texts: Android X86 6.0 boot stuck on Boot Logo in VMWare

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Today I downloaded the ISO file for the latest Android X86 (64-bit)version - the stable build for Android 6.0 AKA Marhmallow - from https://osdn.jp/projects/android-x86/downloads/65890/android-x86_64-6.0-r1. I have installed this on a virtual machine with 2 processor cores, 4 GB RAM and 20 GB Storage which I think is more than sufficient for this specific OS.

Earlier I was having this problem where the system would boot into CLI and not GUI hence I googled a bit and followed the instructions from http://techanji.blogspot.in/2013/04/android-wont-boot-into-gui-only-command.html which worked perfectly fine and now I have proper Android boot logo but I kept my system to boot for 15 minutes without any progress which makes me think this has stuck at boot!

A bit about setup:

I did not choose GPT for partioning
I have made one primary partition of 20 GB and made it boot partition
I have formatted my partition with ext4 file system
I installed GRUB but not EFI GRUB

Hopefully, these details are enough and you guys can help me with this.

PS: For those members who are in a hurry to mark a question as duplicate by just reading the question, I would like to kindly bring it to your notice that I have read and tried ALL the solutions to similar questions and none of them has worked so far, hence posting  this question


texts: How to install a language pack into a now-defunct 3rd-party keyboard?

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There's this keyboard I really love called 8pen. I made the mistake of uninstalling it without checking and then later realized that it had been pulled from the app store, and the developer seems to have ceased all activity since 2013 . . .
I have the app now (version 2.6.0.1), but it will no longer download language packs from the developer and therefore doesn't have predictive text, which was one of the app's original strong points.  Presumably it can't download the language packs because the download servers have been unplugged.

Is there some way to get into the app's file system and install a language pack by hand?  I would just want English.


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I am running on rooted Moto E (XT1022) Android 4.4, and want to change WiFi MAC Address. I had tried installing BusyBox with Terminal and run the following command.

busybox ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:00

This is Temporally, In fact it doesn't actually changes the MAC Address, If I look under Settings => About Phone => Status => WiFi MAC address is still old one.

I had found a file under, which I guess to do something with MAC Address /etc/firmware/wlan/prima/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini which is exact same in this link WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini

Note: none of the MAC changer app working on Play Store - Might for this device.
Does anyone have any idea how to do this ?


texts: How to enter recovery mode after cyanogen mod 11 in xiaomi redmi 1s ??

texts: After installing the cyanogenMod 11 in my xiaomi redmi 1s I found that there is no recovery option but then I switched off my phone and I try to enter in recovery mode by pressing "Volume up +Power buttton"  but I could not entered in recovery mode and I could not install the Google Apps package without recovery.... Please help me!!!


texts: How to enable missing system UI notification icons?

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Is there a way to fix missing notifications icons on MIUI, on MIUI 9 there is no toggle symbol for VPN activated like WiFi or Bluetooth. I need a convenient way to confirm whether the VPN is running or not.

On stock Android, an active VPN connection is indicated by a "key" icon but on on MIUI 9. Is there a way or fix to make sure the icon appears, other thanconstantly looking on the shade to confirm if the VPN is still active


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I am very new to apply codes. Sorry my disturbunce...

I am english learner. I am reading english newspaper. When i long press on a word textmenu popup and i need to push translate button but its in hidden side and i need to press three dot to open it.

How can i find this textmenu area in an app on apk editor?
How can i get long press menu fixed in view on an app.
Or at least how can i change order long press menu copy,share, select all to other order..
Thank u in advance. Any mistake please delete my message and forgive me...


texts: Is it possible to have Google Assistant work with screen off?

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When I'm out and about, I usually have wireless headphones (with mic) on, and my phone in my pocket, usually listening to a podcast.

Quite often I want to add something to my todo list- and I'd like to have Google Assistant do that for me.

But the problem is that it seems that Google Assistant requires screen on to work - is it possible to get around this?


texts: Login to Android 6.0 with NFC card and Password

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I am evaluating MI5 and its NFC functionality.
I am considering to compliment my Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9506 with MI5 because of various significant improvements in the hardware, software and sufficient expected userbase.
I am trying to have two-step/three step security for the login of the phone by

NFC card (preferably dynamic) and Password
NFC card, finger print and password

There is a Security application in the new MI5 but I have not been able to profile it. I think it provides finger print and password authentication by default.

I am going to replace the MIUI 7.0 OS with CyanogenMod 13 when sufficient experience of the device has been reached.

NFC card

I would like to have a dynamic NFC card with time-dependent generation of authentications for the phone, like many bank systems work.
However, I have not found such a card with battery yet.
I think it should be possible with the dynamic NFC technology.

YubiKey with smartphones motivated by Aleza's answer

I found this review about the product here in Amazon.com

  Love it for the desktop (I'm using it for LastPass and Gmail 2nd form
  authentication), but it sucks on mobile (which the a big reason I
  purchased it). The NFC range is terrible! I've tried everything
  (different positions, moving it, holding it still, restating the
  phone, toggling NFC on/off, restoring my phone's O/S, etc.) to get it
  to register but it only works 1-in-20 times. When I contacted YubiKey
  support then said to hold it closer... saying that because it's an
  unpowered device the range is very limited. But, I'm pressing and
  holding (20-30 seconds) it right against the back of the phone right
  where they said to hold it -- the only way to get closer would be to
  take the back of the phone off ;-(.

  I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 5, which they said they've had a lot of
  trouble with (though apparently the S6 is worse so be ware). I get
  that support from one phone to another can be iffy, but when 1/16" is
  out of range for a wireless connection, I would suggest there's a real
  design flaw.

  Disappointing...

I would like to get more pieces of information from the support about their sensitivity and reliability. They do not allow contacts from new customers; only from existing customers. I do not like such a philosophy; it does not confirm me.

Thoughts about the product

Why is YubiKey's NFC weak in some products?
Why you cannot get a replacement of weak YubiKeys? How are the warranty and return policies?
What is the company behind the product?
Can the company recover the NFC key of the customer?
Does the company maintain a database to whom they have sold those keys?

How can you use NFC card with password as login in Android >=6.0?


texts: Ringtones ring only once for alarms and calls in Cyanogenmod 11

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I have the latest monthly Cyanogenmod 11 installed on my Samsung Galaxy SII phone. This past week, I noticed that the alarms I set (with both the built in alarm app and the I Can't Wake Up app from the Play Store) only ring once then goes silent (the alarm is still on the screen and the phone still vibrates). This is also true for incoming calls, the ringtone rings only once. I tried changing ringtones to no effect.

Looks like this is an issue that's not limited to a specific ringtone or app. How can I troubleshoot this? Thanks!


texts: Need to unlock Coby tablet; MicroSD card not formatted

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My Coby Kyros MID7024 tablet is locked with a pattern lock. The person who set the pattern lock has unfortunately forgotten it. I tried to unlock the tablet using these methods:

The volume adjustment buttons are broken, so it is no use to use them to reset my tablet.
When activated, the reset hole does not remove this pattern lock. Why?
I plugged my tablet to my laptop (before its USB ports broke) and tried to unlock the tablet with ADB (which can be found in the Android runtime and developer tools from Google). Unfortunately, I forgot to enable USB debugging just in case it ever got locked up.
My MicroSD card is not formatted right now, so I cannot download an app to unlock my tablet because I need to format the SD card before I put anything on it again.

I do not know of any other methods to unlock the tablet.


texts: How can WhatsApp show me an image\video if I didn't download it to phone?

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[Solved]

If I send an image\video via WhatsApp and the other person didn't download it, how can he still see the image as a blurry image?

From looking through the app's database I found out that the local path of the image that was downloaded is located in thumb_image column in messages table. However if the image is not downloaded I don't have any information about the local path.

Does WhatsApp stores that image as temporary image data on the device?


texts: Full dump of Android to use to flash another deivce?

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I'm looking to dump the full rom (system, boot, bootloader) of a device.  But I don't want to dump it in parts, I want the whole thing in one image.  Is this possible?  I have full root on the device.

I'll then take that image and burn it into another device using software provided by the chip manufacture.


texts:
My Nexus S alerts me when it is close to my Oyster season ticket.
It says New Tag Collected. Unknown tag type.

Can I stop it doing this.


texts: How to clear dalvik cache if DDMS doesn't recognize device?

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I have a Navon Platinum Explorer tablet (wich is not an original Navon tablet). Few years ago I was able to clear the dalvik cache, with DDMS in Eclipse (Mars) but it's full again and DDMS doesn't recognize the device, so I can't clear it. Windows  says unknown device. I looked for this device in Oracle VM USB device list and there I found it as Onda (unverified) V972 tablet in flashing mode.
When I turn the tablet on it display the android logo and stuck there. When I press the Power + Volume up / Volume down buttons it doesn't display anything, but connects to the PC (or if already connected then disconnects). I can't enter recovery menu.
So how can I clear the dalvik cache, and disable logging so it doesn't get full again?

From Ubuntu

(First, I do not really know linux yet.)
With sudo lshw -short command I get some interesting item related to the device (with H/W path /0/100/6/*):

It's maybe possible to do something whith it?


texts: ICE (Emergency) contacts from lock screen - how to access when SIP is configured?

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Using Android version 4.4.2 (on Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini).
I have added one of my contacts to the OS built-in ICE contact group and assigned to one of the four emergency contact buttons that are shown when selecting "Emergency Call" from the lock screen.
However, since configuring the stock SIP (VoIP) client, the phone prompts the user to select Mobile Call or Internet Call before making the call. Unfortunately, although the dialler application seems to be awaiting user response, the prompt is not visible until the screen is unlocked, rendering the emergency contact unusable by a stranger in an emergency.
Is there a way to override this (preferably without using 3rd party applications)?


texts: Cannot access local storage on HTC Desire HD with Linux

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If I set my new HTC Desire HD to connect to PC in disk drive mode, a Windows computer can see the internal storage as a Removable Disk. If I attempt the same with my Linux system, "HTC Android Phone" briefly shows up, but is not possible to interact with and disappears a few moments later.

How do I use my HTC Desire HD from my Linux system?

