texts: How can I output video from my HTC Thunderbolt to a TV?

texts: Could somebody please detail for me a system using which one can output video to a TV from an HTC Thunderbolt? It has no HDMI port so I'll (almost) certainly need an adapter, I know. I don't really need HD quality but at least 720p would be nice.


texts: What is this lock screen with ads and how do I remove it?

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I think my device got a malware. A lock screen with ads sometimes appear, and I must swipe an area at the bottom of the screen to open the phone. I am in Eastern Europe, some ads are in Slavic languages, and they are seemingly related to travel.

Image resized. Click to view the full image

I have seen ads for Lot Air (Polish carrier). I recently went to their site.

Considering my recent surfing activity and the nature of the ads, I guess the malware is connected to airlines active in Eastern Europe.

The lock screen also promotes the app "DU Quick Charger" by claiming it has recharged the phone extra fast during screen off. (!?) It also shows battery level. I have never installed DU Quick Charger. I doubt DU Quick Charger is installed on the phone.

The problem started after installing Ryanair app. The problem is maybe, but not surely, related to this. Uninstalling Ryanair and restarting the phone doesn't remove the occasional appearance of this lock screen.
After a while the situation has changed for the worse, now this lock screen appears after EVERY screen off.

I have always used Avast. I am not rooted and only install via Google Play.

What is this? And how do I remove it?


texts: My phone keeps converting SMS to MMS even when messages are under 20 characters?

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note and having enough trouble with the texts. I never even start typing and it says "Converting to MMS" the moment I open messaging and pick a contact.

I've already turned "Creation Mode" to "Restricted" and it did nothing. No one gets my MMS messages either. It's like I never even sent anything.

How do I make it stop?


texts: How to set data usage cycle to non-monthly value?

texts: My network operator charges to my account every 28 days rather than every month. How can I change the data usage cycle length under Settings > Connections > Data Usage accordingly?


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My Nexus 5 recently has a charging problem.. If I wiggle the charger a little it sometimes give the notification that the charger is not connected and if I release the charger it says its charging, I guess that problem is because my nexus 5 charger input is broken ??

And if I charge it while the screen is on ( and using the phone ) the phone takes a long time to charge and if I leave it with sometimes the screen of ( and not using the phone ) it charges 0 to 100 real quick.

If somebody know what I can do, I would be very thankfull

Phone information:
-Rooted Nexus 5
-Version 4.4.2


texts: How can an Android phone acting as a local hotspot show how many people are connected to the hotspot?

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Can an Android phone do that? Or even better, ask for permission whenever a phone tries to connect to the hotspot?

This is because with iOS, Mac, or other devices, they may "connect to this hotspot" as free Wifi, and transfer or download 500 MB, 1.2 GB of data as they please. But the hotspot uses cell phone data transfer (LTE or 4G), which means 1 GB of data will cost US$10 to US$15.

This is especially serious with Apple devices, because if you use one iPhone / iPad to connect to this hotspot, then all your other Apple devices will also get this hotspot (or Wifi) password through iCloud, and all automatically connect to this hotspot, and download the 3GB of app updates, system update in the background, and so all of a sudden, the 1.2GB of software update should have been free, but now is US$12. Multiply by 3 computers / iPhones and 2 times a month and that's like $80.


texts: How to find which language the app is built?

texts: I have to find, which language the app is built on and I have ads data science tips into that.


texts: Editing the built-in autocorrect dictionary in AOSP keyboard

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I'd like to remove some words from the built-in dictionaries* in my AOSP keyboard (Cyanogenmod 11), to avoid autocorrect from suggesting/applying them.

Is there a dictionary file that can be edited to remove such words?

I suspect it might require root do be able to change it, but I don't mind if it does.

Note: I'm not talking about words added to my personal dictionary, which can be erased using the appropriate interface. I'd like to remove, for instance, the word Said from the French dictionary, which often appears when I mistype sais (a quite common French word). I never intend to use Said, but since it is already in the built-in dictionary, there is no standard way to simply delete it, AFAIK.

* Including languages other than English.


texts: In my process stats, Why is the bar partly blue?

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I'm using a Sony Xperia Z3 compact, on Android 4.4.4.

I know that in the process stats in developer mode, the bar shows the proportion of time the device is in low/medium/high memory usage. Shown by green, yellow and red respectively.

However, my process stats bar looks like this:

Why is the left side blue?


texts: How can I reduce screen brightness below the minimum without an app?

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I have an Optimus Elite, and it has a minimum brightness setting. In certain apps, I can reduce the brightness below the safe minimum, but when I leave the app, the brightness is increased to the system-wide minimum.

Using RootDim, I can permanently set the brightness below the safe amount, and it will stay even after going to other apps. Or using Screen Filter, I can accomplish almost the same thing even without needing root (it displays a translucent 'filter' over the whole screen, reducing brightness/contrast but not actually changing the backlighting power amount).

What I want to know is where the minimum screen brightness is stored. I have a rooted phone with CyanogenMod 9, so I have permissions to edit anything and could change a config or sqlite entry, but I don't know where this value is stored. What I would like to do is use the status bar brightness slider to be able to slide to the actual minimum of the screen, rather than the OS-controlled minimum. Having an app is useful, but having the functionality without the app seems to be within reach, if only I knew where the OS is getting it's safe minimum setting.

Where is this "safe minimum brightness" setting stored? If I can change it, I can remove my apps and use native controls.


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I have one app in which i am using barcode scanner, so i can't completely disable the camera. but i don't want camera to capture photos. I want camera in read only mode.

  Basically i want to restrict user from taking photos.

So is there any way to achieve this.
My device is rooted, so i can i modify the code of system's camera or is there any OS level setting or any app available.

Any Helpwill be appreciated! ThankYou!!


texts:
I working with C# script to control android device media. I have been able to check and set volume as well as send commands to pause, play, skip, etc for media apps like Spotify or YouTube

One thing I have not been able to figure out however is how to get the current time of the media. For example, if Spotify is playing a two-minute song, and it is currently at 1:16, I'd like to get that information. So far, I have not been able to find documentation on how to do this.

Is there a way to get the current time of media that's playing. In addition, is there a way to get the total time of the media?

Thank you


texts: BlackBerry priv: double tap to wake up isn't working

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All of a sudden from yesterday morning, double tap screen to wakeup the phone isn't working. I read few forums where I understood even hard reset isn't working.

Please help to solve this issue.


texts: Huawei P8 lite does not ask for user name password for connecting to WI-FI

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I have a Huawei P8 lite with Android 5.0.1. My phone is having an issue when connecting to Wi-Fi. But only for my office wifi. For other wifi networks, it gets connected with out any issue.

One thing I noticed is the difference of the Security method. For my office network, it is 802.1 x EAP. But for other wifi networks to which I have connected my phone, the security method(protocol, not sure about the term though) is some thing else, as I remember it was WASP.

Others with some other phones in my office can connect to the wifi network. There are some other Huawei users as well, but with Android KitKat, they can connect their phones to the network with out any issue.

Why Cannot I connect to the WiFi network? How can I overcome the issue?


texts: Google widget got disappeared each time after reboot

texts: I am using Google Now launcher as default launcher on my Lineage 14.1,Redmi 1s. After installing a nightly, or after reboot, I can see that Google widget is got disappeared. I cannot see any widget(4x1 sized google widget) in widget settings. I have set home screen with some app shortcuts. To replace Google widget, I need to clear Google app content. It resets, home screen app shortcuts and clears Google data. Any solution?


texts: Stock HTC got bricked by the latest OTA (4.20)

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The latest OTA on Rogers (4.20.631) rendered my phone unable to boot and stuck on the white Htc One screen.

I'm on stock recovery exactly to install OTAs, which worked with the last one (4.19?), but not this time.

Here's the logcat when booting up, the part that keeps looping. I can't find good keywords to Google.

Since I am with Rogers (631), there are no RUUs, and I'm reticent to wipe out all my data.


texts: How to display the on screen keyboard when Bluetooth keyboard is connected

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I use a Bluetooth keyboard with a variety of Android devices. Most versions of Android (below 4.2.2) when the external keyboard is connected the on-screen keyboard is still available.

When I pair the Bluetooth keyboard to a Nexus 7 running Android 4.2.2 the on screen keyboard is disabled. I cannot find a way to enable the on-screen keyboard from the tablet.

Some Bluetooth keyboards include an 'eject' button which toggles the on-screen keyboard. I'm concerned about the times that I'm far enough from the Bluetooth keyboard that I can't reach it but still within Bluetooth range and I can't type on the screen.

Is there a way on an Android 4.2.2 (or higher) device to enable the on-screen keyboard while a Bluetooth keyboard is connected?


texts: How to prevent SECUSO Privacy Friendly Net Monitor apps from shutdown without my permission

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I download the SECUSO research group - Privacy Friendly Net Monitor from https://f-droid.org/packages/org.secuso.privacyfriendlynetmonitor/ and install on my Android 7 phone which is not rooted. I run it to monitor which apps is connecting and downloading at the background (regardless I am on wifi or my phone mobile data).

I notice that the Privacy Friendly Net Monitor will shutdown when the phone is screen off, which I never permit it to shutdown as I want it to continuously monitor all the apps including those from Google (such as Google Play Store app, which is famous for notoriously downloading at the background without user permission.)

So, how do I go about to prevent Privacy Friendly Net Monitor from shutdown or stop running without my permission?


texts: Forgot unlock-pattern of android device without registered Google account. Will factory reset work?

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I want to access a Samsung S6 Edge that I haven't used for a long time,
so I don't care about any data on the device.
I forgot the unlock-pattern and PIN but I never registered any Google-Account on it.

What happens if I do a factory reset? Will there be a prompt for a Google account even if there never was one registered on the phone before? Because I don't want to get stuck on that prompt.

Or will the reset go through without any further security issues?

Or is there even a better way to access the device?


texts: Can the Chrome logo icon in the notifications bar be changed to reflect the site delivering the push notification?

