texts: Excess in use of Packet data after updating Google play store

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I have been using Samsung Galaxy Y Duos.

Last week I've updated the version of Google Play Store. From that time on, the internet packet data usage has hugely increased, it is consuming a lot of packet data in background and even the battery time had reduced to half of what it was before.

I would like to know if there is some issue with the newest version of the Play Store.


texts: Is there an app available that would let me modify my phone settings by application? To be specific, there are certain apps where I don't want the default screen timeout to occur. I'm on Gingerbread.


texts: My samsung note 1 can't find the Play store and service after a factory reset

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For a week I have been having issues with Google play store not working along with most my Google apps. Tonight I factory reset my phone to see if that would fix the issue but I made it worse.  Now my Google play services,and Google play store are gone and there is no market app either!

How do I reinstall Google play so I can start reinstalling all my other apps!


texts: How to prevent vibration of calls from one contact?

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I have a contact who calls me regularly on Wednesday evenings.
I already set her ring tone to "nothing", but cannot find any method to prevent the vibration.

Using regularly silent-mode, but I cannot keep on when working so it is not an option.

Wanted result: mute and turn-off for calls of one contact

Phones: OnePlus 3T and Samsung Galaxy S8
OS: Oreo


texts: How to fix app downloading but not installing

texts: I have a Motorola g7 and as of late, I have experienced issues with installing one application. I can install ANY other application, except this one. I click the install button and it goes through the entire downloading process, notwithstanding, it doesn't install. The peculiar thing is, it occupies storage and when I go to settings I can see the application but it isn't on my home screen and I can't open the application from settings. I attempted force stop and uninstalling the updates yet nothing has appeared to work.


texts: Sync birthdays from Facebook to Android contacts

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Many people want to have their Facebook contacts synced with their Android contacts, including information such as birthday and so on.

I have the official Facebook app installed on my Android 2.3.3 phone and it automatically syncs the email address and profile picture from Facebook. But it doesn't sync the birthdays.

So I chose the iCal approach so that you export your Facebook calendar and import it to the Google calendar (web interface).

But some days ago, someone told me that you can sync your Facebook birthdays with your Android contacts simply by adding the account in your "Accounts" settings. Is this true? How does it work? For me, it just syncs the photo and the email, as I've said.


texts: How to install Vim text editor in Android?

texts: How do I install Vim text editor in Android?


texts: Is it safe to rename, delete or disable system/bin/mediaserver?

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mediaserver is constantly running in the background eating up CPU.

I don't care at this point if I don't get to use the gallery app and I'm fed up with having to reboot every time I hop out of my car.

While I'm at it, I have the same question/issue with logcat2.

Edit: I deleted mediaserver and logcat, booted into recovery, fixed permissions, deleted dalvik and cache and am stuck on "Android is upgrading... Starting Apps." (Recovery isn't an issue but having some method of effectively disabling the processes is necessary)

Any advice is appreciated. It's an HTC One m7 running ViperOne 6.2.1.

I have already tried Rescan Media ROOT & Stop Log ☆Root☆ and Netflix still causes these processes to spin out of out control. Perhaps this is related to Greenify's hibernation (active for Netflix)


texts: Android forgot my password after installing updates

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I know it sounds pompous to say this but android seems to have forgotten my password. I updated, get met with a black screen asking for my password, enter the password and... sits on screen saying it is checking for several minutes then fails. It's the exact same password I have used for months. I even used it before I restarted a good 20 minutes prior. I believe the OS is android 10. Hardware is a coolpad legacy. Anyone have any idea that doesn't involve wiping my phone?
Edit: solved it. I literally just let it sit somewhere with better cell reception as it was a carrier update. Apparently that login screen was for the carrier to use their account, or something like that. Came back online a bit later and I was able to use my password just fine.


texts: How to root HTC Desire 816 running Android 5.0.2

texts: I have a htc 816 desire running android 5.0.2 and i have tried many a times to root my device but it always fails. I've unlocked the bootloader and tried kingoroot and towelroot all modes i.e., zip, apk, exe.


texts: Is it possible to change the password for a WiFi network when it is not in range?

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Long-pressing on a WiFi network that is in range brings up a menu that includes "Modify network", which can be used to change the password for the network. Networks that are not in range do not show up on this screen.

Under "Saved networks", long-pressing is the same a simple press. This brings only the options "Forget" and "Done".

Is it possible to modify the password for a WiFi network that is not in range? Must it appear under current WiFi networks?

I am trying to do this on both unrooted Android 5.1 and 6.0 devices.


texts: HTC Incredible - always on soft button lights when screen is on

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When I bought my Galaxy Nexus, I gave my dad my HTC Incredible to replace his aging Blackberry curve. His eyesight isn't so great, and he has trouble seeing the soft keys on the Incredible when their backlights are off.

Is there a way to have those backlights remain on as long as the screen is on? Root or no root, it'd be great if someone had a solution.


texts: Using google apps with separate google account

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I have two Google accounts. One use for certain google stuff and one for other.
I want to be able to use Google apps on my android phone with both of those accounts. I want to use some with one account (e.g. email) and another with the other account (e.g. play store). I am aware that I can create different users on my phone with different google credentials but this is not a simple and usable option. Is there any other way?


texts: How to read contact details sent from iphone?

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When someone with an iPhone sends me a contact, it appears as a blank MMS message. I found that this happens because group chat is on on their end, but these people are not always my friends, so I can't tell them to turn it off.

Is there a way to read these messages?


texts: Find serial number of Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

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How can I find out the serial number of a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge without the sticker on the phone / box?

I've tried a few 'secret codes', but nothing happens when I type them in:
http://geekofreak.com/2013/01/all-secret-codes-of-samsung-mobile-phone.html

I've tried downloading Kies on my computer, but it says my phone is unsupported and I need to download SmartSwitch. I've installed SmartSwitch on the phone but it doesn't seem to be for verifying the phone.


texts: Remove minimum number of points from pattern unlock

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I've recently gotten a Samsung Galaxy J5. Its default (insecure) unlock procedure involves simply swiping anywhere on the phone in any direction. My primary concerns are (a) being able to quickly unlock and use the phone and (b) not accidentally unlocking the phone when it's in my pocket.

As it is, the 'swipe to unlock' feature is too easy to accidentally unlock, since any movement in any direction is sufficient. A solution to this would be to setup a simple unlock pattern that can be executed quickly and easily. That would make the phone much less likely to be accidentally unlocked whilst in the pocket. However, setting a pattern lock requires a minimum of four points to be used, for security reasons. Using a three-point unlock would make life easier as it would just be a quick swipe in one direction (crucially, a very specific direction, which would make the system much less prone to butt-dialing)...

I understand why four points are mandated as a minimum, but my concern here is not around security. Can anyone offer a solution that would allow me to either (a) remove the minimum number of points required for a pattern lock or (b) replace the lock screen with something similar that involves a more specific swipe than 'anywhere and in any direction'?

Note that as the phone is new and therefore still under warranty, I have no plans to root the phone unless absolutely necessary.


texts: How to restore IMEI and get back network functionality?

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Related, but no solution: How to restore my IMEI on Galaxy S if I don't have a backup of /efs?

My IMEI has turned blank after a nightly update, I can see it is blank when typing *#06# and I have no GSM functionality. Also baseband version is unknown.

I do have a backup of the /efs directory. I have restored the contents. But even before restoring, I checked the md5sum of the mps_code.dat file, and it was the same as the backup, so I didn't have my hopes up.

Nevertheless, I did a full overwrite of the contents with my backup. Rebooted, no change.

I have also tried to do a factory reset, reinstall Cyanogenmod, two different versions, wiped cache, Dalvik. Remove the battery, SIM card, USB cable.

I am willing to install the stock firmware, if I could find it, or patch the modem firmware somehow. Where should I go from here in a situation such as this one?


texts: MTP selected but PC doesn't show contents of external SD card

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I have a Motorola G2. I'm unable to to access contents of external SD from PC. I chose  MTP option for USB configuration. I can access the internal storage but not the external storage. The latter is shown as blank, nothing to display in SD card – but it displays the size of SD card.

I already checked solutions available for SD card not showing files when connected to pc to no avail.

I also tried to clear the cache of media storage and external storage app from Settings › Apps.


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I've recently acquired a Motorola Moto G, and I plan to use it for development.
I downloaded ADT, updated the SDK tools and the KitKat platform, but Eclipse still doesn't recognise my device. I'm using 4.4.2 and the respective SDKs. USB debugging is enabled, and tried connecting with and without media sharing enabled.

Any idea of how to fix it?


texts: Why is Cortana failing to search online?

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In case it matters: Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0, running Android 6.0.1 (plus whatever Samsung's put on top of it, too). Region is Australia.

Just got the Cortana Assistant app a couple days ago. Mostly just to try it out, but actually really enjoying it all so far. I even have it set as my default assistant app now, so that with one long home-button press, up she pops from any screen, ready to take my request. There is, however, one glaring issue...

If the app can't find what I'm looking for, it looks like it tries to find it online (which is correct behaviour, of course) but... it can't? To wit, I'll just type in something like "linkedin", it'll think about it for about 5 seconds, then this screen will come up saying "No results found for linkedin", plus generic terms for making sure I'm searching correctly, e.g. "Ensure words are spelled correctly", "Try rephrasing keywords or using synonyms", etc.

She can say jokes, put in reminders, do all the stuff she needs to do to integrate with other apps on my tablet. But when I ask anything which requires an internet search, she fails onto this screen.

I thought maybe it was some weird thing to do with Bing, so I then did things like install the Bing app, made Bing the default search engine in the Android settings, then restarted the tablet, but that did nothing (I didn't think it would do anything - I thought if Cortana relied on having another app installed then she would've just told me rather than having this generic "no results found" screen - but I thought it was worth a shot).

I also looked extensively online, but I couldn't find any answer to this particular problem.

So... Any help?

EDIT: Hmm, it seems like Bing can be reached, or not quite? Now it's getting stranger...

It looks like Bing can be reached, possibly, because if it's something that clearly was meant to be a search, it will occasionally show Bing Ads above the message telling me that nothing could be found for the query. However, the Bing ads are definitely related to the query I entered.

