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I am currently unable to order a Lyft or Uber on my Moto 360 2nd Gen. I've been using the watch for almost a month and have not yet found a way to order a car from the watch, despite seeing numerous references to a Lyft app on Wear.
Here's why I think there are Lyft and Uber apps for Wear:

Tim Schofield's review of the Android Wear 2.0 preview reveals a Lyft app on his watch's app launcher.
Lyft on Android Wear was revealed by Google at the IO 2014 keynote.
Uber for Android Wear was revealed at the IO 2015 keynote, according to this article from The Verge.
The Verge's list of the 12 best Android Wear apps includes Lyft.
Google Products forum that complains about Uber not working mentions Lyft working on Wear.
The official advertisement for the Moto 360 2nd Gen showing the features of the watch shows the Lyft app.

Despite this, neither a Lyft or Uber app has appeared on my watch's launcher, and the "Call a Car" action in the Android Wear app is grayed out (not letting me choose an app); other actions work just fine with third-party apps. I'm in the US and have both Lyft and Uber installed and working on my paired Nexus 6P.
What I've tried so far:
I contacted Lyft about Wear support, and they responded by saying, "At this time, Lyft doesn't work directly with Wear watches and the best way to still interact would be with a Smartphone at this time."
I contacted Uber as well, and they responded by saying, "Unfortunately, Uber is accessible in app form only through Android mobile device, iPhone and Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 at this time."
Both responses are at least slightly inaccurate (I know that Uber works on the Apple Watch and Pebble Time watch, Lyft works on Apple Watch and should work on my Wear watch), so I was left even more confused.
I also contacted Android Wear support via Twitter, they suggested that the "Call a car" action being grayed out was a bug and had me submit feedback through the app (to no avail even after 3 Wear companion app updates).
I also tried deleting and reinstalling Lyft, as well as restarting my watch and phone a few times, all to no avail.
Here's my setup:

Non-rooted Nexus 6P running 7.1.1 preview 1 (issue also existed on 7.0) with latest Android Wear companion app.
Moto 360 2nd Gen running latest Android Wear version 1.5 (based on Android M), otherwise working just fine.
Android Wear app, Uber app, and Lyft app are all installed on my phone, yet neither Uber nor Lyft shows up on my watch.

The "Call a car" action (where I believe Lyft should be appearing) is grayed out and nothing happens when I tap on it:

How can I order a Lyft or Uber ride from my Moto 360 2nd Gen?


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I got a little toast pop up just now saying "hello world, PMEasyView!" I just woke up my phone, was in the SugarSync app. I haven't recently installed anything except from the Android Market and Amazon market; nothing named like PM Easy View.

The wording sounds like something I would have written in a development Android app. I don't see any unusual running processes or apps, so I'm wondering if it's dummy code from a real app I own, but I was hoping someone knew for sure. I'm having Lookout scan my phone now.

All I found on this topic was this thread which has no answers.


texts: How to find the app that creates a sound every morning?

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My Android phone generates a sound at 8:00 AM every day. It doesn't display anything on the screen while and after the sound being played.

I guess this sound is created by one of my 100+ apps on the phone.

Is there any log on the phone that can help me identify which app creates the sound at 8:00 AM every day?

Or is there any app that can help me find the app?

I really have no idea where the sound comes from.

My Android version is 8.0.0.


texts: kies stuck on "connecting" on mac+galaxy s2

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i have the latest version of kies,os x, and a galaxy s2 with cm10 on it.
it is set to MTP with usb debugging off (if it's on usb storage rather than mtp, kies crashes).
i tried playing with many parameters but none of them seem to work - when i plug in my galaxy kies shows "connecting" and nothing happens.. (the program itself is not stuck).

someone suggested launching phoneutil (7284) and changing the pda/modem stuff, but it doesn't launch on my phone, i guess it's because of my cm10.

what else can i do?
thanks in advance.

p.s tried rebooting the phone\mac several times.


texts: Choosing input method when on MessagEase

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Recently found the MessagEase keyboard and really like it, but don't necessarily want to use it all the time.
With the other keyboards I use, I long press on the spacebar will open the "Choose input method" selection, but not so with MessagEase.
Their FAQ says to "Tap and hold on any text field" to switch input methods, but that doesn't seem to work for me (just get the standard cut, copy, paste, etc pop-up).
Currently have to go into the Android settings under Manage Keyboards and disable MessagEase to switch to a different keyboard, which is sub-optimal.
Any ideas of an easier way?
(Android 10/LineageOS 17.1)


texts: Error launching ddms.bat: "Failed to get the adb version: Cannot run program "adb": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified"

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I've been following these very detailed instructions to take a screenshot on my Motorola Flipside. When I get to the step #10 where I launch ddms.bat I get this error and my phone doesn't show up:

  C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools>ddms.bat
     12:09:01 E/adb: Failed to get the adb version: Cannot run program "adb": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified

(and here I thought the difficulties of taking screenshots on Android were exaggerated)


texts: Sync contacts to more than one google accounts

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I have two gmail accounts on my android. When I first use it, I synced all the contacts to the one account. Now I want to sync all the contacts again(I have added many contacts since then) to the other account. But I cant, although the gmails contacts have synced to my phone. Sounds dummy but I am confused.

Any help appreciated...


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In the following image, you can see a floating ad and it looks like an average ad by Google. Problem is, it's always on top. In the image, you can see it over my Settings app.
(Click image to enlarge)

I did not install any new apps on to my device (OnePlus One running CM12s - Android 5.0.2), and the single ad keeps popping up randomly in different positions on the screen. (Since today morning.)
Following is a screenshot of the webpage that opens up, when I select 'opt out'.

From where did this come from, and how do I get rid of it?


texts: I've provided a screenshot, clickable for full size, of a group I'm in. Some people are able to hide their names. How can I do it? I do not know some people in the group and I don't want them contacting me.


texts: Device no longer connecting to wi-fi network

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Core 2 for the past two years. it was working fine but all of a sudden the wifi in the phone is not working. Instead it shows "saved and secured" but doesn't get connected. What should I do?


texts: Android control battery charge programmatically

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I'am using a Linage Android image (rooted) to control the battery charge and discharge with the commands:
Charge:
echo 0 > /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_slate_mode

Stop charging:
echo 1 > /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_slate_mode

The problem that after sending the command to charge, the charge type changes from "AC charge" to "USB Charge" and the current level drop to less than 500mA. I am connected AC power outlet.
If I disconnect and connect again the power outlet the current goes to 1A.
Reading the following article bellow some devices are a file to change the voltage (/sys/class/power_supply/battery/voltage_max), but mine doesn't have.
https://www.androidpit.com/forum/770904/root-battery-life-improve-battery-life-by-reducing-the-charge-termination-voltage
The picture show the files that I have on the folder:

Samsung Tab E 7.0 SM-T113NU
Android 7.0.1 - Linage 14.1
App and ADB rooted
Best regards,


texts: LG G6 - "Charging blocked, moisture detected", would rooting help?

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When I charge my LG G6, I randomly get the error message "Charging Blocked - Moisture Detected".

I sent it back to LG, but they said I was no longer covered by warranty because the SIM card tray is broken. They said it will cost me $100+ to fix the software, which makes me think that I can fix this by changing the software on the phone.

Would rooting my phone solve this software specific issue?


texts: How to login to Android with Security Key?

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I would like to login to my android by my security key.
The phone has NFC support which is the easiest way to authenticate the login if supported.
I am thinking how to accomplish the task by 3rd party app.
The login is well maintained by the OS so not sure if possible at all to change the login way.

Security key: YubiKey Neo (NFC support)
Android: 7.x, 8.x


texts: How can I use Bluetooth and wired earphones at the same time?

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I have a Bluetooth earphone and a wired earphone. I want to use them simultaneously.

Is there an app for that? If not, what can I do about it?


texts: Error when trying to use adb shell in recovery mode

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I have a Chinese phone which I've been unable to install ClockworkMod on. I decided to try booting into recovery mode to manually backup/restore the system partition.

However, if I plug my phone into my PC while it's in recovery mode and issue the command

adb shell

it says:

exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)

I can only do very limited tasks, like adb ls / to see the filesystem, but nothing else.

How can I get adb shell working in recovery mode?


texts: How do I connect a Wii Balance Board to Android via Bluetooth?

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Cue the "I've tried nothing and I'm out of ideas"...

What do I want?:

I want to make a Unity game for Android using the Wii Balance Board as a controller.

What have I researched?:

The Wii Balance Board uses standard Bluetooth to connect to the Wii. The board does not have a passcode. All results for connecting the board to an Android device points to two apps FitScales and WiiScale both not compatible with my device. I can't find any other results than these two apps.

What's my question?:

Why can't my phone (Nexus 4, Lollipop) connect to a device with no pin? (It prompts me to put in a pin and "OK" is greyed until I enter a pin). So how can I get it to connect to my Bluetooth?

Other than Bluetooth, is there any other way to get information from the board to my phone?

Notes:

My Windows 8 can connect to my board flawlessly.
Yes, I've tried tuning my phone and Bluetooth "off and on again".
Yes, my Bluetooth works.
Yes, my board works (like I said I could get input from it on my pc).
My board does appear in my Bluetooth list.
Any information is welcome!


texts: Motorola Moto G 2014 (lollipop 5.0.2): `pm set-install-location 2' does not work

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I have rooted my Motorola Moto G 2014 (lollipop 5.0.2), using TWRP to load SuperSU.

I wanted to have all applications that could store some of their data on an external SD to do so automatically, when they are installed or updated (i.e. for the MOVE TO SD action to be automated).

After reading several guides, and answers on to questions on this forum, I thought this could be achieved by executing the following commands:

su
pm set-install-location 2

However, the behaviour after the above setting change was undesirable.

When apps that I knew had the ability to MOVE TO SD were installed or updated, they were still being stored on the device's memory, not on the external SD card.

Also, entries appeared for more apps than are usually displayed in the ON SD CARD tab, within Apps settings.

If the MOVE TO SD action was performed on these new entries, the device's behaviour became erratic. App links disappeared from the launcher, and Unfortunately, app_name has stopped. messages were encountered.

