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Camera saves them on SD, so everything can just upload them wherever it wants.

I heard of apps that claim to protect photos within them but the only thing they did is making them hidden from the user with hidden folders, but thats not what I call protection.
It also doesnt protect them from apps which dont care about dotted .files or .nomedia.

Is this lack of protection intended?
What can I do?

PS: If the protector you recommend is an app, please let it be one that is available on the developers site because I have no access to playstore.


texts: Facebook Messenger shows notification while open

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Whenever I have Facebook Messenger open, I continue to get notifications for chats that I am presently viewing. That is, I will be reading a chat, and as a new message comes in, I get a peek notification for it even though the chat is already open. Is this normal behavior, or is there some way to fix this without having to hack something out on Tasker?

I don't use chat heads, and the only settings I have on for notifications are Notification Previews and Light (LED).

On Android 7.1.1, though I had this problem on 6 on my previous phone as well.


texts: Kinzie - Modify custom rom to enable VOLTE support

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I'm a newbie to Android and Custom ROM in general. I was able to flash a workable custom rom (Android 7.0) on my Moto X Force by following steps from xda-developer.
So basically the device Moto X Force (release under the codename Kinzie, XT1580) in India does not support VOLTE. The same phone released in US (droid turbo 2, XT1585) supports VOLTE in contract with Verizon. I performed lot of search on google if there is a custom ROM which can enable the VOLTE support on this phone but couldn't find any.
What I have tried so far:

I managed to install various custom and stock ROMs on my phone.
Flashed Verizon stock ROM on my device but it did not detect the SIM card at all. I tried updating the radio from other custom ROMs but no luck.

Can someone please confirm if enablement of VOLTE is possible by software ? Looks like the phone has the required hardware to support VOLTE. If yes, then please point me in the right direction of achieving it.


texts: how to block a specific URL without root?

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i want to block a specific URL (a .json file on a webserver)

i dont have root
it should run on ANY modern android device AND FireTV ;)

would be nice if we find a way ;)


texts: moving apps to sd card is prevented by Huawei EmUI 3.1?

texts: I wanted to ask you a question. why can not I move the apps on my sd card? my phone is a huawei cun-L21, android 5.1. the option is shown, but it is disabled. because? while, with another sd card, I can move the apps. do I have to format the card in a particular way?


texts: Mute text notifications for single conversation only

texts: I have a single conversation on my phone that is updated often. I want to mute text notifications for this conversation only.


texts: Android viruses infected my phone (Tecno)

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My phone has been infected with viruses for nearly a year. At first it was just a virus in disguise called 'settings', but then it spread to my Chrome, opening a site called 'aiboo.com' SmartSite. I had to disable Chrome, and now there are 3 other viruses on my phone: One called Magic, which pops up ads on my phone screen, Lake worth ISD or something, Then one called System with the note saying 'Guerilla exe.' I use Eset Mobile Security to remove them, but every time I get access to internet, they get installed again. Sometimes they get installed even if I don't have network connection.

Someone please help!


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I'm trying the free version of an app, and I'm considering to upgrade to the Premium version. The said app is Rewire.

From what I see, the Premium version in not directly available on Play Store, and it can be purchased only in-app.

How do these purchases work? If I  uninstall the app then reinstall it later, or if in the future I change my phone, this purchase will still be recognised?

Will I be able to use the full version again without having to pay once more for it?

It appears that the purchase is managed by Google Play:


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I can use ADB while in recovery mode (TWRP) so to use it normally, I followed Android - Enable ADB from recovery to enable USB debugging. There is always an error while switching users, granting permissions, unhiding apps, using am and pm commands.

This is the error that always comes:

  Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 2000 nor current process has android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES.

How to grant permissions to ADB?


texts: How to pull boot.img and recovery.img from Sony Xperia E4 Dual?


texts: Using SD card from Android 7 in Android 6

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I got a new 'phone, with Android 7. I don't like it and plan to continue to use my Android 6 phone.

When I put the SD card into the Android 7, I vaguely remember something about it formatting - and encrypting? - it, and saying that the data would only be accessible on that 'phone.

When I put it in the Android 6 'phone, Settings/Storage and USB says that there is no SD card inserted.

It also offers me the option to "forget" the card and says that if I do so, all data on the card will be lost forever.

Two important points:

I don't care about the data & don't mind losing it; but I don't want the o/s to believe that there is no SD card slot.
the SD card & SIM slide in together on a little tray and that tray is stuck. So, it is quite probable that the SD card is not physically recognized.

Before I use brute force (and a thin knife) to get the tray out, is there any way to tell the 'phone "hey, you might have an SD card which is encrypted, and I am quite happy with reformatting it, just so long as you recognize it"?


texts: Is it normal for an Android OS upgrade to change bitness on an upgrade?

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I support an Android app, that uses native files. (multiple APKs)
Some app setup is done on first startup, (which is different for 32bit + 64bit).
Recently I dealt with a bug report, caused by a users OS being upgraded from Android 7.1 to android 8.1. Surprisingly to me, the OS changed from 32bit to 64bit. I don't have direct contact with the user, so I don't know if this was the user manually upgrading the OS on a rooted device, or a standard OS upgrade.
Is this a normal thing that can happen for non rooted devices?


texts: How to type a question mark without using the shift key in Swype?

texts: One of the reasons Swype is so great is, of course, that I can write very fast no matter how lenghty is a word. But whenever I have to use a question mark, or an exclamation, I have to hit the shift key, then the punctuation, then shift again to continue writing. Is is possible to have a shortcut for this?


texts: Use nvflash to install recovery compatible with CM10.1

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I have a Dell Streak 7 that had some sort of weird "read only" glitch from the factory.  I recently was able to successfully get CM10.1 on it using the files and instructions (nvflash bat file) found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130081

However, when trying to flash gapps I discovered I cannot enter recovery mode in any way.  I've tried volume up + power, and the orange battery light flashes 4 or 5 times then nothing.  Using ROM Manager Premium and the android power menu to "Reboot to recovery" just boots straight back into CM10.1.  I've also tried reinstalling CWM via ROM Manager and experimented a couple times with nvflash without luck.  Depending on the commands I've tried it just says "NVFlash Started" or "[Resume Mode]" and just sits there forever.

I cannot use fastboot because I can't get the ADB drivers working on my windows 8 machine (I've tried Dell and Google drivers, I have disabled signing, it just doesn't recognize the device correctly).

So what I'd like is a link to an appropriate recovery image (I don't care if it's CWM or TWRP or whatever) and the appropriate command to flash it using nvflash.


texts: Android software corrupting again and again

texts: i'm using micromax unite 2 mobile for about 1.5 year. After just more than 1 year of its usage its software got corrupt. As the warranty was over so i had to spend money to get it repaired from micromax care. But then after 1 month its soffware again got corrupt. So again had to spend money to get it repaired. Then again after 20 days its software was corrupted. Please tell me why my mobile's software is corrupting again and again?


texts:
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S5 for AT&T with Android 5.0.
When I run a game which runs on landscape mode,
the default rotation is the top of the screen goes left and the bottom is right.
If I rotate the phone, then I can change the direction so that the bottom side of the phone becomes left and top-side to be right.
But I want to set the default so that bottom is left and top is right.
How can I do this?


texts: What does "no visual interruption" for notification importance mean?

texts: When configuring notification categories, you can change the Importance to Urgent, High, Medium, and Low. The description for Low says "No sound or visual interruption." What does no visual interruption mean? I want to set certain notifications to the lowest possible, but I still want them showing in the notification bar, so if no visual interruption means that it will disappear from my notification bar, then I'll leave it at Medium.


texts: How can I change the language on my phone?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I set the locale and language?

Is there some way I can change the language of my phone's operating system? I mean status bar, options, everything -- I want it to be in Spanish.


texts:
I just bought my Galaxy SII. Can anyone here tell me how to root my phone with Lite'Ning?

Baseband:I9100GDZKH5
Kernel: 2.6.35.7 root@DELL81 #2
Build: GINGERBREAD.JPKH8


texts: Custom rom can I trust? Can I install pure android instead?

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I have a "galaxy tab E" device, it is old in years, but it is quite new because I don't use it very often.
The problem is, it has android 4.4.4.
I notice it has a custom rom to install android 7.1.2 Nougat (see this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmRtueImtlw) It is a rom made by lineage.
First question, can I trust this rom?
Is there a way to install pure android (7.1.2) from google instead? If I download android from google and install it using odin will it work?
Thanks a lot.


texts: How to cancel an announced Android System update

texts:
I wrongly click the button to book a update for Android System.
How can I cancel it before Nov 22 after 02:00


texts: Why are my Astrid and Tasks reminders late sometimes?

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Samsung GT-I8160 Galaxy Ace II
Stock Android 4.1.2

I used Astrid for a couple of years, and now I use Tasks. But both of them has the similar issue: sometimes reminders are late. What may be the reason? How it can be fixed?


texts: Some apps change their notification importance

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Some apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram have an extremely annoying behaviour reguarding notifications on Android 8.0.0.

If I head to the Settings app > Apps & notifications > App info > WhatsApp > App notifications, then set Message notifications to be of importance "medium", the setting will stay that way and not change. That's to be expected. Now if I receive a message from someone, the setting appears to be completely ignored, as not only does my phone vibrate and ring, it also reverts back the importance to "urgent".

I do not want my phone to notify me of everything that it might receive, especially instant messaging which is of very little importance most of the time. People can phone me if they need me. The only fix I found so far, is to completely disable notifications for that app, but now I do not get to see whether I received new messages or not by giving a look at the status bar, so I have to unlock my phone and open the app to see if there's anything new.

What could be the reason for this, and most importantly is there a way to fix this?

My phone is a Sony XPeria XZ (F8331) running on Android 8.0.0 (currently the latest update).


texts: How to use mobile data instead on wifi (while wifi is on) on Android Phone?

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I am looking to use Android phone as the proxy server, so I setup "Proxy Server" on my android phone -> Connected phone to Wifi -> Got local IP of phone -> Connecting to phone thru LAN (from my local computer) thru the proxy and its working BUT phone is using same WIFI connection to connect back to Internet.
So i got 2 questions:

1) Is there any way to force Android to use Mobile data to access internet which it still have WIFI on ?

