texts: Galaxy Nexus restarts non-stop before completely booting

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I'm aware of the suddenly restarts of the Galaxy Nexus, but in my case it restarts before managing to boot completely and it does that in a non-stop loop. It happened while my phone was on a stand by mode and now I can't do much, so it is basically useless.

Is there anything I can do about it. Is it possible to reset it somehow? I tried to remove the battery, charge it and all that kind of stuff that I could do, but no luck so far.

I bought it through Amazon.com and the model is Samsung I9250 Galaxy Nexus 16GB (Unlocked), but I'm in Europe so warranty is something that would take sometime I guess.

Update: I also tried to follow these instructions but my computer cannot find the device. I'm stack in the ODIN MODE, Do Not Turn Off Target if I do the trick with the volume down button, otherwise it just restarts without completing the initial colorful effect. Any ideas?


texts: Change title of phone when connected to Windows PC

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I inherited my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone from the employee who preceded me in my current position.

When I connect the phone to my Windows 7 laptop, it displays in Devices and Printers with a name matching that of the former employee.

There are none of his accounts left on the phone.

The phone is running Android 4.3.

How do I change the name of the phone I see in Devices and Printers?

UPDATE: I think this name is a Windows setting.  I think I was seeing an old title, from when the phone had accounts belonging to the other employee.

There was another device under Devices & Printers called Galaxy S4.

I right-clicked on the device with the old employee's name, clicked uninstall.

When I disconnect and reconnect my phone I no longer see a device with the old employee's name, but I do see "Galaxy S4".


texts: Protocol fault (no status) or Device not found error when sideloading

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I'm using the Moto G 1st gen, mfastboot and Cyanogenmod. I've turned off MTP, enabled usb debugging and have set the android device to use the motorola adb interface in device manager.

If i kill the adb.exe in task manager, i eliminate the protocol error but get "not found" instead.

I'm currently installing the android sdk in order to apply this. Please say if you know a better way.


texts: Rooting Sony M4: fastboot flash recovery fails

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I used flashtools to unlock my bootloader and all seemed to go well. However when I try and do fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (from the dir that contains "recovery.img" on my laptop) I get

writing recovery
FAILED <remote: Command not allowed>

I've tried relocking and unlocking the bootloader with flashtools to no avail.

Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to monitor Wi-Fi usage in a similar method to how 3g watchdog monitors 3G usage?    I have android 2.2 on my phone.  I doesn't need to do everything 3G watchdog does, all I need to see is how much data I am using.


texts: How do i check my Wireless earbuds Battery?

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Okay, So I don't really know What's the appropriate section of StackExchange to post this question, But I'd like recommendations on that.

So i'm using new wireless earbuds that I bought earlier this week, And when i pair them to another phone (A Samsung Galaxy S10+ in this case) It seems to show battery information under the Bluetooth device's name. e.g(Battery : 100%)

Although, when i use the earbuds with my tablet (An extremely laggy and weak Lenovo tablet) It seems to show nothing under the Device's name... What can i do to make it show the Battery information? where can i get battery information about my Xiaomi earbuds?


texts: Force "Battery Saver" mode in Android Lollipop Cyanogenmod

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Forcing "Battery Saver" mode seems to be possible via Settings -> Battery -> Battery Saver -> On using some Lollipop phones, but on my CyanogenMod 13.0-20150316 there is no such option:

Is this possible?


texts: Ext4 partition clockworkmod recovery backup

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Successfully installed CM7 on ZTE Blade and simple2ext (S2E) made me excited.
I've partitioned my SD in CWM recovery and I guess it was Ext3 partition.
But one thing was mistake. I have checked in S2E checkbox says mount sd-ext partition as Ext4 and everything was okay until I wanted to make backup from recovery.
All part passed succesfully but /sd-ext and I've googled this thread says:

  "clockworkmod doesn't support ext4 on the blade. ext3 works."

Unticking that checkbox makes all unworkable.

What can I do now to make ext-partition to ext3 back and backup it succesfully by recovery?

At this moment I want to make wipe or hard or factory reset to check something with clean android installation and then go back to my phone's current state.
Maybe it's no need to make partition from ext4 to be ext3?

ROM: CyanogenMod-7.2.0-RC1-blade-KANG (2.3.7 by BurgerZ)
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-perf+


texts: If an Android device is stole and wiped, does it stay connected to your Google+ Account/Dashboard?

texts: I am asking out of curiosity. I think my phone may be stolen but I can't find it. I am wondering if a thief erased/wiped the phone would it "remove" itself as a listing on my Google+ account?


texts: Allow WhatsApp calls in Silent / Do Not Disturb mode - Android 10

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Has anyone come across a way to allow WhatsApp calls to ring & vibrate when a phone is set in Silent / DND mode on Android 10 (Device = Pixel 3A)?

The starred contacts route seems to work for regular phone calls & SMSes only and does not seem to include WhatsApp calls in the exceptions list.

If anyone has come across a solution to this & is willing to share it, would be appreciated.

Regards,

Harsh


texts: Is flashing a ROM made for a very similar model to mine possible?