I just want for applications that can be moved partially to the SD card to do so automatically.


texts: How to Use google assistant Offline when taking photos and video? I hike and cycle in the winter. Its very difficult to take photos and video with your gloves on. I can use the volume buttons to take the pic, but I still need to touch the screen to select video or camera and to flip the camera etc. As far as I am aware google assistant cannot even accept the command "take photo" without being online?


texts: In-call speaker volume fixed too "low" while smartwatch connected via Bluetooth

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When my smartwatch (a cheap noname MTK 6260A device probably running Nucleus (most likely a clone of the ZGPax S29), and controlled by the BTNotification app on my Android device) is connected to my LG P880 (running CyanogenMod Kitkat 4.4.4), and I receive or make a call, volume is quite low – I hardly can hear the other side. Volume rockers seem to have no effect (maybe connected to Volume Rocker only controls Bluetooth In-call Volume; cannot control all other volumes which I just found – need to check that with the next call I make). I didn't have that issue before I got and connected the smartwatch.

My guess is it is …

the reason of the linked question (volume rockers bound to bluetooth)
that funny "max volume ear protection" we had mentioned here a couple of times

Apart from switching Bluetooth off whenever there's a call in progress (which I probably could do with tasker):

  Is there any way I could increase volume (or get the rocker off the Bluetooth part and back to the built-in "ear speaker" to control/raise the volume)?

Note that audio is not routed to Bluetooth (I've explicitly disabled that, as otherwise everyone around would hear the other side via the speakers of my smartwatch), call volume is already set to 100% – and yes, I've checked with Settings › Audio already. Also, I've already checked with …

How to set in-call volume
How do I disconnect Bluetooth headset while in call (different issue)
Disable calls through Bluetooth smartwatch but show call status (remotely related, but no answer)
Why does the in-call volume change on its own on my Samsung Galaxy S3? might be related (that BTNotifier stuff really is a bit buggy), but there's no update to BTNotifier available (in fact, I had to sideload the app from the manufacturer's site as the playstore version doesn't work with the watch)


texts: Disable expanded notifications in Android v6

texts: Is it possible to disable expanded notifications in Android v6? I can't even "collapse" them with two fingers. They start to collapse but go back to "expanded" when let go. Looking to prohibit expansion by default. Don't mind it being expandable manually but not by default without touching it.


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I'm trying to learn about the android's bootloader.

However, I got into some questions :

There are the SECURE BOOT and LOCK STATE. The LOCK STATE (if enabled) makes all partitions to read-only mode (right?). So what is SECURE BOOT? Is it possible to disable it it?
Is it possible to boot (not flash) an unsigned image and pass kernel options using fastboot, while the bootloader is locked? By kernel options I mean override the boot state to green.
Is it possible to boot a temporary image on locked not-rooted stock device using fastboot?

Thanks for all the helpers!


texts: How can I set an alarm for the first Monday of each month?

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I can set an alarm for every Monday, but how can I set one for only the 1st Monday each month?

I can have calendar events set in Google that are for first Monday, is there a way for an alarm to be set on a calendar event?


texts: How can I get as much data as possible off a phone with broken USB?

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I have a BV7000pro running Marshmallow (according to the specs - it's off now for a good reason that will become clear soon).  It stopped charging after a period of very poor battery life, so I bought a replacement battery.  It still doesn't charge, doesn't show a charging LED and, despite having previously enabled developer mode, and checked just now, it doesn't show up when I run adb devices from the terminal.  It does turn on, but I only have about 70% of one charge, which is why I'm keeping the battery disconnected for the time being.
Although it's only my spare handset, I have data I'd like to get off before it's completely dead.  I can put in an SD card, and it's on WiFi.  I think it's mainly app data, though there are some photos (most were on an SD card but the stock  camera app sometimes switched to internal storage).
Google's backup appears to only be any use to restore to the same phone, so that's not much use, though it's present in my GDrive. (If I can download this an extract stuff from it I'd be interested to hear, but that's not the focus of the question).  Edit: I was apparently wrong and it could restore to a newer phone - but I don't have one I can overwrite; my newer phone is my main phone
BTW I'm also considering buying a replacement USB board on AliExpress, but I'm not sure if it's just a case of throwing good money after bad given that it's a battered old backup phone. It's no longer waterproof after falling off my bike too many times, which also led to me replacing the screen myself. At least it's easy to work on.
So, with no USB connection and one charge in the battery, how can I extract as much data as possible from my handset?  It's not rooted,and I already have one or two file manager apps on there (at least the free version of file commander).


texts: What is the maximum number of apps in the Play Store wishlist?

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What is the maximum number of apps that can be stored in the in the Play Store wishlist?

According to this Android SE QA, it was 100 at the end of 2015.  In addition to now being outdated, the source of that info was Google Support, which is not always accurate with this type of thing.


texts: Tried many ways to root my Telenor Infinity E

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I have been trying to root my phone for two weeks using various exploits but till now all in vain. The devices isn't international so its not famous and I couldn't find any recovery, custom root or rooting method for it on the internat, although I found stock ROM which saved my phone several times when I soft bricked it.

My Device:

Model: Telenor Infinity E
Build: TELENOR_INFINITY-E_L100
AOS: version 6 Marshmallow
RAM: 1 GB
Chipset: MediaTek MT6735M
Kernel: 3.18.19 Aug 22, 2016
Android Security Patch level: July 5, 2016
Stock recovery: Having no menu

Bootloader: Unlocked

Methods Tried:

Tried famous desktop applications: OneClickRoot, KingRoot, KingoRoot, RootGenius, iRoot etc. (All failed)
Tried flashing TWRP of similar device using SP Flash tool. (Result: Boot Loop)
Tried porting TWRP recovery using stock recovery and Android Kitchen. (Result: Auto reverted back or Soft Bricked)
Tried injecting su, supersu in system.img using android kitchen and flashed. (Result: Soft Bricked)
Tried Many Repack tools like simg2img/make_ext4 binaries, similar tools/guides to repack system.img. (Result: Soft Bricked)
Modified ro.secure=0 and ro.adb.secure=0 in default.prop and re-flashed boot.img (success, but no root)
Used dirtycow exploit scripts got root shell but still no permissions to modify /system.
Patched adbd in boot.img using adb insecure app's assets and got 'adb root' access. (still can't modify /system or remount in rw)
Found SELinux's getenforce=1 and neither could disable it by command setenfore=0 or echo 0 > /sys/fs/selinux/enforce nor found any method except making a custom build of kernel (which is not feasible for me).

Can someone help me to Root this device or tell me if there is anything else I can try?


texts: Unable to flash a recovery using Clockworkmod

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I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod 11 onto an unlocked HTC One, but when I went to boot into recovery mode, all I got was a red error triangle. The docs don't mention it anywhere, but other reports of this error suggest that I first need to flash a custom recovery image.

So from there I discovered Clockworkmod and installed their ROM Manager app. It detected my phone version, but when I select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery", it successfully downloads something, but then reports "an error occurred while flashing your recovery".

How do I fix this?


texts: Why flash games are so slow on my RCA tablet

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I have what is probably a very basic question about tablets. I am using an RCA 11 Maven Pro.

I'd like to understand why online flash games are so slow on this device. For example, games like Monster's Den and Amorphous on Kongregate are extremely choppy and impossible to play, yet flash animations run smoothly for gifs and videos and it has enough processing power to play 3D mobile games I've downloaded.

I've tried a litany of Google querries within and external to stack exchange without any relevant answers to this. Thank you.


texts: Android Chrome - shortcut icons shown on Chrome home page

texts: there are up to 8 shortcuts on the android chrome homepage. How do I specify which web pages I want them to link to?


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I've used android manager to make my phone ring and Locked it by setting a password wish I never had. But unfortunately when I found the phone I was not able to deactivate the password because all option are dammed and the only one showing is password.
I need to change it again to none.

any ideas ?


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I'm runing ICS 4.1.1 on a Nexus. I'd like to set up a web proxy at home so I can filter pages before reading them on my Nexus when connecting over 3G (not Wi-Fi).

I looked around the settings of the two browsers that come with ICS 4.1.1...

... but I couldn't find anything related to proxies. Does it mean that those browsers don't support proxying? Is there a work-around?


texts: Change critical settings with ADB without root

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I am new to Android "internals". I am looking for a way to change some settings on my device, just by using ADB, with debug mode enabled, without having root on my phone (warranty issues taken seriously).

The settings I am trying to change are:

Turn ON/OFF the unknown sources.
Add specified app to device administrators and remove it at any time.
Allow / disallow notifications for specific apps.
Optimize / do not optimize battery usage for specific apps.
Give / take screen capture permissions for specific apps.
Enable / disable google scan feature.

Unfortunately I am not a Java programmer, but, if there isn't a way to do the things above with adb but there is a chance to automate these tasks by using an app, I will try to do it. I just need some directions here. Thanks.


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I'm looking for an alarm clock which is able to turn off Airplane mode if I stop the alarm on wake up. (I turn on flight mode when I sleep.)

Do you know any alarm clock with this function?


texts: Lost my phone without GPS & data plan on

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I have checked other questions on the site and I think my question is not completely duplicate

I have lost my OnePlus 2; it is in different country (Indonesia) and I have no way to contact any authority over there. Fortunately, I had local SIM in that which is ringing once a while.

As, my phone contains some very personal images, so, I opted to erase content via Google Android Device Manager. Now, my questions are:

Is it possible to unlock phone with any software? As android manager says that data will be wiped out as soon as my phone will be connected to internet. But, I am worried if it possible for anyone to unlock my phone. (I had 3*3 pattern lock).
What else precaution I can take care to avoid any personal data loss? I am mostly worried about pictures.


texts: How to reflash Alcatel 5054N Android ROM without android OS on the phone

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Hello Android Enthusiest forum members,

I have a big problem with a recent ebay purchase of an Alcatel 5054N smartphone that recently became unbootable ; previously I had installed a recovery app by TWRP,and this app had subsequently wiped my android system partition of the Android 5.1.1!!
  My basic question now is how may I "unbrick"(the phone was able to boot to the Alcatel splash shield,but cannot do it anymore... :/ ) this phone without having to take it to a local PC/Cell Phone doctor...
  I have heard of the USB Download Mode Fix recovery dongles(Samsung specific)being sold on ebay,but is there one available (or will work) for an Alcatel 5054N??

