texts: Inspection checklist for new android mobile devices

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Many factory faults and bugs in an android device are discovered by the user long time after he/she receive it. Early discovering of faults/bugs in a device is needed when there is a short return period.

Is there any checklist of common hardware and software faults and bugs that could be inspected once the device is delivered?

I am interested in answers for Google/LG Nexus 5 ordered from Play Store, but general answers for android mobile devices could be also useful.


texts: Accessible Android Reader Application for text, epub, daisy and PDF formats

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I need to find applications for particular formats of books:
1) ePub - Cool Reader, Ideal
2) Daisy - Darwin Reader
3) Txt - Accessible Talkback Editor
4) PDF- Adobe Reader, Smart Q Reader

Requirement:
Application with Reading Granularity Support for blind or low vision users from external keyboard-  Page, Sentence, Word and Sentence level selection of text while reading.

Problem:
There is no app which is clear or has documented the external keyboard usage for blinds or low vision users, except Accessible Talkback Editor none on the app has a clear UI/Documentation to suggest the Granularity selection.


texts: Is it possible to disable gmail sync completely, without logging out?

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Is it possible to completely disable all Gmail synchronization, without actually logging out of the account?

The use case is a phone for a senior who does not read email on the phone.  For senior reasons the phone is set with no passcode to unlock.  As it stands now I've set the sync to the minimum possible (1 day if I recall), but there's still the ability to search for and find private email messages.  There are potential nosy persons with access to the phone.

See also Logout from Gmail account without logging out Google Play Store account and How can I set up my Google account without syncing Gmail?

And as everyone should know: anyone with access to a phone can reset the password on almost any online service account.  A few banks are smarter than that, but not all of them.


texts: Restore IMEI of Xiaomi MI4C Without Another Phone

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In short: I have a Xiaomi Mi4c that shows has an "unknown" IMEI when checked via the settings in the stable and developer versions of MIUI and Cyanogenmod 13.1. However, when viewed through EFS professional or NV RF Manager, the IMEI is read correctly. Not having a "valid" (or any?) IMEI means I have a 5" wifi tablet, rather than a phone, which is something I've been trying to fix.

The long version:

The problems started right after I flashed CM 13.1, and I couldn't detect my sim card. Thinking it was my ROM, I reflashed my stock ROM and when that didn't solve the problem, I quickly deduced that the missing/unknown IMEI was the problem.

I finally got NV RF Manager working, and read all of the NV values from my phone. After finding the IMEI related value, I followed the odd schema for rearranging my IMEI and filled the boxes out and clicked "Write NV." However, I only received an error that read "Parameter is write-protected and thus read only." The same results were achieved with EFS professional. (Again, this was on CM) Now, I reflashed the stock ROM, and tried again. After rebooting the phone, I was able to read the correct IMEI values from the phone using both EFS professinoal and NV RF Manager, but the phone still showed baseband and IMEI as "unknown." Dialing *#06# causes the numbers to disappear, but nothing else happens.

So far, this is what I've tried:

NV RF Manager
EFS Professional
MTK Droid Tools
SP Flash Tools (Did not work at all, only for MTK chipsets?)
Apps like XPOSED IMEI Changer (Results in nothing changing)

There are a few related questions, but none of them work for me.

How to restore IMEI and get back network functionality?

Might work, but I have been unable to find the "modem" or nvram files on my phone. I also don't have an "efs" folder on my phone (that I can find.)

Mi4i full partition corrupted. Unable to restore EFS partition

Isn't jiving with me. The thought of uploading mi4i (rather than mi4c) specific files after removing my only remanents of my efs files seems like a bad idea to me.

How to restore the IMEI number on the Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505?

Is ROM specific, and since it doesn't work on multiple ROMs, I've ruled it out as related.

Again I have a Xiaomi Mi4C, the 32GB/3GB version with the Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 chipset.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, I've hit a wall fixing this problem.


texts: How can I change the vibrate duration for Google Calendar app reminder notifications?

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I have a Nexus 5 running Android 6.0.1.  I have vibration enabled, and when a Calendar reminder notification triggers, my phone vibrates twice, quickly.

This is often too fast/too weak for me to notice when my phone is in my pocket, so I'd like to increase it somehow.  How could I do that?


texts: Motorola One Power - corrupt and wouldn't unlock bootloader

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My Motorola One Power went blank recently and when i switched it off and then switched it on, an error message was displayed that my device was corrupt, it cant be trusted and it wont boot again. the message asked me to go to motorolas unlock bootloader page.
So i went on and installed minimal adb and fastboot, android sdk. then proceeded as stated. opened cmd there and went for the unlock code and it was failing a number of times.
next, i downloaded lenovos motorola smart and rescue assistant and tried to rescue my phone but that also was failing.
so on further surfing, i think that i havent enabled usb debugging and havent toggled oem unlocking.
Then i tried downloading the twrp image and booting thru it. so when i run fastboot boot recovery.img
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.636s]
booting...
(bootloader) permission denied!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.639s

so what an i do further?? please help me as i don't want to lose this phone. also, can the data in it be retrieved in any way?? thanks in advance


texts: Swapping functions of Back and Menu hardware buttons on Samsung Galaxy S4

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Samsung reverses the position of Android's Back and Menu (aka Options) buttons, when compared to almost every other device.

How does one swap the functionality of these hardware buttons, specifically on the Samsung Galaxy S4?

Fortunately, the hardware buttons have no visual indication of the pre-programmed functionality if the user turns off the LED lights for those buttons.  Thus, swapping them so the Back button is on the left should be transparent to the user.

Root and Xposed solutions are fine, if required.


texts: I am a new Android user and I am considering encrypting my device for more security. My notebook runs Linux Mint and I have been transferring files to my Android (version 4.4) using the USB cable via Mint's default file manager Nemo. My question is: if I encrypt my device, will I be able to transfer files using the same method? And if I connect my device to other computers using the USB Mass Storage, will I also be able to see/add/remove files?


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How paranoid do I need to be about allowing my phone to connect to open/unencrypted WiFi hotspots?

I don't really care if other people see my data (email being received or sent, stock quotes, whatever).  I think all I really care about is whether they see my passwords (Gmail, Facebook, etc).

I understand I probably don't want to initiate a connection to a financial institution, and that I'm potentially subject to man-in-the-middle attacks even if my passwords aren't cleartext.

Please note that I am aware of this question and its answer, and it doesn't really answer my question because it's just about the data:
What Android sync'd data is encrypted?

If this question has already been asked and answered, please point me to it.  I searched with the built-in engine and Google and couldn't find it.


texts: I deleted a review in play store by mistake. How do i recover it?

texts: I deleted a review in  google play store by mistake. How do i recover it?


texts: How to switch to Developer mode in Android 4.2.*

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If you get the Android 4.2.* version phone, you will notice that there is no Developer mode any more.

How can you switch to Development mode?


texts: Cyanogenmod unlocked phone requires network unlock code

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I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc that I installed Cyanogenmod (v. 9.1.0-anzu).
The phone is not locked to a specific network as a) the danish operator where I bought the phone does not do this and b) I recently changed operator without any hassle.

I now have two possible related problems.

A couple of times per day, the sim card needs unlocking. As in when I unlock the phone, it requests the PIN code. Not a major issue, but a nuisance.
After entering the PIN code, the phone requests the network unlock code, to which I press the "Cancel"-button.

I've been searching the googles, but most hits reply that I should restore ROM to stock, get the network unlock code and unlock the phone. But this seems a bit ridicules, as the phone isn't locked.

And now I'm here. Thanks!


texts: Asus Transformer : no more sound after update to Ice Cream Sandwich

texts: I updated my Asus Transformer TF101 to Android 4.0.3 last weekend and I have no sound anymore. Is this a known issue? How can I solve this problem?


texts: Why can't I receive or send MMS on my My Touch 4g through my home Wi-Fi? I have bad coverage at home so I have to use my Wi-Fi connection. I'm sure my settings are right - I have it set to T-Mobile Data. Does it have to be set at MMS? It works fine when I'm away from home on the 4g network.


texts: WAP Push messages - what and why are they?

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I've recently noticed that my phone received a strange SMS from sender called "wap_push_si!".

Googling about this message provides that it might be some kind of cellular-network-carrier maintenance/update message, though some suspect that it might also be exploited to carry malicious links.

Anyway, I've been using CyanogenMod with Google's default Messenger (not Hangouts) app - and can't seem to find a way to disable those messages. They even don't really appear in the Messenger app's messages list, but I've noticed them using Android API to read my device's messages (where they seem to be empty).

So, my questions are:

What are these messages really for?
How (or should) can they be disabled in Google Messenger app / CyanogenMod?
Can it be related to my phone sometimes losing cellular-data connection (but can still send/receive sms and calls)?
If there's any link inside this special kind of message, might it be automatically opened (without any user interaction), thus compromising the phone?


texts: Pixel 3A Android 10 Assistant auto comes on and stops gesture, unable to reset connected devices

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I have a brand new Pixel 3A with the recently updated Android 10 update.

Google Assistant has been activated while in my laptop bag.

I'm assuming this is because of the incessant urgings that Google displays on screen, and of course the new android doesn't swictch the screen off when you hit the power button, it leaves an 'awake' screen that can respond. Well, however it happened, Assistant is enabled and it is causing a number of problems, and I can't switch it off.

The main issues are:

Assistant repeats continuously on the arcane workings of the system. Voice messages like 'Checking WebAPP for updates' 'Downlaoding update' '10% downloaded, etc'
Assistant stops the phone Whenever any event status changes Examples of this are 'Home screen 1of 2, double tap to enable' etc., etc., etc totally take over the user interface.
The UI is now a triple tap pause system. To do anything, you tap an icon and wait for it to be highlighted (at which point a stream of help instructions are played back) then double tap to activate. This happens for each and every tap including back buttons, home buttons, whatever.The system is now an incredibly slow, novice system.
The gesture system is disabled. This is the real killer. Without the gesture system you are locked into only what is visible. You cant get into the app drawer, for instance. And you can't get beyond the displayed items in the settings screens.