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Is it possible that flashing a custom ROM made for another android model could work for me? I'm just wondering this because I have one of those rare models that only a few providers sold, but is very hardware similar to some of the more popular and better supported models. So if I flashed a ROM built for a very similar model to mine would it brick the device?

I'm quite the beginner so if you want to check it out here's my model: SGH-I87D (Samsung Galaxy Ace Q with gingerbread 2.3). I really don't mind taking some chances because it's just my old phone and it was a pretty crappy one at that. So if anyone could give me some tips that would be awesome; oh right and "long live the n00bs".

PS: I've already rooted it so that's not a problem.


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When I set new wallpaper, it lasts only until the next sleep. On waking, the default ADW sequence of wallpapers resumes.  I can re-select the wallpaper and it will again persist again until the device sleeps.

I've tried:

Locking the desktop - doesn't lock the wallpaper.
Upgrading to v 1.3.3.56 - same behavior
Restarting ADW after setting the wallpaper - the wallpaper persists, but still only until a sleep.

How can I make it stick?

ADW.launcher EX 1.3.3.1
Kindle Fire 6.3.1, not rooted
Android 2.3


texts: On some of my PDF drawings the Engineers review stamp block is covering a portion of the drawing.  I am using Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 -7.0 with ice cream to view this drawing.  I did not have any issues viewing the same drawing with the same "Engineers approval" stamp on my Windows 7 desktop. Can someone tell me if there is a solution or if this is an issue with Adobe Reader 10.2.1?


texts: Android 4.4.2, Google Play Store error: No connection, but pages loads fine in browser

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The Android version is 4.4.2. When I open Google Play Store, it says "Error, no connection"But when I open browser I can load pages like Google.com.

I tried clearing cache, logging with other Google account, but it isn't working.

Any ideas to resolve the issue?

EDIT: I downloaded Anututu and it says that there is root access..


texts: Open DJVU files on Android (set default app)

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I have an android phone. I have two apps on the phone, both are able to open djvu files (FBReader & EBookDroid). But when I'm trying to open a djvu file in "my file", the android system says that it is unable to find an application toopen the file.
How I could set a default application to open djvu files?


texts: How can we see deamon proceses in Android?

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How can we see all the daemon processes with their statuses on our android device?

Reason for asking is that recently I came to know that adb (Android Debug Bridge) is a daemon process running on our Android device. Whenever we install the Android SDK adb server is installed which interacts between the client (IDE or the shell) and the daemon process running on Android (correct me if I have mistaken). So specifically, I want to view this daemon process's status and find more details about it like what port it is listening to.

My device is running Android 4.0.4 (ICS). Device is rooted of course. I have installed terminal emulator and busybox.

Any suggestion/help is appreciated.


texts: What can you do when you can't chmod /system/bin/chmod?

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I have changed the permissions of the file \system\bin\chmod from 777(-rwxrwxrwx) to 644 (-rw-r--r--), how can I turn back to 777?

I don't know is this may be relevant, but I'm using a samsung J5 running android 9.

Thank you in advance.


texts: Is Hebrew support built into Android?  If so, is it in all versions?


texts: Will an Android phone still use data when cellular data is switched off?

texts: I refer to the option under Settings / Data Usage. If that is turned off is there a possibility for the system to still use mobile data?


texts: How to disable the auto gain control in android phone?

texts: Audio recording quality in Redme note 4 (sdk) is very low. Voice get clear for the first second and then lower down its volume automatically. How to cop up this issue.


texts: What does vga=844 means and what other values are there?

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I installed Android-x86 on VirtualBox and find the resolution to be too big, because it causes lags on the virtual device. I wanted to try a smaller resolution and came to the menu.lst file with the vga=844 kernel option.

I tried to look around for a list of valid values, but can't find much information.

So, what other VGA values are there?


texts: Why does my Samsung galaxy blaze randomly shut off and won't reboot until it is plugged into the wall?

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My galaxy blaze phone randomly shuts off (even though I have plenty of battery life left) while using it and then tries to reboot itself but never fully starts up. Therefore, it constantly keeps shutting off and on until I charge it.  While it is turning off and on I take out the battery for several minutes but nothing seems to work.  Once it plugs into the wall it starts to work again but lately this is happening more and more often, up to 5 times a day.

Would a new battery or update fix this or is it something malfunctioning within the the phone itself?


texts: How to find the correct app for my fitness watch?

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So recently I found a fitness watch in my student dorm while I was cleaning my room. The watch is working perfectly fine, the problem is that I don't know how to find out it's brand or model in order to search for the correct app. When I restart it, it doesn't show a logo, and in the about section are some thing I don't really get.
I would appreciate if someone knew a method to discover the correct app for it.
Thanks!


texts: RAM Expander Roehsoft not working on my tablet, how can i fix this?

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Hello stackexchange community!
I need some help with expanding RAM of an old android tablet of mine, more specifically, an Genesis GT-7204, using an SD card.
I rooted the tablet already and granted the app RAM Expander from Roehsoft root permissions, but when i try to use the app i get the following message: "This path is not available for swap!"
Image below:
The path i used was mnt/local:


texts: I'm going crazy trying to sort WhatsApp notifications on Lollipop - help, please?