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I've heard plenty about the power-draining properties of Facebook's app - I'm obviously as keen as the next smartphone user to find ways to save battery power. Of course, others have concerns about the app's all-consuming permission set.

One popular solution to these little issues for a lot of Android users seems to be to bin the app entirely, and set up push notifications from Facebook's mobile site using Chrome for Android. So, I'm giving that a go.

The notifications work like a dream, but - as I could have expected, really - it's the Chrome icon that's displayed in the notifications bar, not the Facebook one. It's pernickety of me, but I'd really like it to be the Facebook icon that appears in the notifications bar.

Through reading this question, I've already found out about the Notification Toggle app, which supposedly lets you change notification icons. I've yet to download and play around with it, but in theory this will be a good enough solution for my needs - I've no plans to receive push notifications from any other sites, so superimposing the Facebook icon onto Chrome notifications will do the job just fine.

However, it doesn't strike me as unreasonable for a user to receive push notifications from two or more different sites - in which case, it would be useful for notification icons to reflect the site for which notifications are being received. Maybe by pulling through the site's favicon for use in the notifications tab? Or failing that, it would be good to be able to change icons manually by targeting the site, and not just any and all Chrome notifications.

Does anyone know if something like this is possible? I don't know if being rooted or not would make a difference in this case, but for what it's worth my personal setup is an unrooted Honor 7 using Nova Launcher.


texts: Is it possible to build an Android conformant calendar app which stores its data as shareable file?

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Or is there already one?
I don't know Androids calendar infrastructure so maybe my question sounds a bit fuzzy.
I dislike (non self hosted) cloud services but I like the ability to share my calendar among devices (and even people). Since I'm not alone I wonder whether someone already built a calendar app which stores it's data (encrypted) in a way which can be shared via Syncthing, Sparkleshare, Dropbox, ...
This app would have to 'monitor' changes on this file in order to update itself, notify the user about changes and not overwrite changes 'from outside'.
So my question is actually two questions: is (are) there such apps already (and how are they called, so I can search myself) or is this possible in the first place (or why not?).


texts: Software for offline pedestrian navigation in New York

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My fiancée is going on a trip to New York City and she'd like to have some kind of navigation there on her G1/Dream.

Is there a software (preferably free, or not too costly), that would allow me to save the street map of the whole city (or state) to the SD card and do offline navigation for walking around during the visit? I suppose there should be something that uses OpenStreetMap that might even be free.


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On my Android phone (a Desire HD), the GPS indicator is currently on & flashing away.

How can I find out which app is responsible for using the GPS?  I have my suspicions but would like to know for sure.

It's rooted & I'm more than comfortable interrogating /dev or somesuch.  Running 2.2.


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I lost my mobile so I lost all numbers. I really need to find my best friend's number. I have a photo on my hard disk which he had sent me through WhatsApp before.
Can I find his number through its details? How can I find the WhatsApp photo's sender in the gallery by its details?


texts: Side effects of Android CarrierConfig reporting a foreign network as ”not roaming”

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Android has a system app, CarrierConfig, which sets certain network parameters based on the carrier which supplied the currently inserted SIM card. Among others, the CarrierConfig app can tell Android that certain networks (identified by the MCC/MNC pair) should not be considered roaming even though the MCC/MNC differs from that on the SIM. (See this answer to a previous question of mine for details on its inner workings.)
I am wondering if this mechanism can be used for EU roaming. As of last year, EU carriers can no longer charge roaming fees for use on other EU networks, as long as the majority of usage is in the “home state” of the SIM card, or the subscriber can demonstrate some ties with that state (e.g. residence, work, study or family).
The idea would then be: for every EU carrier, insert a list of all EU MCCs into its list of non-roaming networks (omitting the MNC makes it a catch-all for every network with that MCC).
As I understand the mechanism, the effect would be that, with a SIM from an EU carrier, the phone would then assume to be on its home network. Roaming restrictions (such as disabling mobile data) would then only apply outside the EU. For example, if I disabled data roaming, my phone would still have data connectivity in Austria, France and Italy but not in Switzerland.
I suggested this to the LineageOS folks the other day and was told this was not going to happen, as in their opinion EU roaming is still roaming and such a rule would break it. Unfortunately they did not elaborate on that, so I don’t know if there’s some undesirable side effect I’m missing.
The only side effect of the “EU-to-EU = not roaming” ruleset that I can see is that the user can no longer make settings à la “use data services on network 232-07 only, but not on other networks even in the EU”. Whether this constitutes a relevant use case is debatable.
Is there anything else I have missed (i.e. functionality this change will break)?


texts: What are the differences between Perseus and Adam kernels

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I have a Galaxy S4 i9500 and have started looking into Android development and custom ROMS to get a feel on how they are made, what changes they provide and to what they focus on. But I always end up with one question that has gone unanswered at least to my full understanding.

Whats is the difference between the Stock kernel (The one that comes in 4.2 or 4.3) and the Perseus and adam Kernels.

It terms of CPU usage, RAM usage, speed and Battery usage, in what do they differ. What do they offer that the stock or other versions do not?


texts: Messages stuck in outbox of Gmail app, but only for Gmail

texts: I noticed messages were not being sent from the Gmail app. I checked to make sure auto sync is enabled and it is. Any ideas? Beside the message it just says sending. I have other email accounts used by the Gmail app (e.g. yahoo) and they work fine. Also I can send and receive find from Outlook on my computer. I don't know what else information to give so feel free to ask for more. I'm using Xperia Z2 with Android 4.4


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I have been using Whatsapp on my Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 GT-S7275R for a long time.  Two days ago, a message popped up saying that my app was outdated.  So I started to update it.  It gets stuck on the updating, buffering all the time.  I have tried everything:  closing down my mobile phone and starting again, uninstalling Whatsapp and reinstalling - it still remains stuck on installing.  Can you advise please?
Anna Stivala


texts: Locked out of Android Vortex MID *permission denied with ADB

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Here's the back story:

I bought an used Android tablet. The guy said the power connector was broken so the tablet wont be charged. I took it apart and figured out the battery was dead. I have an adapter from the wall powering the device.

My problem:

There was a pattern lock. My daughter thought she would help me, and exhausted the 20 attempts, so it's now only giving me the option to use the Google account to unlock. I emailed the guy and he gave me his Google account info, but it didn't work on the tablet. It is the correct info for Gmail, as I tried it on my PC.

I have been trying to use ADB to get in to the tablet to no avail... I'm denied permission when I try to use wipe_data. I can't understand what the problem is.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!


texts: When Flashing New ROM onto Device, Can the Original Still Be Used?

texts: I've recently rooted my phone and I was thinking about adding a custom recovery and ROM. However, my original OS still must be accessed. Is this possible?


texts:
What does it mean when Wi-Fi icon is gray?

Internet is working at the moment.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


texts: How to know what are the supported char sets in my android device

texts:
In my android device, I want to know what are the supported character sets?
Is there any way to know the list of character sets supported  by adb command?


texts: Are RAM and storage physically located on smartphone's SoC or not?

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I started to learn about Android-based devices' hardware and already have learned about SoC, which includes CPU, GPU, connectivity modules, etc in one chip. I have found an example of SoC structure (Snapdragon 600):

Some sources say that SoC also includes RAM and storage, while others say that RAM and storage are placed on other chips which are separately soldered to the motherboard.

Which answer is correct? I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm a newbie. Also, maybe you have some helpful articles to read. Thank you!


texts: How do I make Adobe Flash work with Firefox?

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I have Adobe Flash Player 10.3 and Firefox 5.0 installed on Android 2.2. However Flash animations seem not to work in Firefox, although they do in the Android default browser.

How can I fix it?


texts: Is it safe to remove "Google app" from android system completely?

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I rooted my device and I removed some obvious bloat-ware, such as Cardio trainer (I bike to work, I definitely do not need that), some Google music, Google books, Google maps and many other Google XXX and Samsung XXX consumer applications.

Now, in second purge iteration, I'm looking at apps that are big but their purpose is not obviously blatant.

One of them is "Google app". The name isn't very informative. Does it manage my link between android and Google account? Or is it some search service? What is that app and what are the consequences of deleting it?


texts: Can you identify this mystery notification?

texts: Does anyone know what the symbol at the top of the screen between 'bluetooth' and 'silent' is? The one that looks like an 'N' with waves emanating from it?


texts: Need urgent help in fixing soft-bricked Moto G5s

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I was trying to root my Moto G5s. I did a mistake while flashing twrp, I flashed cedric instead of montana. As a result, whenever I reboot, I am getting error:

    Start Up Failed:
Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Software Repair Assistant on computer to repair your device

And the FastBoot terminal kind of thing that appears below shows

Error: Failed to load kernel
Boot up failed

I downloaded a boot.img of stock rom but don't know how to flash it. I tried using command

fastboot boot boot.img

This boots up to stock rom but whenever I restart, I get same error. Also when I boot with that image, my wifi doesn't work. Can someone please help me. It is urgent as I don't have another mobile.


texts: How to install/flash a ICS stock rom of any device into a different android ICS phone?

texts: is it possible to flash a stock rom of a certain device into any android device? Like for example if I have a Samsung ICS phone. Is it possible to install the default rom of samsung to a different ICS device?


texts:
I've been looking for a tool that will sync to/from an android device running Android 4.4.4 - so it's using MTP when I connect to my computer (running Windows 7) through a USB connection.

There are various options that require a drive letter, but MTP doesn't have those.

There are various options that use wi-fi and a through-the-internet solution, but I don't want to use the internet for this, I can copy files by hand so there must be SOME way of syncing.  Also, I want to use it with pretty big files so I was hoping there would be something that used file deltas. If I wanted to go through the net I would consider RSync, but I don't want to.

Ideally I would prefer something free and open source, but I can't find anything at -all-... Am I using the wrong search terms? (android, sync, usb, mtp, "open source", mix as desired.)  There are lots of similar questions on here, but as far as I can see they're all answered with a wi-fi sync tool instead of something USB specific.


texts: How do I regain access if there is no recovery partition?