Other times, if it's looking for something, the screen which is obviously meant to show results from a search is just completely white/blank.

Something else is obviously going on here, but I'm still stumped as to what...


texts: How can I share my wifi Internet connection from Android phone to a Linux Raspberry Pi?

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How can I share my wifi Internet connection from an Android phone to a Linux Raspberry Pi?

I am trying to share my Wifi connection from the phone to a Raspberry Pi 3B. USB tethering is connected. I can access the RPi3 from the phone over SSH. But when I try to ping some website or browse I get the error message from Terminal:

Network is unreachable.

Any advice?

Vesa


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I would like to be able to see a list of my apps sorted by the date the app was last updated. Descending order is preferred, but honestly I'll take anything.

One use case: Earlier today I had two apps show they needed an update. Neither was one that I use daily, but both were important enough to me that I knew I wanted to update. Unfortunately, my phone crashed shortly after the update and thus the notifications are gone. I cannot for the life of me remember what both apps were. (I blame my advancing age. I remembered one of them.) I know I wanted to check out the changes, but since I've no idea what app it was, I don't know where to look.

I could open up every one of my apps in the Play Store and look at the updated date, but I've get well over two hundred apps on here and that is impractical.

Do you have a technique or know of an app that would help me?


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I do not want to turn off new icons being added to the Home Screen.

Instead there is a problem where my tablet will keep adding new Home Screens.  It's curious, because there is plenty of space for new icons on the previous page.

The tablet is Galaxy Tab S3 with Android 7.0 and the default launcher.


texts: Adopted external sd card as internal storage - but storage space is not available

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On my Xperia XZs with Android 8.0 I formatted the external SD card to be used as internal or adoptable storage. I had to use ADB to get this working. The system sees the storage, but I can't use it.

Total Commander only sees the internal memory, which is 20GB of 32GB internal memory. The 128GB external SD shows up as 256GB of which half is used.

How can I get the SD card showing up as internal storage?


texts: Android x86: remounting /system : /dev/loop1 is read only

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I try to remove google apps from android x86 dowloaded from here and I managed to make it run over virtualbox, afterwards in installed it to a virtual hard disk.

But I want on it to remove any google-based apps and run with free-software alternatives. So I installed via fdroid the /system/app mover but when I try to move any app I get the error:

  Could not remount /system

So using the onboard terminal I followed the instructions provided.

I managed to become root and run the command:

mount -o rw,remount system

But I got the error:

'/dev/loop1' is read-only

How I can fix that.


texts: Is it possible to set a http proxy & port on a personal hotspot connection

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When an Android Phone is connected to a WiFi network, there is an option to set a manual HTTP proxy and port.

When user has created an personal WiFi hotspot ( sharing the cellular connection) there is no user setting where I can setup a manual HTTP proxy/port for the WiFi hotspot's connection, and the cellular HTTP proxy settings are ignored. I want HTTP from devices connected to the hotspot to be routed to an HTTP proxy/port.

Is there a way that I can achieve this?


texts: Cannot install any APK file due to "Out of Space" misleading error (plenty of space)

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I know there are tons of questions about this, but I have tried many possible solutions to no avail. I believe the "Out of space" error is misleading...

I have a problem: I cannot install any .apk file no matter what I try... I can install apps using Play Store though.
When I tap on an APK file in any file explorer, Android Package Installer launches. I tap the INSTALL button but I always got the following error:

  Out of space {AnyAPKApp} couldn't be installed. Free up some space and
  try again.

I have plenty of space, but even a tiny 248 KB APK won't install with the same argument...

This is the only problem I have with the ROM and it is very frustrating...
First, the details of my case:

Device: Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime+ SM-G532M, alias Galaxy J2 Prime (Xtreme detects my device as Model Number: SM-G950F)
Android: 6.0.1
ROM: Xtreme Ultimate V6.0 (15.07.2018)
TWRP: 3.0.2-0
Magisk: v17.1
Magisk Manager: 6.0.1 (151)
Storage: Adoptable
Internal storage: 7.02 GB used of 8.00 GB
SD card: 9.09 GB used of 14.70 GB
Root Essentials "View storage used": 9759/15787 MB (62%)
DiskUsage analysis: /system = 2.94 GiB; Free space 1.61 GiB

I've already done my homework and tried all of the following to no avail:

Move all movable apps to SD
Enable Adoptable storage
Wipe Dalvik / ART Cache and Cache partitions with TWRP
Full clean with SD Maid PRO
Force move apps to SD using SD Maid PRO
Uninstall Google Play Services and Google Play Store updates
Overcome unauthorized device issue while using ADB
Trying to install APK using ADB (e.g. adb install someApp.apk). I got: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]
Delete /data/log contents as suggested here
Attempt to install in Safe Mode
Using Termux and the df command, I got the following output and there is free space in each partition:
Using pm install test.apk in a terminal emulator (Termux) I got [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_URI]. Using full path pm install /storage/emulated/0/Download/test.apk I got the same error: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]

The problem still remains. I think this is not really related to the full storage device error, I have plenty and the error seems misleading. It has to be something else...
I gave as much info as I thought it was useful. If more is needed, just tell me to share it.

I hope you can give me some advice to try to overcome this annoying issue.

P.S. I'll add more attempts to my list as I try them.


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2 years ago I was given a netbook for Christmas and it came with the Android 2.2 OS. Since then I haven't used the netbook much but recently I decided to put Linux Mint on the netbook. But I didn't get that far – as when I turned the device on (and before I could do anything), I was stuck on this screen:

(click image for larger variant)

So I couldn't put Linux mint on it because it is stuck on this screen.

The netbook worked when I first got it. It doesn't have volume keys and I've tried presing Fn+F2+Home. I have also tried pressing F2 and nothing happens. I'm at a loss for new ideas on how to fix this so my plan is to try and get into recovery mode so that I can flash another version of android to it.

So my question is how do I get into recovery mode.

I have also tried holding Power On+Home and nothing happens.


texts: insufficient storage space when running updates on S4 mini

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my s4 mini keeps trying to run an update but everytime I allow it to, a message pops up saying that I dont have the 539mb (or something like that) in my internal memory or sd card. But I have deleted and moved a lot of things around and now have over 600mb in my internal and still over 6Gb on the sd card.

What do I do?


texts: YouTube link preview not showing up in WhatsApp

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Using WhatsApp version 2.20.207.12, YouTube version 15.47.36 on my Samsung Galaxy A30s with Android 10.
Previously (I remember this working in November) when I shared a link from YouTube in WhatsApp I'd get a preview containing an option to play the video

and clicking play would just play the video there

Recently, anytime I share a link from YouTube in WhatsApp, the message sent will only contain a link. This also happens if I use WhatsApp Web

I'm ok with not being able to play directly in WhatsApp, but how could I get a preview with at least a title pointing that the message is a video and showing its title?


texts: Is it possible to extract App Reviews from the google play store by countries?

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Is it possible to extract app reviews from the google play store by countries? I know that this is possible for the apple app store but haven't seen any possibility for the google play store yet. Maybe someone knows how to find a way to see the country of origin for specific reviews and not only the language.
Thank you!


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I bought a Oneplus 2, two years ago and it was running quite well. A couple of months ago, I decided that I didn't like the way that Oxygen OS 3 was running so I decided to root my phone.

I successfully rooted it, added TWRP Recovery and added Resseruction Remix. It was working perfectly for the last few months without any problems. However, when I rebooted it yesterday, out of the blue, it went into a boot loop.

I can see the Oneplus logo and the boot animation that I have, but the animation runs indefinitely. I did some research and I believe this is known as soft-bricking. I tried to clear the Cache and Dalvik from my recovery but that doesn't work either.

How do I get my phone to work properly? I don't have a recent backup and would prefer not to factory reset my phone.


texts: Changing device configuration to display non-circular launcher icons

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According to this article, an Android device's "system framework decides whether or not to return either the regular icon or the round icon to the launcher."  "When a launcher requests an app icon, the framework returns either android:icon or android:roundIcon, depending on the device build configuration."

Is it possible to alter the device build configuration to change the default icon display to non-circular?

I'm on a stock, non-rooted Nexus 5X.


texts: Why Galaxy SII reports on not enough memory for new apps when I have several GBs available on flash storage?

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I have 5GB free out of total 11.5GB internal flash storage on my SGS2.

However, it doesn't allow to install new apps saying there's not enough memory. Also Settings > Applications Manager > All reports 1.7GB used, 281MB free (even immediately after reboot).

Why I can't use all 11.5GB of internal storage for my apps, but only 2GB? How can I make more storage available for applications?

Samsung Galaxy SII, stock firmware auto-updated to 4.1.2 I9100 XWLSE.


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Since year dot I've always used one Android profile for home and work, with both work and email accounts added to Gmail, and social media logged in as work. Since it's my own business, it's difficult to ignore new notifications, or not reply to messages and emails, in an attempt to keep everyone happy and not waiting on a reply! Things need to change though, so I want to start using User profiles on Android.

My question is, is there any way of duplicating my current User to a new User, rather than starting from blank? This way, all settings, logins, installs etc are copied across. I'm looking for either an app do to the work, or even via adb.

Thanks!


texts: How to boot the GUI so that one single application is launched as part of it?

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I would like to reuse an older Android phone as a digital controller for some applications. It would basically be a browser (or webkit) running full screen (which would display some buttons via javascript which in turn would interact with a backend API).

I have a similar (non-touch, display only) solution on Linux where I start at the end of the boot process xinit /path/to/xinit/config, where /path/to/xinit/config opens the browser full screen. Before xinit there is no concept of GUI, xinit starts the graphics core and then runs one single application (the browser). /path/to/xinit/config, before launching the browser at the end, does some logistical (non-GUI) tasks.

Is this a scenario which is replicable on Android? I would like to ensure that the only graphical element running is the browser (including the notification area, launcher, ...).

In other words: is it possible to boot Android into a "headless" (console) mode, and then start the GUI core with just one application?

Note: this is different from a classical "kiosk mode" where one tries to lock out users from accessing other elements of the GUI via an app. I do not have any security/usability considerations as this simple display will run in a safe environment.

