texts: How to root my Oppo N1 (with Custom Recovery)?

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I just bought a Oppo N1, so how to root it?

ColorOS V1.0.0
CyanogenMod CM10.2


texts: How do I remove an account from the Lastpass authenticator app?

texts: I don't want the app cluttered with old codes that I am no longer using but there seems to be no way to remove a code. The Lastpass/LogMeIn online support site also doesn't appear to be any help in this regard.


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I want to clear a specific system application's cache — Calendar & Calendar Storage. How do I do it in ICS?

I've stopped the running app:

but cannot find the Clear data / Clear cache like before:

I'm on a Nexus S and I prefer a way to do it natively, without needing to install an app just for that.


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This is my father's phone and he went overseas to travel. During his travel he wanted to unlock his phone so he went to some shady area and they apparently rooted his phone but messed up somewhere. They told him to reinstall the firmware and it will be good. Unfortunately that isn't the solution and I have no clue what is the problem.

The mobile networks always has the cross symbol and no option for it exists in the settings. This prevented me from accessing the APN settings, but then after searching for that I managed to get access to it. However, it won't let me create any new APN and there exists none other, giving me the error that this user cannot change the APN settings. No number could be dialed and gives another error that there are no mobile networks. Removing the SIM and trying another SIM does nothing at all.

I then got a firmware from sammobile with the same network as the phone, Koodo 6.0.1 and installed that. The problem still persists and I have run out of ideas and solutions on what to do. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Is it possible to connect to a WiFi network using the router's MAC address and not the broadcasted SSID on Android?

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Assuming that there are many hotspots broadcasting the same SSID, is it possible to "force" my Android phone to connect to a specific network by using a unique identifier, for example the MAC address of the broadcasting router?
What I'm looking for is a solution without the need of third party software. I'm currently using Android 10 on Xiaomi MIUI 12, but I'm open to hear any answer including other Android versions or mobile manufacturers.


texts: Save a draft message using 'hello sms' app

texts: I have started using hello sms as my everyday SMS app and it is great. One problem though is I cannot work out how to save a draft message.


texts: What is the meaning to close Google apps source code

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According to the recent news, google apps are closed source and one cannot use it after forking android.

But, as I understand, I can fork Android, create my own OS and then install Gapps manually.

If the users can do it manually, theoretically anyone with any device can use Gapps, than what is the advantage of closing the source if it does not prevent Google from creating other Android alternatives, e.g Cyanogenmod?

EDIT: I am quite aware of the advantages of having closed/open source. The question is that Google wants to get rid of competitors and prevent Android fragmentation. People can fork Android and one day become major OS provider. OF course, forking android without google services has very little value for users and it is extremely difficult to write such services from scratch. So, Google tries to keep its leadership in Android market by closing its service.

But, if one can fork android, customize it, than use Google services (even if installed manually), than this does not help Google at all in reaching its goal, i.e. prevent competitors and Android fragmentation.The Google services still can be very easily used and everyone can have its own alternate Android. So, what is the point to close the services?

Besides this, again, what is the meaning to have Google approved devices?I can  manufacture devices and use their services without having the approval.


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I'm trying to find an easy way to toggle hangouts on/off, but it seems it runs as a mandatory service, and the only solution I found is to disable it in settings/app, which is not very handy, and I think it reverts it to an outdated version each time.

Is there an easier/quicker way ?


texts: Do Not Disturb for specific duration in Samsung S8 Quick Settings

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I've just switched from a Sony Xperia Z3 (6.0) to the Samsung Galaxy S8. On the Sony I could set Do Not Disturb mode for a specific time (15 mins, 30 mins, an hour, 2 hours and so on) using the Quick Settings menu.

This was a really useful feature when going into meetings, presentations, movies etc. But I can't find this feature on the S8 - there's only the option to enable DND mode (and leave it on) or schedule it between specific times.

Is there anyway to get the great 'DND for 15/30/60 etc. minutes' feature in the Quick Settings on the S8?


texts: "App not found" for only applications in folders and on SD card

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I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge this morning, however, upon restart any applications that are on the SD card and in a folder get the message "App Not Found" when trying to launch. These apps also have the grey SD card icon.

Moving the app out into the root tray allows the application to launch. However, moving the app to internal storage doesn't.

Uninstalling and reinstalling an app doesn't help. Neither does clearing system cache.

Is there a fix for this? The workaround is to move all apps out of folders, but this means I can't organise them as well.


texts: Download free-software apps from official Android Market without logging in

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The Android Market has some apps which are free software, which entails that anyone can redistribute them; and that are also zero cost. (An example is Theremin, but I'm not interested only in that one specific app.)

So for those apps, there's no good reason for me to register with the Market in order to get those apps and install them. I have no interest in registering with the Market.

It would be good if such free-software and zero-cost apps were available at more places, like the FDroid Repository, which doesn't require anyone's credentials in order to get the apps.

(Please note: this question is not a request for other app stores, that's not the issue.)

But the Android Market doesn't have an obvious way to download apps without logging in. How can I do so?


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so i want to root my phone by first installing a custom recovery (twrp) following instructions here.. but as soon as i run this command

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

i get this:

target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16904 KB)...
OKAY [  0.396s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: device is locked. Cannot flash images)
finished. total time: 0.416s

i turned on the phone and enabled OEM unlocking.. but i still get the above error.. ideas?


texts: Phone into boot-loop after flashing custom kernel; unable to mount /data and /sdcard from CWM

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My Elephone P8000 was running Eragon 5.5 fine. Then I wanted to flash visi0nary's kernel (_1014), so I used the method described (fastboot flash ...), and when I rebooted the phone, it just kept into boot-looping.

I can still access CWM recovery, but I can't mount /data or /sdcard, so it's pretty bad.

I tried to flash the stock kernel but it didn't change anything. I think my partitions are messed up.

Here is my device's partition table :

When I try to mount /data with adb I get an invalid argument and when I check /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/userdata with e2fsck, it says that the superblock could not be read or does not describe an ext2 filesystem.


texts: Wipe data error - Unable to mount '/data'

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Sorry for my bad English.

I have a "Huawei G610". And i flash wrong rom on it.
Now phone boots up but the "Encryption unsuccessful" page shows. And just has a button "Reset phone".

"TWRP" recovery mod is installed on phone and come up after tapping on Reset phone in prev step.
In TWRP i enter to "Wipe" and select " Wipe data - Factory reset " and i get this error:

Unable to mount '/data'

I back to TWRP main menu and enter to "Mount"
But "Data" is unselectable !

Please help me how to fix this problem

Thanks a lot !


texts: How to find out the package name of an Android app, without ADB nor installing apps

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My friend just showed me a really useful app. I want to install it too, but the app's name is very generic and there is no app with this name in any app store nor on the web. Knowing the package name of the app would help me find it.
How can I know the package name of an app?

In Settings>App I only see the app's name.
If it was my phone I would install Applications Info and read the package name. Unfortunately I can't install anything on the phone. Understandably, my friend does not allow me to enable developer options, nor to connect any cable to it.
The phone otherwise only has stock apps.

Latest Android.


texts: My Android tells me I don´t have anything on my Internal Storage, but adb shell says I have a file on my Internal Storage (/storage/emulated/0) for example an apk file. Furthermore I haven´t any access to look to the Internal Storage from my android device and computer. What can I do? I have root permissions with adb shell. Could I do something with adb.


texts: How to block those annoying "Your device is infected" ads in Chrome without root

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We all know and hate them: those annoying ads that pop up along the lines of "Your phone is infected! Click to fix!" How can I block them in Chrome?

I know that adblock exists for root, but I do not have (or plan to) root.  And unfortunately a lot of sites host these adds, so it's not as easy as blocking or avoiding a specific site.

Phone: Alcatel Onetouch Idol S, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

EDIT
Device has root now.


texts: What would happen if the kernel was somehow modified to avoid sending the shutdown signal?

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I'm assuming a signal is sent when the battery reaches some critical level.

If that signal was programmed to be ignored somehow, what would me most likely to happen when the battery depleted its charge?

Would it be the same as plainly removing it, with the screen going off?

My guess is that the memory spaces wouldn't be properly managed, so what would happen when the device was turn on again?

Sorry if this seems too vague.


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it seems to me that my sd card is damaged so I wiped/erased it from android few times but it did not help.

Right now what happens is that if the card is present the phone freezes (not always) at the same time. SO it seems to me that the card is physically damaged.

Can I somehow find out if the card is damaged? The best from my phone.

Is there any low lever format of micro SD cards that might help in such case? Mark bad blocks so something similar?

HTC Desire + CM 7 RC2 + Kingston 16GB Type 4


texts: Searching in a specific folder of Google Drive on Android

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Since 2018 Google allows one to search within specific folders of Google drive.

e.g. The answer here:

In Google Drive, is there a way to search files located in a particular folder?

But can I do this on the Google Drive app on my Android Phone as well?


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My Moto M, running Nougat, is not booting up suddenly. It worked fine but after a restart it stopped booting up. It just shows the Motorola Logo and then a blank screen.

I tried Volume Down + Power button Combination and booting it in recovery mode but again the same Motorola Logo and Blank screen.

Never rooted/tweaked in any way.

I have a lot of data in it. Plzzzzz Help.


texts: Facebook mobile for Droid unable to delete friends

texts: How does one go about deleting friends via the Droid's Facebook application? I am running the latest build of Facebook.


texts: Transfer settings from Lollipop to Marshmallow (with EMUI)

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I am migrating from a Samsung S6 (Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow) to a Huawei Ascent Mate 8 (Android 6.0 Marshmallow).

On the Huawei Phone, I am not prompted for a Google Login or the option to synchronise data with Tap&Go.

Are these peculiar features of EMUI or is it not possible to use Tap&Go from Android 6.0.1 to Android 6.0?

I am happy to ditch the Huawei EMUI interface if it means a smoother transfer of my account and app settings from the Lollipop phone. I have no data on the Marshmallow phone and I'm happy to do a factory reset if it is required.

I have seen a variety of explanations on line, but many of them are steered toward selling software utilities.

In the past I have found that many core apps such as SMS require the use of additional export / import apps. Others involve copying individual XML files between the phones. I am not expecting that there will be a perfect solution. It would be good if there was a process or product that at least transferred the data, settings and accounts of the 20% of apps that 80% of us use.