2) I can not connect thru that proxy from Internet when i am using phones IP address . I am getting error "Connection refused", I did some research and looks like some ISP blocking some or most ports. How do deal / bypass that ?

Thank You Very Much
Any help greatly appreciated.


texts: Rear or Front Facing Camera through EXIF Data?

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I am creating an app that separates selfies from picture taken with the rear-facing camera. I am not doing this 'in real-time' so I started looking at the EXIF data.

I have compared the standard EXIF data from a picture taken with the rear camera and another taken with the front camera, and the same fields appear in both files and no big difference jump out.

Is there a flag in the file or something similar in the EXIF data between rear and front pictures that could positively determine which camera took the picture?


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I am a complete noob with Android so please forgive me.

I am tasked with installing Android on a Custom Board from China. Its InsydeH20 BIOS and something called "BayTrail".

Basically, the board is installed inside a Hand Dryer (dont ask). The concept is to install an APP (which is already available), that links to a website, users can play Advertisements through the screen by creating them on the website, the playlist syncs to the app, voila ads play on the Android Board, nifty concept, in reality its a nightmare to get working.

I have tried numerous versions of Android, the App best works on 4.4 but I have it working on 7.1 Nougat.

The main issues I have are:

Teamviewer Host (needs to be installed for future support of the units. This, I have only got working on 1 version of Android (Prime OS)

Screen Orientation - this is my main issue, the screen is 1080x1920 resolution. using a screen rotation app (on Phoenix OS v1.5.0) I can get the screen to display in LANDSCAPE at 1920x108 - great, App works, screen is landscape, Teamviewer DOES NOT work, bummer!

On Prime OS - the rotation app just does not work, it sort of goes in landscape, but in portrait view? The screen is 1080x1920 across the MIDDLE of the screen, with black bars at the top and bottom. Please see this link for screen shot.

But TeamViewer works, and the unit seems more stable on Prime OS, so I think once I have the screen sorted, it will work fine, hopefully?

Things I have already tried.

ADB Build Prop adding these lines, and rebooting - does absolutely nothing!

ro.sf.hwrotation=0

ADB Shell - adding these lines

 1. adb shell root
 2. adb shell remount
 3. adb shell setprop persist.demo.hdmirotation portrait
 4. adb shell setprop persist.demo.hdmirotationlock false
 5. adb shell setprop persist.demo.singledisplay true
 6. adb reboot
 7. adb shell wm size 1920x1080

This is how I have got it to where it is now, but the thing will just not rotate and use LANDSCAPE and FULL SCREEN, like it does on Phoenix OS.

Sorry, if I have repeated myself, hopefully the screen shot will give you a better idea of where I am at, what I need.

And hopefully someone can help?

Currently running Prime OS Standard at this link -

Prime OS Link


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I downloaded some icons in extracted them to the SD card under a directory I made called icons. I've been trying to get launcherpro to change the dock icons, however whenever I click change icon the gallery always opens up. No matter what I do I cannot get the icons to show up in the gallery. I've tried deleting the gallery cache and deleting the gallery default actions as well as placing the icons in various different places on the SD card.

I would prefer the icons do not show up in the gallery at all so I could just use a file manager to choose the new icons. However, I cannot get the file manager open when I click change icon. The only program that will open is the gallery.

Can anybody help me?


texts: Save contacts to phone not Google account

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On my new ASUS ZenFone I could not figure out how to save contacts just to my phone.
The default app should be Google Contacts and despite some suggestions even here it does not seem possible. There is no option to choose where to save new contact. There is just Default account for new contacts and it is set to my Google account, as there is no other account to by set.

EDIT: I decided to use MyLocalAccount app to fix this problem with Contacts app. But now I have the same problem with Phone app, which is showing all contacts in its Contacts tab.
I probably could live without ever going to this tab, but it would be nice if there is a way to do it.


texts: Kitkat 4.4.2 and Play music: won't find files

texts: I have a nexus 4 and I have been using the music downloader called music maniac. Just recently updated to kitkat 4.4.2 and now when I download music the play music app won't find it in my phone. I can find the file when I look it up in the storage settings, but when I plug it into my computer I look in the same place and it's not there. Anyway I don't know how to make it read the file I guess.


texts: How to use Wi-Fi and hotspot at the same time on Android?

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Is it possible to create a Wi-Fi hotspot from an Android device using its Wi-Fi connection rather than Cellular data?

Without the help of any third-party application (Like Netshare), by changing some code in setting application?

Note:
I'm having AOSP 7.0 so there is no question of the root device.


texts: Galaxy S3 won't boot, gets stuck at the "Samsung Galaxy S3 GT" screen

texts:
I seem to have the same problem as many other Galaxy users with the Boot Loop. I cannot access my phone:

I am not able to load the Stock ROM or factory reset it, nor erase any data.
It is stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S3 GT screen and then turns off.
If I go to "download" or "volume up mode" (I am sorry I don't know the name) it turns off.

I have already tried:

pulling the battery out
waiting until the battery has no juice
connecting to PC to try to update the firmware

Does anybody know what should be done?


texts: Is there any application that can Pause and Record the video?

texts: I own Xperia mini Pro with Android 2.1-update1. I noticed that my mobile Camera is not allowing me to pause and record the video. I had to record the video continuously without any pause. I know this is little annoying me. And I started searching for video applications which can do this job.


texts: Allow USB debugging popup does not come in my new PC

texts:
I am using a Nexus 10 Tablet( Android 4.4.4) . I have 3 PCs where I was already doing android development and one new PC on which I started today. All are windows 7 64-bit Service Pack1. The only difference is that of the 3 older PCs, one is DELL and two HP whereas the newer PC is lenovo ThinkCentre

On the PC which I got today, I am using the same android-sdk, same google_usb_driver(version 11.0.0) and the same platform tools(for adb--adb version 1.0.32), however in my newer PC, I am not able to go into adb shell. The difference I see is that in my newer PC , I do not get the popup asking "Allow USB debugging" and when I do "adb devices", it shows the device as unauthorized. Also when I do "adb shell", it gives the error message "This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set".

I went through various forums and tried the following: 1) Turning OFF and ON usb debugging and trying. 2) Doing "Revoke USB debugging authorizations". 3) Restarting my PC. 4) Deleting the C:\Users\UserName.android folder

However none of these worked. Also as I mentioned, it works absolutely fine on all the other PCs with the same device. This would indicate that something is missing/wrong in my newer PC. One thing I was wondering is that when the dialog to "Allow USB debugging" comes up, it mentions that "The computers RSA key fingerprint is:xyz". Could it be that my new PC does not have some openssl or something like that which is causing some issue? Also in my older PC, the .android folder has "adbkey" file, which is not present in the .android folder for the newer PC, could this in anyway lead to the problems or is it just a symptom of the problem and not the cause?

Also please note that in the newer PC, I can connect devices with android version below 4.2 (that is the devices with do not require authorization). Therefore as I said earlier, I think the root cause for the problem is that in my newer PC, I do not get the popup asking for authorization


texts: What are "custom ROMs" in relevance to Android?

texts:
I have heard custom ROMs before, but I do not know what that's supposed to mean in contrast to Android itself, the physical hardware, or the stored-software it's comprised of.

I know that a ROM is essentially firmware, but in some contexts it can be also understood as a ROM image.

So what does "custom ROM" mean within Android? A customized bootloader or source?

Also, what would be the point of customizing it if it was a firmware image?


texts: How to access media files (photos and videos) on Samsung GT-I9082?

texts:
I have a Samsung GT-I9082 mobile phone (Android 4.1.2) with lots of videos and photos. I want to move them from the phone to my notebook running Windows 7.

I connected it via USB and selected the MTP mode. I got an error on the phone, which said that my notebook is not compatible with that mode.

So I switched to PTP mode ("Connect as a camera"). Then, the notebook recognized both the device and its memory card.

But I couldn't find video files neither on the device itself, nor on the memory card. Searching for *.* shows just 4 files, and their total size is less than 10 GB (this is the occupied space on the memory card according to previous screenshot).

What can I do in order to access these media files on my notebook?


texts: Connect to carrier directly using sim information without actual simcard

texts:
Are there anyway to copy sim card into Android and save the sim information, then use that information to connect to cell towers without having an actual sim card in my phone.

Are there any app out there that can do this ?
a virtual sim card app ?


texts: Disabling email notifications from Android Hangouts app.

texts: I have Hangouts on my Android Phone (S3) and I get emails of my incoming messages in my corresponding email associated with the same account as my Hangouts. It seems unnecessary and hard to turn off. I'm also not sure if this is a random thing that might have been left in for some reason, can't find anyone else with the same issue.


texts: My S3 constantly sounds a Notification alert but I can't tell what it is trying to notify me about.  No new emails, no new messages.  What is it trying to tell me?


texts:
I have a two-week-old Google/Asus Nexus 7 tablet, unrooted and otherwise standard.

Yesterday it ran out of charge a lot faster than it usually does, and wouldn't seem to recharge. When it finally ran completely out of juice it shut down.

Now when I turn it on, it gets stuck in an endless boot loop. I contacted Google's support and they're looking to send out a new item. However if I go that road, I'll lose the data on there.

Has anyone experienced this issue? Is there anything else I could try? Thanks!


texts: Lowering the brightness of the camera flash

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT-S7562L).

The camera is good, but its flash is so strong that after the photo we have to wait for 1 or 2 minutes to our eyes be able to see all clearly - it is like to when you see the sun light directly.

So I would like to change flash brightness in some way: hardware or software.

The easier but ugliest hardware way is to use a semi-transparent sticker in front of lens.

Do you know any way to change flash brightness entering some hidden settings (common settings do not have that option) or using another settings app or camera app? The phone is not rooted, but I accept solutions in this way.


texts: WhatsApp keep loosing internet connection

texts:
After I force stop it, and restart whatsapp, every thing works as expected. in five minutes again, it stops working. If I do force stop and restart it, it again starts working.