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,positive replies which make my day!!


texts: Microsoft user authentication on OneNote app?

texts: Everything on my Galaxy Note4 is up to date and working fine. No dice in attempting to troubleshoot so far with a few of the usual suspects - update OS and app software, clear app data & cache.


texts: Get rid of Google Now Cards nag from Google Search

texts: It seems that Google recently updated Google Search on Android to set up "Now Cards".  I have no intention of enabling this.  I've disabled it in the Google Search settings, but it continues to nag me to set it up.  How do I disable it and get rid of this nag?


texts: How can I do usb tethering with Mac Os X (using gingerbread Acer Liquid Metal & snow leopard)?

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I would like to use my Android phone to let my hackintosh (10.6 snow leopad) surf the internet.
The standard way of selecting usb tethering on android and plugging the usb cable tested on windows and ubuntu doesn't work...
Thanks.


texts: Android OS (ICS) consumes more data in background in Funbook

texts: I bought Micromax Funbook P3000 (All Winner A10-based clone) one month back and I have a 3G USB Dongle (Tata Photon+), I have a 10 GB plan, in that 5GB was used by Android OS itself. How to stop this as I find no option to "Stop background data"?


texts: How can I reset a ViewSonic Viewpad 7 - "recovery mode" isn't working

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A friend is getting rid of all his old geek stuff before emigrating, and he's given me a second-hand ViewSonic Viewpad 7 (Model VS13761). Problem is, it's locked and he can't remember the unlock pattern, so I want to reset the device to "factory mode" and start over.

I can get as far as the "enter Recovery mode" screen by powering it down, then holding down Volume Up + Volume Down whilst pressing Power - but it never gets any further, just sits there with a screen saying "enter Recovery mode" and a picture of some birds.

I've seen forum references to something called SUTL2 but Google hasn't turned up any more useful details. Any ideas?


texts: Recovery mode device drivers not working in HTC Desire 616

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I have an HTC desire 616, bootloader locked, S-ON.
I am able to enter on recovery-mode but the device is not listed in ADB, though I have all latest drivers from Google, Windows and HTC.
I am able to enter in sideload mode, drivers are working and I have 3 choices and 3 installed but the signature check prevents me to install any sort of updates.

I think is still on the software and relies on drivers but I don't know what I can do further
Is it possible to flash a unlock_code.bin of zeros?

Kindly waiting your help


texts: Can I change the phrase "OK Google Now" to something else?

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I want to say a different name or phrase when I wake up my Moto X android.

Is there any way, or hack that I can use to change the name?

Ideally I don't want to "root" the phone because I don't know what that does and think that opens me up to security issues.


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Is there any working rooting method for HP Pro Slate 12 tablet (Android 5.1.1)?

I tried Kingo Root (both Windows and Android versions), Kingroot, Ding Dong root and none of them worked.

update 31-10-2015:

Still no solution. I'm still looking for an easy method of rooting this device. The suggested solutions were rather too complicated or contained fake links to virus apks. I need a step-by-step tutorial especially for ROOTING (not for something else, such as modifying booting or removing system files). A simple working rooting apk would be the best.


texts: Which driver is in charge of headset buttons on my tablet?

texts:
I have recently bought a Lenovo Tab3 710F tablet (product page) and I'm trying to control the music playback externally with a small electronic circuit.

The idea is to reproduce the same behavior as the buttons that one can find on a external headset which plugs into the mini-jack port.

There is a page in the Android documentation which specifies this interface: 3.5 mm Headset: Accessory Specification. In brief, each button should be connected in series with a resistor of a given value with allows the android device to detect which button was pressed and trigger the corresponding action.

The problem is that my tablet doesn't really respond according to that specification (ex button B triggers next song, instead of vol+). Also, the wiring on this tablet seems inverted between GND and MIC. I have tried opening the tablet to find the audio or headset detection IC model, but to no luck as everything is sealed.

Thus, I was thinking that maybe I could get some info from "software": how can I know which driver is handling button actions?

The idea would then to look at the source code (available on Lenovo website), to find the various capabilities coded in the driver, and maybe even an IC reference that would help me locate the IC datasheet for further information.


texts: How do Samsung apps get updated on Samsung devices?

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Many of the Samsung apps, such as the Camera are not available on the Google Play Store.

What mechanism is used to update these apps?

Is it "Samsung Push", "Galaxy Apps", or something else entirely?

(Samsung's "Galaxy Apps" is unbelievably permissions-intensive and also requires the user agree to a long "Terms and Conditions" agreement before using it.)


texts: Android music player keeps switching on party shuffle when brought to front

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Since last week, every time I bring the standard Android music player to the front, it switches to party shuffle mode and skips away from the current tune, continuing to change tune every few 10s of seconds until I switch to normal shuffle or no shuffle.

It also drops the play history, so I cannot easily get back to the piece of music it interrupted this way.

Afterwards, if I do something else, for instance use the browser, when I switch back to the player, it switches party shuffle on again and starts skipping around as before.

I have tried clearing settings for the music player and restarting it after forcing it to stop, but it has no effect. I have heard that various bluetooth and network enabled stereo devices can do this sort of thing, but both are switched off. If I take it to a different place and additionally turn off the radio transmitter under *#*#INFO#*#*, it still does it, so I am inclined to believe it is not another device interfering.

As far as I am aware, it is a sudden change and I haven't updated the OS for a while or installed any apps - I have only a couple (Android version is 2.3.6 on a Nexus One).

If anybody has an idea about how to stop this sudden forcing of party shuffle upon me, I would be greatful.


texts: Why are there a ton of Logcat processes slowing down phone?

texts:
I noticed a major slowdown on 2.2.2 Android, and it looks as though it's caused by too many logcat processes. With adb shell, I ran ps | wc -l and there were about 400 processes, after running killall logcat I ran the ps count again and there were around 200.

Even something as simple as ls would take like 10 seconds before, and after cleaning up all those Logcats it was instantaneous.

Is this a known bug in Android?


texts: How do you change the screen background on Nexus S?

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Just bought a Samsung Nexus S. No manual came with it. Apparently the moving default screensaver eats up heaps of battery life and I am not getting much battery life out of this new phone and I am constantly recharging.

How do you change it to a non-moving image?


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Question

How to force Google Voice Recognition working in offline mode even if an internet connection is available?

Background

I know Google Voice Recognition has an offline mode1, using "speech recognition packs" one can download.2 I'm also aware that this offline-mode is limited, compared to what it can do via Internet. Still, being a little paranoid on Google's data collection I rather avoid using its online facilities – and so I currently don't use Google Voice Search at all.

I'd like to give it a try, though – but always switching to airplane mode for that is not practical. My devices are all rooted, and have the XPosed Framework installed. I know about the GoogleOfflineVoice module – but that hasn't been updated since 9/2014 and is reported to be non-operational with the current Google Search app (plus it's unclear if the dev will pick up the work; I've just asked about that, answer was "Honestly no idea" (dev lacking time)).

Other benefits

It's reported that Google Voice Search is much faster in offline mode. So if one doesn't need the "extended capabilities" of its online mode, faster reaction will certainly be welcome – which makes this question interesting not only for "privacy fetishists", "conspiracy theorists" and "paranoid users" :)

Question (refined):

So I'm looking for alternatives: simple settings preferred, adb commands definitely accepted, root-solutions are fine. If it requires an app, that app itself should require none or only minimal permissions itself. I'm also open to speech-recognition suggestions not involving Google Voice Search as long as they work offline and don't invade privacy3.

Note:

I'm mainly interested in giving voice commands and maybe doing some dictation.

Related information

How to enable offline Speech To Text in Android
How to use speech-to-text offline?

1: see: How to use speech-to-text offline?
2: see Google Voice Search requiring internet access even when offline speech recognition pack is installed
3: Internet permission just to download voice-packs is OK, as I can block it as soon as the download is completed. Manual download (placing the files on the SD card) preferred :)


texts: Send a notification (or just vibrate) to phone via ADB/shell

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I would like to be able to send some kind of notification to my android using a remote shell script (SimpleSSHD running as root, so basically the same as an adb shell).

On an iOS device I can use the commands cvibrate to make the device vibrate and sbalert to display a notification via SSH. I would like to do the same, but on android.

It would be great if it could be an actual notification like any other app would invoke, but a way to just vibrate it would suffice aswell if both isn't possible on android.

This seems like a very simple task, but I've not been able to find a solution...


texts: How clean master measure device temperature

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Clean master app latest version added the feature device cooler when CPU is overheating.

I want to know that how this app measure the temperature of device if there is no hardware support (sensor) is present in device? They are giving real time device temperature...

I want to know that how they measure this real time temperature of the device?


texts: Deleted all SMS! - unrooted Android 8.0.0 - Recovery Options?

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I was deleting 2 SMS messages, I did long press on the 1st until the blue tick appeared then selected the 2nd SMS. I then quickly went to the top 3 dots to select 'Delete' and the next thing I saw is blue ticks by every SMS and 'Deleting' message on the screen.
The screen refreshed and it was blank - all SMS messages deleted :-(
What are my options to recover them?
I have looked at apps like Fonedog & Dr Fone but after they connect they state root is required.
My phone details;
Model: Mi 5
Android version: 8.0.0 OPR1.170623.032
Android Security patch level: 2018-10-01
MIUI version: MIUI Global 10.2 Stable 10.2.2.0(0AAMIXM)
In Developer options:
OEM unlocking is greyed out but it says "Bootloader is already unlocked" underneath (see screenshot below)
Mi Unlock status says "Unlocked"

Phone has been left turned off.
If the bootloader is already unlocked - could I try to root the device (with low risk of data loss) then try Fonedog & Dr Fone recovery again?
When I first got the phone I tried Kingo-root and similar apps but they failed to root the device. I didn't take it any further at the time.
OR is there a way I can dump the internal memory flash (NAND?) to pc and use data recovery to find & restore my SMS?
Your help and suggestions greatly appreciated - I had some sentimental messages I would definitely like to recover. I have removed the SIM, turned off Wifi, turned on aircraft mode and phone is turned off unused.
Thank You.
Mark


texts: I've noticed that there's a seemingly Thai character (ฯ) on page 2 of my Android special characters keyboard. I couldn't find any reference to the character's usage outside of Thai orthography, but I assume it must have some broader usage if it's important enough to merit its own key. Could someone illuminate its typographic significance for me?


texts: I am getting ads that pop up in front of my activities

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I get some ads that keep popping up. I got fed up of it and clicked the opt-out button next to it. That opened a tab on Chrome, and thats this:

Can anyone help me disable these ads? I don't know why these ads came in the first place.


