texts: How can run native executables compiled for ARM on unrooted Android devices?

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Following this tutorial I have compiled a Hello World! ARM binary from C source using gcc.
I want to run this program on my unrooted Android phone but I can't figure out an easy way to do it.

What I've tried:

Copying hello to /sdcard and trying to run it from there. This doesn't work because the internal storage is mounted with the noexec flag.
Copying hello to /data/local/ using cp hello /data/local/ or cat hello > /data/local/hello as explained here. This also doesn't work and I get a "permission denied" error.
Installing a terminal emulator program such as Termux and using the Termux app to copy hello from /sdcard/hello to /data/data/com.termux/files/home, running chmod +x hello and then running ./hello from the Termux home directory within the Termux app. This works but is not a feasible solution.

Is there a better/easier way to run native ELF executables on an unrooted Android phone directly through ADB and doesn't involve installing any apps?


texts: MicroSD card not recognized anymore by Android phone

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Recently, I purchased a 32Gb Kingston MicroSD card for my Alcatel Onetouch Pixi running Android 5.1 with all the latest available updates.

When I first inserted the card, everything worked as expected and the phone detected the card. The only odd thing was that, on starup, the phone would display "Optimizing apps" and spend a long time going through 100 or so apps, and this occured at every reboot. Nevertheless, I had access to the storage, so I tried moving a couple apps to the MicroSD. This seemed to work but I eventually got some errors while trying to move apps, even when trying to move them back to internal storage. I had to reinstall a couple of apps, but everything else seemed to work fine.

A bit later, I noticed that the "optimizing apps" screen didn't appear anymore, so I checked and the SD card was not detected anymore. There was no difference between having the SD card in the phone or not. However, my computer could detect the card just fine. Other android devices also detect it normally. I have tried another MicroSD card and got the same result.

I tried cleaning the card gently, reformating it, and resetting my phone, but nothing worked. The MicroSD card should be compatible with the phone according to the infos I found online, which would be logical since it worked at first.

Is it possible to make the card functional again?


texts: How to change my default save location from sd to internal memory card of phone?

texts: I have a dooge x5 max pro android 6.0 . How can i change the save location by simple steps?


texts: How Can I Mirror & Control Android Device on Large Mulit-touch Screen

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I want to build a gaming table for my children. Ideally, I would simply connect an Android device (such as a tablet/mobile phone) through USB/HDMI to a multitouch monitor. Is this possible?

The closest example I've seen is this one (from 2011). I'm assuming there have been further developments in this area since this article was published.

http://liliputing.com/2011/09/two-way-sync-between-an-android-tablet-and-a-touchscreen-monitor.html

If anyone could give me a lug & play solution, that would be ideal, but I'm not against hacking something together (or example, if something like the Raspberry PI is required) with easy to understand instructions. Many thanks.


texts: Change WiFi hotspot channel on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

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I'm using WiFi hotspot on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge running Android 7.0. There's a lot of nearby APs broadcasting on channel 1, so I want to change the WiFi channel.
I've tried looking for settings in Settings > Mobile Hotspot and Tethering > Mobile Hotspot > Configure Mobile Hotspot, but there are no available settings to change the WiFi channel.
I found references to a 'Show advanced options' button when I Google this problem, but that button is not present on my phone.
How to change the WiFi hotspot channel on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?


texts: Android doesn't delete folders completely

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Redmi 3s, MIUI 9.2 MultiROM Stable. I had some music on SD card in Music folder, then I deleted it (using Poweramp or file explorer, same for both). Tried to send music from PC using Foobar2000 extension OneWaySync but get error

  One way sync failed: Error: Could not create directory on WPD device. Another item with the name \Redmi 3S\Samsung SD card\music\Bob Dylan might exist already, or check permissions.

Then I tried to create folder Bob Dylan manually from PC, but nothing happened, only sound to indicate that it failed. If I create folder manually via file explorer on the phone, then it appears (sometimes with errors already exists), I delete it, and finally I am able to sync normally. However, there are way to many folders to recreate by myself, so I am looking for some easier method to remove folders from Android completely.
Thank you.

It seems that delete from PC works normally.


texts: How to fix Galaxy S4 stuck at boot screen despite factory reset?

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I am new to all of this, and I am having trouble with my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 SCH-I545. I am on a Mac, but can also run Windows 7 in VMware Fusion.

A couple days ago, I successfully rooted my phone, by flashing it with odin.
Several days after that, I successfully installed Safestrap Recovery, but did not do anything with it. Then I tried flashing a ROM for TWRP, and thats where my troubles started.

When I rebooted my phone, it constantly got stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen.

I tried wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition, but to no avail.

I can boot into the stock recovery (Safestrap got removed when I wiped my phone), and I can boot into fastboot.

When I boot it into recovery, it says

  E:failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)

Then I tried flashing the stock ROM with Odin and it kept failing. (I may have done this wrongly, because I did not get a PIT file with my Stock ROM download, and therefore had to use a different one that I found for the I545)

I also installed SDK tools for Mac, and used terminal to sideload a ROM, but once it hit 100%, my phone says

  E: footer is wrong
  E: signature verification failed

So here I am now: Terminal will connect to my phone when I select Apply Update From ADB in recovery,

 adb devices - shows my phone
 fastboot devices - shows nothing
 adb shell - gives error 'closed'
 reboot bootloader - gives error 'closed'

I have tried using the following to fix the error 'closed' but again, to no avail.

 adb kill-server
 adb start-server


texts: How to do backups and updates properly with full device encryption?

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I think about the following use cases:

'Perfectly' reverse encryption without losing settings
Update ROMs. Even if /system, /data, /sdcard (internal) are encrypted
Low level Backups with CWM. When SDCARD partition is also encrypted.
Emergency access to my data (screen broken, soft bricked...)
How to mount crypted dumps on linux (knowing the passphrase)

Is there some salt value going into the key together with the passphrase stored on the device?

I currently use a tmpfs mount to /sdcard and 'adb push update.zip' on my Nexus S to update the ROM. I've been told that the Galaxy Nexus also has an encrypted /system which would prevent all that (see Nexus S solution here: Broken screen while debug mode was disabled. How can I re-enable adb? )


texts: Suddenly phone screens are changed and almost all apps crash

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I cannot understand why, after a reboot, my phone screens changed (different app shortcuts and screens organization, etc...) and almost all my apps stopped working (crashing on launch). I also noticed that almost all my apps are requesting me permissions that I had already granted.

To give more context, I rebooted because I had just switched my SIM card and as soon as the phone was on I joined a Wi-Fi network (I had not joined one for some time, say one month). I didn't notice the change immediately after the phone reboot.

So the sequence of actions I performed before noticing something was wrong was:

switch the SIM card
reboot
join the Wi-Fi network

At this point, my phone looked like someone else's phone...

I am thinking of resetting the phone to factory settings but would like to know why this happened in the first place. Does anybody have a clue of what could be the cause of it?


texts: How to stop update notifications for disabled apps on a Family-Link managed device?

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Running Android 6.0.1 on Nexus 7 device, where I have disabled the following apps:

Google Play Movies and TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google Play Books

Before disabling, I cleaned the cache and data.

However, the play store constantly sends me push notifications to update these apps, despite the fact they are disabled. How can I stop this?

I have also stopped all notifications from the Google Store app, this did not help either

Settings → Notifications → Updates is off
Settings → Notifications → Auto-Updates is off
Settings → Auto Update apps is off

And the worst thing is that you can't dismiss these notifications, so they stay all the time in the pull-down menu and push down the notifications I might care about.

UPDATE
The tablet has Family Link installed and setup, which seems to be preventing enabling Developer options, hence cannot enable USB Debugging to attempt to delete the apps via adb.


texts: how do I remove a missed call notification?

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I don't want to disable missed call notifications

And I don't have a "locked screen".

Somebody called me, I missed the call but I met them. I don't need to call them back, so I don't want to tap the missed call notification('cos I guess that'd call them back). How do I remove the notification without calling them back?


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In my Arch Linux setup(and most others), the default user is non-root. Any admin work needs access to root account which is given temporarily with a password(generally using programs like sudo and doas).
I have recently rooted an Android phone(Redmi 4X "santoni") and installed LineageOS (android 9 version). I have TWRP, Magisk installed.
I want to setup an account which is non-admin, ie: no app can ever request superuser access and the Magisk Manager App,TWRP app will not even be visible to the user. How do I go about it?
In LineageOS' system settings there is an option called multiple users. However when I have used the "guest account" there, it still seems to have root access, ie:apps can request superuser access and Magisk is accessible too.
I looked around online but didn't find anything substantial which catered to my specific question.


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I am a Android developer who has been noticing horrible performance and memory dumps that are crashing my Droid Charge SCH-i510. Besides the lack of roadmap for the phone ( because obviously they are targeting newer models) I know it will never really be updated again.

But I would like to see if any one else is having these issues and if they were able to pin point it. Does anyone know how to solve this issue or overcome it? Obviously not everyone will have the exact same issues.
But I notice the issue when processing images as well when a specific thread is chewing resources.

I reached out to Samsung and I was told to "Not have a lot of apps installed on the phone" or to "Not use so many apps on the phone" I tried to explain to them that Android when not using an app has a lifecycle that will free up resources from apps not being used so that it will not run out of resources. They just responded to that as "We are sorry you are mad"

Great job helping your dev's pin point an issue.


texts: Yesterday I bought the HTC One which was a huge step up from the iPhone 4s which I had owned. I have one problem with the phone: I cant find a way to view a contacts notification for a text without it displaying the message in the form of a preview. Is there any way I can change the settings so that the ls will show the sender but not the message preview. Im looking for something similar to ios where it would display the contacts name and it would say "text message"


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which of these files is the stock recovery image for the nexus 4 android 4.3?

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-jwr66y-factory-74b1deab.tgz

Is it

Or is it

So, is it bootloader-mako-makoz20i.img  or boot.img or recovery.img?

And what are the differences between these?

I will be doing fastboot flash recovery blah.img  I can guess that recovery.ing is the correct one. But I want to verify here and also it makes me wonder though what the other two are for and what command would replace them?


texts: Do I have any chance to recover this video?

