texts: Displaying the lock-screen clock on the home screen

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I'm having a problem opposite to How to display my calendar on the lock screen?.

I absolutely love the clock I see on the lock-screen (Xperia Arc S (LT18i), Android 2.3.4):

Very nice appearance, and displays day of week in full. I'm very used to it since my previous phone, Xperia X8.
I want this clock on my home page (as it used to be on Xperia X8).

But when I add it as a widget, I get that:

Much smaller font and no day of week. And I can't seem to find any settings for it.

Google Play tells me the clock is Digi Clock, and it confirms it's that clock that is installed on my X8. I can't install it ("already installed"), I can't remove it (system app) and I can't update it (no updates available).

So how do I make that clock appear in the same way on both the lock-screen and the home screen?


texts: Nougat upgrade damaged my notifications?

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I updated my Nexus 5X to Nougat and ever since regret the decision.
Previously if I had a notification the illumination light would start working. If I just turned on the display, not unlock, the light would turn off. But now with the update the light just won't stop until I open the app! Overall the notifications interface is pretty bad but this problem is irking me.
How do I make the notification light stop if I press the power button without having to unlock and open the app?


texts: Unify volumes for global volume control with the rocker

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My android seems to have different volume levels for alarms, ringtone & notifications, music and games.  This is annoying/confusing for me and I'd just like one global volume control by using the volume rocker on the side of my phone.  It has happened several times that my phone would make sound when I was sure I'd silenced it, and when it happened in a job interview the other day that was the last straw!
How can I have just one volume control?
Installing apps is OK, rooting or changing firmwares is not.
My phone is a stock Galaxy Nexus:


texts: Audio on my phone while using earphones is sometimes good and sometimes isn't

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I have Android 10, phone is Umidigi F2

Sometimes when I use my earphones audio is good but sometimes it's bad. I can't find any reason for that, for example I'll use my phone for some time while having earphones plugged in and audio is good, but after a couple hours I'll use my phone again and plug in earphones and audio would be bad and it would garble.

Any help would be appreciated! :)


texts: Why can't I get Dolby Digital sound from Android TV box linked to Sony AVR?

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I have just bought my 1st Android TV box (it's a Chinese CS918 rk3188 model) and since it has SPDIF/optical out I hooked that to my Sony AVR's optical input and set the device manager in the Android TV box to enable "passthrough". I played a video which has 5.1 Dolby Digital sound using MX Player, but alas, even though all of the notification Dolby Digital display lit up on my Sony AVR no sound came out of the speakers!

I got sound straight away when I switched to PCM sound but I am very disappointed as I prefer Dolby Digital. What can I do to get DD sound or does my specific model of Android TV box not support DD sound

Here is a screen shot of my sound devices manager settings:


texts: How to fix USB Mass Storage not recognized by PC?

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I have tried many things but can't make my Samsung Galaxy mini 2 S6500 USB Mass Storage to be simply recognized by my PC. Why is such a simple thing so hard?
Does anyone know the solution to this problem?

Thank you.


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I have a Galaxy S4 (GT-9505) here where Bluetooth is turning itself off. Sometimes this happens after a few seconds. Other times it takes longer or even stays on. Also, if it stays on can't find other devices with turned-on visibility.

Here is the log: http://pastebin.com/MP3YyQxS I cut a lot of unrelated stuff out and it starts right before I activate Bluetooth and ends right after it deactivates itself

Does anybody have similar experience?


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I have a samsung s6 with android 7.0 and recently I have get some popup ads showing up in full screen mode when entering an app on my phone.
I tried to delete recently installed apps but the problem didn't go away.
I also tried adguard, malwarbytes and avast , adblock but none of them solved the problem.
When I enter the app info it says it is from Criteo.

I tried to block the ads from chrome browser and from google settings there is no way to disable those ads.

Can someone please help as I was not having this issue in the past.
I am open for any suggestion
Thanks


texts: Cannot add participants to calendar events

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3.

Last week I deleted an event from my calendar.  Since then, I have not been able to add participants to my events.  I've gone through all the settings. I have also rebooted, but it doesn't help. Can anyone advise?


texts: I created a group on whatthap and lost contact to get to the platform for months, I got another phone and restored my whatshapp account, only to discover that I couldn't recover the group created by me. Pls what do I do?


texts: "App not installed" when trying to install APK

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I'm trying to install an apk file on my device, and I'm able to press the Install button, but after a few seconds, I keep receiving this error:

  App not installed.

What is the root cause of this issue and how can I fix it?

I know this StackOverflow question is related, but that question deals more with the development aspect than the consumer installation aspect of the error.


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When using the French language the default virtual keyboard on the Nexus S use the AZERTY keyboard layout.

That might be fine in Europe but not in North America (e.g. Quebec) where everyone uses QWERTY keyboards.

How can we globally change the keyboard layout on the Nexus S ?


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I keep receiving an error about the app "com.hmdglobal.app.customizationclient.OTAApplication" crashing on my Nokia 2.2. What does this app do?
The app can't be uninstalled and can't be disabled, and has full access to call logs, phone and storage. Based on the name, I presume it's created by Nokia to harvest my personal data.
Am I being paranoid or is this app malicious in any way?


texts: What could be the source of error for this kind of android wireless (wifi) disconnection?

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Recently there was wifi connection problem for my LG G2 (Android 4.4.2). It has internet connection and was able to connect to AP but sometimes it faces connection drop, no wifi connected although the wifi trigger was still on. During the connection drop, the phone appears to linked to wifi, but i noticed there is no data connection when i monitored live using some wireless monitoring tool. The wifi auto disconnect even i have the strongest signal connection (router was just below my desk) and there was proper internet connection for my laptop which is connected to the same AP.

Thus i would like to be advised is this the source of error from the hardware itself, or from the stock LG G2 ROM (Software)?.

Thanks

Edit: It occurs in each router that i connects


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I have installed official Zoom app for my Motorola One / Android 10.0 to be able to join meetings directly from my mobile phone as an alternative to the regular PC connection.
However, I have each call very loud and I cannot control volume in any way:

I have both Media volume and Call volume set to 0 (mute?) and still can hear Zoom call's audio (and still can hear it very loudly)
Changing any of these two params does not change Zoom's volume even a tiny bit.

What am I missing? Is this some kind of bug? How should I control1 call volume in Zoom app for Android?
I understand (correct me, if I am wrong) that:

Call volume is specific to Phone app only and to an actual over-the-phone calls / cellular networks' calls
Media volume should control in-media volume of all apps so this would mandate (?) Zoom's in-app audio call's volume as well

If I am correct then the good question is, why any of these two working?
Of course, I have this problem in Zoom app only. Phone's volume buttons are working correctly. All other apps responds to Media volume correctly and I can control any other aspect related to volume in my phone without any problems. Zoom only seems to be the exception here.
1Note that I am talking about controlling / decreasing volume of Zoom calls. I am aware of this question and mine isn't a duplicate. I don't want to disable the Zoom meeting's totally (I know how to disconnect audio out of any Zoom meeting). I just want to make it a way, way lower. Because right now I have to keep my headphones on my chins, at least 5-10 cm from my ears to not get deaf.


texts: Android's native process management vs. Greenify

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Disclaimer: I'm not in any way connected to the Greenify developers, nor am I trying to promote Greenify or anything. I'm actually interested in the answers to these questions.

I've found that with a lot of Android devices that I have managed, they become slower the more apps one installs on them. This is especially true with apps that perform some sort of tasks in the background. Often, devices can become so slow that they are a real pain to use.

The solution I found to this was an app called Greenify, that I use with root privileges and an Xposed module. I find that I can keep all the apps on the devices, but "Greenify" all of them. (I think this means that inactive apps are consistently "hibernated" or deprived of system resources, leaving the resources available for active apps.) This usually makes the device much snappier, yet I find that the impeding effect on the functionality of the apps is quite minimal. Needless to say, I consider Greenify a must, especially on devices with lots of resource hogging apps and/or limited hardware.

Does Android do something similar to Greenify natively? (Depriving background apps of resources in order to free it up for active apps?)
If yes, how is Greenify different from Android's native resource management?

I find that lots of people have Android devices that tend to slow down over time, and many of them end up just buying a new, more powerful device once every few years. But if they used Greenify (or something similar), they might have been satisfied with the performance of the older device for many, many more years. I for example, have a five year old phone, have tons of apps on it, and am quite happy with its performance when using Greenify. However, without Greenify (and with all my apps), the phone is so slow that it's barely usable.

Is there any native Android way to prevent apps from running in the background and hogging system resources?

For example, in GNU/Linux distros like Debian and Ubuntu, apps don't run or consume any resources at all unless you explicitly launch them (or have them set to launch at startup.) It's the same with OS X and Windows. And when you shut a program completely down, it can no longer consume any resources. I think even iOS automatically kills background apps when it needs the resources for something else.

I've used manual task killers, but after  a while, I find that all the apps are back up running in the background again, even if I haven't launched them at all.

Is it true that Android is somewhat unique in allowing apps to run in the background, consuming resources?


texts: Multiple devices on a single Google account - App/Setting Syncing

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I have a few Google Nexus devices that are all set up with the same Google Play account. They are all set to backup and restore and when setting up new devices they seem to pull down all the most recent changes I've made however if I download an app or make any changes they do not sync with each other.

Is there any way I can set this up to happen or any apps that can do this for me?


texts: Possible to use the same Google accounts on 2 exact same phones?

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I'm trying to find out if I can use my Google accounts on 2 exact mobile phones?
I've only been able to find that you can use Google accounts on multiple devices, but can the devices be the same make & model?


texts: How to remove a decrypted Androis 4.1 phone?

texts: I tried out encrypting the phone, but now I want to decrypt it, so I can use again pattern to unlock. How can I do this without resetting the phone?


texts: Flashed an unsupported recovery to my phone, how can i exit recovery mode and proceed with normal boot?