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I've got a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, and it's on Lollipop 5.0.2. What I want to do is this:

Vibrate when I get a WhatsApp message, when it's set to vibrate.
The pop-up bar that comes up at the top when I'm on the phone when I receive a message NOT to appear.
When the screen is turned off, for the notification NOT to appear and turn the screen on.

I can't seem to get a combination of the 3. I managed to stop the pop-up bar and stop the screen turned off notifications, but it wouldn't vibrate. Now I've managed to get it to vibrate and the screen turned off notifications don't come up, but the pop-up bar at the top appears when I'm using the phone and receive a message.

I've attempted all the usual ways and can't seem to get it how I want it, so I'm hoping that someone else has stumbled upon a solution for a similar problem, as the settings you'd expect to change to make it work, don't seem to work. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.


texts: How do I set up OpenVPN on CyanogenMod 7?

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I want to route all my network traffic through my home's ISP connection when I'm out in Internet cafes so I can't be eavesdropped/firesheeped.

I have an HTC G2 with CyanogenMod 7, which has OpenVPN client support built-in:

At home, I have a router with TomatoVPN on it, which includes an OpenVPN server:

Now, how do I get the phone client to connect to the router server?  I can Google and find a set of seemingly relevant instructions, but they aren't very helpful:

  You need to pack your cert and keys and put it in SD card

Where do I get those?

  Copy client.p12 to sdcard root directory

Where do I get that?

  add your certificates, and set the interface type and the protocol accordingly.

How, specifically?  Which settings should be what?  Using settings that don't protect me is worse than no protection at all due to the false sense of security.

I'm looking for step-by-step instructions for a "roadwarrior" setup that routes all traffic through the VPN.

Where do I get keys?  Do I need to use additional username/password authentication? What DNS search domains? What settings should I use in CM7's OpenVPN Advanced menu?  "Redirect gateway" needs to be set to route all traffic, for instance, right?  Which settings for Basic and Advanced in TomatoVPN?  "Direct clients to redirect Internet traffic"? "Respond to DNS"?

Update:

I've given it yet another try on my own, and was again unsuccessful.  I don't think there's any way to generate keys on either the router or the phone, so I tried to generate them in Ubuntu.  I tried to follow these directions to generate keys, but they aren't correct.  (The folder is /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/easy-rsa/2.0 instead of /usr/share/doc/openvpn-2.0/easy-rsa, for instance, and there's a vars, but no init-config script.)  I found these directions, which are more helpful, and generated a number of files:

01.pem
02.pem
ca.crt
ca.key
dh1024.pem
htc_g2.crt
htc_g2.csr
htc_g2.key
server.crt
server.csr
server.key
ta.key

The files I copied to the router are

ca.crt
server.crt
server.key
dh1024.pem

first stripping everything before -----BEGIN, according to these instructions.  The router server starts now and says

  Name  Value
  Max bcast/mcast queue length  0

under Status.  So I guess the server is working?

Then I copied these files to the phone:

ca.crt
htc_g2.crt
htc_g2.key
server.crt
ta.key

Different directions disagree on which files to copy.  Then I went to Settings → Location & security → Install from SD card, and was able to install the CA certificate, added a password, etc.  Trying to add the htc_g2 or server certificates did not work, saying "no certificate to install".  I edited the files and removed everything before -----BEGIN, and then they installed.  In "Add OpenVPN VPN", I selected the "ca" certificate for "Set CA certificate", and the htc_g2 certificate for "Set user certificate".  When I try to connect, it says "Unable to connect to network".  Same if I try the server certificate for the user certificate.


texts: How do I turn off auto-complete when texting?

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Does anyone know how to turn off the auto-complete feature when texting?

Sometimes I just want to text and not have my device try and tell me what I'm thinking. Other times this is OK, but I just want to turn off the autocomplete sometimes.

I looked in the phone settings (not very hard I guess...) and I didn't really see anything to allow this.

Anyone know how this is done?

EDIT:

I am using a Droid X.


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I'd like to know which name servers are asked for a name, when I try to connect to a local device by name. Is it possible? I have a local DNS, which mostly works fine, but sometimes not.
For example, I can ping web.home.myname (myname=an own TLD, not a real one), or I can access this site from Android browsers if I'm connected to my Wifi. But can't when I'm connected to LAN via my own VPN, although the OpenVpn server pushes DNS settings to clients.
I'd like to see what's happens when I'm using VPN, but every DNS tools are using Google's DNS, instead of local server. Even if I'm connected to my Wifi (when I can access lan devices by name).

