texts: No service in the UK, what baseband modem firmware should I try and flash?

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I have a Galaxy S3 running CyanogenMod 13 and I had always assumed it was locked or something because I could never get any service in the UK. When I went abroad I noticed I could get roaming service.

I came across this video which seems to describe my problem and a solution to it. I notice though that the baseband firmware download they suggest (I9300XXUGMK6) is an Irish one according to Sammobile.com. I9300XXUGMK6 is actually the baseband version my phone reports now. Is the problem maybe that I am running and Irish baseband version in the UK or does it not work like that?

EDIT: So I found out that I9300XXUGMK6 is called PDA and describes the device I have and there are a few different versions available for that device. The most logical baseband firmware for me then would be the I9300XXUGMK6_I9300O2UGNA1_O2U.zip since I am on GiffGaff which uses the O2 network. But I can't actually find this for download anywhere though.


texts:
I have a defect nexus 9 tablet, which is getting stuck in the initialization animation (Marshmallow). I still have a warranty, but I can't locate the S/N. I stupidly didn't save the original box, and it isn't written on the back of the tablet.
btw, factory reset also didn't help.
Thanks!


texts:
Does anyone know any way that I can refresh a webpage every N minutes?

I am running Kiosk browser with fullscreen, I need to have something that can refresh the page every N minutes. The Kiosk browser I am using has no such function built in.

Does anyone know how I can achieve this?


texts: How to make an app behave the same way with screen off, as with screen on?

texts:
Maybe the question should be - "how to keep the CPU awake with screen off", but I'm not sure yet, here's why:

I'm trying to use my android device as a DLNA player, that streams music to a DLNA renderer. The problem is that the playback keeps stopping with the screen off, using apps like n7player and doubleTwist music player. Logically, these apps should keep the CPU awake when the music is playing, but if they don't, I have tried the following to keep the CPU awake:

Disabling battery optimizations on these apps;
an Automate script without the "keep screen on" option;
This command - echo mylockname >/sys/power/wake_lock;

But these solutions didn't solve my problem, the playback keeps stopping after awhile, when the screen turns off. If the screen is kept on, by using the caffeine function for example, there are no issues, but I would like to keep the screen off to save some battery and maybe prolong the life of the device.

So if the solutions I have mentioned really keep the CPU awake, maybe there is something else that these players need to keep the playback going.

Update:
Screen backlight off app - this seems like the most promising approach and maybe works on some devices as expected, but not on mine (Samsung SM-T585 tablet). It should turn off the screen backlight and it does so by setting the brightness level to 0. Maybe some devices completely turn off the backlight in this case, but my tablet keeps emmiting very low light. So if anyone knows a way to completely turn off the backlight - please let me know.


texts: When will my device get the Android 8.0 update (Oreo)?

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Android Oreo was officially released on August 21, 2017.  It adds features such as picture-in-picture and AutoFill.

You can review the high-level changes at the Android developer website.

Of course, not all devices will get this update right away, even at release; others won't get it at all. Manufacturers and carriers often choose to add their own custom modifications, which tend to delay the official release.

When will each device get Oreo, either officially or unofficially, if ever?

See also:

When will my device get the Android 6.0 update (Marshmallow)?
When will my device get the Android 7.0 update (Nougat)?
How do I update Android on my device? (with links to all other versions)


texts: Hotword detection of google now / search not woking

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After switching to a new ROM I restored Google Now using Titanium backup but however I no longer have hotword detection enabled neither do I have the option to enable it (It is simply missing)!

It used to say Search, or say "OK Google" but now it only says Search

However, speech recognition in general works fine!

Other relevant information:

Using Samsung Galaxy SII
Using Vivek ROM but experienced same problem on CyanogenMod


texts: Partial internet connectivity on Android device but device connected through hotspot has internet

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I have a xiamoi mi5 which is hosting a mobile hotspot, and a laptop which is connected to this hotspot.

On the android device, I cannot connect to the internet. Most Apps see that I am offline.
Interestingly speedtest, whatsapp, facebook and playstore have internet access
On the laptop everything is fine.

I made sure I didn't have incorrect APN settings, and the one I have match the official.

How can I get full internet connectivity on my mobile?


texts:
I have an HTC Evo 3D from Virgin Mobile, about six months old. Until yesterday, the GPS worked great, tracking my exercise in RunKeeper very accurately.

Since yesterday, RunKeeper shows my walking route as a random zig zag line, jumping left and right of my actual location, and reports my 4 mile walk as 10 miles. This has happened three times, on trails that have always been reported accurately in the past.

In Google maps, my location also jumps around.

GPS Test showed that I could see 10/10 satelites, but the accuracy was only about 30 feet.

Any ideas what may be causing this? The phone has never been dropped or got wet.


texts: Strange Saving Behaviour of Samsung's "Write on PDF"

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I did some work yesterday using Write on PDF on my Samsung S6 Lite tablet. Come this morning, and it didn't save. Bit of a nightmare. Anyway, I redid the work, but decided this afternoon to test out exactly how the saving works. It behaves very strangely!
I have uploaded a video (screen capture) to YouTube showing exactly the behaviour: https://youtu.be/ksfVwWm6iUY.
Basically, when I open with Write on PDF, it doesn't seem to save successfully. Instead, I need download it, open it up and write on it before saving. Even then, it saves some random stuff. The video hopefully makes this clear.

I want to open a PDF from a webpage (or app) in Write on PDF, do some writing on it, then save.
How do I get this to actually save?


texts: Android PC linux installation on Acer DA220HQL

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I have got an android PC (Acer DA220HQL) running Android 4.0.4 with the following specifications and i would like to know if there is any installation procedure step by step to install other (linux-based) OS such as Zorin OS lite as many Google android tablets are locked from installing other OS.
That would help me a lot!
Regards


texts: How to gain root on BlueStacks Android emulator

texts: BlueStacks is a popular Android emulator for Windows and macOS for gamers. It is popular, because the emulator ships with Google Play Store pre-installed and installing any games is easy. Unfortunately, the emulator file system is not rooted by default. How to root it?


texts: Set your own contact photo on huawei ascend 2?

texts: I've tried everything. Saving myself as a contact, and changed the picture. Didn't work. Synced all my google accounts. Didn't work. I'm not even automatically saved in my contacts. I had to save my number, just to get to my voicemail.


texts:
I recently upgraded to Lollipop on my Nexus 5.

I use the stock keyboard for typing. Say I that while typing an email, I just typed a word that isn't in my dictionary, say qqqwwweee. I want to add it to the dictionary. How do I do that?

The only way I know how to do that is to type space, then backspace, then click the entry for the word above the keyboard, then "Touch here to save". These are 4 steps, and up to the fourth step you don't even know whether the word is in the dictionary or not.

Is there a sane way to do this?


texts:
Can I synthesize arbitrary text strings with TTS from the Android's console?

To give the idea, on Debian I would do:

festival --tts <(echo Buongiorno signore)

The TTS engine needs to be always available and run offline, thus Google TTS is not an option. The phone is a "Samsung Galaxy Fame gt-s6810p" with Android 4.1.2; it comes with an offline Samsung TTS engine installed.


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A few days ago, my Samsung Galaxy S6 added a shortcut to "Finder" on my home screen.  I looked through my app list, and I can't find an app with that name.  What exactly is it, and how did it get added to my home screen?  If it's relevant, I'm in the US and use Sprint as my carrier.

The shortcut on my homescreen:

When the app runs:

I haven't been able to find this in my app list.  What is this app, and if I want to uninstall it what do I need to do?


texts: Shell utterly borked, toolbox claims "no such tool"

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HTC Magic, rooted with CyanogenMod 5. Tried to install busybox using "Busybox Installer" from the Market, ended up with a strangely borked system. Android does not boot, freezes on the splash screen. ADB shell, however, works. On the other hand, almost none of the commands work.

The busybox file is in /system/xbin, it seems. However, whenever I call it, I get "Permission denied". Even after sudo.

Running common commands like ls, cp, ln gives the same error message: "permission denied". Seems like those are symlinks to busybox, which is borked, see above.

/system/bin/toolbox is there, but it refuses to do most useful commands with a uniform message "No such tool". Ls, cp, mount, chmod, chown - "No such tool". Experimentally I found that set, ps, kill, reboot work. Is there a list of toolbox commands out there?

The only message of relevance in logcat is "02-02 01:36:38.280: E/logwrapper(61): executing /system/xbin/busybox failed: Permission denied". I kinda knew that.

I can write to the SD card. Is there a way to reflash the busybox while making it executable?

Is there an executable file anywhere on /data, so that I could push a copy of busybox there?

I can reboot into recovery mode, which is Android's own recovery mode.

Any ideas how to bring the system back to usable state? The phone is a scratch phone, so data loss is not an issue - there's no good data there.

It seems like making busybox executable somehow would bring everything back. I'm utterly lost, however, how to do that. And I'm rather surprised toolbox won't support chmod.

EDIT: funny data point. When I boot into recovery, I still can do ADB shell. And I get a completely different environment - there's command line with ls, busybox (!) and stuff. /system is almost empty. From that environment, can I somehow go back to the regular /system? The mount command is available.


texts: Can I repurchase apps so they can be shared with my family library?

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The documentation states:

  Any apps or games purchased after July 2, 2016 are eligible to be added to Family Library. If you purchased the app or game before July 2, 2016, it’s eligible for Family Library if the developer has made past purchases available. You can find out whether this is the case by tapping Read More on the app’s details page.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7007852

I have apps that I purchased before this cut off date that I would like to share via my Family Library.  Unfortunately when I visit the Play Store page for these apps I am offered either an Install or Uninstall button instead of the Buy button.