EDIT: as pointed out by @Firelord, there were other similar questions but I feel they deal more with a classical kiosk mode than with the separation of the console vs GUI mode.


texts: Why can't I have more than five browsers and/or apps up on my phone at once?

texts: On my LG phone, if I try to bring up a sixth app/browser/whatever, it automatically deletes one that is already up.  But other people on my plan, with the exact same phone, can have more things up, often many more.  Why is that?


texts: Is it possible to run a screensaver on an Android device?

texts: I want to run a screen saver when my phone is in sleep mode. Currently, if my phone says idle for a bit it fades to a black screen. Instead I want to display some images as screen saver. Is this possible?


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I'm using Galaxy Note 2

Nowadays, every link in FB app and in Whatsapp is opened in the native browser

I want to make Chrome the defualt browser for all actions including these two apps.

How can I do this?


texts: Android: Where does android store system properties key/value

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I want to change device's serial number. I have researched and finding some places that android stores prop file:

/default.prop
/system/build.prop
/system/default.prop
/vendor/build.prop
/data/local.prop
/factory/factory.prop

On my device, there are just 2 places for storing prop file:

/default.prop
/system/build.prop

But I view those two files and don't see serial number storing here. I also see that serial number is storing at: /data/property/. But as I researched, this directory is just a memory mapping. So I have tried modify and reset device, all values come back to normal value.

Please tell me where android store imei/serial number ...

Thanks


texts: How do I prevent Twitter from Texting me notifications?

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I've got twitter notifications disabled on my Android phone.
But I still keep getting text notification.


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I have a Samsung Captivate running Cyanogen Mod 7 beta (Gingerbread).  I am using Launcher Pro and have AdFree if that matters.  Everything has been working fine for a while, I had Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons working.  Then I installed an update yesterday (1.5.3), along with about 20 others.  I believe I had the previous updates as well.

Now, when I play Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, or the recently installed Angry Birds Rio, the game will randomly crash after a couple of minutes.  Usually when I am interacting with the touch screen, but I have had a bird freeze in mid flight while I did nothing.

The crash happens where the game locks up for a few seconds and then the screen goes back and returns me to the home screen.

I had never experienced this before.

Any ideas as to what the cause is or how to fix it?  Is there a crash dump/log file somewhere I can check?  Any similar issues anyone has?


texts: Editing personal dictionary on Android 6

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As it seems Android blocks third party apps from editing the personal dictionaries for some reason.

I just upgraded from Android 4 to 6 and want to import my personal dicitonary, but the apps I've previously used successfully fail (they claim the import was successful, but nothing is imported to my personal dictionary).

Where can I find the file on the phone, where the personal dictionary is saved?
So I can manually copy my old entries to the new system.


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I have to admit, I was pretty confident that a single level Google search was going to answer my question, and probably in the first few results. Much to my bewilderment, the results offered just about everything you'd want to know about the two, but all fell short of discussing why there are two, what the differences are betwixt the two, whether or not using both offers any benefits, and which of the two apps is preferred so I can the other.
I'm going to do my best to appease the Stack Exchange overlords to keep the responses focused on the content of the question and not why my question is bad or wrong or inappropriate due to some obscure reason. So I'm going to ask high level question only, and trust those who are kind enough to answer it will have read first paragraph in other to provide a more granular level of answers. Now then...
What are the differences between the Android versions of the Adobe Sign and Adobe Fill & Sign apps?
Thanks!


texts: How to fix emojis showing gibberish on incoming SMS messages Google Fi service

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Yesterday for no apparent reasons I started to see text like this in the body of the text if the sender had both text and emojis:
hi you smell like poo!
~9weuaisigjei3

When I expected to see:
hi you smell like poo!

Now if they send only emojis I would see this:

~06WjjgASrCDcGQg

In any case it's annoying.  How can I fix this?


texts: Talk to Android Device via UDP via a wired connection

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I have an application that can be controlled via Open Sound Control, a UDP based protocol. Now this works fine via wifi but I NEED a wired connection because wifi will not be available to me later for this project.

I'm using a Galaxy Note 3. I tried to attach a Ethernet->USB adapter that worked on an Android TV stick but it doesn't seem to work with the Note 3 and pretty much any other android phone I tried.

Now is it possible to either get Ethernet working or use a standard USB connection to the Host PC? It doesn't have to be available in the whole LAN, just the PC connected to it via USB needs to be able to send OSC messages to the Note 3.


texts: Radio error when flashing new ROM (Samsung SGH-T989)

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Here's the log.

Installing '/sdcard/cm-11-20140923-Sultan-hercules.zip'...

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found

assert failed: run_program("/tmp/test_radio_version.sh", "T989:UVMC6", "T989D:TLMC4") == 0

E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/cm-11-20140923-Sultan-hercules.zip'

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2-tmobile/development/rom-kernel-unofficial-cyanogenmod-11-t2885259 (LINK to the ROM and kernel I used)

What's the deal with this error? Do I have the wrong radio version or something? I did a factory reset before flashing. I can give more info if needed.

Thank you!


texts: Before, I had a coc acc and I got bored so I gave my acc (gmail) to my friend. My friend then changed the ign to his name. Now that i got a new phone, I installed coc and even if my old acc is already installed, i cannot play my old acc and his ign appears at the top. How can I change my ign?  Do I need to log out my acc from his phone?


texts: LED not turning off even after there are no unread WhatsApp messages

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I have this random problem with WhatsApp: the green light that blinks when there are unread messages don't turn off even after I go and read them. It doesn't even help if I delete all the messages. The only thing that helps is restarting the phone.

I have a Nexus 5.


texts: How do I add new text to speech entries using Gboard?

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I was using SwiftKey prior to this but I switched over to Gboard because it has better voice recognition when using speech to text. Something got changed in SwiftKey recently and the quality of speech-to-text went down significantly. But with SwiftKey I was able to correct words that I dictated and I thought that that improved the speech-to-text algorithms.
With Gboard there's no option to correct a word so I can't improve the speech to text recognition. Does this option exist and I can't find it?


texts: Yesterday I installed the newest software update for the Samsung galaxy S4(GT-19505). At first, the phone was stuck on a loop of the update 'installing' to 100%, turning on then switching off and repeating. I did a battery pull and removed my SD card. when i went to switch on my phone and it was stuck on 'android is updating. i left it and fell asleep. this morning i switched it on and it started as normal but then froze and got stuck at the glowing 'SAMSUNG' logo. i have tried using the power+up+home to and cleared the cache partition but that did not help. i have also taken out and replaced the battery many times. Samsung Kies also does not recognise my phone. How do I fix this problem? I am a complete newbie when it comes to phones and the technical side of them and would prefer an easy guide as to how to fix my problem/what the problem is. I would also REALLY REALLY REALLY prefer not to do a factory reset and wipe all my data.


texts: What is using mobile data while connected to wifi?

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Since a recent Android (6.01) update was pushed to my non-rooted Samsung G5 SM-G900I, while connected to wifi, the notification area shows quick 4G connection is made every three seconds (like a heart beat).

How can I find out what is responsible for this activity?


texts: Stand-alone Google docs and sheets apps vs Quickoffice

texts: is the addition of the stand-alone Google docs and sheets apps an approach from Google to remove Quickoffice from the base Android build? What is different in the Stand-alone apps vs. the existing Quickoffice?


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Runtastic is an app for tracking the paths you ran, how fast you were, etc. It worked great for me for many years but almost 2 years ago started crashing on virtually any run.

A few months ago, I tried different running apps but all of them crashed too. The only way I have found to somewhat reliably stop this from happening is to open the app every 2 to 5 minutes which is really obnoxious to have to do.

I already tried turning off battery optimization for Runtastic in the Android settings. This seems to make the problem less severe (though I'm not sure) but doesn't eliminate it. Furthermore, occasionally battery optimization for it just turns back on automatically for some reason.

How can I tell Android that Runtastic may use however much battery (mostly via GPS usage, I guess) whilst in the background without getting killed?

I use a OnePlus 3 running OxygenOS 5.0.1 which is based on Android 8.0.0.


texts: How to edit the home dock icons (shortcuts) on TouchWiz 4.0 ICS

texts: I recently received the ICS update to my Galaxy Note and couldn't (or couldn't remember how to) change the shortcut icons at the bottom of each page. It seems they have removed one method for changing them.


texts: I was surfing on Android Market and I found a list of Top Grossing Apps? Do you know what does it mean specifically? Which is the criteria to appear in that lists?


texts: Disable notification spam at end of do not disturb schedule

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I'm using a Galaxy S7 with Android 8.0.0 and Samsung experience 9.0.

At the end of the do not disturb schedule all my notifications come through at once. All I hear is just the notification sound being spammed repeatedly for every notification that was suppressed while do not distrurb was enabled. This never used to happen, it would just come out of do not disturb mode and no sound would be played for old notifications. This seems like a bug. Is there a way to stop this?

This may be a Galaxy S7 specific question, I can never seem to tell which is a core Android issue and which is Samsung specific. The articles I have seen on do not disturb for Oreo look quite different.


texts: How to meausre GPU performance in different Custom ROMs

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I plan to compare the GPU performance of different GPU powerscale policies.
GPU powerscale policies are found under

/drivers/msm/gpu/msm[or any other chipset name]/kgsl_pwrscale_XXXX.c

under the kernel tree,
where XXXX= trustzone, msm or any other policy I wrote. Based on these different policies I expect differing performance for frame rendering. SO for each policy let's assume there is a different ROM.

I know there are apps like GFXBench and Basemark 2.0 ES Taiji which can measure GPU performance directly. But I am looking to measuring performance of the GPU in low GPU intensive apps/workloads such as Home screen scrolling, Twitter or 2048 game.

What metrics can I take into account and how can I measure them?

Since I am using a 2nd Gen Nexus 7 and it's using a Qualcomm Adreno GPU, I can use the Adreno Profiler from Qualcomm to capture FPS when I scroll. But in apps like Twitter, the screen doesn't refresh unless you scroll, so there is no FPS measurement if we don't scroll. So what other metrics can I use


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As you might listened, Russian government loves to change the law about timezones in Russia every couple of years. It causes situation when one year we have daylight savings time, but another year we don't have it.