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Using Samsung Galaxy ACE s5830
Android 2.3.6

Well I made a mistake. I was recording an important video with my smartphone (the default video recorder) and then I put the cellphone close to my chest. I noticed later that the video stopped but i thought it was saved. seems like somehow the jacket touched a cancel button (not delete) and then ok. odd but it happened.
now i dont find the video.
My question is if anyone knows if i have any chance to recover the video from a place in the SD memory, probaly using an forensic tool to recover deleted files. I mean if the data was being created somewhere in a temp file until its done, It could be recovered but as this is android i dont have idea.
The video was important so I'll try anything.
NOTE: checking in windows, it shows the modification date in the folder DCIM\Camera, corresponding to the moment i was recording. So at least there was access to that specific folder.

thanks


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Is there email app that has the HTC mail feel? HTC mail blocks cryptographically signed messages, which I finally figured out today. Is there some replacement besides K9?

It is for phones that are always on and receive floods of emails for multiple accounts.

I only care about IMAP(s) connections, not MS exchange.


texts: Why can't I install safestrap on galaxy s4 nc1

texts: I am on a galaxy s4 on KitKat and I am rooted with towelroot. When I tried to install safe strap I downloaded 3.7.2 but when I hit install it says it is installing but once its done it says that the recovery is not installed and I confirmed that by booting to recovery. What am I doing wrong? Does safe strap work on galaxy s4 nc1 build


texts: Making a graphics tablet work on Andriod

texts: its probably going to be a challenge for me to accomplish if this is even possible but is it possible to make an Android driver to get a graphic tablet to work on my android device? There are only Windows and Mac drivers available. Is it possible?


texts: Can I Update my T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream so it runs Android 2

texts: Can I Update my T-Mobile G1 (Also known as the HTC Dream) so it runs Android 2?  Is it possible to do this without rooting the phone?


texts: Can I connect two bluetooth device to my tablet?

texts: I would like to connect a bluetooth keyboard and bluetooth mouse to my tablet. Is it possible at the same time?


texts: fail to connect to public wifi networks with cyanogenmod

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I changed my pre-installed OS to Cyanogenmod 9 on my Xperia Neo V and since then I cannot connect to any free public network that requires simple registration (like airports, cafes, etc).

My phone does connect to the networks (it says connected) but when I open the browser (Opera) to register it never connects, getting a failed to connect message after a while.

Does this has to do with this other problem I also have? To solve that problem I had to delete the dhcp folder. Maybe I deleted some other important files there?


texts: Can't send/receive text messages and calls on Samsung Galaxy S4 since update to Lollipop

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My boyfriend has updated his Samsung Galaxy S4 earlier this week to the new Lollipop and ever since the update, he's experiencing issues.
His phone is slower, things crash, the battery drains way faster,...
But most important, he can't send/receive text messages or calls anymore and he can't use mobile data.
When trying to send a message, it keeps trying and ends up telling him the message could not be sent. When trying to make a phone call, it does not give the ringing sound. It just stays silent, and then after a short moment the call ends.
In the rare occasion that he can send a message, it takes an awful long time for the message to be sent. he's had this problem at work, at home, at other locations,... He even tried using a different SIM card and the problem persists.

Sometimes all of a sudden he can send and receive text messages. Then a few minutes later the problem comes back. But it happens very rarely that it works again, 9 out of 10 times the problem is happening.We have no idea how to fix this. We tried a soft reset, a factory reset, switching between automatic and manual network (worked for a while when on automatic), switching SIM cards, trying his card in my phone and vice versa,...Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT:
Yesterday we downgraded his phone back to KitKat (using ODIN) and the problem persists even in KitKat. Apparently it seems to be a hardware issue. :(
SECOND EDIT:
Suddenly, it works again. He can send and receive messages, make calls, get on the mobile network,...
Funny thing is, he was on the toilet at work when the problem began. A few days later after all these issues, he goes to the same toilet, and BAM. His phone is acting like nothing happened. No more problems. I'd say it was a haunted toilet...


texts: Quickly connecting to Wi-Fi with Android

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I'm having Android Froyo (2.2), in Archos 32.

The only way I found for connecting to a Wi-Fi wireless network is through

Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Wi-Fi Settings -> "Wi-Fi networks" list

Very cumbersome! Isn't there a faster way to do it? After all the only internet connection Archos 32 has is the Wi-Fi...


texts: Is there an App or Widget that can replace my Screen On and Off Button on my Moto Droid?

texts: The button is broken and I'm waiting for my replacement phone.  I can turn it on by sliding open the keyboard but I have to wait for it to sleep to turn the screen off.  Is there an app or a shortcut that I can put on the home screen to do this? Or maybe a hack to change my camera button to a screen off button?  It's an un-rooted Motorola Droid 1 running 2.2.


texts: Is it possible to install a Wear OS apk from an Android phone?

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I develop Wear OS apps and watchfaces at home with Android Studio, then use adb to install them to a physical watch.

I'm currently on a trip, and connected to my home development machine (via my travel Android tablet and Teamviewer) so I can continue development -- but since I'm not on my home WiFi, I can't use adb to transfer the apk.

Is there any way to do this? I can get the compiled apk onto my phone via gmail or gdrive, but don't know of any way to move it to my watch.

Any ideas?


texts: how to disable "choose wallpaper from" prompt in KitKat?

texts: I have a new Acer tablet running v. 4.4.4 No Wallpaper (black) is selected , and I use this device for e-reading. The prompt to "select wallpaper from" constantly pops up and is an irritant. Can it be disabled?


texts: Android HTC One SV App storage full of unknown data

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I have an Android HTC One SV (Android 4.1.2, HTC Sense 5.0, not rooted). It's recently been struggling for storage space to the point where it was reporting low and then critically low storage. Note this is the app storage, not anything to do with the built-in or external SD cards.

  tl;dr: Is there a known issue with "dead files" cluttering up App Storage? Is there any way to clear said storage out, or at least view the app storage and see what's taking up the space?

Steps I took as space became more and more scarce:

Moved apps that don't care about being on the App Storage to the SD Card
Cleared all the caches I could find
Cleared all the data I could find
Deleted all text messages
Moved apps that really don't like being on the SD Card to the SD card
Uninstalled all uninstallable apps except the ones I was actually using on a daily basis
Uninstalled updates to the non-uninstallable apps
Uninstalled apps that were actually on the SD Card out of sheer desperation

Whatever space was regained by this was in the 10-50 megabyte range in total and was "mysteriously eaten" over about 2 weeks of normal usage (e.g. web-surfing on Chrome, checking e-mails). By the time I'd got to the bottom step, the automated storage tool was informing me that there was nothing to uninstall/move.

When the phone finally started reporting "less than 0Mb" and crashing the basic phone functionality, I took extreme measures and "Power+Vol'Down'd" it, selecting "Clear Storage" from the BootLoader. That got me back almost 1Gb of space, at which point I was finally able to install Android 4.2.2 (up to this point, it couldn't even download the necessary update). I also updated all the built-in applications to current.

I then installed my core application suite:

Note Everything
BeyondPod Pro
NoteEverything Pro
Amazon MP3
Audible

My phone currently reports that it has 355MB of "App Storage" available; out of 3.85 Gb. Of the used, 673MB is Apps, and a staggering 2.85 Gb is the mysterious "Other".

I want that Other back. The space reclamation tool merely suggests I uninstall the 5 apps above for a grand total of 66.7 Mb, which is... irritating.

Is there a known issue with "dead files" cluttering up App Storage? Is there any way to clear said storage out, or at least view the app storage and see what's taking up the space?


texts: Missing storage space due to 2gb 'system data' - how to remove?

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I'm hoping someone can help.

My 32GB Nexus 9 tablet shows 21.64GB of available storage space out of total space of 25.61GB (3.97 used in total). The used space only adds up to 1.97GB.  The diskusage app reports the remaining 2gb as 'system data' but doesnt show the details.

Strangely, My 32GB Nexus 6 phone reports the identical apps and data correctly - 24.07GB available out of 25.98 total, with only minimal 'system data'.

Does anyone know what this 'system data' is and how to remove it on the Nexus 9?  A hard reset didn't help.

Many thanks


texts: Is Samsung Galaxy S II rear camera Gorilla Glass too?

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is Samsung Galaxy S II rear camera Gorilla Glass too?

It sticks out a little above the case, so I would like to know if it's durable enough not to need to buy special case which, obviously, makes the phone thicker.

Thanks!


texts: What does "loudness compensation" in the volume settings mean?

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In my CyanogenMod 10 sound volume settings/equalizer (at least, for headset), there is "loudness compensation" (with values from "disabled" to "strongest").

What is its effect?

(I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S, GT-I9000.)


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I have a Gionee P4 device, updated to Kitkat.

I try to all apps notification comes out at my device is screen off ya locked.
I have tried all software for solve this problem.

First I've tried NiLS Lock Screen Notification. In this app it says NiLS notification started in your device setting, but I try in device setting as NiLS Notification are enable always.

This type enable not for this app but as app I have installed in my device so notifications are enabled. But the problem is that as I use any software for screen lock notification as app notification are disabled all time.

How can I solve this?


texts: Browser clipboard copied but disappears immediately?

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The web browser that comes with my phone (Nexus One) allows selecting and copying web page content to clipboard, through the Settings menu ("select text").

The problem is that when I select and copy web page to the clipboard, I receive a confirmation message: "Text copied to clipboard" but... the clipboard is still empty!

How is this possible?

I downloaded from the Android market the free Clipboard Viewer app so that I can see what's in the clipboard and it shows no data in clipboard.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Bypass proxy for everything but local addresses?

texts: I know this is a bit unconventional, but I want to bypass the proxy for all external addresses/domains and only proxy internal addresses. How would I craft a proxy bypass setting string that meets the above requirement?


texts: App sending spam messages to my contacts

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My phone sent the following message to all of my contacts:

  Install this voice messenger just to talk http://mrv.withmechat.us/Cun

I know I didn't send this message and not to mention it sent it to all of my contacts at exactly 9:41AM. Is there a logger that can help me find what app or process sent that message?


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I have installed Cyanogenmod 6.1 and it's OK - better app compatibility, and stable - but it's slow (and USB SD-card mounting doesn't work, but maybe that's an app or something).

What can I do to speed this thing up?

Ginger Yoshi 1.5 sounded like a good option, but I got errors when I tried to flash it.


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I'm hoping someone can save my sanity here.... I'm trying to install a new firmware on my daughter's old Android device - a wonderful Doogee X5 Pro. I really want to install some new firmware as this device is one of those that's sold on Amazon that after a week or two of every factory reset gets unwanted adverts popping up all the time.

