 4.0.3
My phone isn't rooted. (and i won't do that)
I'm worring about warranty. So, please just legal methods.
I don't want to lose my datas (music, etc) on my SD CARD.
I don't want to send my phone to technical service for this. It'll take at least 4-5 days.


texts: Won't placing a cuostm ROM file before factory reset remove it from the phone?

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I have run CM12.1, OxygenOS, and now Exodus for a while now on my OnePlus One - but for the life of me I cannot remember where you have to place your new ROMs zip file.

When flashing a new ROM you should start from a clean slate so you do a factory reset wipe. However, as it seems that this basically wipes all the data from the device, where should I place the ZIP files I want to install later on?

If I access my phone through USB on my computer I assume that I can only access the data-partion (/"SD card" partition) and these get wiped any way, so how and where should I place the new ZIP files?


texts: Im using lenovo zuk z1. it was working fine but recently it has started restarting very frequently when i use internet. recently i have installed dream11 app which is not available on playstore so installed it from some website. so i have a doubt that it is responsible for phone restarts. and also does lenovo zuk z1 supposts VOLTE ? I need it very badly


texts: Script to move files automatically - without root

texts:
I would like that when lauching an app / clicking on a desktop button of the phone, this happens automatically on my Android 5 non-rooted phone:

mv /extSD/DCIM/*.* /extSD/phone/
mv /internal/DCIM/Retrica/*.* /extSD/phone/
mv /extSD/Sounds/*.* /extSD/phone/

As these are simple operations (non security-sensitive), is there a solution for a non-rooted phone?


texts: I am running out of space in my SD card on Android ICS and I noticed that a huge file "System data" is taking up to 500MB. Is this normal? How can I reduce its size?


texts: Remove text from header bar in OnePlus 7T/OxygenOS

texts: Somehow this text got shown in the screenshot got added and I can't find where to remove it. Anyone have any idea where I can change it?


texts: Can I edit an Apk for removing Ads even getting updates?

texts:
There are various sources for downloading an apk.
After installing an apk, Play Store detects the app. And it shows updates, if any update is available.
After updating the app, the app starts ads.
Can I edit the apk such a way so that even after updating the app from Play Store, it shouldn’t start ads?
If yes, please let me know and elaborate steps.
I’ll be thankful for giving your time.
With Regards
FewL


texts:
I want a full text search File manager for my Nexus 7. Lifehacker writes about ES but after trying it out, it doesn't do full text search http://lifehacker.com/5825578/the-best-file-management-app-for-android

What would be your choice? I have mostly .txt and .pdf files (also some .tex but that would classify as plain text I guess).

I have tried Searcher but I'm not satisfied.


texts: Can someone please help me with my phone's music issue?

texts:
Ok so I just got this phone brand new off cricket around the middle of January this year. This phone has a 4gb RAM processor and runs Android 10. Anyways whenever I play music, and open a different app, the music I'm playing always stops a couple of seconds afterwards, and the notification for it just disappears. I've tried using multiple other music player apps and the same thing happens with each of them. Even Spotify and YouTube music. I can provide a screen recording if needed.
The music player could literally be the only tab open, and as soon as I open even something as simple as the calculator app, the music player will just crash each time. I have no clue why it does this, it's not the headphones, and it's just ridiculous I mean I've never had this issue with any other phones before and I've used crappy obama phones from 2014. Thanks in advanced people. :)


texts: How can I connect my Galaxy 3 to my Mac?

texts: How can I connect my Galaxy 3 (running Android 2.1) to my Mac?


texts: google.com redirected after xpressconnect installed

texts: I'm using Android 2.3 on Nook Color (ROM CyanogenMod). I installed xpressconnect to connect to the wifi network of my school, and successfully configured it. I can access the internet normally. However, when I go home and use my home wifi, all web addresses work, except *.google.com. Every time I go to *.google.com, it gets redirected to the configuration web page of my school, and it's permanent (not because of the cache). So all google services on my nook are not working. I checked /etc/hosts and it's empty. I don't know how to fix this problem. Will I have to factory reset my nook?


texts: cannot change languange on external keyboard

texts:
I have a smart tv (pilot) which run android 4.0.2 .
I connected it an external keyboard (through USB).
I have English and Hebrew in the keyboard.
The problem is that I cannot switch language through "alt+shift" .
In the android keyboard I can switch through the GUI in the tv , but not through the external keyboard.
What can I do ?

Thanks!
Tom.


texts: How can I know that my Galaxy's camera and microphone is not being accessed without my knowledge?

texts:
A few months back I installed a few apps straight from the internet. One was an ability to run Ruby scripts on my phone, the other was Grooveshark. Both times, an Jellybean 4.2 flagged up a warning saying these programs have the potential to access my camera and microphone, but I ignored them.