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Can someone help me to restore my leeco le s3?
I tried installing the latest TWRP for leeco le 2 on my leeco le s3 (since they are nearly identical). After entering fastboot mode, I ran this command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

It performed operation, and said 'OK'. Then, I rebooted my device by holding volume up + power key. It started a normal boot and booted into android.
I ran command to flash again, then typed

fastboot reboot

My device powered off and did not power on again.
When I connect it to a windows pc via usb, windows keeps playing sound of connecting a device, then a second later - a sound of disconnecting device.
I did not flashed any ROM to my device, my guess is that I installed an unsupported recovery mode. Is there any way I can exit this recovery mode and proceed to the normal boot?
My device has a non-removable battery, Is there a way to power it off completely and boot normally, avoiding recovery menu?


texts: Too little memory in Android NAND ROMs. Cannot install apps!

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(I was about to ask it here, but since I found the answer I'll share it too)

After installing Android on NAND on my HD2, I found that the available system memory is too little for everyday use. It's around 180MB and after a few applications I need to move everything (manually) to SD card.

I would like to have more space for system, especially if I have a large (say, 8GB) SD card.


texts: Why does Yahoo Weather limit my wife to 2 locations but not me

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Yahoo Weather allows me to add any number of locations.

When my wife, on the very same Nexus 5 phone, tries to add a third location, it asks her to delete one of her existing locations.

What's going on?


texts: fastboot set_active command does not exist

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I am trying to root my Xiaom mi a2 phone. But i am stuck on changing the active partition. When i enter "fastboot set_active b" it doesnt execute the command. Instead i get a list off all available commands which doesnt contain an option to change the active partition.

Console-Output

I am following this tutorial: Tutorial


texts: How can I upgrade from 5.1.1 to 6.x in order to utilize adoptable storage?


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I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus 32GB. I've installed AOKP on it and it has been running pretty okay with no bugs etc...

But after I connected it too my Nintendo Wii I think it mounted sdcard as FAT32 itself :\

I'm receiving the following error when trying to download something from 4Shared sync app(But actually none can download or transfer anything to Virtual sdcard):

  XXXXX.apk: open failed: EACCES(Permission denied)

I already restored my old backup wiped all data etc, nothing seems to work.

Note that I can access my sd-card, i can't only transfer, take pics... basically data.

PS: I showed 4sync problem because it was the only one that specify something


texts: How does Whatsapp store the chats and contacts of any given user, and are they recovered if one installs Whatsapp on a different phone?

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I currently have a Nokia Lumia, with Windows Phone 8.1 installed, and an Asus Zenfone 5, with Android 5.1 Lollipop. Both of them are old and outdated, but the Lumia is horribly so. In fact, I almost exclusively use the Zenfone, and I've kept the Lumia because of one thing only: I do not want to lose my Whatsapp chats and contacts.

Now, though, after the launching of Whatsapp Web, it seems to me that these things are actually backed up on the Whatsapp cloud, and that it would be safe to toss the Lumia and install Whatsapp on the Zenfone. Actually, to be honest, I'm thinking of getting a new phone entirely, and leaving both of these obsolete devices.

My question is, should I get a new phone and install Whatsapp on that device, when I desperately want to keep all my chats and contacts that I have on my Lumia?

Thanks in advance for any advice!


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I use Sony Xperia C1505 which I got three years ago. The phone had been repaired multiple times because od Jack not working and system crash but everything seemed fine since the last repair which had been six months ago.
The problem is that every time I connect phone to pc using USB cable, some files duplicate but I can´t delete any of them (the phone says "Failed to delete file")
All copies of music are working though. Some of photos are "broken files" but when I reload the SD card, everything is fine.
My gallery now has more that 4K of pics instead of 1K. It still ceeps multiplying the files everytime I connect the phone.

I tried restarting phone several times, moved everything from SD card to PC and deleted everything but the problem stil persists...
I am scared to delete the copies because I don´t want to lose any of them
P.S.: I apologize for my english, it is my third language


texts: Getting a non-PIE Kitkat app to run on Marshmallow

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I own a Nexus 7 (2012) and it is possible with this tablet to run a software called 'bcmon' that will put the wifi chipset in monitor mode and let you inject de-auth frame to capture WPA handshakes.
This is only supposed to work on kitkat but thanks to a simple tweak I got it running on lollipop.
You can go to the GitHub's page and get the release if you own any of the devices that are supported by 'bcmon'.
Now my question is: why is this working on lollipop and not on marshmallow ?
unlegacy android is out with kernel 3.4 and it is possible to install nethunter... you see where I am going: kali linux + frame injection on native wifi card.
The issues on marshmallow is that even though 'bcmon' application runs well, the binaries that come with it run empty, no access points are detected with softwares like besside-ng or airodump.
EDIT:
Comes from the 3.4 kernel, at which point I don't know but I flashed the unlegacy one on Lollipop and the issue is the same now than with marshmallow


texts: Photos/Media/Files and Full Network Access

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Does anything stop an application with Photos/Media/Files and Other ("full network access" and "run at startup") permissions from simply uploading ALL of your photos and videos to some stupid server they control?

Is it access to store and read their own photos/files, or total access to everything on the phone? Does it matter if it's on an SD card or internal storage?


texts: How do I use the Android emulator? I made an AVD device in Eclipse, now im trying to launch it via command prompt. Android is the AVD name. I have also installed all the files for Android 4.2.2 in SDK manager. This is what I type into cmd: emulator -avd <android> -gpu on. It spits out, system cannot find the file specified.


texts: Core GMS package Suddenly started Malfunctioning (old Huawei Honor 8, ~2 years in use)

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I have been using my Huawei Honor 8 for about 2 years now. I live in the US. And I have been using Google Play Store and other apps without any issues. Last night my phone ran out of charge and died. When I plugged it in and turned it on, I received tens of notifications stating: "Get Google Play Services. [App name] won't run without Google Play Services which are missing from your device". I Double checked it, and Google Play Services are still installed. However, whenever I attempt opening any Google-related app, I get an error message saying: "Core GMS packages. Install core GMS packages to use [App name]".

Has anyone encountered this problem before? What could cause it? And how could it be resolved?

Model Number: FRD-L04
Build Number: FRD-L04C567B398
EMUI version: 5.0.4
Android Version: 7.0


texts: Trouble with SD card in Prestigio Multipad PMP3370B

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I've recently been given a Prestigio Multipad PMP3370B (Android 4.0) which I thought would be nice for my daughter to watch videos on. I took an 8GB micro SDHC card from my Windows 7 laptop (NTFS format) and put it into the SD card slot but it wasn't detected.

After a bit of a read I tried formatting it as FAT32/exFat and inserting it but for both formats when going to the system settings screen > storage screen there is no card listed and no option to do anything.

So I have two questions:

How can I be sure the SD card is inserted correctly? It seems like it wants to slip out
How can I get an SD card working with this device

I don't want to go out and get a new SD card until I'm sure it works correctly as otherwise it would be a waste of money.


texts: Is there a way to set the IP configuration on a per network basis?

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I connect to multiple wifi networks. On some of the networks I have to use a static IP address. Most with DHCP configurations are without the option to use static IP addressing.

For this reason I want to be able to set specific IP settings for the networks with special settings. Is such a thing possible?


texts: ps3 controller connected via usb but not bluetooth

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asus ze620kl(android 9) connected dualshock 3 via usb without any problem, but bluetooth just refused to connect, it either just asking for pairing code(tried default 0000/1234) or simply just looping connected and disconnected for few seconds then the ds3 turned off itself(dmesg output) with selinux permissive/enforcement. sixaxis controller app failed as well
any1 knows of any cure?


texts: Whatsapp only lets me delete the profile picture [Solved]

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Recently, I wanted to change my profile picture on whatsapp for another one, but when I tried to do that, only the option to delete it appeared. This also happens when I want to change the background of a chat or when I want to put a new profile picture for a group.
How can I solve it?

Miui 6.4.14
Whatsapp version: latest
Android Marshmallow

SOLVED
After a lot of tine of searching solutions, I found the what was happening: it is a bug that only appears in MiUi 6.4.14. This bug has not been solved yet.


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I'm trying to restore the factory ROM on my Pixel. I've downloaded and unpacked a factory image for my phone, and when I run sudo ./flash-all.sh I get FAILED (remote: partition [bootb] doesn't exist). Here's the whole transcript. Can anyone suggest a workaround?

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloaderb' (32728 KB)...
OKAY [  0.836s]
writing 'bootloaderb'...
(bootloader) Valid bootloader version.
OKAY [  1.600s]
finished. total time: 2.435s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [  8.593s]
finished. total time: 8.693s
< waiting for any device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radiob' (57192 KB)...
OKAY [  1.428s]
writing 'radiob'...
OKAY [  0.909s]
finished. total time: 2.337s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [  0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.106s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
wiping userdata...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
    Size: 122633060352
    Block size: 4096
    Blocks per group: 32768
    Inodes per group: 8192
    Inode size: 256
    Journal blocks: 32768
    Label:
    Blocks: 29939712
    Block groups: 914
    Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/7487488 inodes and 518062/29939712 blocks
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 8996-012001-1610061102
Baseband Version.....: 8996-012511-1611190200
Serial Number........: XXXXXXXXXXXX
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [  0.050s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [  0.051s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [  0.050s]
sending 'bootb' (24821 KB)...
OKAY [  0.642s]
writing 'bootb'...
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_b"
FAILED (remote: partition [bootb] doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 1.095s


texts: Is there a way to automatically hide the status bar when the landscape keyboard is open?

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For reasons I will not go into, my cellphone has a very small screen. It would really be nice if the landscape virtual keyboard would open in fullscreen, to leave a bit more room for larger keys. Any ideas how to achieve this?

If it makes any difference, I have an old-timey Motorola Droid running CyanogenMod 7.2.0-sholes.


texts: How can I change backlight intensity with root on lcd phone?

texts: I want to have the backlight on my phone dynamically change intensity, even turning completely off during completely black screens and such. How possible is this? It's a nexus 5 running cataclysm 5.0.1 with elementalx kernel.


texts: Is there method to send by not using SMS?

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I tried to send a message. After that, it displays the following toast:

  SMS is unable.

I can't use SMS. Is there a method to send messages by not using SMS?


texts: Preparation steps for sending a phone back under warranty

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I'm sending my (unrooted) nexus s off repair under under warranty, and was just wondering if there any precautions I can take to limit the amount of personal info on the device, lest the engineers take a look through my contacts/emails etc.? (ideally without resetting phone to factory defaults)

Main ideas I've had so far are:

Associating the phone with a brand new google account and deleting the old ones
Moving all sd card content to computer
Clearing caches


texts: Is there a way to access the phone filesystem from computer, wireless?