I use Huawei G700 with rooted Android 4.2 with timezones issue: if I enable clock synchronization via GPS on menu, my Android's clock goes wrong for extra hour; it disables synchronization and sets up right time by hands, I see wrong timestamps in messaging apps, like I'm writing from the future.

The system timezone sets up right, to Moscow Standard Time, but the tzdata itself in the Android is obsolete, I guess. TimeZone Changer doesn't help - it shows that my timezone is Moscow, and if I change it to Moscow, nothing really changes =)

So -

how could I know current tzdata version used by Android, and
how could I update it?

Edit: I searched for something related to tzdata on my Android file system and found file /system/usr/share/zoneinfo/zoneinfo.version with content "2012h" - it looks like tzdata version. There are also 2 other files in this dir - zoneinfo.idx and zoneinfo.dat, but their content doesn't looks as tzdata.

Edit2: currently choosen timezone (not it's offset, but timezone itself!) could be found by typing getprop persist.sys.timezone in terminal emulator.


texts: How to watch a periodically shot image on other PC/Smartphone via Internet (no local WIFI)?

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There are a lot of webcam apps for Android. Unfortunately most work only in a local WIFI network, real streaming of the android cam over internet seems rather tricky, but not impossible.

I'm just interested to see a periodic image of a lab device (updated every 30-60 sec). Options like Google Hangout video chat or Skype video chat with two accounts would work, but the video quality is quite poor for this realtime solution, some images with adjustable resolution made periodically would be better and save battery (this app might resolve this problem)

Teamviewer Quick Support looks nice, remote control & view via PC of your android device, so I would just need an app that makes periodically an image:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Nishant.Singh.DroidTimelapse

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

But is there an app that does this all in a more easy manner? Without starting several apps and hacks? Just making an image every 30-60 seconds and send it to imageshare service and update the browser tab on PC every 30-60 seconds. But the URL therefore should not change. Or giving the the android phone a IP via dyndns and run somekind of FTP server on it, where the image gets replaced on and on.

I'm not sure what the easiest and most reliable option is, anybody has a tip?

Edit: I'm root and on 4.2.2 (Xperia Z)


texts: disabling sms content and just seeing name on the lockscreen

texts: I have an htc one. Is there a way to disable the sms content in lockscreen and just see the name, without using any other application?


texts: I know this question has been asked many times, but I couldn't find a suitable answer... My Vivo Y22 has 3.62 GB for the external storage, but I only have 2.56 GB for my system space. I didn't know what I did; I only had the phone for just a few months. But then there was a notification saying that I have insufficient space whenever I launch any of my installed apps or Chrome. Since the phone storage only offers 1.06 GB, I have bought an SD Card that could store up to 14.6 GB so I can store my pictures and songs. I've already tried moving all my files to the SD Card, deleting videos, pictures, uninstalling unused apps and also used iManager and App Cache Cleaner to clean away the unnecessary files that I don't need. But my system space stay being occupied by 50.89 MB of something. It gets really frustrating because I couldn't update apps that I really use and need. How do I fix this problem? :( Any suggestion is really, really appreciated.


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Not long ago I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy 3 (GT-i5800) with Kyrillos' rom v10.6

It appears to use CyanogenMod 7.3.0-RC3
Android 2.3.7

Some apps I often need to use, like SSHDroid, Terminal and Midnight Commander, often get "has been denied superuser permissions"

I see mention of a root option, to Enabled for ADB and/or Apps , but no way to get to such a settings page despite various suggestions.
http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/security-and-you


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I have a Sony xperia c6 ultra.
I'm tring to set my timezone (and date/time) to automatic (via GPS and network).

I can change all this setting and can see the clock on top changing too. but when I left the config screen the time zone come back to China and the clock turn back again to the old time.

When setting all by hand and disabling all automatic settings, I can set the time/date and time zone but again, when left the config screen the time zone come back to China and the time/date still the one I set.

Having the date/time to my country and the time zone to China and disabling all automatic updates I can't use some app like Whatsapp.

Smell like a custom ROM joking me or a virus...
If it is not the original ROM can someone point me to instructions how to
put my phone back to original ?

More info:

Sony Xperia C6 Ultra
Android 6.0
Kernel 3.4.5-526212
se.infra@SEI-44#1

Build number 23.0.1.A.5.77
Custom Build version
ALPS.L1.MP6.V2_GXQ6580.WEG.L_P69


texts: I'm a native Hungarian speaker, a few months ago I moved to Germany, and I have a problem with the Google search, I installed the Google chrome on my android device but the default search engine is German(google.de), it's so annoying when I would like to get English results, but instead of that I'm getting Germany results. How can I change that?


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I need help trying to turn off the vibration on my HTC One.

I have done a ton of research, called customer support, and asked questions of people familiar with cell phones, and nothing has worked:

I went to "Sound & Notification" and unchecked "Vibrate" and "Vibrate on Touch".
Then I went to "Accessibility" and made sure "Notification Reminder" was off (it was).
I even turned off the feature that sends notifications to my screen, and that didn't work either.

Everything everyone suggests isn't working and my phone keeps vibrating when notifications come in (not just for games or Facebook, but even for missed calls or voice messages and text messages). It's really loud when it vibrates because it reverberates through whatever it's leaning against, such as my desk or purse.

I have to put my phone on silent to avoid the vibrating, otherwise it can be heard in the next room.

I'd like to have it on a really low volume so I'm the only one who can hear it when it's sitting beside me at work, but the vibrating makes that impossible.

How do I get it to stop vibrating when all the settings for that feature are turned off?


texts: Reboot device without ask for the PIN again

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I want to Reboot my phone but not enter the PIN on it again. This will make my developing testing easier.

I found out that on some devices like Motorola Defy it is possible with the "adb reboot" command, but it did not work on Samsung Devices.

An adb command or some source code will help me.


texts: Transferring continuous Android camera feed to PC through USB (in a background app/service)

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I want to find a way in which I can continuously send the Android camera feed to my PC via USB. The reason for specifying USB, is because of performance requirements, I want it to be as fast as possible, hence preferring USB over Wifi. I need the app to be running in the background (will be a service I believe).

I tried some existing apps, but they do not meet my requirements.

Is there any way I can do this?


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does anyone know how to change the alert tone for weather/amber alerts? I'd like to get them, but I can't stand the ear splitting EAS tone, especially in the middle of the night.

Cyanogenmod 10.2 if it helps, I don't mind overwriting system audio files if possible.


texts: SD card limit says 8gb, Can I get a larger sd card to work?

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I'm thinking a buying a new phone, but it says the external sd card size limit is 8gb.  Can I do something to increase this to 16 or 32 gb.

Details:  phone: I-Mobile IQ 5.3

http://product.i-mobilephone.com/preview/53/1312

Android 4.2,  4gb rom, 1gb ram.

I don't want to root this right away.

The price is less then $200. unlocked.. Don't have $600.


texts: *#9900# doesn't work in 2.3.3 any alternatives?

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I have insufficient interval memory due to large system files. I have tried *#9900# but there is no option to delete the dump state or logcat files on 2.3.3.
What other methods can I use on a non rooted phone to achieve the same result?
Thanks.


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Icons in the  quick settings panel look like:

But instead I would like to make the icons smaller:

How can I condense the icons in the  quick settings panel on Android?

Interestingly the two above screenshots were on the same unrooted phone, but it was the first time I saw the small icons, and it reverted back to the normal sized icons the next day. No idea what happened.


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Hi I am trying to start Android emulator and I am getting the following error. My user has permission to run sudo commands and is in kvm group. But I get the error "Operation not permitted." Can anyone help me?

./emulator  -use-system-libs  -avd Pixel_2_XL_API_28
Couldn't statvfs() path: Permission denied
qemu-system-x86_64: -drive
if=none,index=0,id=system,file=/home/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-28/google_apis/x86/system.img,read-only:
Could not open '/home/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-28/google_apis/x86/system.img':
Operation not permitted


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I want to install avd with google play and work with it as a root, is it possible?
if not there any chance to install google play on rooted  android emulator , because I have an app the I can't install not via the google play store.
Thanks


texts: Intercept (bluetooth) audio to add preamble sound

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Is it possible to intercept the audio going to bluetooth?

When using a bluetooth headset for either navigation or exercise (endomondo), if the bluetooth is not getting any audio, it hibernates, taking a second or two to wake up.

So the prompt I hear could be "meters turn left" (with the value missing), because the first part is cut off.

It is not any audio files which could be edited; it is synthesized speech, and the problem exists for many apps.

So is it possible to make a "driver" which intercepts the audio, and sends a "Gong" chime or something to wake up the bluetooth before sending the speech audio?

I could probably make a low volume or sub/supersonic audio file to play to "keep the channel open" if I don't want to listen to music, but I'm afraid it will drain the battery.


texts: is there any way to read the sd card when phone connected to PC in Mass Storage Mode

texts: I am working on a project where a .Net application stores data on phones SD card. I need to read the data and display in notification. But the problem is that my application Can't read the sd card when my phone is connected in Mass Storage mode. And .Net application can't store data im MTP mode. I dont want my android device to detach from the PC but want to read the SD card.


texts: Can I collect data from 5 different device with BLE from my Android phone?

texts: I have a custom made device something from https://mbientlab.com/ and I want to collect data from 5 of them through Bluetooth through android phone. Is it possible? I would greatly appreciate a link which shows how to do it? IS using PICONET for BLE is the solution? Is such an app already exist?


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I tried to update my mobile (who had cenymotion based android) using the update feature. And now it is always going to recovery (TeamWin 2.8.6.1) mode even if I switch it on only with the power button.

I tried with factory reset, swipe everything and install the OS with adb and nothing seems to work.

How can I make to go to the OS instead of the recovery mode?


texts: “Message Not Sent” notifications for days

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I replied to an SMS but my message couldn't be delivered. I presume because the originating number wasn't a mobile number but the fixed line on the sender.

Now I'm getting that notification in the notification bar every 10 minutes or so. How can I get rid of it ?

  "Message not sent - Touch to review the message and try again".

When I touch the notification, it opens the SMS app, with the threads list.

I deleted the message thread, tried to clear the cache, restarted the phone...

This was more than one week ago. I waited for the SMSC to give up trying to resend the message (after 3 days I believe). This is not a setting a network issue since I'm able to exchange SMS with other parties without problem.