When I hold volume down & power I get to a "factory menu" but the recovery option isn't there. When I hold volume up & power there is a recovery option but all I get is the android on his back and the phrase "no instruction". I have finally managed to get that ADB stuff installed but that tells me the server version doesn't match the client...

I have tried SP Flash thing but I found the whole process very confusing and it didn't work. I've tried a couple of rooting programmes off the internet but they both failed.

I have a little recovery file ready that if I can get to it via recovery will root the device and allow me to install what ever I want. I have two firmwares ready to rock & roll....

So if anyone knows how I can get the recovery option back on the factory screen or resolve the issue in ADB I'd be very, very grateful. Or point me in the direction of a website with instructions on either.

Apologies if this sort of thing has been posted many times before.

Thanks,

Ross


texts: WhatsApp 2 step verification code being asked frequently

texts: Is it normal that Whatsapp keep asking for your two step verification PIN in a certain frequency? Like once a week for example. I noticed this behavior on my phone. Is something to worry about or it's normal?


texts: Issues with automatic update on a rooted Epic 4g touch

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So my phone originally had (before the root) Android 2.3.6. After the root process, it ended with 2.3.4 and it keeps telling me to update. A few things aren't working for me anymore, and I'm not sure if that's because of the root process or because of a bad 2.3.4 version.

Anyway, every couple of days my phone will notify me that there is an update available (likely the 2.3.6 I had before) and it asks if I'd like to restart and install. Upon clicking restart, it goes black, starts an update screen (with a progress bar) and goes about 1/4 the way before it stops updating and shows me a warning sign.

My question(s): Am I able to apply an update via a rooted phone? If so, what might be going wrong? If not, is there a way to either turn off that update (or get it via a different method or something)?


texts: Can I have different volumes settings for notifications and ringtones with Nexus 4/Android 4.2?

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My old Gingerbread phone would let me have a low volume for notifications while having a high volume for ringtones (very useful at night). My new Nexus 4 seems to have these volume settings tied together. Is there any way to separate them?

I'm running Android 4.2.1 stock.

Have looked at a Nexus 7 running 4.1.1 and it has separate volume streams so this looks like a phone specific bug/feature.

Update
Tried various apps but couldn't fine one which separated the Ring and notification audio streams.

In the end I downloaded the Cyanogenmod notification sounds, selected the ones I liked and processed them to -10db and -15db versions. Then copied them to the 'Notifications' folder on the phone. (The phone looks at the title tag in the mp3 file rather than the file name so needed to change that as well.)

I now have the ringtone as normal but a quieter version of the notification sound that doesn't wake me at night or sound ridiculously loud in meetings.


texts: Vodafone VFD 100 android 5.0 phone shows "no command" on recovery mode

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I have a problem with my android 5.0 Vodafone VFD 100 phone.
So it restarted on its own, and then showed the message “Android is starting, optimizing app x of y” (not the first time). There were 19 apps in total and it got stuck on app number 11. I got impatient and since restarting it brought me to the same place, I removed the battery while it was optimizing apps. Now it won’t boot thereafter. I have tried several suggestions to no avail. When I switch to recovery mode, it displays “no command” on a blank screen after “input language=> English” after choosing the language. Please help as soon as possible since I’m currently stuck.
Regards.


texts: Which baseband version is the official one for the 4.3

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I am confused between the official version mentioned in sam mobile and the one my country offers. They are both 4.3 but one is I9500XXUEMJ8 and the other is I9500XXUEMJ5. So which is the most updated one. I would guess the J8 but then I also need to think which one is the latest one for the S4 I9500 (Octo Core).

I have also seen several ROMS offering either one or the other. Getting me more confused in the process.


texts: When I connect my Android 4 phone (Galaxy Nexus) to a computer using USB, the storage of the phone is automatically mounted on the computer. How can I connect my phone using USB for charging only? In Android 2.x I had to explicitely choose "USB storage", in Android 4 there is only the choice between MTP and PTP? ):


texts: AutoSync is disabled in Android ICS LG P920 3D. How turn it on?

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After upgrade Android from 2.3.x to 4.0.3 I can't turn on auto synchronization.
When Im trying I get msg:

AutoSync is disabled. Synchronization is enabled manually by server policy.

In Settings -> Accounts & sync have a disabled switcher as on the screens below.

Do you know how can I turn on auto sync?

Device model: LG Optimus P920 3D.
Android version: 4.0.4
I'm abroad and using wifi and roaming GSM.

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texts: Devices are not found when executing command (but "fastboot devices" finds them)

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I'm trying to install CyanogenMod on Nexus 4 and so far I had done this:
- installed google driver;
- enabled developer options on my phone;
- enabled debugging by USB;
- unlocked my device using ADB;
- installed CyanogenMod Recovery;

PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools> .\fastboot flash recovery .\cm-13.0-20160510-NIGHTLY-mako-
recovery.img

started bootloader;

Then I get the following error trying to push the file to the devuce:

PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools> .\fastboot devices
01cf8682d9c98ac0        fastboot
PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools> .\adb push cm-13.0-20160510-NIGHTLY-mako.zip /sdcard
error: device '(null)' not found

I followed CyanogenMod instructions step-by-step, including troubleshooting section, but I keep getting this error.


texts: Is there a Word Lens alternative/port for Android?

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Any idea how we can do this in Android?

For those of you at work who can't watch the video, it's a demo of an iPhone app that came out today called Word Lens, which in translates language in real-time through the camera.  If you point it at a sign in Spanish, it doesn't just output a translated text, it makes it look as though the sign were in English.  Un-freaking-believable!

The closest thing I have seen is Google Goggles but I don't think it even comes close to Word Lens.  Am I missing anything?  Do we have any awesomeness like this yet?


texts: After adding icon to home screen, the icon in the apps screen remains

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I have put a few applications in a folder on the home screen, but their icons are still displayed on one of the apps screens.

How can I remove those still on the apps screen?


texts: What Lost Phone finder do you use and why?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Best lost / stolen device tracking app

I've used MobileDefense, but I want to make sure I'm getting the best protection. What lost phone finders have you used, and why do you like it?

I'm not using a rooted phone, so I'm not looking for features that require root.


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Is there a way to have contact groups in this phone?
I know it is possible on other phones, but this one does not give you the ability to make them.


texts: How to use SP Flash Tool to install a new Recovery?

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My friend has a Chinese phone.

I want to install a new Recovery, and I have Lineage OS on my computer, SP Flash Tool, and a recovery image.

How do I use SP Flash Tool? What files do I have to put on the download tab? I have a scatter file. What do I have to do?

Information about the phone:

  Board: MediaTek MT6589 A replic of Moto G 3rd generation

I want to install TWRP recovery, and then install Lineage OS 6.0.


texts: What is the safest way to root my ZTE K81 tablet?

texts: I want to root my tablet but the websites that I have found on the web so far haven't been of much help for me. I am wondering what the most recommended and safest way to root my tablet is.


texts: How can I prevent my device from automatically converting SMS to MMS?

texts: The Galaxy S I9000 messaging app automatically converts long SMS messages to MMS. How can I disable this?


texts: BusyBox crond fails to run scripts with "time disparity" error message

texts: I've installed BusyBox on my Android 4.1.1 phone and when I run crond, after some time it starts to failing to run scripts with message "time disparity of xxx minutes detected". Is there something I can do to make it work properly?


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When I go to unlock my moto g4 plus, I get a message that my computer cannot be unlocked. This is the getvar all result

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: moto-msm8952-B1.07
(bootloader) product: athene_16mp
(bootloader) board: athene_16mp
(bootloader) secure: yes
(bootloader) hwrev: P2A
(bootloader) radio: 1
(bootloader) storage-type: emmc
(bootloader) emmc: 64GB SAMSUNG RC14MB RV=08 PV=07 FV=0000000000000007
(bootloader) ram: 4GB SAMSUNG LP3 DIE=8Gb M5=01 M6=05 M7=00 M8=5F
(bootloader) cpu: MSM8952
(bootloader) serialno: ZY223D4PT9
(bootloader) cid: 0x0032
(bootloader) channelid: 0x8d
(bootloader) uid: (ommited)
(bootloader) securestate: oem_locked
(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: no
(bootloader) max-download-size: 536870912
(bootloader) reason: Reboot mode set to fastboot
(bootloader) imei: (ommited)
(bootloader) meid:
(bootloader) date: 09-11-2016
(bootloader) sku: XT1644
(bootloader) battid: SNN5970A
(bootloader) iccid:
(bootloader) cust_md5:
(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456
(bootloader) current-time: "Mon Dec 26 17: 6:59 UTC 2016"
(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/athene_f/athene_f:7.0/NPJ
(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: S25.93-14.7-5/6:user/release-keys
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.25.251.6.athene.reta
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: il.en.US
(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom: LA.BR.1.3.6-01710-8976.0
(bootloader) version-baseband[0]: M8952_70030.25.03.64.01R ATHENE_RETUSA
(bootloader) version-baseband[1]: _CUST
(bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.10.84-g2ccb7a8 (hudsoncm
(bootloader) kernel.version[1]: @ilclbld86) (gcc version 4.8 (GCC) ) #1
(bootloader) kernel.version[2]: SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 3 22:42:15 CST 2018
(bootloader) sbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-VB1.07-0-g57d1343
(bootloader) rpm.git: git=a970ead
(bootloader) tz.git: git=69dd24b-dirty
(bootloader) hyp.git: git=69dd24b-dirty
(bootloader) keymaster.git: git=69dd24b-dirty
(bootloader) cmnlib.git: git=69dd24b-dirty
(bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-VB1.07-0-gf9b89ba
(bootloader) qe: qe 0/0
(bootloader) frp-state: no protection (144)
(bootloader) ro.carrier: retus
all: listed above
finished. total time: 0.076s

The cid is listed as valid on their post, and others can unlock their moto g4 pluses


texts: Free up phone memory taken up by thumbnails

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I have a 16 GB Samsung Galaxy S3 phone - 5.05GB of which is being taken up by thumbnails! Can I move these to my 32GB SD card?