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I have an android tablet which has no recovery partition, as I have been told in the place where I bought it.

When I hold the buttons for the recovery mode, the image of the robot with the front open up shows, but no menu is shown. There are no vol+ nor vol- buttons but I attached an USB keyboard and hit arrow-up and arrow-down keys with no success. The keyboard is correctly detected, I have use it with this tablet.

I forgot the password and cannot log in. The device is not set in developer mode neither.

Is there any workaround for this or will I have to throw the tablet in the bin?

UPDATE

The tablet is a Wolder miTab Air. I am not sure about the Android version but I would say it is Ice Cream Sandwich.


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I just try the Cyanogenmod 12.1 Nightly and and my android version is now 5.1.1, whenever I try to go to Recovery Mode, it only shows the Samsung screen for a seconds (but sometimes twice) and then the Cyanogenmod booth screen. I'm doing the right thing (Volume Up, Home button and Power button at the same time) but no Recovery Mode showing. Please help, I really need to install GAPPS :(

--SAMSUNG GALAXY S2


texts: Why can't I connect my Samsung Galaxy 3 to my PC after installing the z4root app?

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I have a problem connecting my Samsung i5800 Galaxy 3 to a PC. First, I could connect to the PC. I had installed the z4root app in order to root my phone and then after installing it, I could not connect to the PC any more.

The dialog to select how to connect to the PC does not appear, though the beep sounds when I connect the phone to the USB cabel. How do I fix this problem?


texts: Unable to copy files to Nexus 7 / Android KitKat

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I've got brand new, factory-based, un-tweaked ASUS Nexus 7 II (2013) LTE tablet and I'm completetly unable to copy more than just a few files between my PC and tablet.

Steps, that I repeat every time are painfully obvious:

plugs these two devices together,
wait until Nexus device appears in Windows,
open source folder window (any on Windows disk),
open destination folder (any on my Nexus device),
select some files or folders in source and drag them to destination.

Copy process starts and stops after sending about 10-20 files. On Windows side, copy progress freezes forever. On Nexus side, you see beatuful message saying that com.android.media process is halted.

I can repeat these steps over and over again. Changing cables, using different computers, restarting source computer or Nexus itself, all for nothing -- my Nexus 7 breaks file transfer after receiving about 20 files (sometimes it breaks after getting just one).

I know, that MTP protocol is very, very unstable and forcing users to use it (i.e. removing native USB support in Android 4.x) is a Google very not funny joke. But, for God sake, how can I copy my 20k photo collection to my brand new Nexus tablet, if it breaks copy transfer every tenth files?

Is this an identified bug, or with Android 4.4.2 Google decided, that we won't be able to copy files to our own devices at all? And the only way to get them there, will be to use stupid Google Drive?

Is there any fix or work-around to this problem? Other than my own solution, as stupid as setting up local FTP server, installing FTP client to my Nexus and copying files that way, through FTP protocol?


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I have Android 4.4.2, it's rooted.

There are some apps that I execute and don't shutdown and I have to kill them. I use GO TaskManager EX widget to get rid of them, but that requires me open its dialog, look for the app icon and click it to have it killed.

Is there an app or some command I can add to a shortcut, so that I just click its icon and that app is killed in case it's opened?


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I am using a rooted fire tablet and have some apps installed on a 4GB sd card.
How can I migrate to a larger sd card? Will cloning and expanding the partition with gparted work?

I'm familiar with Linux and external storage is mounted via UUID. So I was afraid of just copy and paste, because that doesn't copy the UUID.

Duplicate, but no satisfying answer: Changing SD Card Just a Simple Copy & Paste


texts: How to backup Android system and Apps with their configurations?

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I ve been trying to find way to do a image backup then restore it back to a re-set device.

I dont think adb backup / adb restore can do this.

I installed all Apps and configured all settings for system and apps.
I did a [adb backup -all -f c:\xxx.ab] also tried other parameters. basically i backed up everything.
I reset my andriod back to factory state.
I did a [adb restore]
I dont see any app show up on my android and no system settings has been configured.

How can I do a whole system image backup with all apps installed? The whole point is i need to used this back to restore into other same devices, so i dont have to go through the whole app install process again and again.

Some more info, The reason that I am trying to do this is that we have 60+ android devices (MK902 Android box)need to be pushed out in our building, on each device, I have to root it, install all Apps, configure system and apps. it is painful to go through this process on all devices. So I am thinking if there is any way to make a whole system image just like what we do on windows, then I can put that image into rest of devices, and change the device name later.

I used RK batch Tool to load a rooted img file into device for rooting. this img file contains boot.img, kernal.img and so on. I was trying to install all Apps and configure everything then make a img pack. but looks like it is too hard for me....i dont find any easy way or software to make this .img file.....


texts: add yahoo mail to android phone having two step verification active?

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Any help?

I want to get rid of the lousy Yahoo app on android. it has a lot of problems regarding notifications..

But when I try to add yahoo account in the Android-Email app, it says:

Login failed:
Possible reasons: Two-step verification is enabled for your Yahoo email. Login to .... disable it...
:(


texts: Connect a USB soundcard to an Android phone? And use it for videos?

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Is it possible to connect a USB soundcard to an Android phone, with an USB OTG cable?

... and then use this USB soundcards's stereo input as audio when making a video with the phone?


texts: How to UNHIDE caller ID for contacts on dual sim phone

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My phone is Alcatel POP3 (5054D) dual sim with android 5.1.1
I would realy like to call 'anonymous' if the person I call is not in my contact list (e.g. a customer).
I tried secretsheep-like apps, but none worked correctly (my number showed for non-contacts). So actualy I call always with hidden ID but I wish to change that.

When I manualy add the 'show ID' code prefix then my number shows-up. UNFortunaltely when I reprogram my contacts with the prefix, I can't send SMS to my contacts because of wrong number...

Can anybody help?


texts: Xperia U ST25i (Android 2.3.7 - Gingerbread) - Where is Developer Options?

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There is some way to active developer options in 2.3.7? When I bought my Xperia U, they came with developer options and 2.3.7 android. How it works? I tried press 7 times on build number and those thing, but nothing worked, someone can help me, PLEASE? I don't want to use ICS, JB or some different android.

Thank you, guys!


texts: Is it possible to open a locked android device or access it's files without knowing the password?

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I have a Samsung phone which is password protected it also has fingerprint enabled.

I don't need to know how to open it I just want to know if it's possible to unlock it or access its files?

There is someone claiming that he can open it without losing any of the data for a certain amount of money?


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Is there any way to have a Samsung Galaxy S3 remind the user to rotate the device when shooting video or photographs?

The user in question keeps promising to start rotating the device when photographing but always forgets. I do understand that the problem might be the wetware and not the hardware, but I argue that the form factor and UI of the device actually encourages this behaviour.


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My wife has decided to get the kids a set of android tablets for christmas.  These are Coby Kyros 4GB wi-fi only models.  The kids are ages 6-10 so I don’t particularly want to let them have free reign of the internet or the app stores.  I also want to make sure the tablets are protected from the various forms of malware.

Ideally I would like to be able to establish a white list for the websites they are allowed to visit, and make it so that they are not able to add any apps or modify the white list without parental intervention.  However I am not familiar enough with the android platform to know where to start on any of this.

Google has helped me find out that apps exist which claim to be able to restrict access to other apps, but almost all of them have comments indicating that they are very easy to bypass.  Likewise I have been seeing mixed reviews as to the effectiveness and value of the antivirus options that are out there.  So far I have not been able to find anything about building a whitelist, or restricting content accessible from the web.

So I am asking for suggestions as to specific topics/apps that I should be reading up on, and/or other approaches that I can take to reach these goals.

EDIT:
I should note that this model does not come with the android market pre installed, it has some third party app store on it.  It does come with an apk manager installed, and I have played with one of them enough to get the market and gmail onto it.  So I should be able to get most anything installed/removed if I can figgure out what it is I actually need to do.


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There is a badge number setting on Android how to get it to show badge number for Outlook on the home screen.

I had assumed this would be pretty standard but does not appear to be.

Tesla Unread fails to work.


texts: App that would open a url based on the current date in a browser

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I am looking for an app or a way how to automate opening a URL based on current date on the Android 7.0 phone:

On 2017-07-01 it would open the following url in a browser:

http://myserver.com/daily_reports/Day_20170701.htm

eventually

http://myserver.com/weekly_reports/Week_2017_27.htm

Since the ISO number of the current week is 27.

Is there any solution for that out of the box?


texts: Repeated 'Force Close' and no signal - my device is unusable

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I have an Android Galaxy S2, running CyanogenMod 7. I was normally using my phone, in a middle of using Waze while driving when suddenly I started getting 'Force Close' messages like this:

  Sorry!
  The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

I get bombarded by these messages, for lots of different processes like com.android.phone, android.process.com.acore. If I try to run an app (in the milliseconds of intervals between these messages), they usually close immediately with their processes generating more 'Force Close' messages.
In addition, the phone has no signal at all.

Tried to find solutions online, but couldn't come up with anything other than trying to remove my SD Card, but that didn't help. Resetting obviously didn't help. I would appreciate any suggestion you can offer.


texts: Changing WhatsApp number without losing chat histories

texts: The SIM of my currently used WhatsApp number is not with me now. I want to change my WhatsApp number without losing some important chat histories. Is it possible to change the old WhatsApp number to a new one with some old specific chat histories intact, by verification only through the email ID associated with the previous WhatsApp number?


texts: Is there a way to post a photo on Facebook on Android without using the Facebook app?

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I've removed the Facebook app from my smartphone (Android) because it's a time suck, but I'd still like to be able to post photos of my food (because yes, I am that guy).

There used to be a way to email a photo to secretname@m.facebook.com and have it post, but it appears they've since removed that feature.

iOS can do it because it has Facebook integration built in, but I'm on Android.