(It does not currently have a microSD card - that is in the mail atm)


texts: ADB shell-ing to wifi connected device when usb device present

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I have two devices connected to my workstation simultaneously, one by usb, the other over wifi.

C:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
Cxxxxxxxxxx2            device
192.168.60.69:5555      device

I'm not sure how to shell into the wifi connected device while the usb one is present.

I've tried the following

C:\>adb shell
error: more than one device and emulator

C:\>adb -s 192.168.60.69 shell
error: device not found

C:\>adb -s 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxx1 shell
error: device not found

where 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxx1 is hardware id of wifi connected device

Only way that works is to disconnect the usb connected device. However, I'm going to eventually have multiple wifi connected devices, I still don't know how to distinguish between them when trying to shell in?

Edit (6/13/2014)

I see why I was omitting the port, b/c the connect command returns the following error when trying to connect and cannot (say for instance the devices wifi was accidentally turned off)

C:\>adb connect 192.168.60.69:5555
unable to connect to 192.168.60.69:5555:5555

This made me think that adb would append port based on ip. However this is not the case, since after wifi was enabled on the target device, the above command did work

C:\>adb connect 192.168.60.69:5555
connected to 192.168.60.69:5555

I needed to mention something to show that I atleast know tcp/ip connect fundamentals (ip and port). Kinda embarrassing...


texts: Display GPX in Google Maps or other simple application?

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I need an application that supports the following features:

offline map (no Internet connection)
bookmarks (POIs added by me from either my PC -> KML or in the app itself)

Since (Google) Maps doesn't currently support bookmarks, I use MapsWithMe Pro which does (along with offline maps).

I now need to import a GPX trace before going on a bike trip.

MapsWithMe doesn't support GPX yet, and failed importing KML files as converted with either GPSVisualizer or Gpx2Kml.

I then tried Locus Map Free and OsmAnd, but found them way too complicated for my need.

So... is there a way to simply display a GPX file in Google Maps on top of an offline map (no Internet connection available), or some other app that's a no-brainer to use?

Thank you.


texts: Device administrator can not be deactivated

texts: I installed a security app on my Samsung phone and it blocks the device from going to Odin mode (bootloader) so I can not update the software. I can not remove this app because it is a device administrator. Also when I navigate to device administartors in Settings I can not deactivate it (deactivate button is grayed out). Can anyone help me and suggest any idea on how to get rid of this app?


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I want to run my first App 'Hello World' and want to create AVD, so I could run it using emulator . I am using android studio. When I create AVD with the given below configurations and launch emulator, i receive following error message;

" Starting emulator for AVD 'test'emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed! "

I am using following AVD settings:

Device = Nexus 6(5.96", 1440 x 2560:560dpi)
Targt = Android 5.0.1 - API Level 21
CPU/ABI = Intel Atom (x86)

My computer configurations are as;

Accer Aspire 5732Z
Intel Pentium Processor T4300 (2.1GHz)
Memory 4GB

I would appreciate someones help.

Regards
UJB


texts: How to use multibyte file names in adb shell?

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I have a Galaxy S6 running Android 7.0:
zeroflte:/ $ getprop ro.build.version.release
7.0

There exists a file which uses the Unicode codepoint U+1F308 (RAINBOW) in its name:
zeroflte:/ $ ls -al /sdcard/tmp
total 1024
drwxrwx--x  5 root sdcard_rw 4096 2020-07-09 05:44 .
drwxrwx--x 49 root sdcard_rw 4096 2020-06-25 07:27 ..
-rw-rw----  1 root sdcard_rw   17 2018-04-25 20:47 123.org
drwxrwx--x  2 root sdcard_rw 4096 2020-07-09 05:54 crypt
-rw-rw----  1 root sdcard_rw    9 2020-07-08 13:26 .gpx
zeroflte:/ $

However, I have no idea how to use this file name in an adb shell command. I would like to apply ls -1 -d -l /sdcard/tmp/\.gpx or similar, but I cannot enter the RAINBOW char. Any idea how to do this?


texts: How can I use Enter to send from a bluetooth keyboard?

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I just purchased a Logitech K760 Wireless keyboard for my Nexus 4.  I have the keyboard paired properly to my phone, but I am unable to send from the keyboard, when sending IMs via Facebook, Skype, etc.

I also have SwiftKey installed, and have tried using both SwiftKey and the default Google Keyboard, and both behave the same way.

Is there a configuration option, or add-on app I can use to control how this works?  My ideal configuration would have ENTER send, and SHIFT+ENTER (or similar) insert a newline.  But I would also be willing to map the send function to one of the F-keys or something else, if that's what I must do.

I am using Android 4.4.2.


texts: Set different languages for different users

texts: I'd like to set different languages per user in my nexus 7 (Android 4.2), but the only option I've found for changing the language is system-wide, and applies to all the users. Is there any way I can do that?


texts: Chrome browser immediately crashes and I cannot get to my bookmarks

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Does anyone know why I'm no longer able to access my Mobile Bookmarks on my Galaxy S3 since the last major Android update several months ago? Prior to that update I had no problems with my bookmarks. Now all I get is a "Aw Snap" error message. The bookmark page will appear for a split second then turns into Aw Snap. So aggravating! I don't think the problem is directly within Chrome because I've followed nearly all the online fix instructions others have given to no avail. I think those fixes were for those having Aw Snap issues on their desktops.

My last hope was one giving instructions to add Chrome To Mobile Extension on the desktop first but I was shocked that the Extension is not even a Google product! Needless to say I removed it immediately. I'm a baby neophyte in this tech world... All I want to do is get my Mobile Bookmarks that I've had for the 2 yrs that I've owned my beloved Galaxy S3...


texts: Stop GOSMS from encrypting private messages

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I use GOSMS app because it have Private Box Feature which i like the most, but now GOSMS encrypts the messages in private box.

I have to sometimes use the apps which show SMS(of phone) on Computer or in Browser, but private messages are not shown (even not in other apps) because they are being encrypted by GOSMS.

Is there any way that I can temporarily stop the encrypting feature (so SMS can be seen on PC OR BROWSER)?

Also, there are more then 25,000 messages in single conversation so I cant remove that Contact from Private Box because once remove it will start moving sms from private to normal list which will definitely take time, this is an option I am aware of, but don't want to use.


texts: my daughter has forgotten the password for her tablet. Not an issue if the device was off but it is on. Any suggestions?


texts: how to install custom rom in xperia z ultra?

texts: I have recently rooted my Xperia z ultra. and now i want to install custom ROM in it. I have searched internet. but i am not able to find any safe way to install custom rom. how can i do that?


texts: Can't install new apps, all incompatible with Android phone (ZTE Blade)

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After spending a few moments moving some apps from my phone's internal storage to my SD card, I'm no longer able to download/install apps.

Every time I try to get one (like the Wikipedia app) I get the bellow weird alert, saying that my phone is not compatible with the item I'm trying to download.

I can update apps already installed, though.

How can I solve this problem? This is my first Android phone (ZTE Blade, commonly known as "a5" in Portugal) and I have no idea how to solve this issue. I have Cyanogenmod installed and all caches have been dumped.

EDIT:
I've simply uninstalled the updates for the Market app, downgrading it to the 'old' Market and it just worked!! I could easily download and install new apps, but when the Market app re-updated itself automatically, I couldn't download/install any apps again.


texts: How to find out learned words in Gboard?

texts: Where can i find the words learned by google keyboard? I can't find nothing on the internet about where it is saved or how to find saved words that GBoard learned automatically.


texts: Send SMS to a list of recipients from a text file

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I am  old user of Nokia E72 and it has got an interesting function that I always used.

But now I moved to Android on an Xperia SL. On my Nokia, the field of recipients allowed me to copy and past the list of contacts separated by linebreak, from a text file.

This worked with even more than 500 contacts at once.

Unfortunately, I cannot do this on my new Xperia.

My Question is: Which SMS App can allow me to send SMS to a list of recipients from a text file?


texts: I have Galaxy sIII and now when I attach photos, regardless if I do so by txt, Facebook or email, though they look wonderful on my android phone, once sent they look terrible, washed out, bland and so on. I recall dimly that when I first got the phone, I could select the size or something on those lines of those photos, now i cannot. I have tried settings, I have tried everything I could think of (at least for a not very techno astute girl), and still no luck. Where should I look? How can I fix this. Please help.


texts: can the third party apps get those geolocation datas of devices that were before the app installation?

texts: I know that geolocation services get and save all geolocation datas. But  can the third party apps get those geolocation datas of devices that were before the app  installation ?


texts: Access WiFi Beacons from Android Application

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I was wondering if an android App can have access to the beacon data of the nearby WiFi access points (AP), while the phone is associated with a WiFi AP.

Note: I do not want to root the phone or use startscan because it is going to be removed in a future release. I skimmed through WiFi RTT API but it does not seem to provide any other beacon information than RSSI and BSSID.

Thanks for any hints or clues in advance!


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I have bought a Google Nexus 7 3G Tablet.

But, My country and area doesn't allow me to use 3G sims/Wi-Fi.

We have only 2G sims. When I insert the sim, I can connect to the Internet. I can send and receive SMS messages via "Go SMS Pro" application.

But, I am unable to use voice call system which is available in any simple nokia / samsung java supported mobile.

Will my Nexus 7 allow me to send and receive Voice calls in 2G network? Because, to know sim balance we have to call on *XXX# or to know about data usage (Internet MB), we have to dial a number. Also, to call any phone number, we have to dial. So, what can I do to send and receive Calls like any simple mobile phone?


texts: I can FastBoot my device. How can I reinstall an Android image to it?

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I accidentally deleted a file from my phone (Sky iVega IM-A800s, Gingerbread) and phone cannot boot now. I'm seeing an "System operating error" and device restarts repeatedly.

I could get into FastBoot mode and I installed Android USB driver and ADB drivers, although I don't know what they are exactly.

I couldn't find OEM Android images for the device (it's a Korean web site and they have an ActiveX based installer that doesn't work).

I know StackExchange is a Q&A site and I really love this site. I would like to know if you know any software that let's me install a custom ROM (I could download a custom ROM for a similar model) using the PC.
Device does not have USB debug mode enabled and the current installation is no longer functional. Can I install a ROM (or Flash ?) using a PC (Windows/Linux) to a FastBoot enabled device?