What would be the smoothest way to transfer data (SMSes, contacts, photos, emails), accounts (google, email, fb, twitter) and various app settings between these two devices?


texts: Unable to connect galaxy tab pro SM-T520 to PC with windows 8.1

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My new PC having windows 8.1 does not recognize Samsung galaxy tab pro connected via USB cable. What to do?
I've tried different cables and different USB ports. It does not appear in Windows device manager. It only pops-out a window saying "The last USB device you have connected to the PC malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it". I have not installed any drivers for the tab. I need just to copy files from PC to tab (music, movies...).

Thanks for help.


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Device: LG G3 F400k
Rom: CM12 Nightly (12.1-20151004-NIGHTLY-F400)
Google App version: 5.3.23.19.arm
Google services version: 8.1.15 (2250156-230)
Google Play store version: 5.9.12

Everything seems up to date. But I don't have the options to use Ok Google on other screens/apps. And the hotword won't even work in the app itself.
Screenshot:

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texts: Avatar on hangouts flashes a circle with a letter

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When I log into my hangouts to message my boyfriend, sometimes the picture flashes a green circle with a letter and then loads the picture again.  It doesn't happen all the time, just occasionally.
Does this mean they are using more than one Google account at the same time or just logging into other accounts and logging out to log back into the account we use?


texts: Wifi and Google Play access after factory reset for off contract Sprint HTC Evo 4G

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I no longer use my old HTC Evo 4G I got from Sprint. I want to give it to my toddler so he can play games. Currently, since it is off contract it can't access the mobile network but it still can access WiFi.

If I do a factory reset on the phone will it still be able to have WiFi access? Will I still be able to access the Google Play store with my account?


texts: Clearing app data without waiting for it to be counted

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When I need to clear an app's data, the "Clear Data" button is greyed out until Android has finished counting how much of it there is. Sometimes it never completes, and I need to force quit Settings and try again.

This is, obviously, a complete pain.

Given that I don't care how much data the app has stored — I just want it to be zero bytes — is there a way to force Android to enable the button and let me clear the app data without waiting for it to be counted first?

(I have a Nexus 7, which updated to 4.2 pretty sharply after I got it, so I don't know if this is a 4.2 bug or a poor design decision which has been around for ages…)


texts: Will engraving the back of my Galaxy S8 interfere with the waterproof-ness?

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I am thinking about laser-engraving a large logo on on the back of my Galaxy S8. The image I have in mind is about 40x40mm and will be centered vertically between the SAMSUNG and the lower CE and IMEI markings, and centered horizontally.

Will this in any way break the ability to withstand water, like when I wipe the phone with a wet cloth or when it gets rained on?

I am aware that this will obviously void the warranty, and that there is a risk of breaking the device.


texts: Trying to search email on exchange server with android phone

texts: I have setup a corporate email account on my android phone and it syncs like it should 1 month's worth of email.  When I search for email, it only returns results for the email that is synced on the phone. How can I search the other email that is on the exchange server?


texts: How can I install custom fonts on Android?

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I am trying to display a Powerpoint slide deck on an android tablet, but the slides contain fonts that don't exist in android.

Is there a way to install custom fonts on the tablet?  If so, how?


texts: Can multiple user profiles see each others' data or photos?

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Some specific cases:

What about browsing the drive when connected to a computer via USB?
Is the owner profile able to see other users' data or photos?

In my basic tests, it seems that the user data and photos are isolated when using USB MTP connection. But what if a user installs a File Manager app? Or is there a way to do USB Mass Storage that would expose all the data for all users?


texts: alternatives to add NTFS support to Android kernel

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I would like to enjoy of NTFS support for my Android device. The USB-OTG Helper app and also this patch - sdcardfs.ko couldn't help with that.

With regard the patch sdcardfs.ko, I have done all the given instructions successfully, but when I do su -c "insmod /system/lib/modules/sdcardfs.ko", I get error Invalid argument. I would happy about this method if it worked for me. So, it will be great if you know how I can fix this error.

My device configurations are as bellow:

Device model: HUAWEI G630-u10
Android version: 4.3
Kernel version: 3.4.0+ (Stock Rom)
Device is Locked
Device is rooted by KingRoot app

Other solutions available but not interested:

Paragon USB plugin for Total Commander (I am not interested in this method because I want NTFS support to the Android kernel so that I can access NTFS-formatted sdcards from within my favorite file manager.
[Paragon exFAT, NTFS, HFS+][3] and Ntfs Mounter - 'Play Store' knows these apps incompatible with my device. So, I cannot use these methods too.

Appreciate if you help to fix the problem using sdcardfs.ko patch as already mentioned above or introduce me other alternatives.

Update:
As a new try, I unlocked my device bootloader, installed TWRT and SuperSU (instead of using KingRoot method); but I'm still getting error Invalid argument when trying to load the sdcardfs.ko. So, my device configuration has changed to:

Device is Unlocked
Device is rooted - SuperSU installed.

Check out the dmesg.


texts: What does this symbol in notification bar mean?

texts: What does the circled symbol below mean?


texts: My phone is missing whatsapp communication

texts: What can I do to bring  back my whatsapp number? I was using  my friend  phone  to communicate  with my whatsapp number  and I forget to change and now she still have my whatsapp number and she continue to receive message.


texts: Record screen AND system sound on rooted device

texts: I cannot find a way that will allow me to capture and save both system video and audio (not microphone),  even on the Play Store. My device runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has root permissions access via SuperSU. I'm aware the API for system recording is not available in Stock Android, though I remember several apps being able to access internal audio for purposes such as streaming, casting, etc...


texts: I have an LG Phoenix with Android 2.3 and I just recently did a factory reset, and now when I go to add my Google account, it won't let me add it. After I entered in my username (...@outlook.com) and my password, it says that "...@outlook.com does not use gmail". Then it offered me a couple suggestions to create a gmail account. I don't want a Gmail account. I don't understand why I need one when I've already got a Google account. I thought that would be enough info needed.


texts: Tried to root android tab 4 10.1 with Supersu and odin, now i think it's soft bricked

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so my android tab 4 10.1 with 5.0.2 android lollipop only wifi is so wrong atm.

What did i do? Try rooting with odin-supersu. Failed over 10 times it didn't work. I wanted to start it all over with a clean tablet, so i did a hard recovery with volume up, home and close button. Pressed boot and its stuck at SAMSUNG word. Can't turn off totally only by letting it out of battery. I can charget it, it shows that it is loading (by the big green bar).

What i want? Well obviously it to work like a new (or at least work).

I will probably try to root it after i manage to make it work again, do you know any reliable root?

Thank you guys in advance. Have a good day.


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I have Lenovo k5 smartphone with Lollipop 5.1.1.

As stock "Lenovo Launcher" sucks, I installed Nova Launcher and set it as default.

Unfortunatelly, after each restart (or even without restart, after few hours) the default launcher changes to stock "Lenovo launcher".

Is that a way to permanent change?


texts: Android N Beta update failed, how can I try again?

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I enrolled in the beta program.  OTA update appeared, downloaded, unpacked and restarted. Then it loaded up a great little "ERROR" screen with a sick looking Android :/

After restart, it booted back up in Marshmallow.

OK, so no big loss, just time. Happy to try again...but I can't find a way to force the OTA to reappear?


texts: How can I change the Ethernet (IPv4) properties from my Android phone?

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So my problem is: I am currently writing an Android application which has to get access on data sent via Ethernet connection. The app is going to replace a Windows tool which is able to receive data from another (automotive) device sent via Ethernet. When using this Windows tool, I have to change my computers Network Settings like shown below, so that the tool is able to set up a connection to the device:

Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IPv4 - Properties - change IP adress and subnet mask to the values which fit to the device

Now I want my application to receive the Ethernet signals. I am using a Google Pixel 2 with Android 8.0 and also have an USB-C to Ethernet adapter. I already tried to get an Ethernet connection by connecting to the Internet with an Ethernet cable plugged into my phone (with the adapter of course). So that means, receiving data via Ethernet should be theoretically possible. But I do not know, how I can change my phones Ethernet settings. The phones Ethernet controller also has to apply this certain IP address but there are no options in my phone's menu.

Do you guys know any way how I can change the phone's Ethernet settings/properties?


texts: How to disable "banner" notifications on Android 11?

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I would like to disable "banner" notifications globally or on a per app basis, including for applications that don't internally provide a disable method.
By banner notifications, I mean like in the following example:

Note that when googling, there is a great deal of terminology confusion around "banner," "pop-up," "pop-down," "pop-head," and "bubble" notifications. On this website, every answer I found dealt with "bubble" notifications, which look like this:

My phone is a pixel 4a. My android version is 11.
How can I disable banner notifications?


texts: NANDroid on CM12.1, Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100

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I would like to install XPrivacy on CM12.1 (Samsung Galaxy S2  I9100).

For that I have to:

Preferably do NANDroid backup
Flash correct version of Xposed framework (xposed-v78-sdk22-arm.zip)
Install Xposed app (XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk)

The problem is in the first point: CM was so kind as to install its own recovery, which does not provide backup option.

I used CWM recovery before, but that as far as I know isn't maintained anymore. TWRP is another option, but I can't find version for I9100 (if there is any).

What are my options?

I could probably stick with AppOps, but it is a bit too simple for my needs. Another question is whether it is worth the struggle with installation of XPrivacy given the stability (and security?) of such solution.

I could probably substitute some XPrivacy features with AFWall, but I had some issues installing it on CM12.1.

Another feature I would like is the access restrictions to Android ID - but that is probably possible only with Xposed(?).


texts: shutting down takes ages (HTC Desire 2.1)

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I wanted to reboot my HTC and it was shutting down for more than 10-15mins so I removed the battery...

What can I do next time? Is that ok to be shutting down for ever?

The mobile is almost new one. Not much stuff installed. Primarily used for web browsing.


texts: attempting to power off my samsung t560nu to prepair for a hard reset upon pressing the power button the tablet requests the security pattern why is it doing this the pattern is the reason im trying to factory reset


texts: I have an old phone that is unlockable due to ghost-input. Is there a way to access its data?