I do not change anything or even touch the phone, no other apps are running, even I did factory reset and installed only whats-app, nothing else, but the behaviour is the same, I changed sim card, or wifi network, but nothing seems to change, even as last resort system update to 8.1 didn't change the behaviour, it works and suddenly stops and start working after force stop.

only that behaviour is consistent.

my question is, how to diagnose this ? or solve this ? all ideas are welcome including changing the damn phone. :)


texts: How to root the SM-G900F Android 5.0 without tripping KNOX?

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I know the Galaxy S5 can be rooted without tripping knox on Android 4.4. but that "bug" has been fixed by Samsung, and the developer of TowelRoot won't fix it because he works by Google now. So TowelRoot will not work for me because I have already updated to Android 5.0.

Is there any other possible solution to root the Samsung Galaxy S5 G900F Android 5.0 without tripping the KNOX WARRANTY VOID to 0x1 or 1.

Screenshot:

(Touch for a larger image.)

Hope anybody will find a solution! Thanks!

Edit: Just updated my phone. Still on 5.0, updated the screenshot.


texts:
I use swype beta on my galaxy nexus (ICS). When I type some word that is not in the dictionary, swype prompts me to add the word to its "personal dictionary". However, even after I go along with that, the word does not get added to the system's underlying personal dictionary and so I get a spelling error indication which prompts me to add the word to the system's "personal dictionary".

Is there a way of avoiding this two-step process. Is there a way of configuring swype to use the underlying personal dictionary?


texts: Can play store in-app purchases be transferred among devices if I use the same Google account to make the purchases?

texts:
I recently purchased "Minecraft pocket edition" from playstore with my Google account. Me and my girlfriend are both using the same Google account and hence we have both been able to play the game. Recently I've been thinking of buying some texture packs and mash-up packs. If I do in-app purchase of these, will it only be available to me or can we both use it?(since we're both using the same Google account)

PS : We both have different Xbox accounts which we use to play the game, but the Google account is the same


texts: How to update Samsung Galaxy SII SHW-250K from ICS to jelly bean?

texts:
How can I update Samsung Galaxy SII SHW-250K from ICS (4.0.4) to jelly bean?
I tried using samsung kies but it shows that
"SHW-250K does not support initialising".


texts: How to install adb tools on Linux with no GUI?

texts: I need to use the adb command on my Linux machine which does not have a GUI. Is it possible to install SDK tools without a GUI? I am using Debian 8


texts: How can I flash back to the stock rom for HTC EVO 4G/Supersonic using just the phone and clockwork mod recovery and/or rom manager?

texts: I need to flash back to my stock rom for just a few minutes to get my GPS working again (http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=2090&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Version%20Model%20Network%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars%20Priority). Everything I read says I need windows to do this, is there a rom I can download and just restore it with clockwork mod?


texts:
I have a new 2013 Nexus tablet running Android 4.4.2. I like that it supports multiple user profiles, but the only way I have found to switch profiles is to put the tablet to sleep by pushing the power button or closing the case.

Surely there is a more direct way to reach the login screen?


texts:
How do I check the original carrier for Galaxy S3 (model no is i9300 in Australia)?

I bought it from one buyer. I can't use the network. So, please help me.


texts: Can I copy the app data from one phone to another phone if they both use Android?

texts:
I will be buying Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 phone and my current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. My S3 has Android 4.2.2 and the Redmi should have Android 5 with MIUI on top as the user interface.

I'm planning to root my current phone and backup the folder where the app data is stored at (which I believe is  /data/data ). After I get my new phone, I will install all the apps I have on my current phone from Google Play. Will I be able to copy the app data folder I backed up into my new phone to restore the app settings and progress I had? If this method doesn't work, is there any way to copy my app settings to my new phone?


texts: Open gapps crashing, no GSF id available on LineageOS 15.1

texts:
I just installed LineageOS 15.1 on my Galaxy Note 4 (SM910F) via TWRP, everything worked out nicely. Now I wanted to add the Gapps to the system in order to use the playstore. I downloaded the zip file from https://opengapps.org/ (ARM/Android 8.1/pico) and installed it with TWRP. After a reboot I keep getting messages that Google Play services repeatedly crashed, about every 10 seconds or so.

After some searching I found out that Google started blocking uncertified devices from using the service, but that there is a way to whitelist your "custom device" by submitting your Google Service Framework ID to Google. To get this GSF ID, I tried the commands given on the page (www.google.com/android/uncertified):

$ adb root
$ adb shell 'sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.gsf/databases/gservices.db "select * from main where name = \"android_id\";"'

But this did not work, no ID was found, neither via adb as above, nor in a local root shell directly on the phone. I then tried to read out the ID by using an app called "Device ID" (as described here), but this app also did not manage to get the GSF ID, the field was blank.

I already wiped the phone and retried the procedure with another gapps package (the "micro" variant), but I ran into the same problem.

Is there something I can do? I would love to use LineageOS, but unfortunately I still do need the Playstore and I really do not want to go back to the stock Android 6.


texts:
I have a Nexus 5 running android 6.0, I was updating som apps when the phone turned off for low battery level. When i switch it on again I had a dialog saying that GPS is not active (as ever) and apps can't access to position. I have 2 options:
Close
Activate GPS
I've never seen this message before,.but now I have it every time i turn on my phone and it's  pretty annoying


texts: Prevent browser automatically launched when join to open wifi

texts: How to prevent browser to automatically launched when I join to a wifi network with captive portal? i.e. with note 3


texts: Jelly bean voice search not talking back

texts:
I've recently upgraded my phone to Android 4.1.1 and I've tried the new voice search.
It mostly answers my questions correctly, but i didn't get it to talk back.

I checked the following setting: Settings->Voice->Speech Output. It's set to Always.

Does anybody else have this issue? Any ideas on how to fix it?


texts: Galaxy S 2 battery won't charge while being on

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First of all, LOVE the Galaxy s2, even though it has some problems - which phone doesnt, right?

I've had the Samsung Galaxy S2 for 2 months. It worked fine.
Since a week my phone won't charge the battery while being on. I would charge my battery almost every night. At night almost empty, I wake up and its full. Now a week ago I woke up and the battery had only 3 % left and it was VERY warm. Unplugged it, tried it again. Turned phone on and off... Nothing worked. When my phone died, I left it to cool and then charged it again in it's off state for a few hours. I turned it on and the battery was full again!

I use the original charger, I haven't changed anything since having the phone.

So now I can only charge my phone while it's off.. Not ideal...

Has anyone had the same problem?? Any advise is welcome!

Thanks!


texts: It is possible to connect to several Android HotSpots at the same time ?


texts: Auto Complete coming up with strange suggestions

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The auto complete on my LGL41C android is coming up with strange suggestions, this started in the last couple of weeks.

Type "Wash" and the number one suggestion was 'Washingtonu' the phone has a languge setting of English (Settings > Language & Inputs > Language)

What is going on and how do I fix it?


texts: What 're opened TCP port android need to be connected on?


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I have a LG V480 (1GB RAM; LG Lollipop 5.0.2), when switching from one tab to another tab which was loaded before, it will reload it.

Example: 3 tabs with 3 websites, everytime i switch tab it will reload the tab i switch to.
Video..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjEGnTxsj3c

Its very annoying, if i had written this question on the tablet and for some reason i clicked in another tab, when returning to the question, i had to write all over again! Its not multitasked, its time/bandwidth wasting. Also tried to set to default the tablet, but the issue remains.

Tried with Chrome (preferred one), Firefox, Opera, some others browsers, and all behaves like this, some better, other worse.

How can i solve this issue?


texts: How to read 2 or more documents side-by-side in Android?

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When I do my math exercises, I need to view the book and the exercises at the same time. Sometime I need to open a third PDF, but it's more optional. How can I do so with Android? On iPad I use the application Side by Side, which allows to read up to 4 different PDFs side by side.

I use Nexus 7 with Android 4.4.2.


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Since I have a broken back button I have remapped my buttons in such a way that my original volume up button functions as a menu button, and my original menu button as the back button. I've done this by changing the key values in /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl.

The problem is, I've flashed a new ROM so I had to do it again, but now it doesn't work anymore. The changed values are persistent but my phone ignores it, it seems.

And yes, of course I've rebooted after making the changes again.

Anyone have an idea?


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I was having an issue this morning with my Moto G4 and thought there could be more victims.

I could only hear the sound from the left speaker of my headphones.

So what was causing it?


texts: How to know the model name of one device name and vice versa?

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Let's say we have Nexus 7 2013 tablet which has model name to be NEXUS7-2B32.

I have difficulties in choosing the device items on ebay - the right model to buy only came from model name, not from the title/text name given by the sellers.

So my question is, where would we Anroid users can see the list of model name and its marketing/device name accoringly?


texts: YouTube app won't display the same search results as the desktop version

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The main problem I've been having is that searching for "Stairway to Heaven" and a few other songs on the app returns only covers, live performances, etc; Only when I search on my laptop do I get the actual song. Is there any way to get past this issue?

I'm using an Xperia Miro ICS 4.0, and the default YouTube app.


texts: recovery does not recognise / mount SD card

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As reported in an earlier post, I have rooted my HTC Desire Bravo with tacoroot and revolutionary, and my idea was to install a recovery ROM via the SD card.

The problem is that neither ClockworkMod nor TeamWin recovery image recognise my SD cards. I first had the cards (16G) partitioned into ~50% Fat32, ~50% ext{2,4} and about 100M swap. When that did not work I tried 100% Fat32, a much smaller Fat16 only partition and some other things, but the recovery images don't accept that an SD card is in there.

And that is essential for the 'install ZIP from SD card' feature.

Now the strange thing is that, from the shell prompt, I can do

adb push cm-11-20140921-UNOFFICIAL-bravo.zip /sdcard
adb push gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip /sdcard
adb push Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip /sdcard

to push CyanogenMod 11 (for the Bravo), the corresponding Google Apps, and Super User, onto the SD card while the recovery image is running and what is more, if I start a terminal (in TWR) and type ls /sdcard, then the files are listed there.