I would be so grateful if you could shed a light for me.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to recover "Family Guy: The Quest For Stuff" game progress

texts: My HTC 610 froze and could not be rebooted.  I had a game installed through google play and was continually signed in to the google acount.  I was told that as long as I was signed in, the game's progress would be saved.  I received my new HTC 610 today and signed in to google+, went into the google play menu, clicked on my apps and my games automatically transferred.  When I opened up a game, the progress was not there.  Is there any way to restore progress?


texts: How to stop getting WhatsApp notifications from completely muted groups?

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The groups are completely muted - no sound and no notifications allowed.

Still, occasionally I get WhatsApp notifications (with sound and vibrations) that immediately disappear.I can see the WhatsApp icon in the notifications bar coming and going within a second.
When I enter WhatsApp - I see that I have a new message in muted group (no mentions, just regular messages).

Is it possible to stop that very annoying behavior?
(Without completely disabling all WhatsApp notifications, sometimes I still need them)

Completely muted:

Device: LG G5, Android 7.0, stock ROM, no root.


texts: How to disable or remove Gmail account from my Android

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I don't want to receive email on my Android device, so how do I remove my Gmail account from it?

I realize that I need to have my Gmail account associated to the device, and that I would need to reset the phone to factory settings in order to remove this main account..

So do I have any options?


texts: SD card not showing files when connected to pc

texts: When my phone MOTOROLA G3(2015) is updated to Marshmallow, its not showing files when connected to PC. While connecting, it shows options as charing only, PTP, MTP, MIDI. When I select MTP, it shows the external card, but not showing the contents, where as internal memory is detected and all files are shown.


texts: Google Music not available for Samsung Galaxy S with Android 2.2.1

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I have Samsung Galaxy S (i9000) with Android 2.2.1 (Froyo).
Lately I got an invite to Google Music. Android app for Google Music requires 2.2.0, however Android Market keep saying my phone is not capable to run application.

Is there a way how to get Google Music Android client on my Samsung Galaxy S - ?


texts:
On my currently working Android 4.4 phone, much of my apps and data is on a MicroSDHC card and I am trying to find what to preserve and port to a new phone. As I am trying to move from an old phone to a new one and had not anticipating significant changes in behavior, I am rather confused on how to proceed and am entirely unprepared.

When reading the MicroSDHC card outside of the phone via a dedicated card reader there is a folder called .android_secure with 18 files all with .asec extension. What are those files? And can they be used somehow to help migrate to a new Android 7.0 phone?

Note that when mounting the phone, all the folders in the MicroSDHC card appear except for that one, so you have to read the card externally to see it.

This is about the concept of the folder which you can only figure out that it is for applications if you know already the answer.


texts: Is there some way to get the new APK from Google Play Store sooner?

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For example, Pokemon Go 0.57.2 was available on apkmirror.com for 4, 5 hours now, but still it is not on Google Play.

Is there any way to get it from official source sooner?  I mostly trust apkmirror.com, but say, what if somebody hacked into apkmirror (which I assume will be less secure than Google Play Store) and target a country in the world and serve a modified apk, or target some IP, then it will be not secure.


texts: IMEI Repair/Change OF Motorola XT1765(Metropcs , Qualcomm processor - Not MTK )

texts:
I Need Help , Have rooted my Phone. Tried Miracle Thunder and many Other Tools Nothing worked. when i try miracle thunder tool to repiar imei after restart baseband become null or unable to check IMEI.
Can you please Suggest my Any tool or Method to repair it's IMEI ?
Android 7.1.1 ( rooted with Magisk)
Thank you


texts: What could cause large discrepancies in reported data use?

texts:
On my Galaxy s3, 3 different reports on (cellular) data usage are giving me 3 wildly different answers.

My data counter widget reports 1.26GB transferred, up and down total.
Android's internal data usage screen says 1.46GB transferred.
And my carrier (via their app) says 1.332GB transferred.

What would cause these to disagree to this extent?


texts:
I've done a factory reset of my HTC One S and I re-downloaded the game Angry Birds. I had previously purchased the mighty eagle, and when trying to get it again in-game, it takes me to the play store. Play store shows a dialog "you already own this", I can either click OK or Details.

When I click OK, it just takes me back to the main screen of Angry Birds and it doesn't redownload. When I click Details, it takes me back to Angry Birds with the message "Unfortunately, Play Store has stopped". I can only click OK and what follows is a loading screen from Angry Birds itself that never stops loading.

Looks like a bug. Are there any alternatives to get the mighty eagle back?


texts: Why android 10 system took alot of internal storage

texts: I got a phone with 32gb internal storage, when I upgrade my phone to android 10, I noticed that the System took 12gb of space. Is it normal to android 10? Coz the other os got a little system space.


texts: How can I restore remembered wifi networks and saved wifi passwords?

texts:
I know this question has been asked before and I have searched google for far too long to not have an answer.

So the situation is

I have done a data wipe and a clean install.
During the setup process I did not choose to restore anything.
After the installation I went to Settings > Backup & reset and enabled Automatic restore.
Yet no saved wifi networks or passwords were restored.

I cannot find anything related to Network restore under Settings > Google

Android 6.0.1
Gapps 6.0
Nexus 5


texts: ICS: external microsd storage card: can i use it with camera and not encrypt?

texts:
So, I just bought a microSD card for my Ice Cream Sandwich phone. I put it in, it's recognized. But it appears I must encrypt it before I can use it for the camera's storage, otherwise if it is not encrypted, it is read-only.

Is there no other way?

I see, with it encrypted, I must create a PIN or password to access the phone. Previously, I just used a pattern, but now it seems I cannot do just the pattern.

I don't care if it is encrypted, but I want my pattern back. Any ideas?


texts: How do I install an app with system-rights on a non-rooted smartphone?

texts:
I would like to install logcat as system-app on a non-rooted phone.

Is that possible (using adb without root-access)?


texts: Move Apps from Internal to SD--Android 4.1.2, LGE Optimus F3

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For those who don't know, the Optimus F3 has only, like, 2gb of internal space. And because Google's Nexus phones don't have SD card slots for some really weird reason, they decided to just pull the function from Android entirely for a few versions. This includes 4.1.2, the version on my phone.

I have gone through the trouble of rooting my phone and downloading numerous programs to help me hack into this hunk of junk, but I can't for the life of me figure out what to do.

And yes, I have tried App2SD's linking thing, and it doesn't work.

I am 99% sure that you can simply move apps from internal to external storage using the SDK and/or command line or something like that, but I have NO idea how and I've looked all over and found nothing that can really help much.

Could someone PLEASE be so kind as to help this poor guy out and actually be able to use that 8gb SD card I got just for this reason? I have struggled and finally gotten Eclipse working, but have NO idea what to do with it, or if I need it at all. Just please, I'm begging you, HELP!!

EDIT: Before you say "just do it from the Storage options", look at this:

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texts: Getting to the bottom of excessive logs?

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I'm a fairly new Android phone user and I have a question about excessive logs.

My phone battery is pretty awful (Elephone P9000) so I thought I'd hook it up and look at LogCat. In just over 20 seconds it logs nearly 5000 lines when idle with the screen off. That sounds like a bit much to me? Most of the log is filled with the same pattern repeating:

    05-31 13:26:40.559: I/fanzhuan(980): onSensorChanged front----> 0.361  0.497  10.07
05-31 13:26:40.571: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18369600), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.591: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18369920), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.612: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18370240), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.631: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18370560), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.651: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18370880), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.671: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18371200), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.691: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18371520), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.711: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18371840), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.731: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18372160), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.751: D/AudioTrackShared(293): front(18372480), mIsOut(0), mAvailToClient=0 stepCount=320 minimum=320, FUTEX_WAKE
05-31 13:26:40.758: D/SettingsInterface(980):  from settings cache , name = turn_silent , value = null
05-31 13:26:40.758: D/SettingsInterface(980):  from settings cache , name = callsilent , value = null
05-31 13:26:40.759: D/SettingsInterface(980):  from settings cache , name = alarmsilent , value = null
05-31 13:26:40.759: D/SettingsInterface(980):  from settings cache , name = musicsilent , value = null
05-31 13:26:40.759: D/SettingsInterface(980):  from settings cache , name = mediasilent , value = null

Is this normal? I've had a google and I can't see may people talking about this. Also, how do I go about finding what's causing this so I can kill it?

Maybe it's totally unrelated to my battery drain, but this amount of constant logging sounds little excessive to me.

Thanks for your time and help :-)

P.S. Running Android 6.0


texts: How to launch LMT pie controls with home button

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I have an acer iconia tab a100 running a custom ROM based on CM10.1. The tab has one hardware button, the home button. I'd prefer to use LMT pie controls rather than the navigation bar to save screen space, but I don't like having to launch pie controls with gestures.

My question is: is there some way for me to remap the home button on the tab to launch pie controls instead of the default action, going to the home screen?


texts: Win 7 wifi hotspot connection not able to share internet

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I have created an ad-hoc wifi hotspot connection using

> netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=WinWlHS  key=MyPassword keyusage=persistent

Then I have started hotspot using

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

I have also shared the intenet connection with Microsoft virtual WIFI mini port & it's also showing that it can access Internet.

When I connect to this hotspot network on my android device it gets connected but there is no internet(All proxy settings have been taken care of). Anybody with some experience to this who can guide ?

Note: I am behind proxy, using windows 7 64 bit, Sophose 5.60 installed, Using static Ip.


texts: Can't see Nexus One as a USB drive when connecting to Windows 7

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I've connected my N1 to my Windows 7, and I don't see it as a USB drive. I don't see any message on the phone that allows me to enable this (in the past, I used to see a notification about the phone being connected, that allowed me to enable it as a USB drive. Now I don't)

What should I do to access the files?


texts: How to install not-supporting-out-of-the-box 3G modems on Android 2.2

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I received my Android tab today and it doesn't have inbuilt 3G data.
I have a 3G modem (ZTE MF 180) and it didn't work when I connect it. It's a chinese tab and supported-list doesn't contain my modem model.
But I think Android should be able to take the device as a generic modem and communicate with my data carrier. I don't need fancy stuff like SMS or phonebook - just like the modem support on Ubuntu.