I tried the Facebook Moments app, but it doesn't appear to post photos on your timeline.  I looked for other third party apps, but couldn't find anything.

Any other options I have?


texts: Set default storage to SD card on Moto E running Lollipop

texts: I have Moto E 2nd gen. and I want to set SD card as my default storage. I googled but nothing useful found. Can someone help me?


texts: Intel HAXM and Host GPU on Mac OS 10.8.2 (NVIDIA)

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I installed HAXM 1.0.4 and I cannot run Android emulator with option 'use host gpu' checked, it shows cyclic GL_* errors. I am using Mac OS X (mbp with NVIDIA GeForce 320M). Without gpu emulation everything works fine (well if word fine can describe that slow piece of software).

I have 8GB RAM, HAXM set up to use 1024MB. My virtual devices set up to use 512 MB (I have tried different values, but less then 1024Mb, according to HAXM doc).

Here are the error messages which are output periodically (emulator shows black screen)
(complete log)

MediaProfiles(1113): could not find media config xml file
Zygote(1113): Class not found for preloading: android.widget.TextView$SelectionModifierCursorController$1

Zygote(1132): setreuid() failed. errno: 30
Zygote(1132): setreuid() failed. errno: 30
BatteryService(1139): usbOnlinePath not found
BatteryService(1139): batteryVoltagePath not found
BatteryService(1139): batteryTemperaturePath not found

I/sysproc(923): Entered system_init()
I/sysproc(923): ServiceManager: 0x8c01b18
I/SurfaceFlinger(923): SurfaceFlinger is starting
I/SurfaceFlinger(923): SurfaceFlinger's main thread ready to run. Initializing graphics H/W...

EGL_emulation(1139): rcMakeCurrent returned EGL_FALSE
EGL_emulation(1139): tid 1148: eglMakeCurrent(984): error 0x3006 (EGL_BAD_CONTEXT)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
libEGL(1139): call to OpenGL ES API with no current context (logged once per thread)
Zygote(1152): setreuid() failed. errno: 30

Also I tried to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to <sdk install location>/tools/lib and that doesn't help me either.

They say "Make sure that your environment variables for the GL libraries are set correctly". How can I check this? Other programs are working well. Without HAXM GPU acceleration is working well.

Screenshot from emulator:

I should also add that errors occur only with Intel 2.3 x86 system image. With the newest 4.1 everything works fine.


texts: OpenVPN with Android 2.3.x - security concerns

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I need to use my Android 2.3.x phone to access an OpenVPN server. I have CM 7 with built in support for OpenVPN and tun. My main concern is that I don't know where to put the keys in. If my phone gets in the wrong hands, I'm leaving the keys out in the open and I can't have that.

If I had an ICS phone, I'd have full file system encryption and I'd be safe(r). So is there an alternative or some technique I'm not aware of that can store the certificates and the key securely on the phone?


texts:
I need to input calculus and trigonometric notations in Android.

How to input math symbols in Android?


texts: Photos directly to dropbox, discarding local copies automatically

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Is there a possibility to take photos directly to dropbox?

Currently Dropbox offers the Camera-Upload option, but it doesn't move, but copies files to Dropbox. This still leaves me to delete the local files by hand, hoping that the photos have already been uploaded.

Similiarily there are solutions like FolderSync, but general purpose synchronization software is liable to misconfiguration and increased maintenance requirements compared to special-purpose software.

Ideally I'd like to have a photo app, that doesn't keep local copies of the image, e.g. something like Cambox but for Android instead of iOS.


texts: Rooting Honor View 10 WITHOUT unlocking Bootloader?

texts: Does anyone know if it's possible to root the Honor View 10 without unlocking the Bootloader first? Huawei no longer provide Bootloader unlock codes, but I can't work out if the Honor View 10 can simply be rooted without flashing anything, i.e. as a separate and distinct process.... If so, does anybody have/know of a procedure for this? ....(Lots of conflicting opinions on this!)....Cheers, River


texts:
My Android tablet is locked by a Cheshire Police virus scam ransomware.

How can I remove it? I am in safe mode as I write this.


texts: alt+tab on physical keyboard not working anymore

texts:
on my P20Pro Android 9.0.0.159, something happened with my Logitech K380 BT keyboard ; suddenly the alt-tab combination stopped working.

I tried with another keyboard, same problem. The direct button "recent apps" stopped working too, it only does a tab now.

The other combinations and shortcuts work, just not this one.

I used the Android key test app and pressing alt-tab shows keycode 57 with KEYCODE_ALT_LEFT on.

Any idea ?
Thx


texts: How can I have my device charge only when battery is below a given percentage?

texts:
So I've mounted my Nexus 7 onto a wall and use it as a sort of info screen / home automatisation device. Now this would require the screen to be on all the time which is why I want it to be connected to a charging cable 24/7.

Is there a way I can make the device start charging when the battery level falls below 10%? I don't want it to be charging all the time as this would wear off the battery pretty quickly.

I don't have root access.


texts: How can I set the lockscreen personal message after updating?

texts: On my Samsung Galaxy S3, I had an option to change the personal message on the lock screen. After the system update,  the option is still there, but it is grayed out. Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts:
Can an Android device be used for 2FA for an Apple/iCloud account? Google didn't return anything useful.

(Couldn't find any appropriate tags to use)


texts: flashing jelly bean(4.2.2) on nexus 5(hammerhead)

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I am trying to flash jelly bean on Nexus 5 but didn't find any factory images , is it possible to flash the jelly bean(4.2.2) image generated by downloading & compiling the 4.2.2 AOSP source code

i tried running lunch command but didn't found the "aosp_hammerhead_userdebug" is there any other way to flash 4.2.2 on nexus 5


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I experience problems trying to root my HTC Sensation.
I turned USB Debugging ON, checked that Fast boot is turned ON in Settings > Power section and connected phone to PC.

My device was recognized successfully

Also it was shown in adb list
C:\sdk\platform-tools>adb.exe devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HT15LVXXXXXX    device

Now i took out my battery, inserted that back, pushed and hold Power button and Volume Down and voila, i am in HBOOT.
I pressed Power button once, choosing FASTBOOT

My phone connected to Windows, but this time device was not recognized.

I tried to add drivers for that device manually, but it failed

I even tried to add %MyHTC%=HTCAND32.Dev, USB\UNKNOWN to androidusb.inf and then add driver manually, but device was not working anyway and fastboot devices command returned empty list.
I tried same operations on my Mac using fastboot-mac for that and i got same result as on Windows - device is not recognized in fastboot mode.
Any ideas?


texts: Bookmark a page to be accessed on both mobile and desktop Chrome easily

texts:
It looks like that one bookmark instance can only exist on one of Chrome folders. Such that when I want to visit a site from both my phone and my laptop, I always have to change my bookmark folder back and forth depend on where I stored that bookmark page.

Can I bookmark a page and view it on both mobile folder and desktop folder?


texts: Yahoo Mail App - Send Email To Contact List

texts:
I have created several contact lists in my Yahoo e-mail account by using Yahoo's website via Internet Explorer.  I would like to send an e-mail to one of the contact lists from my Android phone (which is a Galaxy S4), but I can't figure out how...  Here is what I've tried so far:

Unable To Access Contact Lists From Yahoo Mail App:  I tried accessing the contact lists from the Yahoo Mail App, which I installed on the phone, but I can't find the lists anywhere.  My contacts all appear in the app, and the information seems to be read-only.  I can't edit their names or any of their details, and I can only access a list of all of my contacts when I try to compose an e-mail and touch the "To" field in the newly composed e-mail.  There is no mention of the lists to which they belong.
Unable To Create New Contact Lists As Groups On Android Device By Syncing With Yahoo Account:  I went into the Yahoo Mail App Settings and selected "Sync Yahoo contacts".  This imported the contacts into my Android contacts, but it did not assign them to any groups.  If they belonged to contact lists in my Yahoo account, no new groups were created.  Also, existing groups on my phone that matched the names of contact lists in my Yahoo account were ignored and not used when the contacts were imported.

I realize that I could manually recreate the groups on my Android device and assign all contacts to them, but this would be a very tedious and time consuming solution to a process that seems to beg for automation.  Is there a quick way of doing this?

If necessary, is there another app I can download that is safe to use which will accomplish the task?  I tried the above solutions using Gmail as a workaround, but encountered the same obstacles.


texts: What's the purpose of A and B partition slots if both are flashed?

texts:
I recently play with LineageOS flashing (or actually adb-sideloading) tutorials, but I guess my question is more generic.

In my device there are A and B partitions for everything except the userdata partition (and maybe something else). I understand the purpose is to provide extra safety against bricking. Should anything go wrong during a flashing operation, there's the other slot.

Now, every tool and manual procedure I have seen flashes both A and B. Doesn't it render the whole concept useless? What's the gain from A and B slots if we keep on putting the same to both?


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Possible Duplicate:
  SMS messages from one contact displayed as “null”

I have a Samsung Galaxy 5.  A coworker sent me a contact from his Nokia phone, which showed up as "null", and now all other SMS's from him also come through only as "null."  I've tried deleting the thread, deleting the contact, turning the phone off and then on... Any help would be appreciated.

J


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I am not convinced that My Spotify is using an entire 1GB on my new Android.

I am new to Mobile Phones, but they seem to follow the basic laws and rules of Computer Science and Telecommunication. I can not understand how 200 songs downloaded in standard quality on Spotify can use a full 1024 Mb on the phone when on my laptop the same number of songs use only 343.8 Mb.
 I have cleared App data Caches, uninstalled Apps I am not using and my internal storage on my phone is still 7.50Gb out of 8 Gb.

I understand the internal storage package is most likely on a BGA so removing it is not an option.
 However is it possible to put a 128GB SD in an Alcatel U5 Android Phone, and then partition the 8 Gb of Internal Storage as a system reserved, for the Android OS? Then Partition the SD as ext2 and default it to App user data.