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The phone is Sony Xperia Z3 Compact and I have not used it in a while now due to ghost input making it impossible to unlock it. I would like to scrub it down to make sure I don't have any personal data on it before I recycle it. But I have no idea what to do since I cannot unlock it and access it through my PC.
Any ideas?


texts: I have this 64 gig microSD and it seems I can't utilize it

texts: I have an LG Stylo with 16GB internal storage and just bought a 64GB microSD because I was tired of running out of space. So I manually moved all of the apps I could to the external storage. This freed up a few gigs. Now I'm goinf to update an app and my internal is up to 15.4 gigs?? Why? My apps are still listed under the "Internal Storage" section but once I select an app, it states it is in External Storage. So why is this happening? Is it leaving an undisclosed amount of data inside anyway? Is this a bug? I'm debating on deleting one of the apps through internal storage and see if it wipes it off my SD. By the way, my 64 gig is hardly being used. Maybe 6 gigs tops


texts: Android 4.4.2 on nexus 4/7, wifi connection loss

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I have a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 7 (2013).
Recently I've upgraded my wifi router as part of moving to VDSL.
The problem:
The android devices disconnect from the wifi after some time, I can not reproduce or find the exact time it takes for it to disconnect. After the connection loss the device still "think" it is connected to the wifi (and even shows signal strength), however there is not connection.

I've noticed that problem with the first router I brought (router+vdsl modem netgear vegn2610). At first I thought that the router is the problem since I didn't have that problem with my old router (tplink 841n). So I changed it to d-link 6850u (another router+vdsl modem combo from my ISP). The second router has the same problems.
Notice that other devices (PCs and laptops) do not suffer from this problem.

Both of the routers are 11agn routers and both are capable of 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies. The problems are present on both radios.

Is there anything in the wifi radio/protocol configuration that might be causing this problem?

Thanks a head!


texts: How to detect spy software like flexispy, mspy, phonesheriff?

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I don't want to factory reset my phone nor do I want to reflash Lineage OS ROM. I just want to check for a possible trace of spy software like flexispy, mspy, phonesheriff, ikeymonitor thetruthspy, and possibly others that I don't know of.

Just to check for root is enough? I have not installed the root feature of Lineage OS.

Is there any way which could do that? I don't mind doing things manually but I need to know instructions or pointers to begin with.


texts: How can I reboot my phone without the power or volume buttons?

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Title is pretty self-explanatory. My phone's power and volume buttons don't work. The home button does. It's a Lenovo ZUK Z2 Plus.

This phone has always had a tendency to crash unless rebooted occasionally. Now that the power button doesn't work, I won't be able to turn the phone on if it crashes and shuts down.

I've taken a complete backup, but I'd still like to continue using the phone for as long as possible. In order to prevent the inevitable crash, I'd like to reboot the phone every so often. How can I do so?


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I have a samsung galaxy Y with android 2.3.6(Ginger bread) installed.
I connected my mobile to a computer infected with virus and my sd card contents were moved into another folder.
I restored the contents to the previous location but I do not see any applications installed in the sd card in my mobile now.


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I've recently been hit by what appears to be a virus on my phone. Whenever trying to access a web page, even just by following a link from a google search, I am redirected to a page with a pop up message that says:

"The page at www.phoneerror-x00059f.tech says:

WARNING!

Your Samsung Galaxy S7 phone is infected with a virus that can damage the battery!

The system has six viruses that cause serious damage to your battery and which must be immediately destroyed.

Do not close this page.

** If you exit you leave at our own risk **"

If I close this pop up message, the page behind it that appears to be a fake Google site still informing me of there being 6 viruses on my phone and wants me to follow the link marked "Destroy All Viruses", which no doubt will do just the opposite.

Does anybody know how to kill this thing? I have tried clearing the Cache Data for both Internet and Google, but to no avail. Any other suggestions?

Regards, Ben.


texts: Galaxy S-4 Active connect via bluetooth to IMAC desktop

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Can I transfer data from my galaxy S-4 Active Phone to my Apple IMAC Desktop Via Bluetooth? Such as Music, Photos, files ??

Thanks
Carl


texts: Formatted my sd card as internal storage in my Xiamoi phone. but still getting no enough space message when installing apps

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I have a Xiamoi note 8 phone running android 9. It has 32gb internal storage and I used most of it, so I decided to buy an sd card to use as internal storage.
I went in settings chose the format as internal storage option. It then asked me to move data to the new internal storage, I clicked yes then after it finished I restarted my phone and It still was giving the low on storage message.
when I open the file manager it shows the phone's data split evenly between the sd card and the storage.
when I open the settings and go to storage it only shows the phone's original 32gb.
I searched a lot but couldn't find a solid solution for this problem.


texts: How to stop my phone from auto-correcting my writing?

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I have several Android phones, with different Android versions. I am writing short messages in several languages (Spanish, Catalan, English, German, Italian, ...) and I am really fed up with Android trying to outsmart me. A simple message takes me ages to write because I need to fight the auto-correction mechanism, or change the language, or whatever.

But if I disable all languages in the auto-correction settings, it still tries to auto-correct in English. Why?

Auto-correction is not for me. I do not want auto-correction, period. Not in English, not in any language. Is this possible?


texts: Is there a safety system to prevent overheating?

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Is there currently a system in place that prevents overheating. I have recently been having issues with my mobile hotspot and I noticed that the issues I have seem to be when the phone is above 90 degrees F. (Using a battery temperature app).
When the phone is room temperature everything seems to work fine and when it is above 90 I seem to have issues. I thought maybe the wifi chip was having issues, so I manually tethered with USB and continued to have issues. To rule out my laptop, I connected the phone to my router and hardwired in my laptop. I then bought another cell phone which had the same issues. Specifically the issue I was having was full 20 Mbps and then 0 and then 20 and then 0. (Tested with speedtest.net multiple times.) So it appears to be the actual chip that connects to the cell towers. (On both phones it was doing this.)
Is there a safety mechanism in place in the android system that detects that your phone is heating up and begins cycling chips on and off to prevent overheating? I can see how for most activities a normal person wouldn't notice unless you're streaming something live with no buffer (ie: remote desktop over hotspot). Actually if it does this it would be almost genius because it wouldn't need to completely power off. It could just cycle between normal power and lower power which wouldn't be an issue for 95% of the things you do, it would increase battery life and decrease phone temperature. However, I also would be doing the 5% of the tasks were it is annoying as all get out watching the mouse cursor skip across my screen and watching windows minimize robotically with jerking updates.


texts: link2sd: Replacing sdcard, unable to install gmail

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I had installed link2sd plus and created link for the Gmail app, so that Gmail app is completely moved to the SD card 2nd partition.

The SD card then failed, I had to replace the SD card. After replacing the SD card, all the applications that were "linked" to the SD card did not work (of course). I had to re-install all the apps.

Some of the apps could not be installed, the error message was "Insufficient storage available". I figured that there were some apps like "com.google.....", which was listed in the Apps Settings menu (with 0.0B). I deleted such apps (for ex: com.google.android.keep), and then was able to install the corresponding apps (ex: Google Keep).

However, I am not able to install Gmail, which always shows "Insufficient storage available". I did "adb shell pm list packages" and do not find any package like "com.google.android.gm". Storage space is not an issue, there is sufficient space.

Any help allowing me to install Gmail will be appreciated!

Note: It is android 4.4.2 custom rom, found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/micromax-a116/development/discovery-rom-micromax-a116-t2863476 on Micromax A116 device


texts: How to connect to Internet from Windows 7 laptop tethered over blue tooth to Samsung S4

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Android Samsung S4: Tethering and Mobile Hotspots > Bluetooth (enabled)
Windows 7 laptop: Bluetooth enabled, paired with Samsung S4.

Windows Bluetooth Device Control window opens.
By default, the Samsung S4 has (Disconnected) below it, even though they were just paired & my laptop has no Internet connection.

My S4 has a working Internet connection.

If I try to click Connect, under Windows Bluetooth Device Control > Personal Network and Communication, a green tick appears over the Bluetooh icon located between the diagram of the laptop and the S4 at the top of the Bluetooth Device Control window. However, it reverts back to the default bluetooth icon, and the the S4 continues to display (Disconnected) below it.

I have download the Samsung Android USB Drivers for Windows, and the S4 displays as a device with no driver problems in Windows Device Manager.

How do I have my Windows 7 laptop use my Samsung S4's mobile Internet connection while tethered over bluetooth?


texts: Google Pixel Digital Wellbeing - How does it measure the usage of the applications?

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I noticed that many applications are logged as part of today usage in Digital Wellbeing dashboard app, even though I have never opened those app for today (for example).
I read google documentation and it doesn't really describe the details.
My concern is

Do those applications automatically running on background even though user doesn't use them? (or)

It is because of how google measure the activity?

Has anyone experience these before?


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How can I access the browser console on Opera Mobile on Android?

Browser console = something similar to the developer console window on Chrome, when pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Shift J


texts: High battery usage (no wifi no apps no wireless)?

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I've noticed that I lose about 20% battery each hour while my phone is unattended and offline.  I check the battery settings and find that no apps are running.
The phone is rooted, and I'm wondering what kind of cleanup I can do in terms of searching for viruses and botnets and doing some kind of deeper inspection of battery usage?
Samsung galaxy s10+
--UPDATE--
I'd like to start looking for botnet that would survive a successful re-rom: any methods of doing so would be greatly appreciated.  I've been receiving "unauthorized network" errors while in airplane mode.  This is an intermittent issue.  I am trying to find a forum or a community where issues like this can be discussed.  I've taken comprehensive logs at various suspicious cross periods.  One of four nights I receive these issues, for example.  I vigilantly reproduce steps to be sure that each night the conditions of the phone are the same: turn all apps off, restart the phone, put it into airplane mode, turn the screen off, leave it unplugged.


texts: How to access/disable the Google account sync settings in Android 8.1?

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So I've just got a Nexus phone running Android 8.1 and wonder where I can turn off all of the Google account synchronization settings?
Under Settings->Users & accounts->[name of google acct] there's an option Account sync to Sync on for all Items - pushing it syncs all data. However, that's exactly the opposite of what I'm looking for. I'd like to disable all account synchronization. Do you have any ideas where the sync settings are hidden in 8.1?


texts: Remote control for android using pc with local wifi, without internet

texts: I want to control an application in my android mobile using wifi lically. Is there any way to control android device from pc using local wifi or access point without internet !!. I searched alot but all apps need internet .. Also no free vnc server for android .. Please I dont have a problem in rooting my android also I have an old android . Any free app likes vnc can work.


texts: How can I root my Orange Hi 4g (ZTE Blade Apex 2)?

texts: I search a lot can I can't find any useful method to root the ZTE Blade Apex 2. Someone says that the bootloader is unlocked. Is that true? If it's true, can I install CyanogenMod using the CyanogenMod Installer?


texts: Would Apple EarPods work on my Android phone?