The SD card seems to be mountable, accessible, and usable by the recovery images, but so much so that it is treated as 'internal' storage, and that no extra SD card for installing ZIP files from can be found.

Has anyone seen such a thing before? And found a solution? Do other recovery images maybe install ZIPs from other places than only /sdcard?

The mount point /sdcard does correspond to the (micro) SD next to the SIM doesn't it?


texts: What is the meaning of "Root Access Required"?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I root my phone?

what is root in android OS, some time i read rooted OS uprooted phone what it mean and recently i read "Root Access Required" on an android article.


texts: How to back up user data from recovery mode?

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My micromax canvas nitro A311 is stuck in boot loop.I have tried to solve the boot loop problem but couldn't succeed.The only solution seems to me is to format my phone.I am able to go to the recovery mode.It shows the following options:-

reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from sdcard
apply update from cache
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
backup user data
restore user data

When i select the "backup user data" option ,it shows "SD card  did not have enough free space".It is reading my internal sdcard but not the external one.Is there any way I can back up data on an external sdcard or on my PC?My android phone is rooted.


texts: Using Tasker to detect when a waypoint is reached in Google Maps

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I have an issue with my Google Maps app where it doesn’t always tell me that I have reached a waypoint. I have contacted support and they could not find any solution (found here).

So I am hoping that Tasker can help me. I have found that when I reach a waypoint that the Google Maps notification bar icon disappears so I am hoping that Tasker will be able to detect it and run a task.

While I have set up simple tasks before this is a bit out of my league so I am hoping that I could have some guidance setting this up. Or, if necessary, an alternate solution (Ideally fixing the original problem).


texts: Can I put an HTC flip clock on the lock screen?

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I have an HTC One X and it has the typical HTC flip-clock/weather widget loud and proud on the home screen.

I don't really want it there because it's a bit bulky but it would be nice on the lock screen for when I'm just taking my phone out my pocket to check the time?  Is this possible?  I can find setting to customise the clock on the lock screen but, for some reason, the only clock that list doesn't include is the flip-clock I'm after!


texts: Restore app data backup without access to usb debugging

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Google backup didn't work, and I tried Helium, but you have to connect to usb debugging in order to "enable" it. I have access to usb debugging on the phone i'm backing up, so I have the data, but my new phone only came with a usb-c to usb-c cable, and I can't get a usb-c to usb-a cable for a few more days, but I need my phone to be set up much sooner than that.

Is there any way I can restore that app data in my current situation?


texts: Is there a way to receive security updates after vendor stops them, without compromising SafetyNet attestation?

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Imagine the following situation:

The vendor of my phone has stopped providing security patches for the stock OS.
The HW is perfectly fine and powerful enough for years to come, so I'm definitely not willing to replace it just to get access to security patches.
Running a phone OS with unfixed security vulnerabilities makes me uneasy. (It feels insane enough to run a computer at home with an OS that's a year behind on security patches. It's twice as insane to do the same with a device that I routinely take to all kinds of hostile environments and untrusted networks.)
Authors of all kinds of random apps have grown a habit of requiring SafetyNet attestation.
I don't need root access to my phone, and I can live with losing some of the proprietary vendor-provided features. I also don't care too much about running the latest Android version, as long as it's receiving security fixes and is compatible with most apps.

I know I have the following two options:

Stick to the stock vendor OS, which is gradually going to become full of security holes. However, SafetyNet passes and I can run all kinds of apps because they feel safe on my device.
Install a custom OS. This will fail SafetyNet, unless I use a tool to hack around it and try to pretend the phone is not rooted. This approach is likely to stop working at some point, leaving me with a device that fails SafetyNet. Thus although my device may have up-to-date security patches, apps will refuse to run because they deem the device insecure.

Is there a third way, which would let me stay up-to-date on security patches while not breaking SafetyNet? I can imagine something like a pure AOSP system, perhaps built and signed by Google or another vendor, that I could run unrooted and unmodified (relying on vendor drivers through the Treble thing).


texts: How to clear cache for all apps at once?

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I want to clear all app caches mainly to reduce the size of and speed up backups. This feature has been supported in Android 4, but appears to have been removed a long time ago.
A root-only method is fine.


texts: Rooting/unlocking Android Nexus One with broken power button using Linux terminal tools

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I am attempting to get Cyanogenmod onto my Nexus One, but am running into far more problems than expected.  The information on rooting Android devices seems heavily fragmented across the web and the tools unreliable.  At least in my case, SuperOneClick has proven a complete misnomer.  So I'd like to go back to basics - executing as many of the commands as possible from a Linux terminal to get the phone rooted/unlocked/whatever else has to happen to get Cyanogenmod installed.  The two constraints I'm working with here are as follows:

The device is running Android 2.2.1 (I downgraded from 2.3.x using the PASSIMG method).
The power button on the device is broken, so any method which requires pressing/holding it is ruled out.

The problem I am having is that even after following Linux-centric guides, I get to the point of installing the SuperUser app followed by the ROM Manager app, but I'm never prompted to give ROM Manager superuser permissions and so can't flash the ClockworkMod recovery.

Below I describe the steps I've been taking so far, based on the How To Root Nexus One Running Android 2.2.1 From Ubuntu Linux guide.

Download/extract/move Nexus One Softroot files to same directory as adb
From adb directory, execute the following commands:

sudo ./adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/psneuter
sudo ./adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
sudo ./adb push su /data/local/tmp/su
sudo ./adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
sudo ./adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
sudo ./adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/su
sudo ./adb shell cd /data/local/tmp ./psneuter
sudo ./adb shell

After executing sudo ./adb shell as above, I get the # prompt, which is purported to indicate that rooting was successful.

Still following the guide, I then execute the commands which purportedly make root permanent:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /data/local/tmp
./busybox cp busybox /system/bin
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
busybox cp su /system/bin
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
exit
exit
Again, still following the guide, I execute the commands which purportedly set the /system partition back to read-only:

sudo ./adb shell
su
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
exit
exit
Now, I download the SuperUser app from the Android Market and open it to make sure it's running.
Next, I download the ROM Manager app from Google Play (looks like it pulled a sneaky and upgraded from Android Market to Google Play here).
I run ROM Manager and choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery.  I'm prompted to confirm the phone is a Google Nexus One and then ROM Manager runs for about 30 seconds (yellow program bar goes all the way) before spitting out An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!.  And this is the point I am stuck at.

I should note that at no point am I prompted by the SuperUser app to give the ROM Manager app super user permissions.  I don't restart the phone or do anything else throughout all of the steps I've described above, so I can't see any reason for root to have been lost at any point.  In fact, if I execute the command sudo ./adb shell after all this, I still get the # prompt indicating root.  And when I execute id afterwards, I get uid=0(root) gid=0(root) -- further confirmation of root.  I really am stuck on this one.  I've spent a lot of time digging through forum posts and online articles, but the signal to noise ratio is poor and I haven't been able to find anything that actually works.  Can someone suggest where I am going wrong?


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I have a rooted system-as-root Samsung Device and I am trying to run an init service which runs custom.sh script using u:r:su:s0 SELinux context.

# define service, use executable here if script not needed
service custom /system/bin/custom.sh

    # don't start unless explicitly asked to
    disabled

    # Use `seclabel u:r:magisk:s0` to run with unrestricted SELinux context to avoid avc denials
    # can also use "u:r:su:s0" on userdebug / eng builds if no Magisk.
    # It's required if SELinux is enforcing and service needs access
    # to some system resources not allowed by default sepolicy
    seclabel u:r:su:s0

# start the service when boot is completed
on property:sys.boot_completed=1
    # Use it to start the service
    start custom

As per my understanding, the rules for transition from init context to su context is not defined so, I should get avc: denial error.

But, I am getting permission denied error as following:

  init: cannot execve('/system/bin/custom.sh'): Permission denied

I have checked the permission of custom.sh file and it is as following:

  -r-xr-xr-- 1 root root 153 2019-11-04 13:25 /system/custom.sh

Please suggest what is happening here and how can I fix it?


texts: "app not installed" Replace ROM-based app with modified APK without root

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I'm facing trouble installing a modded .apk if the same app is already provided in stock Rom.

I'm using Micromax canvas E481, not rooted yet. Which has saavn app already installed. I uninstalled it to install a mod version of saavn. But I'm getting error "app not installed" however same apk is working on my other devices. Same is happening for playstore.apk.

Saavn is not a system app, it's just provided in ROM by Micromax. From application, it gives option to uninstall it. I can install apk for any version of Saavn, it's just not letting install the mod version. If I modify it using lucy patcher it won't install it but it will let me install the original apk for any version bypassing the pop up from es Explorer.


texts: I use android. Recently I've found a problem.. I can see all the files and folders in my mobile phone.. But when I connect it to my pc to copy the files or folders to the pc I find that The folder is empty. But the size is 1.7GB. I can't see the files in my phone connecting with the pc. I check that the hidden files are visible in my pc. I am using Windows 7 ultimate..


texts: Mobile internet doesn't work on browsers with VPN turned off, but it works in some apps, and works via Wi-Fi in all apps

texts: I cannot use any browser with VPN turned off using mobile internet, but I can use other apps, such as BBC or Viber. I also can access the internet via Wi-Fi with VPN turned off. I have resetted APN settings many times, but it will not work. I cannot turned off proxy because there is no such an option. The proxy section is blank. When I fill in the blank with some random letters, and then blank it again, the internet begins to work, and after a few searches on the browser stops. Actually, when I change some other sections of APN the internet starts working, but then stops. Tell me please what is wrong. I am clueless about whether or not the problem is with the tablet or the mobile data provider. Because when I put a SIM card from a different provider into my tablet, it worked. And when I put my SIM card into another device, it also worked in that device. I called the company for help. They say that my APN settings was out of order. They sent me new ones. That also didn't solve the problem I have even resetted the tablet to factory settings. To my chagrin, it hasn't worked.


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I have copied my mp3 files to my new Google Nexus 7 (Android 4.2.1) via USB into the Music folder. It can be played with Google Play Music (version 4.5.910l.560208), but it is always showing one and the same cover for any track. This problem also shows up with other music players such as Rocket player. In VLC and iTunes on my PC the mp3 covers are just displayed fine!