My concern with doing this is, one I have never taken a phone apart so I do not know how the hardware is arranged, two I bought this phone 3 days ago, it still has a warranty and I don't want to void the warranty and three I do not want to have to install extra Apps to do this as I am still learning the Android OS.

I would like to know how to do this with a windows laptop, as I can get an SD Reader, and also where the SD card is inserted into the phone when ready.

Any instructions on the general procedure or specific procedure for doing this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.


texts:
On the Nexus 4, the power menu only allows you to shutdown the device, but not reboot the device. Of course, you could wait for the device to shutdown and then power it up again. What I'm looking for is the ability to reboot in one action.

A lot of apps provide this ability, but it seems that they all requires root.

Is it possible to reboot the Nexus 4 without root?


texts: Whenever I am charging my LG G5, it shows the notification. But the problem is even if I'm not charging or connecting with USB, it keeps on notifying and vibrating... Can you please help what the solution for this is?


texts: How to switch keyboard layout for external keyboard

texts: How do I switch the keyboard layout for an external USB keyboard on Android 2.1? I've connected a German USB keyboard to my Android Tablet (Easypix 1000). Altough the language is set to German, the external keyboard is wrongly read as an english keyboard. Thanks!


texts:
How can I change the default application for a given file type or protocol?
For example, I have multiple browsers on my smartphone and have selected "Internet" (the default browser) to be "the default browser" because it kept asking on every link.

How can I change that to ask me each time or at least select a different option?

Thank you.


texts: Disable the lock screen when specific apps are active?

texts:
I'm looking for a way to disable the lock screen when specified apps are active. It's annoying when the screen times out and I have to swipe the lock screen to start a new pomodoro or use the calculator.

I don't want to disable the lock screen entirely because I don't want my phone to activate when it's in my pocket. And I don't want to disable screen timeout, because I want to conserve the battery. I tried replacing the lock screen with PocketLock, which uses the proximity sensor to turn off the phone when it's in my pocket, but I found its behavior too inconsistent.

My phone is a Samsung Transform Ultra with Android 2.3.3.


texts: Dialer app becoming too slow and less responsive

texts:
It takes almost more than 5-10 seconds to open the dialer application in my phone.

This has been happening for a while now and is especially critical since during incoming calls, when my phone snaps back from standby to show me who is calling, I actually have to wait sometimes more than 10 seconds to see the caller id and its like the phone is stuck during that time.

It has been the case before (stock) and after I've put a custom ROM in my phone. Though I noticed this became more severe after I installed a lot of apps etc.

Since I suspect that this is because of low free RAM (I have a low-end Android phone), I recently installed optimization apps, kept my homescreen free from widgets and running apps etc. and it did help to an extent. However, I feel like it still needs to be lightning fast and always accessible feature like in conventional handsets. How can I achieve this? How do I lock the dialer in my RAM or is there some super light dialer apps that can replace this stock dialer?

Also, could it be because I have around 150 Facebook and Google contacts synced in? (I don't think that is a big number)

How about finding a way to turn off the picture data in contacts? Will that reasonably reduce memory footprint?

Very same situation : Can I set it so the "Phone" on my phone takes priority over all other apps? (tried all the answers)

UPDATE:
I found something called "FUSIONboost" on the FUSIONideos custom rom that seems to set the priority of apps or something. This seems to be exactly the solution, but I don't want to switch roms now and would really like if someone can tell me how I can get this..


texts: Correct approach to symlink or mount bind two directories on internal storage

texts:
I have data from an app I would like to be synced. It writes into a directory, and and has no settings for what dir.
I would like it to write to a different dir, one that is synced.

I'm on a nexus 5x, running stock 8.1.0 fully updated.
I have root.
I'm trying to make things written to /storage/self/primary/sleep-data go to /storage/self/primary/sync/phone/sleep-data

ln -s doesn't work, I'm thinking a filesystem issue, though looking through the output of mount it wasn't clear what the filesystem actually is. /storage/self is mounted as tmpfs.

mount -o bind /storage/self/primary/sleep-data /storage/self/primary/sync/phone/sleep-data

This works, but only as root.

I did try mount -o bind,shared with and without namespace seperation set in supersu, as suggested by Rob W

I suspect it's related to this: How to "mount --bind" directories in Android 4.4?

That does have a workaround, but it's looking like I'm approaching this the wrong way.

That seems to be related to external SD cards only.

What is the android way to solve this problem?


texts: Does rooting a phone expose the phone to security risks?

texts:
I have a very simple question. If I root my phone, will it be easier for malware to run on my device and cause more damage (due to the nature of the extended set of operations that applications with root access can perform, and the downside of being logged in and running applications as root on Linux systems).

Thanks.

EDIT:

Even when an application is rooted, it can still be configured to disallow installation of APK files from unknown locations (locations other than the Google Play Store). This increases security since it makes it impossible that a web browser download install a malicious app even though the device is rooted.


texts: How do I get rid of the "shut the screen off" animation on Droid 4?

texts: I just want the screen to go black. No fade, no "old style tube tv" animation. Is there a way to make it do this?


texts: Can apps know where you are even without GPS?

texts:
I've noticed that Google Maps, for instance, can guess where you are using phone towers or something even when GPS is turned off.

Does this apply to 3rd party apps? Can any app figure out where you are?

If so, are there large security implications there?

Basically as a developer, couldn't you build a background process that tracks every the location of every phone that has your app installed?


texts: How do I switch to ART runtime on my Nexus 4?

texts:
I have been trying to set ART as my runtime environment. It asks me about the change in the library and reboots my device. But when I check in the Developer options, it shows me dalvik as the runtime environment.

What should I do in order to use the delights of ART? My phone is rooted with stock KitKat image. I uninstalled Xposed too but then too in vain.


texts: I don't have the right HBOOT version, can I still install Cyangenmod?

texts:
I ran adb reboot bootloader on my HTC Sensation XE and it states that the version is 1.29.0000

According to the wiki I must have version 1.17.0006, .0008, .0011 and .0012, 1.18.0000?


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I'm using Private Internet Access's VPN via its App and now I'd also like to additionally use Adblock Plus.
The problem however is that I apparently can only use either VPN or Adblock Plus - but not both in combination.
Is it possible to use both by changing some setting in either of the Apps or of my phone ?

It says it couldn't change the proxy settings of my phone so I should do it manually. But as all traffic is routed through the VPN changing the proxy-name to "localhost" and the proxy-port to "2020" didn't help. It keeps on waiting for traffic on Port 2020. I guess it comes down to routing the VPN traffic through the proxy. But maybe there's also another solution to it (like another Adblock App that works differently for example).

My phone:
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, I8160
Firmware 4.1.2
Rooted

The Error Message (roughly translated):
"Seemingly no traffic was routed through adblock plus. Adblock Plus couldn't change the proxy settings of your device. Please configure them manually."


texts: When is the Nexus S Android 2.3.3 update coming to the UK

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?

I have a UK Nexus S and it is still on 2.3.2. It's been a month since this update began being pushed out in the US, but so far I've seen nothing. Have any UK users received it, and is there any news on its UK roll-out?


texts: "Brendon's url" and Chinese apps on home screen. Is it a virus? How do I fix it?

texts:
My tab was charging when I noticed there were notifications in Chinese and unknown home screen shortcuts created. Some were named "Brendon's URL" and the others were in Chinese. The notifications were also in Chinese. Is there anything wrong? Is it a virus? How do I fix it?

Image taken from an XDA forum thread, click to view the larger version.


texts: How do I configure existing Power Controls widget in Android?

texts:
I've added stock Power Controls widget to the home screen of my Android 2.3 (Cyanogenmod).
While being installed it displayed its settings screen.

Now I'm unable to reconfigure the widget. The only option I have is to remove and add the widget to home screen, so that the settings screen will reappear.

Is there any place where I can configure the Power Controls widget without re-adding it?


texts: How to have Firefox Widget for Bookmarks?

texts:
Google Chrome has own widget for bookmarks, but Android Firefox does not.
I am thinking how to proceed to do the feature request for the widget.

OS: Oreo 8.0
Phone: Oneplus 3T


texts: Change the location of on screen buttons bar

texts:
The on screen buttons bar "Back, Home, menu" are not convinently located at the bottom of the tablet screen as it is in close proximity of controls of the program being run.  Specifically I am using a SNES emulator and it's using that area for it's joypad control.

It would be very helpful if I can move the bar to the top of the screen, is there any program to do this?


texts: I'm trying to boot into twrp through adb commands, and it's not working. My issue is getting the 23 RU _READ_PARTITION_FAIL read/open partition fail. it's on the latest twrp img, that's dated on december 2020. I've got all the right adb files and drivers. Recently rooted by booting into twrp on a U11 not even a week ago.


texts: How can I change the double-tap zoom in the Android browser?

texts:
I like to use double-tap to zoom in on web pages with small text. (Multitouch pinching has been hard for me to get the hang of.)

It very often zooms too far, though. Is there a way I can get it to zoom in a little less on a double-tap?


texts: Append code before phone number if call is made from SIM2

texts:
I've been trying to find a way to do this for weeks now but I just can't seem to find a solution.
In my phone (Huawei Nova 3) I have two SIM cards, private (SIM1) and work (SIM2).
SIM2 has a dedicated dialer app which basically appends a specific code (which never changes, 154784) before the number I want to call.

Phone Number: 070-1111-2222
Called from within the app becomes: 1547847011112222

The problem is this dialer only supports SIM2 and currently I have to use two different dialers depending on which SIM card I want to call from.

What I'd like to do is to use the default dialer, which prompts me to choose a SIM card whenever I want to make a call and make it so that it automatically appends the code above (154784) if I choose SIM2. I would like to avoid using the other dialer app altogether.

Is it something that can be done or should I just give up on it?


texts: Why is my lock screen scrambled sometimes?

texts:
Occasionally my phone (specs below) will awake to the dots on the lock screen being all the way up in the corner. I can't unlock it because the other 6 dots are cut off and turning the phone or sleep/awaking it doesn't change the layout. My only option, annoyingly, is to restart.