My Problem is:

The instructions to switch off assistant are as follows:

Open the google app
Tap the compass at the bottom right
Tap the profile button top right
Tap the Assistant
Scroll down to the Assistant devices,Devices section and switch off.

BUT gestures and scrolling are disabled

You can see to the Face Match setting, but connected devices is somewhere way, way down below that. And one can't get there. Not for love nor money.

Under Android 9, I could deactivate with a voice command.

That seems to be gone.

Is my only solution to do a factory re-set?

Anyone out there with a solution for me?


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I've been struggling for a while with push notifications. I want to configure them so I can avoid getting social networking notifications while at work. I don't want to uninstall them or log out, and I don't want to receive them while at work, as I am easily distracted by them and don't get anything done (but I do want to receive them after 7 pm)

I'd also like to still receive my mail and other notifications normally, I just want to "remove" some of them.
out, and I don't want to receive them while at work (but I do want to receive them after 7 pm)

Is there any solution for my problem?


texts: It has an Android robot with a cloud over his head with the letters dlna in the cloud? I downloaded an app from google play and can't find the source to look it up to figure how to make it work.


texts: Does Google has a page where they show when an Android version isn't supported anymore?

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We are in doubt of supporting a device running an older version of Android. I looked everywhere on the internet, but there seems to be zero information from Google how long they will make security patches for a certain Android version.

I did find the Wikipedia 'Android Version History' page, but it's unknown where they got this information from.

My question: does Google has a page where they show when an Android version isn't supported anymore?

Thanks in advance,

Gerjan


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I have a couple of Youtube channels I subscribe to. I'm subscribed both on Google Reader and on Youtube itself. Is there an app that checks for new updates to my subscribed channels and downloads them automatically (perhaps once a day)?

My objective is to always have a few videos I can watch while on the road (and offline). I love how Google Listen syncs really well with my Google Reader podcasts and downloads them automatically, but it doesn't work with video podcasts. So is there an app that will do the same with my video podcasts? (either with Google Reader or with Youtube)

Running 2.1-eclair if it matters.


texts: How to fix soft bricked Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 after /data reformat

texts: I jot got brand new Galaxy Tab A 10.1 tablet (580 model running Android 6). After using Odin 3.12.1 to install TWRP 3.0.2-0 custom recovery I tried to do a full image backup and it failed with "can't mount /data (Invalid argument). So I Googled around and found the "[SOLVED] Cant mount /data" video https://youtu.be/X7yDPszoQ5s that suggested to change data partition type from ext4 to exFat. After that the tablet does not boot and gives some criptic error about data encryption and dropping devices. Nothing, even factory reset helps. I read that Samsung does some encryption but I am not Android expert. Can someone help?


texts: Is there a way to see app feedback I've sent on Android?

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Yesterday I sent some feedback for an app (Google Hangouts) through Android's system-wide Send Feedback function. This is the same dialog box that is triggered when you choose to report a Force Close. See screenshots below.

I realised later that I had no internet connection at the time, and so the feedback may not have been sent. This made me wonder: is there any way to see every feedback item and crash report that I've sent to specific apps?

For the record, I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1 (Jelly Bean 4.2.2) on an HTC Sensation.


texts: Enabling root access for an app (TeamViewer) on Android Marshmallow 6[Moto G]

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I am attempting to use Teamviewer(control my Android phone from a Windows PC)

Using the host Teamviewer App I can currently see the screen but not control it, some of the reviews say it requires root access enabling fo the app.

How can I enable root access for a certain app?
Does the Motorola Moto G come with any root restrictions (one of the reviews says Motorola has a root issue)?


texts: Android software updates: How can I tell if I can update a device?

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I keep seeing Android devices in shops that state what version of Android is installed. Thence I conclude that not all Android devices can be updated to a current version of Android.

How can I tell before I buy (or even after I buy) if a device can be updated to the newest release or not?

Can Samsung's Android devices usually be updated?

Update: Note that I am not refering to abandoned devices but to current devices available in stores now.


texts: Can't show the content of /sdcard of my Android phone from Ubuntu's Nautilus or FileZilla via sftp

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I set up a ssh server on Android using SSH Server by Ice Code App.

Settings of ssh server:   http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZlbzJ.jpg
http://i.stack.imgur.com/b1X4i.jpg  http://i.stack.imgur.com/CgT4d.jpg
Settings of ssh user t: http://i.stack.imgur.com/DHxMT.jpg http://i.stack.imgur.com/efqVA.jpg

After upgrading from Android 4.3 to 4.4.2,

sftp from Nautilus or FileZilla in Ubuntu to Android can't read or write the content of /sdcard any more.
But ssh and scp from terminal in Ubuntu can still read, write and transfer files in /sdcard.

I connect  using the same ssh user t in sftp from Nautilus, and ssh and scp from terminal, although why is the ssh prompt  u0_a116@C6730 rather than t@c6730?

If they indeed use the same ssh user, why is there  the difference in read permission?

In ssh to Android, I see the read, write and excecution permissions for "others" users are not allowed:

u0_a116@C6730:/ $ ls -l
...
lrwxrwxrwx root     root    1970-01-11 17:07 sdcard -> /storage/sdcard0
...

u0_a116@C6730:/sdcard $ ls -l
drwxrwx--- root     sdcard_r          1980-01-01 00:00 Alarms
drwxrwx--x root     sdcard_r          2015-07-22 08:05 Android
drwxrwx--- root     sdcard_r          2015-08-18 22:41 Cardboard
drwxrwx--- root     sdcard_r          2015-08-20 19:40 DCIM
drwxrwx--- root     sdcard_r          2015-08-29 21:22 Download
...

I guess my ssh user t belongs to the "other" group. but don't know how to confirm that. I couldn't add the permissions:

u0_a116@C6730:/sdcard $ chmod -R a+r Download/
Bad mode

What does the "Bad mode" error mean?

What are some solutions?

Can I change file permissions on Android directly?
Do I need root? But I heard that rooting my device Kyocera Hydro Icon with Android 4.4.2 isn't possible due to locked bootloader?
Can I downgrade Android from 4.4.2 to 4.3?
Can I upgrade my ssh user account to be one level above "others", so as to have write and read permissions? Do I need root? Will that solve the problem, given the difference in read permissions between sftp from Nautilus and ssh and scp from terminal under the same ssh user?

I found a discussion at http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/sdcard-problems-upgrading-android-t2938749
, where the suggestions seem to require root,  right?
Thanks.


texts: Can some1 explain this? can i fix this problem with calibrating battery? basically it lasts almost as long as ever, but the percentages make it impossible for me to know how long do i have till it dies. it is now 10hrs on 1% battery...(samsung s6 nougat OS)


texts: BSNL Penta TPad 701C Android ICS - Play store closes immediately after opening.

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When I got the tablet, new version of play store was pre-installed and was working fine. Initially my 3G dongle was not connecting to Internet. After complaining to customer care, I was provided a firmware with which I updated my tablet. Then onwards, I could connect to Internet but Play store was gone. I managed to download it and installed it on tablet but now it opens and closes without any error message.

I have already tried:

Re installing the given ROM
Done factory reset
Tried to install different versions (v3.5.19, v3.7.16, etc) of Play Store app.

None of the above solved the probelm. Please help.


texts: Why is sound on my Android suddenly increasing?

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I am running Android 2.3 on a Samsung Galaxy S 2.

Recently, when I play music, at some random time, the volume will suddenly increase. It's hard to put an exact measurement on the increase, but I'd estimate it's about 20 to 30% louder.

It's quite jarring, and if my volume is already up near maximum, it can be a little painful.

This happens with any application that plays MP3s, so I don't believe it's application specific.

It also happens without any action on my part. When the volume jumps up, I'm not holding my phone or using any interface, or touching any buttons. It's not that volume buttons are accidentally being hit, either. It happened just now, and my Android is lying on the table beside my laptop, without anything touching it.

Is this a bug of some kind?


texts: How to add StackExchange podcast to Google Listen (on Android)?

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I'm trying to add the StackExchange Podcast to Google Listen.

I've tried searching for it within Google Listen. No luck.


texts: What is the difference between jailbreaking and unlocking an Android?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc

Is either possible, legal, contractually legit and does either damage the phone?


texts: Google Play Music frequently flashing in notification bar and notification tray

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Recently, Google issued an update for Google Play Music.

Now, I frequently see the Google Play Music icon briefly appearing in the Android notification bar (aka status bar).

It will appear for about a tenth of second, then disappear, then do the same a second later.  This happens on and off throughout the day.

I think it is also flashing up a brief notification in the notification tray, but it's hard to tell, because it just flashes there for less than a second.

This happens when Google Play Music is not even running (although it presumably has some background tasks).

This never happened before the recent update to Google Play Music.

It's distracting to have this icon sporadically appear.  Also it can cause all the left-side notification bar icons to shift due to this "fluttering" of the Google Play Music icon.

What's going on, and is there a way to fix it?

(Oh, I should mention: I don't want to turn off all notifications for Google Play Music, because they are useful on days it is actually used.)

Update: This symptom has been confirmed by two other Android SE users.


texts: software update available -- how to find out the details?

texts: My UK HTC Chacha phone running 2.3.5 since the last few months shows a notification since the last couple of days that there is a software update available. But the menu only says that it's a bit over 7MB to downloads, it doesn't specify what software update this is which version  -- how to find out the details?


texts: What do the "Pogo Pins" on the Galaxy Nexus map to?

texts: I'd like to make my own doc similar to below. The official one for $90 doesn't come with a power adapter so I assume you just plug the USB charger into it. What pins from USB map to the three pins in the photo?


texts: Why can't Windows detect phones, even when the USB driver is installed?

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After reinstalling Windows, both two of my Samsung phones cannot be recognized by the OS. In Device Manager it shows this:

I tried to install:

Samsung USB Driver for Windows
Android Studio and SDK
Samsung Smart Switch

And activated USB Debugging mode, but none of this still work.
Despite of that Odin can still detect it:

Using adb devices -l yields this result:
List of devices attached
420039c4de446300       device product:j1x3gxx model:SM_J120H device:j1x3g

or
List of devices attached
504bc61e               device product:j2y18ltedx model:SM_J250F device:j2y18lte

Do you know why?


texts: How do I turn off my Samsung Galaxy a3 if my screen has stopped working?

texts: My phone screen suddenly just stopped working it comes on but the touch screen isn't responding. I think I need to switch it off and back on again but I can't without touching the screen! Does anybody know how to do it another way?


texts: Can I root my Nexus 5 without a custom image?