Do I have to change something on my mp3's in order to display the covers correctly on that device or is there some kind of bug in the mp3-decoder? I couldn't find such a problem report in the web, so my assumption would be that there might be something wrong with my mp3 files.

Thanks in advance ...


texts: How to copy paste between Android and Windows?

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I just want Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V work across all devices: from Windows to Android and from Android to Windows. Be it just a text or a file (like this in pushbullet, but for pushbullet, universal copy paste is premium feature.)
I am trying AirDroid. What all I found related to this is this:

I have to do Ctrl+C, then open this app, go to relevant device tab and click these buttons.
Q1. Is this the procedure? Can't I just do Ctrl+C on Windows and long press and paste on Android. Also copying from Android's clipboard to Windows did not work while the other way worked every time.
Q2. Is there another way? Is there any better software which does it for free, for text and files, without lag, on same network devices?


texts: Reading an ICS Calendar file in Android 7

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When I book a travel, the company sends me a reminder with one or more ics files that work fine with Microsoft Outlook.

I buy almost only from computer, because official Android app does not offer the same discounts: I mean, this specific rail company almost sells regular-price tickets via app, but if you browse their website from desktop computer you may be able to find discounted prices for the very same journey. Plus, there is no ticket synchronization with this specific vendor even if I use the same account on the website and application.

I can't use anymore Local Sync for Android (R.I.P.), so I end up with a reminder email message into my Outlook/Gmail app with those ics files attached.

When I open the ics file with Android Calendar it won't import it. Also worth to note I don't use Gmail address. The Gmail app is configured with my IMAP mailbox to get the rail tickets.

Question: with vanilla Android 7, is there a trick to import an ics calendar file into Android Calendar? Didn't Google add support for standard ics files into their app? Is it possible not to install yet another app?


texts: What happens when displaying through Miracast using low resolution device and high resolution external display?

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I am considering purchase of an Android tablet with 1024 x 600 screen resolution and Android 4.4 KitKat. I believe it will support Miracast to cast its display to a Miracast receiver.

The Miracast receiver will be attached to a 1920 × 1080 native resolution TV.

Will Android take full advantage of the full 1920 × 1080 resolution of the Miracast destination device?

What are my options and what would happen on the tablet's screen? What happens on the TV's screen?

OR: Do I need a tablet / phone with  1920 × 1080 resolution in order to Miracast at full 1920 × 1080 resolution on the external display?


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I use the locale app to automaticly start an obd-app (Torque) when I enter my car. This works well. Now I want to automaticly close that app when I leave my car. As there seem to be no Plugins to achieve this, so my idea is to use the Execute-Plugin to End the task using unix-commands.

Is there a "good" way to close an app? The "kill"-command seems to be a bad decision or am I wrong here?


texts: A row of galaxy note 3 screen is not responsive

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The area goes right across the keyboard,  leaving the phone useless.

S-pen still works fine.

I used TSP Dot mode to show the issue in this screen shot:

Please tell me the hardware isn't shot. I sure do love this phone.


texts: Android backup on Google Drive will not show up on phone during restore

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I got a Onepleus 7t that's been on repair for a few weeks and they have wiped the phone.
So setting up the device I select to restore backup from cloud, I login and the phone shows a backup from another device only.
I log into google drive and check the backups and see that I have 3 different files. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/backups
A2003 (old oneplus 2 device)
HD1903 (this device onelplus 7) - dated 9 July , this is the file I need to restore.
WhatAspp backup
Still only the A2003 backup shows up to restore on the phone.
After this I tried to update the phone to the latest version in case a old Android version is flashed at repair and thus not letting me see the file. After this I factory restore it and try again, but no difference.
Finally I delete the A2003 backup in case it only showed the newest file. Only change is that it now says "no backups found"'
The HD1903 backup expires in five days so I need to figure this out.
Any help or ideas apprichieated
/Chris


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab A Keyboard Going Haywire

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Whenever I write on Word with this tablet, the keyboard always malfunctions, and as I type, the keyboard will often capitalize the letters randomly without me telling it to, or it will finish my words for me. For example if I typed board, and hit space, it would go back and continue my word to say boardgames. Very annoying. Where does this problem come from and how do I solve it?
Thankyou


texts: Are Android USB plug-in chargers interchangeable?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is my phone liable to explode if I charge it with a charger that came with a different phone?
  Are Android chargers universal in terms of power (Voltage, amperage)?

I'm developing an app for my job for Android and we're testing on multiple devices.

I know I can charge the phones by plugging them in via USB cables and such but sometimes I may need to charge one or more via plugging them into the wall (or power strip).

Thing is, most of these phones come with a USB cable and a plug adapter to connect the USB cable to. Sometimes the plug adapter doesn't indicate which phone or manufacturer it came with and so it's really easy to get things confused.

What would be really nice is if I could just plug in all of these chargers to a power strip and just plug phones into any of the USB ports. Is this possible? Is it safe? Will I screw anything up if I just plug any phone into any charger?


texts: Replacing my default phone application with other one

texts: Can I replace my phone.apk from system/app to a new Phone application such as Swipe Dialer Pro . will it do any harm.there is also one additional apk in system/app called phone service. Apk. what's the purpose of that. I'm on android 4.1 rooted with CWMR.


texts: forward sms to new number on the same phone

texts: I have an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4.4. I am switching phone service providers from T-Mobile to Ting wireless. is there a way that phone calls and (more importantly) text messages can be forwarded to my new number?


texts: Does android switch to a different APN when in hotspot mode?

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I've tried turning on the portable hot-spot mode on my nexus-one and got a message from my operator saying that my plan doesn't cover data traffic made through the web.operator.com APN, as opposed to mobile.operator.com (my "usual" APN). That made me curious. Does that mean that android switches APNs when the hot-spot feature is active? And if so, is this a built-in feature/configuration option or an operator customization?

Update No, the phone doesn't switch to a different APN, but I'm still not sure what triggered the message from my operator...

Update There's kind of a persistent rumor that European Nexus-One phones get tweaked OSes, see the xda-developers forum threads [1] and [2], or google nexus-one forums [1] and [2]. One of the most likely tweaks seems to be the tagging of hotspot traffic, in order to be able to charge for it differently.


texts: Lucky Patcher broke my Google Play services

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I have a OnePlus 6 running Android 9.0.2 rooted with Magisk, but no recovery. (I tried to install recovery before rooting it every way I could imagine, with no success.)

I had Lucky Patcher installed with patches applied to Android and to the Play Store, and everything was working fine. I recently updated Android from 8.1 to 9.0.2 and the patches were removed.

When I tried to patch it again, the play store disappeared and all the Google apps say that my device doesn't support Google Play Services.

I tried reinstalling the Play Store both from Lucky Patcher (original and mod versions) and from APKMirror, but whenever I try to open the app, it just says "Google Play Store keeps stopping".

And when I tried installing the Play Store as a system app with Lucky Patcher, it just wouldn't install.

I tried installing Google Play services from APKMirror, but the app just wouldn't install.

I even tried installing it using ADB, and I get this error:

Failed to install Downloads/ps.apk:
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE:
Update to package com.google.android.gms doesn't support multi arch]

My question is, how can I get the Play Store and Google Play Services working again?


texts: How do I adjust audio balance of my Android phone headphones out?

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My earphones are unbalanced - one  is louder than the other, so I need to adjust the sound volume balance to get it right.
How can I do it on Android?


texts: How do I add Android user (linux level) to a group?

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groupadd and useradd aren't available, so how I can add a user (app's assigned user) to a group?

Also, the file /etc/group does not exist and I couldn't find where Android saves this information. (googling/greping).


texts: Nexus 7 2012 is almost unusable after upgrading to the latest Lollipop. What should I do?

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I have a Nexus 7 2012 wifi. With the latest version of Lollipop it has really become unusable, freezing for a minute or more, or even rebooting while loading a page in Chrome.

I did a system reset, but that did not change much past the few first minutes.

What is the recommended version to have again a usable tablet? Is anyone having a "runbook for dummies" to install Android 4.x (or CM or whatever works fine) ?

Most of the tutorials I found on the Internet are for geeks wishing to experiment. I just want a running system with minimal fuss/risk.


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I have a droid eris running android 2.1...the dialer for it is awful.  I dont know why they chose to put the end call button and send call button in the exact same area.  It is also very laggy.  Sometimes I will try to call someone and the send button gets hit twice which will initiate the call and then end it immediately.  Is there anyway to speed up or replace the Sense UI dialer?

Note:  I do not wish to completely remove my sense ui...only the dialer.


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I am using a Samsung Galaxy Y. Everytime I switch on my phone it goes from samsung logo to cyanogenmod loading.

What do i do? I have waited for an hour.


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I'm trying to clear some space on my SD card, so I can run AnTuTu Benchmark. Also, having some extra space for music would be great. I'm assuming apps installed to your SD card can eat up free space faster than you'd imagine. As of now, 19 (out of 65 apps) on my SD card which occupy appox. 197 MB total.

I currently have 1.74 GB used and 103.47 MB free, would my ROM be occupying a lot of space (i.e. needing 4GB of HD space to install Ubuntu/Linux)?

I want to figure out the best way to maximise space on my SD card without haphazardly deleting files. Also, knowing what are key folders would help too.


texts: How do I stop streaming interrupted with Bluetooth pairing request?

texts: New Sharp Aquos TV.  Worked fine until today.  I now get interrupted every 60 seconds with "Bluetooth paining request.  I hit cancel, go back to show and wham, it happens again.  It says device is TXS11.  I know of no such device.  I checked settings, nothing there by that name.


texts: How can i activate, if it's possible, usb debug mode from fastboot in a 3rd gen moto g?

texts: It is basically dad, it's possible from  fastboot mode to activate de usb debug mode, and if it is, how can i?


texts: How to unlock a Samung Galaxy S5 locked with a pattern on a broken screen

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 that has a shattered screen. It doesn't unlock, but the phone works fine.

I purchased a new phone, and I want to transfer all my contents from the old phone to the new phone.