Here's an image of it doing it this morning:

Screenshot (click for larger variant)

The white chunk is an ICE number I've hidden. How do I stop this?

My phone is:

A Samsung Galaxy S2X SGH-T989D on Koodo
Running Android version 4.0.4
Kernel Version 3.0.8-perf-T989DTLLG2-CL836160 se.infra@SEP-89#1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 13 23:39:44 KST 2012
Build Number IMM76D.TLLG2
Using a stock lock screen

Thanks for any assistance.


texts: 1 blue bar, but Google search results don't load

texts:
I typed something into the address bar of the builtin browser, Android Browser 4, and it tried to load Google but the browser said, "There was a network error."

Does anyone know why Google searches sometimes don't load?

Also, another time, I was trying to load accounts.google.com and it wouldn't load but other websites and parts of the Google website worked just fine.

Sometimes the WiFi icon has a dark grey/black triangle or two on it. I don't know what the triangles mean.

WiFi info:
xfinitywifi

1 blue bar of WiFi
Status: Connected
Signal strength: Fair
Link speed: 1 Mbps
(but if he wears the speed boots he can run twice as fast)
Security: None
IP address: [redacted]

Versions:

SE App Version: 1.0.85
Browser version: 4.1.2-eng.tyrone.20121202.215512
Device Manufacturer: Malata
Device Model: Malata SMBA1002
ViewSonic gTablet UPC300-2.2
OS Version: 4.1.2 (eng.G_Harmony.20121202.215512)


texts: How is usb debugging mode related to root detection?

texts:
I have a game in my GalaxyS2(i9100) that if it detects the phone is rooted, it terminates. My phone is rooted but I still can play this game using OTA RootKeeper to temporary unroot the phone.

I would like to use some apps that required usb debugging mode enabled when I play the game, however, the game terminates as if it detects the phone is rooted.

I have some friends that they can play the game with USB Debugging mode enabled (although their phones are not rooted). So I bet its because usb debugging mode enabled would do something affecting root detection.

How the usb debugging mode enabled affect root detection and how to solve that?


texts: I installed this myself. But, the app doesn't appear in list of all apps. Tried to search, but it's nowhere to be found! How can I get rid of this very annoying app?


texts: Is it possible to do double-click on Android like you do on a regular computer? Some websites require double-click to operate, and I was hoping I could do the same on Android and get a computer double-click behavior instead of Android double tap zoom.


texts: Set up Google Play for restricted user accounts

texts:
i have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4, running Android 5.0.2

I'm looking for a soluton to the following issue:

All of my family is using the tablet.
So i set up accounts for an admin, and personal accounts for me and my wife, linked to our Google email adresses.
I also set up restricted accounts for the kids. (They are not linked to any email as i remember)

Now one of the kids plays Clash of Clans. Game has been installed on the admin account, and authorization given so it can be used on the kids' restricted account.

It would be cool if the kids could use Google Play to save his game progress online.
But i'm struggling to find out how to set this up.
Currently, Google Play is installed and given access to the kid account.
From kid's account, i can launch Google Play, then launch CoC.
But the button "Google Play Sign In" in CoC does nothing. (It stays red, saying disconnected).
Seems it is still not recognized.

Do i need to have an email address for the kid?

How do i link it to the restricted account?
If this doesn't work, is there any other way i can achieve this?


texts: How to download large files (like movies) from hosting sites like catshare, rapidu

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I don't use premium account. Using Firefox I go to page with film to download. CLikc button, wait 60s, enter captcha and start downloading. It should last 4h. I go to sleep.

During the night the downloading process stops. why ? How can I prevent it?

I'm using Android 6.0.1 on SONY Z3.


texts: downloading 'boot.img' while using fastboot to copy ra recovery

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In the process of attempting to get Cyanogen MOD onto my HTC Hero. I rooted it successfully, and can connect with ADB.

I restarted the phone with the back key held down and get the fastboot screen.  I press volume down to get to the HBoot screen (otherwise fastboot was failing to connect).

Now I run:

  C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img

and get

  downloading 'boot.img'...

and I wait.   And wait.  And wait.  It certainly appears to be doing something in Task Manager (win 7) - it's showing some CPU activity, but how long is this step supposed to take? The longest I've waited was 1100 seconds before interrupting.

Using HTC Hero GSM.


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Few weeks ago,my phone has suddenly dead and entered in an endless restart loop.
All data saved in the phone is gone. What I care for the most is  WhatsApp chats and attachments.
I remember I have backed up my WhatsApp chats few months ago ,but I do fail to remember what e mail I have used as I installed WhatsApp on my “late” phone 4 years ago and have changed my emails several times since then.
Is there any method to know the email on which I have backed up the info.
Or is there any method to retrieve the lost data ,escpecially Whatsapp Chats to my PC for instance ?
Another question : Can I find the messages sent through this period.
Note: I don’t  know if my problem resides within the speciality of this website


texts: What is the impact of (slow) wireless charging vs (slow) wired charging on the phone battery?

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Can someone give me some feedback related to BATTERY LIFE in terms of wired vs wireless charging?

I already know that fast charging CAN reduce battery life. Do we have any info on wireless charging? Since it's an inductive charging, some part of it's energy it's released as heat (not used for charging) and I think it SHOULD affect the battery.

The wireless charger I bought is a Wireless Qi Fast Charge Standing Samsung EP-N5100 with fans incorporated to reduce the heating. (Yeah, I use it on a compatible Samsung smartphone)

I made the mistake to have the fast charge active for some time (didn't know it was active by default), but I only charge it from 40 to 80 so I hope no less damage has been done. Since I plan to keep the phone for a while (I doubt I'll switch in 2 years), I want to try and be careful with the battery.


texts: Unable to view videos - Message: "sorry, video cannot be played"

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I have a strange issue. I have downloaded some WMV files on my Android to watch them while offline. I watched some of them and now all of a sudden I see "sorry, video cannot be played". None of the videos work any more, not even the ones I watched.

How can I fix this? Please don't suggest WMV players. It worked, now it no longer works and I want to fix it. Reboot didn't help either.

Any clues?

(HTC Wildfire S)


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As VLC is not available for android, which Android player supports most video formats (and faster and lighter if possible)?
For example currently i use kascend media player, it can also play flv files (without flash player) and faster then other flv players.


texts: Assuming I already have a USB IR receiver and WMC remote as well as an Android device with a USB port, what is the best way to go about controlling the Android device with the remote after plugging in the receiver?


texts: No Google Play Store on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

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I have a phone, Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830, with an Android version of 2.2.1 Froyo.

I do not have Google Play app on my phone. Can I install Google Play app with this specific Android version?  If not, how can I do it?

I just don't want to use the manufacturer's product. There must be a way.


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I unlocked (not rooted) my HTC One XL using official HTC method. Then I install goomanger and installed latest open recovery script TWRP 2.3.0.0 evita. goomanager said that it was installed. Then I tried to boot into recovery from goomanger (there was a note that root access will be acquired and if this doesn't happen I have to go to recovery manually). Nothing happened I was still in goomanager.

From  TWRP website -->You must be S-OFF or have taken HTC's unlock to use a recovery on your device!

So I booted into fastboot and then selected recovery and pressed power button. See the screenshot for what happened. I got the 'briliant' screen then black screen with mobile and green something above it and then black screen with mobile and red triangle. The red one stays there for 2-3 minutes and then mobile restarts into normal mode.

I want to run twrp to install cm10


texts: Make device available in ADB (Windows 8)

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A while back, I asked this question about the ADB. I now have another laptop running windows 8.1 and the problem is the same. Please look at the previous post for details.

Please help


texts: Hide Whatapp message preview on the front screen

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On new Samsung A3 2017, I want to hide Whatapp message preview on the front screen but keep the sound.  Is this no longer possible?

Thanks


texts:
Since Google Keep doesn't support adding movies (unlike WhatsApp) - can I link to a movie on my SD card (even as a regular text link like "keep:\\DCIM\25-02-2018-Foo.bar")?

Note: If it's a big movie, adding it to google drive (or similar upload sites) can be a problem. I just want a link.


texts: how can I re-link my apps to play store?

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after installing custom rom and downloading most of my apps from pc and installing them offline, my play store account is peculiar, some apps I uninstalled weeks ago but i can still see on play store desktop, many apps are shown installed on play store mobile but not on desktop, and many unlinked apps.
so what can i do?


texts: Is Recovery Mode necessary to flash to newer Android version manually?

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My phone (Sony Xperia Go) seems to be not able to boot into Recovery Mode

Is there some alternative way or tool to use for flashing ROM? (to latest kitkat mod). To avoid recovery mode

I have fastboot working on computer


texts: iRola DX752 does not charge after a while

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The iRola DX752 purchased for Christmas does not charge. It worked for a while, but then does not work when plugged to an outlet either.

Is this a known hardware failure? If it isn't, are there any suggestions?


texts: how can I know which Gmail account was on my Android device?

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I had a Gmail account active on my Samsung S3. I made backup of contacts , and I uploaded them on my Google Drive account. I later did factory reset on the device, and I can't recall which Gmail account was setup on my device!

Is there anyway that I can come to know which Gmail account was on my Android device?


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I have configured Skype to display its contact list on the main People app, along with my phone contacts.

Some of them were automatically merged, for others I had to manually do it, but in the end every Skype contact was linked to its respective one on the phone.

(To better explain it, let's say that I have the contact details of two persons, Mr X and Miss Y, in both on my Google and Skype accounts. When I enabled Skype to display its contacts on the phone, the details of Mr X were automatically merged into a single contact linking the two accounts. But this not happened with Miss Y, that was displayed twice on the contact list, once for every account.)

Then I had to turn off the phone, and when I turned it on again all my work vanished: some Skype contacts were still merged, other were again splitted, so I had to manually merge them one more time.

Is there a way to keep contacts from various accounts united once I have merged them? And in the first place, what makes some of them to be automatically merged while others should be united manually?


texts: Using old Android phones as multi channel dash cam

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Now a days the Android phones are having quite a good computing power and good optics. I have heard and used my daily driver Android phone as my dash cam.