It's the Android Messaging application version 4.4.4-37.


texts: How to upgrade Android API level on my device?

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I have an Android device and its OS is 4.2.2 and API level is 17.

How to change the API level without flashing firmware?
Is API level upgraded by flashing a custom firmware?


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I have a Samsung S4 and when trying to connect to wifi it comes up with a "sign into wifi network" notification. When I click on the notification it takes me into the browser but the login page does not load. During this time, for about 30 seconds, my phone does receive emails and WhatsApp messages, etc., but after 30 seconds the connection is lost with no page loaded.

This is a wifi network that I used previously about 2 days ago and normally I login to it with out having to go into a login page.

I have tried re-booting the modem, forgetting the network, and re- booting my phone.
Can anyone help please?


texts: Phone won't stay off when charging Motorola Edge Plus on Android 10 and above

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After getting a replacement phone from Verizon, the new Motorola Edge Plus will not stay powered off while charging, as the last one did.
After looking on the forums, I enabled developer options, but "stay awake" was not enabled.
The problem persists with 5 and 15W chargers, as well as Qi charging.
It turns on when plugged in if it was previously off, and restarts automatically if I turn it off while it is already plugged in.
To be clear, all I want to do is be able to turn the phone off and see its charging progress without turning the whole phone on.
Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.


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I've a wileyfox swift (crackling) and I've installed LineageOS 14.1-20170213-NIGHTLY-cracking + GApps through TWRP 3.0.3.

The problem is that when I try to update it through the UI or manually (downloading the .zip file from https://download.lineageos.org/ and installing it from the recovery) TWRP returns an error (status error 7).

I tried to downgrade TWRP to the 3.0.0 version but nothing changed.

How can I update my phone without wipe everything?


texts: Disabling screen record protection for specific app using adb

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I need to record the screen of an specific app that won't let me do for security reasons. Generally I'd use AZ Screen Recorder but it appears black in this app.

I know it's possible to install some things or plug into the computer to record, but is there a way to disable this record protection on the specific app using adb? Maybe change a flag or something?


texts: Is it wrong to fully charge your android phone in general to 100% will it hurt battery life? and is it also to drain your battery to below 20% will it also hurt the battery life?


texts: How does Android sync the WiFi Profiles?

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I'm using Jelly Bean on a tablet and a phone on the same account. After logging into a particular wifi network on one device, I noticed that sometime later (weeks) the other device had some acquired the settings (including password) and logged into the wifi automatically.

I was unaware that android had a form of wifi profile sync. Is there any information out there about this functionality? How does it work? What other data is sync'd between devices?


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So in an attempt to undo all the [wrong word here] apps do in mixing contacts somehow, I ended up deleting all contacts from the entire phone including the SIM card, to then try to put them back either one by one or from a backup.
Though, I can't delete all contacts from the SIM card! Why is that??? Would anyone know? I could delete around 100 contacts, but I can't delete duplications of the contacts. I started blaming Whatsapp, Google account and another one which is MBWAY which is from a bank. They have contacts of their own or something. So I deleted all the accounts and uninstalled Whatsapp and MBWAY, tried again and no success... Now I installed an app called SIM Card Manager which I got from 4PDA, so I'm trusting it's an app that does the things right. And when I go on it to delete the contacts, it says "Cannot delete contact". Another app I got from Play Store allowed me to "delete", but when I restarted the app, it would show all the contacts I "deleted", so it didn't delete at all. The app from 4PDA at least says it can't. But if it can't and it actually knows it can't delete, I'm wondering VERY MUCH why...
Would anyone know why this happens and how I can delete the contacts?? Or I'll get an old phone which never got me any problems and delete the stuff from there... (if the phone will let me, since I can't here). I'm thinking those apps have to do with this. This never happened to me before. First time in my life I see I can't delete contacts. And I'm supposing it's from Whatsapp because one each contact that the person had Whatsapp, I had 2 duplicates of the original one on the SIM card. And I never asked Whatsapp to even try to do that, but why not......
Thanks in advance for any help on this...


texts: How do I delete an incorrectly auto-completed word with backspace?

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I use Samsung's default keyboard for typing. Specifically, I use the Swype-like part of it, SwiftKey Flow.

I recently updated my Samsung Galaxy S5 to Android Marshmallow, and I noticed that a feature I liked about SwiftKey was changed/removed. Previously, when I would swipe across the keyboard to "type" words, if the predicted word was incorrect, I could hit backspace once and that would delete the word.

That is also how my Galaxy S3 worked before I got the S5. When I type on a computer, I hardly ever delete things a character at a time. I delete the entire word with Ctrl+Backspace, and I really liked this type of thing on my phone too.

Following the Marshmallow update, if I mis-swipe a word and hit backspace, it only deletes one letter. This causes me some grief because then I have to hit backspace many times if the word was long, or hold the backspace key and risk deleting more than intended. In addition, I am so used to the previous behavior that I don't realize the word is incorrect, and I keep typing a gibberish word.

Is there a way to reintroduce this feature? Note that this is not the same as this question, and is in fact the opposite thing entirely.

I have tried looking in Samsung keyboard settings under Predictive text, Auto replace, and Keyboard swipe (all that does is let you select SwiftKey Flow, but not change anything about it), but I didn't see anything that lets me change this.


texts: How to install two versions of the same app so Android wont install it as an update

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I have a game called mindustry on my phone, and want to use the .apk for the current version separately from the beta version. What would I need to do to make my device not install the newer .apk as an update?

Sorry if my question is unclear. If you need clarification I will do my best to provide it, this is just a weird problem and I could not think how to ask it.

EDIT: repackaging the app worked, app functions normally, only had to change the app package and nothing else


texts: So I got an att galaxy s5 that is being used on tmobile service.  Am I out of luck as to getting either the att 4.4.4 update or the tmobile lollipop update?  Checked through settings and version is 4.4.2 and shows as no new update is available for att and I do not see an option for tmobile.


texts: Nougot (android 7) status bar in lock screen

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I have installed android 7 and now i want to i have problem with showing status bar while my phone is lock.
by showing status bar any one can use the phone easily as using the guest mode or any thing else. i also want to remove the camera shortcut.


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My android phone spec says:

1) Dimensions are 3.00x5.96x0.32 inches

2) Display Resolution - Horizontal and vertical resolution of the primary display - 1080x1920

Installed Cisco webex app from Playstore. Phone connected with WIFI access point.

But, the Cisco webex meetings guide says:

Your tablet must meet one of the following requirements:

Screen size 7.1 inches or larger and Android 3.0 or later
Screen width 6000 dp or larger and Android 3.2 or later

I could not test the webex link that will be used for my interview, next week, until the host is available.

Does this phone spec support Cisco webex audio/video call?Dimensions are 3.00x5.96x0.32 inches


texts: Gmail asking for authentication after changing SIMs

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To recreate issue:

Start 2-factor authentication
Generate app-specific code
Use that to sign into your device
Change the SIM

I have two SIMs, and I sometimes switch between them. The issue is that once I do so, it prompts for the password. I then have to create a new app-specific password using my computer to access GMail.

Is there any way to fix this bug? If so, how can I do it?

I appreciate any help.

Note: This question is not a duplicate, as all the other apps are working, I have multi-factor authentication and


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I updated my Nexus 4 to Android 5 Lollipop last night using the OTA update but the install process just won't complete. It has now been on the "installing system update..." screen for more than 7 hours! The status bar has been complete for at least 6 and a half of those hours too so I don't know what to do.

I've tried powering down and switching on again just now but phone goes straight into "installing system update..." mode.

Has anyone else seen this problem? Really worried me now as it renders my phone completely useless.

Any ideas?


texts: Can I read a data file without root access

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I've been playing around with my phone, specifically the file /data/system/gesture.key, and have run into an issue.

Using adb, I can get right up to the file but I can't read it or copy it to my PC. I have two phones I'm working with - an S3 and an LG90. Neither phone is rooted and I don't really want to root them.

I keep getting permission denied error when trying to access the file.

Is there any way to open the file without rooting the phone?

Thanks!


texts: Can I report phone numbers as NOT spam callers?

texts: I have the opposite situation as this question.  I received a call which Google marked as Suspected Spam Caller, but it was a legitimate call from a company I do business with.  Can I report to Google that this is not spam so others are not confused?  I selected the call in my history, and there is an option to report as spam, but not an option to report as not spam.


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Phone: Samsung Galaxy S i9003
Android: 2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

All of a sudden, the keypad stops working and after sometime it works just fine. When I try to type, I get the tapping sound. Letters pop-up, but nothing gets typed. Voice input also doesn't work at same time. Copy-paste, Whatsapp smiley, and Dialer number pad works.

I have tried clearing cache, but it doesn't make any difference. I have done factory reset many times, but the problem persists. This is the trace using CatLog at the point keypad doesn't work.


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I have the LG G5 for about a year now. Today, my phone get into fastboot mode, I haven't done anything. Now, I tried all the tutorials in youtube, and removed battery, even downloaded ADB and tried the fastboot reboot command. Nothing worked.

It always show the same message:

Welcome to Fastboot Mode for bootloader unlock:

Please check 'Enable OEM unlock' in Developer options

Quick Guidance

1) Read Device ID
   fastboot oem device-id

2) Write Unlock Key
   fastboot flash unlock unlock.bin

3) Check bootloader is unlocked
   fastboot gevtar unlocked

How to exit fastboot mode

1) Press the Power button for 10 secs to turn off the device

2) Use 'fastboot reboot' command if the fastboot is available

I tried the HOW TO exit already.
Even talked to the LG Service, they told me to send it to them.
Any Ideas how the problem can be solved otherwise ?


texts: How to determine the boot order of auto-starting apps?

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Some apps boot and run in the background when an Android phone boots. WeChat is one example. It starts automatically so that the user can receive messages in real time. My question is how to view and change the boot order of all auto-starting apps. Or else is it random?
The motivation for asking is that I installed Xposed and wanted to change some information of my phone. But unfortunately WeChat sometimes boots before Xposed and thus bypasses the Xposed hooks. I tried very hard to solve this, but to no avail. So any suggestions?


texts: How to automatically shutdown below certain battery level

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Is there a way to make my phone turn off when the battery level is below 50%?