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Known solutions:

USB Mass Storage (sadly, mostly deprecated on Android 4, 5, etc.).

MTP, and I know its benefits (a lot) and its weaknesses (browsing on a MTP drive with Windows Explorer has poor integration of usual features: try to right click on a file on a MTP drive, you don't have the usual UI things like Open with etc.)

Samba

FTP server solutions (good solution, but 1) how to use this if I'm on the road, with no Wifi router like at home? then I cannot link computer <---> phone?  2) it seems that such an app doesn't offer access to external sd card)

AirDroid, etc.

But with all these methods, you don't really have access on your computer to the phone's filesystem like if it was a local folder.
Question:
Is there a solution that makes it possible to browse the phone's filesystem as if it was a computer local folder, easily?


texts: Viewing files on Android phone from computer, only showing DCIM and Pictures folders, in internal shared storage

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I have phones running Android..
When I connect either one to my computer, and click "internal shared storage", I only see DCIM and Pictures..
But if I go to any decent file manager app on the phone then it shows far more folders within "internal shared storage" e.g. Download, and other folders.
One of my phones, comes with what looks like a nice app for backing up, and it creates a folder with the backup, and I want to copy that folder to my computer. But I cant see how to access that folder to copy it onto my computer!
I'd be a little bit surprised if this is a situation where the phone has to be rooted to do it.. I do plan to, but this is an app that the phone comes with. So some may backup the phone before unlocking the bootloader.


texts: Manually backup and restore all partitions

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I would like to backup and restore manually all partitions.
I know this is not the first time this issue has been raised. There are already many links and questions on this issue, and I have reviewed most of them probably.

The suggested answers are divided to the following:

Root the device, install appropriate recovery tool (nexus root toolkit, TWRP or clockworkmod recovery), and boot into recovery, then do the backup from the tool.
Other solution suggest to use "dd command" but only for boot partitions, not all partitions. I'm not sure why.
for example the follwing page warns not to use dd on system partition:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-backup-your-android-phones-boot-recovery-and-system-partition-images/

I wonder how the suggested tools are capable of backup all partitions. If "dd command" is not used, what is the way to manually backup all partitions (which is probably the way these tools do backup in source code) ?


texts: Create flash-friendly file system on microSD card (not FAT32)

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Yesterday I noticed that I destroyed my just a couple of months old 32GB large microSD card. I wasn't even able to create a new file system on it or change the partition table, so it became completely unusable.

To prevent this from happening again, I want to use a different, more flash-friendly filesystem on my new microSD card. I am using an unrooted Nexus One with Android 2.3.3 on it. I know that it is quite possible to use different file systems with custom ROMs on rooted phones, but I want to use the official, unrooted version of Android.

So my question is:
Is it possible to use other file systems than FAT on a microSD card with unrooted Android? Which file system would you use then to save the flash memory from corrupting?

I am also interested in things you do to save your microSD card life.


texts: how to reinstall google play back onto my mobile

texts: How can i get the play store to work on my samsung galaxy ace it has changed to market. I have tried to download  it from the web but still will not work


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I have a Motorola E2. I am considering the Marshmallow system update,  but I have a few questions to ask (the system update is officially offered by motorola).

Questions

Lets say I rooted my phone and made a normal app into a system app, will the upgrade wipe the system app.
Will the latest version of all Google apps be flashed.
I have an issue ever since unrooting where I cannot log into Google account. Will the upgrade be likely to fix this issue.

Any anwsers will be well appreciated.


texts: Why are Android games so much smaller than iPhone games?

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I compared the size of some Android games with the size of iPhone games and I was quite surprised. For example Asphalt 6 is 6.1mb large on Android and 515mb on the iPhone according to the store websites.

Did I miss something? How is it possible that this game is only 6.1mb large on Andoid but 515mb big large on the iPhone?


texts: Google Photos Auto-Backup Exclude folder

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I have Auto Backup enabled in Google Now for Photos.  I also have Local Folders enabled so that photos produced by apps other than the camera get backed up too.

However, this then includes photos and videos from folders that I don't want to backup.   The "Include Local Folders" seems to be an all or nothing option.

Is there a way to exclude folders individually?

I still want these folders to be recognised as media, just not backed up.


texts: Turn Android device into a wireless or USB webcam with background removal

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There exist several applications such as DroidCam that  can turn one's Android device into a wireless or USB webcam.
Do any of these applications have a background removal feature (= only shows the human face/upper body that appears on the video)? I tried DroidCam but it doesn't seem to have this feature.


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I find the new Wallpaper app on Pie doesn't let you pick live wallpapers. Even when I downloaded the APK and installed it, it says 'cannot install'.

It's not as though 9 doesn't support them, the first time I installed a live wallpaper, I was able to click 'open' on the package installer and set it, but now since it doesn't provide an app icon I can't go back to it if I change to something else. I'm running the LineageOS 16 based Resurrection Remix custom ROM on a OnePlus 3.


texts: Dialer is very slow between dialing the number and getting into the call: spinning wheel for 5-10 seconds

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I have a Nexus 4 with CM (latest version). For the last few months whenever I dial a number it takes anywhere from 5-10 seconds for the actual call to start.

I checked Android SE and didn't find anything except for this: Dialer app becoming too slow and less responsive.

However, my case I believe is different. The question above asks about the actual dialer start-up time.

In my case, the dialer is very response: whenever I tap on the Phone icon in the tray, it shows up immediately (the stock Android dialer that comes with CM): I can switch between favourite contacts, recent contacts, search contacts and the dialer with no issues.

However, once I find the contact I need or dial the number and then tap to call, the screen goes black with a spinning wheel in the middle:

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Spinning Wheel After Dialing a Number/Contact (click image for larger variant)

This takes about 5-10 seconds like I mentioned.

Once that time passes, it goes to the actual call where I can see the phone number, the contact picture (if available), the drop-call red button, etc.:

The Actual Call Screen after the Spinning Wheel (click image for larger variant)

What I've tried:

Tried using a different dialer thinking maybe it's the issue with the stock dialer: no difference. Tried exDialer and some other, results are same: the dialer itself is snappy, but after tapping the call it goes to the spinning wheel on the black background.
I don't think it's a memory issue as I have 2Gb I think. In any case, with all the text messages I have (I don't delete any), all the contacts I have (including hundreds of Google+ random dudes I follow), the Phone app itself is snappy: everything works very quick.

Any suggestions are welcome as it's getting very frustrating! Thanks


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I am using MOTO-E  and working on lollipop OS.
Here, OTG is not supporting. I have read it from google which Moto-E doesn't support OTG.

My question is

Will oTG work on OS 4.4 (Kitkat)?

How to downgrade OS from 5.1 to 4.4?


texts: Sync computer folder -> phone's external SD card, with USB cable

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Background: Until a few days ago, I was happy with my Android 2.3 phone, and its Media Storage via USB cable : syncing my computer's D:/MusicLibrary/ folder with my phone's 128GB external SD Card was possible in one line with xxcopy.

With my non-rooted Android 4.2.2, I don't have Media Storage anymore, but only MTP. As mentionned in many other questions, this doesn't give a drive letter anymore by default. The only solutions I see to sync my computer's music library folder with my phone's SD card are very complex now, in comparison to the good-old-Android-2.3-way :

use FTP server (argh!) or Samba techniques
root my phone to allow Media Storage via a specific plugin
complex solutions with adb pull, but this won't track which files have been changed, so I would need to write different script to track changes, etc. (re-argh!)

Is there a simple solution to sync: computer folder <-> Android 4 phone's SD card folder, via MTP, with Windows 7?

Remark: Funnily, the tag about MTP says The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is a protocol which purpose is to facilitate the transfer of media files and associated metadata to/from devices.. In such a case, it seems that it doesn't facilitate but makes things worse instead.


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On my rooted Nexus 5, when I open any file manager the sdcard shows empty. Some apps however are able to read from it and I can see it is intact when I connect it to my PC. This means I can't access the files on my sdcard (virtual sdcard in the case of N5) and also evernote fails to sync as it can't create a database.

I have tried chmod777 on the sdcard through recovery to try to set permissions right which failed. Restarting the device also fails. Clearing the dalvic cache also fails.

Any help would be appreciated!


texts: How to set up reverse tethering over USB?

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My HTC G2 phone is rooted and running Cyanogenmod 7
I don't have a data plan.
Sometimes I want to connect the phone to the Internet when there isn't Wi-Fi, to update Market apps, backup SMS messages to Gmail, sync new contacts from Gmail, etc.  Things I can't do with USB mass storage mode.
I have a Windows 7 Professional computer connected to the Internet, but I'm not allowed to set up an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network.  (If I do, they will notice and hunt me down.)

Is there a way for the phone to access the Internet through the USB connection to the computer?  If so, how do I set it up?


texts: I have found that my Samsung Galaxy SIII's Play Store is auto-updating applications without telling me anything. This is not acceptable, since it is updating apps most of which I never use. How do I turn this off?


texts: Cant move a single app to SD card on Samsung A21s

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I got an A21s yesterday and a new SD card but when I try to move apps over to it, it shows no option to change storage. This is for every single app, even ones I know should be able to move over. Had Samsung phones for years so know how to do it, it just won't let me. In which case the phone is useless if I can only use my SD card for photos.
I've formatted it, unmounted it, formatted it, turned phone off, turned phone on, looked at every single setting, even downloaded apps2sd, still impossible


texts: How to find in which folder / app group is an app icon?

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I honestly feel stupid asking this question, but here it goes:
I cannot find a way to locate in which folder/app_group I misplaced an app icon.
If I use the search in the app drawer (go-Launcher Z or default home screen app (TouchWiz home), I can easily find the app icon, but it will not let me know in which folder/app_group the icon is.
On IOS you can achieve this very easily:
If you searched for an app, you will see an app icon—which you can tap to launch the program—as well as a header that tells you in which folder the app is stored.
This is a search example (for the Netflix icon/app):

You can see that the icon is located in the media folder. In this case it is easy to find, but when a folder holds more than 4 icons locating an icon is tedious.