I have also heard about dedicated dual channel dash cams which can record from two cameras (ideally one placed to record what is happening at car's front and another on rear and combine those to into one single video).

With few spare Android phones lying around I thought of building myself a dual channel dash cam purely using old Android phones.

The challenges I have:

The separate feeds from both phones should be merged to show side by side.
Can the phones be kept on and recording 24x7 even when the car is parked?

Advantages:

It also acts as a CCTV for my garage area recording all activities.
Android phones take considerable time to start up.  And in this mode the recording will be available continuously. Also the dash cam app need not be auto started during boot.

Disadvantages:

Not sure about its impact on battery life.
Not sure about its impact on phone's and camera's life.

Overlaying the latitude, longitude, speed, date and time information on video.
Retain videos for later use on tap of the screen.  Usually these kind of dash cam apps will run in loop erasing the previously recorded video so that it will not run out space. On tapping the screen during some moments to preserve it copies the current recording block as a new file so that it is available for future use. In front only dash cam scenario this works well.  How can i do this in front and back dash cam so that the rear dash cam also preserves on tapping the front cam?

Question:
Is there any solution that addresses this need? If not any partial solutions to the challenges?

I know this sounds like a good question for a project on Instructables, but this involves considerable Android software and power user's experience.  In case if this sounds a bit of out of topic, please let me know in comments.


texts: How to display mobile data usage for whole month and not last 7 days?

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I have monthly cycle for measuring mobile data from 1st to 31st but it always measures last 7 days. How do I make it measure cycle I have configured?

Full resolution image


texts: Lollipop plays call notification ringtone instead of notification ringtone when a text is received

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Device: Motorola Moto G4 Plus

First of all, I set a custom ringtone for the calls. That works as intended. Now the issue is that custom ringtone is played whenever I receive a text as well. I expect the notification ringtone to be played whenever a text is received.

How can I fix it?


texts: How to rate in Market on Honeycomb tablet?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I rate an app in Honeycomb?

I own Asus Transformer TF-101 Android tablet, running Honeycomb 3.2. I cannot figure out how to rate installed applications in the Market. Pressing on the stars (average rating) does nothing, there is nothing in the menu, the Market looks quite different from how it looks on my phone, thus this (embarrassing) question.


texts: Can't login to game through google option

texts: I can't login into Crusaders Quest through the google option, says network problem occured errorCode 4001. All other games login through this option just fine and I have a stable connection. What could be causing it?


texts: What is the 'Relationship' field for in Android Contacts?

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In Android Contacts, you can add a field called relationships.
What is it used for and does anyone even bother putting it in?


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So the actual problem that I'm trying to solve is to read books via TTS on my phone and also read the same book as text at the same place.

Every ebook reader I've tried that does this sucks in various ways; I'll name them just to save y'all the trouble of suggesting them unless they've improved dramatically in the last few months: Moon Reader + Pro, Voice Dream (AKA "Reader" (really?)), FBReader TTS, @Voice.

The other thing is that running TTS seems to take some noticeable battery/CPU.

So I thought why not do the TTS in advance, save it as an audio file, read it in Pocket Cast, and have an ebook program be synchronized to the position I'm at in the audio file?  I mean, there are programs that sync an ebook with an Audible file, right?  Same thing, right?

The thing is, AFAICT the only thing that does this is Kindle/Whispersync.  I can't figure out how to take advantage of this; seems like I could provide my own audio file to go with Kindle books, but do the Kindle books need to be specially marked?  Does the audio file?

Maybe there are other apps or combinations of apps that can do this?

I'm highly technical, and while I've not programmed against Android I've programmed in perhaps 20 languages over my life and I'm sure I can figure it out, so writing actual code is an an option, but I have no idea where to begin; any thoughts?


texts: How to remotely control an android phone without using the screen?

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Ok Today I got a problem where something looking like a blue ink stain progressively leaked inside the screen in 6 hours until things turned from blue to completely black until nothing can be displayed anymore.
The touch screen still works so I can still do things like doing a phone call, but I don't remember anything else for accessing apps or other menus.
I have usb debgging on and all Samsung/google remote control operations enabled (but as far I'm aware they don't allow full control). I also have teamviewer installed but it's not configured.
Because the point is the phone is connected to Internet. I need to go back home today and I need the gps for it. Local sellers don't have the screen before 3 weeks.
However, I have a second tablet but it's WiFi only. If I could find a way to remotely enable WiFi tethering (or with spoken commands) things could a lot of easier.
Update :
Now it’s not only the phone which has a problem, but the car does no longer run (as the engine is burning it’s own oil).
And has young driver still on bail, I can’t rent anything.
Though I’m still interested on how to solve such kind of problems in the future.


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My new HTC One phone is showing some problems while running USSD codes on it. I am using BSNL network. So I have to use the code *123# for knowing the balance. When I tried to run the same, I am getting something displayed in some other language:

Please help.


texts: Configure Android to save pictures/video to SDCard?

texts: The camera settings only save it to the phone or the internal virtual SD card.  I have installed a 32 bit hispeed SD card. How can you force it to save in the external SD card?


texts: Does android Support RAW image capturing?

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I'd like to capture RAW images from my Droid Camera rather than those compressed jpg's, is there anyway to achieve this?

EDIT: I saw that it's not possible due to kernel limitation, but, what kind of limitation? Do i need to load a kernel module? or the kernel must be modified and re-built from scratch? Is there ANY way to achieve this? i can chroot Ubuntu, i can load Kernel Modules, i will do everything just to achieve this


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4, weird model, can I custom ROM?

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I just got my S4, on a Canadian network. While everyone seems to have I9500, I have the M919V. It's next to impossible to find any useful information on Google regarding this model. Can I use the same custom ROMs as the I9500 users?

There is a way! Read my answer below!


texts: Change desktop icon of an app (.apk file)

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I have an app that I like very much, I use it everyday, but I dislike its desktop icon.

How can I change the desktop icon of this app ? Should I do it directly by opening the .apk file (with which tool?) ?


texts: How to copy the System folder in stock ROM?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 sm-n900, i copied the 'system' folder from the root directory to my computer, i used the JoelDroid Lollipop Batch Deodexer to deodex my system, now i wiped my original system folder from my device using CWM recovery. How do i push the DeoDexed system folder to my device?

I need this for installing xposed framework, it requires a deodexed rom on my device. i have already tried zipping the system with a META-INF and flashing it in CWM recovey, my device never boots to samsung logo.


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Help please!
I have a rooted samsung s6.
Im wondering how I can block certain websites.
I dont understand if supersu or titanium backup pro can be used. What should I download to bl8ck websites?


texts: What are 'dup0' files in the photos folder?

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Today when I wanted to copy some photos and videos from my Samsung Galaxy S to my PC, I noticed that inside the photos folder (DCIM\Camera) there are a lot of files with the extension dup0. They have the same filename as the photos/movies (e.g. img1.jpg and img1.dup0), but not for every photo a dup0 file exists.

What are these files for? Can they be deleted to free some space?

Update / additional information: the dup0 files are quite small for photos (e.g. photos are about 1.5 MB, dup0 files about 50 kB), but for movies, they can be quite large (e.g. 16 MB for an 18 MB movie).


texts: This just seems wrong. When I click a link in an email (gmail), or anywhere else on Android, it first loads a google page then opens the link. Like google is tracking every link I click. Seems inappropriate. Any way to disable it?


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This is not a duplicate of 'Android stuck on obtaining IP address' and similar questions

When I try to connect to my home network with my android phone, it displays this message and never connects:

"Obtaining ip address...".

This only happens when it tries to connect directly to the modem, rather than another access point (which is much much slower in my case).

I have followed tips online, the standard reconnect, reboot everything etc.; aswell as changing from DHCP to static IP. After assigning a static IP I successfully connect to the modem, but I have no internet connection. Rebooting and using different IPs does not help.

This problem is infuriating. Sometimes when I leave it for (DHCP) ages (10-20 mins) it manages to connect successful, but then the connection typically breaks down again maybe half an hour later.

The modem in question is a virgin media fibre modem, model EVW3226 manufactured by Ubee.

The internet works perfectly on all other devices we have, although sometimes it crops up on the Samsung tablet aswell.

The problem device in question is my Oneplus X running the latest version of oxygen (android 6.0.1 in this case) for this device.


texts: SimpleSSHD - create reusable user/password?

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I have downloaded SimpleSSHD (aka Dropbear) to access my Android via SSH.

I am able to do so with the one-time password, but I'm trying to write a Python script that can access the phone.

Is there a way to add a "username/password" to SimpleSSHD so I can put that in to my Python program?

Edit: (I'm really new to this) - it looks like I need to create authorized_keys on my RPi somehow, but am not sure how.  Following this didn't seem to do it.


texts: How to switch on Samsung Galaxy when Power Button jams?

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Since my smartphone's casing is so tight, I had to press the buttons harder, until the power button got permanently stuck. Now I dont't know how to switch on my Samsung Galaxy without using its power button.

I already tried booting into the "download mode" but it does not work.


texts: Running 16:9 games on a 4:3 screen device

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I recently bought a tablet with a 4:3 screen. I noticed that some games don't seem to take this into account and the graphics end up stretched vertically. It can be rather distracting at times.

Is there a way to fix this, e.g. letterboxing to preserve the original aspect ratio?


texts: Even after a factory reset the nexus 7 won´t work!

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I´ve tried the latest Android update into my Nexus 7 (1º gen) tablet.

Something went wrong in the middle of the process (it was something to do with the software, because the battery was full and the wifi wa working).

I had to restart the tablet, and after that I just couldn´t get to any app.
Every single app or thing that I tried to use just would "unexpectedly" shut down. And after trying to shut down and on again the tablet, it was locked into the welcome screen (after the "Google" logo). The tablet wasn´t rooted in any way.