I have tried DMR (duplicate media remover) and that has detected duplicate pics and videos but stops when I try to delete them.


texts: Cannot flash Qualcomm with Stock Image (Lenovo Tab M10 TB-X605L LTE, Android 8 Oreo)

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Background

I’ve bought a brand new Lenovo Tab M10 TB-X605L LTE. It’s for my grandma, so that she can video-call her great-grandchildren during the Corona crises, and I learned that I require to have Android 8 Oreo on it, as Teamviewer Host has to run on it and start automatically (my grandma is almost 90 years and she can operate a toaster, but not a tablet). Unfortunately, I’ve upgraded to Android 9 Pie, which by design doesn’t support Teamviewer host.

Problem

I need to get back to Android 8 Oreo, but I almost bricked my Lenovo Tab M10 by trying to do so. I’ve already spent a few days and read/tried tons of instructions/suggestions/forum discussions, and I’m completely stuck. I would really enjoy some help or the decisive tip – and especially my grandmother would really enjoy seeing her four great-grandchildren after three weeks of quarantine.

Log files

indicate that the Qualcomm chip doesn't accept the download

LSMA: [LMSA_Recovery] Shell Resp: Status=status_flash_download_failed
QFIL: ERROR: function: sahara_rx_data:237 Unable to read packet header. Only read 0 bytes.

This works

I managed to get a M10 TB-X605L stock ROM Android 8 Oreo: https://www.techswizz.com/lenovo-tab-tb-x605l-stock-rom-firmware-flash-file/
XML files contained: rawprogram_unsparse.xml, patch0.xml, rawprogram0.xml.bak,
I can reboot to fastflash mode (reboot and hold Volume-Down), and I can use ADB and Fastboot.
I can install TWRP recovery mode (by flashing recovery.img) and start/use TWRP (reboot and hold Volume-Up+Down).
I I’ve unlocked the bootloader.
I have installed the Qualcomm_USB_Driver_v1.0 and the tablet gets a COM port (can be seen in Device Manager).

This doesn’t work

General

I cannot boot in normal mode (device stops or constantly reboots when I try).
I managed to install Magisk (in TWRP), but the devices still can’t boot in normal mode afterwards, so I cannot start Magisk.

Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant (LSMA)

I can start it, download the stock image. When I try to flash the device, the progress bar jumps to 33% immediately, and after a few seconds a “FAIL” button appears without any further information.
Fastboot
I can flash boot.img and recovery.img, but system.img is splitted in system_1.img, system_2.img, etc., and when I connect these files with packsparseimg.exe, the resulting system.img seems to be invalid (devices doesn’t start).

QFIL

I can see the devices on the COM Port. I can load rawprogram_unsparse.xml and patch0.xml.
When the device comes online, I try to hit Download immediately, and I either get the following error:
ERROR: function: sahara_rx_data:237 Unable to read packet header. Only read 0 bytes.
ERROR: function: sahara_main:924 Sahara protocol error
ERROR: function: main:303 Uploading  Image using Sahara protocol failed
Download Fail:Sahara Fail:QSaharaServer Fail:Process fail
or it says the device is not in EDL mode (which is easy to fix by booting in EDL mode from TWRP, but then the sahara error comes up).

QPST

I can connect the phone via QPST Configuration (COM3, Q/QCPP-XXX (Sarah Download), USB)-
When I open the “eMMC Software Download app”, I can open the Sahara XML file rawprogram_unsparse.xml – I hope, that’s the right one.
When I “Load XML def…”, I don’t know which xml file to open:
rawprogram_unsparse.xml and rawprogram0.xml.bak show an error  “Document error on element type ‘raw program’ and name/value ‘true’”.
Patch0.xml shows no error, but I think it’s the wrong file for “Load XML def”.
Dowloading with “Patch0.xml” leads to an error “Timeout waiting for device”
QcomDLoader.exe (1.3.2.0)
I can load the stock image directory (by pressing the appropriate "Load" button), and set the settings (eMMC programmer: prog_emmc_firehose_8953_lite.mbn, Raw program: rawprogram_unsparse.xml, patch0: patch0.xml).
When I press ‘Start’ the Step/Status “Sahara/Flashing” appears for 5 seconds, followed by messages “failed.

Any help or suggestion is highly appreciated.


texts: Micro SD mobile 128 GB size limit overcome

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Should I partition a larger than mobile size limit
 microSD card would all' partitions still be  accepted by OS (Android) ?


texts: How to make an Android smartphone actually go to sleep?

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When I turn the screen off on an Android smartphone, I want battery life to be conserved.  Thus, I don't want any third-party apps running in the background, and I don't want the device periodically turning on WiFi (or connecting via 2G/3G/4G/5G).

I set up a test Android Samsung smartphone running Android Nougat, and installed just 25 popular apps.  I set all 25 apps to "Always Sleeping" in Settings.  I then let the device sit for 8 hours with the screen turned off.  During those 8 hours, the Android device connected to a WiFi router 59 times and transmitted/received data each time.

I don't want to turn on Airplane Mode, because I still want the device to be able to receive and log incoming phone calls.

Is there a way to accomplish this with Android (on a non-rooted device)?


texts: Can't ping Windows 7 from Android phone and vice versa in the same network, but other machines can

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I have an Android phone and a notebook running Windows 7, both are Wi-Fi enabled. Both devices are on the same network and they can't see each other (I can't ping phone from notebook and vice versa). But, to make it more weird, let me show you my network structure.

      Name  -       OS  -   IPv4 Address
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    Router  -           -    192.168.1.1
ComputerXP  -    WinXP  -  192.168.1.103
ComputerW7  -     Win7  -  192.168.1.104
NotebookW7  -     Win7  -  192.168.1.106
 Telephone  - Android4  -  192.168.1.109

Now, ComputerXP and ComputerW7 can ping all devices in given network. NotebookW7 and Telephone can both ping Router, ComputerXP and ComputerW7. The only connection that does not work is Notebook7 <--> Telephone.

I have previously had this problem, I tried restarting NotebookW7, Telephone and Router, disabling and re-enabling Wi-Fi connection and firewall, pinging anywhere and nothing was working. Later on when my dad came home, I wanted to show him this situation, but suddenly I was able to connect to NotebookW7 from my Telephone like magic. I was happy that the issue got fixed. I stopped using this connection for a while and now I wanted to establish it again and guess what, it's again not working. I have no idea what is going on.

I used ping on Windowss and Ping & DNS on Android to test ping.

EDIT 1: For some reason, I was not able to ping ComputerW7 using my Telephone for a while. So in my Telephone I started external software for managing files. I added new network place with IP Address of ComputerW7 (192.168.1.104) and pressed test connection. It was doing something for a while and then it printed "Test successful". I went back to Ping & DNS, and re-pinged same IP Address and it started working for some reason. I did same thing with my NotebookW7, but I got "Test not successful" in my file manager.

EDIT 2: Little bit more weirdness. I added one more Android Phone (lets call it just Phone) to the network and checked all possible pings from outside to the Phone. Nothing worked. Then I tried to connect to VLC Player at ComputerXP using Phone and it worked. After that I was able to ping Phone from ComputerXP. Not really sure how this works. Only difference is that Phone has Android 4.2.2, but Telephone has 4.1.2.

EDIT 3: New thing I tried was to create Wi-Fi Router from Telephone and connecting to it using NotebookW7, it worked. However, I still was not able to ping it.


texts: I know about Xmarks and LastPass, but is there a free solution for password syncing between Android and Chrome?


texts: Being able to access LAN while using VPN

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On Ubuntu, using network-manager, I am able to acces my local LAN while at the same time using a VPN to access internet.

On android 4.4.4, I am using the app of my VPN provider (PIA), and there is no route to the local LAN when the VPN connexion is active.
The official openVPN app seems to behave the same way, although I don't recall clearly my test when using it.

Using a non rooted android, possibly reverting back to openVPN app, will I be able to cast to my chromecast while using my VPN ? how ?


texts: Automatically power on Android when the charger is connected

texts: Is it possible to automatically power on the device once the charger is connected given that the device is initially turned off?


texts: Real root can not change any thing on /system original files!

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On my rooted device running Android 4.2.2, I have following tools installed:

Terminal Emulator
BusyBox Free

On Terminal Emulator, su command successfully changes user to a real root:

root@hwH30-U10:/ # id -u
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)

Then I remount /system as R/W:

root@hwH30-U10:/ # mount | grep system
/emmc@android /system ext4 rw,realtime,noauto_da_alloc,commit=1,data=ordered 0 0

Then I even:

root@hwH30-U10:/ # chmod 777 /system

But I can not change any thing e.g. permissions or contents of /system original files like /system/build.prop!

I am sure that permissions and mounts are OK because I can create a new file, /system/tmp.prop, change it's contents and permissions by Terminal Emulator.

I really have no idea why these operations are not permitted while in Linux point of view, all things are OK for root to do these changes!

Is there any hard-coded further protection inside Android e.g. in kernel?

How to figure out this, please?


texts: Is Samsung's Media Hub only available to new customers?

texts: Are old donkeys not allowed to eat carrots?!


texts: How do I set up proxy authentication for the entire system without rooting my phone?

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I have the Samsung Galaxy S Advance running Android 2.3.6

I was able to set up the proxy server through Settings » Wireless and Network » WiFi Settings » (Options button) » Advanced.

This works well for the browser. If the proxy server requires authentication, then a dialog box pops up for that purpose.

However, all the other apps are totally useless behind a proxy server that requires authentication.

How do I work around this without rooting my phone?
If rooting is absolutely necessary, what app do you recommend to use (after rooting)? My google searches turn up ProxyDroid. Are there other alternatives?


texts: HTC One V rooted - can't upgrade from htc release

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I have an htc one v and there's a system update from htc.
I'm trying to do the update, it needs to restart in order to finish the update.
When it restarts clockworkmod jumps in and the update never finishes.
I was trying to a zip update through clockworkmod but it does not work.
Any ideas ?


texts: How can I get Google Photos app to see old/other photos stored on SD card?

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On my wife's LG G5 she uses Google Photos as her choice of photo gallery app. She took photos until her device memory filled up, so I bought her a micro-SD card. I went into File Manager and moved all the photos from internal memory to the SD card, then set the camera app to store new photos on the SD card as the default location.

Now when I open the Google Photos app it doesn't show any of the old photos. It shows new photos taken since the SD card was installed, but not the old ones. If I look in the Gallery app I can see all the photos on the SD card, both old and new.

I suspect the same issue would occur if I wanted to side load photos taken with another camera onto the SD card.