This leads me to ask:

Am I able to repurchase these apps with my primary google account so that  I can share them via the Family Library?
If I purchase them with a Family Linked child account will they be shared with the other members of our Family?


texts: Internal storage insufficient storage problem

texts: I have a Lenovo Android phone with 8GB of space, but I can't download, upgrade or even store more apps. It tells me that I have insufficient STORAGE


texts: How to perform silent printing in Android with Chrome browser?

texts: I want to give the print command from Chrome on my Android phone without the print dialog box.  How can I do this?


texts: How to remove the android OS version from the DHCP request?

texts:
When my phone connects to my home WiFi network, it sends DHCP request in order to get an IP address. It looks like the following:

22:50:53.743535 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from a0:39:f7:5f:c0:45, length 300, xid 0xddd7abec, Flags [none]
          Client-Ethernet-Address a0:39:f7:5f:c0:45
          Vendor-rfc1048 Extensions
            Magic Cookie 0x63825363
            DHCP-Message Option 53, length 1: Discover
            Client-ID Option 61, length 7: ether a0:39:f7:5f:c0:45
            MSZ Option 57, length 2: 1500
            Vendor-Class Option 60, length 18: "android-dhcp-7.1.2"
            Hostname Option 12, length 9: "localhost"
            Parameter-Request Option 55, length 10:
              Subnet-Mask, Default-Gateway, Domain-Name-Server, Domain-Name
              MTU, BR, Lease-Time, RN
              RB, Vendor-Option

As you can see, there's Vendor-Class Option 60, length 18: "android-dhcp-7.1.2" which contains the OS version. Is there a way to remove this from the request?


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy J7 Star.
I was recently hospitalized and needed to write important information but didn't have anything to write on. I chose a random contact and started to write the information as a text message and never sent it because it was not for that person.
When I left the window, a message appeared "message saved as draft"; later I chose the same contact to add an important link and it appeared in the window but the previous draft messages disappeared.
I need to recover that important information and cannot find any folder where my draft was supposed to be saved.


texts: Can't download custom APK files on Cyanogen Mod 7

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I'm developing a simple apps for my own purpose using PhoneGap Build. For convenience, I'm pointing web browser, on each device where I want to install & test such app, to application download site on PhoneGap Build and download .apk files directly from there.

It works like a charm on every device, that has original system (i.e. first Galaxy Tab, first Google Nexus etc.). When I'm trying to do the same on my old LG GT540, which has non-standard Cyanogen Mod 7 ROM, download process fails. I don't get any extra information, only download manager adds status bar notification, that download failed and I can try to restart it, by touching that notification (no effect).

This is first time I run into such situation. I've heard many times about many factors that could prevent installation of .apk file, but never about not being able to download it.

My Internet connection is just fine, and this is related to .apk files only. I can download any other file types using web browser. I can also install .apk files manually, once I deliver them by cable to phohe.

Has anyone else got similar experience or know, what is going on here?


texts: Some folders and files not showing up on PC when connected via USB

texts: My phone doesn't have an SD card in it right now, so all storage is on internal memory. I have a bunch of folders in my Pictures folder that don't show up on my PC when I connect it via USB (but most folders do appear). I know they're there because they appear in my phone's file manager (in both the native Google one and a third-party one). How come I can't see them?


texts: How to find truly NEW apps on the Play store?

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How can I find new apps on the Play store?  It seems that everything that is returned is just the popular stuff all the time.  I'm interested in locating and trying out new apps (mostly games) outside of the popular stuff.

When looking at the "new and recently updated" that always is flooded with the popular apps that are at the top of the charts already that I've seen a million times.


texts:
I have problem when install CM 10.1.3 state. It looks like I've lost my storage: In stock ROM it has ~11 GB, but just 1.9 GB in new ROM :(.

Where is it gone to? What can I do to regain it?

I use Galaxy S2

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)


texts: GS4 not turning on, battery full, no screen activity or rumble

texts:
(Keyboard finicky, sorry for any errors!)
Alright, so I have this GS4 that I got secondhand. It worked fine for a while, but now there is no activity AT ALL. I have tried Recovery Mode, normal boot, and Odin. I don't even get a RUMBLE. It's fully charged, so that's not the problem...

Most of my personal data is on the phone itself (1 GB MicroSD card... >_>) and most of it is important.

Any help?


texts:
I have upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 5.0.1. It is full of bugs, but I don't wont to downgrade to Kitkat.

I have heard that Android 5.1 is available. Is it possible to get it for my S4?


texts: Does rooting your phone always involve installing/using tools?

texts:
I want to know if tools are the only mean to root an android phone ?
can it be done using only a root terminal ?

edit: by tools i mean apps to install like https://www.google.be/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&tbo=d&site=&source=hp&q=root+android


texts: Android not remembering which music app was in use last when pressing headset play/pause button

texts:
My phone has developed an odd and hard to reproduce problem lately.  I have been listening to a lot of audiobooks using BeyondPod.  Throughout the day, I often pause and resume the tracks using the play/pause button on the headset.  Usually this works without a hitch, but at random times it will launch the basic Android music player and start playing music, rather than resuming my audiobook where it was last paused.

When I listen to music, I use Rocket Player.  I have never intentionally launched the basic player.  I used to have random conflicts between BeyondPod and Rocket Player, but after being told by the Rocket devs that they couldn't control which player got control if I had headset controls enabled in both players, I just started switching off the headset controls in Rocket Player when I wasn't using it.  This worked for a while until recently when the basic player started launching instead.

I have noticed that it seems to forget that I was using BeyondPod primarily if it has been paused for a while and other (non-music) apps have been launched.  This leads me to believe that it is caused when BeyondPod gets deprioritized out of active memory.  However, I have been unable to force it to make this switch on purpose.

Is there any way to be able to select a system-wide default music player so it will stop launching the basic one?  I couldn't find a setting for this in my phone.  Alternatively, is there a way to mark an app as "higher priority" so it is less likely to be kicked out by other apps?  Any other thoughts on solving this?

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4 (Sprint)
Android: 4.4.2
Rooted, but on stock Samsung image.


texts: How to use alphabets on keypad in Phone App? - Samsung Galaxy 3 I5801

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When I select Phone app and go to keypad tab, on keys I see alphabets besides each number key. How to use them?

I suppose it should find a contact already in my contacts. When I type key 7 twice it types two 7s and it doesn't show any contact starting from Q.

Note: I've upgraded to Froyo using steps mentioned at  http://theandroidfans.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-install-android-22-froyo-latest.html


texts: Unlocking Google Pixel 2 XL without losing data

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I need to unlock my Google Pixel 2 XL without losing my data. I figured out the simple solution of doing a hard reset, but I can't lose all the important things on my phone because I need them for court and all of my clients of 20 years for work.
I can't afford to buy any software, so I downloaded an app called Dr.Fone, but unfortunately it does not support Pixel at this time. I am not the most computer or tech-informed when it comes to these things, so I went to a local phone store and ask if they have software to do this and still no luck. I also tried to follow some YouTube tutorials and did not have luck there, either due to my lack of ability to obtain some of the resources or actions that they needed me to perform from the phone because I cannot get into the system.
Is it possible to unlock Google Pixel 2 XL without losing data?


texts: Installing stock ROM - at 65% get error assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/oemsbl2.img", "oemsbl2") Status(7), Installation Aborted

texts:
So, that is the problem. I tried to search at google but no luck, only responses were boot.img, and those are not the same.
updater-script:

assert(package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img"),
       write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "boot"),
       delete("/tmp/boot.img"));
set_oemsbl_size(494552);
assert(package_extract_file("oemsbl.mbn", "/tmp/oemsbl2.img"),
       write_raw_image("/tmp/oemsbl2.img", "oemsbl2"),
       delete("/tmp/oemsbl2.img"));
assert(package_extract_file("amss.mbn", "/tmp/amss.img"),
       write_raw_image("/tmp/amss.img", "amss"),
       delete("/tmp/amss.img"));
assert(package_extract_file("splash.img", "/tmp/splash.img"),
       write_raw_image("/tmp/splash.img", "splash"),
       delete("/tmp/splash.img"));
set_appsbl_size(66328);
assert(package_extract_file("appsboot.mbn", "/tmp/appsbl.img"),
       write_raw_image("/tmp/appsbl.img", "appsbl"),
       delete("/tmp/appsbl.img"));


texts: Is there any working application (root does not matter) for using proxy on HTC Desire HD. ProxyDroid is not working on HTC Desire HD. SSH Tunnel is also not working on it.


texts:
I own an A500 without 3G and a ZTE LF627 USB dongle. I donwloaded the thor_3g_patch_v14.2 and flawlessly installed it. I also had to unlock my dongle (tested from computer, works...).

Now I connected it to my Iconia. It shows the blue roaming light, and seems to be ready for connection.

How do I set up APNs in Honeycomb 3.2? I found that a new settings menu "Tethering/portable hotspot" appeared after ROM patching, but I see no more menus for setting up APNs. From ConnectBot I can also see /dev/ppp

Can you help me with that? I can't even install those applications from the market that enable setting APNs because Google forbids me.

[Add]Interesting ADB output

~ # rild
rild
insmod: can't open '/system/lib/modules/usb_wwan.ko'
insmod: can't open '/system/lib/modules/option.ko'
chmod: /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or directory
chmod: /dev/ttyUSB1: No such file or directory
chmod: /dev/ttyUSB2: No such file or directory
dlopen failed: Cannot load library: load_library[1108]: Library '/system/lib/libhuawei-ril.so' not found

maybe I'm missing some kernel modules.


texts:
Background
Recently my phone got stolen from my pocket and then I was almost thrown in street and run over by a car. The police won't move a finger because of a new law, which means I'll have to wait for over a year to get it back, but of course I did file a complaint with all the documents regarding the ownership of the phone.
Question
Is there any possibility of tracking your phone considering the fact that you have no pre-installed or rooted app and even if you do have it they can do factory reset/boot or do a full wipe? Can you track your IMEI or is there a service that could track it for you?


texts: Is there a good alarm app that will start playing selections from a playlist at the scheduled alarm time?


texts:
I have a big problem. In the hostel in which i live has lan facility but theres no wifi in our hostel so i want to share internet through lan connection via wifi hotspot but the problem is this
" lan is provided with proxy settings more over a username and password as authentication" so when i make hotspot it gets connected to phone but no data is transfer between my laptop and mobile.
HELP ME FRIENDS


texts: Will any new apps or data installed or added to android phone after encryption also be encrypted?

texts: if an android phone is encrypted, will any new apps or data installed or added to phone after encryption also be encrypted?


texts: Make home screen icons round again, after Huawei update

texts:
Yesterday I installed a suggested update on my Huawei nova3i, to EMUI version 9.1.0

There is one change which I don't like.  Many apps installed from the app store used to have round icons, but now they have square icons.

See in this before and after, how the 'Calm', 'MeeWee' and 'Vimeo' icons have changed shape:

(We can also see that the icons grew a little bit larger, which I don't really find appealing either.)