I'm trying to explain by real examples.
I have an Asus router with stock firmware, which acts as router, Wifi AP, DHCP server, DNS forwarder, firewall, OpenVpn server and PPPOE client.
I have a server with many docker containers, including a container which runs dnsmasq. It is my main DNS, this is the only one, which can resolve the local domain names. I've configured DHCP on the router, to send the container's IP to clients as DNS server.
When my mobile connects to the AP, all apps run on this device, can access local devices by name. Because of it, I think, Android is able to use my own DNS server instead of Google's.
But... when I connect to the OpenVPN server (from the Internet), which runs on the router, I can access LAN devices by IP address, but not by name (with 3rd party firmware it works fine).
The VPN server has been configured to push the DNS settings to the clients but it doesn't work.
That's why I'd like to see, how are the names resolved, which DNS servers are asked when an app tries to access devices by name. The tried tools connect directly to 8.8.8.8, but the browsers and programs in termux app aren't, because they can access lan devices by name if the mobile is connected to the Wifi.
Ps: the mobile isn't rooted


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How are the System Apps viewed in 4.2.2?
There is not a More, or Show System Apps that I can see,

I'm answering questions for a Samsung support person (Print spooler Version?) about Samsung Print Service Plugin problems.(it works on a 4.2.2 Tab & 6.0.1 Tab, not on a Galaxy S5).  Only Downloaded, SD Card, Running, and All apps are listed under 4.2.2 apps.

Any help appreciated.


texts: How do I set the year on Galaxy Tab beyond 2036?

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I want to set the year on my Galaxy Tab beyond the Year 2036 but it doesn't let me.

Is there a workaround, which would allow me to do that?

Seems odd, there there would be a date limit, but I guess there is!

Question is, how do I circumvent it?


texts: Facebook links keep opening inside the app

texts: In my facebook app I have checked the option to open links externally, but some links still open internally. Is there a way to stop this? ALL links must open externally. Version 87.0.0.7.78, if that makes any difference.


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I noticed that the last couple of months Google Maps shuts down while I am using it for directions in my car. When I re-open the app I have to set the route from scratch unlike when the app is working and somebody presses the home button.It used to work perfectly in the past.

I have  2 samsung galaxy pocket plus s5301 devices and they have the same problem with this application. Did google make the app too heavy, for this device to handle(with only 512MB RAM), in the last updates?

Thanks in advance


texts: Is there a service/application that will allow a "friend" to retrieve my location from my phone without my involvement?

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I'd like to allow my wife to query my location whenever she's curious. There are no trust issues here, so I don't care about acknowledging/approving her "ping" request, whenever she wants to know she can just request my location details.

Is there an app or service that does this? Most of them (understandably) require that the handset owner allow/permit the request, but I'd like this to happen without my involvement (say I'm busy at the office, driving, or getting groceries).


texts: downloaded books from google play on wrong account on my nexus 7

texts: i just downloaded some books via google play on my nexus 7 but under my daughters account, I don't want my credit card on her account how do i fix this but not loose the books?


texts: How to detect if an apk is from the Play Store or Sideloaded?

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I understand that apps are signed by both Google and the developer.

How do I detect if an apk is from the Play Store or if it is sideloaded.

I'd prefer if the method worked on all major platform only if possible including Android itself.

Even if sideloaded I'd like to know the source of the app. Like is it from Play Store.

I'm thinking of using an app or method that uses signature detection.


texts: Copy contacts from Samsung device to other brand

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I have bought a brand new Gionee E6. First thing I need to do is copy contacts from my Samsung Galaxy phone to Gionee E6. I have backed up my contacts as .spb file using Kies. But when I try to import this contacts to Gmail/to my phone, it says "File format is not supported".

I have tried the following in Kies:

Open .spb file and save it as .cvs/.vcf. The "Save As..." option just does not work
Tried to import the .spb file to Google Contacts, doesn't work either.

What should I do?


texts: Asus Transformer Infinity Pad (TF700KL) how to cold boot (enter Recovery Mode)

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I have a TF700KL bought from Vodafone. I am unable to go into Recovery mode. I've found some links telling me how to do this, such as the one on the XDA-Developers site:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30223822#post30223822

(look for the section titled "Factory Restore after a softbrick/Downgrade from Jelly Bean to ICS/Clean Factory Restore")

Here, as well as on many similar articles, it says to first "Enter recovery mode" by shutting down tablet, holding volume-down and power for 5 seconds, and when some message appears, press volume up.

Thing is, when I start my tablet up by holding volume-down and power I get the following:

if the usb cable is not connected to the computer, I get a message like "No USB Cable connected" under a logo of a usb cable connector and a big question mark sign:

if, at this point, I connect it to the computer via the USB cable, my Windows computer says it's installing some driver (which it succeeds in installing), and then the tablet goes on to display a "ready for download" message under a logo of an android guy wearing a yellow hard-hat (kindda looks like Kyle's brother from Southpark):

After this I can't do anything other than hold power button for a longtime to restart the tablet normally. I have no visible menu, option, etc. Also I've waiting here for like 10 minutes, nothing seems to actually get downloaded or get ready for anything.

In short, I never managed to get to the menus described in the tutorials I've found for this tablet. My hunch now is that I have the LTE version and most people have the non-LTE version and they behave differently on this.