Now I'm getting a bit paranoid. With the macbok pro, when the camera is accessed, a little green LED lights up. It's 'hard-wired', as even security programs (for when your macbook's stolen) can't take a photo without the LED lighting up. Luckily, the LED is brighter than your average laptop-theif, and it only lights up for a second, so no problem there.

But with an android you literally have no clue. I tested out the security program Cerberus, and it took videos of audio samples using my Galaxy without the phone giving a hint what was happening.

I've deleted Grooveshark (it's an abysmal app anyway), but I'm still worried about some other program from months ago recording me.


texts: Nexus 10 "shareable" part of Android 4.2?

texts:
One of the features of the new Nexus 10 is that it will be "shareable" which, from what I can tell, means that Android will be a multi-user OS. Exactly how Android will handle multiple users I don't know, but I've been craving this feature for a long time.

Any ideas whether this feature will be part of the core of Android 4.2, or if it's just for Nexus 10? I wish I got this on my Nexus 7.


texts: I it necessary to SIM unlock my Samsung Galaxy S2 to use a custom ROM?

texts: I want to upgrade my Galaxy S II to Android 2.3.5, and my provider only has 2.3.3. So I have to use a ROM from samfirmware.com. Do I have to SIM unlock my phone before installing one of these ROMs? Do I have to root it?


texts: How to ban a incoming number on Android 2.3

texts:
How could I ban a incoming number?

What is the sequence of menu actions I should follow to get an appropriate menu if any and where to find help documentation on Android user interfaces? I have searched in the
net but I'd unable to find any.

I have android 2.3 operating system on my ARM qualcomm 7225a application processor.


texts: Install Google Play Services without Google Play Store

texts:
Recently, I rooted my phone for the first time, and wanted to get rid of most Google apps including the Play Store. However, after seeing multiple apps didn't work correctly because of a dependency on the Google API, I decided I had to install Google Play Services again.
After installing the latest version from apkmirror, and checking I had the Google Framework installed, apps still crashed and displayed <app_name> won't run without Google Play services which are not supported by your device. This seems odd as I have Android 9 installed on a OnePlus 6. Is this issue caused by not having the Google Play Store installed? If so, is there any way to circumvent it using another app?
EDIT:
Would I be able to flash GApps on a stock ROM? Also, for some reason, the last time I tried to remove the Play Store I couldn't find its package in the /system folder.
When I tried to flash GApps, it displayed that I already had Google Apps installed. Also, it output Error 70: insufficient memory in system partition.
Also, is there any risk of crashing my OS because OpenGapps would overwrite some of the current stock Google apps?


texts: send fake accelerometer or multitouch signal to an application on Android x86

texts:
I have this challenge:
I use proto.io to make demos of application I will develop, but this time I have to run it on a PC running Androidx86, connected to a touchscreen (no multitouch). Proto.io requires at startup to tap the screen with 3 fingers or to shake the device, obiouvsly I cannot do both as the PC don't have an accelerometer.
Is there any way to send a fake shake or multitouch to the app? I have already contacted the support team of proto.io, but they confirmed that right now there is no other way to start the application..
Any idea?


texts: Automatically Install apps after factory reset

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I'd like to know how I can set up my android 4.1.2 (Galaxy S2 I 9100) that it will install all my apps in the Play Store (the one you can see when you click "my apps").
I think it was CM 10.1 where it worked sometimes and in stock rom I did not noticed it.
Is there a way to configure my Galaxy S2 so I don't have to install the apps manually?
I hope I asked clearly enough ;)
Thanks so far !

Edit: I reseted my phone, logged into samsung account to google account.
I always allowed to back up and restore my data. But the apps haven't been installed automatically.
And that was the only thing I tried. I did not try any ADB recoveries. And I did not use any backup third party apps or the stock rom backup.
I hope this information is enough. I fnot please tell me what information you additionally need!
Thank you again!


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I finally made the switch from iPhone to Android.  So far it has been quite nice
with the Atrix.

I got the phone with the intent of having 3G data and WIFI only, no voice or SMS.

I got a data only service from a company called FOMA, installed the SIM and the phone comes up with:

SIM not provisioned MM#2

Google searches say the SIM is bad, but that is not the case for me.  Here is what I have
been able to test:

SIM from another carrier in Atrix that has voice service - OK
FOMA SIM in a Blackberry, Blackberry comes up OK and recognizes the network

The provider says the SIM is active, which makes sense since it works in my Blackberry.

If I go into the network setup the phone can see the two major providers here, but can't
operate on either of them.

Is it possible the phone is saying the SIM is not provisioned because there is no voice
service available?