The problem is the phone is locked with a pattern, and I cannot accesses it as the screen is broken. Does anyone know how to access it?


texts: Aggregating two 4G/3G data links from 2 different sims?

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Having two 4G capable sims -from truely two different operators (no virtual carriers at all)- and a Dual Active sim phone (Zenfone 2 Laser), I want to do true load balancing with a 1 sim + 1 sim 4G/3G data links configuration.

However, all I can find when googling is about Dual-Carrier -or Dual-Band (HSDPA++, LTE)-, which is clearly not what I'm trying to do since it's just combining two same operator frequencies to boost speeds.

The approach is like the "speedify" tool, but instead of mixing 4G and WiFi, I only want to mix the 3G/4G sims.

So, the question is: Do someone know how to achieve that on Android ?

By the way, is this automatically managed in Android, or is it driver/kernel/modem (e.g. Qualcomm X10, X12 hardware/firmware, etc) dependant or do I have to enable something manually ?

Any information about that is ok too :)

If possible, the best scenario would be having twice the Dual-Band enabled. This means a Dual Carrier + Dual Carrier configuration, for a total of 4 bands from two totally different operators.


texts: I have the RCA Galileo Pro and it is very slow, is there a way to upgrade?  I have always had a Samsung, so this is a big change.


texts: Data connection keeps turning on in Alcatel One Touch?

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I have an Alcatel One Touch. The data connection is turning on by itself in the past couple of months.

I went to see Bell today, and the guy said it could be an app that's turning it on?

How do I check this? I really do not want to delete my apps or loose all my important texts messages. Is there an app that I can check which  is turning on my data connection?


texts: How do I keep my lockscreen from turning off on my S3?

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I want to keep my lockscreen on longer than the few seconds it does now by default.  I don't see any settings to change this in the menus.  Is there a way to keep it on for 10 minutes or even permanently?

OS: 4.1
Phone: S3


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I updated my lenovo A2010-a system and I can't unlock it cause my password is a pass code type, and the keyboard isn't working.
I already tried restarting my phone many times.
What should i do?


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Today I watched this video in below url and I am wondering why Google Nexus 7 and Google Nexus 4 cannot act like this. Unable see the incoming call coming from paired device in Nexus.

URL:  http://support-us.samsung.com/spstv/detail.jsp?ctg_id=209&sub_ctg_id=&live_id=8

I have updated both the device to Android 4.3.

Have I missed any settings or Nexus does not support A2DP? or only Galaxy Player supports this?

Thanks
Deepak


texts: Android 4.4 keep booting into recovery mode

texts: I just bought this phone, DOOGEE LEO DG280, weeks later, it keep booting into recovery mode even though I restart the phone. I tried reboot system now, apply update from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition, but it doesn't work at all. I can't find solution on the internet that helps me. Any idea about this?


texts: Setting default Save Location in Android 6.0

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Is there a way to set the default installation from my Apps to SD Card.

I couldn't find it, in Settings/App/Configurate Apps and Setting/Storage & USB.

Where do i have to look for it?

Thanks

My Device is a Moto G (2.Gen) with a 32GB SD Card formatted as Adoptable Storage (Marshmallow Feature)


texts: Upgrade from Android 7.0 to 9.0 in Asus Zenpad 10

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I have an Asus ZenPad 10 P028 and it has Android 7.0.
I was wondering is a good idea to upgrade to Android 9.0 and also is it feasible?

I've seen there are tutorials to move to LineageOS but it will not support my tablet version.

The reason to upgrade is that the android version I've is not stable, some apps crash unexpectedly and is not the fastest.

I'm not sure as I've read in other questions if the kernel would support the device.

What would you recommend?


texts: Facebook contact sync, third party or otherwise

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Would I be right in gathering that there is now no way to sync Facebook contacts into the Android contact system?

Apps such as Hax seem to have dissapeared or stopped working due to Facebook's API changes, so has Facebook come up with an alternative, or are we just stuck with manualy copying email addresses to to Gmail?


texts: Kies dies when trying to update Galaxy Note firmware

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I downloaded and installed Kies in my Windows 7 laptop. (Toshiba Satellite.) I plug the phone in the USB, it is recognized and its storage shows in Explorer. Then I run Kies. It says there is a firmware upgrade available. I click to update. A window shows with a progress bar at the bottom, saying something like "downloading update components."

After the download goes to 100%, Kies just silently dies on the PC, no error messages, its windows just vanish. And nothing happens on the phone. My phone is not rooted, it still has the carrier-provided software, regularly updated via Play. It was bought here in Brazil.

Kies is trhe latest version, I had it check for upgrades. I also disabled the PC antivirus to no avail.


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I'm trying to find the manufacturer /  model of gps chipset used in my galaxy Y.

Can anyone help me?


texts: Stuck in boot-loop (Broken partition / filesystem?)

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My Samsung S3 (rooted, running LineageOS) is "soft-bricked":

Stuck in Boot-loop with Samsung Logo
I can still boot into 'ODIN' download mode
I can still boot into 'TWRP' recovery mode

On launch, the TWRP logs show that something is gravely wrong with the file-system:

Failed to mount '/cache' (Invalid argument)
E:primary block device '/dev/block/mmcblk0p12' for mount point '/data' is not present!
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
Unable to recreate /data/media folder
Updating partition details...
Failed to mount '/efs' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/cache' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/system' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/preload' (Invalid argument)
...done
Unable to mount storage
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
Fill SELinux support is present.
Unable to mount /data/media/TWRP/.twrps
MTP Enabled

I've re-flashed the TWRP image, but the problem persists.

I've even tried an advanced-wipe of EVERYTHING, but that fails, too:

Unable to wipe Cache.
Unable to wipe /cache.
Updating partition details...
Failed to mount '/efs' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/cache' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/system' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/preload' (Invalid argument)
...done
Unable to mount storage

For some reason I can't mount ANYTHING.

I can connect over ADB, so I tried flashing a custom ROM:

Installing zip file '/sdcard/lineage-14.1..zip'
...
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/mmcblk0p9, assuming ext4
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 at /
system: No such file or directory
unmount of system/ failed: no such volume

could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/mmcblk0p12, assuming f2fs
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 at /
data: No such file or directory
unmount of data/ failed: no such volume

Patching system image unconditionally...
E1001: Failed to update system image.
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7

Error installing zip file '/sdcard/lineage-14.1..zip'

Do I need to put my phone in the bin?

(P.s. Apologies if there are typos in the above logs, they are manually typed as adb logcat didn't work..!)


texts: Galaxy S3 : Impossible to go to recovery or download mode

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I've just get an old Galaxy S3, with this mission to backup existing photos on it.
Of course, it's not rooted and not backuped... :) Original setup (ROM, ...)
When starting it it's stucked on Galaxy S3 logo screen without any change.
When trying to go to download mode : It's keep restarting after 2-3s
Same for recovery mode.
Each time I removed battery. I've tested with the phone plugged in or not. Plugged to the computer or not, etc...
Any idea? :)
Thanks
Philippe


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I have two identical* phones (Samsung Galaxy S4 mini), both with TWRP installed. I want to clone one to the other so that all applications, data, settings etc are preserved.

How I did my backup:

First, I backed up all partitions except Cache to my SD card.
Then, I copied /data/media/0 to the SD card
I cloned the SD card to another SD card (both identical hardware) and inserted it into the other phone.

How I tried to restore it:

Sadly, TWRP didn't show my backup in the restore list
I then made a backup of the bad phone to generate folder name and replaced its content with the good backup (someone on Reddit suggested that)
Recovery showed that backup, but the list of partitions was empty
After this, the folder with the backup was not present on the SD card anymore

Is there a way to make TWRP accept backups from other devices? Are there other ways to create backups but not bound to a single device?

*With identical, I mean hardware-wise. They run different software: The one I want to clone runs vanilla Android, but I flashed its recovery with TWRP by booting into Download mode. On the other one, I additionally used TWRP to install LineageOS as I was told here.


texts: How to disable the OTG (USB) on Android 9?

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I want to disable the OTG (USB) on Android 9. I coud control it on Android 6 by disabling a permission on the file android.hardware.usb.host.xml located in /system/etc/permission but it is not working anymore on Android 9.
Any idea?


texts:
I have GTA vice city game in my mobile (Redmi Note 4 running on Nougat and MIUI 9). I have installed and started playing but as you all know the game is not fun without "cheat codes".

So I want to use an onscreen keyboard with which I can type in the cheat codes to play the game. I've already tried the third party keyboards but my phone doesn't give permissions for the application.

How can I achieve my goal?


texts: how to keep internet connection active when in sleep mode android marshmallow'

texts: I noticed app background service not working that, when I would use my device after it had been sleeping, wifi wouldn't be connected using marshmallow .


texts: Can I DISABLE the lock screen bypass for incoming calls?

texts:
I use a pattern lock on my phone to prevent bumdialing. Recently I got a call when the phone was in my pocket, which I was only aware of when I later on took out my phone to look at it. I had accidentally rejected the call while it was in my pocket, before even the first ring.

When receiving a call, I get no lock screen first - it bypasses straight to the phone app. I don't want this. I want to have to enter the pattern and THEN answer the phone. That way, I'm not going to accidentally answer or reject calls with the phone in my pocket.

I can find lots and lots of questions on how to bypass the lock screen on incoming call, but nothing trying to disable bypassing that's already there. Any ideas?

I'm using Cyanogenmod 12.1-20151117 (Android 5.1.1).


texts: Find out a list of all previously installed packages

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I'd like to know if it's possible to find out what packages were installed on an Android device using ADB, for when the simple "My Apps" library in Google Play doesn't list everything I'm looking for.
If possible, a generic answer would be appreciated for future reference. In this specific case I'm looking to figure out which asset flip mobile game (out of thousands of similar clones) was accidentally deleted on an Android 8.1 phone.


texts: Configure apps to store data on external SD?

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I have a S5 with Cyanogenmod v12.  I've gone through every setting screen I could find but was unable to locate where to tell the default Camera app to store pics/vids on SD instead of internal memory.   I realize I could move them over, but that's an added step and inconvenience.