How can I make the Google Photos app library find the old files in the new location? Or in other words, rebuild the index of photos, or clear the cache, or whatever I need to do so the app will start looking at the contents of the SD card?


texts: This site describes the Galaxy as having "Assisted GPS". What does this mean?


texts: I have tons of info on "My Calendar" Galaxy S3, and Google Calendar sync is one-way only. I actually use a Yahoo email and would prefer to sync both ways to Yahoo or Google, but since I cannot find a solution to this, I just need a backup that I can run periodically. Please help!


texts: Note taking app with a hand guard/hand recognition feature?

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I have an Asus Transformer Eee Pad. I recently purchased a stylus that allows for pen-precise writing and wanted to utilize my tablet as a note taking device.

I have found several apps for this purpose, but none of them allow for recognition of my hand, which confuses the screen. If I rest my hand on the edges of the tablet I am fine, but that only works if I am writing on the outer edges of the "sheet", and I would ideally like to utilize the whole page for notes.

Does anyone know if there is an app for Android tablets out there that is capable of this functionality?

My friend's iPad had an app that allowed him to designate a "dead" area of his screen so he could rest his hand on it and the iPad ignored input from that area, allowing him to take notes with ease and I admit I was pretty jealous. I'm hoping there is some similar app out there for Android. Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide.


texts: Display connection bars in the notification bar iff the signal strenth is below some threshold

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Is there any way to display the connection bars in the notification bar if and only if the signal strength is below some threshold (e.g. 50%)?

The connection bar I am talking about is shown below:

I am only only interested in the connection bars when the signal strength is low.

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


texts: "Avoided poor Internet connection" even though signal strength, speed is great

texts: My phone keeps disconnecting from the WiFi network, saying "avoided poor Internet connection"... but I'm less than 20 feet from the router. It shows full bars while connected and the speed is fine. How can I make it stay connected?


texts: A series of letters and numbers have shown up beneath the date on the lock screen of my Galaxy S5.  What are they and how do I get rid of them?


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Today I tried to play a video but my media volume was on zero.

I used the volume button on my phone but it did not increase the media volume. I then went to the settings --> sound --> media but I could not change the media volume from zero.

The reason i could not change the media volume was because media volume slider was grayed out... So I could touch or change it in any way.

It's a very unintuitive problem and many others seem to have it if you Google.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (GT P1000 with 2.2version android) stuck in boot-loop on update to CM10

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (GT P 1000) with Android 2.2. A couple of days ago, I decided to update my Tab to JellyBean, and I searched the web for its procedure

I found a HowTo at AndroidAuthority. After downloading the files and placing them on the internal SD, I followed its procedure about the recovery mode. My tab started to update but in the middle of upgrading it stopped and restarted.

After that, my tab continuously follows this trend 1. Booting 2. Loading the OS 3. Rebooting 4. Go to 1! I could not even return its OS to is previous state!

I could not even go to the Recovery mode to do something.

Someone told me that each phone has a ROM or something like downgrading thing which I should download it and follow another procedure. I think I should do something like formatting and reinstalling a fresh, brand new Android OS on it like the procedure when we want to install a new Windows OS on our PC.

Does anybody by any chance know what should I do?


texts: Android tablet as 3G gateway - Limit tethering device 3G bandwidth

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Scenario:
An Android tablet computer acts as 3G gateway for multiple devices connecting to it via WiFi; everything happens in a moving vehicle.

How can I limit the 3G/GPRS bandwidth of the devices connecting to the tablet, and secure a certain bandwidth for the tablet itself ?
Also is there a limit in the number of connecting devices ?

Thanks!


texts: Moved mp3's from internal storage to sdcard with su privileges - music apps don't see them now

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In order to free up space on internal storage I opened a terminal and su removed some uneeded files.  While still su root, I also moved my mp3 collection out of internal storage onto the external sdcard.

When I go back to Terminal, the files still show in /storage/sdcard1/, but my music player no longer sees them.

Is this a permissions issue? If so how do I relax permissions so that my music apps can see and open the files?


texts: Possible to Alter and Differentiate Between Media Audio/Sounds?

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What I mean by this question is if it's possible to mute one app that plays sound/audio directly to the media stream(?), and keep another app that is directly affected by the media sound slider with its audio/sound?

For example: Spotify plays songs, but a video playing in Firefox is muted or independently altered to some degree.

Sorry if this sounds a bit noobish, I'm new to this.


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it shows no internet connection whereas the mobile is connected to the internet.
i tried to reboot the mobile yet the problem remains. my mobile is rooted . it was rooted before 1.5 years but the problem started 1 month before.


texts: How to restrict tethered data from an iphone using my hotspot?

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I'm using my hotspot on android phone to allow my children to play pokemon go with me.  The problem is that their iphones (5C and 5S) are eating up my data through my mobile hotspot.

Today we played for 1-2 hours.  In that time, pokemon go used 5MB of data on MY device, but my mobile hotspot used 165MB of data in the same period of time, and all they were doing was playing pokemon go with me!  At most, they should have only used 10-20MB of data.

Is there a way to block all ips or domains going through my hotspot that are NOT related to playing pokemon?


texts: How would I use Tasker to boot my PC when I get home?

texts: I have an Android phone running the Tasker app. I have a home computer running Windows 7 as well. Is there any way I can have Tasker detect that I've arrived at home, and send a "Wake On LAN" packet to the computer somehow? What configuration do I need to do on Tasker and on the PC itself to support this scenario?


texts: Sometimes on my Nexus 9 (LMY48M)ADB sideload doesn't work as the device doesn't have a driver. This is true for both stock and TWRP. However, ADB from booted Android works perfectly. I have ADB version 1.0.32 (Windows 10 x64) and latest SDK with Google USB driver installed. How to solve this? I am searching on XDA, in case I find a solution I'll post it for general knowledge.


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So I had a problem with my memory today. I recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy Trend (GT-S7392) with RootGenius 1.8.7 I rooted my phone because I wanted to transfer apps to my ext sd card since Samsung Galaxy didn't support transferring apps to ext sd.

After rooting my phone, everything was fine, except I found out that my internal memory is full, so I checked it what was wrong with it and I saw that my system memory is taking all my space on internal memory. I dont really know what was the cause of it and my question is how to fix this?

-Total Space: 4.00 GB

-System Memory: 4.00 GB

-Applications: 210 MB

Sorry for my grammar, english is not my first language :)

Thank you in advance!


texts: Both of my Galaxy S3s have a problem with their proximity sensors. I make a call, put the phone to my ear, but then if I want to hang up the screen is dead and won't wake up. I cannot disconnect the call until their answering machine hangs up. If they don't have an answering machine, the call just rings and rings until I remove my battery. This is my second S3. Is there a fix for this?


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My android phone (can give more details if helpful) has started to show a dialog after 1-2 minutes after booting:

Reboot to update network setting?

(My translation, network settings refers to mobile telephone network, not WIFI etc.)
There only is an OK button, and the dialog cannot be closed or ignored. And after rebooting, it shows up again after 1-2 minutes.
The problem showed up after crossing the border into another country.
Does anyone have an idea what the problem might be, and how to get this to stop?


texts: How to save YouTube downloaded video to phone gallery

texts: I have downloaded a youtube video in my youtube app and I want to save this video to my phone gallery. What steps should I have to follow to do this?


texts: How to send same text message to multiple people but they would only see their name as recipient?

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I have a Moto X with KitKat.

I am trying to send the same text message to multiple people.

I do not want the recipients to see the numbers of other recipients.
I do not want the recipients' replies to go to multiple people.
I do not want the recipients to see who all the recipients are.
If the recipient reply's to my text message than that message should only go to me.

Just like adding people under BCC in the email.

Any help?


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I "accidentally" did factory reset my sister's phone. I'm interested in trying out AccessData FTK Imager but the problem is i don't know how to load the android filesystem for insepection?

Or more broadly, how to recover from factory reset. No backups, no google sync.


texts: How can I check which applications have been granted root access?

texts: I have an SGS i9000 with Android 2.1 and I installed a lot of applications before I fully understood what "root" was.  Now I naturally want to review which applications I gave root access.  How can I do this?


texts: And when I go into storage my SD card doesn't show. I removed and put back in then it shows for a bit then randomly says ejecting SD card... Why is this happening and how do I fix it?


texts: App permission management is running notification

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Is there any option to get rid of those not useful, permament notifications on Android 5.1, in particular App permission management is running

They are just taking space and focus, are not helpful to the user at all.

Edit: please note that I'm asking about the notification messages, not the icons.


texts: How can I find out what app is using my GPS from the background?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to check which app uses GPS on Galaxy Nexus?

I saw the location icon at the top while on the home screen of my Galaxy Nexus. There were only two running apps and I cleared both of them, but the location icon was still there. I've discovered that if I turn location off then on again, it will go away, but I'd like to find out which of my apps is using this so I can consider uninstalling it or changing a setting.

Is there a way to do this? I presume maybe an app that detects this or some system thing?


texts: Force settings button on Chrome for Android on Samsung devices using AOSP rom

texts: Is there any way i can force settings button to appear on Chrome for Android on a Samsung Galaxy S4 after flashing to any AOSP ROM (Current: SlimKat 8.9). I found out that Chrome does not create a Settings button which you can find on other devices that has the navigation bar instead of hard keys. Other apps work fine and has the settings button appear.


texts: Is it possible to uninstall stock apps in Sony Xperia E3 Dual?

texts: My device has 4GB of internal Storage, but it only shows 2GB.  Apps have taken 1.7GB of space alone. Any idea for how to uninstall the stock apps such as as Hike,Line, and others. The only option I see is to disable them but no option as uninstall.


texts: My phone not registering to 2G (GSM only) network

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I am using a Sony Xperia Neo L (MT25i). After updating the OS, my phone not registering to 2G (GSM only mode) network. It works perfectly with 3G (WCDMA only or WCDMA proffered mode) network. While searching for network I can see all the 2G network. I try changed my SIM, but for all the SIM its the same. While googling many are reported this issue, but couldn't find a solution. I don't know whether I am posting this on right place. Since it happened after the OS update I am posting it here. My current Android version is 4.0.4

Update
I am from INDIA and my baseband version is 8x55A-AAABQMAZM-203028G-87. Does any one have other baseband on Neo L (MT25i)?


texts: How to install SDK packages offline after download is complete?