Anyone know how I can go about debugging the problem?


texts: Recovering data from oneplus1 after deleting /storage folder and factory reset

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oneplus-one

tl;dr:

Is there a theoretic way to recover data from the phone after:
1. deleting /storage folder
2. and then rooting (which means factory reset?)

If there is a theoretic way to recover it from the bits, is there a way to take a snapshot of the current state of the bit, so I can (in theory) recover the media in the future?

Long version:

First of all I know I'm very stupid..

Yesterday I've deleted my /storage folder since in first glance it looked empty.

Then I figured out what did I do, so I tried to recover the information.
I've searched the web for an application that does that and I found one that required rooting the phone, so I rooted the phone which means I made factory reset.

Then I tried to recover but it didn't manage to recover the photos and videos.. (it did recover whatsapp photos and some other things but not from the dcim folder).

I tried then several different applications that may not ask for rooting the phone so maybe I made a mistake by doing that (not sure that they wouldn't request for rooting either) but no success with that...

I'm willing to pay money to save that data but do you think it's not recoverable anymore?
I also called the 3 biggest recovery companies in my country, 2 of them told me that they don't think it's possible and one agreed to take it to their labs for a small price and then give me an offer.
If there is a theoretic way to recover it from the bits, is there a way to take a snapshot of the current state of the bit, so I can (in theory) recover the media in the future?

I'm very desperate and would be very thankful for your help :)


texts: Why is my microSD card not being reconized in Samsung Galaxy S Plus?

texts: I had purchased Samsung Galaxy S Plus, it was working fine, but I had a problem yesterday connecting it to my PC. After that my SDCard is not being recognized by my device. It says Your phone doesn't have sdcard inserted also when I try to open the inbuilt camera its also not working with a message as Turn off USB storage before using camera. I tried to check that my SDCard is not corrupted so testing in other devices and its working fine. I also tried to restart the device couple of times. So, can anyone suggest me what can be the problem here? why my SDCard and Internal Storage is not being detected?


texts: Best way for a COMPLETE backup? [Rooted Nexus 4 with stock ROM]

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I did a huge amount of googling but the information out there is overwhelming and I either have to get a 1:1 reply on this or try and test different options - which would suck if I fail.
Basically I got a Nexus 4 a few days ago, and I rooted it, staying with the same ROM. Right now there are lots of apps, customisations, user settings, custom desktops and saved passwords/account information. How can I make a 100% backup of all the information so that it's 1:1 with what my phone is right now when I do a restore?
I have made an 'adb backup -apk -shared -all -f' and a clockworkmod recovery backup, I also have the Titanium Backup app, but all of these seem to cover different parts of data to be backed up. Is there a one-stop solution?

Thank you!


texts: Google Calendar Android app doesn't always synchronize

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I use a shared Google Agenda with someone else ("UserA").

If UserA:

opens his Google Agenda Android app (version 5.8.38-200532405, the latest version)
adds a new event in our common agenda
saves the event

then I often don't see it in my own Google calendar (on http://calendar.google.com desktop version for example) even if I refresh the page multiple times (F5 or CTRL+F5 or even close/reopen browser).

The only solution we found was that UserA has to click on the 3 dots menu on the top right, then choose "Refresh" (or maybe "Update"?). If he forgets to do "Refresh" after "Save" then it won't be synchronized. This is annoying and not user-friendly: a synchronization should be automatically triggered after an event is saved in a shared agenda.

Is there a solution to fix this?

PS: this lead to sometimes not knowing that the other one has added an event :) because he didn't do "Refresh" – the event was not propagated!


texts: Gallery is displaying three, sometimes even four copies of the same file - why?

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I have a non-rooted Android phone running 4.0.4 (ICS). The phone has 3GB of internal storage and I have inserted a 16GB SD card. The SD card contains a number of audio and video files.

When I opened the stock Gallery app, the directories on the SD card were displayed as expected. However, there was one small problem: multiple copies of each video were being displayed.

Wondering if something had happened to the SD card, I unmounted it and inserted it into the card reader in my computer. After mounting the card, I opened a terminal and ran:

find * | grep .mp4

But the results were exactly what I expected - there was only a single copy of each video on the card. None of the files were duplicated.

Next, I tried clearing the cache of the Gallery app (Settings->Apps->Gallery->Clear Data). After relaunching the app, I discovered even more copies of each video.

One important detail to note: only the videos on the SD card appear duplicated. None of the videos on internal storage suffer from this problem.


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I am trying to install the old (holo) version of Google Play Music on my device ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1477066&d=1352756915 - VERSION    Google_Play_Music_v4.4.811H.526848.apk to be exact ) because I only use local media files and the new orange cremesickle version from the past year or so is terrible at this and I loathe it.

However, my roomates have an All Access Subscription which requires the new version, leading to a lot of tension over what version to keep on the device.