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I recently had to factory reset my phone, a Samsung GT-S5302 with Android 2.3.6. Now I'm trying to reinstall apps from Google Play store, but one of them says "your device is not compatible with this version" on the play store page.
This is nonsense, as it was working until yesterday, and it had been installed correctly and using the official way from play store months ago, on the same phone with the same Android version. Play store, seen from my PC, even still sees that app as installed, but at the same time says it's incompatible.

I contacted the user service of the app and they told me the app is compatible with android 2.3.3 onwards, therefore it's a Play problem. I also already tried to perform the steps suggested in the troubleshooting (resetting play's updates, download manager's cache and all that), with no results.


texts: I have an Azpen A1040 10" tablet and I have tried multiple root methods, nothing seems to work for this kitkat device.  I see some android enthusiasts successfully rooted this device.  Please let me know what method you used?  Thanks!


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my phone gone locked after hard factory reset, waited for 3 days but still can't login. I've found a solution on internet that works, i need to use adb and use following commands on my phone:

  adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/secure --bind
  name:s:user_setup_complete --bind value:s:1

  adb shell am start -n com.google.android.gsf.login/

  adb shell am start -n com.google.android.gsf.login.LoginActivity

what are these commands doing(especially first one)? Safe to use or makes a backdoor on my phone?


texts: How to capture screenshot of entire webpage in Android browser?

texts: How to capture screenshot of entire webpage in Android browser like I can take in my Desktop with Help of Firefox Addon called "Fireshot"?


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I have several apps that use sign in with google for authentication. Problem is, the sign in screen loops back to select an account after presenting the alllow %app to access these parts of your google account. I hit allow, and it sends me back to account selection instead of signing in.

It's not just one app it's every non-Google app doing it.

Device is a Pixel 3 XL on Android 10.

How do I get it to let me sign in with google in 3rd party apps using google play services? Ones that open a browser to authenticate with google are working fine


texts: How to check if my phone components are what they should be (is Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 equal to ARMv7 Processor rev 3)?

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I've bought LG Optimus L9 P760 - it came to me from China, without the foil and with unpacked charger. There was also no guarantee included (and I was assured there will be 24-moths written one). That's why I decided to check carefully everything else too.

It should have those parameters, according to specification:

Chipset              TI OMAP 4430
CPU                  Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU                  PowerVR SGX540

But when I've installed the Android System Info application and exterminated the CPU:

Proccessor:          ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
processor            0
BogoMIPS             1592.38
processor            1
BogoMIPS             1592.38
CPU implementer      0x41
CPU architecture     7
CPU variant          0x1
CPU part             0xc09
CPU revision         3
Hardware             LGE P760 board
Revision             0007
Serial               000000000000000
Frequency range:     300.0 -> 1008.0MHz
Current Frequency:   800HMz

Is that the right CPU? Because I see ARMv7 Processor rev 3 instead of TI OMAP 4430 - but maybe those are 2 different things or some alias? Or maybe I've been ripped off by the seller? Is that possible?

System Info Droid also listed ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l) and I cannot find Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9* anywhere (however, I see that it's dual processor).

Also, under Memory:

Download Cache Max:     194MB
data Max:               2.33GB
External storage Max:   2.33GB
Total RAM:              767MB
Threshold RAM:          64.00MB

I see 767MB RAM, where there should be 1GB RAM. Is there something wrong, or some amount of RAM is not listed somehow?


texts: Connecting Android to Ford Sync via Bluetooth?

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I am trying to get Bluetooth audio to work with my Ford Touch. It's has worked but I can't figure out the conditions where it does.  It will pair just fine but when I try to play audio it will display a message saying it has disconnected.

I have tried doing some changes to the audio.conf as recommended on a couple of forums. But I don't see a change in behavior.

My phone is a Nexus One running CyanogenMod.


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I have an LG P760. Until yesterday, I had an U8800Pro that was listed along with my P760 phone under my account. The U8800 is now the phone of my wife and is listed under her account correctly.
But, my phone is not listed. I have disabled the U8800 from my phones list but the LG is not shown again.
I have installed at least 2 applications via Play app in the LG but still Google Play store says that I have no phone connected with my account!
I also tried to Sync my phone with Google from Setting-->Apps-->Sync

Any ideas?


texts: I have a Samsung S4 mini, stock Jellybean ROM. I have several browsers installed, one of which is Firefox configured for browsing through a proxy. When I tap on an NFC tag, Android opens up Firefox - I want it to open up a different browser. How?


texts: After rooting through Odin My Samsung galaxy j7 Max is Crashing

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After rooting my phone is crashing continuously it is on 8.1.0 and rooted through Odin 3.07
I open any application it gets crashed a samsung logo pops onto the screen making the background black and phone comes back to the home screen. Please help as i cannot loose this phone.


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I've been getting pop-up saying 'chromes', 'staticstatus' and one more, I have tried installing all the anti-virus but it still isn't removed completely from the device. Every half an hour it is popping up. It is reoccurring and the anti-virus give the notification saying that it is a Malware.

I do not know what to do. It seems like I got the virus or the Malware attack when I installed some new apps. Especially I doubt on the app voot and there could be a possibility that even the other App might have carried the Malware into my device.

(click screenshots for larger variants)


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Is there any way to get an LG G2 (running the latest version of stock software, Lollipop 5.0.2) in fastboot mode?  None of the methods listed anywhere online work for me.  I'm getting the feeling that it's not an option on this device, but I've heard no definitive confirmation of that.

Here's what I've tried and has not helped:

Turning the device off, holding down power and volume down buttons, releasing them when the LG logo displays, and holding them down again to power up.  This brings the phone into Factory data reset mode, in which the only option is to Erase all user data & restore default settings.
Turning the device off, holding the volume up, and plugging a connected USB cable into the phone.  This brings the phone into Download Mode.
adb reboot fastboot.  This reboots the phone normally.
adb reboot bootloader.  This also reboots the phone normally.

(If you're wondering why I need to get into Fastboot: How to Clear Caches in LG G2 Running Lollipop 5.0.2.)

To be clear, I mean that fastboot devices lists nothing when I do any of the above methods.  But adb is working.


texts: troubleshooting email forwards not being sent, but no error message

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I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this problem. My co-coworker has an ICS Android and is using the stock email app for our exchange server. When he forwards an email that has an attachment, it keeps getting stripped out. I'll give you some of the steps I've already gone through.

I can send attachments of various types through my phone, granted I'm on JB.
 --should rule out server/global issues
I tried sending different types of attachments, small and large from his phone.
 --not a file-type issue or file-size issue
I verified that the attachment showed on the email draft.

Now that I think about it, I didn't look at his sent. I'll check that tomorrow.

What am I missing here? I'm hoping this is a simple setting issue. Would it help if I tried to get a log? I'm not quite sure how to get the log for the email app.


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What does 'Always On Display' button does in Android on Samsung Galaxy S7?

Please don't say it makes display be always on, because it doesn't.


texts: How to increase call log archive to longer than 30 days?

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Is it possible to increase the time length covered by call history records? I think it's currently fixed to 1 month, older entries will be deleted by the log rotator. Is this hard-coded?

I know there are some utilities exist to backup / archive call logs, however archiving takes the functionality away from the dialer history. So I take archiving methods under another topic, for an even longer or a permanent call history.

Info: Using Samsung Galaxy S, not rooted, I can root if needed.


texts: "Significant Motion sensor" same as accelerometer?

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I am trying to understand better the "Significant Motion" sensor:

I know that I have accelerometer. Does it mean that the device also supports "Significant Motion sensor"?
According to https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html#significant_motion it is the same, but I'm not sure.

Is there a utility/apk to check its validity ?

Thank you,
Ran


texts: How to set special ringtone for all foreign numbers?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Separate ringtone for calls from numbers not in the contact list?

How to make all numbers except of "+375..." play different ringtone (or set ringtone just for this pattern of numbers)?

Also I want to set other special ringtone for unknown (not in phonebook) numbers. I don't want to specify ringtone for every record in phonebook.


texts: How is the 'Dial last number' feature of a bluetooth headset implemented?

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Does Android receive a media key pressed event - like there are for Volume media keys?
Or is it a special Bluetooth command? Or something undocumented?
What protocol does it use if it's not obvious from the answer and is it Android-specific (compared to GNU/Linux)?
(I don't know what exactly to search for, and there is no Bluetooth stack exchange.)
Eventually I'd like to disable the 'Call last number' function, so these are related: 1 2
But I'd like to know the exact 'event' or 'intent' that is sent to the phone/host.


texts: GPS and direction in Google Maps not working correct with S5

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I have a Galaxy S5 and I am using Google Maps or Komoot to navigate with my bycicle. I am in the mode, so the map directs to where I am facing to. Walking works fine and cycling very slow too. But cycling above 15 km/h the map shakes around and its not working correct anymore.

Does anyone knows howto fix this or what is the problem ?


texts: Can WhatsApp be used without granting contacts permission?

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I'm trying to install WhatsApp, but I'm obviously uncomfortable about serving up my entire address book for Facebook to trawl through.
I've found plenty of posts from a few years back saying it is possible, but I'm wondering if something has changed.
On opening the app and going to the 'chats' screen, I'm greeted with a screen saying "To help you message friends and family on WhatsApp, allow WhatsApp access to your contacts" along with a link to open my settings.
If I push the green 'chat' button in the bottom right, I get a popup with the same message. If I hit the 'not now' option, it closes the popup and puts me back on the original screen.
There doesn't seem to be a way forward here. Does this app just strong-arm you into uploading your contacts list in order to use it? Or is it potentially a more phone-specific issue?


texts: How to distinguish is the Google Pixel phone from Verizon?