So my question is:

does anyone know how to go into recovery mode on this tablet,

or

what's the deal with the menus I describe here (and show in the pictures)

or

how to go to recovery mode, do a cold boot, do a manual Android upgrade/downgrade from these menus I get?


texts: Android Marshmallow does not detect an SD card formatted as internal when inserting it

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I have an el cheapo burner smartphone I bought due to my previous phone getting stolen, running Android 6.0. I formatted an external SD card for use as internal, and proceeded to spend the entire night downloading about 1 GB worth of apps and migrating them to the SD card. Then I rebooted my phone, and ran into a boot loop. To break it I started my phone without the SD card. It started properly, but now it won't detect my SD card when I insert it. Google didn't turn up any meaningful results for my issue. If I tell Android to forget that card, I'm going to have to spend another 4 hours downloading apps.

Is there any way I can get Android to manually try to mount the SD card again?


texts: "MTP USB Device" driver error (screenshot) when connecting my Galaxy S to my PC in Kies mode -- How can I resolve this problem?

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I always got this error when trying to connect my Galaxy S to my PC in Kies mode. I can connect it as "Mass storage" with no problem. But I need to connect with Kies mode to get 2.2 (froyo), but I always get this error. What is this error and how can I correct it?

I have Windows 7, Galaxy S 2.1, and kies already uploaded to the latest version.
If this is of help, the PC tries to install "MTP USB Device" for a while (around 3-5 minutes) and during this time the phone shows a display that says "Initialising blah blah, press home to exit".

How to fix this?
Or if this is possible, is there another way to upgrade to 2.2?


texts: Would my phone have to be reactivated after factory reset?

texts: I want to know if I  will have to reactivate my phone since it is already currently on through boost mobile. It is a LG tribute for which I paid a full $35 for a prepaid plan on June 27,2015. It is now July 3, 2015.


texts: Why does my hotspot stop after a period of time?

texts: I use the hotspot feature on my HTC One X alot for connecting to the internet with my laptop.  It's worked fine for months, but all of a sudden the last two days, the hotspot just stops for no reason that I can discern.  I have restarted my phone and haven't installed any news apps recently.  Any ideas?


texts:
The other day my Google search app search results started looking like this:

There appears to be a globe next to all results and it's just much less readable. The app is up to date.

When I change my account in tyre Google app to my secondary email account, the issue goes away.

Any idea how to correct this?


texts: Haptic feedback instead of "touch sounds"?

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On my Galaxy S7, under Settings → Sounds and Vibration → System, I have the option to

enable haptic feedback (vibration) for home-button, back-button and recents-button
enable "touch sounds", i.e. a clicking sounds when the touch-screen registers a press on a GUI button (automatically disabled when turning the phone to vibration mode or silent mode). Even on the lowest possible "System" volume, these are still a bit loud for an office environment.

Is it possible, on Android in general or on the Galaxy S7 specifically, to replace the "touch-sounds" by haptic feedback?

Note that the "keyboard" settings at the end of the dialog affect only the preinstalled Samsung keyboard (which I don't use), and not GUI buttons.


texts: How to remove balloon/ripple effect while entering pin on lock screen?

texts: Recently I updated my phone to android lollipop. When I type my pin in lock screen a balloon/ripple effect or a circular thing is observed near the key which I pressed/touched. I don't want that effect in my mobile. Can I remove it without rooting my phone?


texts: Read Whatsapp message from Google Drive backup

texts: I have WhatsApp backup file in my Google Drive account. How can I read WhatsApp messages on my laptop? I have tried it but can't be open on my Google account.


texts: wi-fi fails for a few days then starts working again

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Several times over the past year the wi-fi failed then, after about 5 day, it started working again.

How to diagnose the problem?

resetting the phone's software restores the wi-fi connection
wi-fi icon says it is connected but it is unable to connect to the internet.
Connecting to the router IP address times out. All attempts to connect to the internet via wifi time out, as far as I can tell.
connecting to the wi-fi with other devices works fine
wi-fi routers are visible
Android version 4.2.2

Ideas?


texts: Update Android on non famous manufacture Android Phone

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I have a QMobile A100 with Android 2.2.1 (which is very old). I want to upgrade it to the new version (2.3 Gingerbread). In Settings > About phone it shows that there are no updates to the firmware.

How should I update my device? It is not a popular phone and I cannot find an updated ROM for it.

If it matters, the phone has a 500 MHz CPU, 200 MB RAM with 250 MB ROM.


texts: How can i safely clean up my phone for selling

texts: I am getting rid of my Samsung S 8 and need to reset to factory settingsHowever in the list of personal it tells me i am signed in to  yahoo  amongst others .Are my emails safe if Yahoo and others when i hit reset


texts:
I am an android user and I would like to know what are the available base stations and what is the base station that I'm getting signals from. How can I know that? Is there a way?
Thanks in advance..!


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I have purchased a Motorola Defy some time ago, and imported my address book from my old featurephone using the SIM card.

Under Settings / Account now I have two accounts listed in the Motoblur section (the motoblur account and an email account), and one account listed under Other accounts (the gmail / google account).

Now I would like to sync all contacts to the google account, but it won't: it has synced only the new contacts I added, but the old contacts are in the telephone only. What is the correct way to sync contacts to the gmail account?

I am running official froyo firmware, french version.