At the moment it does this when the battery level (or voltage) is critically low, but I want it to do it when there is still half the juice left.

A paid app would be fine too.


texts: Low Memory issues on Droid Incredible after upgrade to Android 2.3.4

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Since upgrading to Gingerbread, my phone is constantly getting low memory notifications despite having plenty of room. It is causing a number of my applications to fail. I have tried clearing memory but the low memory issue just comes back after a few hours.

Anyone seeing the same behavior? Is there any resolution outside of the standard VW "reformat the phone" solution?


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so i've got an amazon fire 5th gen tablet that i want to boot twrp on but i get this

Sending 'boot.img' (7946 KB)

OKAY [  0.265s]
Booting
FAILED (remote: 'the command you input is restricted on locked hw')
fastboot : error: Command failed

when i do

fastboot boot n:/twrp.img

might be because i need to unlock bootloader, if its that please tell me and how
help please?


texts: What is default GMail setting for: number of days of data to synchronize?

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Gmail allows to limit from how many last days it will synchronize the messages. E.g. from one day, two, etc.

What is the default setting? I think this is phone independent, but I ask about Samsung Galaxy S, and SII.


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I am using adb to backup some applications' data from my old phone to my new one. It worked fine for all apps except the one I purchased, it took me a while to figure that out since Android and its log were not showing any errors, instead it was telling me that the backup is complete and the log says:

D/BackupManagerService( 2121): Full backup processing complete.
D/BackupManagerService( 2121): Full backup pass complete.

and the generated backup file has a size of 549B (bytes)

Note: it says "Full" but it actually for a single package.

After searching I now know that Google added some kind of protection in Android 4.1+ to prevent people from coping protected applications between phones. However, I am not interested in backing up the apk itself as I can download the app from Google Play Store, instead I want to backup the data so I can restore it in my new phone and not have to deal with setting the application again.

Is there a way to do that without needing root access to the device?

Note: the old device is Nexus 4 (5.1.1 Cyanogen + root), while the new one is Nexus 6P (6.0 stock, no root).


texts: USB Debugging stopped working - Xiaomi Mi A2 - Android 9 (Pie)

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USB Debugging isn't working anymore (was working before).

Tested it with 2 real Xiaomi Mi A2 devices. Setup:

Xiaomi Mi A2 (Android 9, Build-Number: PKQ1.180904.001.V10.0.7.0.PDIMIXM)
macOS 10.14.4
adb 28.0.2-5303910
Same cable (USB-C to USB Type A)

adb device
is empty.

Developer options && USB Debugging turned on

Why is "Use USB for" now disabled? Security option, bug? Is there a new option where I have to enable it?


texts: Dialer Apps crash after a few seconds, 4.4, almost new phone, no modifications

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As titled. Two week old Sony Z3 Compact, running 4.4. Not flashed/rooted. Plenty of apps installed. I'm very new to Android, so I have no idea how to go about troubleshooting this issue, and could use some advice. It's a new phone and I can't make calls. I'd like to avoid the wipe everything and start again approach I've seen elsewhere online.

Thanks


texts: Are apps downloaded from an unrestricted market disabled when the phone is used in a restricted market?

texts: I am currently on t-mobile in the US and have access to a lot apps that are not available in the Indian android market. What happens to the apps that I download off the US market when I return to India and plug in my local sim card?


texts: Any option to get notification on new mail from Gmail delegate?

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Recently I got access to a Gmail account as a delegate.
How can I get a notification when new mail arrives in this inbox of the delegated mail address?
This was asked in 2015, so I'm asking here to see if any changes have been made to make it possible.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

I have a Toshiba Journ.e Touch (ARM processor) with Win CE on it.
I want to replace it with Android, but I faced a lot of problems.
First of all, I'm totally new to the Android world, so I'm not even sure it is possible to do something like this.
Second I came across a lot of distributions, mod's and other stuff, that I'm not sure which is the best choice.
Can someone point me to the right direction?


texts: How to dump Android's external SDcard that is used as internal memory?

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although StackExchange sites have helped me a lot in the past, it's now the first time to actively post a question here.

I have an issue with my Motorola Moto G which is running with Android 7.1.1 (Lineage OS) - I was searching throughout the whole Internet but w/o success.

I want to do some forensic work on the memory of this device. It has an internal flash, and an external SDcard, which is formatted in a way to extend the internal memory as well. I think, since Android Marshmallow there is this option to do that.

I can dump the internal userdata partition and mount on my Linux PC w/o problems:

# ADB Shell:
-> ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/
      ... userdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p42
# Host PC:
-> adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p42 mmcblk0p42.img
-> sudo mount -o loop mmcblk0p42.img mmcblk0p42
-> ls mmcblk0p42
       adb app-ephemeral backup ...

I am trying the same with the external SD-Card formatted as internal:

# ADB Shell:
-> ls -la /dev/block/platform/soc.0/7864900.sdhci/by-name/
      ... android_expand -> /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
# Host PC:
-> adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk1p2  mmcblk1p2.img
-> sudo mount -o loop mmcblk1p2.img mmcblk1p2
       mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail or so.

What is wrong here? If I put the SDcard to a card reader then the partition are recognized but cannot be mounted due to unknown file system.

Any help is very appreciated. Jens


texts: SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk causes bootloop after being modified

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Hi I'm using a stock LineageOS rom specifically android Pie (LineageOS 16) and I've been modifying system applications, such as SystemUI, framework, gallery, sms etc. before (on samsung ROMS) and so far I haven't got any problem aside from forgetting to set the correct permissions on each apk.

Though when I switched to LineageOS, it seems that I can't simply modify the framework and systemui. I tried the usual way of decompiling and compiling an apk using apktool, then, to sign the apk with its previous/original key, I use the files from the "original" folder in the decompiled apk then build the apk again. Somehow, when I try to replace the apk in my phone, set the correct permissions, and reboot, it will result to bootloop.

Did I miss anything? Do i need to sign it with another key? Do I need to disable signature-check on my Android?


texts: I own a rooted Moto E with very little usable internal memory. But it does have a MicroSD slot. Can I change its default storage?

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I own a rooted Moto E.

It has about 2GB of usable internal memory.  It frequently runs out of memory.

Luckily, it also has a MicroSD card slot.

Can I change its default storage?


texts: Notification bar turns green when I'm having a phone call (Galaxy S4 Plus)?

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Whenever I talk to someone and the Phone app and the phone call in progress is not in the foreground, the entire Notification bar turns all green on me. See the screenshots below. When I return to the phone call it disappears (i.e. turns back to normal/black).

Is this normal? What does it mean then? Does this happen to any one of you with a Galaxy S4? Is it a bug? If this is a "feature" of the phone, how can I get rid of it? I've looked at settings but couldn't find anything relevant.

The phone is a Galaxy S4 Plus (GT-I9506) on Android 4.2.2 (stock ROM and everything, brand new, retail version, unlocked).


texts: Trouble accessing Samsung Knox & resetting the password

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I seem to have locked myself out of Samsung Knox (on a Galaxy Tab S2 - I've used samsung-galaxy-tab because there doesn't appear to be a tag for the S2 tablet yet).

I hadn't used my tablet for awhile. I turned it on and updated to the latest version of Android.

I had a notification asking me to load the Google Play store to update that as well, and after clicking this notification, at this point, the device locked with the Samsung MyKnox login screen.

I did originally set up Knox but haven't really used it since.

I tried both my device password and my Knox password, but these both came back as incorrect.

I'm able to log in to Knox online with my Knox password, so I followed the instructions in this answer (which are the same as the ones Samsung offers), but it's unclear what I'm meant to do: after clicking on 'Rest KNOX Password' on the web and confirming that action, nothing happens - either on the web or on my device.

On my device, I can pull down the notifications, but pressing the Home button does nothing - it seems to want me to get past this Knox screen.

I'm inexperienced with Knox and a bit inexperienced with the Android ecosystem in general. Have I locked myself out? What steps do I need to take?


texts: Why do people recommend rooting a device before flashing a custom ROM?

texts: If rooting isn't required to flash a new ROM (unlocking your bootloader is), why do many people recommend rooting your device before flashing it?


texts: Why Dialer shows contact name and image, when contact is not in my address book?

texts: Very often, when some unknown company is calling me, in couple of seconds I see its name and logo on standard Dialer's screen. Where does it take them, if I don't have this contact in my address book, nor do I have it in contacts in any social network, like FB, LinkedIn, etc? Does it search Google right at the moment of the call and shows me the result?


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I bought a non-3G tablet because I already have a 3G phone with tethering function: HTC HD2 with stock WM6.5.

When I enable "Wi-Fi Router" program from WM I successfully create the Aldaris network (yes, that one!) that any Windows and Linux laptop can see.

But not my Iconia Tab!!!

Any ideas on how to use a tethered wifi from HC3.2? Thanks


texts: Android Market app throwing "a server error has occurred" error message

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I have Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5 running on Android 2.2. I don't know when this error started, but when I open the Market application, it throws the following error:

  A server error has occurred. Retry, or cancel and return to the previous screen.

I have tried a factory reset, but it didn't solve the issue.

How to fix this issue?


texts: Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 root reverts on reboot

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I'm trying to root my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 (i545 vruame7) and install cyanogenmod.

I've followed this how-to and it seems to work for the current session.  However, when I try to install cyanogenmod via ROM manager it fails after rebooting.  I don't get any error messages either then a dead android with an exclamation mark.  Also, I don't get the usual unlocked boot screen.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Phone Shuts Down, Apps Force Close Since New SD Card

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I've got a Sony Ericcson Xperia Play that comes with an 8GB microSD card, which is definitely not enough for me as I like to put a lot of music on my phone (streaming is very poor on my network). So I bought a Sandisk 32GB MicroSDHC Class 4 Memory Card which is a MicroSD card like any other, right?

Ever since I put the card into my phone, my phone keeps shutting down and nearly all apps have a Force Close error. I've not installed any new apps since installing the new MicroSD and I've even uninstalled a bunch to see if it would help. Why does my new MicroSD break my phone?