GALAXY S6
Android 7.0


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On my Nexus 5 every time I change for sleep setting to 10 minutes it's simply reverts back to one minute.

I have the latest version of Android and have tried Powering off and restarting several times.

What can I do?


texts: How can I enable Google's voice recognition?

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I want to enable Android's Voice Input on my Archos 70 Internet Tablet.  Voice Input/Output isn't even visible in the settings menu.  Is there an apk file to add this or some other way?  I'm happy to take 3rd party Voice Recognition suggestions like vlingo if they don't need access to the Google Voice Recognition Engine, but I'm most interested in getting the standard Android voice input working.

Device: Archos 70 Internet Tablet running Android 2.1


texts: Completely wiping all contents and storage in SmartQ T10 tablet. No Recovery, no CWM, no ADB

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I wanna hard reset my SmartQ T10 so memory and internal storage become fully deleted, but my device does not have such option in Settings, nor there is ClockWorkMod Recovery released for it.
I did try:
- Restore firmware.
- Boot pressing volume up, volume down and both (goes to firmware restore).
- ADB: adb reboot recovery (goes to firmware restore too).
- Research at http://www.hard-reset.com/ (no SmartQ models there).
so I was wondering if it exists any generic non-platform-specific trick.


texts: Any way to synchronize calendar app across Android and iOS?

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Me and my partner have been searching for ages for a calendar application that will sync across both Android and iOS devices (as she has an iPhone). We would love to be able to see each others calendars but can't find an app anywhere which will let us do this effectively?

Anybody know of any?


texts: How can I find the functionalities of apps in my phone that are extended to Google Assistant?

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Google's App action enables functionalities of an android app to be accessible through google Assistant.
I would like to know the list of app functionalities -enabled by the developer - to be executed through Google Assistant.


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I use the TeamViewer Android application.
How can I paste the clipboard content from the Android TeamViewer client to the computer running the TeamViewer server that I connected to?
When I press on CTRL + V</kbd using the Hacker's keyboard when connected to the host, it doesn't retrieve the Android clipboard. Also I didn't see any option in TeamViewer to send the clipboard content.


texts: Cannot SIM unlock Samsung Galaxy S7 with Rogers (Canada)

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My dad got the Samsung Galaxy S7 back in May and wanted to SIM unlock it shortly after because he travels a lot due to work. No rooting, just unlocking the phone to use with foreign carriers. At the time, he went to a local store that provided him with a code but it wouldn't work, they told him something along the lines of "this phone is too new and cannot be unlocked yet". I was really busy at the time so I couldn't provide more assistance unfortunately. He phoned Rogers (his phone provider) and was told that they could provide him directly with an unlocking code but he had to wait 3 months from the time of the purchase. He thought that was a much safer way to do it, so he waited.

Fast forward to now, and the code he was given wouldn't work. According to him, even after following the steps in this page from Rogers he gets a message that says "INCORRECT NETWORK UNLOCK ENTERED". He also attempted to get it unlocked at a local store (from the foreign country he's currently working at) to no avail. I believe they even tried a factory reset, and the SIM unlock still wouldn't go through. As time goes by he is getting more frustrated and I don't know how to help since we're in different countries. Is the phone hardlocked after many unsuccessful attempts? Can such a thing occur even after a factory reset? Also, do you think it would be possible to get the phone sent to warranty for this problem?


texts: Link2SD | 1st partition not working / not showing / not detected

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My problem is, that I can't see the 1st. partition in the storage informations.

Hardware:

Sony Android mobile phone (don't know exactly the model; is my girlfriends)
Android 4.2.2
Samsung PRO Plus Micro SDHC 32GB (https://www.amazon.de/Samsung-Micro-100MB-Speicherkarte-Adapter/dp/B06XFRZ9Z6)

I have prepared my mobile phone with the following tutorial:

https://www.wikihow.tech/Use-Link2SD

After starting the app (Link2SD) I could successfully create the mount script! But wenn entering the storage informations, the 1st. partition is not beeing detected properly.

On the picture below, you can see Ext. Speicher SD /storage/sdcard1.

I have partitioned the SD card 50:50, so each partition has got ~16GB.
When plugin the mobile phone to a windows PC, I can only see the sdcard0 with 4GB and not my 16GB storage. Also in the Settings/Storage the SD-Card is not properly detected.


texts: Jumpy Touchscreen, Physical Keyboard available, Cursor for Android?

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I have an android Motorola Droid 4 (with physical keyboard, Cyanogenmod 12.1), but the touchscreen is jumpy, for example there are some rows that the touch could not be detected at all.. yesterday it's only 1 row (10% of screen), today is 3 rows (30% of whole screen), so I could not point at those rows..

Is there a cursor for android that can be moved by keyboard arrow keys?

As you can see on the screenshot, there are 3 rows that cannot be selected at all..


texts: Contact images missing from SMS list in hangouts

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I have a problem with my Nexus 5 and the new Hangouts app that supports SMS integration.

Only some of my contacts have their contact image next to their name in the main listing. When I click on them to view the SMS conversation their image is displayed correctly, it's just on the main listing that it doesn't appear. People I've 'hung out' with show up fine, it's just the SMS contacts that don't.

Things I've tried:

Editing the contact and applying a completely new image
Changing the contact to use their Google+ image
Changing the contact to use the image I have applied in GMail on the web.

Does anyone know how I can get the missing contact images to show up?


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After some research, I can't prevent apps to be uninstalled on my phone - Honor 6A.
When an app will be uninstalled, I would want a pop-up with a password.
I see a lot of app which can do this feature, but it doesn't work on my phone.
I've done the authorization on settings/security/usage access for the app i want to protect, but it doesn't work.
It looks like the phone Honor 6A have something to block this feature.
Do you know this problem and can you help me to solve it ?
Thanks.


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I have to scroll right 63 times from the home screen to get to the page where icons are placed for new apps installed on my phone.  Is there some shortcut to get there?  Some gesture I can enable or an icon I can put on my home page or something?

Google Now Launcher 1.4.large, Android 8.1.0, Nexus 6P

I just found a faster way to scroll through the pages.  If I tap and hold on an empty space on a page then the page will get smaller and it will scroll multiple pages at once when I swipe.


texts: How to block all phone calls, but only allow SMS and networking?

texts: It's kinda disturbing when people keep calling me during work or meetings, but to me it's okay if I receive short messages or Whatsapp message because I can reply them few minutes later in a short break. I'm new Android user and wonder if my phone could do that for me.


texts: Can't hear caller after updated from 4.3 to KitKat 4.4.2 on Moto G

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I have a retail Motorola Moto G 16 GB with 4.3.

After updating to KitKat 4.4.2 (using the official Motorola process), I can't hear the caller's voice. But when activating the speakers or using a headphone I can hear the other side. Prior updating there where no problems at all.

I also did a full factory-reset, which did not helped.

With this issue the phone is practically unusable, I appreciate any help.


texts: lsusb lists Galaxy Samsung Tab s2 & adb devices lists nothing

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really, I do all my efforts  to run an android project through eclipse on a tablet "Samsung galaxy Tab s2/ GT-P3100" under linux (Ubuntu 12.04).

i add the vendor id of samsung  in  ~/.android/adb_usb.ini

   0x04e8

i add rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules as following :

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04e8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6860", MODE="0666"
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ENV{ID_USB_INTERFACES}=="*:ff420?:*", MODE="0666"

then , i restart udev  & i run the following command

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

i updates  /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04e8", SYMLINK+="android_adb", MODE="0666"

the thing that perplexed me is the listing of the tab when running the following cmd :

abdennour@estifeda1:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 125f:a11a A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:2107 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II]

And the device also is well mounted:

I finally recourse a very long solution but, as usual, in vain :


texts: Why does Wifi show an error whenever I try to reconnect (Galaxy Ace)?

texts: I'm using a Galaxy Ace.  When I turn off WiFi and try to turn it on again it shows an error.  I need to restart my device for it to work.  Any ideas?


texts: How to extract stock apk from TWRP backup?

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I installed TWRP recovery on my phone and backed up the system, data and boot partitions before installing CM12.1.

I would like to extract one stock apk (FM radio) from the backup on a Linux system. How do I mount the system.ext4.win file?


texts:
I am trying to auto-boot my Samsung s4 mini (model SPH-L520) I have searched already the web with instruction to change the lpm file to

#!/system/bin/sh
/system/bin/reboot

but it does not work on that model, look like the charge animation is placed in different place. can anyone help me with that please.


texts: Android O VirtualBox can't set up device - google play services keep crashing

texts: I have an Android O Virtualbox and when I go to set it up, it asks if i want to set it up with data from my old phone or start new. I've tried both options, and it says that the Google Play Services have stopped, everytime i try. I don't know what to do. thanks in advance.


texts: What does this notification icon that looks like an arrow with a plus sign mean?

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I'm running stock Android 4.4 on my Nexus 4, and I keep seeing this weird icon that looks like a gray tag or arrow with a plus sign in it.

I don't know any app that does this, and there's never a matching notification when I pull the notification bar down. What does this mean?


texts: Can't get past the pulsating boot screen after complete battery drain

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My phone ran out of charge this morning after I made a couple of phone calls in bed. I was too lazy to get out of bed to plug it in. When I plugged it in later, and pushed the power button, the phone is continously looping the pulsating X loading animation. The only way to switch it off at this point is to replace the battery.

I read about the hard reset and tried that too. It didn't help.

Update:
I also tried setting the battery aside for over 15 mins before replacing and trying it again.

I was able to get into recovery by holding down the POWER + VOL UP buttons. Tried the "wipe cache partition" option thinking that the phone refused to start due to some stale cache. It didn't help either.

What else can I do to revive the phone? I would like not to lose data, if I can. But it's more important to get the phone working.


texts: WiFi works, but frequently disconnects with "authentication problem"

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I have a DOOGEE S60 with Android 7.0 Nougat.

It can connect to my 2.4GHz WiFi network at home without problems. However, quite frequently, the phone disconnects, showing the message "authentication problem" below the SSID. Manually reconnecting then temporarily fixes the problem, until the next random disconnect.