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I'm using an Allview Alldro P2 phone with Android 2.3.5. Fresh out of the box it worked like a charm. After a factory reset from Settings I couldn't install any apps from Google (Gmail, Youtube, etc).

Later edit : Gmail failed, Youtube failed, Google Maps worked... odd right?

I'm getting an error like "Problem parsing package" but if I download other apps, they work like a charm.

Any ideas? It's the first time I'm having this issue. Meanwhile I will be exploring this site for any clues.

Thank you.


texts: Only automatically connect to certain Wi-Fi networks

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I have an HTC Desire with Android 2.2.

My problem is that there may be open Wi-Fi networks nearby that require a password once connected, e.g. hotspots at coffee shops. My phone connects to these, thereby blocking the 3G connection.

What I want to do is always use 3G unless I'm in range and connected to a list of certain Wi-Fi networks.


texts: Android 6.0 shows up contacts from all accounts

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My Nexus 5 with Android 6.0 shows up all contacts from all my accounts in dialer (including Exchange). I only want to see contacts from my gmail.

I already went to contact application and selected only gmail, but it does not work. I posted this question somewhere on google forum and they said they will fix it in 6.0, but now I cannot find this forum and the issue posted.

Update: Finally found the forum: google developers. I cannot believe this issue is not resolved yet.


texts: How long before apps bought on play store on one device, are synched and able to be installed on another device?

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If I buy an app from Google Play Store using my Android phone, how long before Play Store will allow me to download the app on my tablet (using the same Google account) without having to re-buy? Said another way: how long before purchase through Google Play Store are synched and available to all devices on the account?

Thanks


texts: What is a "synthetic password" and how is it used by Android?

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On a first-generation Pixel that is running Pie, in locksettings.db there is a field named sp-handle that contains a 64-bit value. sp is an abbreviation for "synthetic password". Under /data/system_de/0/spblob there are three files:

0000000000000000.handle
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.pwd
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.secdis
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.spblob

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the lowercase hexadecimal representation of the aforementioned 64-bit value. (I actually have several sets of pwd/secdis/spblob (some missing the spblob or the secdis file—I cannot remember which) presumably due to my attempts to get TWRP to decrypt my Pixel.) There are also files under /data/misc/keystore/user_0 named 1000_USRSKEY_synthetic_password_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and .1000_chr_USRSKEY_synthetic_password_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

These "synthetic passwords" are mentioned and used in TWRP and SyntheticPasswordManager.java. They are used in decryption, but I can't tell how they are used in it or if they are also used in password authentication. Are they used to decrypt /data/misc/vold/user_keys/ce/0/current/encrypted_key (which I'm told is used in file-based encryption)? What are the purpose of the .pwd, .secdis, and .spblob files? Are the files gatekeeper.*.key used in deriving synthetic passwords?

Update

This paper from Qualcomm goes into greater detail on "synthetic passwords" than the source code, but it doesn't answer the more important questions like:

What is the purpose of and what is inside of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.spblob?
What is the purpose of and what is inside of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.pwd?
What is the purpose of and what is inside of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.pwd?
Is the authentication token used in decrypting the CE key?


texts: Is it possible to get the audio files for the TalkBack "earcons"?

texts: I'm interested to know whether there are audio files tucked away somewhere for the "earcons" - the sounds that TalkBack makes for certain things, like links, page scrolling, etc. Are these available somewhere/somehow?


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I believe i found a bug with the pattern lock.

Where should I submit bug reports for the pattern lock?

Note: this might just be a Sense thing:

Create a pattern lock.
Lock phone.
Wake phone draw pattern. Hold finger on screen and not activate any more points (so that it has your valid pattern)
Let screen go dark.
Release finger.
Rewake phone.
Phone should unlock.


texts: How can I drag and drop files to Nexus 7 from a Windows PC?

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I have a Nexus 7 tablet and Windows 7 computer. I can see the tablet in the device manager as a Nexus 7. It shows up as nexus 7 when I view it on my PC as a drive.

When I drag a photo to the tablet from the pc, the photo file on the nexus 7 shows up there. I cannot view the photo no matter what I do on the tablet, it says 0 photos. I also cannot get any video file to play on the tablet after I drag and drop it.  No sign of it on the tablet, but I can see it in the folder on my pc.

I am using USB. This is so frustrating.


texts: Is it possible to dual-boot my TF201 with Windows RT?

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I'm really liking the look of Windows 8 / Windows RT, and I'd like to try ditching my PC entirely by getting Windows onto my Transformer Prime. I'm aware that there are a few issues around things like not having the windows key, but I can't find much conclusive information around the dual-booting situation. Most of what I've found is a from much earlier this year, and a lot of the information seems to be based on supposition rather than "I've tried this and it did / didn't work".

Is it, or is it not, actually possible to get Windows RT running well on the TF201?

As a follow-up, will Windows recognise the keyboard, or will it be ignored because it's not the Touch Cover?


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When I save an image from a WebPage in android browser, can you please tell me where does that go? Which directory does that file go?
I tried mounting the phone to my computer, but I can't find that file.

Please help.