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Apple just launched the iPhone 5; together with that they landed new earphones they call 'EarPods'. I have an HTC Desire HD Android-based phone. It has a 3,5mm jack just as the iPhone. Would the earphones and microphone of the EarPods work on my phone as well? Having good quality earbuds that stick in my ear sounds attractive to me.

I do not care about the controls per se, and I'm pretty sure the sound will also work, but I'm not sure about the microphone. Also, how much of the improved sound and noise reduction is implemented in the software?


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I have a Nexus 7 and I find it really useful for everyday use. I would like to improve it as a remote controller for my apartment, like:

play music (the mp3 files are stored on the computer, N7 is only a remote controller that shows the playlist and has the controls)
play videos (I have seen that this seems to be possible using vlc),
check the door (It would be great to have a webcam pointing out on my front door that I can check with my N7 and push a button on the app to open the door)
dim/control lights or other devices like tv, dvd player and so on

Do any knows any projects that covers even one of my wishlist, or has tips to help me build those things by myself? I know that some of those will require the use of a microcontroller, like arduino.


texts: How do I update my LineageOS installation?

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I have a Motorola Moto E LTE 2nd Generation Android phone (surnia) running LineageOS 14.1.20170303-NIGHTLY-surnia.

I installed LineageOS by following the instructions in the wiki: unlocking the bootloader, writing TeamWin's recovery program, wiping the partitions and installing LineageOS and OpenGApps Pico from the zip files.

Now that I have my phone running smoothly, I'd like to keep it up-to-date and secure.

How do I update LineageOS?

Is there a setting on the phone that I need to enable to have passive updates? Or is there an option I can activate to update to the latest build when I've backed up my data and I'm ready to proceed?

I can't find any information on the LineageOS wiki regarding updates.

I could update LineageOS by going back into TeamWin and writing the latest .zip, but that seems a bit drastic.


texts: Is it somehow possible to change MANUALLY the format of a telephone number?

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In this question Is it somehow possible to change the format of a telephone number being displayed ? @Edelcom asked to change the format of telephone numbers, but he could get his wanted format just by changing his language. By manually I mean that I want to set it up no matter the language such as the format I want isn't in any of the languages I speak.

By the way: my phone is a Samsung Galaxy i5510.


texts: How to I disable the DHCP function on Wi-Fi Tethering

texts: I want to have a Static configuration for wi-fi tethering because there is no way to change the IP range.


texts: "com.android.phone has stopped" after reboot, cured by changing Preferred Network -- how to make permanent

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Phone info:

"Google Play Edition" Galaxy S4 - GT-I9505ZWG
Android 5.1, build number LMY470.S008.150802
AT&T, Philadelphia

After rebooting the phone, I get the "com.android.phone has stopped" popup, and am unable to make calls or connect to the network.

I've been through the following steps to try to cure:

Clear cache for all apps
Clear data for "Phone" app (2 of them), as well as "CSC" and "com.phone.sec"

On a hunch, because there were issues last year with Google phones and AT&T support for LTE, I went into the "Preferred Network" settings and attempted to switch to 3G.

The first time doing this after reboot, touching the setting caused the settings app to exit. However, the signal strength meter then showed a signal, and I was able to make a call and connect to the Internet.

I then went back to this settings page, and was able to successfully change back and forth between 3G and LTE.

However, after rebooting, I was back in "com.android.phone has stopped" land.

It appears to be a settings issue, but which setting? And how to change? Is there a particular app that I should clear data for?

I don't want to do a factory reset, especially since I have a work-around.

If necessary, I can get logcat output. However I'd want a pointer to the specific output required, rather than dumping the whole mess into the question.


texts: How to enable selective app permissions on CyanogenMod?

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One of the big reasons I installed CyanogenMod (10.1 latest Monthly) was to be able to have the ability to selectively deny apps certain permissions (most importantly the network and device ID ones). However, I am not able to find it in the settings, in spite of there being blog and forum posts from several months ago mentioning that CM will have this feature.

Does anyone know if this ever made it to the main ROM? If I want to include it myself, is there a specific source tree I can merge into the CM main repo code?

Thanks.


texts: how to re-enable Media Device (MTP) for USB PC Connection Samsung Galaxy s2

texts: I cant connect my phone the normal way it used to be on PCs where i used SU command on ADB shell to access system files of my phone. I'm just guessing that the phone is storing the identity of the PC where SU is used. Can i just delete files or modify settings so i can access my files thru MTP again?


texts: How to find out which apps are creating *.space files in Internal Storage?

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There is a folder at internal memory:  .space/

Inside it has one folder that is a big hash name (probably sha1sum), and inside that folder there are lots of files (also named as a hash something like 60b725f10c9c85c70d97880dfe8191b3.space) occupying 2.7GB of my smartphone precious internal memory.

In hexa/chars/bytes, thru X-Plore File Manager, I saw that they begin with "PK", which means they are ZIP files. So, after renaming them to .ZIP, I saw many pictures inside them that were all about games, and the manifest.xml was Uber annoying to try to read.

My conclusion, they were all unwanted, unasked, auto-downloaded .ZIP (.APK?) games.

Now I need to stop  the app doing that kind of thing on my precious cellphone's memory.


texts: Copy all contacts from HTC Desire HD to my google account

texts: I'm trying to sync all my contacts from my HTC Desire HD to my google account but I can't see them anywhere in my google account. I have already found several tutorials on the the internet but still can't make my contacts visible in google account.


texts: Why GPS tags are lost after saving images to PC with KIES?

texts: I'm using Samsung Galaxy S and latest Kies downloaded from samsung site. When I save images to PC all GPS tags are elliminated. How to keep them intact?


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Starting about two weeks ago, I've been having some issues with my HTC Vivid running 4.0.3 regarding the USB port

For charging, once I plug it in it takes about 20 seconds before it registers and shows the charging icon.

My real problem however is that the phone will no longer show up as a drive when I connect to my PC. The computer beeps, but the phone never responds. (After a while it will start to charge, and that's it)

How should I go about trying to solve the problem? Is it an issue with the hardware or Android? Any pointers would be great.


texts: Is a 'Send security reports' notification legitimate? Note 4, 6.0.1

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (Verizon SM-N910V), Android 6.0.1

After a sudden reboot, my phone displayed a few system notifications in Chinese, and is now displaying a new notification (screenshot attached). The weird header alignment and a few typos ['Samsungs'; 'MMC(Mobile Country Code)'] put me ill at ease, and Googling this service from Samsung doesn't turn anything up.

Also, after this reboot a few details are off:

The lock screen background changed to one of the Android defaults (I had a plain black background)
The font reverted to the default size (I had it set to small)
The settings buttons (screen rotation, data, etc.) in the pulldown menu changed order
The interface seems more responsive

What does this mean? I shut off the device and am going to talk to Verizon, but I'm hoping people here might have some ideas.

My phone occasionally reboots for no reason (every couple of weeks), but I am not sure this is related. I haven't seen these symptoms before and Googling didn't turn up anything quickly.

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texts: How to forget a memory card used as internal storage in MIUI 12 with Android 10?

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I have a Xiaomi Poko C3, and used a microSD card as an internal storage. Now I want to use it as a portable storage instead.
When I remove the microSD, some apps like camera fail to open. Is there any way to make the phone forget the card?
I have enough free space (~20 gb) left on the phone's internal storage, so that won't be an issue.


texts: How to revoke permissions from applications?

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I don't understand, why some programs are requesting some permissions, especially concerning my privacy.

So I want not to grant them or revoke after granting.

I don't care if application will crash. I expect, that polite application will never access my private data without first asking explicitly. Since I won't permit this, then polite application will never crash. And mutual, if application will crash, then it is not polite and should be uninstalled.

How to revoke permissions on Android?


texts: Samsung Galaxy A5 (A500FU) - Installing Custom ROMs impossible

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I took the CyanogenMod for my device (Galaxy A5 aka A500FU) from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series/development/dev-help-to-create-cm12-rom-galaxy-a5-t3153129I took the zip file and put it on my sd card, opened up TWRP and wiped all (of course I made backups) and flashed it. But there was the error:
error executing updater binary in zip

I tried in Odin, but there comes an "unexpected" error. Of course I've also tried to put the zip in a tar file, but it still does not work at all...

What am I doing wrong?
Thank you


texts: How to flash factory firmware on Motorola Moto G 2015 XT1550

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I am currently using Motorola Moto G 2015, that is Moto G third generation smart phone. (XT1550)
I updated android 6.0 .
But it's not that much of great.
So I tried to flash factory firmware which is android 5.1.1, referred from  here.
But after installation also I am getting android 6.0 itself.

I want to flash factory firmware. That is android 5.1.1

  Without rooting my phone can I flash factory firmware ?


texts: When will my device get the Android 4.4 update (KitKat)?

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Android 4.4 (KitKat) was officially announced on October 31, 2013.

(You can review the high level changes in KitKat at the official Android Developer's site or the announcement on the official Android blog.)

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

When will each device get Android 4.4, either officially or unofficially, if ever?

See also:

When will my device get the Android 4.3 update (Jelly Bean)?
When will my device get the Android 5.0 update (Lollipop)?


texts: What is Mozilla Location Based Services?

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When I installed Firefox on my phone it gave me the option to enable Mozilla Location Services. What does this actually do? Does it help locate things around you, for example stores? Does it increase accuracy of location? What is the privacy policy? I've red some descriptions of the term but it seems like a bunch of wishy washy babble.

e.g.

  The Mozilla Location Service is an experimental pilot project to
  provide geolocation lookups based on publicly observable cell tower
  and WiFi access point information. Currently in its early stages, it
  already provides basic service coverage of select locations thanks to
  our early adopters and contributors.

but what does it actually hope to achieve?


texts: How to backup data from recovery screen?