Is it possible to restore the old look, with smaller round icons for apps from the App Store?

(I am willing to install a theme if I have to, but I don't really want the default icons, wallpapers and text to change!)


texts: How can I assign a picture for a name-only text sender

texts:
Occasionally, you receive SMS messages that have a company name rather than a reply number.  The network provider, for example, might send texts from "T-Mobile" or "Vodafone" whilst banks might appear as "Barclays" or "Halifax" etc.

I recently got one of these messages from a system at work and was wondering if there is any way to add a contact photo to them?

I tried to do this in the normal way, by adding the message sender as a contact.  I thought this had been successful, however the phone simply created a new contact with an email address of "Sending Company Name", which isn't associated with the texts sent so the picture I added to the newly created contact doesn't show in the message thread:

Yet if you click the view contact button from the message thread:

Then the picture shows - it's really strange!  Has anyone been able to get this working in the past?  I'm using an HTC Sensation on Android 4.0.


texts:
The UNIX file command, which tells you what is inside a file, is seemingly not available either in Busybox or the system directory of Android.

Is there any way to run file on Android? (via Terminal Emulator, etc)

Preferably without having to be rooted...


texts: Why does the Android SDK show Android 10.0+ (R) instead of 11.0?

texts: If I open Android Studio and then open the SDK manager, I see 10.0+ (R). I checked for updates, but no other updates. Why is it 10.0+, instead of 11.0?


texts:
I received a .crt certificate to install on my new galaxy tab 10.1.
How do I install it?

I see that I can "install from USB storage" but couldn't figure out where this storage is.


texts: How can I force the Sense UI home screen on my Evo to landscape?

texts: I have an Evo running with very default settings. How can I force the home screen (Which I believe to be running Sense UI if I'm not confused) to be in landscape format.  I use my kickstand all the time, and it's a pain to tilt my head to look at the home screen.


texts: So I downloaded Skype recently and ever since, all my apps have the prompt popping up asking for permission to use things such as gallery and camera. But when I press allow, it makes me go into an endless loop of turning off overlay apps. I have no clue how to stop this and allow the permissions. The app I am trying to use my gallery on is Instagram.


texts: Hotspot: how to allow only vetted devices on Android Marshmallow

texts:
Issue
I recently updated to a phone that could use Android Marshmallow.
I was setting up the mobile hotspot, and I could not find the option to set the hotspot so that "only allowed devices can connect".
This was an option that I used to be able to do with my old phone, which was Android version 5.0.1.  (I think that's Lollipop, right?  I cannot keep up.)

I also changed phones & services.  I suspect it's the OS, but here is the comparison of the two phones' details, for completeness.
Before (where I could set the "only allowed devices can connect" option):

Samsung Galaxy S4 (model #SCH-I545)
Verizon wireless service
Android version:  5.0.1

Baseband version: I545VRUGOF1
Kernel version: 3.4.0
Build #: LRX22C.I545VRUGOF1

Hardware version: I545.06
Configuration version: J12.SAM.SCHI545.0

Now (where I cannot set the "only allowed devices can connect" option):

Nexus 5X
(Google) Project Fi service
Android version: 6.0.1

Baseband version: M8994F-2.6.32.1.13
Kernel version: 3.10.73-gf215204
Build #: MTC19Z

Hardware version: ?? (Cannot find it)
Configuration version: ?? (Cannot find it)

Function
Using the "only allowed devices" flag made my phone's hotspot hidden to others, so that only my validated machines can connect.  In this way, I didn't have to worry about any other machines logging on and bogging down my phone's puny hotspot (as well as any security concerns).
So, IMHO, this is a fairly powerful feature.  I use the hotspot often, and it's always within a population dense area (e.g., a train or bus).  If this is something that was stripped from the OS, what is the best way to let Google know that this is an important feature?


texts: How can I see the full charge capacity of my battery?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running Android 2.2.

Is there any way for me to see the full charge capacity of the phone's battery, so that I can compare it to the spec?

What I have in mind is something like what Lenovo's Power Manager tells me about my laptop's battery:

Is there anything like this for Android?


texts: How to check filesystem (/sdcard) for errors?

texts:
I would like to check my /sdcard, and possibly other internal partitions as well, for errors on the file system level.

I am wondering how this could be accomplished.

I am using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus (toro) with Verizon Wireless.

Update:
This device does NOT have an actual SD card and I believe the only way to do it is through: "adb shell" (BEFORE system boots (i.e. inside of recovery mode), this way /sdcard is NOT mounted and it's possible to perform checks on it in read/write mode)


texts: Is there way to change user account with tasker?


texts: How do I disable the data usage warning and notification in ICS?

texts: I'm running ICS on a Galaxy Nexus and my data plan is grandfathered in from the days of unlimited data with my carrier- so I don't need any warning or notification for the amount of data I'm using. However, ICS on this phone has an annoying warning and notification when I hit either 2 or 4 gb before the month is over. The notification persists in the background and will not close. How do I disable this?


texts: Windows 7 file sharing , not accessible in Android phone using ES File Explorer

texts:
Trying to access a shared folder on Windows 7, using ES File Explorer on my Android 2.3 mobile phone over WiFi LAN.

The scan on APP detects the Windows machine, but am unable to access the shared folder. It shows logon failure consistently.

Tried multiple logins and login names (local user) but in vain.

TCP dump trace reveals the following

60867 5015.029850 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 SMB 304 Session Setup AndX Request, User: BLR5898L\shashi; Tree Connect AndX, Path: \192.168.1.3\SHARE

63058 7068.758590 192.168.1.3 192.168.1.2 SMB 105 Session Setup AndX Response, Error: STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED


texts: Is it possible for any app to connect to Internet over cellular when the data connection button is off?

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I have the following situation on an Android 5.1 phone.

(I don't think this may be a duplicate as the other similar questions I saw were about intentionally allowing or blocking apps from Cellular access.)

Because of an automatic daily-pass (they call it) charge upon any momentary connection to the Internet, I turned off the Data Connection button (from the drop-down quick menu screen) a little before the current day expired as I usually do to avoid an extra day's charge.

I was also at home next to my always-on WiFi.  This I mention because supposedly WiFi is always preferred over cellular network, right?

Hours after the button was off, I got an SMS telling me that I have connected to the Internet (cellular), and I will be charged for yet another day.  I immediately checked the Data Connection button and it was indeed off as I had left it.

So, I'm curious as to how the connection could have happened.

I want to report the company for fraud.  But, I need to be certain.

Is it possible for any application to override my manually selected Data Connection button position and use the Cellular network for data?  (And, even more so when I'm on WiFi at the moment?  But this is not the main issue.)

Now, if by any chance this is indeed possible, what would be the way to be certain my Cellular data connection is never used until I decide to do so?

Thank you.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 stuck on CWM, can't mount sdcard

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I've been trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100), following the official guide.

I was successful in installing Clockworkmod and can enter the recovery mode. The problem starts when I try to wipe/format my sd card. It fails, saying something like "cannot mount /sdcard".

If I go to mount/storage and try to mount the sdcard I get "error mounting sdcard". And I get something similar of course if I try to "install zip from sdcard".

If I boot my phone normally I get the Samsung logo (yellow triangle included) and then it goes to black. Access to the sdcard via usb is not very consistent (screen is black so I don't know what's going on, but when I plug in the usb sometimes I can see the sdcard in my computer, sometimes not, and when I can it gets disconnected often).

Maybe it is a problem with the sd card? I wasn't having trouble before this, except maybe very slow access sometimes (which I blamed on Samsung's bloatware).


texts: Battery backup is not good after the CM12 update on Micromax Yureka

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After updating to Lollipop CM12, my Yu Yureka is not giving not even 7 hours backup in balance mode. On KitKat CM11, it was giving 1.5 days backup in balance mode.

Is there a way to increase the battery life?


texts: How do you remove pre-installed apps on a rooted phone?

texts:
I have a rooted Nexus One and want to remove some of the pre-installed applications, like Amazon MP3, for example.

What is the best way to do this?


texts: Android 11: Can't see contents of Android /data even with root

texts:
Using rooted file explorers like Solid Explorer, Mix
Mixplorer, I cannot see content of Android/data
Why? How to overcome?


texts: Session logout on device with multiple users?

texts:
There is an option to switch between users, but there isn't an option to logout from an active user session.  The background apps and services for inactive users (once logged in and switched out) continue to run draining the battery.

The only way i think, is to reboot the device and not login the user.

So, is there any way that the owner can force subsequent inactive users to logout of their session? I have superuser access to the owner with android-5.0.2.


texts: Getting root access on meizu x8 (Andriod 8.1.0)

texts: I tried various methods that I can found on the web to get root access, but none of them worked. I do not trust the vendor-provided method of getting root access. Does anyone know a way to get root access on meizu x8?


texts: How can I run Android applications on my computer?

texts: Is there any method for using Android applications on a computer, because I found this tutorial but my laptop just has 1 GB of RAM and works very hard. I want to use WeChat on my PC because I like it very much.


texts: How can you determine what programs you installed last?

texts:
Following my question about logs I wonder if there is a way to determine the last updates and applications which have been installed.

Does Android keep a chronological list of installed programs and updates ?

I am running Froyo 2.2.1 if that should make a difference.


texts: Will Xiaomi Mi band tracker work with Android 4.3?

texts: Will the new Xiaomi Mi band (fitness tracker) work with Android 4.3? I know it says that it works with 4.4, but I also saw somewhere they said it won't work with 4.2.


texts:
In android many times I just want to paste in text after the current text. But Android won't offer the paste context unless I select text. This means I have to overwrite text I want or insert a garbage word that will get pasted over. How do I just append the text in the clipboard to the current text?

For example if I long press after the entered text android selects the last set of chars and i have tonpaste over it.


texts: Where is the "Episodes" button on Pandora's Android app?

texts:
In the "Serial" podcast on Pandora, welcome instructions are provided that tell people to press the Episodes button to be able to change episodes or seasons (e.g. to go back to Episode 1 when Pandora decides to start with Episode 2 for some strange reason).