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As titled, is there anyway to find out?
I do not see any Verizon app in there, maybe because it has resetted once?


texts: Why is the screen rotation slow and freezing the screen?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy note 10.1, and the screen rotation before was noticeably quicker. It just recently started to take another second or two to rotate. On top of that, everything on screen will freeze until the animation is complete. I am not rubbing that many applications when this happens. It will happen even if I reboot. I am using only a forth of the ram and storage and power saving mode is off. What could cause this, and is it fixable?


texts: Dumping/saving the list of Running apps in Kitkat 4.4.4

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Mobile phone : Galaxy S4 (T-mobile SGH-M919) running Android 4.4.4,
               2GB RAM out of which 520MB is reported as free (as of NOW),
               16 GB memory out of which 805 MB is reported as free - memory condition may have been different before 1 week as reported below.

I have searched the net and could not find a solution. My problem started couple of months ago on my 4 yr old galaxy S4.  It started random reboots with a message that will be something similar to "SIM card can not be detected. RESTART" and this was starting to occur almost everyday. Searching the net for this, i found various answers and clues as to why this could be happening. I removed the SD card that i had started using about 4 months ago, and the random reboots still continued. I was about to buy another phone, but thought i would try one last trick by closing unwanted apps (since heat generated by too many processes was indicated as a possible culprit, in one of the threads i saw earlier).

So, one week ago, i went into "Settings ->Application Manager" and hit the "STOP" on few apps that i randomly chose.  In 4 years, this is the first time i have attempted this, since i am not familiar with Android, and my phone was working fine for my purposes (of simple call & text). To my surprise, the phone has not rebooted in 1 week now. One of the reasons quoted in a forum about "SIM card not detected problem" was that the phone was overheating.  Coincidentally, the weather turned really cold in my area for past 1 week.  Now, i am not sure if the reason for the good behavior of my phone is weather or the stopping of some apps. I do not give much credit to the weather theory.  So, currently, i want to narrow down the culprit that is causing the random reboots. I have taken a screenshot of  the apps that show up in  "Settings->App Manager-> Turned OFF applications tab".

I have also taken screen shot of all "currently running apps & cached processes" right now.  I can compare these photos to the set of apps that would show up after i do an intentional reboot of this mobile (during which phone will go back to the condition as it existed more than a week ago).  I expect the "SIM card not detected->Restart"  message to show up again randomly,  once i reboot this mobile.

Question is ---- Is there a way to dump/save the list of apps/processes that are cached/running currently into a text file ? I am not Android savvy and want a simple user friendly solution.  Finally, if anyone here has a clue about why my phone has started random reboots in past 2 months, i would like to hear your theories.  (BTW, i think i was on android version 4.4.2 and once i did a manual upgrade of software, by going into settings.  So, i am pretty sure i upgraded to 4.4.4 sometime within the past 2 months.  Not sure if the upgrade could be causing problems because i changed quite a few things in my phone in past 2 months, during an international travel. This included new version of OS, installation of few apps that were useful in my travel,  installation of a new SD card slot  which was previously empty).  Thanks much for reading my entire story :-)


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Will this "SIM Free" Android phone for sale near Osaka (Japan) work in Europe and North America?

Hello,

So my phone recently went temporarily out of order and then I saw this Asus ZenFone 3 for sale in a second hand shop near Osaka (Japan).

It says "Sim Free" I think but do you guys think it would work in Europe and North America as well?

Vesa


texts: What's maximum of bookmark and history in defaut browser in Android

texts: A few days ago I viewed a site that I now want to go back to. However I can't find it in my history. I can't remember the exact day, hence my question about how long this is kept.


texts: Is it possible to view and intercept android's activity launch from a PC

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I know when a particular activity is launched (for a particular app) it may or may not require additional arguments. Also, if an activity is exported then I (or any other app in the device) can launch it manually using adb activity manager like

am start -n yourpackagename/.activityname

If needed, I can add arguments with this command using -e flag as well.

So here is what I expect:

Is there a way which can detect the launch of an android activity and show details such as the package name, name of the activity that is being launched, the arguments which are passed to the activity during launch, etc. I can do this with tools such as Drozer also

We all know about intercepting proxies such as OWASP ZAP or Burp which intercepts http requests and show us the headers and body data. I am looking for such a solution. Can this be done?


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I am sending a post request to a site.

The output site should be saved as PDF (similar to printing the page), so that I can download many online pages as PDF and store.

No authentication.

Example:-
www.website.com/test.php
post params: link=test&test=true


texts: Record Speaker-Out Sound (not microphone)

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there an app for android that will record sound coming from the speakers, like audacity does on the computer?

Is there a way to record sound output in android. Some sort of app or any facility. There are few sound recorders which record Microphone input; but I just want to record the output from phone. For things like a segment of a FM radio broadcast, or a Text-To-Speech etc.. while Im wearing headphones.


texts: I have an HTC Incredible smartphone. Every time the battery dies during normal usage, my applications uninstall. Why does this happen, and how can I prevent it from happening in the future?


texts: What does "messages" mean in the Priority Only settings in Do Not Disturb?

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In the DND (Do Not Disturb) settings in Android 8.1 there is an option to allow "Priority Only" notifications through. You can set what types of things qualify for priority (e.g., someone calling twice in a 15 minute period).

One of the options there is "Messages" which you can set to anyone, contacts only, starred contacts only or none.

However, what "messages" does this apply to? Is it only from hangouts or the builting messaging app? Is it SMS messages?

For example, I'd like WhatsApp messages from certainly people to come through, but I doubt Android knows how to match up the sending of a message from a third-party messaging to my contacts list?


texts: How to put a shortcut to a settings submenu on a home screen

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Use case: I would like to change the input language for voice input without having to click through  "Settings/voice input and output/voice recognition settings/Language"  And I have a couple of similar ones resulting in the same question:Is there a way to place a shortcut to a particular submenu of the settings on a home screen?Another (even better) option would be to tie a praticular setting to a custom keyboard shortcut.

Am I expecting too much?
Thank you


texts: What are the differences between a system app and user app?

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As I've played around with different ROMs and used Titanium Backup, I see that apps are categorized into system and user apps.  Several ROM developers state that Titanium Backup should only be used for user apps and not for system apps, and when I proceed to uninstall system apps, TiBu warns me that the ROM may not work correctly.

Other than the fact that user apps are downloadable via the Market or some other means, what are the key differences between the two?

What is it about the system apps that make them more integral to the OS itself?


texts: How to prevent caching of music in Gingerbread?

texts: I'm using android 2.3.6. It automatically caches all the music that I add. This kind of annoys me because every time I delete a song the name of the song still appears in the music list. Therefore every time I make any changes I have to clear data from the Media App. I've been doing this for a long time and now I've had enough of it. Can someone tell me how to prevent auto caching of media files?


texts: on a termux app terminal access where should I put my own runnit service to start on phone reboot?

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I wrote a simple service like this one: http://smarden.org/runit/runscripts.html#apache2
$ cat start_node_exporter
#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/sh
termux-wake-lock
. $PREFIX/etc/profile
/data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin/node_exporter --collector.wifi --collector.tcpstat --collector.runit --collector.processes --collector.mountstats

I would like it to run on phone reboot


texts: Is it possible to update from Android 4.2 to 4.4 without disturbing the bootloader?

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I have, for example, downloaded an update from android 4.1 to 4.2. All it consisted of was 10 new system apps, 5 libraries, 3 fonts, and a new bootanimation.
What I would like to know is if an update from 4.2 to 4.4 could be done as simply, like by changing out some system apps and/or libraries?


texts: How to get Kit Kat style status bar on Lollipop?

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On my Nexus 5 I have Cyanogenmod 12 installed which is based on Lollipop. I don't like many of Android L features (OK, I know I can downgrade but not now) and I want to get back some of KK features back. Specially I want to have Kit Kat status bar and its tiled drop down menu. Is it possible?

P.S. I tried customizations but with android L I have to always touch and swipe multiple times to have the menu collapsed or expanded. I know if one swipes outside the dropdown area the menu will swipe directly up or down but it is still far from Kit Kat menu for me.


texts: Issue with the Apps that are installed on SD Card after reinserting the SD Card

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I am using an Xperia X10 mini pro (Android 2.1-update1). I rooted the phone and partitioned the 8GB SD Card into two parts.
1. ext3 2. FAT32.

I installed Link2SD to move the apps to SD Card. This has been very useful as this application has an option to move the installed/updated apps to SD Card automatically.

But recently it happened to remove my SD Card from phone and inserted another 2GB SD Card for some other purpose. I started the phone and the apps that are showing on phone aren't working as I installed them on my SD card. So I put my 8 GB Micro SD card back to phone. Now the problem arose. I was not able to access the apps installed on SD Card. I had to reinstall all the apps that are there in my phone.

Is it how it behaves ? Don't I remove my SD card from phone ?

I did a little amount of Experimenting on this and found that its happening only on inserting another SD Card. My mobile is searching for the apps on the newly inserted SD Card. As there are no apps found it might be deleting the links on phone memory. This is my guess only.

Still the question stays "How to overcome this kind of scenario ?"


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I learned about Titanium Backup but I don't have a rooted device yet.

I'd still like to backup all my installed apps and their settings - will the default Google backup:

What does this backup exactly?

Sorry if this has been answered before but I really couldn't find it on quick search. So maybe it won't hurt to have my post here.

I see that my best option is adb (Full Backup of non-rooted devices) though... but I still don't know what the default Google backup does then... and why it's not enough...