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I am using Color OS 7 (Realme UI) on Realme 2 Pro. The phone is booted in recovery mode and I cannot start it normally.
I have some data (other than Contacts, SMS and Photos) which I would like to take a backup of.
Is it possible to take backup of data, perhaps by inserting a MicroSD card and copying the data from phone storage to that card or could I connect it to PC to take data backup?
Software: https://www.realme.com/in/support/software-update (Realme 2 Pro, Realme UI v1.0)
I am thinking to download the file to an SD card and try installing it from there. Will the data be lost if done so?
P.S: The bootloader is locked, I did not install TWRP also.


texts: Unidentified app using excessive battery

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I have a battery drain issue with a stock Nexus-7 (2013), Android 6.0.1, up to date with monthly patches. The battery is losing 15-20% overnight. Turning WiFi off overnight doesn't reduce it, or not much. The top consumer is just called "10017".

Some background - A recent version of Sygic Navigation was showing high battery usage even when I didn't use the app. I couldn't keep it from running. After exiting it, or after force-stopping it, I would shortly find it running again. I deleted the app but kept its user folder. Maybe related?

I keep Google Account Manager and Google Play Store disabled when I'm not actively using them. This is not new; I've done it since shortly after the tablet was new.

I installed the August patches a few days ago; the tablet was rebooted by that process. The battery issue predates that update.

How can I find out what it (10017) is?


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Yesterday morning when I woke up I turned on my smartphone and I saw that all my application have disappeared!

When I entered in Setting menu, Applications management (my mobile phone is in spanish, so I don't know how it is called in english) I can see the list of my apps, but instead of the icon there is an standard image. Even Play Store and Google Services apps have disappeared!!

All the applications where installed in the internal memory.

My smartphone is a Samsung Galaxy S2, android 4.1.2 version.

Please, I need your help!

(Sorry for my bad english)


texts: SD writing capable SSH server for Android Marshmallow (6.0.1)

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Is there any SSH Server for android (similar to SSHelper or SSH Droid) that will allow me to write to the (external) SD card without having to root my tablet?

Whenever I search for this kind problem, I end up in pages that say basically "Kit-kat dont like SD, you need to root". However, since I updated to Marshmallow things look much better for the SD: many apps that could not write to it now can.

Is this actually a limitation on these apps (i.e. not some problem with my tablet)?
If so: is it due to a special technical difficulty (i.e. it is somehow more difficult to implement writing to the SD in an SSH server than for, say, a PDF annotator) or is it just not implemented?

My tablet is Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S-pen. Android is version 6.0.1


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I have issue with fastboot which get hangs on erasing.
Can't it work with mediatek 6572 ?

C:\Users\ransh>fastboot devices
0123456789ABCDEF        fastboot

C:\Users\ransh>fastboot flash system system.img
target didn't report max-download-size
erasing 'system'...

Thanks,
Ran


texts: Clash of clans not connecting to google play

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I have just factory reset my device and tried to load my previous village back. But the game doesn't connect to Google Play. My game loads on my friend's device but not on mine. I am using Samsung Galaxy Star Pro. I have also cleared Google Play Services cache and data before performing a factory reset.

How can I get my Clash of Clans village back on my device?


texts: Other SIM cards won't work in VZW S5. Should I root it?

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I have a Verizon S5 which they claim to be unlocked. I travel internationally a lot and Verizon doesn't cover some of the places I go, so the Verizon rep I talked to said it's fine to just change out the SIM for a local one. I tried this in one country and it wouldn't recognize any local networks (or let me access the network selection menu for that matter). During my most recent trip back to the States I purchased a pre-paid T-Mobile SIM because it allegedly does work in these countries. However, upon installing the SIM I found that I only had voice/SMS capability (no data) and as soon as I left the US it stopped working entirely. The T-Mobile support couldn't even figure out what the issue was.

I have a sneaking suspicion that if I root the phone to get rid of the Verizon controls on it that it will magically start accepting other SIM cards. Unfortunately I have no references to back up that suspicion. Can anyone confirm whether or not that would help my situation?


texts: Error: "Operation not permitted", when attempting to remove su binary placed by KingoRoot

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I rooted my P8-Lite ALE-L21 (Android 5.0.1) with supersu.zip through TWRP recovery. After that I installed KingoRoot and KingoRoot replaced  su binary with some other su binary which is obsolete for my Android version and not working. So I modified supersu.zip and placed su binary into another directory in /data/local. Now my working su binary is in /data/local and it works fine with adb, but does not work with SuperSU and other applications which use root privilege.

To solve that issue, I tried to remove these old su binaries:/system/bin/su and /system/xbin/su, with the following commands unsuccessfully:

$ adb shell
shell@hwALE-H:/ $ /data/local/su
root@hwALE-H:/ # mount -o remount,rw /system
root@hwALE-H:/ # rm /system/xbin/su
rm: /system/xbin/su: Operation not permitted
1|root@hwALE-H:/ # rm -rf /system/xbin/su
rm: /system/xbin/su: Operation not permitted

What is this error: Operation not permitted?
How can I remove those su files?


texts: How to prevent merging phone's contacts and Gmail contacts on Pixel 2?

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I've been using Android for 7+ years and now got a Google phone. There are several things I like but one thing which annoys me a lot is that all of my phone's contacts are now merged with Gmail contacts.

For my phone contacts, I have prefixes (Dr, Uncle, Aunt etc.) and groups. Both are now messed up. All contacts are sorted alphabetically.

From my Gmail, all people I've ever sent or received emails from, are shown in the phone contacts. I tried to show only phone contacts by deselecting other but it does not work.

How can I only display contacts from my phone's address book with groups and ignoring prefixes/suffixes in sorting order?


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When I run root debug FS, I get this error on part one:

On part two:

After that:

When I hit no:

I've followed all the instructions (debugging, unknown sources, drivers, etc) and it doesn't work.

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Stellar (4.1.2 jb, Model # SCH-I200, baseband I200VRBME1). What's wrong?


texts: How can I mount my google nexus4 on linuxmint(nadia) computer via usb?

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Also is it any different than ubuntu?

UPDATE:

Using gmtp, I still get the error from the terminal and gmtp crashes when i click on "connect".

The gmtp says the following in the shell:

Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee1) is UNKNOWN.
Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team
PTP_ERROR_IO: failed to open session, trying again after resetting USB interface
LIBMTP libusb: Attempt to reset device
Android device detected, assigning default bug flags
Error 1: Get Storage information failed.
Error 2: PTP Layer error 02fe: get_handles_recursively(): could not get object handles.
Error 2: Error 02fe: PTP: Protocol error, data expected

I'm sure that libtmp teams added nexus4 to their libraries because my nexus4 was being seen by ubuntu-11.04 easily. But my problem is still alive in linuxmint


texts: I'm trying to delete 360 Security from my phone ( Samsung J 6 3 ), and it is activated as my device Administrator, when I go to deactivate the device administrative permission it shuts down my settings. How can i get rid of this app?


texts: how can I get into download mode of Cube Talk7x (U51GT-W)?

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I tested all 4 methods in this article. But I still cannot get into download mode.

The second method get me into a factory mode:

  SECOND METHOD

  Power phone off
  Plug USB into Computer
  Plug microUSB into phone
  Hold pwr + vol up + vol down
  When Batt icon goes away, release pwr, still holding vol up + vol down
  Yellow /_\ (triangle, Downloading, Andy shoveling, Do not turn off Target!!! symbol)

  You should now be in Download mode.

Edit:
turns out there is no such mode. The adb shell default is root shell. To root the device, I can simply adb pull <system partition>, then mount on PC to add su and other stuff, then just flash it back.


texts: How to add a shortcut to the 'My Apps & Games' screen of the Google Play Store?

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I'm looking to create a shortcut that links straight to the 'My Apps & Games' screen of the Google Play Store.
Either that, or configure the Google Play Store to always open in the 'My Apps' screen.
I've downloaded and installed AnyCut 1.0 but I'm unable to find the activity for opening Play on that screen.
AnyCut 1.0
Thanks.


texts: Why there's an "Android" folder in my phone's storage?

texts: I'm just wanted to know why there's an Android folder. As we all know that the data which apps stores for itself stores in root directory which is "data/data" but why there's an Android folder? Please let me know.


texts: Configuring wired network connection with WiFi still enabled

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I have a Nexus tablet and a USB-OTG + USB/ethernet connected. I have proved the hardware works by disabling WIFI and ifconfig'ing up eth0 with

netcfg eth0 dhcp

ping, traceroute all work as expected.

If instead I leave WIFI enabled, but then do a simple

ifconfig eth0 172.16.100.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth0

and connect the wired ethernet to a machine configured at 172.16.100.2 I cannot ping it.

# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: ip 10.1.10.238 mask 255.255.0.0 flags [up broadcast running multicast]
# ifconfig eth0
eth0: ip 172.16.100.1 mask 255.255.0.0 flags [up broadcast running multicast]

# netcfg
<snip>
p2p0     UP                                     0.0.0.0/0   0x00001003 da:50:e6:2d:b2:14
eth0     UP                                172.16.100.1/16  0x00001043 50:1a:c5:fd:83:dc
lo       UP                                   127.0.0.1/8   0x00000049 00:00:00:00:00:00
wlan0    UP                                 10.1.10.238/16  0x00001043 d8:50:e6:2d:b2:14

# cat /proc/net/route
Iface   Destination     Gateway         Flags   RefCnt  Use     Metric  Mask            MTU     Window  IRTT
wlan0   0000010A        00000000        0001    0       0       0       0000FFFF        0       0       0
eth0    000010AC        00000000        0001    0       0       0       0000FFFF        0       0       0

traceroute seems to show the packets are still routing through 10.1.0.1 (wlan0)

# traceroute 172.16.100.2
traceroute to 172.16.100.2 (172.16.100.2), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1  10.1.0.1 (10.1.0.1)  1.648 ms  1.220 ms  1.526 ms
^C

Manually replicating the -net 172.16.0.0 route makes no difference.

What have I missed to set up the routing correctly?

Is the p2p0 interface interacting in some unexpected way?


texts: Hard Reset and Factory Reset is not working anymore

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When I am trying to do factory reset, my phone only restart. And I cant perform Hard reset because if I want to go to recovery mode, it will restart only. I seems like the recovery mode is destroyed. Is there any solution in this problem? .

phone specs(According to CPU-Z)

;ChinaPhone

:Hardware: MT6572

:Android 4.4.2

:Root Access: Yes

. ->recently, I can perform this two methods and I can Access recovery mode(power+volume up), but suddenly it goes like that. PLS HELP!!


texts: When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)?