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Is it possible ?

So far I've found 2 images that would allow me to get root, either cloudfire or team win recovery project (twrp).

I'm a little uneasy loading an unknown bootloader to my device.

Or maybe some information beyond "run this program", "double click here" and such. I work as an embedded engineer so I like to know what I'm doing

EDIT :

Usually embedded devices have a 3 stage loading. First they execute hard code in ROM when power comes up. Then this code loads the boot loader, then this boot loader brings the actual linux kernel up. It is my understanding that I will be overwriting the boot loader with twrp. By image I mean a fully compiled binary that will overwrite what is already present. If it is not an "image" to you then fine, it is not. I want to know if it is possible to root the device without overwriting the default bootloader.


texts: Problems installing Lineage on Moto G5 w TWRP

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TWRP is fine.

I have lineage-15.1-20180415-UNOFFICIAL-cedric.zip in the Downloads folder on the 'phone.

On attempting to flash this, TWRP fails with: "Updater process ended with ERROR: 255".

Advice elsewhere suggested unzipping the package, then removing the first 2 lines of file at META_INF>Com>Google>Android>UpdaterScript. These refer to the 'Cedric' device name - but I have no real idea what they mean.....

I did this, but as I'm on a mac, could not follow the instructions relating to re-creating the archive as they were Windows specific ('Add to rar' was suggested). So I tried straight zip archiving.

Attempting to flash the archive thus created, TWRP now fails with : "Invalid zip file format!".

Would be grateful for advice on how to create the appropriate file format using a mac.

I have an app called 'Keka', which offers as options 7z, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2. Are any of these appropriate?

Thank you!


texts: Does enabling sideloading allow applications to be installed or run on the device without consent?

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I'm concerned that enabling sideloading of applications may allow malware to be installed.  However, I'm aware that Android gives a "Do you want to install this application?" dialog while installing an APK, intended to prevent unauthorized software installations.  I'm wondering if a workaround exists that can defeat this security measure.

Barring unintended behavior such as security vulnerabilities, does enabling sideloading make it possible to install or run applications of any kind on the device without consent?


texts: EMUI 5.0 is displaying orange navbar and notification bar even battery saving is turn off

texts: What is the possible other cause for this? I believe this one should not be orange. I tried to restart it, turn it off still got orange bars. Please no factory reset answer.


texts: File fails to upload to google drive from tablet

texts: I have a galaxy Tab 3 with some pictures on it I'd like to upload to Google Drive. Whenever I go into gallery and select them it just keeps working at 0.0Kb and then says "upload fail". Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?


texts: Checking if audio is playing with bash script on Tasker

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I have the small script below to check if audio is in use on my Android.

if grep -q RUNNING /proc/asound/card*/pcm*/sub*/status; then echo "Playing" ; else echo "Idle"; fi

It works nicely in the console. However, if I execute it in Tasker it always returns "Playing" which means it always evaluates to true.

Anybody an idea why this is happening?


texts: I am using Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus. Unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP recovery. Then installed Magisk as root agent. Everything seems to be working fine. But I can't integrate updates of the system app to the system. And when I try doing it, it responds with failed. And it seems something breaks and many of my finely running apps no more can launch. They all crash as soon as I open them.


texts: Is there a GB size limit for SD card for a HTC evo phone?

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So far can't find any info on GB size limit for the HTC evo phone. Is there one? HTC.com link is not working for the last few day.... so can't get tech support for the answer.

My problem, the phone comes with 2 GB SD card and work fine. Bought a 32 GB (10 speed I believe) and phone don't recognized that there is SD card installed and ask to insert one...

So, is there a GB size limit? forum info indicated that speed 6 would work but no info if 8 or 10 would work... any additional info is appreciated,


texts: Galaxy S4: Some apps install. Some result in *app name* can't be installed in the device's install location

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For example I can successfully download apps, but then with some apps get this message.

Clearly this is not a storage problem and my software is updated.


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I'm looking for an application that converts my Android phone in a switchboard. The goal is to have the ability to redirect the incoming calls to another telephone number. But if this is not possible (I don't know if any Android terminal is able to redirect calls in real time), perhaps there is an intermediate solution: the mobile pick up the telephone, launches a recorded message ("Please, say what is the purpose of your call"), waits until the user say something and then put a music loop until somebody pick up the telephone.

I don't know if I explained :) But the final goal is to substitute an expensive internal switchboard by an unexpensive cell phone network driven by an Android app. Is there something similar?


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I've got a Sony Xperia E4g which runs on Android 4.4.4. MTK Logger doesn't appear in the apps screen, but it's in the list of apps in the settings app.
I can't figure out how to get rid of it. I can't find it when I plug my phone into my laptop and look at the files.
How to remove MTK Logger?


texts: Debugger to a non-debuggable Android app

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I want to know can we attach a debugger to an app running on the smartphone which is published over Google Play Store without modifying the original app?
The reasons for asking this is by default the app which is there over Google playstore are non debuggable, i.e in the AndroidManifest.xml file, either they won't have android:debuggable flag or if it is, then it will be set to false


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I have a few questions about normal devices (non-x86) and x86 devices:

Why, sometimes, an app that isn't designed for x86 devices works, but sometimes it just crashes when starting them?
I've seen a lot of rooting apps (e.g. Xmodgames) that don't support x86. Why is that?


texts: How can I see only phone contacts, not SIM contacts?

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I have a Dell XCD35.

My phone book was showing phone contacts as well as SIM contacts.

So when I see the list it shows some contacts twice. I don't want that, so in display option of contacts I just unchecked SIM contacts, which solves the problem in the Contacts app.

But I face the same problem when I am composing a SMS message. When searching for contacts it shows both Phone and SIM contacts.

Is there any way to disable SIM Contacts everywhere?


texts: Where is Google Play Books storage location?

texts: I found hints that the location might be "Android/data/com.google.android.apps.books". I don't have that folder. I have searched every file in my system looking for the book file.  I have folders: "...apps.magazines"   and "....apps.maps", but no "...apps.books".  Also what does the thumbtack mean on the books page cover under library view... Is there a manual somewhere?


texts: Phone log shows numbers not Exchange Contact Names

texts:
Just got my Galaxy S3 and like it so far, but they have changed so much around.

Problem= The phone syncs with my Exchange contacts list, but when I receive a call and when I look at the log list, only the number shows, no name or any other info. Sprint people couldn't help.

Also, would have been helpful if they had a sheet to show the new way to navigate to to the previous Android feature. Like the App manager, it was a widget so you could end apps that were no longer being used. I can't find that feature anywhere.


texts: Why google play services restore its used space after I clear all data?

texts:
Before I clear all data, google play services used space is 126 MB.

After I clear all data, google play services used space is 50~ MB.

Before I know it (less than one minute), it restore back to 126 MB.

How is that? my WIFI and SIM data connection is not even on.


texts: How can I disable the Complete account setup prompt in Google Play Store?

texts:
Every now and then when I want to install an app from the Play Store, Google has to remind me that I haven't finished setting up my account, at which point I can only press 'Continue', to be met with a payment option selection box:

Image taken from googleapis.com

I don't want to needlessly tie another account to my Google profile.
I know I can 'Skip' from that point onward, but it's uselessly annoying. Is there any way to disable this prompt (that is: to let Google know that whenever I want to buy something I'll find my way myself)?


texts: Wikipedia app scrolls page to some random (?) place after image's description edit

texts:
Since I am a part-time Wikipedia contributor, while reading some articles, I am also often adding (or correcting) a lot of image descriptions.
Image description editing is currently done on a separate screen (displayed after tapping of each image) and when editing is done and I am returning to the main article, I am never returned to the same place, where I was reading prior to image description adding. Main article text is always scrolled up to -- I'd say -- something like 3-4 paragraphs from the beginning.
So, for example, if I am reading some really long article (i.e. bio of some famous person), I am always scrolled back (up) sometimes many headings up. And I always have to scroll down, some times tapping screen even 20 times, to get to the point where I was before adding new image's description. This is very frustrating and annoying.
Can someone else confirm this problem, or "is it only me"? Is this some kind of a feature, that I completely don't understand, or is this a bug?


texts: How do I disable Fast boot without the Power option in Settings?

texts:
I went over some of the old forum posts about this issue and there seems to be a lot of confusion about this. I am planning to root my HTC Desire (GSM) which at the moment is running original UI/ROM and everything on Android 2.2 FroYo.

One of the root guides said that I should disable Fastboot by going to Settings and then Power. But I don't have that option. And apparently I am not the only one.

So what's this all about? And how do you disable something like that when the option is not there? Can this be done from HBoot menu?...


texts: Avoid Security for Outlook app in Android for lock screen

texts:
I had a concern recently regarding my lock screen privileges.

I recently installed Microsoft Outlook App for Android and with the installation they asked me to encrypt my phone with either pin, pattern or password which was compulsory and without that the outlook can not be started in the phone. After creating a pattern and logging in my credentials, I went to the lock screen menu from settings and what I find out is that I cannot go back to the normal "NONE" option for my screen lock facility.

I have a dead-end showing as:

  Disabled by Administrator, encryption policy, or credential storage.

I am really not a fan of cell phone security and am happy to keep it simple as it looks. Does anyone have a solution for this issue without uninstalling the application?


texts: Input languages to Jelly Bean on Galaxy S3

texts:
I know that there are 18 new keyboard languages in Jelly Bean. I upgraded my S3 to Jelly Bean, but I didn't get the additional languages.

I saw Nexus, and it had all these languages, but mine has only the default 3 languages (English, French, and another language).