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Due to a configuration error I made combined with an OTA update (Android 4.1.2), I had to re-unlock my bootloader to regain root on my GSM Galaxy Nexus. This process wipes the entire phone, including /sdcard. When I restored from backup, I discovered that only some of my files had been included in my most recent backup and subsequently restored.
I have a slightly-older complete backup consisting of the individual files copied onto my computer. However, I can't restore them.
I first tried adb push (note that I'm using Linux and do not have access to a Windows box at this time):
$ adb push . /system/sdcard0
push: ./.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal -> /system/sdcard0/.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal
failed to copy './.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal' to '/system/sdcard0/.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal': No such file or directory

If I delete the file mentioned, I get the same error for the next file. Note that this is a nonsensical error, as the only possible way for the file to even be attempted is for it to exist. It's annoying when error messages are themselves incorrect.
Next, I fired up DropBear SSH on my phone, started up the server and connected via SSH. So far, so good. But when I tried to use scp to copy the files across...
$ scp -r sdcard0/ root@192.168.2.11:/storage/sdcard0
Welcome to DropBear SSH Server!
root@192.168.2.11's password:
sh: scp: No such file or directory
lost connection

Grr.
I tried to use a GUI method and use a file manager to copy the files. If I use the USB computer connection settings, I have two options: MTP or PTP. When I use MTP my file manager (Nautilus) can't even list a directory on my phone. The backend just times out. When I use PTP, I can only see camera-related folders. I can copy individual files, but when I try to copy everything, I get an error stating that there's not enough space and that 5 GB more is required. Obviously there's enough space, because what came off the "sdcard" must be able to fit back on.
What gives? Why is it so difficult to move files from my computer to my phone?
Update
After reading some related questions, I was reminded of FTP. I installed an FTP server on my phone and the files are curently being transferred. Of coures, I never thought of FTP earlier since it's obsolete technology and I haven't had a use for it until now for years.
So, my question changes to this: Why did the other methods, which are superior to FTP, fail?


texts: my phone may have virus but my antivirus scans clean that phon is protected

texts: A pop up window appeared on my phone ,about some wifi booster simuntaneously an other window got on and told that my phone was infected by an virus ,but my antivirus was active and then i scaned my phone but it was clean . Please explain did my phone really have a virus in it?


texts: Can I install sudo/su with the signed apk exploit?

texts:
The BlueBox Security Scanner says that my Nexus 4 is still vulnerable to two signature exploits.

As far as I understood the exploit can circumvent the apk-signature-check so that any apk posing as an update for a system-apk will be installed as system app.

Is there a known way to install sudo/su with this exploit?

I would like to do so before my Nexus gets patched...

Update 2013-07-22:

What I am looking for is a step by step guide along these lines:

get sudo-apk
choose one unused system-app
remove updates for this system-app
download latest update for this system-app
integrate sudo-apk with system-app-update-apk
install
have joy


texts:
My Friend is going to sell his Nexus S because it does not natively support Arabic.
I have found several websites that claim to have a solution to this issue.
http://ardoid.com/ Seems to be the easiest solution to implement.

Has anyone tried this or any other solution?
Do the characters run together like how Arabic is written and not the single characters?
Will the menues change to Arabic?
Can he store contact names in Arabic?
What arabic does it use?
Will the push updates work?
Will the spell checker work?


texts: Stock email app does not include certain attachments when forwarding email

texts:
I am trying to forward an email with a powerpoint file attachment to a colleague in the company using the stock email app.

When I click forward , the paper clip shows up as though the attachment is being attached , however the recipient does not get the attachment.

I tried this with attached powerpoints that arrived from another company site over an encrypted email connection and it always fails to attach.

Other powerpoint files that I get from my gmail account always are included when I forward the emails.

So there is something unusual about these attachments that the stock Android email app cannot handle.

The kicker is that the same exact email can be forwarded with the attachment just fine using the iOS email app. I tried with my iOS phone which I also use from time to time.
So it seems to be a OS specific issue .


texts: Smart TV not finding apps (from Ireland to UK)

texts:
I have a Sony Bravia 4K (2017) and I have moved from Ireland to the UK. While my Play Store is correctly set to UK, I cannot see/install basic apps like the BBC iPlayer. If I check the Play Store on the web, it tells me that the apps are not compatible.

I checked tutorials and they say to try "network -> refresh Internet content", but I couldn't find the button under network.

Any tips?


texts: Firm Gmail, i.e. Google Apps -email, with K9 -email program?

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I am struggling with this kind of Google Apps -site, example from Google.com -site here.

I use two email-clients in Android: default Gmail -client (because it is tied to my Gmail) and K9. I am able to set up all Gmails to K9 but one email i.e. the firm email from the site https://www.google.com/a/firm.com (excluding ofc the Android-tied-gmail -account, more here). It means that I am using K9 and default Gmail-Android -program but I would like to have all emails under K9. Is it possible and how can do it here in the case of the Gmails targeted to firms? I think such gmails are called something like Google App or something like that, not sure.

The firm Gmail is not accepted like this in K9:

  Username: forname.surname

  Password: correct

  IMAP server: mail.myFirm.com

  Security type: SSL (always)

  Port: 993

  Use compression on network: Mobile Wi-Fi Other

If I change the IMAP -server to mail.gmail.com, it gets accepted but it won't work correctly -- redirection problem. But now I am stucked why it does not accept the above settings?!

Perhaps useful to other like-minded

  All emails under K9 -app?
  Email-client with Sent emails from many emails under IMAP?
  Setting up IMAP over device-swarm that has a Debian Desktop -client, more here.


texts: Popup at boot, warning about unspecified "problem"

texts: A few days ago my device (oneplus one with cyanogen) started showing this popup at boot, is there a way to diagnose this unspecified "problem"?


texts: How can I tell if my International Galaxy S3 is suffering from Sudden Death Syndrome? If it is, how can I fix it?

texts:
I have a 16GB International Samsung Galaxy S3 (XEF) running the latest firmware, 4.1.2 (yes, the Premium Suite update, I was thinking that this would've fixed it but it seems not) with baseband XXELKB.

Over the last week and a half, I've noticed my phone randomly freezing and/or restarting itself. I investigated further. At first, I thought it was to do with apps on the device, so I started recklessly uninstalling apps, to the point where I factory reset the device. No dice. Even with not a single non-stock app installed, it still managed to randomly freeze after a few hours of use.

I went googling and discovered that my device is likely suffering from Sudden Death Syndrome, and I'm willing to think maybe I have that. Went through XDA forums, and found eMMC Check. According to that app, I have the affected 'insane' chip.

There's a few quirks that I have, however:

Is this consistent with the Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) that people are reporting?
Wasn't this bug supposedly fixed with the Premium Suite update?
How do I go about fixing this, for someone who has never rooted/flashed a Android device before?
How do I go back to stock firmware/kernel after it has been fixed by Samsung?

Any help, even if it doesn't solve my issue, will be much appreciated. Cheers in advance.


texts: Commute to work on Google Maps tracking is innacurate

texts: My wife tracks me through Google Maps. I have no problem with that. However it keeps showing I stopped at certain locations when I never did. it shows several different routes I took to my job, I don't understand how to read this. I've done everything on all the forums to improve my accuracy. Also, both of our emails are on each others phones. Could the app be tracking two different phones at once? I was wondering if that could be an issue.


texts: Web based Google Talk chat notifications sent to my device

texts: When I chat in Google+ through my desktop, my two android devices get the conversations as well. Anyway to stop that from happening? I don't want to necessarily log out of the Apps since I can walk away and I want to still receive messages, but if a conversation is occurring via website, can I have the Apps ignore it?


texts: Can't install country-restricted app even if I'm physically in this country

texts:
I am trying to install this banking app from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.ing.ingmobile

This app is allowed to be installed only by users in Poland. My Google account was created in Brazil, but I am in Poland since almost 7 months, so I should be allowed to install this app.

On Google Play, it says: This app is incompatible with all of your devices., further more, on my phone's tooltip, it reads: This item cannot be installed on your device's country..

That is very problematic, as this device was bought in Poland, is using a Polish SIM card and most importantly, it is physically in Poland, so how can it not be compatible?

How can I force-install this app on my device? It is a Sony Xperia Z Ultra, rooted and flashed with CM12.1.


texts: How to recover a deleted file from /data partition?

texts:
I factory reset my rooted Android M phone but now I realize that there was a file in the /data directory which I need.

Is it possible to create an image (.img or something similar) of the /data partition so that I could run some recovery software for ext4 on that image? I have a little knowledge about ADB.


texts: Creating restricted accounts on phone running Lollipop

texts:
Can we create restricted user on phone running Android Lollipop? Seems that restricted users are not supported on mobile but only on tablet (mobile has only simple user no restricted user option).

Reference: http://www.howtogeek.com/205301/how-to-use-android-5-lollipops-restricted-user-profiles-for-basic-parental-controls/


texts: In airplane mode, both SIM(s) and wi-fi are disconnected. Is there a way to just disconnect the SIM(s) and keep wi-fi connected without root privilege?


texts: Can the android keyboard input be forced to display on the screen?

texts:
I have a galaxy n5110 tablet. Previously holding the menu button down brought the keyboard up in scummvm but now it tries to open a search app. I have changed the action to nothing but all that happens is the scummvm input window loses focus when I hold down the menu key.
I am currently on Android 5.1.1


texts: How to view the files from /root/data folder?

texts: I want to see the files from /root/data/data folder. Is there any application/trick which can do this?


texts: Why applications doesn't show up in "open with" list?

texts:
Let's say, if I download image file from mobile browser, opening it leads to the "open with" window where i see all of the installed gallery apps to choose from.
however, there are other apps (i.e. upwork messenger) from where if i download the image file, while opening it, there doesn't show up any image editor/gallery aps, instead quite unrelated apps (i.e. ms word or pdf viewer shows up) so i just can't open images...
what could be the reason for that and how to force apps (i.e. image apps) everywhere to be shown up when opening the image files.


texts: Clockworkmod recovery, unable to backup the /data partition

texts:
My device is a rooted Samsung Galaxy S4 mini (serranoltexx) with CWM 6.0.4.6 recovery.
When I try to take a nandroid backup of my device it gives me the this error:

  error while making backup of /data!

Flashing a ROM works fine, is this a permission issue?


texts: Create shortcut to system apk that doesn't have a shortcut

texts:
So I have a MTK Android Phone, the gps of which sucks. Only App that can get a fix is ygps.apk in engineering mode. I have to keep it running background so other gps apps can get fix. Every time I want to launch this app I need to go to engineering mode, although my phone is rooted and I know where the YGPS.apk is.

Can I create a shortcut for this app so i can launch it with one click?


texts: How to debug "wlan_wake kernel wakelock" on an unrooted device?

texts:
The question is as short as the title. I've a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 & it has started showing issues where the CPU remains in lowest possible frequency (250Mhz) and it doesn't go to deep sleep.

I tried uninstalling all the apps that I installed in last 2 days but I can still see the issues.

Searching on google isn't helping either. Most of the posts that get in search results are the posts where people paste the betterbatterstats output. On the official wiki, https://github.com/asksven/BetterBatteryStats-Knowledge-Base/wiki/wlan_wake , it's mentioned that a sniffer should be used to debug.