I see the Episodes button when using the web app in a PC browser, but can't find it anywhere in the Android app (which does behave strangely in how it jumps around sometimes), though I still get the instructions to push the Episodes button.  Where is it in the Android app?


texts: Mount CIFS/SMB share to Android 10 as folder?

texts: Im trying to mount cifs share to android 10 rooted phone and i already mount it but i cant see files in folder in other apps only in rooted one. It is possible to do something like that to get  access from all apps to cifs share?


texts: Android 6: connect as camera per default

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When I connect an Android 6 phone with my pc via USB, it always connects as "USB for charging". I have to set it to "connect as camera" (PTP) manually (for ADB to work) every time.

Can I set a default option somewhere and haven't found it yet?


texts:
Does anyone know if there is a working root for the Sony Xperia Z3 D6616 (T-Mobile)? I just got upgraded to 5.0.2 but the battery life is awful now.

I know the biggest hurdle is that T-Mobile has locked the bootloader. I have tried giefroot, towelroot, and some other solution that involved sideloading the adb drivers but I can't seem to get anything to work. In addition, I would need to back up the DRM keys so I dont break any of the Sony apps I want to keep (camera apps).

Build No: 23.1.C.0.385


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I have this banking app that launches normally but then displays a message saying my android version is not supported. So I think there is just some simple if checking my android version. I'm using l preview.

Is there a way to lie about api version only for this app as it seems to launch otherwise ok.


texts:
I am trying to put some order in my contact list. The situation is as follows: I have first imported my contacts from Gmail and enabled sync, but I have set the phone as the default contact repository (until now), so that new contacts were saved on the phone.

The result is as follows. I have some contacts on phone only, some merged between phone and Gmail, some Gmail only. I would like to have all contacts Gmail only, wihtout duplicates, except for some occasional contacts I want to keep on the phone (say, the plumber).

It is easy, though tedious and error prone, to go through the contacts that live only on the phone, since they do not show the Gmail icon in the address list. I can then manually import them in Gmail and remove the contact on the phone.

My problem is that I don't know how to find out which contacts have some information on the phone and some in Gmail, since they appear as Gmail only in the list. I have to actually open each one to find out. Moreover, once I find out, I would like to be able to copy the information that is on the phone to the Gmail account, so that I can sort the mess in Gmail and remove the contact on the phone.

  What is the simplest way to reorganize the contacts so as to move all the information on Gmail?

If it is relevant, I am on Android 2.2


texts: How to Reverse Usb Tethering with VPN [tun0 interface] routing?

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I have a big problem and after many days I can't find any solution because I'm not Linux experienced user...

Problem: I'm using USB [Reverse] Tether (Windows share internet with android phone via USB cable) everything working ok (dns, HTTP browser, etc...)
BUT all VPN apps doesn't work! when I try to make VPN connection, it said "waiting for usable connection..." in notification and never be connect :(

I'm on 6.0.1, using Xposed with "Hack Connectivity Service" and "Fake WiFi Connection" modules and I'm sure need some rule in iptables.

How to route [only] VPN traffic throw [rndis0] interface?

How to route [another] app's traffic throw [tun0] interface?


texts: What is the small hole on the top of the pixel 3a?

texts: Many reviews note the pixel 3a has a headphone jack on top. Yes, I like it, too.  But I can't find anywhere that describes the other little hole, the one on the right in this picture.  What is it?


texts: how to check if i have successfully disabled dm-verity?

texts: my phone has dm verity enabled by default. I read about ways to disable it. After that, is there any way with which can i verify if dm-verity is disabled?


texts: Fine-tune/calibrate system-wide tap vs swipe detection

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I've had to replace the screen and touch assembly on a device I have but now the new hardware is too noisy: most of my taps end up being recognized as swipes or flings, making for a very frustrating experience.

What can be done to fix this? An ideal solution would be to fine-tune the gesture detection logic to be less restrictive on what is considered a tap, interpreting fast short-distance flings as taps instead.

Any solution that involves root, xposed or recompiling the OS with suggested tweaks is welcome. The device in question runs LineageOS 15.1, based on Oreo.


texts: How do I disable the missed phone call notification light?

texts: The green flashing light whenever I miss a call is really annoying.  I'd like to turn that off while keeping the purplish voicemail indicator light.  I'm not finding a clear way to do it in the phone app nor in general settings.  The similar questions I've seen have actually been about the call log or other notifications which are not the same.


texts: Wi-Fi works well in other devices but shows "limited connectivity" in my Sony Xperia Mini Pro

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I have a BSNL router in my house. I can connect and browse using Wi-Fi in my laptop and my brother's and dad's mobile but it shows limited connectivity in my Sony Xperia Mini Pro.

It has WEP security. I've used that Wi-Fi earlier but now it shows as limited connectivity to mine alone. Even if I enter the wrong password, it shows "obtaining IP address" and shows "limited connectivity". I've also  used static IP address option in that. It gets connected in that case but I can't browse.

How do I solve this issue?


texts: Samsung Galaxy 5 Wi-fi stops working: "ar6000 driver fails to load"

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My Galaxy 5 has this problem for some months now: wifi stops working, I try to enable it and the phone says "Error" without any other further information. The only way to make it work again is rebooting the phone. I think this problem has been related here before.

But I managed to save the system log and got the following:

08/04/2011 23:01:50 [ERROR] WifiService(166) setWifiEnabledDialog: true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [ERROR] WifiService(166) ****************setWifiEnabledDialog(), allowWifi****************true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [INFORMATION] WifiService(166) setShowAccessPointListDialog():true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [INFORMATION] WifiService(166) setWifiEnabledDialog(): true
08/04/2011 23:01:50 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11010) wifi loading
08/04/2011 23:01:51 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11014) Driver is initialized. load it
08/04/2011 23:01:51 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11021) ar6000 driver fails to load
08/04/2011 23:01:51 [INFORMATION] wlan_tool(11029) wifi unloading

I'm trying to understand what's going on here. What exactly is ar6000? Maybe the network interface? How can I get more information about the error itself?

I have already uninstalled almost any app that could change the wifi behavior, and the problem persists. Juice Defender is still installed, but the problem already existed before I first installed it.


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I recently wanted to install a metronome app, so I downloaded one from the Play Store, but in the "install" step nothing happened. The app just wasn't there. I installed another one and forgot about that strange issue.

Yesterday though, something started to happen. Every now and then (and it's getting more and more frequently), I get a notification that some app tried to install itself (!) but was blocked because it's from "unknown sources", and it's prompting me to disable the "block install from unknown sources" check from Settings.

It looks like there are more than one apps trying to install themselves: "Superb Cleaner". "com.android.helper.patch[...]" and some more.

At first I though these might be system updates and was tempted to disable the "unknown source" block, but now I am worried I might have some malware on my phone.

I do have some sensitive information (browser logins, credit card data), and I also don't want to factory reset my phone.

Where should I search for the APK that is trying to install itself (or the APKs)?

EDIT:
It's this application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andymstone.metronome. I'm not entire sure the app is the cause, but it's strange that I don't have it installed, but in my google play account it appears as "Installed"...

My phone is an Allview X2 Soul Style with Android 5.1.

After I have unchecked the "block apps from unknown sources", now I keep getting prompted the install screen for these apps. I keep pressing "Cancel" but they come again every half an hour or so. :(

EDIT2: Here are the adb logs requested: Windows and Activities

EDIT3: Dumpsys log for the suspicious package: Dumpsys


texts: I want my alarm clock fade to black, but when I touch the screen will display the time. I want to this feature at night when my clock is charging on my nightstand. Is there a way to achieve this type of feature?


texts: Are there any solutions other than flashing Gapps, to have Google accounts on CyanogenMod?

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I've flashed CyanogenMod, nightly, and it is working perfectly. When I flash Gapps, then battery is drained fast, and the device is getting overheated. So, are there any solutions other than flashing Gapps, to have Google accounts on CyanogenMod?

P.S. I extracted the Gapps.zip, there was a folder named "apps" there, none of which could be installed. I tested installation using "adb", and got error related to certificate. I think by having ONLY Google Play Store, other apps can be installed, if I'm wrong, then please tell me what else is needed.

Thanks in advance


texts: Rooted phone - Cannot remove some bloatware

texts:
I have an LG Optimus Elite (Sprint/Ting) thats been rooted. Since its a Sprint phone, it had voluminous crapware, which an install of the NoBloat app took care of a good part of it but I still have a bunch that weren't seen in the NoBloat screen. Several of them are obvious Sprint crap (SprintID, SprintMusicPlus and SprintTV & Movies) but a few are Google (GooglePlayBooks, GooglePlayMovies & TV, and GooglePlayMusic).. I know at least a few are going to suggest putting ClockworkRecovery and a 3rd party ROM on the phone. I'd really love to do that very thing, but am running into the problem where all of the info I've googled on installling CWR on a LG Optimus Elite calls out putting it on a partition that doesn't seem to exist on my Elite when I do a "mount" .. I'm really shy about following the instructions that appear to me to be wrong.. The FAQ I'm referring to is at

http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/620742-faq-guide-clockworkmod-optimus-elite.html

The Step 5 calls out "Type dd if=/sdcard/part_13_cwm_9_22_17_32.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 and tap the [Enter] key" .. According to "mount", there is no /dev/block/mmcblk0p14 on this phone. I've put CWR on my old LG Optimus V with no questions/problems, so assume I'm comfortable with the rest of this procedure...

If anybody has input on either of these sub-problems, I'd sure appreciate a hand...

Dave


texts: HTC One X - recording filters high frequencies

texts:
I've got an HTC One X, on which I'm trying to record uncompressed WAV audio.

In particular, I'm interested in a 13.5 kHz sound. Other Android devices pick up that frequency easily, and so do iOS devices, but the HTC One X doesn't.

For example, the spectrogram below shows the same recording from the HTC One X (top) and an HTC One V (bottom), recorded with the same app (called Hertz, but any will do), with identical settings (mainly 44,100 Hz sampling rate).

Why is the One X not picking up the same?

Is the microphone different?
Is there any low-pass filter applied that I'm not aware of? If so, how can remove it?