I have read that it is possible to install two versions of an app side by side by changing the package name via APKtool. This seems like a trivial thing to do, but it is not working for me.

Following the guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760965 i attempted to change the package name, but the line 'cur_package_name' and 'orig_package_name' are not in my apktool.yml, and there is an additional 'original-package' entry in the androidmanifest alogside the line with the package attribute.

Also, upon doing the find-replace trick with notepad++ that they mentioned, it is unable to find any occurrences.

Where can I go from here? I attempted to recompile and run the app on the tablet, but it force closes immediately as something is incomplete. Is there a version of this app that is already modded for side by side loading out there? or how can I proceed?


texts: How to configure a Bluetooth keyboard to open and close a specific app?

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I want to convert my Bluetooth keyboard to some sort of control panel for my car, to open maps etc on keypress. So that I don't need to use the touchscreen while driving.

Is that possible?


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I have a HTC EVO 4G (aka Supersonic) running Android 2.3.5 (aka Gingerbread) and last night I turned it off because it was running low on power. I connected it to the charger before going to bed and called it a night, my normal process (except for shutting it down).

This morning I turn it on and it starts up with the device screen (HTC EVOTM 4G) and then a few seconds later it shows the Sprint 4G animation, and usually after that it loads the OS and you slide down continue but now it just reboots again and again in an infinite loop. I can only stop it by pulling the battery.

Anyone experience this? Know what's causing it? Have a solution to it? I need the phone and its critical that I resolve this as soon as possible. Thanks everyone.

Update - 12/18/13

I went ahead and cleared the cache and the dalvik cache and still couldn't get it to boot into the OS, it would load the slide screen and then freeze up for a second and go back into the loop. From then on, it wouldn't even get to that screen, just would reboot after the startup animation.

I was not even running a custom ROM, just the stock ROM rooted but went ahead and flashed a stock ROM back on it and got it up and running but still bugs me that I had to lose all my customization and start over without knowing what the heck went wrong.

Anyone have any ideas?


texts: How to stop music apps from changing lockscreen

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I am not new to Android, but this is the first thing that has actually stumped me. I noticed my default music app (Xperia Z1ˢ BTW) and Spotify both change my lock screen to the album of whatever I'm listening to. Is there any way to turn this feature off easily? I know my way around android, but I don't know the coding language. This isn't really a problem, but a few album art covers are not exactly school appropriate.

update

I have checked the default music app settings, and there is no option to change for this issue either. I'm using Android 5.0.2, and the offensive album art is through Spotify. I also have checked my settings for this, there are no "music" options.


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I have the application Outlook on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and I have several accounts, but both adresses start with the same letter (see picture below).

I would like to know how to customize these icons so that I do not confuse the two accounts. Thanks in advance.


texts: Sudden crashes and drops in battery charge

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Recently I've experienced random and sudden crashes on my Galaxy S2. There is no warning or shutdown message. Suddenly it's just powered off. What could cause this? Is there any way to see what was going on just before the crash? I've also noticed odd drops in battery charge like this.

I'm running the official Android 2.3.5 ROM from Samsung.


texts: I only want WhatsApp messages from the past two years

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I have 19,000+ messages in a Google drive backup for my WhatsApp account. I only want the last 1,000 or so that I have made in the past few years.
Do I have to delete all the older ones manually, or is there a way to bulk delete anything older than a set date?
I only want the last year to two years of messages saved.
What's the best way???


texts: Is there a way or an app or anything to detect whether the other person is screen recording or screenshotting their screen while engaging with you with either mobile or PC?


texts: galaxy s6 build number LRX22G.G920W8VLU2A0G2 root help

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Its been like 3 hours that I am looking about how to root this build number of my galaxy s6, I have found some links but I don't know whether they will work or not. Please can you tell which method will root the phone.

My phone details are
Android version 5.0.2
Build # LRX22G.G920W8VLU2A0G2

Methods I found to root phone are -

Method # 1. forum.   xda-developers.   com/show...&postcount=175 [ someone did root it with build number G920W8VLU1AOCG , mine is G920W8VLU2A0G2 so can I use his method over my build number? ] and cf auto root is only available for G920F (international version).

Method # 2. http://www.skipsoft.net/?page_id=1197

Method # 3. http://galaxys6root.highonandroid.co...twrp-recovery/

Please tell me which method should i use to root my galaxy s6.

Thank you very much.


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I am relatively new to the Android scene, and have recently bought my first official android-powered device. The cruz tablet was just $199 at Best Buy so I figured I culd give it a try. Unfortunately, it's very limited. I can live with the hardware shortcomings (no camera, no Bluetooth), but I want access to the full Android Market.