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I'm trying to setup my Android development environment and for some reason I would rather do that offline instead of using SDK to download the packages. So far I managed to grab a list of packages from google's repository and download them all (5.2 GB in total). Here are what I've got:

android-XX_rXX.zip
build-tools_rXX-linux.zip
docs-22_r01.zip
google_apis-XX_rXX.zip
google_m2repository_r15.zip
google_play_services_3265130_r12.zip
google_play_services_6587000_r22.zip
market_apk_expansion-r03.zip
market_apk_expansion-r03.zip
market_licensing-r02.zip
platform-tools_r22-linux.zip
play_billing_r05.zip
samples-XX_rXX.zip
simulator_r01.zip
sysimg_XXX-XX_rXX.zip
tools_r24.1.2-linux.zip
webdriver_r02.zip

To reduce the size of list I combined its items using X notation. Now that I've got the list I search to find what to do with them next. This post suggests copying them into sdk-folder/temp and run the sdk manager. Which I did but nothing happened! Here's what my sdk manager looks like with having all the packages' zip files in temp folder:

Should I have done anything differently? Is there a way to install packages manually? (There are 70 zip files in total)


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Is there a way to search the text of PDFs? For example I want to be taken to the page with the word "dog" and have it highlighted? I can't find a way with Amazon Kindle or ezPDF reader. Initially I made this question app specific but at this point I don't care; I will use any app that can search PDFs.

The PDF can be searched on my desktop computer.


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It started when I factory reset with twrp and flashed a new ROM. I tried different ROMs and stock when I noticed that I couldn't turn wifi.

I ran ifconfig with the terminal emulator app and found out I was missing wlan0. Running "adb shell ifconfig wlan0" gave "ifconfig: wlan0: No such device."
I was looking at the logcat live while tapping to turn on wifi and it was giving me "Supplicant not running, cannot connect" and the drivers weren't able to be initialized. Going through the phone and entering in ##4636## for the wifi information, wifi state was stuck on enabling and the supplicant state is uninitialized. The MAC address was 02:00:00:00:00:00 if that is of any importance. After searching some more for help, I found out /sys/devices/virtual/net/ was missing wlan0 as well. I think that the wlan0 firmware or drivers are missing, but I'm not sure. I tried "fixing" the permissions on the supplicant file and renaming the file, but to no avail. I would like some help on this. Thanks

Note 4 (N910T variant)
The ROMs I tried
TekHD ROM (5.1.1)
CMRemix 13 (6.0.1)
Resurrection Remix 5.6.9 (6.0.1)
Stock (6.0.1)


texts: How to install kitkat 4.4.4 over Android 4.2.2

texts: In my SONY Xperia Z current version of android version is 4.2.2. I want to remove this OS totally (as we remove windows OS to install newer) and install new Kitkat 4.4.4 version. I have followed this post at lifehacker, downloaded kitkat, but things are not working for me. Can anyone suggest me any solution of a brand new OS in my Android phone (my phone already rooted)?


texts: Will restoring WhatsApp chats from a backup also restore blocked contacts' chats?

texts: If I want to restore my conversations on WhatsApp and I'm reinstalling it from the latest backup, will the conversations with the blocked contacts appear? Will the blocked contacts continue to be blocked?


texts: What's this "drawer" in the task switcher and how to configure it?

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I just upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S9+ to Android 9 and was wondering about this new UI element that shows up when opening the task switcher (the ||| button).

In the below screenshot you can see the task switcher and five icons which are similar to the app drawer that lives on the bottom of the home screen (highlighted by the red frame). However, this selection of apps is not the same as in my actual app drawer. Also, I don't really use ES Explorer that often such that the frequency of the app usage would seem relevant here for its appearance (all other apps appear to be system apps). For example I have not even opened it once since the system upgrade.

What is this new UI element called? (relevant for web searches)
How can I configure the apps appearing in this UI element?


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How would I go about setting a repeating reminder that just lights up the Edge on my S7 Edge?

I have a need for a reminder that just lights up the edge in the same way as it does when the phone is face down and you receive a call (Edge Lighting in Settings).

I have to do something every hour but I don't want the phone to vibrate or make a sound whilst I am in the office do as not to distract my colleagues.

Ideal situation:

I set a reminder for 9am to repeat every hour
At 9am, 10am, 11am, etc. the edge lighting comes on with no sound or vibration


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I have these following issues :

1) wifi connects but the signal bars stay grey
2) I can open and search apps in market but when I try to download them , it says "waiting for network"
3) facebook does not sync, and the app says "no network"

after some googling I found that google syncs through ports 5228-5230, which are closed in my router. I have no idea how to open these ports. Is there an on-phone solution to this ?

my system is Micromax A116, NaturewizHD rom, jellybean 4.2.1 ( or 4.2.2 ? )


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I recently connected a bluetooth module (BTM511) to my Android phone (SG2 running android 4.0), using both the handsfree and the headset profiles.

I notice that the Bluetooth device never goes into Sniff mode to save power. As far as I understand only the master (the SG2 in this case) can put the slave into sniff mode. Is this not implemented in the handsfree and headset profile implementation on Android? Or do I not understand the master/slave role in sniff modes? I sure cannot force the BTM511 in sniff mode, it is nowhere to be found in the datasheet.


texts: How to re-login on android phone after Google Account email changed

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What has changed

I have recently changed the master email address used for my Google account. My issue is that my phone (Nexus 5X) is requesting I re-sign into my account, however it is specifying my old email address, and not letting me change it to the new one.

What I have tried

I have tried adding a new account to my phone and logging in with my new email address, for some reason the new account has not got my apps, folders, preferences, background, fingerprints, android pay e.t.c. settings, despite apparently having finished syncing with my google account. The new account is the same account that was logged in previously, so now I have two accounts on my phone for the same account, the old one with all my settings but the wrong email address and log in issues, and the new account which is logged in but has none of my user data/settings. This question suggests doing this.
Turning it off and on again (it was worth a try!)

What I haven't tried

I could add the old email address to my Google account as an extra address, though the email account doesn't actually exist anymore and I'd be left with a phone logged into my account with an invalid email adress, so I'd still need to update it and be asking this question.

Related Questions

This question has an answer suggesting what I tried above, claiming "You don't risk any data loss by doing this" however none of my data synced so that clearly wasn't what they meant.
This question has an answer claiming that if I change my account I cannot avoid a factory reset, though this question does suggest a way around it using 3rd party tools (which I'd like to avoid).
This question and this question suggest updating individual apps, though I have no idea how that would help change the actual email attached to the account in settings.

TL:DR

The main email of my Google account has changed, my android phone insists I log back into my account, but insists I use my old email address (which doesn't exist anymore). What do I do?


texts: Is there any way to check the phone before buying a new device

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My friend is buying xperia Z1. The actual price of the phone is around 40000 INR but he is getting it around 25000 INR. It has 1 year seller warranty with all accessories.He said the phone is imported. I dont understand why the price is so low.

The software bug can be fixed. But I am concerned about the hardware issues. Any idea on how to check whether the chipsets were original.

I planned to run a benchmark tool after he gets the phone. Also to check the service menu. Any other ideas to check?

Also I have the doubt on benchmark tool. Will it read the hardware correctly or it just read the phone name and based on it, it will produce the specs from the database?

What i fear is the clone models. I heard about them but I didnt get any chance to see them. Is it difficult to separate clone from the original.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Factory reset without erasing data will cause second user data removed?

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I have two users accounts in my phone(multiuser/multiple profile)
One is for normal use and other is work profile.
When I want to factory reset my phone from normal user profile(admin user) without erasing internal storage data (only removes apps and their data),will it remove work profile data also?
Both profiles have different passwords.
Will my work profile apps and file downloads, pdfs, documents will still be there? Or else entire work profile will also be deleted?
I'm using oneplus 5.


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I am reading the article Jolla and SSH push Sailfish Secure as “European alternative” mobile OS.
I have used third-party applications for SSH in my phone but would like to have OS supported.

How can you get OS supported SSH in Android?


texts: I accidentally started the download/install process for the Android 11 beta, can I cancel it?

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I have two Pixel phones on Android 10. Yesterday I joined the Android Beta program to get Android 11, with the intention to try Android 11 on one phone and keep the other on Android 10. I started the download/install process on one phone. Today, I wanted to check on the progress of the Android 11 update process, went to settings and saw that an update was available. Thinking that maybe it timed out and I just needed to try again, I chose to download/install the update.
Immediately after it started, I checked which phone I was looking at, and was horrified to find it was the other phone, the one I wanted to keep on Android 10. So I wanted to cancel the process on this phone, but there is no cancel button. Since the UI didn't provide the option, I thought I'd try killing the processes on the phone.
crosshatch:/ # ps -A | grep update
u0_a64       10143   893 4987920  48108 SyS_epoll_wait      0 S com.google.android.configupdater
root         10773     1   44184   5808 SyS_epoll_wait      0 S update_engine
crosshatch:/ # kill -9 10143

This killed com.google.android.configupdater, but update_engine refused to die. Every time I tried killing update_engine, a new one would pop up.
When I went back to the system update screen, though, it mercifully indicated that the download was paused. BUT it only presented an option to Resume, NOT to cancel.

Even then, this reprieve was short lived, as it soon automatically chose to Resume, without receiving any indication from me that I wanted to do that.
I have now turned off the phone while trying to figure out how to keep it on Android 10.
I see that in some cases, after the download is complete, the user will be given a final chance to decide whether to proceed. Is this true for the update to Android 11? And as the question in that link asks, can I choose to just delete the download instead? Or is there even some way to cancel the download in progress? I'm nervous about letting it complete and then maybe deciding for me that I want to proceed rather than selecting "Later".
Update
The other phone that I had intended to try Android 11 with, after the "download and install" process, did not give me a chance specify "Later" or "Cancel". So I can't just wait and cancel it, but may need to find some way to reset the "download and install" process while it is happening. Meanwhile I'm buying time by keeping the Android 10 phone off most of the time.
Update 2
I also did consider downgrading to Android 10 once Android 11 is installed, e.g., following this guide, but it seems troublesome and potentially risky. Would much prefer some way to stop the present download/install of Android 11.


texts: ROM flashing using Odin on Galaxy S4 interrupted. Odin is still running. Is there anything I can do?