I have an ASUS RT-AC66U with Merlin firmware. The WiFi network uses WPA2-PSK+TKIP/AES. The phone is not rooted, and I'd like to keep it that way.

Observations:

The phone maintains a stable WiFi connection on my company's network; this other network uses WPA2-PSK TKIP.
Switching the WiFi on the phone off and on again, rebooting the router, rebooting the phone, forgetting and re-logging into the network, etc., all have no effect
Same behavior occurs when using a 5GHz network (the ASUS router is dual-band)
I have 23 other devices; they all connect to the same network without any problems whatsoever.
The network does not employ MAC filtering or other such smoke-screen type security measures
There is nothing relevant in the router's logs
Disconnections occur completely randomly; sometimes I have difficulty maintaining a connection for longer than 2 minutes, sometimes it lasts the whole night.
It does seem to be related to which apps are used. Particularly ad-infested apps seem to cause more frequent disconnections.

...I have no idea how to even begin diagnosing this extremely annoying problem. Any ideas?


texts:
I need help. My Nextbook Ares 8 (NXA8QC116 5.1.1 Lollipop) keeps randomly crashing when I am on it, although when it is plugged in, it doesn't crash. HELP PLEASE!

NOTE: Now it does crash when it's plugged in.


texts: How to prevent specific apps from using mobile data?

texts:
So there are some mobile apps that love to use lots of mobile data, and sometimes use it when the wifi signal isn't good (e.g. Spotify). Which then leads to a nasty surprising spike in data usage during those times.

My phone is rooted, btw.


texts: Is there any way to turn off shutter sound of camera in Android Marshmallow?

texts: I am using Motorola G3. After upgrading to Android Marshmallow I am not able to turn off camera's shutter sound. I searched and found it is the bug of android 6. Is there any way to turn of shutter sound of camera?


texts: How do I stop my SIM card from auto-locking while powered on?

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I have a set a SIM PIN on the SIM card I use in my Moto E4 Android phone. To answer some anticipated questions in advance:

I know my PIN
I want the SIM to lock when the system powers down or reboots
I want to have to enter the PIN when the system first powers up
All of the above are working fine for me

What I do not want is for the SIM to lock itself while the phone is powered on. I don't know how long it takes, but it seems like if I do not use the phone for an hour, when I try to use it, the SIM is locked again and I have to enter the PIN to unlock it. I suspect this means I cannot receive incoming calls for some period of time because the SIM card is locked.
I know the phone is not rebooting because after I unlock the SIM, I can still unlock the phone with my fingerprint. When the phone reboots, I have to enter my passcode.
I do not know much about Android, this is my first Android phone and I just have it as a backup. Is this auto-lock a feature I need to disable? It seems to me like a bad idea given that I want to be able to keep receiving calls. What can I do to fix this?


texts: Why has the delete function disappeared from my Gmail app?

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I cannot see a delete function on my Gmail account for my inbox.

I have a Galaxy smartphone.


texts:
Recently my phone started to lose charge faster. It just occurred to me to check Battery in Settings, and I saw that Google Search is responsible for 29%, Screen coming in second with 23%.

I set up Google Now a few weeks back, is it the same thing?

If not, what exactly is Google Search? Is it something I actually use, and Google Search is just a collective name for them? Can I turn it off?


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As this question Why is the SD-card mounted to "/sdcard/external_sd" instead of "/sdcard" (or "/mnt/sdcard")? points out, newer versions of Android often point the /mnt/sdcard path to internal storage instead of the SD card, and the location for the sd storage is not clearly defined and varies from device to device.

Is it possible to modify my phone so that /mnt/sdcard would actually point to the SD card instead of some arbitrary location on internal storage? (would this require rooting the phone?)

Since the new specifications are so vague about what the mount point should be for sd cards, many apps do not work properly, or have features (such as backup and restore or export) that are completely useless if the /mnt/sdcard path doesn't actually point to a removable piece of memory that you can move to another device.


texts: How do I logout of Hangout on Android 4.4?

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Hangout is the default messaging app in Android 4.4. I know that it's possible to use a third party application for SMS, but it there a way to log out of hangout entirely? Or at least to block the notifications? I keep receiving chat notification both on my phone and my computer and it's really annoying.

I do not want to uninstall/deactivate it because I still want to be able to use it while I'm on the road.


texts: How do I add a desktop link to a youtube video?

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Normally I can add a desktop link from Chrome by using "Add to Home screen".  However, when I click on a YouTube video, it automatically opens that video in my YouTube app rather than in Chrome.  Thus I no longer have an option to add something to my home screen.

Any ideas?

I am using:
Android version 7.0 on a Samsung Galaxy S7


texts: I have Samsung galaxy s duos 2 GT-S7582. my problem is that, everytime I receive a txt message, I don't hear any alert. ive already checked all the notification settings and all of it were turned on..


texts: Where is the Samsung Galaxy setting for answering lock/unlock?

texts: My friend told me that every time someone calls, he must unlock the phone. He wondered if we could change that setting. I looked in my own Samsung Galaxy and I could not find the setting. Do you know what we could do to resolve the issue so that my friend won't have to unlock his phone every time somebody is calling? I think that the problem is vendor- or operator-specific looking at this thread with a similar issue.


texts: How can I make a persist property take effect without rebooting?

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I am trying to switch from mtp,adb mode to mass_storage easily, preferably with a script. I can go to two different places in settings and toggle both things there. Or I can use setprop or echo to set it from the command line but that requires rebooting. As I was writing this question I thought to my self that I might be able to use settings put but I could not find a key for USB computer connection. There was a key named usb_mass_storage_enabled but that key does not appear to control the USB connection.
After reading on meta that this is apparently the proper way to do this instead of answering a comment with an unreadable comment, I have deleted my comment and moved it here.
@Irfan Latif - cat /sys/class/android_usb/android0/functions does in fact reflect the changes when I use settings to change modes but when I try the simple script of:
echo -n 0 > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/enable
echo -n 'mass_storage' > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/functions
echo -n 1 > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/enable

Even though cat /sys/class/android_usb/android0/functions returns mass_storage the mode does not actually change.
I'm sorry I was mistaken, after further experimentation changing the /sys/class/android_usb/android0/functions file will in fact change the functionality of the usb connection. However, this change will not be reflected in the settings menu, nor will it be reflected in the usb id reported by lsusb. I did find though that should one turn off the usb with the enable file, issue command setprop persist.sys.usb.config, then turn usb back on the same way, that although it still won't be registered in the settings menu it will cause lsusb to return the correct mode id. Thanks.


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I have two .apk files that are supposed to be different versions of the same app.
What is the best way to check if they where both signed with the same key?

I want to make sure no mistakes were done and the newer version would be treated as an update of the same app.


texts: ColorNote on Android - how to print out all notes and calendar events?

texts: I have the colornote app installed on Android. How do I go about printing the notes and the calendar events? I am able to "view" all the data from the last backup. I am able to send an email to myself of a .doc file that was generated before I signed up for online sync.  How do I print out the doc file? Microsoft Word is unable to read this .doc file.


texts: Erase content of stolen phone, but thief has my PIN

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My phone was stolen.
I tried to erase it but the only option was set up erase. The problem is I believe the person that has my phone also has my PIN which would give them access to the phone. I know the setup erase and erase are two different things but I'm not sure how they each function. I would like to erase the content so once they are in the phone there is nothing to see because I have a lot of sensitive information on it. If the information is revealed, it would be damaging. The phone is a TCL A2X.
Is this possible, or am I screwed?


texts: Can't USB connect my Motorola Razr to Linux Fedora 16

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I was trying to connect my Droid Razr to my laptop (Linux Fedora 16) using the USB cable that came with it.  I was hoping that it be mounted on the file system just like a thumb drive but it never came on.  I went to the /mount directory but it was empty.  I was able to do it before I upgraded my Droid OS a few months ago but now I can't connect.  I primarly wanted to unload some media files.

How do I connect my Razr to my laptop via USB?


texts: USB OTG on OnePlus 2 phone not working, yet

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As I understand it I HAVE to use the original USB OTG adapter from OnePlus before I can make use of the OTG functionality on my OnePlus 2.

But what happens if I connect a USB OTG Y-cable (powered from a USB charger) to the original OnePlus 2 OTG adapter?

This is what I would like to achieve - I'm not sure if the cable is supposed to be used in this manner

[EDIT_1]
Normally you would just plug the OTG cable into your phone and then (hopefully) it would work - But with the OnePlus 2 phone you have to use OnePlus' original OTG adapter in order to make OTG work (That's what I have read anyway) - I'm just worried that connecting 2 OTG items (cable and adapter) might cause problems.
If I could just find a cable like the one pictured above that ISN'T an OTG cable, then I don't think there would be a problem.

[USB Micro-B] to [USB-A female] with a [USB-A male] for extra power.

Hopefully the above would alow me to attach almost any device to my phone and I wouldn't have to worry about the phones power being drained in no time.

I would also like to keep the amount of adapters, converters and cables to a minimum.

[EDIT_2]
Connecting the above USB OTG power cable and/or a regular USB (USB Micro-B to USB-A Female) cable to the OnePlus 2 adapter does nothing. The USB OTG Power cable DOES charge the phone though. I have now ordered two original OnePlus OTG cables from eBay...
Let's see how that plays out...

[EDIT_3]
One of the original OnePlus cables arrived today - It's supposed to be for the OnePlus 1, but I hoped it would work with the OnePlus 2 adapter.

Still no dice...

[EDIT_4]
Better late than never (sorry)...
None of the adapters that I have tried works. Maybe I received a FAKE OnePlus 2 adapter, I don't know.
I officially give up trying to make it work.

Does everything in this "adapter chain" have to support USB OTG ??


texts: How to get rid of duplicates in my telephone agenda?

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After installing Skype a week ago, my telephone agenda duplicated a lot of contacts, for many of them I have seven duplicates - therefore eight entries for each contact.

After installing WhatsApp, I had this problem too - many contacts had one duplicate.
But after installing Skype, the telephone agenda is a horrible mess. For each such contact, Skype added five or six more duplicated contacts.