I'm just few hours old in Android world so any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: Sometimes my character won't move even though i am moving in real life. Everything is fine, gps is working fine, sometimes my character just stand there and I can spin the pokestop for hours. But the problem is i can't hatch my egg sometimes, is that bug or problem for zenfone 5? Or is that any ways to solve this?


texts: "No media" message trying to play music on Ford car with Sync

texts: Doesn't seem to matter what I do, I just can't get the media to play. Tried methods others have shown here to no avail. Remove all other devices from my phone but nothing. Went into developer options and moved the Bluetooth to 1.3, 1.5 and 1.6. Still nothing. Phone works great thru Bluetooth, just no music. Any ideas?


texts: When I receive a http Facebook link, I have the option to choose my browsers but not the Facebook app, is there a way to force it? Is it the normal behavior?


texts: How do I activate Screen Mirroring on a Samsung Galaxy S5 running Marshmallow?

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I have an Amazon Fire TV stick, and I'd like to mirror my Samsung Galaxy S5's display to it.

It works fine with my old Galaxy S4 (just tried it right now), but I cannot get it to work with my Galaxy S5: The "Screen Mirroring" option just does not seem to be available anywhere on the phone.

It's a non-rooted Samsung Galaxy S5 with the latest OTA update (Marshmallow) installed.

What I've tried: I already googled for s5 marshmallow screen mirroring missing and tried the following recommendations:

Pull down the notification shade, click Edit and activate the Screen Mirroring option. On my device, there is no such option.
Click "Quick Connect" on the notification shade and register the TV stick as a TV device. Tried that, but the only option I have is to "Share content". It does not offer to share my screen.

Here are two a screen shots as proof. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious...


texts: S7 Edge RAM usage is extremely high, why?

texts: Why is my S7 Edge using 87% of the RAM  all the time? It's not the apps because I use Greenify for stopping background tasks. I see under Developer mode → Running services that my system takes 2 GB of RAM, but why?  That's not normal, the S7 Edge has 4 GB of RAM and I can use only 600 megabytes.


texts: How to login to resetted phone when verified password not accepted?

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I reseted my Oneplus 2 phone with OO3.5 by wipe cache and data because I wanted to set up my business gmail in my phone, not my personal:

Wipe data and cache
Volume down + power > Format phone
Now, welcome screen where it does not accept my personal email account's password now

Status in OO support: unable to access or add on your Google account

Both of the gmail accounts uses my personal phone number as the primary, and in some field my personal email address.

Now, the phone requires after volume down + power for 15-20 seconds - - to use the gmail account (personal gmail) which I used before in the phone (some protection mechanism).
However, it does not accept the password which I enter to my account, although I put the correct password (verified at Desktop).
I am trying to pass FRP (Factory Reset Protection) which requires you to login with a previously synced account on that device and you won't use the device.
I have a Desktop access to my Gmail where I can access it.

I have throubleshooted settings here but cannot find anything relevant there.
I also erased all data in the phone by those settings.
However, I am not sure if it is applied because I wiped the data and cache before that.
I know the threads but they do not help

How can I unlock my phone? I locked it using Android Device Manager, but it claims I entered a wrong password
Android lock screen won't accept password from Android Device Manager

Things which I have tried to do with login unsuccessfully

use 2-step password
use app password for the task
use my own password for the task

Error when entered correct password in Android (password verified in Desktop)

  The password is incorrect. Try again.

Troubleshooting in fastboot (volume-up + power) by following the guide here

The command adb devices gave first time the device ID.
So I could do fastboot oem unlock and fastboot reboot.

Result: still does not accept my personal gmail account password.

Trying to get to recovery

Now in fastboot, adb devices gives blank. I cannot get to adb device recovery.

Troubleshooting proposals tested but failed

Keyboard-button-bug (here) fails because the bug has been removed in the keyboard layout.
Other strategies presented in the thread One plus two Google lock frp do no work.

Troubleshooting with OO support

  May we know what happen prior to this issue, was your phone recently flashed? And also, what is your current OS version?

No. I upgraded it to OO 3.5 some time ago.
Prior to this issue, I just reseted the phone because I wanted to change my Gmail account and do reseting.

Phone: Oneplus 2
Android: OO3.5, Android 6
XDA thread post about the issue: here #11


texts: TCL Idol X (s950) stuck in bootloop, after flashing new firmware

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I have flashed new firmware on my phone TCL Idol X (s950) and now the phone won't boot anymore :(

It starts but then it ends up with the bootlogo.
I can access it with adb shell but it is read only mode.
Switch it off reboot the phone.
Recovery doesn't start.

How can I rescue it from the bootloop or get into recovery?


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I know this question has been asked over and over and I have searched
  for an answer but no one seems to have an good result.

I have a new Prestigio Multipad 10.1. It's a nice tablet but I'm having trouble connecting it to my WiFi. I can connect but it's slow or never seems to receive any data.

I've tried a lot but I haven't a clue why other devices I have work. My android phone, my laptop, iPod etc.

I bought two of these and they both have the same problem.

There must be a setting which will correct this problem.

I have tried changing channels, I have tried a WiFi fixer but:

Google store just times out.
Chrome never comes back with any results .

I'm pulling my hair out. Please help.


texts: How to change lockscreen display time on Samsung Galaxy S4 Plus?

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When I press the power button the screen is immediately turned off and locked. When I press the power button again the screen is turned on and the lockscreen is displayed. However, it is only displayed for about 5 seconds before the screen goes off again. I have to start interacting with it straight away to prevent the screen from turning off. I don't always want to unlock the screen, sometimes I just like to press the power button to have the screen turn on so I can work my way in the dark, as a flash light replacement. But that doesn't work if I have to keep pressing the power button on and off all the time.

Is it possible to change this time? I would like to have it set to at least 30 seconds, or have it stay on all the time until I press the power button again. Is this possible?

I'm not sure it's possible to have the screen stay on until you press the power button, but my old HTC had a longer display time when the lockscreen is shown.

I'm on Galaxy S4 Plus (GT-I9506) with Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It's stock ROM and everything, brand new.

I tried to google this and it appears that the only time setting you can change for the lockscreen is the time it takes for the lockscreen to actually activate. Below is a screenshot of the "Lock screen" page on an Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean.

(image source: Android Central)

There was this "Secured lock time" option. It said "the screen will be locked after 30 minutes of inactivity." This is on the Galaxy S3. Mine is a little bit different. Below is a screenshot of the lock screen page on mine.

This however does not change the display time of the actual screenlock... screen (sorry). It only defines when the screenlock will become active.


texts: How can I download and install custom roms for the droid x?

texts: I have a droid x. I'm told that my phone will be much faster if it has a custom rom. After some googling I read that rubix is a good option. I'd appreciate any instructions on how to go about obtaining and installing this custom rom on my phone, or any pointers to this effect.


texts: Is there any way to use Viber on a tablet without a gsm module?

texts: The tablet has a wifi, a microphone and a speaker. It would be ideal to make calls with, but Viber states it is incompatible. Is there any way around this?


texts: Make call remotely from one phone through bluetooth using other phone?

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I have two mobile phones:

Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305 with SIM card
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005

I would like to

connect them with Bluetooth,
start my phone calls from Samsung Galaxy Note 3 remotely through Bluetooth,
the voice should go through Bluetooth to Samsung Galaxy S3, using its SIM card to make the phone call.

There is a remote Bluetooth sim solution named rSAP (Bluetooth Remote SIM Access Profile), which is used to remotely connect to car mobile.

http://www.android-rsap.com/bluetooth-sim-access-profile.html

But the developer of the app said, it will not work for the task I need:

  I don't think you will find a solution for your use case. It may be
  possible to do it by using the "Handsfree" Bluetooth profile but I
  doubt that the Android programming interfaces make a Handsfree client
  possible. You will most probably have to create your own Android
  firmware, e.g. based on LineageOS.

Is this possible to solve in some other way?


texts: How safe is my Nexus 6 with Android 7.1.1 and the possible latest update (Oct 5th 2017)?

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I found my old Nexus 6. No SIM in it, just connects to the Internet via my home wifi.
I've tried to catch the latest updates, upgrades, and security patches, then I realized, unless I doing something "big" like changing rom, or whatever it is called, which I definitely do not want, I stucked with 7.1.1 and its latest security update Oct.5th 17.
My question is it safe to use?
Nothing special sensitive there, but I would like to log in to Google Play with my account to download and by some apps


texts: How to connect an android device to a VPN?

texts: I have Xperia mini running ICS 4.0.3. I want to connect to a VPN for which I have server address(host) , group name, group passwrod(pre-shared key). but I still couldn't connect to it via my Xperia mini where as the VPN is able to connect in desktop. I have tried in IPsec PSK.


texts: Hangouts: How to make the phone dialer default (instead of the hangouts dialer)?

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Following a recent Hangouts update, when using Android 5 on Nexus 5, in an SMS conversation with a contact, touching the "handset" icon automatically launches the Hangouts dialer, while I would like to use the default phone dialer instead.

I did not find any option to change this back to the previous behavior.  Is this possible at all?


texts: Is there any (major) difference between the Galaxy Note 3 on different US carriers?

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I am currently a loyal Verizon customer, and have been pretty much forever.
My current phone is a Galaxy Nexus, and my previous phone was a Droid, and the carrier has been fairly hands-off with these "stock" Android models.

I'm currently out of contract, so I have the ability to freely/easily switch carriers if need be.
I really like Verizon's coverage, but might be willing to jump ship for various reasons.
(Carrier decision is really a separate question)

I'm currently interested in the Galaxy Note 3. However, I'm concerned about what modifications Verizon may have made to their version of this model.
The main reason for my concern is this list of differences about the previous model, the Note 2: http://engadget.com/2012/12/07/dnp-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-verizon-review/
What especially concerns me is things that were removed and hardware differences, such as the Verizon model of the Note 2 missing the wireless charging contacts, but on principle I am also concerned about firmware and software differences (other than the necessary CDMA chip, of course, and I can live with additional Verizon branding and bloatware).