If it helps, I'm running Android 2.3.3 stock.


texts: Where can I locate the picture that is currently being used for my lock screen?

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I have a picture that I cherish deeply being used as my lock screen. The problem is that the  Micro SD card I was using became corrupted at one point and needed to be formatted so the picture was lost. I need to know if there is a location on the files of the phone where I can copy it from. I mean the picture has to be being used somewhere right?

I was using an app called "File Manager" to search through the files and try to find it. If anyone can point me in the right location I would really appreciate it.

Android Version: 4.0.4


texts: What program can I use to compress (zip,rar...) and password protect files on my Android Froyo

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I was just sending a backup via mail to my Google account.

This backup contained readable information (csv format) from sensitive data.

Does anyone knows of a program to compress files (in .zip format, or .rar if necessary) on my Android phone (running Froyo), with a password protection used while compressing.

That way I can compress/protect my data before sending it via email.

Thanks.


texts: I have a Huawei G8 and hate this phone. Can't use Google Keyboard because on this phone it is not supporting Georgian language. Is there any ways to add Georgian keyboard in Gboard? Thanks and sorry for my English :)


texts: Restoring the /data partition on Android 11 yields an unlockable phone

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I have a Xiaomi A2 which went into a bootloop due to a buggy Android 11 OTA update. It's a bug in the update, and a lot of people are affected.
My phone really had a rather vanilla setup (original Android One ROM). The only exotic thing I did was to unlock the bootloader. Everything else is untouched.
When I installed the Oct 2020 OTA update (version V11.0.15.0.QDIMIXM) my phone went into a boot loop. So I booted on TWRP from fastboot, and using adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p69 data.img I got an entire disk image of my data partition on my PC.
Using fastboot I then flashed the previous known-working OS version (version V11.0.14.0.QDIMIXM) but then when I boot my phone I now have a weird problem: my PIN isn't recognized anymore! If I try and remove /data/system/locksettings.db from TWRP, then it does remove the PIN and I can "log in" with a swipe, but then the phone gives me a never ending spinner. I assume something is wrong with File-Based Encryption and the fact that I didn't provide a PIN.
Question: why is my PIN not working anymore? How can I get it to work?


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I'm having an issue with an LG G pad.
Chrome 87.0.4280.101
Firefox Daylight 84.1.2 (Build #2015783145)
OS Android 5.1.1 LG-V940n Build/LMY47V
I don't do much with it other than email, browsing and Netflix. Everything was working fine until last month, then it decided that I can't close browser tabs anymore. I'm assuming there was an update that happened.
I have found three other posts on this (see below) sorry for the duplicate.
I can't open or close any tabs on my Android tablet in Chrome
I'm unable to toggle between Chrome Tabs
Can't switch/close tabs in the Chrome browser on my Android tablet
This happens with Chrome and has happened with Firefox too. Both and seems to be related to video. Once I view video in a new tab, I can't switch, close or create tabs. However, I can open links in new tabs, but I cannot switch to them. I can switch to/from private mode as well, but still can't do anything with tabs.
Additionally, I have tried simplified mode and desktop with no difference.
If I rotate the tablet it seems to unlock the tabs and I can switch/open/close them again.
In the posts above, mention going to settings->developer options which I don't have. And why should a simple user of chrome need to tweak any developer options.
Do I have any options than rotating the thing and waiting for an update that hopefully fixes the issue?


texts: Is there a quick way to go to the top or the bottom of a web page when using the standard internet browser

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Browsing to a long page in the standard browser on my Galaxy S phone, I just realised how hard it is to go back to the top of the page ( after having scrolled to the end ).

Is there a way ( some gesture or something ) to simulate the 'Home' and 'End' keys one can use when using a PC browser programs ? E.g. to quickly go to the top or the end of the page ?


texts: File copy: Add new files, but do not replace files, to a set of folders

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I often need the following function:
I wish to make a copy operation  (usually from my phone to the cloud). I wish to copy a set of folders and subfolders with contents/files.

I wish all NEW files to be copied but NO FILES SHOULD BE REPLACED in the target.

One reson for doing this is that earlier backups in the cloud are incomplete. Copying to the cloud can consume a lot of time and bandwidth, I therefore wish to skip overwriting files that are already in the cloud. I wish to only copy NEW files that not yet reside in the cloud.

It would be like pressing "overwrite" for every duplicate folder but "skip" for every duplicate file, in a copy dialogue.

I have tried the app ES File Explorer. It handles all clouds relevant to me (Dropbox, Drive, Mega, OneDrive) in an efficient way. But I can not find the function described above. Files and folders are treated in the same way regarding overwrite/skip.

An example could be:

I make a backup of 1000 files to the cloud. The connection breaks after 900 files. I am not sure which 100 files still have to be copied.

I just want to restart the 1000 file backup and only the missing 100 files should be copied. This should work no matter in which folders/subfolders the missing files are located.

It is very simple to do manually. (Dilbert's boss could do it.  ;) ) Just press "overwrite" for duplicate folders and "skip" for duplicate files. But I can't sit and do that for hours. There ought to be a file manager that does it for me?


texts: Bluetooth Battery Level on Android Marshmallow

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I'm using LUXA2-Lavi O In-ear Wireless Earphone on my Nexus 6P with latest Android – Marshmallow and I cannot find where I can see battery level for my Bluetooth device, I am however able to see battery level when using same headphones with iPhone, (seems like pretty essential feature to be missing), unless I just didn't find it...

Can someone tell me where I can find that? I do NOT want to install any 3rd party apps for that.

Thanks!


texts: Uber Driver app using too much resources

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So, I'm working a bit as a bicycle courier for Uber Eats. For this, I have to use their app Uber Driver.

Problem is, my phone battery (which still holds charge well) is draining very, very fast when using that application. It can run only a handful of hours. Furthermore, discharging/recharging the battery that much would quickly impact its lifespan...

So I have to carry several powerbanks and always have one connected...

It would be so better if the app could just use less resources. Probably some things are badly coded in the app and could be improved, but I'm not a web developer at Uber...

So I'm asking out of desperation, is there anything I could do to make this app use less resources?

(Xiaomi Redmi 5A - LineageOS 15.1)


texts: Stop notifications from briefly lowering media volume

texts: I have an LG G6 running Oreo and whenever media is playing and a notification sound comes through something briefly lowers (not fully muted) my media volume. How can I stop this? I don't want notification sounds to change my media volume.


texts: Android System [UID] 1000 Root Permission Request

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Is Android System [UID] in your list of SU Root Permissions?

I just reloaded the stock rom then installed SuperSU (otherwise blank system)

Upon the next restart, one of the permission request that popped up is Android System [UID]. : system_user_1000

I don't remember seeing this before...

This is normal? Could this be malware?


texts: Set background to fill single screen on galaxy nexus

texts: Currently galaxy nexus fits my image for all 5 of my screens, but I want my image to fill the whole screen, on every screen, so when u scroll between screens its the same background, and its the full image, not just parts of it. How can i Achieve this?


texts: is it possable to install a linux distro ie:- nethunter on a android device

texts: I have been trying to work out how to use my old Android tablet as a stand alone Linux tool for pen-testing and network monitoring and logging. I have it boot straight into the OS without having to run it over the top or along side my android OS for obvious reasons (speed,storage,simplicity)


texts: Use proxy for stock android download manager? Play store not downloading through shadowsocks

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I'm in China.
I use proxy to access GFW blocked sites.
Proxy is connected as an android VPN.
Stock download manager does not go through proxy.
How can I use proxy with it?

On my Mi Mix 2S, I just opened the download manager app and disabled "Xunlei Download Acceleration" and then it worked. But there is no download manager app to open on my Nexus, and I can't find any settings related to it.

Now on my Nexus, everything I download in google play store is stuck at "Downloading...", without even starting the download process.

How can I configure the download manager so that it uses the proxy?

More Info:
•   Proxy App: Shadowsocks 4.8.0

•   Android Version: 9
•   StatiX OS Version: v2.0-OFFICIAL-20190225-2252
•   Android Security Patch Level: February 5, 2019
•   Kernel Version:
    o   3.10.108-Statix-Pie-g950b2df
    o   #1 Mon Feb 25 22:58:17 UTC 2019
•   Build Number: PQ2A.190205.003 release-keys


texts: What is the sound architecture in Android. Is it the same as in Linux? I mean virtually every linux distributions use ALSA, so do android also use ALSA as sound driver?


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Google made their camera app update available on the play store. This update does replace the system app.

BUT I do not want that update, since I use the countdown-timer, wich is not available after the update.

So I went into app-mgmt, deinstalled the update, unchecked notify-updates.

But - it still keeps updating that app from time to time.

I even disabled the general option in play to notify me when updates are available. That disabled updates for ALL apps.

After manually updating all other apps - guess what was updated again automatically?

Yes - camera.

So how can I permanently disable that specific update?


texts: Is there any way to recover from an over-written android system recovery, or what else might cause a Pixel XL not to enter fastboot from recovery?

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This is an attempt to sideload an update to a Google Pixel XL stuck in a boot loop.
Following this answer from the official Google forums, I tried this procedure as linked in the chosen answer. Unfortunately at step 9 it states:

9. You will see the Google logo for a few seconds followed by a green android on his back with “No command” underneath. Press and hold Power, then tap Volume Up once, then release Power.
   NOTE: If your device starts rebooting at this point, your only recourse is to contact your place of purchase about a warranty replacement or repair.

Unfortunately, sure enough - the device starts rebooting. This Pixel was bought by the previous owner from Verizon and I'd wager ten of them that they want nothing to do with repairing the phone, and would happily sell the user a replacement.
I don't understand what state the android on his back visual indicates, but I believe that the subsequent state would be the android system recovery. If the system is failing to enter that state and instead continuing to boot, it seems to indicate that a symlink or other direction or storage block has been over written. Is that true? And if so, is there any other way to enter android system recovery and continue to step 10 of the above-mentioned instructions?

For context: the user had started noticing battery/reboot/bootloop issues a few days before the device finally rebooted on its own and failed to completely start.
In trying to start the device normally, occasionally the boot loop will get far enough to spin the dots and display the "G" and powered by android at the bottom of the screen. It essentially always reboots after that to the Google splash that appears during initial boot-up.