I tried to delete one such duplicated contact and I got the message "This contact is read-only. It can't be deleted, but you can hide it." - and below this message I get the buttons "Hide" and "Delete", but I tried the "Delete" button and it works, so it actually can be deleted! Which is really inconsistent.

So the question is: how can I get rid of all those duplicate contacts? (without having to delete them manually, one by one, of course)

On other phones, you can access WhatsApp from the main contact, it doesn't have to be duplicated in order to send a WhatsApp message from the main telephone contacts list.

My phone is Honor 7s.

The Android version is 8.1.0

I am using the Nova Launcher but it acts the same with the Huawei Home launcher too.


texts: I used to have 2 sliders, a warning slider & a limit slider, now just a limit slider is present.


texts: How to run SSH/SFTP server for multiple user logins with password authentication on Android?

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I want to run an SSH server on my Android phone so that my clients (varying between 10 to 20) can easily and securely share data with me when I'm on the go, without using any third party hosting services like email, file sharing etc. Every user should have it's own directory (enforced using SFTP's chroot) and he/she should be able to login using his/her own password (not key file) I provide them, optionally sharing credentials with other users if one needs to.

I didn't find any such flexible solution, specially FOSS. So I built sshd program from openssh source code, using gcc-linux-aarch64 cross compiler on Ubuntu. However when I execute it on my phone, it throws error:

~# sshd -d
Privilege Separation user sshd does not exist

How can I add sshd and other users on Android? My phone is rooted.

PS: I'm jotting down answer to my own question what limitations I faced and how I have been achieving this for past few years. Any other method - particularly a non-root solution through GUI for ease of a common user - would be appreciated.


texts: Can I set the minimum brightness of auto-brightness?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 and I'm getting frustrated with how dark the screen goes. I do find value in using auto brightness but is it possible to limit the minimum or lowest point that the brightness will go? Is there an app that does it better, and I should just turn off the default auto brightness? I would prefer a solution in which I modify a config file though, over installing an app.

A calibrate option would work too, as the issue is worse when in a dim light situation. It seems to bottom out the brightness as if it's a pitch black room, when in fact the ambient light is quite a bit brighter.

Update: I thought maybe my Otterbox case might be interfering, but after some basic tests it doesn't seem to be the case.


texts: Is it possible to have manageable encryption when using TWRP/unlocked bootloader and modified ROM?

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Every single piece of information I've come across warns me about issues with sane encryption when using custom recovery, unlocked bootloader and non-stock ROM (as in modified, not community AOSP based). Since I need following things:

ability to back-up/restore data from the recovery if needed
root, which means I have to flash things manually after flashing ROM
ability to flash/update the ROM (since this is the only way, OTA wont work in my setup)

I can live without the 1st, but there is no way to let go of the rest 2. If I enable encryption I wont have access to data from recovery or rather I will have access to encrypted data. This isnt the problem normally until I need to flash over updated ROM or swap ROM - now there is an issue because encryption key will change.
There is also no point to have password-locked TWRP since with unlocked bootloader it is easy to sideload new one.
Does the headache-less solution for power-users exist?


texts: Microphone stopped working after making a WhatsApp call?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy SII HD LTE with a Cyanogenmod custom ROM. After WhatsApp inroduced the calling feature I updated the app and asked a friend to call me. I answered the call and disconnected it. Afterwards my microphone doesn't seem to be working when I'm taking calls, not in speakerphone mode either and not even if I plug in a hands-free. But the voice recorder seems fine. The issue is there only when I make calls, regular and WhatsApp both. Then I factory resetted the phone and microphone started working! The problem happened again when I made a call through WhatsApp after resetting. How can I resolve this issue and make WhatsApp calling work??


texts: Is it always possible to recover from a failed installation of a ROM?

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in the past I changed the ROM from my phone and the installation was correct. Now I'm currently working in a custom ROM, where I'm doing some alterations on Android Source code.
So, my question is: if I flash my phone with my custom ROM e something goes wrong, is it always possible take a stable ROM (that I already have) and install back to my phone? Or my phone can break without having how to recover it?

Once the installation failed on the middle, and I just start it again and everything worked fine, but the ROM were stable and now I'm customizing it. Or even in that time I had luck!

Thank you for now
Pablo


texts: BlueStacks 4 Hyper-V does not finish booting while Hyper-V is enabled

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I am using Windows 10 20H2, 64-bit, with CPU virtualization enabled.
I have enabled Virtual Machine Platform because I use Windows Subsystem for Linux. But I had not enabled Hyper-V when I installed BlueStacks.
I installed BlueStacks 4.0 via this executable: BlueStacksInstaller_4.260.0.1032_native_4176a437bc759281d8303dbcf40bdb72.exe,it automatically detects the settings of my computer and downloads the appropriate edition of BlueStacks.
After installation I started BlueStacks, and it starts fairly fast.
But I found the edition of BlueStacks I have installed is BlueStacks (Hyper-V), however I had not enabled it.
So I enabled Hyper-V in OptionalFeatures.exe, and restarted, and then I found out that it just won't finish starting up, it just stuck at displaying Starting BlueStacks Hyper-V, please wait.
The progress bar is very close to finish point, but it just refuses to go any further, like this:

Finally it said: Could not start the Engine.

I restarted the Engine multiple times and always succeeded in recreating the problem.
I then disabled Hyper-V and rebooted my computer, and I can use BlueStacks again.
However I also want to use Oracle VirtualBox, which requires Hyper-V.
So I uninstalled BlueStacks and downloaded the non-Hyper-V edition, tried to install it while Hyper-V is disabled, and it failed with error:

But Hyper-V is disabled:
PS C:\Windows\System32> Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online | where {$_.FeatureName -match "Hyper-V"}

FeatureName : Microsoft-Hyper-V-All
State       : Disabled

FeatureName : Microsoft-Hyper-V
State       : Disabled

FeatureName : Microsoft-Hyper-V-Tools-All
State       : Disabled

FeatureName : Microsoft-Hyper-V-Management-PowerShell
State       : Disabled

FeatureName : Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor
State       : Disabled

FeatureName : Microsoft-Hyper-V-Services
State       : Disabled

FeatureName : Microsoft-Hyper-V-Management-Clients
State       : Disabled

I have disabled Windows Defender and I am not using any anti-virus software, my computer has 12 GiB RAM and its CPU is Intel Core i5 4430 @ 3.00GHz;
How can I use BlueStacks with Hyper-V enabled?


texts: What is a "Download Agent" and what is it for?

texts: I've seen this phrase referenced in the context of MediaTek devices. I don't know what it is. It's been brought up in conversations about flashing the preloader when the preloader is wiped or corrupt, usually with some file called MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin. it also appears that is signed, too, from what I can gather from online discussions involving it. Is it signature-checked by the boot ROM?


texts: How do you grant root access to an anti virus program manually on a Samsung tablet.Because I want to enable a firewall to be more safe


texts: Power button not working on Asus Zenfone 5

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I bought an Asus Zenfone a few days ago and it was working well for 2 daysT the system asked to install an update and I agreed and installed it. Now the power button is not working at all.

Could it be a hardware or software issue? What should I do?

Device information:
Model Number : ASUS_T00J
Android Version : 4.3
Software Build Number : ASUS_T00J_WW_user_1.18.40.9_20140827_0215


texts: Why has the photo gallery sorting changed after firmware update?

texts: Now the photo sorting in each gallery begins with the first taken one. Before the firmware update, it had begun with the last taken one, so with the latest. Even the Gallery sorting is made by earlier creation. My phone is Galaxy Mini and I upgrade from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6. I could not find any settings to change the "direction"


texts:
Not sure of this is a good question for here or stack overflow... I can move it if needed.

I'm running android on a mobile device... but I really just use it as a computer. I have a wireless mouse/keyboard that I use to navigate windows, etc. Keyboard works well generally, but I find some features lacking. I really would like to map key presses to the touch screen input. i.e. I can set w to send touch input from a part of the screen given by the pixel location or some such thing.

I have a background in computer system, so I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty. I am willing to root the device, install programs, or build in some additional hardware. I can probably do it from scratch, but I really would like to not waste that much time on it.


texts: Can an app register itself to consume certain URLs?

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This is not a programming question but a usability one.

News site example.com has an annoying habit: when I follow a link to an article, the site first displays a pop-up saying “come use our app instead!” So I did, but article links still open the web browser, and still bring up that pop-up.

I’d like to file a bug with the app developer. Could the app have been designed to consume all URLs beginning with http://example.com/? (Otherwise I’ll complain to the web site designers.)


texts:
I somehow one-click rooted my Nexus 5 (without a computer) but want to unroot. If I go to Settings >>,About Device >> Update and install an update if there is one, will it delete root or get stuck on the boot logo because I'm root? I don't want to have issues but I also don't want root. Now I downloaded SuperSu and used the Temp Unroot option which basically just deletes root temporarily unless that option is DE-selected. So basically I don't have root now (I checked) but it's still there, I just want to know

1) Can I update without having problems? I have T-Mobile.

2) Is there an app that can just delete root for good, permanently?


texts: Samsung s7 password locked - can't get onto phone

texts: today I authorized a payment through Google pay on my phone. I've always avoided this and now I know why I never wanted to pay through Google. As I made this purchase it prompted me to create a phone safety option (either a pattern, password, or fingerprint), and I didn't really understand why that was necessary to authorize payment (no other payment form was given as an option), but I went with it and created a password. I remember this password. Now after my phone went to sleep, it wanted me to enter a password, since I apparently enabled this feature (hate it). I entered the password I created during this transaction, and there is no 'enter' button or prompt. Just the password box, and 'emergency call.' However I tried hitting 'done' on my phone keypad and it says incorrect password. Several times, I know it's what I created it with. SO... I went ahead and tried my actual Google password for the email account I used to make the earlier purchase. Still can't get onto my phone. I'm sorry, but what the hell ???  Can anyone help me with this and maybe a way I don't need to factory reset and lose everything (pics, texts, apps, contacts (I'm not sure if they're Google backed up)) ?   All I wanted to do was relax and watch something I really like.  I'm also having trouble troubleshooting on my computer because it's slow... and I can't call anyone.  WHY


texts: No option to switch dalvik to art on galaxy s5 android 5

texts: I was looking for an option to switch from dalvik to art on my galaxy s5 g900f with Android 5,but it was not in the place it should be. Is it because of the Android version? Or maybe only one of them is available?


texts: How do I open a html file stored in Google Drive in Firefox?