I have asked this question in a variety of forums, including asking Verizon and Samsung directly, but haven't gotten a straight answer. I'm hoping that "no news is good news" and I would really like to dive in and take this model. But if there are any differences, I'd like to know them.
I just want to make sure I am getting the features as-advertised by Samsung.

Thanks!


texts: Can applications predinstalled in system/priv-app be updated via Play Store?

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we're trying to make our custom launcher default one in our phone. Since it needs system level permissions (placing widgets) we placed it in system/priv-app, and it finally works ok. Problem is that it is not updateing with new version from Play Store. - we're getting error 505 after downloading update, on start of install process

thank you in advance!
br
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texts: My Father bought A new brand Galaxy A71 this year (January) and He passed a way two weeks a go, I had to rest the phone for me to use and the phone is asking for previous email address the one my dad was using I don't Know. how can i bypass this security future called KNOX or should I keep in Dustbin.


texts: Google Hangouts: Conflicting online status information

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Another "I don't quite understand what is going on in Google Hangouts" type of question....

So - when I view Hangouts via my Android app (running under KitKat), my girlfriend's status is ALWAYS shown as online (green speech bubble next to her picture), even when she is not online.

Conversely, if at the same time I log into my GMail account, her status is  shown as NOT online (no green line under her name). How can she be both online and offline!!?

What the hell is going on here?! Has anyone else had this issue?


texts: How to start Android Lost app on stolen Samsung S4 after pushing it through Google Play?

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My phone was stolen, unfortunately I dont have find my phone switched on but do have location history on. I cant locate it via Android Device Manager. I done some readimng and installed Android Lost as my email is active on the phone.

On the site Android Lost its telling me to refresh and wait for a congratulations messgae.. Ho do I remotely start the application, it's showing as installed in Google Play website????


texts: What are the files in the phoneypot directory?

texts: I am running LineageOS 17.1 Lavender. Can anyone tell me the purpose of the files located in the /phoneypot directory in my Android device?


texts: SELinux permissive kernel - is it a security risk?

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As in title. I am talking of Kernel, not ROM (plenty of questions dealing with ROM on this site).

I have a OnePlus 7 running stock Android 10 and prefer a custom kernel. Of late, OnePlus hasn't released source for kernel and this has played havoc with all custom kernels in OnePlus 7 and other variants. So, I want to flash a kernel
that is independent of the changes One Plus makes.

Only problem is that it is SELinux permissive and therefore I want to understand the security risks before flashing it.

Edit:
As requested in comments (deleted) :

-# zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
# CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_BOOTPARAM is not set
# CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE is not set
CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DEVELOP=y
CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_AVC_STATS=y
CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_CHECKREQPROT_VALUE=0
- # zcat  /proc/config.gz |grep CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
-# mount | grep selinuxfs
selinuxfs on /sys/fs/selinux type selinuxfs (rw,relatime)


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The past couple of days my Galaxy S Plus started lagging, and today all of sudden it got stuck. When I restarted it the phone was completely wiped, had no apps, no contacts, nothing.  Now when I try installing any app it just says "Downloading" but nothing happens - nothing gets installed. I have no idea what is happening. Could some one tell me what I should do?

It was on stock firmware when is locked up. I tried a soft reset; after clicking "Erase everything" nothing happens, it just shows the factory reset title on top and blank screen below.

I also tried a hard reset without success. I took out the battery then held home volume up and power together while powering it on, but it just shows on screen "Ram Dump mode" and some other stuff. No menu shows up.


texts: How can I get IP connectivity on my non calling tablet without using WiFi?

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Actually my issue is that I want to use my tablet as a second display over USB. I have used team-viewer over WiFi and it works fine, but since it is over WiFi, there is significant lag which defeats the purpose of a second monitor.

So, I wanted to know whether I can get IP (Layer 3) connectivity with a USB cable and some app (maybe) on my WiFi only tablet. I don't have a USB tethering option in my settings. I also have enabled USB debugging mode.

I can easily do this on my phone which has "USB tethering option".


texts: Traffic of Opera Mini vs Mobile with Turbo

texts: How much traffic does Opera Mini user compared to Opera Mobile with Turbo enabled? I suppose it's less but I haven't seen any numbers.


texts: Easiest way to switch to a userdebug build on Nexus 6P?

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I just got an Nexus 6P, and unlike with my previous phone, I would prefer to keep the firmware as stock as possible this time while still enabling debugging/root access. (for app development) On my earlier phones, I used CyanogenMod because I wanted the features, but conveniently, it happens to ship as a userdebug build. This time, I would like to stick as close to stock as possible.

I found the official factory images for Nexus devices, but it looks like they only have the "user" builds, and I know Google does build official "userdebug" and "eng" images, because I've seen them before, but now I can't find them. Have they been deleted off the Internet?

Worst case I suppose I can build them myself from source, but I'd rather use the official images since I'm not going to be hacking on Android itself (at least not yet), and I'd also prefer to avoid having to rebuild every time there's an update. (it also requires a lot of disk space, more than I currently have free on my laptop, and the build system is too architecture-dependent to run on my server)

So, the question is: Is there an easier way to get a userdebug build for Nexus 6P? (or Nexus devices in general)

Alternately, is there some way to de-cripple USB debugging so I can debug the released version of my apps and either get a root shell or at least have some other way of seeing my own files?


texts: How do I update app installed from 3rd-party with Google Play Store's version?

texts: I want to update my WhatsApp to be able to use the calling feature. I've used a third party app to update WhatsApp till now. How do I update from Play Store, or will it only happen automatically and not manually?


texts: Can't authenticate account on the Google play store

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I've been having authentication issues on the google play store for a while now while using my tablet.  I have a Galaxy tab II 10.1,  My phone authenticates just fine.  I just reset the password on the account and can log into my account without issue on my Phone and on my PC, but not the tablet.

I reset the tablet back to factory defaults completely wiping it of all software and account information, but I still have the same issue.  Any ideas what could be causing this?


texts: I live in the Netherlands and own a Samsung Galaxy S running Froyo. Last week I was in the U.S and to my surprise, I was unable to get a GPS fix there. At home I usually get a GPS fix within a minute or so, but last week, I tried multiple times to get one for 10 minutes or longer without any success. Has somebody else encountered the same problem? Is there a solution/fix, so I can prevent this from happening in the future?


texts:
I have Xiaomi redmi note plus.
I wanted to install twrp and root my device in ordre to flash mods.
Well the 1st time I enter to TWRP after flashing it with adb, it demand the password, in steps they mention that the password is the same as the one you had in the previous rom. But actually it didn't work.
Trying a diffrent password/PIN without 0, still nothing, the problem that I lost all my data during the process.
So how can I disable or pass this password permanently to decrypt my storage and be able to flash mods.


texts:
My phone, a two year old Lenovo Vibe P1M, has been acting weird for a while.

It was damaged six months back in an accident, and the screen was somewhat cracked on the top. As a result the touchscreen got kind of faulty. But there were no performance issues.

For about a month, though, I've been experiencing huge problems!

Extreme lag and freezes.
The phone started randomly opening apps and messing around with them.
I found several audio recordings made without my knowing.
I found a lot of "empty" folders on the internal storage, and when I deleted these it freed up about 500 MB. One such folder was called "diaxin." I also got alerts from my CleanIt app asking me if I wanted to remove residual junk files. When I hit yes, it showed me a huge bunch of files with Chinese names. Needless to say, I had not downloaded any of them.
Worst of all, every few seconds, the phone opened the toolbar containing the icons for my WiFi, Data Connection, etc. Somehow it kept turning on my location. I tried scrolling up to hide the toolbar but no luck. Every time, I had to switch the phone off and on to get rid of this annoyance.
The touchscreen often stopped responding at random times, including when I tried to unlock my phone. Right now it takes me 5-7 tries to even get the phone to recognize my attempts to draw my pattern.

I tried to connect the phone via data cable to Ubuntu so I could backup the data. It just froze when I did so, and froze my laptop as well. I had to restart both devices.

What kind of malware infestation is this? I'd like to do a factory reset but can't because my contacts etc are on the phone (and it's not letting me back them up: see 5 and 6).


texts: Why do so many applications try to get the SIM and network operator name?

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I understand what Android permissions mean and I have a specific question about two telephony permissions.

I've been using XPrivacy for a while and noticed that many apps that ostensibly have nothing to do with the low-level telephony features, nevertheless make repeated calls to getSimOperatorName() and getNetworkOperatorName(). MyFitnessPal Calorie Counter is one such app.

What need would ordinary apps have to call these methods?

For example, why would MyFitnessPal care I'm using AT&T or Verizon, when the app could be running just fine on a Wi-Fi only device?


texts: After installing CM 10.2 nightly, my Galaxy S4 only shows the Samsung logo and turns off right after. How can I fix this?

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I have the Samsung Galaxy S4 Rogers Canadian version that came with TouchWiz out of the box. When I heard that 4.3 Jellybean was out, I immediately tried looking for a guide to flash my S4. In the end, I flashed it, everything seems to be working, but I am not sure If I flashed it the right away. This isn't my main problem, just summarizing what i have done to my phone incase it might help.

So my problem is, I can't flash my phone with CyanogenMod 10.2. I went into recovery mode with CWM and I erased data, cache and dalvik cache. Install from external SD zip --> clicked the CM 10.2 Nightly file and it installs. Rebooted phone and it wouldn't boot up, samsung logo would show up but it would just turn off right after. After that I went into recovery mode and deleted the dalvik cache and rebooted and to no avail, same thing happened.

So in my head, I was thinking that maybe its not working because I flashed the stock 4.3 wrong. So i downloaded a stock 4.2.2 Rogers Canadian Rom and tried doing the same procedure to install that, but this time i got an error saying (might not be the exact error, just thinking from the top of my head) " E: can't open /external_sd (bad)".  I had researched this error and people were telling me it was from a corrupted file, so I downloaded another one.  This time it didn't say anything, just said "Aborted (sorry somewhere along those lines i completely forgot)"

Please, please help me. I am so frustrated and confused.