After a lot of reading and after searching on the net, I´ve found that the only way to use the tablet again was to do a factory reset.

I´ve done it. (One weird thing: it doesn´t appear the original "X" signal when initializing the thing, but the newest "bubble like" screen).

But even in that case, I still get freezed into the welcoming screen. And even if sometimes I get to enter the tablet, I can´t use the keyboard (trying to type any number will freeze the screen) and I cannot enter the settings screen.

Even if (after the factory reset) I can access the tablet, I can´t access the settings screen (so I can´t change any default, nor I can enter the "developers" tab in order to access the tablet in debug mode with my PC).

Is there anything I can do?

I´ve even tried completely discharging, without any luck (it does the same after charging it again).

Since then, I´ve tried the "factory reset" several times, and the problem remains.


texts: Monitor Network Availability (for phone calls)

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Obviously my network carrier has some problems. Though my mobile phone shows two or three bars out of four for my mobile connection, I don't receive any phone calls (not available).

Is there some kind of app or service that notifies me, if I cannot be reached by phone?

WiFi is available, so it wouldn't be sufficient to just ping an internet server. Any other ideas?

I am using a Samsung Galaxy S5 mini (SM-G800F), Android 6.0.1, Voice over LTE is not supported on that device.


texts: Does the Google Nexus 10 tablet-PC have a standalone GPS?

texts: Does the Google Nexus 10 tablet-PC have a standalone GPS, or does its GPS rely on GSM data?


texts: How can I change the partition (slot) that LineageOS Recovery targets?

texts: If I boot into LinageOS Recovery, how can I tell what slot to target when I use adb sideload?


texts: How to redirect complete outgoing phone's traffic to a proxy server?

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How to redirect entire phone traffic (including all apps) to a proxy (with out rooting the phone)

We are developing a parental control app for Android, in that we have requirement to capture all out going traffic from Android phone for categorization.
Is there a way to achieve this in Android with out rooting the phone.

Thanks,
Gopi.


texts: Check if call is coming from a fixed or mobile phone with tasker

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I'm setting up a profile in tasker that sends a text message to everyone who calls me during a meeting. However, I don't want to waste my my credit by sending messages to fixed phones. How can I check if the call came from a mobile phone before sending the message?

Where I live, all mobile numbers start with 9 or 8, so I thought I might be able to use that. But I haven't be able to find a way to check what is the first digit in a number with tasker. Is there another way to do this? My objective is for tasker to know if the call came from a mobile or fixed phone.


texts: Android telephone with a screen that works inside the rain/water spray just as well as in dry region

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Well I keep having to fight with all telephones I buy. often wishing back to the time when you could just call instead of having to type on a touch pad.
Not because I don't like it, but because the smart screens seem to live their own lives when they get wet/droplets fall on them.
In my work and generally whereever I am it's more often than not wet and I need to be able to communicate with people in those weathers. I could of course wipe the screen, but within seconds the screen is doing its own thing already. (Currently owning a pixel 3). On top of that even in dry weather the screen seems to have a lot of "ghost" clicks when I touch it, that or it doesn't recognize my touches at all...
Is there a way I can make the screen less random and working better in rain?
I've tried several models, pixels nexus phones one plus, samsung... All seem to fail me.


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I have official Android 9.0 ROM for HU PX5 GS rk3368.
However, I think is more like general question.

In my system, split-screen feature is disable (or just some apps are missing).
I tried to set enable_freeform_support 1 but that did not helped.
Note I did it by:

adb settings put global enable_freeform_support 1

That is because Developer Options are also disabled (I can not enter - probably app / Activity removed)

I'm pretty sure there is a way to fix that, but I don't have enough knowledge about Android to figure it out.
I have access to root (over adb)

EDIT 1
After executing command and rebooting I checked if it was not reset to previous value
settings get global enable_freefrom_support
It returns 1 so it is ok. However feature is still not working.

I also find out that following prop may disable spliting screen
getprop ro.config.low_ram
But it is not present in my configuration.


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I have a rooted Android device, and I'm set up with the Android Debug Bridge (ADB). I'm having difficulty finding the phone number of the device through ADB. I'm hoping to eventually automate this process if the phone connected to the computer is arbitrary.

I've tried google searching for the answer to this problem with no help, and I manually searched in some places on the phone.

How could I obtain the phone number through ADB?


texts: What makes the Atrix's implementation of Citrix Receiver special?

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The Motorola Atrix looks like a nice phone.

A widely publicized feature is the remote desktop function, which uses Citrix Receiver to connect to a virtualized workstation in the cloud, so that one could potentially plug the phone into any TV and start working.

My question is: how much of this function is unique to the Atrix? It looks like Citrix Receiver can be used on any Android device, indeed it's available for other smartphone platforms as well. Other smartphones have HDMI output, so that is not a differentiating factor.

Could I replicate this function on any Android phone with an HDMI jack?


texts: How to stream videos I own to an android device?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a DLNA enabled media player for Android?
  Video streaming from PC to Android?

I've largely been an iPhone/iPad person. I am looking at getting a Kindle Fire or Nook color. I really just want to be able to stream video from my already huge collection of movies that I have on hand. I have used the Boxee and Airplayit applications for PC/iPad/iPhone.... Anything like that for Android or will I be stuck encoding and transferring?


texts: Google Photos search to show only local photos

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On my Android phone in Google Photos, I want to select and perform an operation only on photos which are actually stored on the device.  I tried a couple of search terms such as "local" and "local:" but I am really shooting in the dark here.  Is there a way I can filter or search and only show images which are on the phone, so I can then do normal operations on all of them at once?

There are several pre-defined searches available like "Videos" but I don't see any which do what I want.


texts: I have a brand-new Samsung Galaxy tab for just pulled it out the box it Wi-Fi will not turn on.. the router is "Belkin" have been reading all these answers they keep saying to root and two download different software to buy new hardware it's brand-new why should I have to do that.


texts: I'd like to have notifications for Outlook for Android to appear in the notification bar, but not get vibrations every time a new email is received.  How can I do that?


texts: Making an applications stay on the phone "permanently"

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I would like to be able to make an Android application remain on the phone even after a factory reset and/or a system upgrade.

Some people suggested that the way to accomplish this is to root the phone put the desired application in the system/app and unroot the phone.

What I was wondering is - is there a less aggressive way (avoiding rooting the phone) to accomplish this? What would be the standard way to accomplish this?


texts: How to make Gallery to NOT to search photos in some folders?

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I have many photos in many folders, but most of them are for work. I don't want Android Gallery to show those pictures when I start the app. Gallery shows 1000+ folders, but only 2 of them are pictures that I want to see. How to make Gallery not to show/search other folders?

Thanks


texts: How can I clear the "Auto Backup" data to get a clean install?

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When I delete and then later re-add an app, the app doesn't start "clean".  Instead it "remembers" things from the last time the app was installed, which I do not want.

I have tried settings > (specific app) > storage > clear data  and settings > (specific app) > storage > clear cache, but despite those actions, there are things the app remembers.  And even if I delete the app at that point, then reinstall it, it remembers things, so this is not a clean install.

How can I delete the app data or clear the app data or remove the app data that is saved (and later restored) by the Android Auto Backup process?


texts: Is there any way to lock widgets in place so that a long-tap won't make them move?


texts: "Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly "

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I just got my S8 yesterday and everything is pretty much smooth sailing except for the fact that I cannot sign in into my school's gmail account. I've searched high and low online, following almost everything I could.

I've noticed that when I try to sign in again online, it says that Chrome has requested a certificate and that you can install certificates from a pkcs#12 file with a .pfx or a .p12 extension. It gives me an option to Install or Cancel but whenever I try to install it gives me a blank document with nothing to install.

Then, when I am on the Google Docs app and signed in with my account, it says to refresh the page because it says "Unable to refresh. Check your network connection then swip down to retry". I swipe down, and a window that says Checking Info.. appears for a brief second and then disappears.

I cleared the cache of the gmail app, rebooted my phone, wiped my phone, reinstalled the app, followed these with no success.

Does anyone have any idea how to log in?


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Android has this Bug, that prevents you from using a standard CalDAV application.

This App corrects that bug:

  CalDAV-Sync is a CalDAV client for Android to synchronize events. Due
  to its implementation as sync adapter it integrates seamlessly with
  the native calendar app and widgets.(Also check out CardDAV-Sync)

  Important note for Jelly Bean users: To prevent the removal of your
  accounts on reboot install this app:
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dmfs.jb.workaround.caldavsync

  This app will create new calendars on your device (one for each
  calendar on your server account)

How exactly does it solve it?

Is it an alternative synchronisation? Or does it correct the bug?


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I have a Note 5 smartphone which I cannot browse any Internet websites using my browser while data is on. But I wonder when using it as a Wi-fi hotspot to share its mobile internet on other smartphone, it works on them!
I tested two browsers and other apps that use internet connection on my Note 5, but no success.
Any help?


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texts: Why is my Galaxy Nexus always force quit every apps or page I'm currently on?

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texts: wiping device and re-entering account info reloads all previously loaded apps

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My phone was running quite slow so I decided to wipe it and re-enter my account info into it. After I did that all the apps I had previously had installed started re-downloading themselves. My contact list was restored as well.

idk if I mind the contact list (altho I had written down all the names / numbers I wanted to keep) but the apps re-installing themselves is a bit of a PITA. I could start uninstalling every app under the sun but as a matter of personal preference the apps that came with the phone (even if they're not a part of Android itself) I'd just assume keep. And plus it just seems like it'd be easier to start from scratch and selectively install the apps I know I want instead of uninstall the apps I don't want.


texts: Nexus 7 rooting false device not responding

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I am tried to root the nexus 7,
at the time of rooting i wrongly deleted the boot.img so device not switch on.

i have tried lot many ways to switch on the device and recover the operating system no use in that,
do u have any way please help me!!!

i need to know how to restore os or install new os to boot the device please help me!!!
any way to recover that problem!!!

what is an need to write the os on flash at first time.