I believe a rooting is in order. Can someone please point me in the direction of rooting instructions for this device? Is rooting the same for each Android device? I haven't found much info on the net about this particular tablet. Anything I can learn from here would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Thomas


texts: Phone not listed when using 'adb devices' command on mac

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My Google Pixel 2 is stuck in a boot loop and after searching for ways to fix this online I found  that applying a Rescue OTA to the device has solved a few people's issues.

Initially I downloaded the SDK Platform Tools from the android developer site and in my terminal, I cd'd into the platform-tools folder and used to command './fastboot devices' which showed my phones serial number, however my device wasn't listed when I used './adb devices' (typing the commands without the './' resulted in a "command not found" message). I then downloaded the SDK tools using homebrew instead and both 'fastboot devices' and 'adb devices' showed no devices.

I have no idea how to fix this. Google customer supports only suggestion was that I factory reset my phone but I haven't backed up my photos and was hoping to do that after I've exhausted all my other options.


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I'm trying to use Tasker to shorten URLs. Previously, I don't think this was possible, but v1.3 added support for https.

I've tried following the instructions here: https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started#shorten and I did get an HTTP 400 code, but the %HTTPD variable returned %HTTPD.

The things I used in Tasker were:

HTTP Post
Server:Port    https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?key=AIzaSyA8FwOcH-qW6ACR27H_wlrNKcv2OUl_Z8c
Data / File    "longUrl":"http://www.google.com/"
Content Type   application/json

Flash
Text           %HTTPR

Flash
Text           %HTTPD


texts: What is the size of the Android System app?

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On my phone the Android System app is zero in size.
Is this normal or have I been hacked?

Thanks, J


texts: I used Google's Find My Phone to factory reset my phone since I lost it but before that happened, I got my phone back

texts: So, I headed out one day and lost my phone. I head to see ways to get it back and saw that you can factory reset it through Google's Find My Phone. Now, someone gave it back and I'm stuck because if I go online on that phone, it may be factory reset. How can I prevent that from happening?


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After selecting a non-default ringtone for a contact I apparently cannot revert it to the default ringtone anymore. Of course I can select the same ringtone but when changing the default ringtone that contact will still have the old one.

Is there a way to remove the custom ringtone from the contact and make it use the global default ringtone again? In case it matters, the phone is a HTC One V


texts: What is default "fstab" file in Android?

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As I known, in Android 9, system and vendor are mounted in the first stage of init by parsing fstab from device tree. But, there is another fstab parsed in init process, it is device default fstab, which is parsed by ReadDefaultFstab function below. I am facing to a error " failed to find device default fstab " in boot log. Can anyone explain for me this default fstab file? What is it and it's role?

// Loads the fstab file and combines with fstab entries passed in from device tree.
bool ReadDefaultFstab(Fstab* fstab) {
    Fstab dt_fstab;
    ReadFstabFromDt(&dt_fstab, false);

    *fstab = std::move(dt_fstab);

    std::string default_fstab_path;
    // Use different fstab paths for normal boot and recovery boot, respectively
    if (access("/system/bin/recovery", F_OK) == 0) {
        default_fstab_path = "/etc/recovery.fstab";
    } else {  // normal boot
        default_fstab_path = GetFstabPath();
    }

    Fstab default_fstab;
    if (!default_fstab_path.empty()) {
        ReadFstabFromFile(default_fstab_path, &default_fstab);
    } else {
        LINFO << __FUNCTION__ << "(): failed to find device default fstab";
    }

    for (auto&& entry : default_fstab) {
        fstab->emplace_back(std::move(entry));
    }

    return !fstab->empty();
}


texts: can't enter recovery mode after flashing resurrection remix v5.8.5 android 7.1 in Lenovo vibe k4 note

texts: recently I have been trying out new roms. When I flashed resurrection remix v5.8.5 on my device (Lenovo vibe k4 note) via TWRP recovery, after that the room was working fine, but magisk came pre-installed, which, when I open, gives an error: "magisk manager has stopped working". So I decided to change to another rom. but I can't boot into recovery menu after flashing resurrection remix os. when I try to boot into recovery, it directly boots the system. And when I power it off, after an hour or two, it automatically powers on and boots the system. I would be grateful if someone helps me. Thank you


texts: Unable to connect to Raspberry Pi3 by hostname from Android VNC Viewer

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I installed VNC Viewer on my Ubuntu from here. Then, I could connect to my Raspberry PI by both hostname and IP address.
However, I can't do the same from my Samsung Note 8 I can't connect by hostname - I'm getting something like "Cannot resolve hostname". If I use the IP address then I don't have any problem.

Ubuntu PC, Samsung Note 8 and Raspberry PI3 are all connected to the same WIFI network.

Can someone explain what is wrong here?


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What is the difference between USB On-The-Go (OTG) and USB Host Mode?