Phone Info

root: yes
Recovery: CWM
Model Number: GT-I9505G


texts: How to turn off keyboard sound on Nexus 7 2nd gen

texts: I already have touch sound turned off, but still hear keyboard sound.


texts: Is there a way to set up python 2.7.x + matplotlib on a tablet so that you can run simple standard python code? I would like to be able to run the same scripts I run on my Linux desktop,


texts: How to decrypt the corrupt SD card formatted as internal storage?

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So I'm on Marshmallow and have formatted my SD card as internal storage. Its filesystem got corrupt two weeks later for some reason.

Plugging it to GParted, I see 16MB of FAT32 and the rest is an unrecognized filesystem. It's not unformatted, just unrecognized.

GParted is giving the "Unable to read the contents of the fileystem." error for both partitions, though the FAT32 partition is accessible from File Browser flawlessly.

It's a Samsung i9505 running on nightly built Cyanogenmod 13.

EDIT: I found out the unrecognized partitions is a static AES-128 bit encrypted ext4. Now I will try to decrypt it and recover whatever.

EDIT2: I changed my mind and won't bother. Formatting as external storage this time.


texts: People can't hear me on my Samsung Galaxy S3

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When I send or receive a call, the person on the other side can't hear me.

Sometimes, the microphone goes mute during the call. But when I check if the phone is on mute, but it isn't. It happens randomly.

The microphone seems to be OK, and I think this is probably a software problem. Would upgrading the OS (from ICS to JB) fix this?


texts: How to change /system/fonts directory permission to writable in switch off mode?

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I have Micromax A57 android 2.3.5 rooted phone, I have installed font using "Font Installer  Root" application , after installing successfully I realize that font is not good, then after I delete that font from /system/fonts directory, and I install DroidSans.ttf font from that application, while installing process device get hanged, so I remove battery and place it again and start the device , Now my phone is not started,

when I attach cable with device I can see in Eclipse that in /system/fonts folder DroidSans.ttf has o bytes that means by mistake that font has been deleted, now wants to copy that font in /system/fonts directory, i have tried with Eclipse but it has read only permission so I am failed, If I can copy that file then issue can be solved,

Please help me to change permission of /system/fonts directory so that I can copy that fonts and get my device data back


texts: Recovering bricked Pixel 2 with drained battery

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Bit of a weird setup but I have a Pixel 2 phone with offline charging disabled.
Today I wanted to restore the factory image so I booted the phone into TWRP, wiped all the partitions. I then got distracted and the battery drained.
Because I have disabled offline charging the battery won't charge now that the phone is off and the phone won't boot because it doesn't have enough power to switch on.
I have tried starting the phone into recovery but it seems like there is not enough juice even for this. The red LED on top flashes a couple of times but the screen stays black.
Any ideas how I can recover?
One idea I had was to open the phone and put a charged battery from another pixel in it but this involves taking apart two phones which is a bit drastic.


texts: How do I downgrade Android 2.1 to 1.6 on a Garminfone?

texts: I need to send in my Garminfone to T-Mobile. I've rooted it and installed the 2.1 upgrade. The master reset doesn't restore it to 1.6. I know Super One Click will unroot it. Does anyone know how to revert back to 1.6? Thanks.


texts: How do I run a web application "offline" on my Android?

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I have a web application written using HTML5 that leverages the application cache for "offline" access.

On my iPod touch, I can go to the web while online, click the "+" icon, and set a shortcut on my home screen. This will launch the web application full screen and run the app, even when there is no Internet connection.

Is there a similar process to use on my Android device, or will it vary by maker?


texts: Phones that can have bootloaders unlocked

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Very new to Android and wish to experiment with custom roms (that require an unlocked bootloader) on an inexpensive used phone.

How can I tell if a specific Ebay phone is capable of having the bootloader unlocked, i.e., not having this disabled by the manufacturer/seller?


texts: Google Maps shows constantly rotating direction despite other compass apps working correctly

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Google Maps reports rotating direction (0.5 rotations / minute) with stationary phone. The compass is calibrated and works correctly in compass-specific apps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6uOI5g8xbc

Steps to replicate:

After booting into Safe Mode and calibrating the compass via rapid figure-8's (or slow, or rotations on table), the direction in Google Maps slowly rotates.

EDIT: I did a factory reset and, before logging in, Google Maps still has this error. I think it may be a hardware bug at this point.

Apps affected:

Google Maps (Safe Mode and normal mode)
GPS Status (only available in normal mode)

Apps not affected:

"Compass" (orange circle logo)
Sensors Multitool (shows correct magnetometer readings for X, Y, and Z. Confirms correct calibration)
https://goo.gl/photos/SavNsaY2PyNPa17G8

Troubleshooting steps I've tried:

Calibrating compass

Rebooting in Safe Mode
Disabling/re-enabling Google Maps (includes data/cache deletion)

Specs:

Nexus 5X
Android 6.0.1
Google Maps 9.34.1


texts: How can I force-disable all dock detection/HDMI connectivity?

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Context:

I have a RAZR MAXX XT912 with 4.1.2 (3.0.8-gbacb1cf). As soon as I wake it for any reason, it immediately acts as if it is connected via HDMI, despite the fact that no cable is connected.

Many people have this problem, and it is usually a result of a software issue or a shorted connection somewhere in the HDMI hardware/plug that results in a phone thinking it is docked.

For me, it occurs constantly (some people experience it intermittently)--as soon as I wake the phone from sleep/non-lit states, it immediately rotation-locks itself into widescreen and presents me with the docking choices menu.

Question:

Is there some way to permanently disable HDMI dock detection?

What I've tried:

I've tried the "HDMI Connection" setting; whenever I uncheck it, the phone goes back to normal. However, leaving it unchecked doesn't work: if I restart the phone with it unchecked, the phone acts as if it's docked when it starts again, and I have to go into settings, check the box again, and then uncheck it before the phone behaves. The phone also periodically "forgets" what that I've unchecked the setting (without a reboot), and I have to go check/uncheck it again.
I've tried clearing all application caches, to no avail.
I tried clearing the cache partition, to no avail.
Finally, I tried a factory reset, but the symptoms persisted.
I've fiddled around with a hand lens and a needle inside the HDMI connector, but couldn't observe any shorted pins and didn't manage to affect the symptoms at all.


texts: Fastboot is getting stuck while trying to flash CWM onto Nexus 4

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After successfully unlocking the bootloader of my new Nexus 4 using adb and fastboot I now want to install ClockworkMod Recovery onto my device.
Sadly it is not working properly.
I am using Gnome Ubuntu 13.04 and installed adb and fastboot with apt.
While in fastboot mode my device is visible when testing with

$ sudo fastboot devices
002847af108bXXXX    fastboot

when I try to flash the ClockworkMod image recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.6-mako.img using

$ sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.6-mako.img
sending 'recovery' (7814 KB)...

it gets stuck. I already waited for 40 minutes to complete but since the size of the image is around 8Mb I suppose it cannot take that much time and something is not working correctly.
Strangely also my USB-connected keyboard and Bluetooth-connected mouse are ignoring my inputs while fastboot is running.

I also tried renaming the .img file to recovery.img with the same result.
Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I have no idea what the problem could be.


texts: Samsung Photosphere orientations.txt data

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Samsung (and perhaps other vendors) photosphere source files include the photographs and 2 text data files.
sessions.meta - contents are self explanatory, labelled metadata info about the sphere.
orientations.txt - unlabelled columns.
Below are sample contents of orientations.txt:
-0.28355762 0.95895493 7.3134253E-4 -0.19058217 -0.057101488 0.9800091 0.9398263 0.2777497 0.19895127 2.8249815
-0.18003005 0.96288395 0.20110609 -0.044745624 -0.21225126 0.97619015 0.9826429 0.16674495 0.081296444 2.9338377
-0.27238333 0.95405024 0.12488161 0.17231762 -0.07932246 0.98184246 0.946633 0.28895682 -0.14279357 2.9741824
-0.43306527 0.8942725 -0.112832405 0.09304 0.16886118 0.9812387 0.89654785 0.41444248 -0.15633103 2.746174
-0.44042435 0.87723744 -0.19099967 -0.14356112 0.14119293 0.97951764 0.8862373 0.45882356 0.06375239 2.631776

My question is, does anyone know what these columns in orientations.txt represent?

1 row per image
10 columns of floats
no field names
I assume it may have to do with roll, pitch and yaw, but I'm not certain.
Perhaps accelerometry output?

Thank you very much in advance.
This is broadly related to these two other questions, but they don't really address my question.
Get the original photos after using PhotoSphere?
Is there any way to re-render a photosphere?


texts: Can an Android device be locked down by an administrator?

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I would like to know if it is possible to use android devices in a work environment with restrictions on the phones usage.

These phones would be given to members in the field to log data, and only that. Is there a simple solution that exists for this purpose?


texts: Samsung Galaxy P1000 stuck on black screen

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I Have a Galaxy Tab GT-P1000N. Its Android version was updated via Odin 3, from Android 2.2 to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread [XWJQ8]. Everything is going fine but after the rebooting my Device (it's auto reboot) is stuck on a black screen.

I have tried some other Firmware, but the problem persists. I have tried to enter Download mode by pressing the volume down and power key, but I can't see anything on my screen -- just my PC gives me a beep like it detects a USB Device, and Odin ID:COM turns in yellow color and message say ‘Added!’.

Please tell me one more thing: during flasing, can I put in the SIM card or not?
Please tell me what is the right way to install Android 2.2 or later.

All info of the tab:

MODELO: GT-P1000NGSMH
SSN: -P1000nGSMH
ALIMENTACION : V5=; 2A
HECHO EN ROEEA POR SAMSUNG
S/N R2HB841317Y


texts: Can it be specified that an application install to the user's home screen?

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When installing an apk I noticed that the application's icon tends to be placed in the last available slot in the last page of the application navigation window (i.e. not the main window). At least on the Samsung Galaxy S6, the new application does not necessarily to go the first slot, but is sent to the very end.

Is there a way to specify where the application will install? For example, can I specify that I would like the icon to go to the first slot of the main screen if a slot is available?

Forgive me if I am way off base with the Android parlance. By main screen I mean the one(s) immediately viewable by the user -- the one in which you would otherwise have to manually bring a icon into by virtue of long-presses of the icon via the app navigation window.