Is there any way that I can add these langauges ?


texts: Changing the color of the lollipop... Does this serve any real purpose?

texts: Screwing around in the software info I pressed Android Version 7 times. The lollipop showed up on my screen. I touched it and it changed colors. ( Yippee :P) But does this do anything other than that? ( ie Open a new exploit of something cool like that)


texts: alternative to android build in encryption?

texts:
I have got a Samsung S3 that forces me to use a 6-charakter password for the phone/SD card encryption. I would like to use a PIN (4-digits) as it was possible in earlier Samsung phones. I am aware of the reduced security but for practical reasons I want to use the PIN.
What are my options? I see there is the option to use any kind of "file vault" app, but they require to move my files and folders into the apps container.
Is there any option to encrypt the android leaving the files in the original place?


texts: Is it possible to install regular, non go version of android firmware on a device running android go?

texts:
are there any alternative, 'non go' android firmwares for my Samsung J4 core phone available?

The Samsung J4 core comes with Android Go.


texts: Videos are directly streaming onto my default player. Want to open in Opera so I can download it

texts:
I have been using Android for the last week.

I have Opera for browsing. I  download videos from a website directly thru Opera. While downloading it asks me whether to open the video in Opera or default video player of my mobile.

Accidentally I once clicked on the "make it default" option and it was directly streamed to the video player. After this it never open in my Opera to download.

Because of this I can't download videos into my mobile. If I try to search the name of the video player I cant find it. And please help to restore as it was before.


texts: How to Change Os from Nokia Lumia 710 with WP 7.5 to Any Os Android

texts: Need Help to Change My Os from Windows Phone in nokia 710 to Any Android Os


texts: System data taking up 11 out of 16 gb internal memory

texts:
My phone is a Samsung A320 2017 with Oreo. When looking in
settings >> device maintainance >> storage it says:
System / user data: 15,1 GB
Unnecessary data: 1,04 MB
Available space: 0,9 GB

Under "user data" it says:
Documents 166 KB
Images 120 MB
Audio 616 MB
Videos 11 MB
Applications 4 GB
SD card 19,8 GB / 59,5 GB

My phones internal memory is 16 GB. So 16 GB - (4 + 0.12+0.6+0.01) is over 11 GB. Is Oreo really taking up that much space? When i googled this some people say that the way to fix this is to resize the system partition.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/ask-question/899518-why-does-android-8-0-oreo-take-up-so-much-storage-space.html

https://community.phones.nokia.com/discussion/3183/system-files-on-nokia-6-2018-after-oreo-update-8-1-take-up-12g-is-that-normal

Is that the only way? I've never tried to factory reset it btw.


texts: Google Speech recognition doesn't consistently enter the speech into app text field

texts:
I cannot figure out the whole pattern but much of the time these days if I use Google Speech to recognise some text to put into a text field eg Facebook's or Messenger's, it successfully recognises the text (it shows me) but then when the popup displaying the text goes away, it leaves the text field unchanged, instead of entering the recognised text. It seems to happen mostly if I do some speech recognition, then edit or move the cursor, then some more speech recognition.
Is there any way to force the recognised text into that field or get it into "paste" so I can paste it in?
(Using a Huawei P20 Pro running Android 10 and Microsoft Swiftkey to "activate" Google Speech).


texts: I'd like to know what options there are for playing a movie on the Galaxy Note on my TV. The TV is a relatively recent Sony Bravia that sadly appears not to support DLNA. I gather the Galaxy Note doesn't support HDMI - so are there any other options?


texts: How do timers and alarms function while the device is sleeping?

texts:
I would like to preface this by noting that this is not a developer question, more of a interest to know how this particular aspect of Android works in relation to the hardware found in smartphones today.

My basic understanding is that when a phone is sleeping all CPU cores (for a multicore device) are in a battery-essential, very low-powered state.
However, when a timer or an alarm is set into some arbitrary point in the future, I assume the hardware needs to essentially monitor every passing second and act on whether to sound the alarm, or wait.

Does this mean that the CPU is doing the work (which I doubt), or is there some dedicated low-power hardware?

Thank you!


texts: What does nl="true" mean in the package-restrictions.xml file?

texts:
When you disable an app using the following command:

$ pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.videos

the three attributes will be added to the /data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml file:

<pkg name="com.google.android.videos" inst="false" stopped="true" nl="true" />

I know what inst="false" and stopped="true" mean, but what does nl="true" mean?


texts: Can't disable one SIM card in my dual SIM phone running CyanogenMod 12.1

texts: I have a dual SIM Galaxy S Duos 2. I'm unable to disable individual SIMs. There's no option in Settings. Is there any way to do this?


texts: Huawei mate 20 lite bootloader-unlock doesn't work due to FRP

texts:
I've got two huawei mate 20 lites in front of me, and I have the bootloader codes to unlock them.
But when I use adb fastboot to unlock them I get the message "Cannot unlock bootloader, you need to unlock FRP first" not with those exact words, but something like that.
How can I unlock the bootloader with the codes that i have without entering the phones settings to enable usb debugging? I feel like I've scanned the whole internet by now. Thank you!


texts: How can I monitor and log data connection mode and rate, and log with location?

texts:
I would like to understand what connection type and theoretical data rate my phone is using for its data connection, and how it changes with different locations.  I'm not looking for an actual data speed test like speedtest.net, but rather a logging of the type of data connection (GPRS, HSDPA, HSDPA+) and the specific modulation and UE Categories (see the table for User Equipment (UE) categories in this article).

This information should be available from the phone's radio, without actually sending additional data through the network.

I would like to have this information logged, along with a rough location, maybe as a background process (which would only run when a data connection is active so it would not drain the battery).


texts: Link2SD doesn't work on Marshmallow: No such file or directory

texts:
Due to my displeasure with the new SD card as internal storage of Marsmallow, I decided to switch back to Link2SD, something which I had been using on previous versions of Android. However, there's a problem. If I try to create the mount scripts for my partitioned SD card, I get the following error:

Mount script cannot be created

mount: '/dev/block/vold/179:66'->'/data/sdext2': No such file or directory

Does anybody know how to get Link2SD to work on the Marshmallow?


texts: Disable lock screen wallpaper on S3 Android 4.3

texts: I can change the wallpaper on the lock screen on my S3, but is it possible disable it completely? I can't see that in the menus, I am only able to pick a wallpaper from the gallery.


texts: What could break an app download from the Play Store?

texts:
I cannot pinpoint exactly when it started, but I'm starting to get a lot of users complaining that they cannot download my app from the Play Store, the download always stops at 89%.
Users can download other apps, even bigger ones.

I tried to reproduce but to no avail. Could some antivirus prevent the complete download?

App bundle size is approximately 50 mb, the issue appears on a variety of devices and different Android Versions. Available storage space does not seem relevant.

I am aware that it is common for Android users to not be able to download apps for various reasons (lack of space, wrong configuration on user device), but here the issue seems to be that they cannot complete the download of this app in particular, it always fails at 89%, and it started recently (but I cannot be sure that it is linked to a specific release). This app has more than a million downloads and all my other apps are unaffected.

Update: an user told me it worked when he tried to download the app again


texts: I just installed the 8.0 update, and don't like how they changed the layout of my folders. Before installing this update, the size of my folders would be 3x3 rows, and now they changed it to 4x4 rows. Is there a setting or anything I can do to change it back to the layout that I had before?


texts: How can I use passthrough/reverse-tether on the HTC One V with Ubuntu?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do you set up internet pass-through (reverse-tether) on linux?

I read that the phone needs to be connected to HTC Sync, thats not available for Linux. Has anybody been able to do a passthrough?


texts:
My Galaxy S7 recently updated to Android 7.0.

I've got two Google accounts on my phone, personal and work.

I recently left my job and my work Google account has had its password reset.

Since then I'm getting the "Account Action Required" notification to sign back into the account.

This isn't possible as the account will be deleted soon.

For the life of me I can't find where to remove the account from my phone.

This used to be very straightforward. There's a strong possibility that I'm being blind. Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Thanks!


texts: "Google keeps stopping" after Android Oreo update

texts:
I got a Nexus 6P and it received the Oreo update yesterday. After installing the update, there were few errors like "Gboard stopped working" etc., That happened only once and the device was working normally for few hours. Now suddenly, I keep getting "Google keeps stopping" in the launcher screen. When I close the popup, the launcher is reloaded and the popup appears again immediately. Phone is currently kind of unusable. Tried to open Settings, but that got closed as well.

Tried checking Play Store for the latest updates, but got none. Anyone else got this issue? Any idea if this can be resolved?


texts:
Is it possible to install/setup a new sharing option without the use of an app?

In my case I'd like to be able to share photos to Flickr, but I have no interest in installing the Flickr app (or any other app whatsoever, for that matter).


texts:
When I look into the logs of my router, I have trouble identifying my own phone.

How can I change the name of my phone, on my nexus 4 running latest Android OS, without rooting it? Is it even possible?


texts: Exporting a CA certificate from Android to Android?

texts:
I'm trying to install an openssl CA certificate on my Pixel 5, previously I was able to install it directly through the app I was using on my old Pixel 2 but with the new security measures this is no longer an option and I'm attempting to take this into my hands.
This is my first time trying to do this on any of my phones.
I got the CA certificate off my computer by downloading the app through an android emulator. The file was originally saved as a .dll file and I just changed the end of the file to a .pfk. I believe it is now in the correct format as it recognized by my phone.
When I go to install the ca certificate I am asked for a password to extract the certificate. I opened the file as a text document and read through it thinking I would be able to find it in there. After reading I thought the password was "callback", but that doesn't seem to work.
Is there some kind of application I can run to retrieve the password?


texts: How to remove phone numbers from a contact when they are not visible in edit mode?

texts:
I have a French contact (phone number +33 ...) who went to Japan and got a mobile number there (+81 ...). We discussed via Whats App and Signal and now he is back in France.
I would like to remove his Japanese phone numbers but I simply cannot.
This is how I see his contact before the edition:

As you can see there is one French and two Japanese numbers. I then click on the edit icon and I see:

The Japanese numbers are not present.
There are nowhere to be found, I clicked on "show more fields", but these are just empty extra fields.
I remove the conversations from Signal (it was registered with the Japanese number, this is visible in the screenshot) - nothing. Note that I cannot actually edit a contact in Signal, it just mentions that this (Signal) contact is in my contacts - with the possibility to open the contact and what I get is the first screenshot.
I tried to edit the contact on the phone to add something and somehow influence the Japanese numbers - nothing. I tried a similar edit the contact on a PC via contacts.google.com - nothing. I tried to use the Samsung contact app - same problem.
After using Android extensively for 10+ years, this is the first time I see that. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
OS is Android 10, phone is Samsung Galaxy 9+.


texts:
I use a Samsung Galaxy SL I9003 model phone with latest version of Gingerbread on it.