They seem to be more or less the same. Are they?


texts: Unusually large file size of recorded video

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The videos I record on my phone are significantly bigger in size than videos of similar or higher quality that my friends seem to record. I've tried to change the settings but to no avail. I'm currently using a resolution of 640*480 and have set the quality to normal (there is also fine and super fine). It's still taking up about 15 MB per minute. I've asked some friends and their videos are between 4 and 5 MB per minute and they're using similar or better settings.

What can I do to fix this and reduce the file size?

I have a Huawei Ascend Y300 running Android 4.1.


texts: After update,the all-apps icon is missing on palmtop

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After performing an update, the all-apps icon is gone. I need that to launch the Play Store since there was no palmtop icon for that. How do I restore the icon for all apps?

Using Droid Maxx 2 with Android 7.1.1


texts: Do you still see ads even if your phone is offline?

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An uncle of mine refuses to use the free version of Astro File Manager, because he dislikes ads.

I told him to just leave his 3G off (he only uses it on demand anyway) and he shouldn't see them anyway, as my expectation was that they couldn't be downloaded.

But is this really true? I tried it with Angry Birds and after turning off 3G, I no longer saw any ads, but is this possible?


texts: Why does Sound Recorder in Cyanogenmod need network permission?

texts: It doesn't seem to be able to share sound recordings. Why does it need that permission? Cyanogenmod 10.1 although I've seen it in other versions.


texts: How can I return from power-saving mode in Android 2.3?

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic (with Android version 2.3.6 installed), and whenever my phone reaches 10% battery life it prompts me to turn on power-saving mode (and I do).

However, once my phone is fully charged, I'd like to turn off the settings that power-saving mode comprises (lowered screen brightness, shorter display timeout, etc.)

I see no way to do this in Android except by manually going through the settings and resetting them to the non-power-saving-mode levels. Is there a better way?


texts: How to mod android rom so none can ever install an app in it?

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I already know how to modify an android ROM by modifying files, remove and add it into ROM. But I don't have knowledge to building/compiling a ROM.

I want to lock the OS so none can ever install new app to it. Well at least for they that not have a knowledge to flash the ROM with other OS.

Is there a way to prevent user from install any application to the ROM?

like removing the market app or the package installer, pros n cons?


texts: Unable to install/update apps from Play store on Xiaomi A3 on data plan

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I am trying to download update/install apps from the Play store on my MI A3 Jio connection, but it has been unsuccessful. All services like Facebook, Whatsapp, etc are working fine.
The apps I am trying to download are the following:

Fancy Text+ Sticker Maker
Facebook Messenger
Personal Sticker for whatsapp
Stickers for whatsapp

But from past one hour, I am not able to download these apps on my Jio  data plan. This problem of not being able to download apps on my Jio connection is a frequent problem. What should I check? Any kind of  data saver is not on.
The OS this phone has is Android 9.
Following screenshot is the situation on my phone.

Here are settings for app download in playstore you can see that download using any kind of data mobile data plan or wifi both are enabled.

Wifi at my end was not working so at the time when I posted this question and now when I posted above image a friend came and change the setting of downloading apps on wifi only. So the apps which I could not download on my data plan could be downloaded on Wi-Fi connection.
I am not sure if it was a problem from mobile network service provider end or it is a problem in my phone or some thing which I don't know.


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A while ago my GPS was annoying me with a lot of 'searching for GPS'. I had to wait at least 10 minutes every time and it holds for just 2 minutes. Then it starts for searching again.

I searched for fixes and tried one. It was done in recovery mode by flashing a zip (lost the source of the site). Since then the GPS isn't even responding! It doesn't matter if I press GPS on or off, it stays off.

I've tried to clear cache, full wipe, factory reset, nothing worked. Tried a lot of apps in the market like: GPS status and toolbox, GPS fix etc. I even rooted my phone with a new kernel, this also didn't work.

What can I do to make my GPS work?

edit: I have a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) rooted 4.1.2 XWLSD
Siyah kernel v6.0b5


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I'd like to be able to use my Asus Transformer for a presentation using the HDMI out and I'd like to be able to draw on the screen over videos, pictures and over a powerpoint presentation.  Obviously I can't be drawing and navigating simultaneously with touch but I guess I'm envisioning an "always on top" floating dock or tool bar to toggle between the "paint" function and the normal touch input.

To be clear I'm not interested in specific "drawing" apps, I'm looking for the ability to draw persistently over any and every open app.