This will do what I want, but the posted solution is such that the application itself does the shortcut creation, but such a method would fail on the first install.


texts: Cannot open my app it keeps saying app not installed

texts: I transferred some of my app to my SD card using the cm cleaner app and it was working perfectly fine .but suddenly today I cannot open those app it keeps saying app not installed.I tried restarting,reinserting the memory card but nothing seems to work.


texts: Phone won't shut up even in Vibrate/Silent mode

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If I set my phone to Vibrate or Silent modes, it's still making audible notifications for GMail, Hangouts, Waze, and maybe other things.

It has worked as expected for years, and then started doing this in the last few weeks.  I don't see any other setting anywhere that adjusts this.

All 3 of the main volume controls are at zero.  Is there somewhere else I should look?

The loudness of the notifications matches the loudness of the notification slider when it's not muted.  Like if I set it to high level and then go to silent mode, the notifications are still high level.  If I set it to the lowest level and then go to silent mode, the notifications are at the lowest level.

CM11, Android 4.4.4, Samsung Galaxy S Relay


texts: Is it possible to configure Android 8 to ask for confirmation before powerdown/restart? Is that option manufacturer dependant?


texts: remote access rooted device with broken screen

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I have a samsung galaxy s1 rooted and using cyanogenmod, yesterday i broke my screen , I need help to remote access it, I got allot of things written down on my memopad allot of things that I need to retrive but I dont seem to make it work(i tried allot of things but mostly i need to find a way to press on that button and activate the debugg mode or smth to let me access the phone) because as far as I remember  everytime I connected my phone on laptop I had to manually turn on debugging mode for access to the phone , even though I already activated it in dev tools. it shows me that I plugged in my device but I cant access it and I cant use any app to remote control it. Anyone can give me a solution?
When I plug it in, on devices I can see the name of my phone, GT-I9000 but thats all I can get access to it...


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I have Huawei Ascend Y330 with Android 4.2.2. I was wondering what is the best approach to root my device and what is the best way to flash custom ROM with higher Android version (4.4 or even 5.0 if possible)?

I saw a lot of links on the internet, but all of them are not about Huawei Ascend Y330. I saw even strange guide how to flash my device to Android 5.0, but I don't think it's possible.


texts: How to track device locations in an office

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I make my phone/tablet ring remotely without a SIM card?

There are many Android devices in our office which we use for application development and QA.  Finding a particular device is sometimes necessary, but requires walking around asking who has it.

Is there some way to track where a particular device might be in an office environment?  Either an app on the device or some way to listen on the computer it was most recently plugged in to (via ADB), for example.  Hopefully something with minimal user interaction, otherwise nobody would ever actually do it.

I haven't tried anything specific yet.  Just looking for ideas on which way to go.  I'm pretty sure GPS is not nearly accurate enough for such a setting, and that's the only real idea I've had.


texts: How can I send service commands from my Nexus 7?

texts: I have a Nexus 7 3G and I often need to send network service commands (e.g., to use top-up codes or to activate/de-activate data-plans), but can't find a way to do it from the tablet. Instead I'm forced to take the SIM card out of the Nexus and put it into a mobile phone temporarily. Is there a way to do this directly from the Nexus 7?


texts: "Encryption Failed" on my Samsung Note 2 & it asks me to reset device. Is there a way to back up my data

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I have Samsung Galaxy Note 2 from AT&T. At the reboot it displays "Encryption failed", and would ask me to reset device.

I cannot access my phone. I have very important data on this phone. I want to save my data, I am not bothered about the device, all I want is to save my data and after that even if the phone doesnt work I will get a new phone but I want my data as in pictures and contacts. Is there any way to recover them?


texts: Is there any FREE android mail client with Exchange Support?

texts: I am searching for a free Exchange mail client for Android 2.3+. Can anybody please suggest me one?


texts: How can I use web.whatsapp.com on an Android phone with a broken screen?

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My Android phone's screen died: no image, no touch, nada. How can I use http://web.whatsapp.com/ without being able to start WhatsApp and browse to the option Menu > Whatsapp Web so I can scan the QR Code on the web page?

This is obviously an interim solution until my new phone arrives.


texts: How can I play .DAT files (VideoCD format) in Android?

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Is there anyway to play .DAT files (from the MPEGAV folder of a VideoCD)?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-i9100).


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Is there any way to show up my computer's storage in my phone when I plug in my phone using usb cable?
It is similar to auto-mounting of phone storage in pc but different in that it's phone which would be accessing the pc storage.


texts: How to tether lg optimus v without rooting

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I am trying to create a wifi access point (hotspot) from my virgin mobile Optimus v to provide internet access.

It looks like there are several options if I root it but I'd rather not root it.

Bluetooth would be an acceptable alternative.


texts: Discrepancy between sizes of apps listed in Play Store vs. actual installed app size

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The Play Store lists the size of all apps available in their store.  When a user downloads and installs apps, the actual sizes reported by Android are often larger than the sizes listed by the Play Store.

Of importance, this discrepancy occurs before applications are even run for the first time.

What is the reason for the discrepancy?


texts:
there is a similar question to this one How does the automatic brightness settings work?

however, I do not think it answers my question. This is more to do with the UI.

I just got myself a Galaxy s3. The phone has under the notifications the ability to change the brightness.

As can be seen from the screenshot, I can both adjust the brightness manually and select auto. Adjusting the brightness manually does visually affect the brightness of the screen even when the autobrightness is checked.

So what does the manual adjuster do when auto-brightness is turned on?


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Is there any way to send files from an Android phone via Apple's Airdrop to an iPhone? I'm not looking for an alternative system, just want to mess with some colleagues who have iPhones. Currently running CM14.1 with root/xposed.

Thanks in advance.


texts: What is the keyboard shortcut to send mail in Google Inbox?

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I often use a bluetooth keyboard with my tablet and use keyboard shortcuts everywhere.
In the Gmail app and in the web versions of both gmail and inbox, the shortcut to send a mail you're writing is ctrl + Enter. This shortcut doesn't work in the Inbox app for Android, but it seems there is a shortcut, because I've accidentally sent emails before finishing them, but I don't have a clue what triggered the action.
A Google search didn't give me an answer to this question, so I'm asking here. What is the shortcut to send a message went composing a message in the app version of Google Inbox?


texts: What is the content of data/misc/wifi/softap.conf?

texts: I was going through a question about how to find a saved password in a rooted phone and while doing this I found a file in data/misc/wifi/softap.conf. What is the content of this file?


texts: How can I stop avoiding poor WiFi automatically?

texts: I have a Motorola G second gen(2014) and I was searching everywhere for a way to stop avoiding poor WiFi automatically by the phone, but I can't find it in my old phone. The option was there in my phone when it was running Kit-Kat 4.4., but I've recently updated my phone to lollipop and I can't find this setting anywhere. Please help.


texts: Cancel sending a message to group in WhatsApp

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I mistakenly pasted a message in a WhatsApp group. I noticed that immediately and turned off my internet. The message was still not sent (single tick did not appear), and I deleted that message and turned on the internet.

Will this stop the message from getting sent to the group?


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I have a GT-p1000 running Android 2.2 (p1000jxjj1) with Kernel 2.6.32.9, and want to update the device.

I began the steps as described on the Web site, used Odin to put the Ram file and then clicked "start" till the pass. But I ended up with the Samsung logo on the screen, which never changed.

Is there any solution?


texts: How to identify temporary files by file extension

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I want use find command to search and delete all temp files that could exist in android by file extension as a result of device regular usage. So far I could gather the following:

*.tmp
*.log
all cache folders

etc

But I don't know any other ones can anybody tell me another file extension I could add in my search because I what to run find command while specifying all the file extensions so as to delete them


texts: Where Recent Apps specific files are stored?

texts: Android 7.1. Messed up with «Eternal Process Lock», the xposed module. Activated its features, but forgot to activate the module. Now recent apps stopped working, reboot doesn't help, activating/reactivating module/features too. However, I can ask the community who use the same model to share their system files. Thank you in advance.


texts: How to show clocks on pin/pattern lockscreen (Cyanogenmod 12 / Android 5)?

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I have configured my CM12 to show pattern on screen wake-up, and unfortunately there are no clocks! Clocks are shown on the first screen when you need to pull the bottom up to open pinpad or pattern dots. How to show clocks above pinpad or pattern? There is more than enough space and i can find screenshots from Android 4.x where clocks present.

I have root and Xposed framework, so any solution would help. Thanks!


texts: How do I set Google Photos to ignore videos?

texts: I only want to back up photos and not videos.


texts:
I moved from iPhone to Android recently. I love it, but there are some quirks, which I am sure must just be wrong settings.

On the iPhone, when the screen is in sleep (ie off), if someone texts me, the screen wakes to the lock screen, with the text notification showing, for a moment then disappears.  This does not happen on my new Sony ZX1, using Oreo.

I have spent quite a while searching for the setting, and online, but have yet to find out why.  Is this normal for Android? If not, what am I doing wrong?  I am not in battery saver mode, and I have notifications on for texting.  In fact, no notifications move he screen from sleep to lock screen.

To be clear, the notifications do show up on the lock screen, but do not wake from sleep to show the lock screen.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Fed


texts: I have an Infocus M2 running Android 4.4. It supports only two finger multi-touch, which causes problems with some games. Is there any way to increase the number of touch points it can recognize?


texts: How can I block touchscreen? Using root permissions is acceptable. I was able to do it by removing /dev/input/event0 but recreating it with mknod does not enable touchscreen back. Thanks.


texts: How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone?

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The question arises because the best-rated backup application (Titanium Backup) requires root. So what would one use instead when getting a really complete backup is essential? Is there a file manager-type application available that enables copying the whole file system on the phone somewhere (to SD-card, online or wirelessly - doesn't matter which?)

(Samsung Galaxy S9000)


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

The system claims that the storage is almost full. Out of 26 GB, it show only 600MB as free.

In practice, all my pictures/videos/music/whatsapp-media sums up to about 6 GB.

Where are the other 20 GB?

Apart from resetting the phone to factory default, is there a way to fix this?


texts: Connecting phone contacts with facebook contacts, sync.me can't find right one

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I've got a phone contact named Dave T. On Facebook his name is David Tiger. Sync.me can't find him for some reason, though it normally does work. I think it has to do with Dave vs David how can I fix this? What I really want is the picture beside the contact.