Trying with different apps (e.g. Audalyzer) doesn't make any difference.


texts: Would there be any application or method of controlling the charge level and limiting it for example to start charging at 20% and stop charging at 80% ?


texts: Do ALL stock Verizon Droid RAZRs have the full Developer Optionc menu on System Settings?

texts: I have it on my Droid RAZR bought at Verizon on the 1st day available: 11/11/2011. It was recently updated over the air to Ice Cream Sandwich. I never rooted or installed custom ROMs. I do have a developer menu ( which caused this problem: On it's own, my Verizon Droid Razr (recently with ICS), went into debug mode. How do I get it out of debug mode?). Do all Verizon droid RAZRs have this menu item?


texts: How to choose external SD Card in Storage Access Framework (Open Camera App)

texts:
I am using Open Camera, I want to store photos in an extarnal sdcard.
The FAQ says:

  you can enable "Settings/More camera controls/"Use Storage Access
  Framework", and this should allow you to save to external SD cards. If
  when choosing a folder, you only see "Recent", you may need to click
  on the three dots at the top right to open the menu, to enable showing
  the drives

However when I do that, I don't see anything but this:

How can I include an sdcard option in that screen?


texts: How can I edit a Presentation in Google Drive?

texts:
Google Drive shows me presentations, spreadsheets and documents, but I only can edit spreadsheets and documents.

So I'd like to edit the presentation locally, but I can't find a way to download it in the first place.

For edit in a tablet, for example with Polaris Office or other free apps.


texts: Cant manage to mount sdcard on cyanogenmod

texts:
So I know that you are not found of cyanogenmod but I don't really know where else could I ask that.

So I'm trying to use a classe 10 SD-card which is called "corrupted" when I first insert it.

From this post I tried to used mount | grep sdcardbut the output is empty even if I have a little icon of an sd card on the top of the screen.

Is there an other way to find this sdcard ?


texts: how to recover deleted files from private mode in samsung a5

texts: i tried lot of android data recovery tools like wondershare dr.fone,minitool recovery etc. but wondershere cannot root my samsung it failed at 90% and other data recovery application cannot dug deep to recover deleted file from private mode of my smartphone.


texts: How to use OTG Data Cable with a Nexus S to access?

texts:
Having an OTG Data Cable, I connected different thumb drives to my Nexus S – running JB 4.1.2 – but my phone doesn't seem to read them. The thumb drives I tried are:

a 16GB Kingston G3 Data Traveler USB 2.0
a 16GB Sandisk Cruzer Fit Mini USB 2.0
and a 2GB generic drive

What else is needed in order to access that memory?

Is there anything along the lines of the Nexus Media Importer but for Nexus S?


texts: How do I get the actual boot image file from a block device without padding?

texts: I have 9.6mb file that after doing dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mtdblock2 I write to mtdblock2. Before writing I have done a sha1sum on the file. I can use applypatch -c to check both size and sha but if I do a sha on the blockdevice it is of course different because of the space left on the device. If I copy the device I will get a 16mb image including that free space. Every where I read the suggestions are to use fdisk to get a count and then use the count option in dd. However, this does not work because the block and partition is the boot partition. How can I copy the original file, same size and sha, back off of the block device?


texts:
I have an Android Version 4.04 ICS on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos phone, how do I upgrade to version 4.1 as I am aware it is possible, did try to Google, but in vain as I did not find satisfactory answers. Is it possible to use the Debugging Mode to upgrade the version.
Thanks in advance


texts:
Using Android 4.0.4 on the LG Optiomus P970 I cannot save images from browsers.

When using the preinstalled browser (not Chrome on this device) tap-and-hold brings up a context menu including "save image". Pressing that option closes the menu but otherwise has no effect.

When using Chrome choosing "save image" brings up a list of apps to use including Gallery, Dropbox and Google Drive (all three allow selecting an existing file only, but doing so doesn't change that file) and a couple of non-senical options like Camera, Camcorder, Audio and voice memo.

Any idea what might be going wrong or how I can troubleshoot it?


texts: Remove the URL/menu bar for a mobile website

texts: A while back I noticed a cool feature in mobile Firefox that removed the URL/top menu. This made the website feel like it was a native mobile app and I was able to use this feature by making the website a shortcut on my phone's home screen. This feature was apparently removed and I'm wondering if there's a way to re-activate it. Or if there is another mobile browser with a similar feature.


texts:
I suddenly have a new strange symbol on my S6 Edge screen and have no idea what it is but if I touch it, it locks my phone up. The only way I can get it unlocked is by swiping the edge. I'm able to move it around but it appeared while away from and charging my phone so I wasn't accidentally playing around with settings or anything. It appears like a remote perhaps.

What is it?

Edit: I'm with Bell, using version 5.1.1 and have attached an enlarged a screenshot (it's the same size as a Messenger Chat Head).


texts: I have recently encrypted my S3 to allow me to get work emails, but I have now decided against this as it has caused the phone to run like a dog. When I attempt to decrypt the device it says I need to set a password of 6 characters with at least one number, however when I go to the lock screen settings menu password is not an option. I have deleted the email account and I am not sure what to try next. Can someone point me in the right direction please?


texts: How to root ZTE Zinger (Z667T) running Android 4.4.2?

texts: I've tried looking around, but I can't figure out how to root my ZTE Zinger (Z667T) running Android 4.4.2.


texts: Rooting HTC Hero GSM 2.1-update-1 (3.41.61.31)

texts:
So I've been trying to root my HTC (Hero GSM 2.1-update-1 (3.41.61.31), originally Orange Spain, but unlocked by code) for few hours now, haven't managed yet.
All the articles I've found about rooting this phone seems to be quite old and none seem to be more recent than the latest OTA update they've sent.

Even the latest version of Androot (1.6.2 beta 5) doesn't seem to work; I keep getting a Failed ! No ~~~ Fu goo ~~~ seemingly clueless error.

Found some more hardcore ways to do it, but then again, all of them quite old and no one confirming if for the current version - I don't want to end up with an expensive paperweight :(

I want to root it in order to install the latest Froyo ROM (Oh, and if anyone have serious reason for opposing to the villainrom 1.7, I'd appreciate a headsup)

Please, could anyone refer me to the definite how-to-root-this-thing?

cheers mates,

f.


texts: What are the technical differences between 1X and 3G on Verizon's network?

texts: My Android device (on Verizon) will sometimes display 3G in the status area, and sometimes display 1X.  What do these indicate, and what is the difference?


texts: Are there any lollipop lock screen settings?

texts:
On Lollipop it seems that the default "swipe" lock screen has changed a bit for my N5. For years I have been trained to swipe horizontally to unlock the device. Now with the lollipop update swiping horizontally results in launching either the "Phone" or "Camera" shortcut depending on which direction I swipe.

In order to unlock the device I have to swipe upwards in the center.

Ideally I'd like to remove the phone and camera shortcuts from the lock screen altogether and get it so that no matter which direction I swipe the device unlocks.

However I can't seem to find any settings to change this behavior. Does anyone know if there are settings that will allow you to alter or disable the two lock screen shortcuts? (the ability to change them to different applications might be nice too).

Failing any settings that exist to do this does anyone know of an app that I can install that would give me back the functionality of the old lock screen that allows you to swipe horizontally to unlock the device?

Note: this device is unrooted and running stock OS.


texts: Installation of Operating System Comparison with that on a Laptop

texts:
If I buy a laptop of Dell, HP, Lenovo or Sony I could install any (meant for Laptop) variant of Linux or Windows on any of these devices, quite easily, without having to risk bricking (completely useless) of the device. Also, for example, Ubuntu is able to find out drivers for most I/O devices on any laptop.

But when comes to Android, why is this process so complex and has a serious warning like things can go very wrong. Also, why is that many IO devices on mobile like a fingerprint reader, etc don't work when OS is installed?

Given that, mobile phone has much bigger userbase, I  expected it to have more support from the community. What is lacking? When Ubuntu can pulloff in most laptops, why can't Google (they too want every mobile to use latest Android version) try to do it?

Also, regarding the security updates why it has to be delivered by the phone manufacturers, instead of Google (like in the case of Windows or  Ubuntu on laptop). There are warnings that custom OS installation won't get any security updates on android (Why Google lets this happen? Why can't they do as Ubuntu does? Why don't they provide an Android that can be installed on any device with ease?).


texts: Is there a way I can prevent the back button from going to the home screen?

texts:
One of my pet hates about Android is the back button. It is fairly unpredictable what it will do.

Depending on where you are, it can do one of three things:

take the user up a page in the same app
take the user back to a previous app
take the user back to the home screen

Normally, I think the 1st and 2nd scenarios generally work pretty well. Even through I'm not sure where it's going to go, 90% of the time, it'll take me to where I want to go.

The last scenario is very frustrating and happens exclusively when I didn't realise that I was already on the first page of my app. It just dumps me on the home screen and I have to figure out how to open the app again. As far as I'm concerned I can't see any good reason for ever taking the user to the home screen when they hit the back screen - especially since there is a home button right next to the back button for that purpose.

Anyway, I want a solution to this. So is there some sort of app or some sort way I can program Tasker or another automation app to either

override and cancel the Back button action if it'll take me to the Home screen. Either have it do nothing or display a message
just disable the back button altogether if clicking it will take me to the home page.

I'm on Lollipop and unrooted.

However, although I want an actual solution for myself, I'd be interested in hearing of any solutions that are rooted or on other versions too.


texts: Install the Galaxy Nexus Messaging app onto the Nexus 5

texts:
It seems that Nexus 5 ships with Hangouts as the default (only) app for SMS messaging but I'm not interested in Hangouts and I prefer the messaging app I had on my Galaxy Nexus.

How do I get the Galaxy Nexus Messaging App onto my Nexus 5?


texts: How do I install USB drivers in Ubuntu 13:04 for Nexus S?

texts:
I am trying to follow this guide:
   http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163085

However I am unable to connect to my android phone via USB.  I think I need to install the USB drivers for Ubuntu.  I am using Ubuntu 13:04 and the Nexus S currently has Cyanogenmod on it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Glen.


texts: Signal problem with Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5630 mobile

texts: I am using Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5630 phone with IDEA network provider. I am having signal loss problems many times a times. When I try to make a call, it says "Network unavailable". I though this might be the problem IDEA network, but it was not. I tried checking the same sim card in another mobile and it's working fine, this issue is  being observed mostly for every 4-5 minutes. How can I resolve this?


texts: make to show Japanese language on android device

texts:
I install app which supports Japanese language. But in my phone, it didn't show the Japanese language. My phone is sony xperia z. How should I make to see Japanese language.