I saw that most of the sniffers actually require root. So, how do I debug this wakelock without rooting my phone?


texts: Is it possible to root the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900V) on Android 5.0 Lollipop?

texts:
I had root on 4.2 previously, but the update lost it, and with it my ability to use Sixaxis, AdFree, some features of NFC Tools and Tasker and Xposed modules.

I have searched, but it does not appear on this list:
How do I root my Android device?

I also saw a similar question here, but this is the AT&T version, not Verizon:
How to root the SM-G900F Android 5.0 without tripping KNOX?

Towelroot doesn't work (just tried) and the SM-G900V isn't listed here: https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/

Anyone have any experience with this?


texts:
Suddenly my Android always pops up this ad that always in that position, even sometimes a video ad, when I wake my phone from sleep. Anyone has idea?

When I open the recent used app, it displays the correct recent used app.

I have tried uninstall my but no luck:

  FF Record Keeper
  3rd party theme


texts: my question is it possible to configure Google Latitude on a Android OS phone to update its location more often then every hour? for example, every 30 minutes? or every 15 minutes? I check where my wife is located while I'm at work by opening the latitude website, but it updates her location only every 1 hour. I would be very happy to make it update more often. Thank you for your time.


texts: Apps Not Downloading/Updating After Factory Reset

texts:
I have a problem with my Pixel 3.  I was having an issue with Google Play not updating any of my apps over the past couple days.  After trying several things, including:

Clearing Cache and Data
Force Stopping Google Play
Disabling Google Play Updates

None of those solutions worked.  I decided to do a factory reset on my phone.  However, once the phone restarted, the play store got stuck in "Completing Setup."  It was trying to install an app, but it said "Waiting for Wi-Fi." However, the phone was definitely connected to my Wi-Fi, and I have a strong and stable connection.  I decided to just cancel all the pending downloads and updates, but that didn't seem to help, as I still can't install or update any apps if I try it one by one.  I either get a "Waiting for Wi-Fi" or "Downloading..." message for the app, and nothing else happens.  I have no idea what to do next.  Does anyone know of any possible solutions?  My phone is not rooted, and I would prefer solutions that don't require that if at all possible.


texts: Auto spacing in Firefox search bar does not work

texts:
As the title says, the auto spacing feature does not work in Firefox search bar.
This issue seems to be related only with that bar, because auto spacing works fine
in forms or text fields in web pages and it works in the other apps too.
My Android version: 4.4.2
I hope somebody else has already experienced this problem.


texts: (SOLVED) How (methods) to unlock Bootloader on own Xiaomi Mi5 MIUI8 (Data Recovery context)

texts:
UPDATE: 2018/06/27, bootloader implies wipe and it is a dead end for Data Recovery, mount as USB Mass Storage implies root to change settings, and for Mi5 or MIUI 8 this implies flashing ROM (dead end too as implies Data overwritten) so the only method I found is this (if the device is functional) then with the RAW partition dump recover files is easy

(LEGACY-post, solved)

I have a problem (objective: Data Recovery)

To install TWRP (it seems, I need, explicitly unlocked-bootloader)
To unlock bootloader I researched and saw some methods:

Official method (tedious and If I understand it correctly, implies flashing some Developer-ROM, and "shit") (I want avoid that)
non-Official methods (a group of queries, I don't find too much clear methods) (BTW quality-posts on XDA-Developers have seen better days :'(

The thing is, I don't want to re-flash some ROM (as I want minimize writings for Data Recovery)

How to check if bootloader is effective-locked ?

Question: I need ways to unlock-Bootloader in this Xiaomi Mi5 device with MIUi 8 global stock (methods, more than one or two, and then I will research about it)

(This is not a trivial-question as in this particular-case:

Logic => unlocking-Bootloader <=> install TWRP to backup partitions (do Data Recovery with them, mounted on PC)

I don't know, I don't have (the Knowledge) to do some hack, but I think this has to have proper-solution.

The objective is here:
How to recover Data from Android .. sdCard / .. Downloads on Xiaomi Mi5 MIUI 8

Therefore both questions are related to each other...

Any help will be very appreciated (final objective is Data Recovery, but I want to try software, before "JTAG dump" etc (and implications of that process)


texts: To have Google Calendar Location links point to other Map application?

texts:
Currently, the links point to Google Maps which I cannot use during offline modes, for instance.
I would like to have Here Maps as my default Maps application generally, but primarily I need them for my Calendar links.

I found several threads 2015 for the change which methods do not work anymore in the current Android.

OS: Android 7.1.1 (not supported, verified), now Oreo 8.0

Phone: OnePlus 3T

Other Map application: Here We Go (Here maps, past)


texts: How do I reset my phone without losing everything?

texts: I have an Alcatel Dawn phone and it's lagging and turning on and off. I want to reset it but I will lose my photos and contacts. I don't have an SD card. I don't know which one I should buy or where I can get one for my phone. It didn't come in the box with the phone. How do I reset my phone without losing everything since I don't have on SD card?


texts:
I have  Samsung Galaxy S8, recently the device started making sounds randomly from time to time (it sound like crow or monkey), i don't see any notification and I can't find the app source for it.

it is not the NFC or the notification reminder both are turned off.

is there a log that tell us which app played sound?
any other ideas?


texts:
There is a notification in Chinese showing on my Android Lollipop screen. I'd like to get a translation but have no access to a Chinese speaker at the moment, so I attempted to take a screenshot of it but the notifications list closes the moment I press the power button to access the screenshot command.

How do I get around this so I can take a screenshot of the notifications list?


texts:
My power button has stopped working on my Nexus S, everything else works but this!

How can i get my power button back?


texts:
I finally got Link2sd to work. I have Nexus One with 168 MB of internal storage. After some linking, I ended with 41 MB of free space. Now I'm trying to install Swiftkey, which is 6 MB download. AFAIK, it's around 27 MB unpacked. Play Store says insufficient storage when installing.

What should I do? I need it! :)


texts: Can Google Hangouts send out text message under data?

texts:
I found that on my android, google hangouts seems not able to send out text messages i.e. SMS to a phone number, when it is on data service.

Is it the same for others, or is it just my problem?

Thanks.


texts: Phone can't detect hotspot made by laptop (no, not the other way around)

texts: Trying to ssh to my laptop on my android phone with a network created by my laptop, but my android phone can't even see the wireless network I made. Will be carrying laptop around in a backpack. I don't need Internet access, tried refreshing phone, waiting, refreshing. Kali linux, android phone. I tried manually changing the channel. Is it maybe a frequency or channel issue?


texts: How to backup Samsung 6 edge data with broken USB port

texts:
My USB port on my mobile is dodgy, intermittent charging slowly reducing to no charging! I took it in to shop and they're happy to send it away to be fixed, however I need to back it up, and i've downloaded Kies, but of course the cable from the phone's USB port isn't working properly so I can't seem to get the phone connected to back up my connects and calendar. Any suggestions?
I've got a google account and synced the contacts (although I couldn't see my calendar), but how do I know this has been synced and how do I recover it?
Is there a way to back up through bluetooth?


texts:
I'm currently coding a gps location application, and I have found out, that there is huge difference between hardware and units.

Having tried on the Wildfire S, Galaxy S2, GalaxyTab 10,1, and others, I find that the GPS position update frequency seems to vary from about half a second to half a minute (after getting the initial fix, and having free sight up). The Wildfire S performing worst, and the tablet performing best.

Does there exist a table somewhere that compares the GPS hardware/chipset and CPU, with possible times?

I would be grateful to hear about your experiences.


texts: Recovering from lengthy rom upgrade on HTC Desire S

texts: I started installing Android 4.0.4 on HTC Desire S from the official website. It had an executable that I just launched and clicked through to start installation. It should have taken about ten minutes but now it is over half an hour later. There's no progress bar on the phone. I can only see "Sending.." (with number of dots growing repeatedly) on my laptop (under Windows 7). Is there a way to recover from this situation? Is my phone doomed to be bricked if I just disconnect usb?


texts:
I recently got a new smart tv and a samsung s6. I have an ambitious project I would like to pursue. I want to do some screen mirroring, this works fine but with my wifi being fairly slow any real streaming lags.

I would like to set up a private home network which would connect my phone and tv, this network would be free from any other traffic. I would then require my phone connect to my incoming wifi network.

I want my phone to get media from an outside network and stream it to my tv over my private network. Is this possible? Where can I even start looking?


texts: How do I set Android’s Clock app to vibrate for timers?

texts:
When I set my Android to All Notifications Vibrate mode and set a timer with the Clock app, the only notification I get is an on-screen display of the time counting negative past zero. There is no vibration, so I can’t tell that the timer expired when the phone is in my pocket (especially when using headphones with my computer). I can’t figure out how to ask the Clock app to vibrate the device when a timer expires. How do I enable vibrations for this notification? If this is a bug, how do I report it most effectively?

Normal notifications such as toasts will generate a vibration so that I can tell there is a notification when the phone is in my pocket. The normal alarm function of the Clock app will vibrate the device just fine.

I’m using Clock-4.2.1 (2383161) on Android-5.1.1+OxygenOS-2.1.2 on a OnePlus2.


texts: Stuck at "Installing update..." in recovery mode

texts:
I am not able to flash my Nexus 4 with Cyanogenmod 11 anymore. The installation does not successfully finish, which is probably why it gets stuck in a boot loop after restarting the phone.

During the initial installation by sideloading the Cyanogenmod 11 zip, the process stops at the step Installing update..

It never says update finished. So I just restarted the phone manually afterwards. But it does not boot Cyanogenmod successfully.

The phone either...

...gets stuck at the Cyanogenmod boot splash indefinetely
...gets stuck at the window Android is upgrading.. / Starting apps.

I have formatted the following partitions beforehand to perform a  clean install: /system, /cache, /data, /persist, /firmware


texts: CM11 - chmod and chown on internal sdcard not working

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE phone (GT-i9505) and I put CyanogenMod 11 (M12) on it.
Previously I put CWM_6.0.4.7_Touch_GT-I9505.tar as Kernel to get root.