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Stuff I've already tried:

Tried following the instructions given here but they do not work. I see the error "Access to the file is denied".

screenshot below

.

Tried giving Firefox all possible permissions
Tried opening the file in Chrome and then copy-pasting the url from the address bar to Firefox. This simply displays the "Open with" dialog and Firefox is not displayed in the list.


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My ASUS Transformer TF700 worked fine and I did not put in any unlock code to open it.  One day the initial screen showed a keypad and invited me to put in the unlock code.  I read you can simultaneously push the power and volume buttons and do a "WIPE" that takes it back to Factory Default Settings.  I have tried this repeatedly- holding for 5 -  20 seconds -since some postings indicate that 5 and 10 seconds bring different levels of "wipe."  I have not had any luck with the ASUS Website.

I know this is pretty simple compared to all the "Super Geek" stuff I see on this site.  However I can not even aspire to be a "Mediocre Geek" if I cannot unlock my tablet.


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I got my new Android phone.
I added my personal GMail account to the Gmail app which synced my ~100 personal contacts from Google.
I installed WhatsApp.
I installed Outlook for Android.
I added my work mail account and did not uncheck "sync contacts" before first sync.
Only after I saw the ~100k work contacts in my phone I disabled "sync contacts" for my work email and as far as I see, all work contacts were correctly removed from the Android contact list.
However, in WhatsApp some of them (presumably those with a mobile number and WhatsApp) are still visible.
I tried the "Refresh list" option in WhatsApp, but they are still visible.
Also, there are no chats with these "contacts", since the contacts only got onto my phone by accident and they don't have my mobile number.
It seems I am not the only one.

Why are they still visible in WhatsApp and how can I get rid of them?


texts: Operator Data not working post the Lollipop Update

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I have a Moto G first gen,

Post the lollipop update the operator data is NOT working. Its just WiFi which is working.
What I have done:
Updated to Lollipop - Thru WiFi
Checked - Operator Data Not Working

Solutions which I did, which was recieved from Google Plus community & Moto Care Agent (Live Chat)
1. Cleared Cache
2. Did a soft reset & rebooted With Sim & Without Sim
3. Did a hard reset & rebooted with Sim & Without SIM

PS: My first SIM slot is tampered & not working. I just have the SIM 2 which is working.


texts: Entering very long Google password during setup

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If I have a new phone how can I enter my Google password in a secure manner during setup without having to type it (it is VERY long at over 30 random alphanumeric characters and a pain to type).

Since the phone it not yet set up I have no way yo send it to myself from another device via encrypted email, messaging, PGP because I have no apps installed yet.


texts: Allow rotate into portrait mode but do not rotate external display

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To avoid this question being flagged as a duplicate, I have included a list of similar questions at the end of this post with an explanation about why my question is different.  Please read these reasons before you flag this question as a duplicate!

I'm trying to work out how to get my Nexus 5, in portrait mode, to display on an external monitor, in portrait mode (connected via SlimPort/HDMI).

In landscape mode everything is fine:

However in portrait mode, the signal is still output as if it is meant to be displayed on a landscape screen, which doesn't work at all if the screen is in portrait mode:

You can see here that in both landscape and portrait mode the phone is outputting the same 1920x1080 signal, except in portrait mode the screen content is being rotated by the phone's GPU and displayed as a 607x1080 image in the middle of the 1920x1080 screen.  (It is not, as some people have suggested, outputting a 1080x1920 signal that the monitor is centering.  You can verify this because changing the phone between landscape and portrait shows a nice rotation animation and the monitor does not lose sync as it would if the resolution changed.)

Since the phone, when in portrait mode, is rotating the picture sent to the external display, I want to disable this, so it is just output as-is with no rotation.  This will of course appear wrong on a landscape monitor, but when you rotate that monitor into portrait mode it will be fine:

Is there any way to disable this rotation, so that an external display in portrait mode can display the phone's content when it too is in portrait mode?

Similar questions have been asked before, but none are after the same solution:

35402 - Show Fullscreen Portrait Layout with Miracast is very similar, except the question is about using Miracast wireless display whereas this question is about wired displays, in this case via SlimPort.
37887 - HDMI output mirroring in Portrait mode is asking how to prevent apps from being forced into landscape mode when an external display is connected - my question is about apps that do not get forced into landscape mode
67648 - How to change Android default-natural orientation? asks how to change the default rotation of an app, it has nothing to do with the image sent to an external monitor
100196 - Is there are way to change Android's default screen orientation? asks how to make apps default to landscape, as the external screen is landscape (in my question the external screen is in portrait)
101305 - Force portrait mode on device is about forcing a specific app into portrait mode, and is not about adjusting the picture sent to an external display


texts:
I am working on a script that will be run from an android shell (e.g. adb shell). I have a problem with writing temporary files, as this demonstrates:

$ cat <<-EOF > foo
> EOF
sh: can't create temporary file /data/local/shd1v7x1.tmp: Permission denied

I want to direct the shell's temporary directory to somewhere that is writable. I would usually do this:

$ export TMPDIR=/path/to/somwehere/writable
$ cat <<-EOF > foo

but it makes no difference.

Is it possible to specify the location the shell should use for temporary files?

(I know that running as root is a work around but that isn't a solution)


texts: What custom OS fits best on Redmi Note 9 pro?

texts:
I have been facing too many issues in my Redmi Note 9 pro for a long time? I have contacted customer care, they once asked to perform factory-reset and after that when again problem occurred they asked to do hard-reset. Now still some problems remains and also some new problems arises.
So now I want to install a custom OS. Can anyone suggest me a/a few good OS which works properly in Redmi Note 9 pro?


texts: Using "Bluetooth device with earphones" and headphone jack simultaneously

texts: I have Sony Xperia SL and have a bluetooth headset (SBH20). I can play music from SBH20 when I connect it but then if I connect another earpohone to my phone's 3.5 mm jack, the audio from bluetooth device gets disabled. Only one thing works at a time, either phone's 3.5 jack or bluetooth device. Is it possible if both works simultaneously so that output can come from 2 earphones at the same time.


texts: If im not mistaking, using ls -b should output escape characters with some sort of representation, but it seems like this option isn't available. Is there an alternative, or is it impossible to have a filename with escape characters on android?


texts: How do I root my Huawei S7-961wd aka PLDT Telpad QS?

texts: I couldn't find any one-click (no PC needed) rooting solution for my PLDT Telpad QS.


texts: Completely disable Nexus 5 Power Button and Remap to Volume Button

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I have a 1.5 year old Nexus 5 and its power button is somehow broken from the inside. The thing goes in a reboot loop whenever I either try to turn the phone on or put it on charging. Upon giving it a good smack, it somehow works and boots but it's only good for about a few minutes as whenever even a bit of pressure is applied on the power button, it goes in the reboot loop again.

So, I've been trying to completely remap the power button to Vol UP button and somehow completely disable that broke power button so the OS doesn't even consider its inputs. Here are some helpful links I came across, except the issue is the inability to push the changed keymap files back to /system without root.

https://nattster.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/use-volume-button-to-wake-up-nexus-5/
Remapping power and volume keys

I tried installing twrp but by doing going to bootloader via adb but then after I flash twrp and try to switch to newly installed recovery, the broke power button takes over and puts it into a reboot loop. If I try to get to recovery via adb, it goes to stock recovery as it is somehow overwriting twrp during the boot process.

I wouldn't mind getting the stock Android source code and somehow disabling all those mappings and reflash the new ROM on the device but I have no idea what files I need to go to, for disabling the power button.

So, I'm kinda stuck right now. Any help or pointers would be appreciated! Thank you!


texts: How to install Google Play on Kindle Fire 7" (2016)?

texts: I'm trying to install Google Play (and rest of Google services) on my Kindle Fire 7" model 2016. I've done little bit of research and noticed that things change rapidly. I'm looking for verified and latest way of getting this installed without rooting my Kindle, is that possible? I'm trying to be able to install any Android app from  the Google Play Store.


texts: When i try to capture a screenshot i get an "USB Storage may be in use" error. I can't install or use almost any app as well

texts:
First of all, I have a Galaxy Note 2. Hello, I've read more than an answer for this issue but none of them solved my problem. The problem is when I try to capture a screenshot it gives me an error message that says "Unable to save the screenshot, USB storage may be in use". I can't also use any application. When I open any application it gives me the "{Application name} has stopped"

What is the solution? It ought to be mentioned that I've tried to wipe the cash partition but it didn't work. Thanks in advance.


texts: Weird "Unkown Error" message at specific times

texts:
i get this weird "Unknown error" message sometime every 56th minute of every hour. The error looks like this:

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

It used to pop at every 26th minute but recently moved to every 56th. Anyone got any ideas as to what this may be?


texts: How do I get an Android 4.0 device to stream camera to local network or act as usb webcam?

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I have an old android device that I'd like to keep using rather than sending it to a recycler.  I have it secured on my network with a MAC address block such that it is only capable of communicating with local 192.168.1.* addresses.  It cannot be upgraded beyond android 4.0 due to manufacturer limitations.
What I would like to do is sideload any kind of application that would allow me to stream video from the camera to either a locally hosted rtmp server (already configured and working) or to ffmpeg.  Currently I've looked at an application called 'spydroid', 'wificam', 'droid ip cam' and 'rtsp stream app', but none of these applications are capable of providing this feature in a way that works (none of them can stream to an existing rtmp server or to ffmpeg).
Is there an app that allows me to stream my camera to the local network that will work with android version 4.0?  If not, is it possible to configure it to act as a USB webcam?


texts: What adapter do I need: Philips Headset + Samsung S4 mini duos

texts: I would like to use the microphone of my Philips headset (SHO9567GB/10, iPod compatible) with my Samsung S4 mini Duos (i9192). Right now, the headset is only recognised as headphone. What kind of adapter do I need?


texts: How to root Samsung Galaxy Note 2? I have no experience with rooting. Model number is GT-N7100. Android-version 4.1.1.


texts: Tablet Touch Screen partially unresponsive

texts:
I have an Android Tablet with Android 4.1.1, some days ago, the screen started to have random touches around the top of the screen, and sometimes, the top of the screen was unresponsive.
After a factory reset, the problem wasn't solved, but now the top of the screen had stopped being sensitive... I opened the tablet and cleaned the screen.
Now it stopped the random touches (Sometimes they happen again), but the screen still doesn't respond, what do I do?


texts: How to install CyanogenMod on my HTC Desire SV

texts:
My HTC Desire SV isn't listed as a supported device for CyanogenMod. How can I get CyanogenMod to work on it?