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I was re-flashing the firmware on a Samsung Galaxy S4 using Odin, and the USB cable was bumped, which made the update fail. I reconnected and attempted to flash again by clicking the Start button. It seemed to be progressing, but Odin's blue progress bar continued from where it had stopped instead of starting from the beginning. After a while I got the following warning message from Odin, in red text and repeated 19 times:

  Invalid percent of drawing download progress bar!

followed by this at the end:

  SECURE CHECK FAIL : system

I attempted to start the process again (by clicking Start in the Odin desktop app), but it failed multiple times. I also tried clicking Reset and starting again. It doesn't seem to be possible to do anything from within Odin on the phone. It doesn't respond to any buttons and doesn't react in any way when I try to start the process again from the computer (no more messages on the screen, and no movement in the progress bar, or anywhere else). This doesn't necessarily mean it's frozen, though, because I don't believe it's intended to be interactive. The blue progress bar on the phone is all the way to the end, where it has been since my second attempt to flash.

I have not restarted the phone, because I am afraid that if I do that after an incomplete flash, I will not be able to get back into Odin. It is still on, still in Odin, still showing all the errors. The desktop Odin app on the computer can detect when the phone is connected and removed (I get the "Added!" and "Removed!" messages).

Am I correct in my concern that I'm likely to brick the phone if I attempt to restart without flashing successfully? Is there anything I can do to restart the process? It would be an astounding design flaw if Odin really isn't capable of restarting a failed flash to allow for recovery if the process fails and the device has not yet been restarted and Odin is still in RAM.

I know for a fact that the ROM file I'm using is valid and that I'm doing this correctly, because I have gone through this process several times and never encountered a problem until this time when the connection was interrupted. I have no support available from either Samsung or the carrier (Verizon), because I bought this phone used on eBay specifically for experimenting with things like custom recoveries and ROM flashing.

FWIW, here's a screen shot of the Odin desktop app as it is now:


texts: install missing apps after installing rom?

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I've installed a new ROM. In the previous times I've done this, Play reinstalled them once the phone booted. But this time it didn't (I've tried reinstalling the ROM a second time to make sure).

I have a backup of all these apps in Titanium, but I can't find a feature to install missing apps (just "restore" them, which apparently means just restoring settings & data for those already installed)

Is there anything I can do other than going to 'my apps' in Play and installing them one by one (I have many)?


texts: The odyssey for CM10, all i get is a bootloop. How can i solve this?

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I'm here to discuss about the unlocking of my new LG Optimus L5. I'll start saying that it come oot with Android 4.1.2 and the LG mod v20b.
I wanted to delete all the LG stuffs that slow the phone so i decided to root+unlock bootloader+install CWR+flash CM10 and Gapps.

I started following this page and tried all the root methods; only the one using a modified kdz worked.

After that i tried to unlock the bootloader, succeeding only after a day of tries. The problem was the Superuser app (it won't allow the ADB shell to edit the bootloader information even if it was allowed. I don't know why), so i installed superSU and all went right.

After that i installed ROMmanager, which allowed me to flash the CWR, but i was able to enter it only if the USB cable was disconnected (again i don't know why).

Inside the CWR i wiped bot caches, i did factory reset and flashed CM10+ Gapps; unfortunately i installed the wrong Gapps, denying me the Camera app, and few more little bugs...
So i decided to flash the righ one (gapps-jb-20121011-signed), but after that, all google services was crashing, so i decide to factory reset all and reinstalla CM+Gapps (the righ one this time)

The fate decided to curse me, sending the phone in bootloop after the flashing.
Hopeless, i tryed to flash again the modded firmware with the kdz flasher to retore the phone at the first passage, but it remained in bootloop (this time with the LG logo, not with the Cyanogen one).

I'm now trying to restore the original kdz (the v20d not modded) hoping for some miracle.

Someone have a hint to help me? The only thing i know now is that i can put the phone in download/emergency mode or remain in bootloop.
As far as i know the only way to enter the recovery is from SU binaryes in this f***ing phone, so no key combination to enter in it at startup.


texts: Don't want to recieve messages on Whatsapp

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I have been not running Whatsapp for a long time.now if i will turn mobile data on, i will get all messages sent during this session (turned off mobile data).
I don't want to receive any message sent during this session.

What should i do?
 Please Help !!


texts: Clear cache for specific site on Chrome for Android?

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How do you clear the cache for a specific site on Chrome for Android?

I've already tried going to the site's settings and pressing the "Clear & Reset" button, but the site's cache still hasn't been cleared (the JavaScript file that's loaded is still the old version).

So how do I do this properly?


texts: How to setup a PPP connection between an Android smartphone and a Linux computer?

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For testing purposes, I need to connect an Android smartphone to my Linux desktop computer to enable communication between the phone and some servers on the LAN. I can't use Wi-Fi so I'm stuck with IP over USB.

So my question is: How to connect the smartphone to my computer?

If you know something else than PPP, please let me know. This is what i've tried for the moment:

root@desktop:/# adb ppp "shell:pppd nodetach noauth noipdefault defaultroute /dev/tty" nodetach noauth noipdefault notty 10.0.0.1:10.0.0.2
root@desktop:/#

As you can see, this command doesn't output anything...
I guessed I should see a new ppp0 interface show up on my destkop if it worked (am I right?), but nothing happens actually.

So I thought it could be because I was lacking the root privilege, and I tried the following:

root@desktop:/# adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
root@desktop:/#

FYI, when I run the adb shell command I'm not logged in as root:

root@desktop:/# adb shell
$ whoami
whoami: unknown uid 2000
$ su
# whoami
whoami: unknown uid 0
#

EDIT: I tried on a phone running CyanogenMod 10.2: the adb root command is successful, but adb ppp ... doesn't output anything. No ppp0 interface shows up on my computer.
I also forgot to say I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on the desktop computer if it can help finding the problem.

So, what's next? Do you think I need a different kernel? Did I miss something regarding the way to bring up a PPP connection?


texts: Power button stopped working it fall down

texts: I am using Asus ZenFone since 8 months but after fall down the power button stopped working which is actually creating a problem for me. What can I do about it?


texts: Is it possible have many gmail -accounts in Android phone? I want to have 2nd verification gmail and some non-2nd-verification gmails in the same phone with different security settings -- like "onion-model" in networking.


texts: User profile missing after smart switch galaxy tablet

texts: I have a Samsung galaxy tab S4 with multiple user accounts.  I have a new galaxy tab S6 lite that I would like to migrate everything over to.   However, after migration using smart switch, no other user accounts were migrated.  Smart switch won’t install on any of the other accounts either.  Is smart switch incapable of transferring multiple users?   I have searched for a few hours and tried stuff for a few more and found no answers so I apologize in advance if there is something simple I’m missing.


texts: How do I sever the connection between an account and my phone?

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I have a Note 4, and recently I signed into a certain account so I could do something, nothing important, so I'd rather not say. Then, I removed it by going to  Settings> Accounts> (Accountname, or email or whatever) and I removed it from my device, so it doesn't show up there anymore, with sync, or anything. Gone.

But when I accessed my pictures from the Gallery, I now have a notification asking to sign into that account that I removed. I don't want anything to do with that account anymore, ever. Nothing at all. I can't figure out what still has my phone connected to that account, but whatever it is, I want it stopped.

I don't know if I have to sign back into that account, disable the syncing in Settings> Accounts> (Account name), or something.. which wouldn't make sense, because I removed it from the phone completely, before.. or what.

Anyway, I want to know how to sever whatever the connection is between my phone and that account, and what to do about it.


texts: Automatically verify signature on all Android Exchange emails

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I work in an office where everyone uses a digital signature on their emails. I just bought a new LG G3 with 4.4.2 KitKat and whenever someone sends me an email that is signed, it shows up with a body that says "This email is signed". In order to see the contents, I have to open it and manually click the "Verify signature" button.

This is especially frustrating when I just want to preview the contents of the email right from my inbox but cannot.

Is there any way to have the phone automatically verify ALL signatures?


texts: Multiple problems with HTC M8S after rom upgrade

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I have an old HTC M8S I'm trying to give a new lease on life by getting off the stock ROM. It's an EE (read Orange UK) branded phone.

romver: 1.11.61.2
CID: ORANG001
ModelID: 0PKV10000
Project: M8_QU_UL_L50_SENSE60

After switching on debug mode and unlocking the boot loader I installed TWRP specific to that model (twrp-recovery-2.8.6.0-m8s-qlul.img) and it worked, recovery worked fine. After that I wiped and attempted to install the Lineage M8S ROM, which did not work.

Now I have a phone that won't boot and can't be accessed on USB, the device shows up in adb as offline. The phone has an SD card, and I've loaded the stock recovery back on, which was successful. I then attempted loading the original ROM onto the SD card as 0PKVIMG.zip, however I got a message about 0PKVDIAG.zip not being present. The device still shows up as

I am not sure how to proceed to get this phone back, several hours of research has been very contradictory. I'd like to get a better rom on than the stock because it was full of trash apps and they stopped making releases for it, but I'm happy to get back to stock and try again if that's what it takes.


texts: Bluetooth LE device cannot connect to LG G5 SE when phone is sleeping

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I have LG G5 H840 (SE) with unmodified stock firmware.

I use cogito watch with it to receive notifications. This a Bluetooth LE hybrid smartwatch. When I go out of range and go back then my watch fails to reconnect with phone if phone is sleeping and running on battery.

If I wake it then connection is made successfully.
If I leave it sleeping but connected to charger then connection is made successfully too.

I paired my watch with my wife Huawei P8 Lite and my watch works with her phone without problems described above.

It looks like my LG is doing some aggressive battery optimization. I tried to disable "battery optimization" for bluetooth services and my watch application but this did not helped. Maybe someone had a similar problem and can give me some advice what could it check or change?


texts: I only have a USB cable to charge my tablet and I plugged it into my laptop to charge and a little red X shows up on the battery thing. How can I charge my tablet?


texts: Bad voice quality on phone calls, good with WhatsApp

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I have two Samsung Galaxy S5 minis, one of which has the following problem:

The voice quality is really bad on phone calls to other people (muffled sound, chopped, extra noise/interference, echo).

I suspect it has nothing to do with the network strength, as the voice quality of the other device is very good in the same spots.

To rule out hardware issues, I called other people via WhatsApp. Everything is just fine there. Also voice notes on WhatsApp do not show any problems. So I would suspect that the microphone is ok.

I must admit that I did not try to reset the phone yet (factory reset), as I would not like to spend the time on reconfiguring everything to my needs - just to find out the problem persist.

So is there anything I can do before trying a factory reset or even send the phone in for inspection? Is there any setting that I can change? I removed some of the preinstalled apps, could this be an issue? Or is there another caller/phone app that I can try?


texts: To configure tethering as two step login in CM13?