Is there an app or hack that will accomplish this?


texts: Android TV - Changing input language of physical keyboard

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Im on the new Xiaomi MI Box with Android TV (v6.0.1) and a physical keyboard attached. The layout is English and I need it to be German (since its a german keyboard...).
Can't find any options or whatsoever to do that. Am I missing something or is there really no option for that?
Also is it somehow possible to map some more events to the mi box remote's buttons (like longpress or doubleclick on home-button for taskmanager)?


texts: How to stream video from one device to other?

texts: I need to stream video from my Android device to other Android device over Wi-Fi, but I do not want to have a server in between. How can I do this?


texts: So my Samsung S3 mini kept reminding me that my storage is running out and i probably tempered around with the storage but do not remember deleting my entire whatsapp images folder and videos folder. Any clue on how i can get this back or what may have happened? I definitely did not delete any folders but only whatsapp images and videos folder have disappeared!


texts: How to disable rotation during zooming in the Google Maps app?

texts: I'm not talking about the feature for navigation where it rotates the map based on the direction you're currently driving. The problem is that when I zoom in and out using two fingers it sometimes happens that I rotate the map accidentally instead. I know I can press the compass icon to turn it back upright, but I would rather want to block the rotation completely. I've looked through all the settings and didn't find one, is there any way I can do this?


texts: Why my mobile eats hell lot of wifi data

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I have a Micromax Canvas a200 turbo mini. I have started using WiFi since last month. In one month "Android OS" and Google Chrome have used 63 GB of WiFi data. I have tried using third party apps, but they are only useful when you are using cellular data. I have tried reset factory as well.

What would cause this high data usage?

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texts: Notifications from default messages app?

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Ive noticed something about the default Messages app on my Samsung Galaxy A71 5G.
When I have the conversation open for a given contact and they send me a new message there's no audible notification.  If I switch to a different app or a different contact I do get an audible notification.
Is there a way to change this behavior?  I don't see one. Just because the messages app is open to a particular contact doesn't mean that I'm looking at it.


texts: Galaxy Nexus won't charge, will immediately reboot if turned off

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Ran into a bizarre problem this morning.  My Galaxy Nexus was plugged in, but not charging.  Data transfer over USB seemed to work, but no charging would happen.  Stranger still, if I turned the phone off, it would immediately start booting up.  I couldn't actually get it to be off.

I couldn't find these symptoms on google, so I'm posting here.  I did eventually solve it by pulling out the battery and putting in a different one (the lower capacity one the phone came with).  It seemed to be normal, and continues to be normal after I switched back to the battery which wasn't charging earlier.  Anyone know the actual cause?  Either way, a solution is here for distressed users.


texts: Using USB for transferring files (MTP or PTP) to phone or charging using USB

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I had my Android phone power discharged fully. On fooling/trying to find the root cause saw the following as options in Android which I wasn't aware of before. This is in developer options though.

Transferring media files through MTP - This seems to be only one way from phone to PC and not the other way around :(
Transferring images or files through a PTP connection (guess it's a lower bandwidth connection)

Edit : Update - The target PC is running Debian Testing, not MS-Windows, sorry for not sharing that part.

Connecting MIDI devices
Charging.

What was surprising at least to me was you could choose only of the options and when one is chosen say charging the other options cannot be used.

Is there possibility of transferring media files through PTP from PC to phone or not anymore ?

Also were these options always part of android say 5.0 or it's a new development in 6.0 marshmallow ?

Permission denied while trying to copy some data from computer on to Samsung Galaxy J5


texts: How can I deny "android:keepScreenOn" to a misbehaving app?

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There is a misbehaving app (com.funplus.familyfarm) that keeps the screen on even long after it is ever needed (the app re-synchs with server and reloads the interface after some idle period).

  The app is not running in background. It is the active app currently shown on-screen.

It makes my device almost too hot to touch, not to mention the battery drain.

Is there any way for me to deny the "android:keepScreenOn" to the app, or to do something (like a Tasker task) to kill it after an idle period?

I am running ICS 4.0.4 and the device is rooted. I have purchased Tasker Pro, but really do not know much how to mess around.


texts: Desire password-required login for Facebook on Android

texts: I would like the security of mandatory password login to Facebook from my phone.  How to do this on Samsung Galaxy Express?


texts: Screen keeps black after official upate for Samsung Galaxy S3

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A few days ago, the phone got an OTA update (build number: IMM76D.I9300XXALF6). After that the phone got unusable: Once the screen goes out, I cannot wake up the device anymore. The only exception is when it's connected to my laptop, then I can wake it up any time.

I already tried resetting it to factory defaults, but it did not help.

Any ideas? Or should I send the phone back?


texts: Enable/disable Background Execution Limits for all apps

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Official guide on Background Execution Limits (new feature introduced in Android 8 Oreo) has a note:

  Note: By default, these restrictions only apply to apps that target
  Android 8.0 (API level 26) or higher. However, users can enable most
  of these restrictions for any app from the Settings screen, even if
  the app targets an API level lower than 26.