Thanks.


texts: Starting an activity listed under "Settings" from terminal (or adb shell)

texts:
I would like to start this activity from terminal: com.android.settings.Settings$PowerUsageSummaryActivity

I tried

am start -S com.android.settings/.Settings$PowerUsageSummaryActivity

and this is what I get:

Stopping: com.android.settings
Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.android.settings/.Settings }

The problem is am start command omits the $PowerUsageSummaryActivity part, so basically I'm just getting standard "Settings" menu open.
how can I open that specific "power usage summary" page from terminal?


texts:
I love Lollipop, but the keyboard is killing me. When I swipe words, the text that shows up in the text box does not match what the suggestion says. It picks the one in the text box and not the one in the suggestions box. I'm used to looking at the suggestions box, and not the text box so it is really throwing me off. Here's an example of what I mean. I swiped the word "this" and it it gives me the correct word in the text box, but the centre suggestion is not the same.

How do I restore that functionality on Lollipop?


texts: My Nexus 7's touch screen is completely broken, I know I can manipulate the device using adb commands, but debugging mode isn't enabled on the devices. Is there anyway to enable debugging mode from a PC or any easy way that wont break any files, I would preferably like to just turn on debugging mode and not have to reset the device or anything, cheers!


texts: File transfer over USB cable option no longer appears after upgrade to MIUI 10

texts:
I have a Xiaomi Redmi 4A and I used to often transfer files between it and my Windows 10 laptop PC over USB cable.

When I plugged in the cable the phone it used to prompt me to choose between USB charging and USB file transfer.

I didn't use this feature for months and a couple of weeks ago the phone told me MIUI 10 was available so I upgraded it it seemed very nice.

Today I want to transfer some files from the phone to the PC and now when I plug in the cable, the screen comes on and both devices beep but I am not offered to choose between charging and transfer. The phone does not show up in Windows explorer to browse files.

The phone does show on the computer as a connected USB device. But I can't find any settings or options on the phone or the computer to browse or transfer files on the phone.

Has this feature been removed in MIUI 10 or is it hidden behind non-obvious settings? Or am I missing something very simple?

I have tried two different USB cables. At least one of the cables caused my feature phone to show up as a USB storage device or MTP advice.
I have tried rebooting the phone and the behaviour afterwards is identical.


texts: Can apps bypass permissions and just use Google Play Services?

texts:
I was reading this answer, and the first comment under it, and wondered if apps can bypass their own app permissions and just get whatever data they want from Google Play Services.

What got me started with this was when I removed a bunch of permissions from Google Play Services and I started getting a notification saying "Accupedo is having trouble with Google Play Services. Try again." Clicking this notification brings up a screen saying "This app won't work properly unless you allow Google Play Services' request to access the following: Calendar; Camera; Contacts; Microphone; Phone; SMS. To Continue, open Settings, then Permissions, and allow all listed items."

As I search on the web and this site, I see everyone, seemingly blindly, saying "Oh, just give Google Play Services all the permissions possible and don't question them." But why? The whole point of having control over app permissions is to have control. This advice is simply giving up and letting Google do whatever they want.

As a concrete example, this one app does not request app permissions to my contacts, microphone, sms, camera, etc. However, Google Play Services' notification makes me think that this app is trying to get my SMS and camera and microphone. Since a simple step-counting app has zero reason to know my contacts or have access to my mic or camera, I would really like to know if they are trying to bypass even requesting app permissions and just getting everything they want from Google Play Services. If this is not the case, why would Google Play Services be sending me this notice?

By the way, originally, it included in the Google Play Services notification's permission list "body sensors." Since this made sense for a step-counting app, I went to Google Play Services and turned on that one permission. Now, "body sensors" is no longer in the list. This lends support to my idea that Google Play Services is receiving a request specifically for access to my camera and microphone (and others) from Accupedo while Accupedo has no such permission requested in the app permissions.

To be clear, this post is not about Accupedo. This question is about whether or not apps in general can simply hide from the user that they are collecting certain data or accessing certain parts of my phone without my awareness by getting everything from Google Play Services.

Any insights would be greatly welcomed.


texts: How do i remove double notifications? Galaxy s 2

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I have the newest Samsung Galaxy S2 (SkyRocket) and as a user of Handcent I was able to disable the "double text notifications" on my last Galaxy but on this phone when I go to the main messaing app then the menu button I dont have a settings option.

How can I turn off the notifications so I don't recieve every message twice?


texts: I'm wondering if the apps, which claim about tracking a phone number and giving you the exact location of the caller really work. Is this really possible? If so, how? And what's the name for the app that could do this?


texts: Flash Samsung A50 to enable WIFI calling

texts: I have a Samsung A50 bought from Best Buy that I am using on AT&T and cannot use WIFI calling.  Can I flash an AT&T firmware and enable WIFI calling, and if so, will I lose all my Apps and data?  I am currently on Android 10.  Can someone point me to the right firmware to use?


texts: wifi speed is perfect in laptop but very low in mobile why?

texts:
isp : gtpl
phone : poco F1
plan : 40 mbps down and half of it upload
router settings : channel 6 and frequancy auto
security : WPA - Personal
note : both test were on wifi, laptop was not connected with LAN
all basic i already did like reboot resets phone wifi setting resets nothing worked


texts: How do I run two programs at once in split-screen?

texts: I have a Nexus 10. I want to split screen to do two things at the same time. Is that possible in Android? 3rd-party apps are acceptable too.


texts: Every time I unlock my phone (yu yunicorn | marshmallow), ad pops up, covering the whole screen, ads also pop ups when I am using any app and it also uses chrome to direct to ads, its poping up when I am writing this, is there a way to stop these ads ?( disabling the internet is one way, I think, but I want to be connected all times)


texts:
I have a new phone, want WhatsApp, but don't want to share data with Facebook.

I am hoping i might be able to get an old apk (Trojan and virus free) that I could install in the hope of being given the option to opt out when I upgrade it.

Does anyone know if any of the many apk sites online are legit?


texts: How to flash phone, if it stucks in bootloop

texts: My phone gets stucked in a bootloop if I start it. The last thing I did was changing the fonts. I replaced droidsans by Segoe ui. Well I already deleted the cm10.zip on the phone and now can't flash it from CWM recovery. What shall i do now?


texts: How to clean up old application folders from prior ROM?

texts:
I installed CM10 on my GS2, and during the process I didn't format the file system as I wanted to retain my photos and music on the device.  I was aware of an app called "SD Maid" that is supposed to be able to be able to clean up all these old app folders, but it doesn't seem to work.  Does anyone know how I can clean up all these folders, or does a person have to just go in and manually delete all of them?

(For an app to do this, the OS would have to have some sort of a referencing system of known installed files & folders, don't know if it has such a thing though.)


texts: Is back up to a network folder possible?

texts:
Is there a Backup App that would allow me to backup apps and application data to a network folder?  I don't mean to backup to the cloud (e.g. Dropbox) but to a shared folder on my PC or a NAS.

Over Wi-Fi would be cool, but I don't mind if that is via USB. I'm open to both.


texts:
I made a backup of my stock ROM before flashing a Custom ROM. I used CWM recovery. But that backup wasn't fully  made due to memory constraints. But still it created files worth 1.01 GB in the backup folder. There are 4 files in that backup -

boot.img (6 MB),
data.ext4.tar (577 MB)
recovery.img (6 MB),
system.ext4.tar (448 MB).

My question is, if I try to restore from this backup, will it work?


texts: How to enable preview in notifications on an Oppo phone

texts:
I recently started using an Oppo A77 phone and have no experience with ColorOs. All I am trying to do is to be able to display a preview (sender/subject/body/something) show up on my notification window where Gmails notifications come up. There is no option to select preview messages in the notifications settings.
This is my notification setting for gmail:

and this is how my gmail notifications come up:

How do I get a preview of my gmail notifications on an oppo A77 ?

This is the exact question asked on other sites and no one seems to know the answer :

http://www.androidauthority.com/community/threads/how-to-get-expanded-notifications-in-a77.47010/#post-110606
http://community.oppo.com/en/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=55040&page=1#pid577510


texts: What Is "Font Server"? And is it a virus?

texts: I've been doing malware scans for my phone pretty often recently, along with browsing and searching up apps/ files on my internal storage. I found one called "Font Server" which has a blue guy with a smile face as the image. I searched it up and found people saying it was a virus, it says it was installed in 2008 even though I got my phone in 2018 so 10 years later. I'm timid to imediently try anything so I want to make sure if anyone know what the app is/ if it is harmful/ if I should remove it or not before I do anything. Thank you!


texts:
I'm looking for a good solution to manage workplace Android devices that are heavily locked down.

Our devices will basically be single-use with a custom app.
We want to manage the Wi-Fi connection, but a user can't change Wi-Fi settings.
We're using AOSP.

What solutions are out there for this, and what is the typical name for these types of solutions?
Tried google searching but I don't think I'm getting the keywords right.

We don't mind paid services either but don't want a solution that is cloud-based, and would not want to be required to have a Google account to implement.


texts: Android Backup manager - restore from Nougat to Marshmallow

texts:
Earlier Device: LG Nexus 5X.
My Device: OnePlus 3

Earlier, I was able to use Tap&Go or just import all the data by signing into my Google Acc.
However, with my device, when I used Tap&Go or Google account sign-in (tried few hard resets), I was not able to choose my earlier device
get data from. Only my old Galaxy Nexus was shown.
This resulted in phone not being setup, apps not being automatically installed or have the data restored...
I had to install apps manually however my data was not restored.

As it always worked well, I guess the issue might be with my earlier device running a newer version of android than my device (Nougat vs Marshmallow).   Or that some services are missing?

Anyone got into the same situation and can help?

I have tried restoring using adb bmgr, but it resulted in device not visible as well. Nexus 5x sees all 3 devices while OP3 sees just the 2.

shell@OnePlus3:/ $ bmgr list sets

33dbec2b8d69e175 : ONEPLUS A3003

3bcd9da5b052e84e : Galaxy Nexus

bullhead:/ $ bmgr list sets

34d36f59351444be : PiTRiS - Nexus 5x

33dbec2b8d69e175 : ONEPLUS A3003

3bcd9da5b052e84e : Galaxy Nexus

Any chance this is an issue with nougat, that it can't restore to Marshmallow? Or any other way how to force restore from 5X?
Thanks


texts:
So. My wife was out picking mushrooms and accidentally  forgot her phone on a rock. When she came back a little later apparently the pixies had fiddled with it. The phone freezes on startup logo. It's a standard android ROM on it.