Is there a way to configure the default Camera app to save to SD?  If not, is there a camera app that comes with this ability?


texts: I have mobistar c1 mobile phone and its wifi turn off automatically when video meeting going on and than can be reconnect only restarting the mobile

texts: I have mobistar c1 mobile phone and its wifi turn off automatically when video meeting is going on and than it can only be turn on after restarting the mobile. please resolve the problem


texts: Unable to delete a contact from Contact List in Android phone

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Phone: Nexus 5x
Operating System: Android 7.0

When I try to delete a contact in contact list of phone it displays the error message:

Contacts from your read-only accounts cannot be deleted, but they can be hidden.
Cancel Hide

When I see the details of the contact, I cannot see the number but I can see it in the Whatsapp contact details.


texts: insufficient space while updating WhatsApp and other apps

texts:
Whatsapp has forced everyone to update their apps before June 8th. Everytime, I tried to update it I got the 'insufficient storage space' error and now, on June 8th, I can't access my Whatsapp. As of now, I have:

2.43 GB available on internal card
5.69 GB available on SD Card

I have rooted Sony Xperia SP running on Android 4.3.
I have tried every possible thing on the Internet. The problem is Google Play Store is allowing me to install some apps but giving error on other apps installation/update. I was successfully able to download Sound Cloud and Clean Master, but couldn't update Whatsapp or install System Cleanup. I even tried to download System Cleanup manually through apk file but it gave me the same error. I think my solution is somewhat mentioned by these two people here:
insufficient space while updating WhatsApp on CyanogenMod

However, the problem is I can't download System Clean up and I don't know how to manually delete dead folders

Update
This is how far I have come:

I can see all the contents of /data and /data/data
I even deleted some whatsapp related files that I don't remember. They neither did any good nor harm the phone.
I have read that I have to delete 'dead data folders' and 'affected libraries'. However, I have no idea exactly what to delete or how to know which libraries are affected!


texts: How do I save a Google now suggestion so I can read it later?

texts:
Google now has started giving me suggestions to interesting articles, but I only seem to see them during the day when I'm working and don't have time to read them.

How do I save them for reading later, without going to the article and emailing it to myself?


texts: Use Google Now as a Voice Dialer replacement when pushing "call" on car head unit

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My Samsung Galaxy S running a CM 10 nightly opens the "Voice Dialer" application when i push the "call" button on my car radio head unit. Both are connected via Bluetooth.

As you might expect the Google Now voice recognition is far superior.

Is there a way to:

Open Google Now when i press the call button
Also use the cars microphone for voice input

Thanks for your help!

Edit

I believe the issue is similar or the same as this http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=38566
Unfortunately Google has only given it Priority-Medium.


texts: Can the PIN-input be modified to not display the last character?

texts: Since today I have a new Nexus 4, with android 4.2.2. But when I type in my PIN, it always displays the last typed character in the input field. I think that is quite the security risk.  On my old android phone (gingerbread) I was able to turn this behavior off. However, I cannot find this option on my new device. So, is there such an option, and if so, where can I find it?


texts: How Do I sort Email within my Motorola Moto G email program?

texts: Within the Moto G email program which seems like Outlook, how can you sort the emails within your inbox? I want to sort them by sender not date.


texts:
I have a Samsung model SM-S120VL phone that I bought through Tracfone. This may be specific to Tracfone, I'm not sure. The problem is at times I can not view text mesages sent to groups and I can not view images sent to me. If I try and send an image in a text the text will time-out and not send. I have correlated these problems with my Tracfone account showing zero in the MB DATA usage available. My son-in-law who is an Android user tells me that MB Data should not have anything to do with text images or my group text problems, so I'm confused. I am thinking about trading in Tracfone as a provider and going with Mobil, though I don't know if I would have the same problems.

Can someone tell me if this is a Tracfone only problem or specific to Android phones?


texts:
This question might sound dumb, but I really don't understand how can I save a bookmark in Firefox for Android!!

I see no bottom menu option for that. If I click on the address bar I still have no option to save a URL as a bookmark!

Who can help me? Please!


texts: Tasker - turn off wifi IF there's no internet connection

texts:
i can't figure it out how to do this and all other tutorials are outdated and i have not some options they do (like a check box next to the time to set variable). so please don't mark this question as duplicate.

with that said; i have a profile which turn WiFi on when i unlock my phone. i want that to also ping Google DNS and if it get time out turn WiFi off if not keep the wifi connected.


texts: Do Android Stock Browser, Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile use proxy server to perform rendering

texts:
It is quite interesting to know that, Opera Mini is using Proxy Server to perform all the rendering work, instead of relying the phone itself to do it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini#Functionality) This will help to reduce required processing work, especially in lower end phone.

Do Android Stock Browser, Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile also employ the same technique? Current Android Phone is having powerful processing capability. Does the above technique will bring more harm than good?

Will request having to go through an additional will slow down the whole process, compared to letting the rendering work done by phone itself?


texts: What is the sidebar in Android emulator called and how to get it?

texts:
What is the sidebar called that is marked with Black color in the Android emulator ?
How to get it in a new emulator ?


texts:
I open Settings->Language and keyboard->Samsung Keypad->Input languages and there is a very limited range of languages there.

In my friend's phone there are more locales I'd like to support in my phone, is this possible (not via installing an external keyboard like MultiLing Keyboard etc.), in my friend's phone, my native language appears there and is integrated in the system.

Note: I've just rooted my phone.


texts:
I am trying to root my phone using JOdin3(as Odin does not work on Linux).

But some options are darked out as shown in the image below.

I need to select Auto reboot and F reset time for continuing.What should I do?

Also my phone goes into charging mode(shows the green charging bar) quickly after going into odin mode, so I'm unable to do anything.

 I had to use Odin tag because there is no JOdin tag.Please change it if you think it would be appropriate


texts: Operating system in a phone having no OS

texts:
I have sony xperia P and i was trying to install custom ROM in my phone.I copied the boot.img in the boot partition.Now my phone doesn't starts.

There is no external SD card slot in my phone.

How can i install a android OS now.

My phone starts in fastboot and flashmode.

Any help would be appreciated.

And yes i don't have a backup :(


texts: How to make apps update automatically when the screen is off in play store?

texts: My problem is that my device is not updating apps when I hit the auto-update button, it does only update all apps if the screen is on all the time! how do I make them update when the screen is off ?  I mean is that new in the higher version of play store, what is that functionality? Is this just me or all the other devices that have an updated version of playstore? Please help!


texts: Moving cache to SD Card? Is it possible?

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Is it possible to move app cache which is stored o Internal Storage on android to sd card? I have limited space on my device, and I want to free up some space (Well, actually the cache is taking most of my internal space) by moving my application cache to the SD Card.

Well, i know that cache can be deleted easily, but it's a pain to delete it every few hours to ensure that there's no "Low Memory" notification hanging..
There's also my Browser & Chrome cache, which could fill my Internal Storage in a matter of minutes.


texts: Why won't Kies let me tried to update to Froyo again after a failed upgrade attempt?

texts:
Yesterday I connected my i9000 to Kies which showed a message about the Froyo upgrade. I clicked on Firmware Upgrade, it started with an progress bar, and when it got to 100% it tried to reconnect to the phone and it again showed "Firmware available. Want to upgrade?" I clicked on upgrade again but it did not show any progress bar, just but tried to reconnect and then displayed the update message again.

Now whenever I connect the phone to Kies the "Firmware Update" link is disabled.  I thought that the phone might have been successfully updated despite everything in About it still shows 2.1 update 1.

How can I fix this and update my Galaxy S to 2.2?


texts: How can I merge Spotify offline music with my local music files on my phone?

texts:
I have tracks saved offline in Spotify. I also have individual MP3 audio tracks that I have manually added to my music folder in my phone (Galaxy S6). However, if I want to shuffle everything then I have to jump between Music app and Spotify app manually. Which is a pain, and a bit dangerous if I'm driving.

What I'd like to do is be able to 'merge' all these tracks together. Whether this is a single playlist of everything, or a way of moving my local music into Spotify app, something like that.

One option i had was to  just re-download the local tracks in Spotify itself, but not all the music I have is found there.

How can I merge all my music from my device into one usable playlist?


texts: How Class Lookup happens in Android ART?

texts: As per my understanding of AOT( Ahead of Time ) compilation in ART, dex files are converted into native codes at the time of installation. Does that mean that the dex files are never referred after the installation? If this is so, then why there is the entry for dex file references in OAT files.


texts: i bought a new android phone and i inserted a 32gb sdhc card that i used in my htc on it. it works well for 3 days , suddenly it showed me a message unsafe to remove memory card. then i reinserted the memory card but it is not working . then i inserted it on my htc sensation same thing happens nothing is showing. then i used a card reader to read the memory card in pc but my pc not showing any thing. i tried different memory card all that is working well in my pc and also in my phone. the 32gb is not reading any where. how can i recover all data from it. my important data is on my sd card can u please help my to sort out this problem . please help me kindly


texts: Unlocking Droid XT912 with a Fully Broken Screen/Digitizer

texts:
I am trying to pull data off a Droid Razr XT912 with a broken digitizer and screen from last summer which has been under pattern lock since then. I purchased a Micro-to-HDMI cable, which successfully displays the phone's unlock screen on my TV. I also purchased a Mini-to-USB cord so I could enter the pattern on the screen with a USB mouse. The phone, however, is not recognizing the mouse, regardless of whether it is wired or wireless.

Interestingly, plugging the Mini-to-USB into my XT907 which I got to replace the old phone makes the mouse boot right up, even though that phone has its own pattern lock.

I'm completely lost as to why the newer model cannot recognize the device when the older one can. My only guesses are as follows:

The operating platform has been updated since last year to support the USB mouse connection. The XT907, having been in operation until April 2014, would have received the update while the XT912 was locked with no SIM since August 2013.
The phone does not support a simultaneous connection to the HDMI (via Micro) and the USB Mouse (via Mini).
The phone does not supply adequate power to the mouse.

Any thoughts on how I might solve this riddle? If #3 is the culprit, does anyone know which adapter do I need to supply external power to a USB mouse in "on-the-go" mode? Last, is this a fool's errand and should I just ante up for a new digitizer?