I recently started to experience this problem. The shortcut menus on the lower bar have some how disappeared.

Here is a screenshot of the same...

Screenshot (click image to enlarge)

As of now only the Application shortcut remains.. How do I get the remaining shortcut bak ?

Thanks

P.S : Reboot does not help.


texts: How to unlink a device from my google account

texts: I gave my android to my daughter.  She cannot link the device to her own google account because it is linked to mine.  How can we unlink the android from my account without her loosing her data


texts: When will Nexus 6 get Android security updates?

texts: I am using a Nexus 6 with H2O wireless network. The July 1st 2016 security patch has been out for several days (since July 5) but my phone still doesn't get it. Do Nexus phones get updates directly from Google or through carriers? When can I get that update?


texts: How to know which App architecture is installed on my device? 32bit and 64bit

texts:
I've researched a lot about this,

found how to know if the APK is 32bit or 64bit
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30348216/how-to-find-if-apk-is-32-bit-or-64-bit

I tried going to the developer area in my phone => process manager and still couldn't see running apps' architecture.

tried installing a couple of task manger apps too, still no luck.

I think Google play automatically detects CPU architecture and installs the correct version

https://developer.android.com/google/play/publishing/multiple-apks

https://developer.android.com/distribute/best-practices/develop/64-bit#test-64-bit-hardware

and apparently since 2019 August, Google play requires all apps to have a 64-bit version.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/12/improving-app-security-and-performance.html

but when I go to Chrome => chrome://version, it shows 32-bit

so I'm looking for a universal way to find out whether the installed app on my phone is 32bit pr 64bit.

I'm using Android 9


texts:
On my Zenfone AR with Android 7.0, I am annoyed that the alarm notifications show the time of the next alarm, but not the day. In the example below, I have an alarm set for 06:00 two days from now, but looking at this screen, it looks to me as if the alarm would be set for tomorrow morning. There's no way to check what day I will be woken up early other than going into the alarm app and checking my list of alarms there.

Is there any way to change this? (The same thing goes for the lock screen.)


texts: Some apps' notifications disappear after half a second

texts:
I have an Acer T07 (aka Liquid Zest 4G aka z528) with Android 6.0. I got it for Christmas so I did not have the time to tweak it for now !

Whenever I recieve an SMS, a notification does show up, and then disappears after half a second. This is particularily annoying since I am not always looking at my phone and when I check it I see no notification. Then, I open the SMS app (currently using Pulse SMS but the same happened with Textra and basically any alternative SMS app - tried a lot of them) and see unread messages I was not aware of. However this problem doesn't happen with the stock SMS app.

I thought this was just with SMSs but from time to time the phone vibrates and when I turn on the screen to see what's hapening, I see nothing - which is certainly because a notification arrived just to immediately disappear.

I don't have a list of the application that do this mostly because I never see those notifications. Apart from SMS, I use very few apps that generate notifications (no social networks or similar apps) so it's hard to tell how many apps have the problem and what they have in common.

I found no one with the same problem by googling it and neither by searching this SE.

Any help on how to fix this weird problem is highly appreciated !

Thanks :)

EDIT : I found out that Discord app does it as well. I also found out that some notifications don't even show up, but just make the phone vibrate without letting me know at all what app it comes from.


texts:
I was recording an hour-long meeting with the native voice recorder app on my EVO 4G. When I started the recording, I left it running in the background, hit the home screen, then shut the screen off. The meeting went slightly over an hour. I got a few email/sms notifications during the meeting, but none of them seemed to interrupt my recording.

Finally, when the meeting was wrapped up, I went to stop the recording, and noticed that it was indeed still recording (displaying the recording icon in the notification bar) when I went to stop it, but instead of accessing the Voice Recorder app via the notification bar, I flipped to the home screen that contained the app launch icon, and opened it that way. The next thing I knew, the voice recorder was set to record (it was no longer recording), and the last recording in the records was from two days ago.

I shut the phone off immediately, just in case. As I'm hoping that the recording still exists on the memory card or phone memory. Is there any hope for me of recovering this recording? Anyone ever had this happen to them, and did you have any success recovering the recording?

I'm at a loss for words to express how disappointed I am with my phone that this could have happened. You would think it would be constantly writing the recorded data to the device and have better error prevention, even if it may have lost a little of the recording at the end due to whatever error or bug caused this calamity, but I digress.

So what are my recovery options here?


texts: How to connect an android tablet with a laptop using a USB cable?

texts:
My AAkash 2 tablet has a mini-USB port and comes with a cable to convert the mini port to standard USB female port for connecting flash drives etc.

I want to connect the tablet to a laptop using this port. For this I bought the standard male-male USB cable, which attaches to the female port of the USB connector of the tablet and female port of the laptop.

But no devices are found by either the laptop or the tablet. Do I need to make any setting changes to make this happen?


texts: SSL error on Firebase hosting on old Android devices

texts:
I am not being able to see my Firebase Web App on old Android Devices due to SSL error.

There is a question about this, but the answer doesn't say how to solve it.
Is there any solution for this?


texts: How can I cast only my android screen to my tv

texts:
I have a Chromecast and I want to cast my android screen to my tv (mainly youtube) but not the audio, I looked online to find any answers and I found that I have to double broadcast I did it once (I assume) and could not replicate it I also cant google a guide to doing this because I just find other things that I am not looking for. So, how can I do this?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Alternative way to transfer many files between two Android phones with many restrictions

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 in terrible condition (charging port broke, power button broke etc). I am using a battery of another S3 to power it whenever needed. I have a whole lot of files to transfer (photos, docs etc) to my new phone Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (I guess it's not available where you guys are, but still).

I cannot use a USB cable. (Charging port broke.)
Bluetooth is WAY too slow for so many files, and drains the battery which cannot be charged while using the phone (it's another S3's battery).
I cannot use my laptop as a medium because my laptop does not have Bluetooth (my fault, long story).
Redmi Note 3 does not have NFC.
My Redmi does not have a SIM card yet.

I can't figure out what to do. Can anyone suggest anything?


texts:
I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 pro and a pair of black Xiaomi AirDots but every time I call and play music together, the music is as distorted as the call itself like the music's coming from the caller.

How can I undistort the audio?


texts: Is your Galaxy S7 running slow after 11/2018 T-Mobile update?

texts:
Several days after receiving this update my phone became sluggish to do anything. Simple things like: swiping to answer calls is taking 2-4 seconds, lighting up a screen when the call is incoming is taking also several seconds. The battery life suffers as well - I am losing about 30% of battery every day compared to how it was before. When I look at what is consuming the battery, Android system is the biggest consumer, about 10-20% each day.

Also, the phone started complaining about running out of space even though I had 32Gb SD card that was empty. Going to storage setting shows that out of 32Gb of internal storage I have only about 1-2Gb free and that's after cleaning all of personal data. Most of the consumption is in the system memory. There is no way of seeing what goes into System memory consumption as the stock tools don't show it's contents.

Does anyone else have this problem? Any ideas how to resolve it?


texts: Isn't Firefox mobile able to save tabs when switching to another app and back to Firefox?

texts:
Besides its slowness, one big problem of Firefox to me is whenever I leave the app (e.g. looking up a translation in a dictionary) and switch back via ALT-TAB or long press HOME, Firefox reloads all tabs, they are already empty when reopening Firefox (so Ff seems to lose the tabs and only saves the URL's).

Is this due to low memory of Smartphone (500 MB RAM) or does Ff show the same behaviour on Tablets and high-specs smartphones? I also need Ff for Tiddlywiki and switch between apps and reopen Ff quite a lot. So a solution/explanation for this problem would be fine.


texts: Restoring contacts after X10 mini pro upgrade to 2.1

texts:
I just upgraded my X10 mini pro to Android 2.1 . As suggested in the instructions did I perform a backup which seems to have created an file (~ 160 kB) with extension .sbf in /sdcard/data/backup/ on the phone.

After the upgrade, I tried to restore from this file (using the same 'Backup & Restore' application which comes with the operating system). While it seems to remember which applications were installed (but I had to configure the wireless access again by hand...) I do not get the contacts back, although it claims to restore the contact data.

Unfortunately, I never exported the contacts separately to a file nor did I store them online.

Is there a way to get the contacts back ?

Or is there a way to read the contents of the .sbf file ?


texts: Remove (not change) picture from lock-screen

texts:
I accidentally pinned an image to my lockscreen. I cannot find a way to remove it and get back to the default setup for lockscreen.
The problem this created is that the clock display becomes smaller, and I cannot read the time with my glasses off, such as at night.
I have a samsung galaxy 10, android version 10.


texts: Given that every application runs as a separate user, what happens when you want to add a new user account?

texts:
According to this, every application in Android runs as a separate kernel-level user, with a unique user ID and group ID.

So, what happens under the hood when you add a new user (e.g. to your shared tablet)?


texts: How do I change my Google Account in Beyondpod?

texts: How do I change my Google Account in Beyondpod, the podcatcher? The one used to synchronize with Google Reader I mean.


texts: How can I improve the battery life on my device?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What can I do to increase battery life on my Android device?

My Desire is absolutely great, but with my usage the battery life is really a big problem.

I have a few apps running and polling in the background, obviously the Google stuff (Gmail, Talk, Maps probably poll because of Latitude). Then I have Twitter running (checks every 5 minutes), Google Listen (checks every hour). Google Market also checks for updates sometimes apparently, don't think I can switch that off.