I've looked on other similar threads here on stackexchange but didn't get any wiser.
I've tried everything in this guide: http://thedroidguy.com/2015/08/how-to-fix-samsung-galaxy-s2-thats-stuck-in-boot-screen-other-related-problems-110725

I've tried soft reset. Didn't work.
I've made sure it's not the battery, it works in my own phone.

Couldn't enter safe mode or recovery.  I can enter download mode though. Hopefully something is wrong with the firmware so with the help of the brilliant tutorial on cyanogenmod's wiki I managed to flash a custom recovery via Heimdall. However, I still can't enter recovery mode (home+vol.up+power)  so I'm stuck here.

Any suggestions?
Hardware issue? Other problem?

Thanks in advance


texts: using a theme .zip file for my home screen

texts:
I was looking for customize my homescreen and found  this screen attractive.
I have already downloaded the zip file given there, but don't know how to use them.

Please help.


texts: I have Amazon fire tablet. I want to install fresh android 4.4 or above. Is there any step by step instruction available somewhere or how do I do this?


texts:
We have a paraplegical friend that loves to play pokemon go (one of the few activities that his condition allow him).
Even so, the care that he needs does not allow us to bring him outside.
We would like to allow his phone GPS to lock onto another droid GPS, and so he can "walk" with us around the city, and stay at home where can can be taken care.
I´ve found how to do that with Bluetooth, but we need to do that over internet...
Any clues?


texts: Recover photos that got deleted when device switched off?

texts: I have a Moto X Pure running Android 6.0. I have a lot of pictures saved on it. I was recently taking pictures and the device ran out of battery and switched off. When I got home and turned it back on, I couldn't locate the last 30 or so photos that I took when the battery was running low. The videos that I took during this same time show a file size of 0kB and are not openable. However, all the older photos - even the ones I took earlier on the same day - are completely unaffected. I am wondering what could have caused this? Is there a way to recover the photos without having to root the device (most file recovery software that Google searches showed up need the device to be rooted to access internal memory)? I have around 1 GB of free space and I've never received a low disk space notification, nor did I get any other error when taking these pictures. Any help is appreciated.


texts: Does a factory reset on a Galaxy Nexus wipe the virtual sd card directory?

texts:
I'm looking into wiping my Galaxy Nexus, but I need to know whether or not a factory reset will also wipe the virtual SD card on the phone.  If it does, is there an alternative way to wipe without affecting the virtual SD card?

I'm running stock JellyBean 4.1.1, rooted.


texts: Can Opera Mini or Mobile be configured to set the page title as the subject when sharing as email?


texts: I've some usic I want to create ringtone from. When using ringdroid, I always have a gap between two plays of my ringtone. So, is there a way to create gapless looping ringtones ?


texts: Official firmware for Moto G 2014 XT1069

texts:
I've got one Moto G 2014 XT1069 (dual sim) device, that I might need to flash the factory image. The point is that I'm totally new to this, and although I have found many tutorials on the matter, I'm still a little preocupated with the "official firmware".

As I understood this "flash the factory image" process is analogous to picking one bootable media and reinstalling Windows/Linux on a PC.

Now, what makes me more worried is that I've been searching for this official firmware and all the ones I've found are available through non-official sources like Mega.

This makes me worried: isn't there a risk that someone has tempered the image with some spyware-like or virus-like software that might capture data from the device?

Since these images are made available by non-official people, it makes me very worried about the extent to which is safe to use them.

Is it safe to use those images? Can I obtain one from a official source?

Where can I find one image for this device? I accessed XDA and found this one. It is indeed PT-BR language, which is what I'm searching, but I'm in doubt if I can trust this image and if this is the right image.

Is this the right image and can I trust it? If not, how can I obtain the correct image from a trustworthy source?

As I said I'm totally new to this, so sorry if I said something silly.


texts: Why does Google Location History stay in the same place when I go out?

texts:
What's happening is that I go out and about and at the end of the day I check the location history and it says that I've been at my house all day when I've been out. I take my phone with me and it stays on, the GPS is on.

I do have a tab that stays at home but there's no location settings allowed for it, there isn't even a glimpse of the location to out of my house. It looks like it's tracking my tab but it's not set for location data to be used for apps. I do not have any apps on the tab that would need my location anyway, but the GPS is off on it so it wouldn't be able to track it besides using the WiFi location.

The location simply does not move, it might go out on the street but there's no indication whatsoever I went anywhere other than my house.


texts: HSDPA/3G not working and Power off when plugged to charger

texts:
I am not sure whether anyone has this issue before. My phone is: Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830.
From today morning onwards, 3G or HSDPA not working in my phone. When I plugged the phone to the charger or plugged into the data cable, the phone shut down automatically. Does anyone have this issue before? Or is there any application or a way to fix the issue or find out the issue

Thanks


texts: Nexus 4 does not perceive touch in a line

texts:
I bought a Nexus 4 (LG E960) yesterday, and from the first moment there was a problem that it did not accept touch in the line of the volume down button. In a horizontal line, half a centimeter (1/5 inch) high, in the full width of the screen. If I tried to click in the line, it happened above or below. If I tried to slide a widget through the barrier, there was a visible jump. If I tried to sroll a list, it was interpeted as scroll-stop-click. So a random list item was selected. Quite disturbing.

I was sure it was a hardware problem, because the line was at the same place when I held the phone horizontally. Then suddenly the problem was gone, scrolling, sliding was smooth again. For 2 hours. This morning the line was misbehaving again. Now it works fine. I have no idea what triggers the bad behavior, and what stops it.

What could I do? If I take it back to the shop, they will sit on it for a week, and they might not even encounter the problem, much less solve it.

Did anyone have similar problems?


texts: Reversing translation of (error) messages?

texts:
A device presents me with an error message, and I want to google the problem.

The error message is displayed translated, making it harder than necessary to find others with the same issue and/or a solution.

Is there a way I can search the translation dataset and find the original string in english?


texts: I have seen many tutorials which guide to press su directly in cmd (Command Prompt) after entering the command, does it mean that the shell is in root mode but only through the pc? So, is it possible to edit the build prop by copying the default one from /system and overriding the build prop after editing it from notepad?


texts: Prevent the (wifi) from turning off and Disable the (airmode) for Samsung tab A 2016 using adb or anything else

texts:
Prevent the wifi from turning off and Disable the airmode for Samsung tab A 2016 using adb or anything else.

I want if I touched the wifi bottom on the notification bar to say "security policy prevents turn off wifi"

and the same with airmode in the notification bar to say "security policy prevents of use airmode"
 **Android 8.1.1 (Galaxy Tab A (2016))**


texts: Backup using adb on a phone with a dead screen

texts:
I have a Galaxy S3, screen is visually and touch impaired. It is USB debug enabled, un-rooted.

I'm able to use Droid@Screen to see my screen, which i'm able to unlock. I then run this command:

  adb backup –apk –shared –all –f /backup/mybackup.ab

Which then initiates a backup on the phone. On the screen I can see it asking for an encryption password, which i provide by keyevent through adb. The final sticking point, is being unable to find a keyevent which will press the "Backup up my data" button. I am able to tab to it, and have it highlighted, but the 'space' and 'enter' events do not trigger it, as well as 'soft_right'.

I'm getting my keyevents from HERE.

If there is another way for me to dump the ab, that would be awesome.


texts:
I deleted the rom and recovery(by mistake) from my tablet(Acer Iconia Tab 10) and at least it booted in a bootloop, now, after 4 hours, the display is not even turning on, I tried to recharge the tablet and when I plug in the USB, the recharging sign shows up on the display.
I cannot even access fastboot or recovery.
Is there something that I can try ? Or its dead.


texts: Is it possible to securely factory wipe a phone directly after encrypting it?

texts: I would really like to make my phone more secure. But at the same time I want to be able to factory wipe it any time. I'm afraid that factory wiping could brick the phone/makes it unusable. So is it safe to wipe the phone directly after encrypting it?


texts: How to factory reset a locked Sony Xperia S

texts: Bit of a dilemma, I have an old Sony Xperia S that I cannot get into as I can't remember the passcode to unlock it. I also cannot remember the gmail address that it was registered to so cannot reset the passcode that way. Anyone know of a way I can get into it? Or a method to factory reset without unlocking the phone? My iphone has failed on me, so currently phoneless!


texts: Does the Eee Pad Transformer TF101 support the APT-X audio codec?

texts:
I am considering buying a Bluetooth speaker for use with my Asus Transformer (amongst other devices) but I am unable to find out whether the Transformer supports the APT-X codec, or find any information as to whether this question is actually appropriate as I may be mixing my terms/getting confused.

I am considering a device such as this:

Creative ZiiSound D5

What I am wondering is whether the Transformer will be outputting the sound using the APT-X codec or not? Is there any way to determine this?

From the specifications of the Transformer here the Bluetooth is Bluetooth V2.1+EDR.


texts:
Occasionally the data connection of my mobile will stall, i.e. it still looks like it does have a data connection (either "H" or "G"), but no server can be contacted.

(In particular, my ROM being a Cyanogen, the data icon will turn gray, meaning that the Google servers can't be contacted at the moment).

This is usually easily solved by switching mobile data off and on again, which is not a terrible nuisance, except sometime this stalled state goes unnoticed for hours, putting me at risk of losing important communications.

is there an easy way to detect this "stalled connection" state? preferably a way that could be used in Tasker to trigger a disable/enable mobile data cycle?
is there an app to handle these situations? I found many that seem to deal with a similar problem, i.e. when the data connection is completely lost (no "H" or "G" icon), but none that deals with this particular situation.

(This is happening on a rooted HTC Wildfire S with a Cyanogen 9 rom, but my question is not specific to it).


texts: Tool for accessing android files on a linux pc over wi-fi

texts: What is the best app to browse, explore and access android files on a Linux machine over wifi?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I update the OS in my device?

I have a samsung galaxy s GT-I9000 and I want to update it. I have android 2.3.3 but I read there's an update to 2.3.5 or even 2.3.6 with a value pack. I plugged my phone on my pc and I installed Kies but it tells me I have the latest version. Is android 2.3.3 the latest version for my device? What can I do ?