I've got Xperia Z2 running Lollipop.


texts:
How to erase all contacts from an Android phone?
There are about 3200 contacts.

The full story

I don't manage my contacts with Google Contacts, but with another tool that can export to the VCF format.

The first time I imported my VCF file into Google Contacts, my Android phone synced and got all contacts, perfect.

After a while, having new contacts, I exported to VCF again, and imported again to Google Calendar. All contacts got duplicated on the phone.

I removed all contacts using Google Contacts web interface in Gmail, and re-imported, but contacts get duplicated every time.

I just want to start from scratch, remove all contacts, and import from my new VCF file.


texts:
I failed to find the background soundtracks for some Android games, so I thought I could just record their music when the game is active but I don't seem to have any solution to do so.

I first thought of using some Android apps but all I see in Play Store and forums are links to apps recording voice of the user or the external environment (using mic) while I'm interested in audio I hear from speaker or earphones.

I also came to know of screen recorders but my default screen recorder records sound using mic and using screen recorder is an overkill since it tends to use a lot of CPU which is needed for the game. But I'm open for any suggestion.

Then I thought to find a file or something under Android which may be redirecting output to earphones or speaker or may be grab that final end and save it using ADB, but I seem to have no idea how to do that.

I would like to draw attention specifically to the said ADB part i.e. anything related to Android that could solve the problem since the other parts or even the title might be considered off-topic for being Android Independent.

So, how exactly do I record my favorite game's music?

Note that the question can be extended to any app, be it a media streaming or lecture app, or anything that plays sound and user wants to record it.

I'm using OnePlus One running CM12 and is rooted.


texts: How to debug error on installation from APK?

texts:
I'm working in a project. We are in a testing cycle and we are experiencing something that I don't know how to debug.

I built the APK. I installed it in my phone (S9+) and in many others with no problem. Then we sent the APK to some people to test it. 4 new Samsung S9. Totally new. No previous versions installed and same SDK and ONEUI and security patch as my own device.

When they try installing it they get an error on installation. I don't know what can be causing this and I don't know how to capture the error. How can I generate some log or debug it?


texts: What could cause this drop in photo quality?

texts:
The recent photos I've tried to take with my phone look like the one on left compared to older photos that look like the one on the right.

I haven't (knowingly) changed any of the phone settings, and as far as I can see I should be taking the highest quality*/resolution photos possible.

But as you can see all the newer photos are coming out as though they are taken through a rain storm or on a very cloudy day (which isn't the case). Even photos taken indoors with the flash are very poor quality - so poor I deleted them as they were useless for recording the event I was at.

Is this a physical problem with the lens or something in the software I can improve?

* By "quality" I mean lowest compression etc. not a comment on the artistic quality (or otherwise) of the photos.


texts: Change when phone beeps for notifications

texts: My phone makes a lot of noise when it's not in use. I think this is because apps running in the background have experienced an event, like Clash of the Clans. How can I change this? I'd really like to find out what apps just made my phone beep. I'm running Cyanogenmod 12.1 with android 5.1.1 (though soon to upgrade to android 6).


texts: Storage space and memory: mobile phone architecture versus PC architecture

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On a PC, there are hard disks acting as storage space where the operating system and application files are stored, and there is RAM which is memory which gets used up by the operating system executable code and applications executable code while everything is running.

On my Samsung Galaxy SIII, when I go to Settings -> More -> Storage, there are various sections which talk about storage space and memory as though these were the same thing?

So here come my questions:

Apart from storage space provided by the optional SD card which must be inserted into the back of the phone next to the SIM card, is there a single memory chip acting as both a storage medium for files when the device is turned off as well as random access memory for the running operating system executables and apps in execution? As the following screenshot reports there seem to be 16.00GB on my device used both as a hard disk and as RAM. Is this how this storage medium works, a single chip for both?
Where can I see the amount of space available on my SIM card? According to Wikipedia such space can only be used to store specific kinds of data such as network-specific information, a maximum of 250 contacts (except for newer models) where each contact can only consist of a name and single phone number pair, and SMS messages. SIM card capacities are also limited to 32KB to 128KB or more, but in any case it's a very small amount of space. It could be that because of these limitations the Samsung Galaxy SIII and other modern Android phones do not make use of this space for user data, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you for your replies.


texts: why i can't use all my sd card space on Apps?

texts:
I have a Xperia E1 with 2Gb of internal memory. I had to buy an 8GB SD card to use good apps! The problem is that I can only use 2Gb of my SD card on apps! When I open the storage it say it has 6.90Gb free, but when I open from Apps settings and check on SD card it say 505Gb free.

http://s21.postimg.org/mtcj0r1s7/image.jpg

http://s21.postimg.org/ubvo9dt53/e1872b176fa9f6e9b46b2ef59e107b6d6f88ba4bb3ca610c.jpg


texts: Where is Samsung's SIM manager in '/system/app'?

texts: My custom ROM's SIM manager is broken, so I have to replace it with the official one but when I install it, it says the package exists by the same name. I need to replace it manually in '/system/app' yet I failed to locate the folder.


texts: How to select an arbitrary MP3 as ringtone on LineageOS?

texts:
I encoded a part of a song as MP3 and I'd like to set it as ringtone on LineageOS 14. I found some instructions to move the file to a certain location - or better locations because the locations because they seem to differ based on model and version. However, it's 2018 and developers are usually educated in basic UX, so there's probably an acceptable way to do this (assuming that it's not acceptable to force a user to speculate that a configuration option might be available after moving a file to a certain unspecified location in the context of a GUI - forum threads like this one of a German LineageOS forum not based on meritocratic swarm intelligence suggest five contradictory approaches).

I'm using LineageOS 14.1 on a Moto G 2014.


texts: How do I improve audio quality when calling with 3rd party apps? (e.g. Messenger, Discord, Zoom, etc.)

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When I use apps like Discord, Facebook Messenger, Zoom, and Google Meets to call people, it compresses the audio like it would in a normal phone call, even though using those same apps from the desktop give much better audio.
How do I go about making this audio sound better and not so compressed?
I'm using a Pixel 3 XL and am on AT&T (although most of the calls happen over Wi-Fi so I don't see how that matters).


texts: Can I damage screen (Nexus 7) by having it turned on and not change for longer periods of time?

texts: I wanted to use an app called TimeWise to have a timer ticking and showing how much time is left in a time-boxed task. However, I am not sure, if having the screen turned on like this (even with very low brightness) for 25 minutes without changing its content other than the counter, cannot damage it. These 25 minutes can be repeated for 4-8 hours. It is likely, that I will change the content of the screen from time to time, so this might be helpful, but I am not sure. Does anyone know if my concern is pertinent, or it is no problem for this type of screen? The device I'm using is Nexus 7 2013 version. Thanks!


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I've been having this problem for about two days. It started happening at random and I've not been able to find solution to the problem.

Basically if I try to open a link to a website that has an app on the playstore, Google Now will tell me that it can't find an app to open the link with instead of opening it in Chrome.

I have tried clearing defaults and reinstalling both chrome and Google Now but to no avail. If the website doesn't have an app linked to the playstore it opens just fine in Chrome.

I'm running euphoria on 5.1 if that helps. I'm also rooted.


texts: Battery drains every time screen is turned on

texts: I just bought a new phone, it is Android 4.4.2, but it seems that it has a problem with its battery. Every time I turn on the screen, the battery drops 1%. For example, the battery is 30%. then I close the screen and turn it on again after a minute, and then in few seconds,the battery becomes 29%. It only happens when I turn on the screen, but when im using it, the battery discharge is normal. How can I fix it?


texts: Can I get texts that I didn't receive due to no storage space

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My one plus said I couldn't receive texts until I made space on my phone. I have now freed space but I need to get the textsI didn't receive while my storage was full.
Ive had people rsvping me for my sons birthday party and haven't received the texts and now have no idea who's coming and alot of people thinking I'm rude.

Please help.


texts: Real time events show up with a 4 minute delay

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So I just bought a Milestone 2 and installed CM 7.2 by Endless (based on the Defy CM ROM). Everything is working great, but there's one thing that annoys me.

Everytime I tweet something it never shows up as x secs ago, instead it shows 4 min ago.

This also happens on the Facebook app. The real time events always shows 4 minutes. It is like the OS is adding the time by itself. This really doesn't make much difference but I'm really curious as it why does it happens. Any help is much appreciated. :)


texts: Escalate privileges in ADB shell to fix build.prop permissions

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So I've done

# mv /storage/emulated/legacy/build.prop /system/build.prop

on my SM-T311 (Android 4.4.2) and now it won't boot.
The only change I've made was adding one line at the end:

net.hostname=Tableta

I've tried using adb shell (forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927198) to revert the changes, but my PC won't detect the device when connected with USB cable in recovery mode.
Although, when I select apply update from ADB windows detects it and it shows up in adb, but I can't do adb shell. (RESOLVED)

Is there a way to fix my tablet without losing my data, or am I doomed?

Okay, I've made progress. I've plugged the device in when it was boot-looping and windows detected it. Through device manager I've installed USB Driver for Windows, revision 7 and that made me able to use the ADB interface. I've confirmed, that build.prop file permissions and owner group are wrong. Unfortunately it wouldn't let me chmod the file or remount.

I've also tried

>adb root

but it hangs forever with no output so I have to close the console window.


texts: WiFi is disabled when I enable WiFi Direct

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I have a Sony Ericsson Arc S, running on Android 4.0.4

I rooted my cellphone and added android.hardware.wifi.direct.xml in /system/etc/permissions/.

I can see the WiFi Direct option in my Settings. When I enable WiFi Direct, it shows that WiFi Direct is opened, but the WiFi is disabled. If I enable WiFi, my WiFi Direct changes to disabled.

When I run WiFiDirectDemo, it fails when I enable WiFi Direct. Once it reaches discoverPeers, WifiP2pManager.ActionListener returns 'Discovery Failed : reason Code is 0'.

I don't know what happened. Does anybody know how to enable WiFi Direct for my phone? Or is it impossible? Why?