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Android 2.2 (FroYo, short for "Frozen Yogurt") was released over the Summer 2010, however not all of the devices that will get this update have received it yet. Each manufacturer and carrier needs to add their custom modifications before it can be officially released.

See also:

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


texts: Nexus 7 randomly reboots and resets date to 1999

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Twice now my Nexus 7 has randomly rebooted while it was charging and the date was changed to December 31, 1999 and the time has been changed; this time it was set six hours ahead. Does anyone know what's going on and how to stop it?

Update: It just happened again today, 4/28/13. This time the time was set 2 hours ahead. It's been charging every time this has happened.

Edit:

I use the original charger and cable. However, the charging port is a
little bent and I can't do a data connection to a PC, and it can
be a little hard to get it to charge sometimes.
I do not use any docks.
My Android version is 4.2.2
I updated the Android version myself using ClockWorkMod Recovery as I am rooted.
I have 63 apps installed.
I do not use task killers.
I have not yet done a factory reset since I won't be able to re-root (see note about charger above) and it would take quit a while to re-download everything since I only have internet occasionally. I will do a factory reset only if it's the last resort.

This isn't too big of a problem, just annoying.


texts: How does the Android OS estimate remaining battery time?

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Is it known how the Android OS estimates time to failure / remaining battery charge?
I am doing a school project about battery estimation on mobile devices but have not been able to find any information about which techniques are used in the industry.

Several people have written articles about how time to failure can be estimated on an Android device, but I have not been able to locate any official information about how it is actual done.

The optimal answer I would like is a link to a scientific article or tech-spec that describe it.


texts: WiFi not starting : accidentally deleted wpa_supplicant file

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My device is moto g xt1033 android 5.0.2 (rooted). During my experiments for enabling reverse tethering over USB, I accidentally replaced the original WPA_supplicant file from system/bin folder with the one downloaded from internet.

Now my WiFi , Wi-Fi hotspot won't start.


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I got this data from my phone, most of it I generally understand, but some of the GPS positional values have me confused:

    "locations" : [ {
    "timestampMs" : "1531422503855",
    "latitudeE7" : 399187535,
    "longitudeE7" : -751663977,
    "accuracy" : 16,
    "altitude" : -28,
    "verticalAccuracy" : 2
  }, {
    "timestampMs" : "1531422474313",
    "latitudeE7" : 399187554,
    "longitudeE7" : -751664138,
    "accuracy" : 16,
    "altitude" : -28,
    "verticalAccuracy" : 2
  },

Now I understand how to decipher most of this, the timestamp is in the epoch format, and the coordinates are a factor of 10^7. But basically, it's these the last three that have me confused. As I understand it, accuracy is defined as the radius of 68% confidence. So I'm assuming the value returned, 16 in this case, is that the GPS is 68% confident that it's accurate within 16 meters(?). But with the altitude and vertical accuracy values, I have NO idea. I know that Altitude accuracy for GPS is very inaccurate for many reasons, but I'm assuming this -28 is negative 28 meters below the sea level...? But to be honest, I'm not sure, along side vertical accuracy. If someone could give me the correct interpretation that would be much appreciated.

Second but small question, the phone recorded two GPS points within 30 seconds of each other, where the GPS basically recenters and gets a more accurate location, is it safe to assume that this second location is the "correct" location with how frequently the device polls the data?


texts: Android ADB has root access but no SU binary

texts: I recently purchased an Android TV box that claimed to come "pre-rooted", however there is no SuperSU apk or SU binary installed. The interesting thing is that I am automatically logged in as the root user when I connect to the device with ADB (I can run reboot commands etc), which tells me that I have at least some level of root access. Can anyone explain how this might have been set up and how I can grant root privileges to my apps as well?


texts: What's the easiest way to create a QR code for a link?

texts: The title is pretty self explanatory on this one.


texts: How move applications from built-in memory to SD-card without root access?

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I have Sony Xperia M.
It has 4GB of built-in memory, however I see only 2GB)))

The fact of applications can be installed only in built-in memory upset me very much.
I do not play any hard games. Heavy one, I've installed, is 150MB program of off-line maps with 3 city and it occupies all of place((( Now I have a 16GB of free place on my SD-card and I get a message every minute, that it is not enough memory for android. It is very sad news.

I have moved or deleted from built-in memory everything I can.
Can I explain to my phone that sd-memory is exactly the same memory as a built-in?
Or somehow can I move one my heavy application to sd-card, keep it works?
Or what do you advice me with this?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Is there any android epub reader supporting epub3 with audio/video/javascript?

texts: Hi i just developed an epub format ebook (containing a video and a javascript animation).It is working fine on iphone/ipad (running on ibooks)..I was wondering if I could read the same ebook with an Android phone/tablet ?


texts: How to turn off duplicate email notification messages?

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Recently bought a Samsung Galaxy 2.

There's a built-in app for both Gmail and general e-mail. I've been using the general e-mail app.

I'm finding that I'm getting notifications from both apps for the same new Gmail e-mail that comes in.  Is there a way to turn off the Gmail app notifications?  (I tried deleting the app outright but it seems Samsung won't let me do this. It's not an option in the manage applications menu, whereas it is for other 3rd party apps.)


texts: Do frozen/disabled apps get triggered by broadcast receivers?

texts: If an app is frozen/disabled, does it still get executed if triggered by a broadcast receiver?


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I'm currently using an Arnova 10G2 that has never been used as it was a relatives christmas present. When trying to load the Google Play Store on the device after re-downloading it from Softpedia, a notification comes up saying:

  You must add an account to continue. Do you want to add one now?

Whether I click yes or no, it closes the application and brings me back to the devices home screen. I do not want to root the device to fix this.

Is there any sort of known solution? I could not see a clear one when searching.


texts: BLU Advance 5.0 HD: Unknown apps source: androidrbx, mfn, swak news

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On my year-old BLU Advance 5.0 HD phone (running Android 6.0), I recently had a few suspicious incidents where the Audio Profile seemed to have changed from Meeting to Normal on its own, and once where the phone started playing music by itself (and not anything that's on the phone). At this point, I noticed three strange entries in the apps list: "androidrbx", "mfn" and "swak news" (all lowercase), all with generic icons. I have never installed anything of the sort, and the swak news one had all kinds of app permissions, which I had not granted. I deleted all three, but they were back the next day. Repeated this for a few days then figured I had malware and did a factory restore.

On the fresh install, the only additional (Play store) apps I added were Safari Queue and Duolingo, which I hoped were fairly trustworthy. No reappearance of the above trio until today, after an update of 6 apps — 5 being Google system apps (Calculator, Keep, Android Messages, Gboard and YouTube), and the last being Duolingo. Now they are back. I foolishly did all the updates at once, so I can't pinpoint the culprit (although Duolingo obviously seems most likely, unless one of the Google apps somehow got corrupted).

So now I'm trying to gather some intel from those who have more experience with the platform before I continue on the tedious process of trying to isolate the offending app or update. (If there are better forums, please point me there.) My main question is whether this is known malware, or at least has the hallmarks of such? I have searched and found no references to any of these names (except for a seemingly legit but different Swak News app), which surprised me, but perhaps the names are randomly generated. If these are legitimate "helper" apps or something, I would like to know to which app they belong, but they seem awfully suspicious to be such.


texts: Galaxy S2 stuck in boot loop (nor reco, no safe mode working)

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 that when hot after intensive use, the day after while rebooting it got stuck to the Samsung initial logo screen and could never start again.

I have tried the boot tricks :
- Safe mode: won't go pass the logo screen (tried power + menu)
- Recovery mode: won't start either (tried volue up+menu+power)
--> When doing that the screen goes black, the phone looks to be off
--> There is no SD card in the phone, is it required ?

I tried before those action to do both a soft reset and hard reset to no effect.

The only thing i can get the phone to is the odin mode (volume down + home + power)
From there i used Heimdall to check if the device was detected and it was, i could even download the pit file (but don't know how to check it's content). I was thinking of doing a dump, but this option have been removed since it was not effective.

This being the situation, the phone have not been backed up (nor locally, nor online) and I wish to recover the address book (and optionally SMS) so I would like to try all option that would allow me to keep those data before trying anything destructive.

Any hint, help and ideas would be appreciated,
Thank you in advance


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Stuck in Reboot Loop

texts: I have an old Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 I dug up from many years ago. When I tried to turn it on after charging it fully, it was stuck in a reboot loop. I already tried factory resetting it and clearing the cash, but it hasn't helped. I am trying to flash an new OS using ODIN, but since I haven't been able to turn USB tethering on, I can't connect the tablet to my computer. Is there any way I can turn USB tethering on through the recovery mode, maybe through the ADB? Just to be clear, I can not access the settings before the tablet reboots itself, and I never turned on developer tools.


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I managed to root my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet with Kingroot, but I'd like to remove it and switch to using SuperSU (because of KingRoot's aggressive practices and somewhat shady reputation). Even after uninstalling it and deleting everything labelled kingroot or superuser in /system, I still get Binary Occupied from the SuperSU app.

I believe there is a hidden process somewhere monitoring attempts to delete it and replacing the binary. For example, in system/usr there is a directory called iku (kinguser?) which replaces itself immediately after being deleted. Similarly, in system/xbin there is ku.sud and start_kusud.sh, which I can delete but instantly reappear.

This may be a quirk of the Samsung system, or some kind of hidden or inaccessible process. I've followed numerous online tutorials, and tried to run the Replace_Kingroot_With_SuperSU.zip method, but to no avail. Anybody know of a workaround?

Edit: here is part of the stdout form a script I ran. Note where it says operation not permitted:

rm failed for /system/xbin/ku.sud, Operation not permitted
rm failed for /data/data/com.kingroot.RushRoot, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/data-lib/com.kingroot.RushRoot, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/data/com.kingroot.kinguser, Directory not empty
rm failed for /data/data/com.kingroot.master, No such file or directory
rm failed for /system/bin/.usr/.ku, Operation not permitted
rm failed for /system/bin/rt.sh, No such file or directory
rm failed for /system/bin/ddexe, Operation not permitted


texts: As a security enthusiast, I am interested to know if the SpyBoy Android app is safe? What is the legitimacy of the downloads available within the app?


texts:
I have rooted my android phone and get a shell thr adb. I wanna mount a ROM image in android. But I always fail:

mount -o loop /sdcard/myimage.img /mnt
mount: can't setup loop device: No such file or directory


texts: Does Sony Bravia 2015 Android TV allow extending internal storage with a USB drive?