Thanks!

ps: in that case I want to remain using only official updates.
ps2: the OTA updater tells me theres' no update available...


texts: Power Efficiency: Network mode 4G LTE vs 3G GSM/WCDMA?

texts:
Which network mode is more power efficient: LTE 4G or GSM 3G?
I assume using a 4G network uses more power even if you don't use the data connection, as from the little I understand about mobile networks - the frequency/encoding is completely different to 3G.

When I have "LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)" network mode active on my phone, I typically get 0-1 bars signal. But with "WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)" mode, my phone consistently has 4 bars signal.

Does the way Android handles network connections require less power when there is a stronger network signal - whether the connection is LTE or WCDMA or GSM - (I am thinking something like the network connection refresh rate might be dependant on the signal strength?!), or does the technology behind 4G simply require more power to keep connected and it doesn't matter what OS version you are using?

In case it's relevant, I'm using Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910C) on stock Android 5.0.1.


texts: Messaging app (stock) not using full phone number to send text/sms

texts:
I am using Android 4.2 Jelly Bean stock Messaging App and the get "message not sent" error whenever I use my contact to send the message.  I noticed that the Messaging App might not be using the full 10 digit number to send the text/sms.  If I manually enter the full number, e.g., 155551234567 then the message is sent successfully.  But if I use the contact then it only shows in the top display that 123-4567 number and then it will fail to send any text/sms.

I am wondering if that is problem and if so how can I set the Messaging App to use the full phone number?  I did not find any setting for this anywhere so far.

Thank you for any help.


texts: Android device not mounting (neither USB nor Blutooth)

texts:
I have an Android KitKat 4.4.2 Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo. All was working fine, and I could mount the device and copy files from the device to my Windows 7 PC. Now when I disconnect or insert the USB cable to my Android device I hear the ta-da, ra-ra sounds, and the hard drive LED on my Sony VAIO PC goes orange and then blinks orange for a while, but the Computer location in explorer.exe does not show my device as it used to (a folder used to connect also used to pop up). And when I try to connect via fsquirt.exe on the PC and click "Receive files" and on my Blutooth network device I click on the PC name, then the PC shows a number for the pairing, but such number never appears on my device.

So I can connect via neither blutooth, neither USB. Both are enabled at the top of the notification drawer.

What could be wrong here, and what should I do?


texts:
I'm using Google Pixel XL (OG) w/ latest Android OS w/ latest security update, yet noticing that Android sometimes shows me exact same notification as it showed me recently and I already swiped it out(

Please advise.


texts:
I've downloaded the Android SDK, and am running the SDK Manager. I've downloaded all of the packages, including Android SDK Platform tools (v 21.1.2). However, I don't have a folder called platform-tools anywhere on my system.

Running OS-X 10.10.2


texts: Problems with "gapps" stoped, factory reset doesn't work

texts:
Huawei Ascend G300 - Android 4.0.3:

The phone has a problem with the "gapps" says the applications all the time that the Google play, Whatsapp, twitter, facebook stops working stop.

try to make a factory reset to see if this error and solved but nothing still continues to errors

try other options;

1) Hard reset did not work out.
2) Update firmware did not work out.
3) Downgrade did not work out.

apparently I can not retrieve the phone do not know how to restart the factory.

Here's what I did:

original text in spanish:

El teléfono presenta un problema con el "gapps" dice que las aplicaciones se detienen a cada rato que el Google play, Whatsapp, twitter, facebook deja de funcionar.

trate de hacer un factory reset para ver si con esto solucionaba el error y pero nada aun sigue dando errores

intente con otras opciones;

1) Hard reset no funciono.
2) Update firmware no funciono.
3) Downgrade no funciono.

al parecer no puedo recuperar el telefono no se como hacer para reiniciarlo de fabrica.


texts: Why does every application run as a separate user under Android?

texts:
If it's for security reasons, so that one application cannot harm another, why is it not like that in the desktop Linux distros?

If desktop operating systems do prefer interaction between applications, why isn't it the same in the mobile ones? What's the difference?

What needs does a desktop Linux have that justify interaction between applications, that Android doesn't have?


texts: Android x86 Oreo (8.1) stuck at _ (underscore) after GRUB

texts:
I'm trying to install Android x86 on virtual machine in VirtualBox 6.0.

The image I've downloaded is android-x86_64-8.1-r2.iso from android-x86.org

The installation process I've followed is similar to this video

But when I'm reaching GRUB boot option selection and choose Android-x86 8.1-r2, it stops working and hangs on underscore before "Android" logo, which never shows to me.

I've tried this and this fix, but it didn't work. Also, there's a post regarding similar issue on Android Enthusiasts, but it never was answered.

Stack, what do?


texts: Gingerbread,HoneyComb,ICS ROM for Galaxy S

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

I  have recently purchased a galaxy S with Froyo to do some tests on my App. I would like to upgrade to use ROM like Gingerbread, Honeycomb,ICS. I have searched the web and I have found many ROMs but i can't tell if they are trusted or not (no bugs, no low performance..). I would appreciate if someone points me to some ROMs that he had used before for these Android version. I know that I can use Nandroid Backup if I disliked one tested ROM. Does some Roms able to turn my phone out of service?


texts: prevent people to see that I use whatsapp

texts: When Alice adds Bob's number to their Android contact list, they can infer whether Bob is using WhatsApp by looking at their WhatsApp contact list. Only if Bob uses WA, they will show up there. How can B disclose their phone number to A while hiding the fact that they use WA?


texts: How can I make it so my cyanogenmod phone is silent for everything but calls and alarms?

texts:
I like to keep my phone on silent at night so I can actually sleep without disturbance. The problem with that is that everything becomes silent. No one can reach me in case of emergency or anything.

Is there a way to put my phone in a "calls only mode" or something where everything is silent except phone calls and alarms?

I have the One Plus One with the latest android cyanogenmod available for that.


texts: How to record More than 4GB Video on exFAT?

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I have a Galaxy S4 4G (I9505) with a 32GB external micro-SD card formatted as exFAT. I use this to record some seminars that takes often 0.5-1.0 hour. The video seems to stop after 30-45 minutes based on the video resolution, but always when the file size reaches 4GB.

I know that ex-FAT allows more than this. My device reads it fine and everything, but the camera app still enforces the limit. I'm using the stock app, on a non-rooted Android 4.2.2 (OTA update), the Samsung version not the Play one. It's also usually not a battery problem (battery is often above %50 after recording, and sometime it's in charger from laptop or power plug).

If I understand correctly, Android API allows overriding this limit and maybe making it unlimited, but I can't find any video recording application that does have this limit disabled. Can you suggest any?

Otherwise, if there is another custom ROM or whatever that I may install to get a modified stock app without the limit, I'd take that as an option, although obviously just recommending a 3rd party video recording app that overrides the limit sounds like a much less hassle (even for someone familiar with rooting and flashing, from my old Galaxy S 1 days).


texts: Rooting and updating the OS for ZTE ZFIVE C LTE

texts: How to root a ZTE ZFIVE C LTE (Z558VL) with build number Z558VLHWV1.0?


texts: Installing any APP hardboots phone and bootloops

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I have a Oneplus 1 running CM11 44s Kitkat 4.4.4

I did a clean flash of CM11 and now I am unable to install any app from playstore.
As soon as an app finishes installing, the phone hardboots and enters bootloop or I get continuous error messages Trebuchet stops working, Play Store stopped working

I have to goto Safe Mode and unistall app to recover phone.

Apps which I have tried to install and have been unsuccessful
Greenify
Nova Launcher
Facebook
Gboard
Microsoft SMS Organiser

Basically, I am unable to install anything at all! All these were running fine before, now dont understand whats wrong!

I cleaned whole phone, formatted all with fastboot and reinstalled CM11, but the problem remains.

Please help!!


texts: Stop WhatsApp from being used on lost phone

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I lost my Android phone, but my WhatsApp is still on. How I can stop someone who is using it?

I don't have the SIM with me. The people who found it is using my WhatsApp account. When they went online, I tried to talk but they did no reply.


texts: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: Can't downgrade database from version X to Y when running an app

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I have problem with TitaniumBackup. I had it installed on my Android tablet which is rooted and using Android 4.4.2. It was working fine, but I had to do factory reset and after that, if I try to launch TitaniumBackup, I get 'Unfortunately, Titanium Backup has stopped'.

This is the logcat with the lines that contain references to TitaniumBackup.

Line 111: E/AndroidRuntime(26306): Process: com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup, PID: 26306
Line 112: E/AndroidRuntime(26306): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup.MainActivity}: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: Can't downgrade database from version 7 to 6
Line 131: E/AndroidRuntime(26306):        at com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup.MainActivity.onCreate(Source)

The error mentions

  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup.MainActivity}: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: Can't downgrade database from version 7 to 6

How to mitigate this issue?


texts: CyanogenMod browser displays only a white screen

texts: I just installed CyanogenMod (11-M12) on my Galaxy S3 I9300. Now after some days, web browser only displays a white screen, not page content, not address bar, only a full screen white page (only taskbar on top).


texts: How to enable USB debugging from TWRP recovery

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I have a android device with dead screen. I have installed TWRP recovery for adb interactions while in recovery. I have lineage os 16.0 (Android 9) on my device. I want to access the device screen via using scrcpy. But I don't have developer mode enabled meaning USB debugging is not enabled.
How do I enable USB debugging while in TWRP recovery?
Host device will be windows PC with ADB installed.
I have seen some online guide as in how to push RSA key. from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30178911/how-to-authorize-and-accept-adb-rsa-key-with-broken-touch-screen-on-android. It says I should use
cd ~/.android then
adb push adbkey.pub /data/misc/adb/adb_keys
Is this still applied in Android 9 or lineage os 16.0? Since this guide is little dated.
Note: I search for simmilar topic and all the answers are about how to back up the phone not how to enable USB debugging. This is not what I want. All I want to know is how to enable USB debugging through editting files while in recovery adb.


texts: How to pick up the smallest distance for car?

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I’m in a situation where even with forbidding motorway I’m ending up with a 110 Km deviation to the north or the south for driving straight to the east.
I want the shortest path in Km even if takes way longer and burn more fuel (fuel economic routes also have such high deviation).

The best way to achieve this is to configure for pedestrian mode (I checked in that case the route is almost a straight line instead of a curve with car mode whatever the guiding software). The problem is I’m not find taking stairs with the car.

So how to get the shortest path which excludes roads where cars can’t go through ?