Thank you.


texts:
I am using App Backup & Restore for creating backup of my apps but with KitKat its using the internal SdCard as Storage.

When I explicitly set the external SdCard path it gives the error that it is unable to create folder,

I have also tried with creating folder under android/data/[packagename]/files/ but it is still not able to do the same.

Is there any solution so that apps can use external storage for writing files.

Note : I don't want to ROOT my Phone.


texts: Does the bootloader need to be unlocked to flash my phone

texts: I am not able to relate between bootloader unlocking and flashing. From what I understand, when I flash my phone with a custom ROM, it writes to the /boot partition and hence the bootloader has to be unlocked. Is my understanding correct, or can I flash a ROM without unlocked bootloader?


texts:
Hi I was wondering if there was a command similar to fastboot's -i in adb. I'm currently trying to find my device in adb, but I could only target the device in fastboot with -i and the vendor id (I got it with lsusb -v) and got nothing in adb. I added:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0x1f3a", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

to /etc/udev/rules.d/android-51.rules to try and get it to come up in adb but nothing came up in the devices list (I saw on a tutorial that it would make the device show up). Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to log off from your Android 4.2 tablet user account?

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One of the nice features introduced in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on tablet devices is the ability to create user accounts just like you do on desktop operating systems.  However, as far as I can see, there doesn't seem to be a log-off option available anywhere that would result in e.g. stopping all processes initiated by a user.

The only standard option in the multi-user environments world I can see is switching between user accounts.  In order to do that, all I need to do on my Google Nexus 7 tablet is lock the screen and then unlock it by hitting the hardware on/off button;  on the screen that shows up you can select what user account you'd like to log in to.

This is quite important as I am worried the processes started by other users might have an impact on the performance of the device.


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I have published an application and it went live after sometime. Now I have enabled automatic updates in the play store settings. I can see my app there and it's showing me update button. But why it is not automatically updated? Also i haven't got any notification about new update available?

Can anyone please tell how automatic updates work? App starts downloading update the time it is available or play store check updates after some interval?


texts: High CPU usage from UEventObserver and inputmethod.latin (Nexus S)

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I have kept my Google Nexus S up to date with the latest Android O/S since I've owned it and its always had performance problems to varying degrees. I'm currently running:

Android version: 4.1.2
Baseband version: I9023XXKI1
Kernel version: 3.0.31-g5894150
Build number: JZO54K
Uptime: 145:35:00

Currently the performance is particularly bad. The UI is generally very sluggish, apps can take a long time to open or switch, occasionally the home screen appears empty after switching away from a "big" app (e.g. Bad Piggies or Chrome) almost as if the shell had crashed and restarted. The performance seems to deteriorate the longer the phone has been without a reboot. There is a bug where the phone think its still charging after being unplugged. I am not sure if this is associated with the performance issue.

I tried various performance monitoring apps but none of them told me anything useful. I finally installed a terminal emulator and ran the trusty top. Here are the results:

These two threads: com.google.android.inputmethod.latin and UEventObserver, appear to consistently be using high CPU. I have seem UEventObserver using as much as 40-50%. Regarding the inputmethod.latin I am assuming this is keyboard related but I am only using the standard Android keyboard so the high CPU usage is inexplicable.

Any theories about what is going on?

How can I fix these two threads that are hogging the CPU?


texts: Copy files and images from samsung s3 even when its almost turned off

texts: First of all my samsung s3 is stuck on the samsung logo splash screen so i'm thinking of doing a factory restore , that's not an issue for me but i want to copy images and videos at least from the inner memory not the sd card to my laptop or pc is there any way to do that ? i seriously do not wanna lose those pictures .


texts: Battery level indicators: Do they consume more battery?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone, the battery level indicator that comes pre-installed in the status bar, shows only a graphical representation of the battery level and does not gives a number (percentage).

So, I have downloaded an app to indicate the battery level, but I am afraid that this would further consume more battery. I think so because, it shows up as "Ongoing" in the status bar:

I have tried many different battery indicators.


texts: Why can't I save new contacts to my phone or SIM?

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I just bought the quite new Moto G4+, which comes with Android Marshmallow (6.1) preloaded, without any layer added by the constructor.

Upon the first use of the phone, I linked my Google account. When I want to add a new contact (via the Contacts app), there is no choice for the place where the new contact will be saved. Normally there are (at least) three choices: save (sync) to the Google account, or to the phone (internal memory), or to the SIM. Whatever I do, the contact will be saved in the Google account only. When I disable the synchronization with the Google account, the contacts are saved to the phone, but I have no option to sync a particular contact. How can I do to enable these three choices upon the creation of a new contact?

Thank you for your help.


texts: What are the causes of an android phone bricking?

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I will try to change a firmware of SAMSUNG Galaxy J600FN with a current firmware of J600FNXXU6BSK2 with a new firmware J600GDXU3ARH5. I am changing the firmware to bypass the FRP because methods like Talk back, Inserting/Removing Sim card and HushSMS won't work.

Questions:

Will this scenario will be suceeding in changing firmware?
What are the common causes of the android phone bricking? (Hard/Soft Brick)


texts: How do I remotely unlock Google Device Manager remote lock when I know the password?