Thank you in advance!


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One minute i was using whatsapp, next minute it was gone, by itself.

I can see whatsapp shorcut on homescreen but when i tap on it says "the application is not installed". I checked the installed applications list and it is not there.

When i try to re-install again it says "unknown error occured during installation. error code -24".

Can't run it, can't re-install it. Wow, what a weird error! Though i am not surprised since fb acquired it:P


texts: Is there something I can put into the Google Contacts entry for someone that will link it to their Twitter handle? I have tried putting “@JohnDoe” into an IM-type field I’ve named Twitter, but that didn’t do the trick.


texts:
I have lenovo vibe shot and I have updated it with Android 6.0.1, rooted it with SuperSU 2.78
and installed systemless xposed framework on it all of the things are going well but

recently I tried to change the boot animation and I realized that I dont and I cant have writing access
to /system and any of its sub folders (i want to replace a couple of MP4 files inside /system/media

no matter if I use mount commands from adb from PC or any other app in my mobile, write access will not be given
for example ES File explorer says it is read only, when I click on write and click OK, it will show no error, but going to
same setting again it shows read only selected again

similar is the case with Root Browser

I think it is due to systemless root

But is there any way I can get write acccess to /system/media ???
plz help


texts:
When I click on a doc file it directly opens with OfficeSuitePro. I don’t anymore have the choice between OfficeSuitePro and QuickOffice because once I have replied Always to the message: Complete action using” that gave me initially the choice.
This happens for my files stored in DropBox and GoogleDrive.
I went to the apps settings to try to clear the default but found out that there were no defaults set therefore the clear default button is greyed.  I uninstalled and reinstalled the apps but the problem persists.


texts: WiFi and data connection switches on automatically although I repeatedly turn off the two features

texts: The WiFi feature and data connection in my tablet turns on automatically. After resetting, the problem goes away but as soon as I download programs that I need, the problem comes back. Anyone with suggestions?


texts:
I am hardly a regular Facebook user, but am curious about Facebook Home – mostly curiosity about its design and implementation.

I have a Nexus 7 running Jelly Bean 4.2.2. If I were to install it, can I be confident that uninstalling it will leave everything (home screens, etc) as it was?


texts: I just installed unofficial version of cyanogenmod on my Redmi 1s but when i pull down the quick settings and click on users I cannot find my name in place of owner.On going to more settings and clicking on the owner it says no contact found. How do i set the owner information? I already have set the owner information under security option in settings.


texts: How do I turn off the light that comes out of my moto droid's usb port?

texts: When I plug my moto droid into a charger a bright white light comes from the micro usb port. It is super bright when its on my nightstand and the lights are out.  It drives me nuts.


texts: Does Nexus 7 has Bluetooth Smart technology?

texts:
I've read here http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Bluetooth-Smart-Devices-List.aspx among other pages that it has this technology, but i'm trying to connect to a beacon with it and the app says that "Device does not have Bluetooth Low Energy".

Are there maybe any Nexus 7 devices without this kind of bluetooth or what is the problem?

The device is updated and the beacons are working because i can find them with other devices.


texts: How to stop uncorrect counting of my steps on Huawei Health app?

texts:
I have Huawei Mate 9 with Huawei health app preloaded. I travel most of the time by trains. I noticed the Huawei health recogizes any shaking in the train as steps while I am just standing or sitting. That's why I quickly reach 10,000 steps which are not real steps and the burned calories are not real in return.
How do I stop my phone from identifying shaking in public transport as real steps while I am standing still. Do I have something wrong with my device?


texts: PIM alternative to Outlook that syncs through USB?

texts:
I find Outlook 2007 slow and bloated. Before I check Outlook 2010 to see if it's any better, I was curious to know if there's a PIM (Personal Information Manager) that can sync with Android smartphones through USB.
At this point, EssentialPIM can only sync through wifi. Ditto for MyLifeOrganized, which only handles to-do lists anyway.
Is there just no USB-capable alternative to MS Outlook?
Thank you.


texts: Cloud music apps won't sync from device to computer?

texts:
I have a free Spotify account and can very easily sync music files that are on my computer to my Android device via wifi. But I can't find a way to sync files that are on my Android device back to the computer.

I've looked for a way to do this using Google Music and can't find it. Same with Amazon MP3.

If I download an MP3 on my phone, I'd like to add it to my computer's library and be able to easily sync it and then play it with Spotify, Google Music, Amazon MP3, etc., regardless of where I'm playing it.

Is there some reason the various cloud services allow you to sync from computer to device but not from device to computer?

Any suggestions on easy ways to accomplish this with some other software? Or am I missing something?


texts: How not to display the "Change languages" on Gboard

texts:
I just updated Gboard and I only use two languages. However after this update, I have to press twice and choose which languages I want to swap to when obviously it's the other one...
Is it possible to only long press the space bar as before to automatically change to the other langauge? this is such a waste of time otherwise :/


texts:
I just dumped my iOS device for the sake of Android (iTunes, flash lack and other reasons).

I'm trying to retain the features I got used to on the iOS.

One of them was the ability to start, pause, skip etc. in music while screen is locked:

Important:
I'm an Android noob (I'm a .NET dev), I believe there has to be a way to control the device's music in a player-agnostic manner, so I'm rather looking for a "music controls lock-screen" or "music controls FOR my lock-screen" application rather than a "music player with ls controls".

Is there any similar app/feature on Android?

My device: Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 (YP-G70).

Note my device is locked with a lock pattern.

*Pictures are downloaded from the web and are for illustration purposes, they do not reflect my own phone / settings.


texts: When updating an app, is it newly installed or only part of it updated?

texts:
While updating an application, is the application newly installed, or only updated-part added to previous application?

Is it possible to download only updated part of the application?


texts: The dimensions of my home screen and app drawer have reduced

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I had my note 4 sm-n910c running marshmallow rooted by supersu chainfire. Today i hit the pro button on supersu and gave it a restart....eversince i have everything shrunk down to small sizes .even the touchwiz, internet all had crashed and wouldnt work, so i had to switch to touchwiz easyhome and chrome. Finally i understood its the dpi problem and restored it using build.prop method. But the dimensions of my homescreen and app drawer dont touch the bottom of the screen. I cant upload my images here but to be exact.the buttons or the scrolls which represent number of pages used to be 14.5cm diagonally but now they are just 10.5 cm diagonally. Youtube whatsapp everything works on full screen. Even the camera had a 10.5 cm covered and the rest area is a black screen. Also my notification bar and other things are still small but managable.

P.S - i have tried dpi combinations and thats not the reason for this malfunction. Also everything still looks thin and small


texts: Why are heads up notifications not showing after an update in Samsung Galaxy E7?

texts: I've recently updated my Samsung device to Android 5.1.1 lollipop and as I have been playing around with it I noticed that I wasn't getting any heads up notifications. Is there a certain option to turn it on or I just don't have it?


texts: Something's automatically sending "stuff" from my phone

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Today I was on my computer and I had my phone (Samsung Galaxy S2 X) sitting beside me. All of a sudden the screen on the phone came on and instead of it showing the lock screen, it went directly to the home screen and a little message appeared at the bottom saying "Sending...". This happened a couple more times and then stopped.

I have ran both a AVG and avast! virus scan of my phone and both came up empty.

I'm wondering if I should be worried if something like this happened or is it something else? What I don't understand is how it just went straight to the home screen without having to unlock it. There's nothing in my text messages or emails to suggest it was being used for spamming. My guess is that it was just an app sending usage statistics or something? Any ideas?


texts: The accessibility settings on my gionee gn3003 turns of automatically. I have deactivated battery saver and green background, but to no avail. Please what do i do?


texts: Can I transfer my Thunderbird Lightning Calendar from home computer to my Android phone

texts: I use Thunderbird with the Lightning extension on my home computer for email and calendar. Is there a way of transferring just the calendar to my Android phone? It would be so useful when away from home so I can make appointments. The only way to do it now is to print the page or remember!


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There are apps that display buttons in the notifications for a quick feedback.

What I need is a way a that a text input in a file stays in the background and displays inside the status bar/notifications   (input text that is  40 characters would suffice). I do NOT mean a notes app for displaying notes.

Is there any way to achieve this?


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Link2sd not working on my rooted phone please help.
trying from 2 weeks. having Android 4.2 jellybean. it says Mount script cannot be created. no such file or directory.


texts: The lock screen has a large clock in the lock screen, which disappears when unlocked and leaves only a tiny display top r/h corner. How do I retain a larger clock in the unlocked screen?


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Previously with Android 4.1, doing something like:

adb shell input keyevent 82
#(KEYCODE_MENU)

would unlock the screen at first boot and would then allow further commands to launch applications and have them displayed on the screen, etc.

With 4.2, within 10s of boot, the lockscreen dims to black. Issuing the same ADB command no longer works and the screen remains blank.

If I manually press the menu key, this brings the screen back on, and I can then issue the keyevent to unlock the screen.

Any ideas how I can bring the display back up from ADB and unlock the screen from there?

Thanks


texts: How to read/interpret Bluetooth HCI snoop log?

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... to continue troubleshooting to my previous question: bluetooth - Nexus 6p - kernel wakelock - bluesleep - Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange, I Enable Bluetooth HCI snoop log via (Settings -> Developer options) and now I have btsnoop_hci.log.

I'm able to open it with Wireshark · Go Deep., but I am confused what exactly am I looking at and/or look for? How does one determine that?


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I used to be able to keep north up. Now not only does north move, sometimes the map will spin. Usually when I try to zoom (at least this is when I notice it). Even when it does not spin, the map rotates to put direction of travel up. This is confusing: I feel that I never know where I am.

Is there a way to force north to stay up? How do I activate it?

This is important to me, because last night I had to stop for 5 minutes, to figure out where I was, and which way to go next. (the spinning made me lost)


texts: Light of Back button is not working on my Android mobile

texts: I have Android Fly F45 S. From yesterday I am suddenly seeing that my Android mobile back button light is not working. The back button is working but the light is not lighting. I have never dropped it anywhere. Please solve this