I've looked through the Settings on Android 8 emulator and was unable to discover the option mentioned in guide.

Could somebody point me how to enable/disable Background Execution Limits for all apps in Android 8+ Settings?


texts: I have a Blu vivo XL and I just upgraded to 6.0 and now my home button and my recent apps button won't. The only thing that works is the back button they were working before. I don't have a clue could  have messed up during the download not sure or could it be something that doesn't require resetting the whole phone


texts:
I just recently bought an Android phone named Panasonic Eluga Pulse X, but its internal storage is way too low that I want to remove some bloatware by gaining root access.

I have tried so many one-click root apps like Framaroot, KingoRoot, etc. but none worked.

How to root this device?


texts: I have a Galaxy Tab Pro SM-T900.  When I try to select a file (JPG) from the my files.  I get the wrong file.  Is there some setting change that would fix this.


texts: Why do Google Play Services appear to access Location despite being disallowed to?

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On my phone I disallowed Google Play Services access to Location many months ago. Yet Recent Location Requests item of the Settings still gets them listed:

How can this happen? Do Google Play Services have some special privilege to work around permission checking? Or are the apps that get denied permission to access Location still registered in this list?


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I have a Kyocera Hydro View. Every time I restart my phone, it tells me that Android is optimizing apps. This takes anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes, and sometimes prevents me from using the phone when I need to use it.

What is Android doing, and why does it need to do it so often?


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The yellow blob emojis on my android 6 phone are mostly incomprehensible. Is that one laughing or looking sad? No idea.

Is there a way to replace them with pictures that better represent the emotions they're supposed to help us communicate?

AFAIK emoji are sent as Unicode code points, so presumably they're rendered like a font would be.

(I feel very old asking this question, like I'm just supposed to know... it might even help if there was a list describing the picture in words)


texts: How to stream audio from Android to PulseAudio server?

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I have a home linux server running the PulseAudio - with shared audio devices, that are connected to cool sound system.

And I have an Android 4.4-based phone. I want to stream audio from my phone to the PulseAudio server.

How to do that?


texts: Remove Google Search Bar on Nexus devices running on stock Lollipop

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I have been reading for days about how to remove the Google Search Bar from the top of my Nexus 6 since I never use it. I have gotten mixed answers on exactly what file to delete and where it is.

I have heard quicksearchbar.apk but it's not in /system/app like in previous versions. Does anybody know where the file/files are I need to delete in order to get rid of the search bar, or else, how to remove it? Preferably not downloading another launcher, since I don't want to bloat my phone when I could reduce the size.


texts: I frequently make lists of things, e.g. in Google Notes. I'm looking for a way to share anything (with a share button) to become a new item on a list. The app doesn't matter, as long as it lets me in turn share the whole list. Is this possible?


texts: Remove boot password from the command line

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I just tried to remove the boot password on a Android Oreo device using the following command:

$ vdc cryptfs changepw password original_password ""
200 5478 0

Even though the status indicated success (I've previously used this command to change the password without problems), the device does neither accept the original password nor does it boot without putting in a password. The password prompt still shows up.

I'm pretty sure this is only recoverable with a factory reset. (I'll still gladly take alternative hints on how to unlock this ;-))

My question is: How can I remove the boot password using adb without making the device unbootable?

vdc cryptfs clearpw seemed to me, like it would to the job. After reviewing the source, I found out, that it unfortunately only removes the password from  memory. I've also tried setting the password to default_password. This leads to the password still being required on bootup.


texts: How do I make an expandable skype popup?

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I was switching between skype, as a person replied, and twitch on my phone and wasn't paying particularly close attention to the switch at one point and magically there was a little skype icon on my twitch app I could move around and expand into the skype convo I was going to and then collapse again without ever causing the stream I was watching to go away.

Problem is I'm not entirely sure what I did to do that and I would really like to be able to have that open anytime I'm doing something in particular on my phone and chatting in skype at the same time.


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Received a 128gb Samsung Evo+ microSD card that had originally been encrypted or used as adopted storage on another android device.

Current partitions, gpt table

  /dev/mmcblk0p1 android_meta 16.00 MiB; /dev/mmcblk0p2 android_expand 119.74 GiB

I tried formatting it through android with no success, so moved to a pc with a card reader. Windows detects the partitions but formatting and re-partitioning is unsuccessful. Diskpart ends in successful readout, but after ejecting and reinserting the disk no changes have taken effect.

Under lubuntu, using gparted, usually results in a

  i/o error during write on /dev/mmcblk0

and

  error fsyncing/closing /dev/mmcblk0: i/o

Fdisk shows successful readout, but still not operational. Wrote 0's to the disk using dd and then tried again in gparted and same errors.

Any other ideas? Is the SD card shot?