My usage is pretty heavy, on my bicycle I listen to Spotify or a podcast for 20 minutes, then in the morning train (45 minutes) I will usually read Twitter and Google reader (the web app). Then I get to work and my battery is down to about 75%-70%. I usually charge it but if I don't then I will be out of battery by about 6PM. So thats 9 hours of battery life. The commute back is pretty much the same, battery will be dead before I get home.

I don't want to give up on instant notifications, so the 3G will always be on.

When I went camping for a weekend I turned all of the above polling off and only checked Twitter about 4 times, didn't use the phone for the rest of the day. Battery life improved slightly to about 14 hours. Still not great, I was hoping for at least 24 hours.

WiFi is always off by the way!

I've tried rebooting but the timings are mostly the same. Is it wise to buy a battery that can provide more mAh? Is there any good solutions for backup power when I don't have power available, when camping for example (aside from buying extra batteries)?


texts: Is it possible for a phone to still be compromised/infected by malware or spyware even after a factory reset?

texts:
If yes then how can one ensure that its %100 wiped clean?
Android 7 | rooted
EDIT: Same question but how about when rom is flashed
?


texts:
I am trying to open .ts files in my Android tablet but it's prompting me to open with any Video Player installed on my device

.ts files are typescript files just like .js JavaScript files but typescript superset of JavaScript

I am trying to open them and edit them in an app called AIDE-web.

If I change the extension I am able to open the file and edit the text but I don't want to do this

So how can I open open these files to view or edit them

Device details:

running lineageOS (android 7.1.10
Device is rooted


texts: Does the Google Nexus 7 support external keyboards?

texts: Can I use an external keyboard with a Google Nexus 7? Will the Nexus pair with an Apple Wireless keyboard? Are there other companies that make compatible keyboards?


texts: Completely disable the fingerprint sensor

texts:
I don't really like all the hype about the fingerprint sensor, I'd rather like to have it killed down, so that it doesn't register any fingerprints.

On a desktop Linux I'd simply modprobe -r the relevant kernel module. Can I do something like that on Android? I don't want to simply disable it in the settings - then I have to trust the system that nothing really uses it.


texts: How to disable app notifications of a certain app?

texts: How can I disable the app notifications of a certain app I installed from Google Play?


texts: Should SELinux be Permissive to access /dev/diag

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I am trying to set the SELinux to permissive on Android with no luck.
I tried the command su 0 setenforce 0 it returns OK while still being Enforcing if checking immediately using getenforce command.
I even tried to change the prop.build: this file did not exist instead a prop.build.bak did so i copied it modified the SELinux to 0 instead of 1 and pushed it without the .bak extension. Even i checked with external applications that modify the prop.build where the SELinux is set to 0 but when checking with the getenforce command it is still returning Enforcing.
My goal is to get access to the /dev/diag which I believe is being denied due to SELinux using Android JNI as:
 fd = open("/dev/diag", O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE | O_NONBLOCK);

What shall i do?
Update:
When using the command ls -l /dev/diag it returns crw-rw-rw- system   qcom_diag 244,   0 2015-01-14 01:47 diag.
Here is some dmesg extract
here is the extract of the dmesg:

[18177.676603]  [0: servicemanager:  743] avc:  received setenforce notice   (enforcing=1)
[18182.768070]  [1: servicemanager:  743] avc:  received setenforce notice (enforcing=1)
[18183.231867]  [0:           init:    1] avc:  received setenforce notice (enforcing=1)
[18183.232006]  [0:           init:    1] avc:  received setenforce notice (enforcing=1)

And tried to follow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36005670/why-cant-my-android-app-has-root-privilege-access-dev-input to use the open server class with no luck: returning Server thread forced to quit by error
As for the ROM I am using the J5-J500H (J500HXXU1AOG4_OXE1AOG4_J500HXXU1AOG4) and Android 6.0.1 as follow: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-to-root-twrp-samsung-galaxy-j5-2015-2016-prime-variant-marshmallow-6-0-1.3502292/
Hint: I don't think the ROM is the problem because I am using other applications that are being able to access the /dev/diag


texts: authentication is required when I try having an access to the google play store

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I am not able to install my favourite games such as ZOMBIES KILLER 3D. Whenever i ha ve tried installing this games the pla store send me a message and that is "authentication is required you need to sign in your google account"
I am kindly requesting you solving my problem.


texts: Delete original pictures/videos from phone and not have Google Photos automatically delete the online copy

texts: I have Google Photos app enabled to automatically backup all my photos and videos to my Google Photos. My question is, once they are on the drive how can I delete the original from the phone without having it deleted on the Photos?


texts: After updating MIUI from 3.8.23 to 3.10.25, I get the annoying error message "No connection" when opening Play Store (which is version 4.3.11). Wifi is on and all other apps work fine. Tried to delete play store cache/data but didn't help. Any ideas?


texts: AC3 Codec for MX Amlogic MX2 Android Media Player Box

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OK, so I have just bought the MX Amlogic MX2 Android Media Player, and I see that it doesn't play the most common audio file, AC3. I know that there are some licencing issues, and I also know that there is some workaround for this, but as I am a technophobe for all things with googly amps, could anyone please provide me with a step-by-step walk-through to show me how to get AC3 Audio?

For instance, do I need to connect the box to the internet to connect to the appropriate website, or can I just download the needed codec onto a memory stick (via my PC) and upload it to my MX2 Player? Aaaaand, where can I find the codec?

Hoping someone can help me..... :-)


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This process causes CPU spikes and sometimes incredibly slows down whole system. I need to know how to disable it. Tried with Quick System Info PRO but it won't allow me to end process or close it.

HTC Desire S
Android 2.3.5


texts: I received the official OTA Google update to Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 on my HTC Sensation. Every time now when I reboot the device, the system displays a notice stating that it is optimizing the installed apps. This should be just on the first reboot after the update and not every time?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I use my device on a different carrier?

I am buying the Nexus 4 from US google play store and my colleague is sending it over via his relative. My question is even though google has mentioned that the unlocked version being sold on play store is supported by 200 carriers worldwide - will there be any issues with Vodafone India or is there any carrier that i need to purchase Sim from. Please reply immediately as i am kind of worried here.

Thanks in advance
Sameer


texts: How to create an album without uploading to Google Photos cloud

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On my Android device, Xiaomi Redmi note 8, the sync with Google account is disabled. For Photos, too. Today, I created a new album on the photos and noticed that it started to upload the photos, and it is already on the wifi. This is strange since the syncs are closed.
I want to prevent this, looked for the options, and couldn't find one. I've seen this question and its answer, however, none is helpful.
My guess, Google covertly implemented this feature so that any album other than the main, is uploaded to the cloud. Is this correct?
Can we create an album without uploading it to the cloud?
Is there a way to prevent this, other than the temporary Wi-Fi disablement?

Note to the covert adversary:

There is no notification for this, just show a dialog to choose. Give us our liberty!
On Accounts& Sync settings, even the sync is closed, once you touch one of the items, the item immediately starts to sync. What a shame!


texts: Block 4g when WiFi is available, and limit access to programs

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What's the best way to config it? If WiFi is available, 4g remains locked.

When WiFi isn't available, use 4g, but only for Watsupp and no video.


texts: Can't get Nexus 4 to be recognized by computer

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So my nexus 4 is rooted and unlocked. Well actually Im not sure, because after updating with the OTA it seems to have lost that capability. Even though there are SU Binaries still there.

Anyway, I am trying to install Cyanogenmod Nightly, but I cannot get my phone to show up in my computer or Device manager. I have the drivers install and all. I have tried with usb debugging on and off. I have tried in the Fastboot mode. I have tried after a factory reset.

I'm at a lost as to what I can do....When I try to go to recovery it says "No Command" or something

SO strange,

Thanks

BTW: I have tried two different win7 computers, same result


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I already use a proxy for my WiFi . Now, in order to use Adblock Plus, I need to change the proxy to localhost:2020 (as asked by adblock plus) .

How can I combine the two proxies ?

My phone is not rooted.


texts: The OneDrive app on my Samsung A7(2017) has four icons on the home screen. What's happening and how do I remove it?


texts: How to change original (unchangeable?) ICCID/SIM card serial from an AVD

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I need to have several running Android Virtual Devices, so have been trying to change the original ICCID/SIM card serial from an AVD and all the solutions I found oblige me to alter QEMU's code (see here: http://blog.codepainters.com/2010/11/20/android-emulator-patch-for-configurable-imei-imsi-and-sim-card-serial-number/).

I'm using:

Windows 7;
Java 1.7;
Android Studio 1.2.1.1;
Android SDK Tools 24.3.1.

I'm emulating:

Android device with Gingerbread 2.3.3 (API 10).

Does anyone got a solution? Thank you!


texts: Is it possible to use virtual camera on android phone?

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Well i know it's possible via Emulators or vm , but my question is about  an actual android phone
is it possible to do something like manycam on windows ?
i've been searching internet for almost two days and can't find any useful information even either if it's possible or not


texts: Streaming audio files from SMB (or AFP, or NFS) share to DLNA receiver without resampling

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Is it possible to scan specific folders for music files and import them to some android media player app, which could then stream the music to a DLNA device?

Another challenge is that the music files are on a NAS device, so they would be accessed through an SMB share (or AFP, or NFS share, if that changes anything).