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I have given my password of wifi stations to group of people.
However, I want to allow only specific people to login at specific time.

Attempt

I could not enable a basic MAC filtering for devices. Without it, I think this is not possible without a third-party application or without a change in the default options of settings.
I could not find anything that is designed for the purpose.
I did not find an option in the settings which could enable such a feature.
You can

see which devices are connected to your network in the settings, and
to signout all devices from your network at once

but you cannot determine

which devices are allowed to be in your network at specific times.

How can you manually decide which device can connect to my network?  I am running Cyanogenmod 13 (Android 6.0), unrooted.


texts: Why does my browser think that it's Chrome?

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While browsing the web from my phone, I currently use the stock browser. However, I've encountered a curious problem.

If I go to a page, and then switch to another tab, it will often take the tab that I was on and turn it into this:

It puts data:text/html,chromewebdata into the URL, so it shows a page with chromewebdata.

In addition, for a while, every time I Googled something, it would show me 'We've detected that you're using an older version of Chrome' blah blah blah. It also switched itself to the desktop view. (When going to get a screenshot for this question, however, that magically fixed itself, so...)

Why was this happening?


texts: There is no Cell Broadcast option in HTC Desire C

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I get annoying messages, like every 2 minutes, saying my location. I can't turn it off. I searched all settings and options, but CB option is nowhere to find.

Is something wrong with my Android version or what?


texts: How to Turn on mobile data on all apps when each is set to off

texts: I somehow  individually turned off mobile data on 250 apps. How do I turn all of them on. I don't remember how I did it. I am on a poco F1 android 9 miui 10.


texts: How to disable Google Photos popup with notifications to upgrade

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On start Google Photos says that i need to upgrade. You can of course click no, but it is very pain to do it always. Do you know any method to disable this popup without upgrading apps ?

I got rooted device.


texts: Which app specific prevents moving to external storage?

texts: Subject. I'm not asking what I will lose if I move app, but rather about how system detects if app is "movable" or not and enables/disables corresponding button in "App Info" activity accordingly. Hope I made myself clear, if now - please comment and suggest better terminology.


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I have a HTC G2 running Android 2.3.4 that I've recently tried to root using the guide at the XDA developer's site.  After step 3.3, the USB connection stopped working.  More precisely, when I plug the USB cable into the PC and the phone, the PC does not detect the phone (for instance, it is not in the devices manager) and the phone does not get a USB notification (though it does charge).  I've tried all the basic trouble shooting steps as outlined here, but I haven't had any luck fixing the problem.

As I see it, either one of two things has happened.  The phone's USB port needs to be replaced or I've introduced a glitch that prevents the phone from communicating with the computer.  Is there a way to find out which case I'm facing and if it's the second case, how to diagnose and fix the glitch?  Thanks


texts: Phone log shows numbers not Contact Names after installing Samsung S3 Security Update

texts: My Galaxy S3 was working great until I installed a security update yesterday (26/11/12).  Immediately after, the names dropped off the calls list and it is now showing phone numbers only.


texts: Renamed Google Apps User and Sync. How to reconfigure?

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Since renaming his Google apps account, one of my employees Droid Razr can't sync. I'm sure it's still pointing to the old user name. He is running 4.0.4 on his Razr.

Can he reconfigure his device without wiping it? if so, how?


texts: With the Pixel line, Google has abandoned Android Open Accessory 2.0. What do they use for USB audio now?

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I recently got a Moto X4. Unlike my previous phone, the Nexus 5X, this one does not support AOA 2.0, meaning it cannot digitally connect to the Kenwood head unit in my car. Previously, I was able to broadcast sound from my phone to the car stereo, and could use the pause and navigation buttons to control my phone. No more.

I emailed Project Fi about it, and while they couldn't tell me for sure whether the X4 could do this (it can't), they did tell me that the Pixel phones do not support AOA.

So, if Google doesn't support AOA on their phones anymore, is there any new protocol or API to replace it? Has Google given up on USB audio? Or are there USB headphones you can connect directly to the Pixel? For car stereos, is Android Auto support the only way to go from here on out?


texts: How to remove Cyanogenmod from Sony Xperia Z?

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I've got an old Sony Xperia Z running Cyanogenmod which is pretty unstable.

I'd like to remove Cyanogenmod & do a factory reset to the default Sony Xperia Z ROM. It doesn't need to do much - just run Spotify & Google Maps in our car.

However flashing a Sony Phone with a factory ROM requires a special tool (FlashTool) & a special file format (FTF).

Running FlashTool on Ubuntu 16.04 my phone connects in flash mode, but then reboots into Cyanogenmod after the "Preparing the files for flashing" step. I had assumed this was something to do with Cyanogenmod.

INFO  - Device connected in flash mode
INFO  - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z(C6603). FW release : 10.5.A.0.230. Customization : C6603_1270-4066
INFO  - Preparing files for flashing
INFO  - Device disconnected

How do remove Cyanogenmod from a Sony Xperia Z & restore it to it's factory ROM?

If that isn't possible what can I replace Cyanogenmod with?


texts: force stopping of a preloaded app on kyocera rise

texts: Can i press force stop on preloaded app on device by pressing on force stop? Would it free internal memory by doing so? i realize that the preloaded device apps cannot b uninstalled however If i wanted to release memory on my internal drive would i be able to stop the app n its programs from running on a permanent basis if i press "force stop" on the preloaded apps which i hv absolutely no use for?


texts: In my android 4.1.2 samsung galaxy s3 mini, when I'm writing sentences, sometimes I want to delete words because grammar mistakes or whatever reason, problem is if I hold backspace after a small time starts to delete at a uncontrollable wild fast pace, and that makes impossible to control and delete messages difficult. It would, for me, be much better a constant speed much slower like windows, letter by letter and not word by word. Is that a serting somewhere?


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ALright I have the netbook. I recently did a reset and now I cannot load any apps. It's telling me the internal memory is full and I do not know how to erase things and clear it since it won't let me even download an app to debug/clear cache/clean it.
Who has some helpful suggestions?


texts: Tasker: remove security lock when smartwatch is connected

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So I just downloaded Tasker because it would be nice to remove the security code when I'm close to my phone (when my smartwatch is connected).

I have no experience with it so I thought you guys could help me :)

Anybody knows how to do this?


texts: How to get Tasker CPU options available on MT4GS?

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myTouch 4G Slide [MT4GS/Doubleshot]
ICS Virtous Inquisition ROM

I cannot get the tasker CPU options available.  I've checked the common problems listed at http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/cpu.html.  I can confrim that I have Superuser.apk installed in /system/app and that su binary is available.   I also have Secure Settings and Secure Setting Helper installed.  The frequencies are available and listed in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies but still no CPU option.  What do I need to do to figure out what is still wrong?


texts: How can I disable the Android Market temporarily?

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My kids play games on my tablet, and I would like to disable the Android Market and in-app purchasing for the duration of their use of the device.

Is there any option, third-party software or any other way to stop my kids from buying stuff inside their games or installing any software?

I understand that I can remove credit card info from the account, but since that device is used by me most of the time, this is too cumbersome. I also don't want to stop Internet connectivity since some games are Flash games in the browser.


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I'm trying to mount the boot partition of a tablet with MTD partitions. This is the output of cat /proc/mtd:

root@android:/ # cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00400000 00004000 "misc"
mtd1: 00c00000 00004000 "kernel"
mtd2: 00c00000 00004000 "boot"
mtd3: 02000000 00004000 "recovery"
mtd4: 04000000 00004000 "backup"
mtd5: 08000000 00004000 "cache"
mtd6: 40000000 00004000 "userdata"
mtd7: 00400000 00004000 "kpanic"
mtd8: 20000000 00004000 "system"
mtd9: 169400000 00004000 "user"

So, I make /mnt/testfolder then run:

mount -t vfat /dev/block/mtdblock2 /mnt/test

And I get:

mount: Invalid argument

Same error with ext4. I tried yaffs2 and I got:

mount: No such device

This is how it looks with DiskInfo:

How can I mount this partition?


texts: Called while not using phone, after call, screen stays on, how to fix?

texts: I can understand it staying on for other apps, but after ending a call someone else initiated it should make an exception. Is there a setting to change the default phone app behavior for these cases?


texts: Why does my Samsung Galaxy S keep crashing/slow performance?

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Possible Duplicate:
  My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving/crashing. What can I do?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S which I've had for less than a year now. It has been working fine until the last couple of weeks, when I've noticed the performance slowing down. I don't use many apps, but lately I've downloaded a few games and whatnot. One particular recent issue is that whenever I access the keypad to call someone, it closes down automatically without letting me finish typing out the number. Other problems include: mobile internet crashes systematically every other night (when I use it the most); the FB app force closes automatically and since FB is an integral part of Zynga games, my Words with Friends is almost inaccessible because of FB crashing.

Anyone else with similar problems? I know HTC issues an automatic software update, but why haven't I heard of anything for Samsung?

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Show Play Music's 'now playing' notification on Windows PC

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At my desk, while working, I typically stream music from Google Play Music (GPM) using my Chromecast Audio device linked up to my hifi. I control this via my Samsung Galaxy S5.

What I'd like is some way to display the 'now playing' track on my Windows 10 laptop (as a widget or notification, preferably), as this is the screen that occupies my attention; I don't want to have to divert my attention from my work in order to turn the phone screen on every time the track changes.

Is there anyway I can accomplish this (I could conceivably script something if there was an appropriate API, but there doesn't seem to be). Or a way to send that info from the phone to the laptop?


texts: How to configure phone number in LG l7 (P-708)

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i can't setup the phone number in:

Settings -> About phone -> Status -> My phone number

How i can change it in the LG L7 P-708?

It has installed Android 4.0.3


texts: Unable to encrypt my Note 5 anymore (data partition is corrupt)

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It all started with a factory reset on the stock Samsung ROM (Android 7.0).
After I booted into the factory reset system I couldn't get the phone encryption to work: it failed with the message saying that the data partition is corrupt which effectively factory reset my phone again (forcefully).

Reflashing the official Samsung ROM didn't help, the phone kept showing me the same message about the corruption of the data partition.
Reformatting the partition in the TWRP didn't help either.

Any ideas how to fix it? It could also be a hardware failure.

I posted the same question on XDA but unfortunately got no response so far.