For insanity's sake: Is there a way to JTAG into this thing?

Edit to add debugging info

user@host:~$ fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability
...
(bootloader)    get_unlock_ability: 0
OKAY [  0.052s]
finished. total time: 0.052s
user@host:~$


texts: Android is replacing some of my app icons with alternative ones. How do I stop this

texts:
Homtom HT30

The picture shows the icon for Google Maps.
The programs seem to launch fine but the icons are changed.


texts: just over a week ago I lost my Samsung galaxy ace, it has a sim in it and i have the device's imei number, it won't be charged and have tried looking for it , I didn't have any tracking apps installed on it and I am getting stressed. Help would be appreciated.


texts: How can i relock bootloader of infinix smart 2 with or without data loss? i haven't install twrp and root device.


texts: How to install 6.0.1OTA update on a rooted nexus 5

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My Nexus 5 is rooted. I received the 6.0.1 OTA update but when I try to install the update (I just clicked install link when the update finished downloading), the device restarts and goes to the TWRP screen and doesn't install the update.

Can anyone tell me how I can get the update to install?


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Located in China I've been waiting forever for the HTC Hero update to Android 2.1. However now everywhere around the world people are getting it.

I do get the occasional update, and then I get prompted to reset the phone, however when I reset it the update does not get installed (missing update.zip on SD card?)

Or maybe I have to relocate to England? Could I fake this with a VPN/proxy? If so how could I set this up?

Cheers


texts: Retaining applications and settings when flashing custom ROMs

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The one thing that's been keeping me from flashing a custom Jelly Bean ROM on my Verizon Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535) is the fact that, unlike OTA updates, when I update my phone with a custom ROM, I'll lose all of my apps and settings.

I don't want to have to reinstall and reconfigure all of my apps every time a new version of Android comes out.

What options are out there for backing up and restoring applications and application settings between custom ROMs?


texts: Sync Exchange Contacts Subfolders with Android

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Finally I managed to sync Exchange Server with Galaxy S3 and had managed to make it all work fine except the annoying contacts thing...
The android sync only contacts that are in the main contacts folder won't sync contacts sub folders.
Email Subfolders from some reason does sync.
Any idea how can I make it work?


texts: How do I get rid of the two lock screens on my Galaxy Grand Prime?

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Today I woke up and noticed I have to swipe not just one but two screens. The photo is the new screen that is completely unwanted.

After I swipe on that one, I enter my normal lock screen and have to swipe and put in my code like I do usually.

I have only Snapchat, Facebook and Facebook messanger apps. The rest of the weird apps android comes with have already been disabled or uninstalled and I haven't made any changes since I got the phone. Which was like a week ago.

How to I get rid of it. I do not know where it came from. It is super annoying have to swipe two screens and plus it have this black square on the first screen and it won't go away. Please help.

Thank you.


texts: Interact with notification action from ADB Shell

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I have an Android(7) phone [also fine if you can provide a solution for Android 10] and a Linux pc. By enabling USB debugging and using the terminal of my pc, I am able to read the notifications of my phone using the command: adb shell dumpsys notification --noredact
Now, there are some notifications in android in which we can interact with the app directly from the notification. For example, in a Whatsapp notification, there are usually two buttons: Reply & Mark as read. In YouTube, there are options like Play, Turn off, Watch later. In the output of the above command, these options are visible in the following form:
actions={
        [0] "Reply" -> PendingIntent{6becf48: PendingIntentRecord{87b8050 com.whatsapp startService (whitelist: +30s0ms)}}
        [1] "Mark as read" -> PendingIntent{c1661e1: PendingIntentRecord{b8e3249 com.whatsapp startService (whitelist: +30s0ms)}}
      }

I have two questions:

Can we interact with these options from adb shell? For example, is there any command like adb shell <SOME COMMAND> 'Message to be sent in whatsapp with reply option' which will send the text as a reply in whatsapp without opening the app?

Is it possible to swipe the notifications using any adb command? (Not the adb shell input swipe x0 y0 x1 y1, it requires to unlock the phone each time)

Thank you in advance!
Edit:
Here is what I found that may be relevant to this question.
I think that I have to somehow launch the specific intent linked to the mentioned PendingIntent id (in this case 6becf48 or 87b8050)
Using tthe command adb shell dumpsys activity intents > output.txt and then searching for 87b8050 in output.txt, I found the name of the intent. It was as follows:
  * PendingIntentRecord{87b8050 com.whatsapp startService (whitelist: +30s0ms)}
    uid=10104 packageName=com.whatsapp type=startService flags=0x0
    requestIntent=act=com.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE dat=content://com.whatsapp.provider.contact/contacts/2256 cmp=com.whatsapp/.notification.DirectReplyService (has extras)
    whitelistDuration=+30s0ms

Now I think that it may be possible to launch the intent com.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE using adb shell am command, and passing the intent id and message as some parameters.
(Just like we can launch Whatsapp from adb with am command, it should be possible to launch the pendingIntent also.)
Edit 2:
Using this command:
adb shell am startservice -a com.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE -d content://com.whatsapp.provider.contact/contacts/2256 -n com.whatsapp/.notification.DirectReplyService --es 'com.whatsapp.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT' 'Hi. Okay.'

The output was following:
Starting service: Intent { act=com.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE dat=content://com.whatsapp.provider.contact/contacts/2256 cmp=com.whatsapp/.notification.DirectReplyService (has extras) }
Error: Requires permission not exported from uid 10104


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I have sideloaded APKs, which are not available on sites like APK Mirror or APK Pure, from Google Play via the Evozi APK downloading service. It is an online banking app, so I want to verify it. How can this be done? I get checksums by uploading the files to Virus Total:

How can I get the checksums of the authentic APKs?

NOTE: I do not have a Google account.


texts: Google App & Google Play Services Draining Battery in Cyanogenmod

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I have an old Sony Xperia Z I want to use in my car to use Spotify/ Google Maps/ Google Navigation/ Android Auto.

The phone is running Cyanogenmod 13.0-20161219-NIGHTLY-yuga / Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow).

There are hardly any apps installed and I've got pretty much every single power saving feature switched on but the battery is still draining in a little under 24 hours. Google App & Google Play Services make up the bulk of the battery usage.

I've setup the phone to only wakeup when it's charging and go to sleep when it's not - so this battery usage is happening when the phone is (theoretically) asleep.

To complicate things Cyanogenmod is defunct and LineageOS doesn't have support for the Sony Xperia Z.

Is there a known issue with/ fix for this battery drain?

Or should I install another custom ROM (and if so, which one?)


texts: Complete Dropbox implementation for Android

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I'm looking for a method to retrieve all my files from my Dropbox account and download them to my SD card.

This should download everything with no user intervention. There are a couple of Dropbox applications around but none of them have the ability to download everything and even worse most seem to work incorrectly on huge files skipping the last part or simply not working.


texts: How to put Google Voice into Hands Free mode?

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Google Voice can be set to provide voice ptompts Always or only on Hands Free mode.

I want the latter.

But how do i put my s7 into Hands Free mode?


texts: Updating Pixel after many months. Will I get all the missing monthly security patches?

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Not a duplicate of this
Are security patches only applied to the latest Android version?

I have a Pixel 4a, Android 11, running November security update. For various reasons, I do not wish to apply monthly updates, maybe do it once in a quarter or maybe even more (I know & accept the risk, let's not get into that).

I know I can update, whenever by full OTA or factory image. I prefer the OTA route because

This (OTA) has the same effect as flashing the corresponding factory image, but without the need to wipe the device or unlock the bootloader.

Accepted answer here, indicates that I can  update, for example in June 21,without flashing all (7 months) of images, which is good What is the difference between Factory Images and Full OTA Images on the Android download site?

My question now is that will the June 21 full OTA incorporate all the  intermediate security patches (seven months) ?
I searched a lot (fairly good at that) but couldn't get a conclusive answer.
I am looking for an answer with credible backing (it may change my update plan).


texts: Updating Unsuccessful, but Phone memory reduced

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i rooted smartphone. I tried to update to the latest firmware update by the default update option in setting menu and it started downloading update file of 26MB. Now during updating it got stuck on 26% and the phone rebooted saying FIRMWARE UPDATE UNSUCCESSFUL.

I guess that it may be because my phone is rooted, but then I checked my phone space and found it reduced to 19 MB from 41 MB.

So what is taking that much space? Please help me free up some phone space.


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By default, videos play in speaker with VLC. How can I play a video in the earpiece with VLC?

I don't see any option:


texts: Extract files from Android system image?

texts: Is it possible to extract files directly from an Android system.img file or do I need to load the system.img to a device first and then adb pull the file from the device?


texts: Unable to download apps from Play Store using cellular data

texts: Hi while i am in home network i can easily able to download anything in playstore with my mobile data when am in roaming that time i cant able to download anything from play store it is showing downloading when i click on install but it wont download....please help me what to do


texts: Select multiple files on Google Drive App

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Is it possible to select multiple files on the Google Drive App?

I tried every intuitive solution I could think of, perhaps it's possible on the Google Docs app?


texts: Installing HD Games on HTC Desire SV,low memory

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I have an HTC Desire SV, which has almost the same specs as Desire X. The problem is I'm unable to install HD games, since the phone storage has only 800MB space.

I have gone to Settings > Apps and checked for the option to move to SD card but there are only 2 options available move to phone and move to internal.

I cannot play games like Max Payne; it has cache files around 2GB. Since the cache is too big for the phone memory, I cannot install it.

How can I install games like Max Payne?


texts: Adding a Google Apps account to Android L with External Authentication

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I want to add a Google Apps account to my phone with Android L.

When I put in my username and hit next, it redirects to a page and says I do not have authentication. This isn't strange, for some reason my admins make you authenticate with an Active Directory login. However, I do not even get the opportunity to put in my credentials. Here is a screenshot of what I see:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9MMQCxmnf8nZFA2M2tQRTI2ZU0/edit?usp=docslist_api

Going into incognito mode on chrome, I can get to the login prompt, but I can't continue adding my account from there:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9MMQCxmnf8nMHRQUm9wUHZOVzQ/edit?usp=docslist_api

I haven't had this problem with previous versions of android. Is there a way around this?