I found a way to mount it to android's filesystem (using command busybox mount iocharset=utf8 -t cifs -o username=guest,rw,noperm,iocharset=utf8 //192.168.0.106/xxx /data/media/0/xxx), so apps see it as a local folder (you must have root for that I think, also the kernel should support cifs filesystem, and apparently the android device should not be in battery saving state and iocharset=utf8 is important if you have file or folder names with special characters), but the problem is that many apps rely on android's media scanner service to find music, which probably has trouble scanning the whole mounted folder and the apps do not see all the music files.


texts: Play Store icons and downloaded app icons, same or different

texts: I have a quick question regarding app icons. My question is are the icons that are displayed in the play store (the icons you see or click to go to the description of the app before you download) different then the app icons that appear on my home screen after I download and install the app? Or can the two icons, Play Store icon and phone (after download and installation) icon be different? So basically what I'm asking is can the developer use two different icon images, one for Play Store and one as the app image that appears on my phone after I have downloaded and installed the app?


texts: I just switched from a Nexus 4 to Moto X 2nd generation this morning. I had backup ON on my nexus 4. When I added my account on the new phone I expected all the apps and related data to get restored on it. But this didn't happen, I removed and re added my account, even ran a factory reset but nothing helped. How do I get all my apps and data back(without having to manually reinstall all of it).


texts: Best Reading App for Personal PDFs which Remembers Last Location on an Android Tablet

texts: I like the Kindle app (it remembers the last location) and the Adobe PDF app (it can view PDFs), but I'm looking for an app for my tablet which remembers the last location and can view PDFs.


texts: How secure is your data in Android when an app is given access to storage, camera, contacts

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I am just trying to understand that, these days most of the apps require access to things like camera, storage, contacts.
Is there any data privacy link to read through for an app consumer to know what is all that an app is doing in your background, in simple English so that a non-tech person can also understand the effects
I see some apps, like a fitness apps, asking for camera access, and allow access to make calls, cannot join the dots like why does it require camera access and asking for permission to make calls. I'm sure there must be scan/check when an app is uploaded to Playstore, but is this point checked like why a fitness app is asking permission to make calls or camera access.
I am sure given an app, the app devs know exactly what all does the app does with all access permission in hand. Isn't it creepy sometimes from a consumer point of view.
A little I know is some apps collect our data and just sell it
Any online document link on privacy policy, data collection given an app, could help understand in detail. Could anyone throw some light or thoughts on app consumers data security in Android


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I have a hard bricked Asus nexus 7 i have tried everything can find to "unbrick" it.  i get to the google logo and thats as far as it gets. anyone got any ideas.

I can get to fastboot mode. I can move the choices from start to restart bootloader to recovery mode to power off to start. I have pressed the power button on each choice. if i hit start it goes to the google logo and freezes there. If i hit recovery mode it  goes to the google logo and no farther. hit restart bootloader comes back to start then hit the power button and the google logo comes up and freezes. same at the recovery mode. Power off is the only thing that works.

Thanks for the help


texts: Reinstall a new OS on zigo nebula 6.9 tablet

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I have no idea about hardware, installing and configuring Android OS. I have Zigo nebula 6.9 tablet, which has MediaTek 1.3 GHz Dual Core - Cortex-A7 processor and 512MB ram. The tablet's OS is corrupted. I want to know:

Can I install stock android on this? If yes which version? How?

If not can I install any other android version after jellybean? If yes, How?

If both of above is impossible can I reinstall the same OS it has now?


texts: How to delete ROOT APPS from Andoid jelly beans?

texts: I am using Galaxy s3 dous, Whenever I turn on my wifi my phone itself start downloading google apps, and I am unable to uninstall them, In application manager there is no option to remove but to update only. And same in playstore>>My Apps. Any suggestions??


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So i no stock manufacturers, roms have the blobs drivers for full potential of the camera.

Does this only apply for the stock camera app say from Samsung? if i download third party apps while on stock rom do they also make use of the proprietary drivers? if they don't then is the quality the same as it would be while using lineage os for example?

Appreciate all answers.


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I have WhatsApp installed on my HTC Sensation running Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). I also have other social contact related apps such as Google Voice, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. For my Google Contacts, it links each of these services up to the people in my address book.

When using WhatsApp, only a few of my contact's icons shows up for the screen with recent messages. When I view the contact in my address book, they have an icon (headshot) either from Google contacts, Facebook, or some other social service.

Why do only some of my WhatsApp contacts have icons showing? The other WhatsApp contacts default to an Android avatar. I've refreshed the WhatsApp contacts list and the problem still persists.


texts: Can I install the Android M Developer Preview on HTC One?

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So I just wanted to try out the new Android M developer preview on my HTC One M8, but the only build available is for Nexus devices.

If I flashed it on my HTC with MultiRom, and it bricked, could I easily just remove it with MultiRom? Or would it mess up my main stock 5.0 ROM also?

In that case, should I make a Nandroid backup with TWRP?


texts: I rooted my phone, but I never flashed the ROM and I never flashed the recovery, then I unrooted it. Can you tell its been rooted?

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I am using a Samsung Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5300) which has Android Gingerbread 2.3.6.
I rooted the phone by applying update.zip through the recovery console.
I installed titanium backup free, and ROM manager free, but quickly uninstalled them after I saw that I did not really need them on this phone.
I never installed clockwork recovery, i never flashed anything.
I then unrooted the phone by repeating the steps I did to root, using the unroot.zip (renaming first to update.zip)
That worked and Superuser app was removed after reboot.

Now what I want to know is....can Samsung tell my phone has been rooted?
If so, what can I do to remove any trace of it?

Thank you. I know this question has been asked before and answered but I could not find an answer which dealt specifically with my situation where nothing was ever flashed.


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I got the problem that my Nexus sometimes wants to update to 4.2.1 although the system update menu says the newest version is installed (4.2).

When I let the update do what it wants and it reboots, it fails at the recovery system with "apply patch check something".

Only thing I've done to my Nexus so far is rooting it.


texts: Which Google service is responsible for emergency notifications?

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I have an app that blocks notifications. I want to let emergency warnings through (like tornado warnings).
The services that have google in their name are:

"Files by Google" - com.google.android.apps.nbu.files
"Goggles" - com.google.android.apps.unveil
"Hangouts" - com.google.android.talk
"Home" - com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app
"Maps" - com.google.android.apps.maps
"News & Weather" com.google.andoird.apps.genie.geniewidget - Maybe this is it?
"Personal Safety" com.google.android.apps.safetyhub
"Google" - com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
"Google Go" - com.google.android.apps.searchlite
"Google News" - com.google.android.apps.magazines
"Google Play" - com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel
"Google Play Games" - com.google.android.play.games
"Google Play Music" - com.google.android.music
"Google Play Store" - come.android.vending
"Google TV" - com.google.android.videos

I'm using a pixel xl 2.
Also, how do I test if I have the settings correct? Is there a way to fake an emergency broadcast to myself?


texts:
How can I search for a sticker or emoji  on Line for Android?

On Line for Microsoft Windows I can use::

(Tap to enlarge)


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Since I have a prepaid Internet/Data Plan, I need to turn off/on Data Connection frequently. But Navigating to Settings -> Data Manager takes at least 25-30s on my Moto Defy (2.2) device. What could be the problem?

EDIT : As a workaround I am using this app to turn on/off. Have installed and uninstalled lots of other widgets which never worked.


texts: Chinese in the quick settings Flyme 8.0.0.0A Stable (SystemUI.apk)

texts: I translated the firmware Flyme 8.0.0.0A Stable (RU & UA) for Meizu Note 9 and Meizu 8X, but I can’t kill the Chinese in the quick settings: The fact is that China’s events are taking place there - the usual date, for example, if you translate from Chinese “己亥 年 十月 廿六” - “October 26.” Who can help remove this problem from the quick settings? Or at least tell me where to look in SystemUI.apk, I suspect that somewhere in the smali code. Thanks.


texts: Power button not working. Phone wont boot?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace GTS 5830i.

I somehow messed up the power button of my phone and now after the battery drained completely, It will not start.

I tried looking up online for going into recovery mode (without using the power button) i.e keeping home key pressed while inserting the charging but nothing works. Finally, I thought I must have an option to boot up my phone through Eclipse DDMS but I cant find any option there either (See screenshot)

Please help.

EDIT : Thanks to the answer by Sparx, I have solved this problem. Connect the phone via USB to your computer. If you have installed the Android SDK, go in the android-tools folder and execute adb devices (if on a mac, run ./adb devices)

If your devices shows up in the list run ./adb reboot


texts: Android 5.0.2 x86, not working with wifi

texts: I am trying to install the PC version of Android. I've found many links, but none of these versions work with my wifi. My wifi card is a Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG (I have an Asus PC). How do I get Android to work with this card?


texts: How can I decrypt / move the adopted storage from my SD card?

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Apparently the SD-card in my phone was a fake. It reports 32Gb, but it only seems to store 16Gb.

Now, I had that thing in my phone for a couple years now, it worked great, but this morning my smartphone reported that the SD-card was missing and I should put it back in. I'm on a non-rooted device, and according to this answer I need the decryption key if I want to get my data back. Now I'm stuck with half an SD-card, unable to get that key.

Any ideas?


texts: The stock browser in Android doesn't show the menu/ 3dots (Overflow menu) to change the settings at all. I tried about:debug but those 3 dots doesn't come up to change the settings. I use Karbonn Machfive android mobile.


texts: How to connect Samsung J7 via USB but disable charging?

texts:
I would like to know if is it possible to connect my smartphone to a pc via USB without charging it?

It would be very useful to be able to disable charging (but still allow USB tethering, ADB debugging, file transfer etc).

Thanks a lot.


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I have the Samsung J5 Pro (SM-J530F).
Two years ago I installed TWRP via Odin and download mode and it worked great. Since then I never entered download mode again because I installed all my roms with TWRP.
Now, I am trying to enter download mode in order to install my original Android 9 (from Sam-Mobile),  through Odin, and it's not working, like the download mode has been deleted somehow...
I tried every possible way, with the bottoms (power, volume down and home), through TWRP, with ADB but it is not working!!
If you have any suggestions, I would like to hear...
Thank you in advance


texts: Is it possible to reject call somehow when screen is locked as the same moment I unlock the screen, I acctualy accept the call?


texts: Google closed their Google now launcher and all devices shows incompatible on Google play store. But I can find its apk on internet. After installing app it won't show up in my settings for default launcher. Is there any way I can enjoy Google now launcher?


texts: Is it possible to clear-default of an app using an ADB command?

texts:
Not sure if that's the place to ask this (maybe stackOverflow is better), but here we go:

Background

There are plenty of possible commands that you can perform by using ADB.
I use many of them on my tiny app-manager alternative app.

The problem

I can't find a way to clears the default of a specified app.

I mean the clearing of the app as the default one to handle some actions, as being shown on the "app-info" (AKA "manage-app") screen.

What I've tried

In the past, it seems that it was possible by having a certain permission and some API commands, but it's no longer possible.