Now I want to use TitaniumBackup Pro and the feature to protect single backups, but this is not working.
I noticed that a chmod or chown (as root) doesn't change anything:

Example:

su
chmod 075 /storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup/somebackupfile.tar.gz
chown system /storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup/somebackupfile.tar.gz

It is still 660 with root:sdcard_r

If I cannot set these I cannot protect the backup.
What am I doing wrong?

frank

EDIT 2015-01-29: I solved the problem with chmod 777 to /mnt/media_rw which I had to put into init.d as it reset again after reboot.
So I did this in my init.d:
busybox chmod 777 /mnt/media_rw
after this I can find the media_rw folder in Titanium and chose it.
Now it works.


texts: I broke my WiFi Card, Can I use my data antenna to connect to WiFi

texts:
I have an old android phone that I want to use to stream music while I am working around the house. Is it possible to make my data antenna work as a WiFi card? I am currently not rooted.

Here are the specs:

OS:Android (2.3.6, 2.3, 2.2)

Hardware

System chip:Qualcomm MSM7627-2

Processor:Single core, 600 MHz

System memory:512 MB RAM / 512 MB ROM

Storage expansion:microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB

Technology

CDMA:800, 1900 MHz

Data:EV-DO Rev.A

Positioning:GPS

Navigation:Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth:3.0

Wi-Fi:Yes

USB:Yes

Connector:microUSB

*Edit
I should also mention that the damage was caused by water


texts: Pictures and videos not showing in the gallery

texts:
I'm experiencing this issue since a month or so. I was using the camera and I received a message of some memory error, but was able to continue taking pictures. Then I realized that the pictures were not showing up in the gallery.

I connected the device to my PC and the files are actually there. In addition, I am able to continue taking pictures and access the files when using the camera (I touch the recent photos icon and I can see them).

I have tried many things, such as removing the DCIM folder, erasing the .nomedia files, erasing data from the internal memory, and none of them seemed to work. Could anyone help me?

Thanks,

Agustin


texts:
I have a HTC Desire 530, Android 6.0.1, can it be rooted? I want to make sure before I root it with Kingroot.

I've tried looking over the web for indexes of allowed devices, and I haven't seen it, but I'm not too sure about those lists as well.

So I'm just going to ask here, can this phone be safely rooted or not?


texts: Can't move facebook to sd card by lucky patcher

texts:
I have Android Kitkat OS on a mobile which is rooted. After root I had installed Lucky Patcher to move non-movable apps from phone to sd card memory. Some apps moved successfully but couldn't move facebook. It is showing following error while moving facebook-

How to resolve this error and move facebook successfully?


texts: how can i lock my gallery vault on external sd card?

texts: My gallery vault was saved in external memory card. My phone is lost . Can someone access my gallery vault which was in external memory card ?


texts: Problems with Internet via home WiFi, mobile data and other WiFis work fine

texts:
I'm having various problems with two Android phones in my home WiFi: from time to time, the phones

can't connect to the WiFi at all (despite stored credentials) -- happens only rarely
can connect, but get no Internet access via the WiFi (e.g. right now I'm getting DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET, but the another time it might be a different one) -- happens more often (say once every two weeks)
can connect and get Internet access, but with a big lag (DNS lookups and/or establishing connections is very slow, once connected the bandwidth is fine) -- happens always

At the same time, the phones work fine with mobile data and other WiFis. Similarly, the home WiFi works well with our laptops. It seems that there is something problematic in the specific combination of these specific phones and that specific WiFi.

Workarounds that I've tried and that sometimes (but not always) work:

Disconnecting and reconnecting to the WiFi
Disabling and re-enabling the WiFi on the phones
Rebooting the phone
Removing the stored credentials for the WiFi from the phones
Resetting the WiFi access point

One of the phones is an Lenovo C2 (K10a40) running Android 6.0, the other one is a Samsung S4 mini Gt-i9195 also running Android 6.0.

The WiFi access point is a TP-Link TL-WR841N/ND v9 running OpenWrt/LEDE Reboot 17.01.4. The WiFi is using WPA2 PSK encryption and automatic channel selection.

I've checked other similar threads on android.SE, but none of them suggest anything that I haven't already tried.

What are possible reasons and solutions for these problems?


texts: My Galaxy SIII display screens auto wake up (Lights Up) for no reason. I have tried with Factory Reset but does not work. Also Task Manager Pop up window auto displays and after that my power button does not respond. While after next auto screen off (mine is 15 Secs) power button works smoothly. One thing also Home button completely become unresponsive after 1-2 min of phone restart. Can anyone help me.


texts:
Is there a way to turn off wi-fi power saving mode on Android, i.e. have the wi-fi radio stay on at all times?  I'd rather have a stable, low-latency wi-fi connection and slightly less battery life than a flaky wi-fi connection and longer battery life.  In other words I'd like to enable constant active mode for my wi-fi.

EDIT:  To clarify, I'm talking about the millisecond time scale power saving mode that's part of the wi-fi standard.  This is where the radio wakes up on every beacon, not the minute time scale power saving where wi-fi is disabled completely.


texts: LG optimus P-500 firmware update: PC suite for Linux?

texts:
My phone, a LG Optimus P-500 requested to be connected to the PC suite in order to perform a firmware update (the official one).

I don't have the PC suite and have only access to Linux computers. The PC suite (probably this one?) is only available for Windows. Is there a way to perform the update? Can I run the PC suite in wine?

thank you

Update: Apparently wine cannot handle it.


texts: Android ignore the hosts (etc/hosts) when it's in LTE network?

texts:
I use hosts to block some sites, which works in WIFI connections,

but when I am in LTE mobile network, these sites seems accessible, I thought somehow android ignore the hosts.

I am in Lineages OS 14.1 (android nougat)

anyone knows how to fix this?


texts: Picture converted to very low quality while sending MMS

texts:
I've HTC Desire 2.3.3 . Recently I took one photo from stock camera app and clicked Menu -> Share -> MMS.

My picture was automatically converted to 7KB sized file. No doubt the picture lost all its quality.

I was wondering from where I can control this setting, so that I myself can define what size/quality should the MMS picture be. The only thing I found in MMS setting was maximum size of the message.


texts:
Some photos do not show up in the gallery app. I can find those particular shots trough the camera app for some reason, and using a file-browser I can find them too. But they will not show up in the gallery.

I found this topic about thumbnail problems. I did what the answer suggested, although it was not exactly the same problem. Sadly it didn't help.

Another topic talks about latency. I don't think "use a quicker phone" is a solution (desire-z is quick enough), and we're talking about a different problem: I have pictures from yesterday not shown, but from today are in there, so the scanner has been running.

Why don't all my photos show in the gallery?

edit: the images do not seem any different. They are all saved in

/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/100MEDIA

called

IMAG0402  //visible
IMAG0403  //invis
IMAG0404  //invis
IMAG0405  //invis
IMAG0406  //visible

(I checked this trough ASTRO browser)


texts: How to restore my Z8 android dual SIM card phone

texts: My Z8 informed me that a lot of files were not responding and kept me in a continual loop! Please understand that I am not that tech savvy so I am here asking for help in the simplest terms possible. I once followed y our instructions to use  n power button and volume button and got to c prompt and removed a pin code. I was hoping that you can reinstruct me on how and maybe the phone can be restarted or you can tell me how to reinstall drivers, IOS, UK etc to make it work please. Thank you.


texts: Google Voice Upgrade: Get a new number from Google or use my mobile number?

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Google voice added an upgrade recently, in which they allow to choose whether you want to use your own mobile number or get a new Google number.

Will I be able to activate my android with either one of the options? Is there a good reason why to prefer one over another?


texts: Turn off Snapchat camera sound in Android

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The problem is that whenever I take a picture with the front camera on Snapchat on my Xiaomi Mi Max 2, it makes a horribly load fake camera shutter sound. I have tried putting the phone on mute/do not disturb and having the ringer volume, alarm volume and media volume on off and it still makes the sound. I have gone into the camera app settings and turned off the camera sounds, which works for my default camera app (I can take pictures on it with no sound) but it still makes the sound on Snapchat. Does anyone know how to disable this uncouth sound?
I'd be surprised if Snapchat made its own camera shutter sound which isn't mutable, surely it just uses the device's settings and sounds right?


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How can I sort applications by cache size?

I can sort applications by data size in Settings → Apps storage, but it doesn't take into account the cache size, which can sometimes be significant.

I use Android 6.0 with an LG 4.


texts: Item that looks like the keyboard's Backspace key in the notification panel?

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I would like to know what the icon that looks like a backspace keyboard key in the upper-left hand side of the notification panel means (what application does it correspond to?).

In the screenshot given below the icon is found in the very left-most position in the notification icons area.

Thanks.


texts: Nexus 7 2013 - stuck at android is starting optimizing apps. trying adb to get the data

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I have a 2013 model Nexus 7.
It is running 6.0.1, unmodified with locked bootloader. USB debugging is on.
Battery drained to 0. Charged then the device is stuck on boot loop .. android is optimizing app X of x.
I don't wanna lose the data so I've avoided hard reset.

I've wiped cache more than once.

I tried ADB Commands .. and while on the android is starting I can list the device and I can list the directoies ..

Tried adb pull /
and it return this message.

c:\Adb>adb pull /

daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
daemon started successfully adb: warning: stat failed for path /proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/self/task/1208/root/proc/222/task/1208/fd/15:
Protocol not available

Tried shell to see if I can list folders and
Adb shell ls /sdcard/sdcard
it returns the same message.

c:\Adb>adb shell ls /mnt

asec

expand

media_rw

obb

runtime

sdcard *******************

secure

user

c:\Adb>adb shell ls /mnt/sdcard/
/mnt/sdcard/: No such file or directory

Is there any way that I can retrieve the data before hard resetting .. through adb or custom recovery .. or whatever.


texts: How can you verify titanium backup is encrypting backups?

texts: In Titanium Backup Pro it has the option to encrypt backups. How can this be verified that it's working? It normally outputs a gz file with an apk inside. When I try to open the apk with a text editor it doesn't have any human readable text, so does that mean it's encrypted??


texts: How do I use a pattern to unlock the phone screen?

texts: Is there a way to set up my lock screen so that I can draw a pattern to unlock the phone? That way, only I can unlock it again. At the moment, my phone automatically locks the screen, but you just slide to unlock it. Because of that, any one can unlock my phone, which is not ideal.