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According to Android TV support, I can expand my internal storage by adding a USB storage device and formatting it using the TV's settings.

The USB drive can be configured as internal storage or removable storage:

Internal storage increases the storage capacity of the Android TV. If you choose to set the drive to Internal storage, you won't be able to move data to another Android TV or device.
Removable storage lets you move the content on the USB drive to another device. You can store and access digital content. Apps and games won't be installed on removable storage.

The first option is what I want for my new 55W809CBU that I bought recently.  The TV only has 8GB of built in storage, which I think will be decimated pretty quickly if I download some of the supported games.  However, when I insert the USB, I'm presented with an option of opening apps to make use of the storage, but I'm unable to format it accordingly when I visit Settings -> TV -> Storage & reset.
I've been unable to find out if this is a limitation of the 2015 Sony TV range or perhaps there's a problem with my USB stick?  I don't really have any other devices to hand to test the compatibility theory.


texts: Will Dropbox delete files from my online storage?

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Will Dropbox delete a file from my cloud storage after I upload it?

So if I upload a photo with the Dropbox app, then delete it from the phone, will it remain in my Dropbox storage?


texts: File Explorer for HTC Desire X - too many permissions asked for?

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I have a HTC Desire X running Android 4.0.4 (not rooted)

I am looking for a file explorer mainly for 2 things
- Just browsing around the file system
- Copying an apk from my PC and executing it.

I went to Play Store to install ES File Explorer. It asks for the following permissions

Storage
Phone Calls
Network Communication
System Tools
Hardware Contols

I have no idea why a file explorer needs so much permissions.

Are there any decent file explorers which make do with a minimum set of permissions?


texts: How can I reboot into recovery from fastboot?

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I have a phone that is bootlooping after a power failure + battery depletion during system encryption. How it got bricked isn't important here, the trouble is that I can't get into the recovery mode. Usually turning on the phone¹ via Volume Up+Power will enter recovery mode. I had TWRP flashed as the recovery and Lineage OS as the ROM. Now it does not respond to that keystroke.

Also generally one could boot to the system and run adb boot recovery, but with the system not booting that is not an option. I can however use Volume Down+Power to enter fastboot mode. I've tried reflashing the recovery image from fastboot, but it still does not respond to the key sequence. Using fastboot reboot tries to boot to the system. How can I get into recovery mode?

¹ In my case, a Levovo K6 Note/ K53a48 (karatep), but not really relevant to this question.


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Let's say I want to create a context where the SSID of a WiFi connection is either 'ABC' or 'XYZ'.

I can see where I am able to create 2 contexts, but it seems to enforce AND logic between the two, so in order words I must be in proximity to both 'ABC' and 'XYZ'.

How to make the context to be either, not both?


texts: Please Help! Can I still access my files?

texts:
**Hi guys!

I have made a serious mistake, and I feel so stupid! I was wondering if any you awesome people at AE would be able to save me.

I have an LG G2 vs980 Lollipop 5.0.2

So, all I wanted to do was change my startup screen to get rid of that boring LG logo and replace it with something neater. I went over to Google and found a guide on how to do this, and followed the steps 1 by 1. Everything actually worked out perfectly, but it wasn't until after I was locked out of my phone that I realized that I had used a startup image that was not compatible with my LG G2! (Total face palm!). Now, whenever I power my phone, it flashes that "neat" image that I replaced the stock one with - before the screen goes completely blank. Not good at all.

So my question is this - Is there a way I can acess my system folder without having access to my phone? I know EXACTLY what file I need to remove/edit to solve this problem! In fact, that is what is frusturating me the most. It's not some random error message out of the blue that I know nothing about. I know exactly what the problem is, I just don't know if I have access to the solution. I just really hope I don't have to wipe everything back to stock all because of a lousy startup image.

If anybody can help me access my system folder so I can switch out the bad file for the default one, and get access to my phone again - I would be so forever grateful! Thank you in advance to anybody that can save me!

Much appreciative,
Terri (Psyintz)**


texts: How to prevent systemless Xposed Framework from crashing Play Store?

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I'm using systemless Xposed Framework module (v90.2 beta 3) of Magisk Framework (v17.1) on a rooted OnePlus 6 running OxygenOS v5.1.8 (Android 8.1.0).

I'm having an issue with Xposed Framework and Play Store. Play Store crashes whenever I try to browse for an app, or install, or update an app. This problem has affected others users as well with no solution from rovo89 or topjohnwu as of yet.

I tried to identify the issue in logcat, just like the user here but miserably failed to understand what caused the crash.

The issue goes away so long as I keep disabled Xposed Framework from Xposed installer or from Magisk Manager.

How do I fix this problem?


texts:
I'm pretty new from Android, just dumped my iOS device.

I find it pretty annoying with this feature missing that is auto correction and auto-complete.

In iOS whenever you misspell a word or type a keyboard key near the desired one, the system will automatically change it to the correct word unless demanded otherwise.

Also the auto complete contains hell of a bigger dictionary.

Do you know of a similar app/setting in Android? It takes me much more time to type in my Android.


texts: How can I edit a video to correct an incorrect orientation?

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I recorded a video clip on my Samsung Galaxy S4 in the horizontal orientation. If I download it to a computer it plays correctly in a wide aspect ratio and is not rotated.

When I play it on the phone, the phone always rotates it incorrectly.  If I hold the phone in the vertical orientation, the video fills the screen, but is rotated 90 degrees. The bottom of the frame is on the left.

If I rotate the phone 90 degrees CCW to view the video in the correct orientation, the phone rotates the video another 90 degrees.  Now the video is a tiny thumbnail in the middle of the screen - a vertical video showing on a horizontal screen. The bottom of the video is still on the left.

Why is the phone rotating the video incorrectly? Isn't the phone supposed to note the orientation and tag the file when the video is recorded so this problem won't happen? Given that it has it wrong, how do I edit the video to correct the orientation setting?


texts: What differences are there now adays from Chrome OS and the Android OS?

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At some point, Chrome OS had no relationship with the Android OS.

Then several years later, there was some minimal integration.

After that years later once more the Chrome OS is capable of accessing the full Android Play Store and installing Android apps.

But the Chrome OS is not the Android OS.  I can't seem to get an understanding of what the relationship is with several articles that I was trying to read up on.  Does the Chrome OS just have the Android OS installed along-side it and it calls into the Android OS for handling all Android app interactions?

That is my assumption.  It likely doesn't even use the majority of the features on the Android OS (or shouldn't need to) in order to get tasks done. Does anyone have any input that could provide me with some clarity?


texts: Gyro Calibration in 4.3 (mentioned solutions not working)

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i have a Sony Xperia SP running Android 4.3 and have a problem with my Gyro not being calibrated.
I don't have the Gyroscope calibration option any more - seems having been removed in 4.3.
The other Tools mentioned do calibrate G-Sensors, but not the Gyro.
The Sensor Kinetics app definitely shows that the gyro is not calibrated (turning cube on the gyro demo).
Problem is that no Google Cardboard app is working, all apps are tilting to lower right with a speed of 360degrees in ~ 70 seconds.

So, how can i calibrate my Gyro?
Why is the feature being removed in 4.3 compared to 4.2?
many thanks
Kay


texts: Why can't I move apps to the external memory on Huwait P8 lite 2017?

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I have a Huawei P8 Lite 2017 phone and it is slow as hell simply because the internal memory is almost full. I have a 64-G microSD card, but for some reason I can’t move any of my applications to that one. There are no ways to properly analyze and free space either.

In a nutshell the OS and the app date uses all my 16G internal memory.

It’s kind of annoying. Any suggestions what to do?

UPDATE (15-Apr-2017): The main issue (as shown in the screenshot) is that some apps use a lot of internal memory and there is no way to move them to the SD card. Any ideas how to make that happen without rooting? It seems to be a common problem.


texts: Is tethering/hotspot dangerous for your Android phone?

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Is using your Android phone as a portable hotspot/tethering dangerous for your hardware part?

In our dormitory we do not have good internet connection and I'm forced to use my phone as an internet spot 24/7 (we basically can't even search a thing on Google)

How dangerous this can be? I am not talking from a security point of view, but rather from an hardware point of view (short-circuit, not being able to use Wi-Fi in the future etc)

I am aware that keeping my phone connected 24/7 to my laptop will drain battery's life


texts: Nexus 4 - suddenly lost access to all Google sites

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Nexus 4, stock 4.3, rooted. WiFi only for data, strong signal

Suddenly today, for no apparent reason, every app requiring access to a Google site stopped working:
Google Now gives "Network error"
Google Chrome gives "This webpage is not available" for any Google url, but works fine for any other url
Android Weather sits on "Updating"
Finance gives "Error. Network connection unavailable"
Google Maps gives blank screen
Play Store gives "Server Error"

The one exception to this is that Firefox can access any Google url, no problem. All other apps accessing the internet work fine.

I have tried rebooting - no effect.

Anyone have any ideas how to solve this problem.

Thank you.


texts: htc g1 cannot discover/connect to a 802.11 n/b/g wifi

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My G1 was able to connect to a WiFi (not sure about its mode). But after I moved to a new house, I found it cannot discover/connect to the WiFi in the house, but it can discover the WiFi signal from other house.

My laptop is able to discover and connect to the WiFi in my house, so does my Galaxy P1000. I checked my WiFi setting of my router, and the WiFi mode is 802.11 n/b/g. I then checked the HTC G1 specification, and it says it supports 802.11 b/g. Do I have to change the WiFi setting of my router to b/g? I think the device should be able to detect the mode and choose the best available one.