I'm very new to this. So, I could use some help.


texts: I've bought Chinese Meizu m2 mini and there is no Download Manager app at all. I can download from Web by ES explorer's downloader facility, but I can't do anything with Google Play. My firmware is 4.5.3.2A, so if someone can help me - I'll be really appreciate.


texts: Downgrade Samsung 2 7.0 from CyanogenMod 10.1 (Jelly Bean 4.2.2) to stock ICS

texts:
I recently updated my Samsung Tab 2 7.0 (GT-P3100) to Jelly Bean 4.2.2.

But I after successfully installing, I see that there's too many things that I don't like with the update.

Alphabetic Indexing is not present.
Confusing settings (unlike previous version)
Hate Apollo. Music suddenly stop. Shuffle always default to OFF whenever using the player. Liked more the default samsung music player.

Is there a way to restore back previous OS version provided by Samsung? Previously, it's 4.0.4 if my memory serves me right.

I was also trying to "Restore" in Samsung Kies but the software always cannot detect my tab. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling Kies with the same outcome.

How can I go back to stock ROM?


texts: Will any Micro SD card work in an HTC Desire?

texts: I've bought my friend's HTC Desire off him, but it doesn't have an SD card. Should I buy just any Micro SD card, or do I need to get one specifically made for the HTC Desire? Is there anything else I need to know?


texts: Difference between system files charging_enabled vs battery_charging_enabled

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I have a oneplus2 and I need to know the difference between charging_enabled vs battery_charging_enabled files present in /sys/class/power_supply/battery

I am using an app called Battery Charge Limit that is currently using battery_charging_enabled file to toggle charging when the preset limit is reached but even though I can see my phone is discharging (the app stop phone's charging even though the cable is plugged in), the discharging current is unusually very small as compared to "normal" discharging (without the app). Why is this happening? From where is it getting the extra power (if not from the battery) to keep up with the activities done on the phone.

I was wondering if the full charge condition (the ability of the phone to run directly on plugged power source instead of battery after it charges to 100%)  was being applied at 90% (which I have set as the max charge limit in the app).

Also I checked the status of charging_enabled while the app was activated and it was 1, which means that it was not affected  by the app (which is obvious as the control file used by the app is different).

Edit: I just changed the control file of the app from battery_charging_enabled to  charging_enabled  and now the battery drain seems normal.

Can anyone explain the difference between these control files ?

Edit: Adding device codes snippets from the file /android/lineage/kernel/oneplus/msm8994/drivers/power/qpnp-smbcharger.c . Hope it helps.

case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_BATTERY_CHARGING_ENABLED:
                smbchg_battchg_en(chip, val->intval,
                                REASON_BATTCHG_USER, &unused);
                pr_err("chg_en form userspace battery charging enable: %d\n",val->intval);
                break;
case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CHARGING_ENABLED:
                smbchg_usb_en(chip, val->intval, REASON_USER);
                smbchg_dc_en(chip, val->intval, REASON_USER);
                chip->chg_enabled = val->intval;
                pr_err("chg_en form userspace charging enable: %d\n",chip->chg_enabled);
                schedule_work(&chip->usb_set_online_work);
                break;
------------------------------------------------------------------------
case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_BATTERY_CHARGING_ENABLED:
                val->intval = smcghg_is_battchg_en(chip, REASON_BATTCHG_USER);
                break;
case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CHARGING_ENABLED:
                val->intval = chip->chg_enabled;


texts:
Phone is Motorola Milestone (EU version of Droid), android version is 2.2.1.

About a month ago I switched my email server from classic Postfix+Dovecot to Kerio Mail server. I accessed my email account via IMAP and I didn't change any email settings on my phone. After the switch, all emails that were read on server (either via email client like Outlook or via webmail) were showing up as unread in stock email client on the phone. It was annoying but I didn't give it much significance.

After more than a month, stock email client started crashing after checking mail from server. My theory is that mail identifiers of new server caught up with identifiers from the old server, and it's making stock email client crazy ...

Deleting data from email app and recreating the account didn't help, crashing persists...


texts: Sync only Gmail "My Contacts" group on android 2.3

texts:
I have more then 2k contacts on other contacts, but i only want to sync the  "my contacts".

Any hints?


texts: Displaying age of contact on birthday calendar events

texts: When entering birthdays on a Galaxy Ace S8530i (e.g. Tim 1993), how can I get the calendar to show Tim 1993 20 where the 20 on the end is Tim's age?


texts: Microphone Permssion in Pie not listing all apps

texts:
I have a Pixel phone. Recently I checked App permissions →Microphone permissions, and it shows 5 of 24 apps allowed.

But when I open the microphone permissions, it lists only 4 apps. Is this normal behaviour ?


texts: Is there a Twitter app that allows filtering of tweets based on source, hashtag, etc?

texts:
Tweet Deck for PC has a global filter that allows this but I cannot see this option in the Android client.

As above, is there an app that has this feature?

I would very much like to clear my tweetstream of Foursquare noise and the like.


texts: How can I see in the App store whether I am working secure

texts:
I wanted to buy some small application from the app store, it asked for my credit card information, but I was unsure whether we were working in secure mode.

How can you see, during payment, whether your are working in secure mode or not ? (like the green colour in Internet Explorer).


texts: My computer doesn't detect my Samsung Galaxy A5 at all on bootloader mode

texts:
I'm trying to unlock my bootloader on my Samsung Galaxy A5. I've done a lot of research and can't find a solution.

My problem is that whenever I turn on bootloader mode, my computer doesn't even see it, but when I'm on normal mode, the phone is just working normally and my computer detects it.

How can I fix it and unlock my bootloader?


texts: App with colorful 'C' icon on blue background and a Chinese name -- what is it?

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I just got a new Samsung Galaxy S3 for a family member (first "smart phone"). I have one myself, but this one has an app on it I can't identify (and isn't on my device), and which claims a LOT of privileges. It makes me nervous. This is what it looks like in the App manager:

(Click image to enlarge)

You can see why I would be mystified. What is this app? Do I want it? I think I don't, but might be convinced otherwise.


texts: Why are apps not loading anything after a while of use (Nexus 5 | 16GB)?

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Well the title says it. It happens to most apps that need an internet connection.
(Instagram, Youtube, Play Store, Whatsapp etc.) The browser works fine though.

But for example when I'm looking at my Instagram feed, after a while nothing loads anymore. Like wifi turned off or something. Or on Youtube after watching a few videos If I click on another video it starts not/infinite loading.

The solution to this is reopening the app, but this can be annoying as you have to find where you were again.

I couldn't find anything on Google and never heard anybody experiencing the same.
Is it because of my phone ? My wifi ? (3/4 connection most of time | 60mb/s) I do think other people didn't have this in my house but I'm not sure.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT:
I now have the Nexus 5X (Same simcard) and I got the same problem.

EDIT:
I noticed reconnecting to the WiFi is a solution as well, but this is still annoying.


texts: Last 10 days missing after I transferred WhatsApp messages to new phone

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I've tried to transfer all my Whatsapp messages from an old Android phone to a new Android phone. I followed all the instructions at Whatsapp's website and previously on Stackoverflow, but am missing the last 10 days of messages in my phone. I've redone the process twice, but have had no luck.

Interestingly, the backups on my old phone grow larger for the first 4 days of backups, but then get smaller in the last two days. But this might just be because they changed from .crypt7 files in the first four days to .crypt8 files for the last two days.

Are there tools available to import specific .crypt* files, or to merge archived backups?


texts: How to move images and video to SD Card?

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How to move images and videos from internal storage to SD card in Samsung Galaxy S7?

I saw advice to go to

My Files -> Images (or other) -> Options -> Select -> All

then move. But I can't accept this advice because it looks like flatten directory structure, which I need not to.

UPDATE

I want to move files which are created by camera.

UPDATE 2

I want BOTH:

1) make camera put NEW images and videos to new location

2) make OLD images be located in new location and be seen by gallery

UPDATE 3

So I expect answer suggest either automatic solution, or fully defined manual solution. For example, if solution requires moving files, it should specify BOTH source AND destination directories.


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I read the ApexLauncher FAQ and there is this line:

Move the APK file to the /system/app directory manually.
Make sure you set the file permission properly.
Please reboot your device if the in-drawer widgets feature does not work.
To uninstall, please remove ApexLauncher.apk from /system/app manually.

My question is, is it really that easy to do? I mean, if I move the .apk to the system directory, I will have a fully-functional ApexLauncher (i.e. a rooted phone) and when I delete the file, I will be back to the OK-state?


texts: How to set custom sound for SMS from certain sender in MIUI 8.x?

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I used to own Huawei device with MIUI 5, and there was an option to set custom melody for SMS from a certain sender (so you could understand if you received an SMS from this certain sender just by hearing the sound).

Now I own Xiaomi Mi5 with MIUI 8.1 and totally can't find such an option by myself: there is only option to set the sound for SMS on 1st and 2nd SIM-card.

Is there a way to get custom sound for SMS from certain sender in MIUI 8?


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When i turn my phone to silent now it goes to do not disturb mode and it silence media also
How can i make my phone silent and also be able to listen to media on my phone??


texts: developed apk installed in bluestacks lost lower part

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I installed an app-invenetor2 developed app, then installed it to bluestacks.
I cannot see the lower part of the app. I've
tried to adjust the resolution of bluestacks using methods suggested by How do I increase the resolution of BlueStacks?, especially the height from 400 to 1800. But it's failed.
Although the height of bluestacks window is increased, the lower part of installed app didn't appear.
How to see that lower part of the app?