A possible workaround would be to disable&enable the app, but that causes weird things to happen on some other apps, for example launchers will remove the app's icon when it becomes disabled.

I've also noticed a file on :

/data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml

that has some xml tags that include apps, and when I clear-default of an app, it is gone from this file. I don't think that playing with this file would be a good workaround, as things can change over time, and I don't even know if changing it will do anything, especially not in the current session.

The question

If there is no such a command?

Is there any way to do it using root?


texts: Help! android device manager... will enable lock & erase appear after resetting the device?

texts: I lost my phone, it's an LG G2 Verizon, it wasn't factory reset and when I go to ADM it showed the device with the options of Lock and Erase separately... At first I locked it, but then I erased it, and I received an email from the ADM saying ( Android Device Manager will try to erase the data on your Android device and SD card. If the data is successfully erased, your device will display the Android Welcome screen the next time it's turned on. ) after moments both buttons disappeared and I only had one option which is Ring or Enable lock & erase, so does that mean that my device has been reset ? trying to get the phone back but at the same time I don't want my private things to be in the wrong hands.. thank you in advance!


texts: Brightness changes too frequently after I updated to 4.2

texts:
I have a Nexus 7 and after the update to Android 4.2 setting the brightness regulation to auto I noticed that it changes way more frequently than it used to do in the previous version of the operating system.

Is there a way to have automatic brightness regulation less aggressively?


texts:
This is one thing (in fact, the only thing that comes to mind) about Firefox on Android that bugs me. If an image (or "img") has a title, I can long-press the image to get image options to pop up, but it also shows me the title-text. If the title text is too long though, it gets cut off with an ellipsis.

For example: xkcd.com/1987 <-- on my Firefox, the title text shows as: "The Python environmental protection agency wants to seal it in a cement chamber, with pictorial messages t..."

xkcd is a long-running comic, which (since it began) has continuations to its jokes (or sometimes just related bits of information) in the comic title-text. Frequently, these are too long for me to read in Firefox, so when this happens I have to swap to another browser just so I can view the full title-text. In Firefox, I've also tried double-tapping or long-pressing on the cut-off title-text, in case it was just hidden but is able to be expanded, but I've had no luck on that front.

Is this a bug in Firefox? If so, is there any word yet on when it will be fixed/has this been reported yet? And if it's not considered a bug, are there any Firefox extensions out there which ensure that the full title-text is shown?

Asking this here on the Android stack-exchange, as I don't have this problem with Firefox on my computer.


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I use the free version of Documents To Go to open Excel and Word files on my phone, but I was disappointed when I tried to open a CSV file.  The only app I have that responds to the Intent for opening a CSV file displays it as plain text.

Does anyone know of a good free app for viewing CSV files in a grid/spreadsheet layout?


texts:
I have a Redmi 5 plus with global MIUI. I use a JBL T500BT for like, 1.5-2h a day with it.
I been using it for like a year now.
Some weeks(2-3) ago my music started stuttering sometimes, like its some interference on bluetooth, it happens for 5-15 seconds, when using this headset. How can i troubleshoot this to know if its the smartphone or headset that have the problem? I dont have other phone or bluetooth headset.


texts: How to use an external sdcard as internal in Android Lolipop 5.1.1?

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I have seen option of making external sd card to internal in android 6 mobile phones but i have  android lolipop  5.1.1 how can i  make it adoptable or get that option is it feasable to get that option i found  some commands  but that command is not found in my /system/bin even after rooting to

sm has-adoptable

sm set -force- adoptable true

  /sbin/sh: sm: not found

can i find some sm binary and use it ..i tried but my  phone got problem


texts: Compacting giant Power Saving notification

texts:
I have a Note 4 running 6.0.1 that I recently reflashed back to stock in an attempt to fix issues I was having.

Now, whenever I enable Power Saving mode, it populates my notification list with a giant notification that takes up half the screen:

I remember this happening when I first upgraded to Marshmallow, but at some point I did something that compacted the notification down to just the "turn off" button.

I don't care about having a little notification at the top, but all the "Your device performance is limited..." text is annoying.

Does anyone know what I might have down to fix this before? I'm pretty sure nothing I did was "hackish", and I didn't disable System UI notifications altogether since I still had the small one when Power Saving was enabled.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to buy an app for a friend?

I want to gift a Google Play app to some people. For the iOS version I can "gift this app" using iTunes. How can I gift the app to the mail adresses I have got?


texts:
I've got an Android phone. I have just reset it to its factory default settings and set a password for unlocking the phone. However, even when it is locked and the screen displays a text box with a text entry keyboard, hooking the phone via USB to Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS out of the box causes a popup to show up above the password request screen, which allows you to confirm the mounting of the phone's SD Card onto the filesystem in location /mount/328D-1EEE . Of course, the SD card could be removed from the phone and read using a card reader anyways, so perhaps this isn't as much of a security concern.

On the other hand, is it possible to read and transfer files to and from the phone's "internal, rather than external, memory", and to and from that little bit of space that is present on the phone's SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card? If yes, then is this possible by mounting the internal memory or SIM card onto the Linux /media directory? I don't see these ones automount when I connect the USB cable, so I'm wondering if there is a way to do it manually.


texts: Why is Kivy Launcher giving "your device isn't compatible" with Nook HD+?

texts:
When I bought my Nook HD+ a week after Google Play was enabled for it, one of the first apps I installed was the Kivy Launcher. It worked great for a few times, then stopped working mysteriously - wouldn't even generate a log file. I finally decided to uninstall it and reinstall again.

Now when I go back to the Play Store, it shows a message under the app icon:

  Your device isn't compatible with this version.

I have no idea why it wouldn't be compatible, since it worked the first time I tried it. Is it possible that B&N black-listed it? What other conditions would generate this message?


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I have a nexus 7 (2012). I have installed the most ercent version of TWRP for it, and TWRP seems to work. Im trying to do this, and have reached the part where it says

  Once Team Win boots, go into Wipe and select Advanced Wipe. Select all
  checkboxes except for USB-OTG, and slide to wipe.

Only USB-OTG didn't even show up in the advanced wipe partitions menu. The menu inlcuded:
- Dalvik Cache
- System
- Cache
- Data
- Internal Storage

I then trawled the internet and found (alas, can't seem to find it again) a thread on the xda-forums with with a similar question. It told me that a fix was to make sure that:

"Use rm-rf instead of formatting" was ticked on in settings
That USB-OTG was mounted in the mount menu

So i ticked "Use rm-rf instead of formatting" in settings then I went into the mount menu and I tried to tick USB-OTG. The option to select USB-OTG was there, but when I pressed it the box on the left didn't cross. I tested mounting and unmounting all of the other options to see if it was aproblem in that area. Nope, all the other mounted and unmounted fine! Selecting USB-OTG in storage didn't do anyhing either (as in I could press the icon to select it, but it wouldn't actually select, also the readout on this screen said USB-OTG had 0 data...)

Other than explaing or helping with all that, my question is also 'does it matter?'. Common sense tells me that if I don't have any USB-OTG connected and I just wipe everything in the advanced wipe, it will have the same effect as what the Guardian Project guide says? IDK but please help a noob out.

I'm fairly new to this (could you tell?) so all help is good, and I'm happy with command line 'deep' stuff (my main laptop which i'm using for this runs linux) including the TWRP command line.

Sorry for long post, didnt want to leave stuff out

Thanks


texts: HTC Desire S not listed on HTC support website?

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I should be getting a HTC Desire S android phone in the next few days. It is listed on the HTC website at http://www.htc.com/uk/product/desires/overview.html, but doesn't appear on the HTC support site at http://www.htc.com/uk/support.aspx.

Does anyone know why this this is, or how I can get to the support page for this phone? I'd like to have a look at the Users Guide before the phone arrives.


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I've recently changed my google account password on my PC. My phone/android then started prompting me for my google password but I've been having trouble in that the password isn't working, it then said something about needing to log in from a browser instead which also had trouble. The prompt now seems to have disappeared so I've rebooted but still no prompt yet.

It's obvious android detected the password change but now something has gone wrong. Is there a way I can manually fix this? I've briefly seen something about removing the account but that warns that all messages, contacts etc will be removed which doesn't quite seem like the best way to go about it...


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I had enabled Sd Card Encryption in my "HTC Desire 816 (d) phone in July 2015, after that I had taken backup of "Phone memory" in my computer, But few days back my phone got stolen. Due to which I m not able to view images encrypted in Sd Card. How can I decrypt or view images encrypted in Sd card, in other phone?

Kindly help me.


texts: Is there a way to find the 'the last factory reset time'?

texts: Is there a way to find the 'the last factory reset time' ? any logs or any other stuff like that? Please reply.


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My boy has a Tesco Hudl 1 - been trying to stop it crashing that is was doing very regularly.

Did a full system reset with power on/vol up and reformat.   On restarting after this with completely clean system it glitches again.    Sometimes not even getting past the boot logo.

My feeling is something wrong on the hardware side, and this thing is destined for the bin.   Bad RAM?

Any Android specialists out there like to confirm fears?


texts: MP3 tags in Hebrew show up in gibberish on my phone

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I have some songs on my computer with Hebrew files names and Hebrew tags.

When I copy them to my phone, the file names appear OK, but the tags appear in gibberish.  This is true both for the default player (I have a Samsung Galaxy S, so that's the default) and for Winamp.

Is there any way to change the font for the tags so that it appears correctly?


texts: How to bypass lockscreen Android Marshmallow?

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After Updating to Marshmallow my PIN is no longer being accepted, USB Debugging is disabled, no root, bootloader is locked, what can I do?
Is there anyway to get the data off the device, aside from JTAG or sending it to some data recovery company who can remove the Memory Chip and interface with it directly and copy the data that way. Full Disk Encryption is disabled, is there any way to bypass the lockscreen? And no I haven't forgotten the PIN, its a 4 digit I have been using for 8 months, nobody else has physical access to my phone, so I am pretty sure it has not been changed by someone.
Do not suggest factory reset please. There just has to be a way. Android Device Managerr doesn't work either.