Thanks!


texts: Is there a black list of applications that drain battery fast?

texts: Many people complain about some applications draining batteries fast because of bugs or misconfiguration. Is there a black list of such applications that are not energy-friendly?


texts: How do I turn off the Google Voice typing on htc desire 510

texts: I'm having a problem I change my oil changed I guess D card in my phone and now to send a text message all I got is Google Voice typing and I don't want it how do i turn it off


texts: How to quickly scroll to top in android?

texts: In iOS, it's possible to tap on the status bar to scroll to top and automatically go to the beginning of a list. Is there such feature in android as well? I am looking for a way to go to the beginning of a large list without needing to tediously swiping my finger down repeatedly thousands of times.


texts: I have a rooted Huawei G Play Mini. Boot loader is unlocked. Also, I have custom recovery (TWRP) installed. And, I need to upgrade my phone from lollipop to marshmallow. But, I do not have stock recovery back up. I can't find it anywhere. Tell me where to find it, or tell me how to how to install the official stock rom by using TWRP.


texts: Internet browser icon changed to Lookout icon

texts: My internet browser icon has changed from a picture of earth to Lookout icon. Has anyone else had this happen? Why?


texts: I just bought a Huawei Mate 8 two weeks ago and now I need to root it – as some of apps require root access or I can't use the app. I have tried towelroot and iroot, both didn't work. please help.


texts: Facing Xperia U problems after updated to ICS

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I had updated my Xperia U to 4.0, after updating my phone am unable  to use otg... one app was showing that drive unavailable.
Can't use call recording softwares it will record only my voice without opponents.
Getting too slow while using Chrome and few social working apps even camera.
How to downgrade to 2.3, & can we use pattern lock,music player, data softwares of 4.0 in 2.3?


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For general detecting circumstances and triggering actions, what are the advantages/disadvantages of Tasker and Locale?  Which one does the best job overall capability for improving the usefulness of a phone/device?

Categories of particular interest (in no particular order):

"Recipe" power
"Recipe" ease-of-creation
Variety of circumstances that each app can detect
Actions and configurations that can be triggered
Backing up setup
Sharing configuration


texts:
I was planning to flash a custom Marshmallow ROM on my Samsung Note 2 and use it for some tests in which keeping accurate time (error of a minute either way is fine, not more). This report This Android 6.0 bug might make you late for your next appointment makes me reconsider. It says

  The drift is quite small and can't really be noticed under direct observation, but user comments on the Google issue have suggested that a delay of up to 15 minutes can be accumulated over a period of 12 hours – just enough to miss that all important meeting or be late for an exam.

Temporary fixes as suggested in the link (below) do not suit me, since the phone would be unattended during testing I plan

  Users have also figured out a couple of temporary fixes. One is to simply restart your headset, forcing it to sync the time with the network, while another instructs to manually switch over form 4G to 3G

I have not found any reports of this on the ROM developer site or here but Clock sync/clock running slow issue log reports this

My question: Has anyone observed it and how bad is it? (Even if not measured)


texts: New Nexus 7 Android 4.1.1 no Google Play Store

texts:
I currently possess a Nexus 7 Tablet running Android v4.1.1 with Kernel v 3.1.10-00001-g2cd7831 which was given to me as a Christmas gift. The packaging it came in looked new. It uses the standard browser that comes with the phone not google chrome (can't download because I don't have Google Play). After having done the following steps I am still unable to launch Google Play Store:

1) Tried to locate it in Settings->Apps->All and nothing was there.

2) Did a factory reset and checked again, nothing.

3) Downloaded the .apk for the latest version of the app from http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/ and attempted to open, only to get a white window pop up and immediately close.  Crash.

4) The app is not disabled.

5) Cleared cache and data for the app and restarted tablet.

6) Re logged into my gmail account.

7) Settings->Apps->Reset App Preferences and still doesn't work.

I'm afraid I am all out of options I am aware of. If you can suggest any fixes please post!

Thanks ahead of time.


texts: No notification sound, even though enabled

texts:
My phone doesn't play the notification sound (only vibration) for any app. This is particularly annoying when I get an SMS as I never notice when I get a message.

It appears that all notification sounds are affected, because the StackExchange app notification triggers a vibrate but no sound either. It has been working until a few days ago, and I don't know what I've changed lately.

In my Settings > Sound, I can "preview" the Settings > Sound > phone ringtone by simply choosing any of the ones listed. So far so good.
When I do the same with Settings > Sound > default notification sound, the phone stays silent. It does not matter whether I touch one of the stock sounds or one that I provided myself (which used to work!).

How can I make the notification sounds play again?

Device: Nexus 4
OS: stock Android 4.4.4, rooted.
This problem exists since a few days.
I have tried rebooting the phone, but it didn't help.
The volumes are turned up. In Settings > Sound > Volumes, all three sliders are somewhere in the middle.
The stock Messaging app is the default app for text messages. I have Hangouts installed but it's not in use. I also had a few others installed because I wanted to test them, but I have now uninstalled them.


texts: I've got a Wiko Iggy on 4.2.2 Android and try unsuccessfully to bind both numbers of a workmate on one sms chat.. what should I do?


texts: When creating a SMS with Google Search using my voice, Hangouts is not an option for sending

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While driving, I may tell Google Search with my voice to "Text ".  Google will ask me what the message is, and eventually after completing the required back-and-forth, my phone prompts me to select an SMS application for sending.

I'm presented with Messages (i.e. the default Android SMS app) and Google Voice, but Hangouts is not one of the options.

In other applications where I may "Share" something, Hangouts is an option there.

This is on a Motorola Droid Turbo with 4.4.4 Android. My old phone, a Galaxy S3, didn't have a problem using Hangouts, if I'm remembering correctly (I could be wrong though).

I should also note that in my System Settings, Hangouts is the "Default SMS Application".

Any ideas on how to get Google Search to use Hangouts?


texts: How to transfer iPhone contacts to Android Samsung without using iTunes?

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For some reasons, the iPhone 4 does not talk to iTunes and I need to transfer the contacts from this to the new Samsung Android phone either Samsung Galaxy 3 or Note 2.

How can I do it?


texts: TWRP can't access internal or SD storage (0MB) after crash+bootloop on LG G3 D855

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After a random system crash my rooted LG G3 (D855) fails to boot into android (Android 10, Lineage OS, boot loop). As I have a recent backup on my SD card, I'm trying to restore to that in TWRP (3.4.0.0) but here's the problem - I can't change storage to the SD card where the backup or any other files are - TWRP shows "0MB" both for Internal Storage as well as for Micro SD Card.
I followed some guides suggesting to Wipe and Format data, but nothing seems to help.
I never set up any encryption, my lock screen was set to simple swype, no pin, etc.
My SD card, when connected to the PC, works fine, all backups, ROMs etc are still there, but I can't access any of it in TWRP.
I don't care about any data or installed apps, just want to access my SD card in TWRP to run Restore from Backup or at least reinstall ROM.


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I would like to extend a WiFi signal. I could buy a WiFi repeater, but a much cheaper solution would be using an older Android 4 device, which I own and don't use. The Android device is capable of creating a WiFi AP. So if I bought an external WiFi USB adapter for it, with a large antenna used as the receiver and the Android device itself as the AP, I could bridge the network.

The hardware should be possible. But how about the Android software? Will there be any issues, or any considerations I need to take note of?


texts: How can I determine which app is accessing GPS?

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I have an Evo 4G with one app that I allow to access GPS periodically so I leave GPS enabled.  However I see the GPS icon show up far more frequently than is scheduled for that app.  I've shut down everything I could find that was a likely source.  Any way to tell which app is accessing the GPS?

I do have some other apps that can be battery hogs at times so watching battery usage isn't really going to cut it on this one without some usage changes.  I'm hoping for either an app, a setting, or a log that will tell me.


texts: Is HTC Sensation 4G based on Android 2.2 or Android 2.3 OS?


texts: I am using Samsung Galaxy S III. My call log always shows '13' missed calls. I tried with restarting the phone etc., But no change. Is there any way to fix the issue without resetting the phone?


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Can someone help me take a look at my stats? I was wondering why my phone is draining faster than I thought it would.

As you can see, it's down 98% and Screen is on for just 7M in 23minutes time.

Time in the screenshot is 7:04 and currently it's 7:26AM - I now have 93% of battery.

I noticed these two running as similar as to my battery runtime:
1. No Data Connection
2. No or Unknown Signal

Please help me figure out what's the issue and how to resolve it. Thanks!

BetterBatteryStats
LOGCAT BBS


texts: Is there a way to share OTR keys between different applications?

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I have IM+ pro installed on my phone and purchased the OTR upgrade.
On my linux laptop I have pidgin installed and the OTR plugin active.

I set both XMPP resources - laptop and nexus - to the same priority, I simply set IM+ pro to 1, to share messages between devices. I prefer to use OTR communication whenever possible but I have not yet found a way to share the OTR keys already on my laptop with my phone.

How can I achieve OTR communication that can be decrypted on both devices equally?


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I want to read the requested permissions of an .apk file on the computer (android sdk is installed) via command line.

I.E.:

$ android read-permissions /path/to/someapp.apk

I know this is possible, I just cant find the proper command.


texts: How can I send a SMS (Instead of MMS) from a Motorola Atrix 4G?

texts: I was writing a text when suddenly I noticed the message say MMS not SMS. How do I change it back?


texts: Google Play Store crashes when loading an Instant App

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I'm not too concerned about this issue because I've been downloading apps since I had an Android, but I was wondering what instant apps was like when I saw it.

I turn off a lot of permissions and disable lots of built-in apps out of blunt rage and have to factory reset my phone later when I can't fix the problem. I did that not too long ago and instant apps doesn't work (this was the first time I tried to use it). I don't feel like factory resetting. I use a Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime.

I don't know how to attach the video that shows it so I will leave an image:


texts: How to understand failure cause from Android system recovery?

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My phone stopped working(it freezes on Samsung logo when restarting) one day. I'm tring to figure out possible cause using Android system recovery.
That what I see

    MBR checksum Error
Moviinand Checksum Confirmation Fail
lfs pass open fail
update media
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmblk0p1 (No such file)
E: copy_dbdata_demdia:Can't mount SDCARD
 your storage no prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot

Formating/rebooting wipe data do not help me earthier.

What can cause such sitation?


texts: I need to recover a non-sent audio on WhatsApp. I was keeping my phone hidden so the person threatening me wouldn't know I was recording and when I took my phone off my pocket, I accidentally clicked on "cancel". Is there anyway to recover it from WhatsApp database or Android?