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Is there an option to remotely unlock the online Android Device Manager's lock feature if I have the password?

I have read "How to unlock Google Device Manager remote lock?" but I do not have my phone, it was stolen. Also, I have the Google Device Manager password I used to lock my Samsung Active S5 after it was stolen.

If anyone wants to help me find it I would be very grateful.
I installed the GDM before it was stolen and did not know about all it's features. I locked it because of the data overages. I wish I had not done because it was being tracked by the google maps Location History feature and was tracking every movement until I locked it and shut off the data via my provider. I turned back on the data but the provider said that the phone would have to be manually restarted for the data to start working. So I am hoping that if I unlock it they will start using it again and I can alert the police or get it myself.

I am trying to track the phone before I goto the police. I read the police very rarely recover a phone and this has my life on it and was not backed up properly I just got it and I traded in my old phone. I am a screwed idiot big time...


texts: I can't use the sd card to download apps

texts: I just got a new phone but when I try to download something it says insufficient space but my sd card has plenty. How do I fix this?


texts: Ways of unlocking Nexus 4 cracked touch screen

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If anyone could give me some ideas on where i should start with my cracked Nexus 4? I'm trying to pattern unlock, so I can simply access to back-up my important data. I can see the screen, even answer calls but that's it! I figured their has to be a way around the touch screen interface well actually I'm preying there is.

If you know software, a physical device, internet remote, something anything that will allow me to use my phone for temporarily command please let me know ASAP id greatly appreciate it.


texts: How to disable USB data connectivity on rooted device

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I have a Transformer TF101 and I have Android 4.0. I want to disable the USB data connectivity of it for my purposes. The device is rooted.

How can I do that, and can I change the implementation of the USB driver ?


texts: Why Android phone cannot have second display?

texts: There are many questions about mirroring the screen, but I am interested in why no Android phone cannot have a second display (not interested in casting the screen, nor folded displays), etc through USB-C or maybe later through HDMI to big 777" displays. There should be no technical limitations.


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

texts: I appear to have lost my Streak somewhere in my apartment, and I can't call it since I don't have a SIM card in it.  I've remotely installed Plan B just because, but unfortunately the GPS coordinates are not specific enough to find it inside my apartment :P.  Is there any app I can install remotely that will start making noise so I can find the device?


texts: How to run adb and fastboot commands from Termux?

texts: Is it possible to run adb and fastboot commands using Termux terminal emulator? I am wanting to run commands from one Huawei T3 7 to another using USB/OTG cable. Need to unlock bootloader but have no access to a PC or laptop.


texts: I can't answer phone calls in some situations

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I have a Motorola Citrus running android.

I know this is a lame question, but I am a newbie to android and smart phones.

Sometimes I will get a phone call I can't answer.

The incoming call screen will come up. On the left their will be a green circle with an icon of a phone receiver in it. On the right is a red circle with another icon in it.

Press either will not allow to take the call.

I'm guess a setting is messed up somewhere, but I have no idea so I thought I would ask.

Thanks in advance for any help


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I seems to me, that the Nexus S did not get the face unlock feature with ICS?

Why would this not be supported for the Nexus S? Is it the hardware?

I wonder because the code is open source and I assume any other competitor would not restrict this feature just because it's not perfect yet. I mean: There are still quite a few other things that also do not work perfectly.


texts: Stock Google Music app does not scan subdirectory in Android 4.2.1

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Is it a bug in Jelly Bean 4.2.1 that subdirectories within the Music directory are not scanned for music files?
UPDATE: I just verified that copying using cp or using Nautilus on Ubuntu or Windows Explorer works just fine. They are scanned immediately by the player. But if I use rsync they are not! This is very strange. I also checked file permissions and they are the same in both cases.
I am trying to sync the music collection on my desktop to my Nexus 4. On my desktop my music is organized as follows.
    Artist1/
        Artist1/Art1_Track1.mp3
        Artist1/Art1_Track.mp3
    Artist2/
        Artist2/Art2_Track1.mp3
        Artist2/Art2_Track2.mp3
    ...

When I copy the same directory structure into the Music directory the stock music player does not scan the music in subdirectories. It works fine for files in the base Music directory though.
FYI, I use rsync to sync the music collection to the Music directory. I am using Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean on the LG Nexus 4. The device is mounted using go-mtpfs on a Ubuntu installation.

Update: Some summary from the comments (by Izzy)

the problem only exists when files are transferred using rsync. While rsync is in progress, files get a temporary file name extension like e.g. .test.mp3.xdGHsk -- but they are correctly renamed to .mp3 once the transfer is finished (normal behaviour for rsync)
there are no .nomedia files in the affected directories
Rescan Media is used to force the Media Scanner to update the library after rsync completed its job

Update: More summary from the comments and correction (by Srinath)

USB connection mode is MTP, on the Linux PC the device is mounted using go-mtpfs (MTP file system implementation in Go language)
The files transferred using rsync can be viewed and played using a file browser app like ES File Explorer


texts: I have a bricked xt1527 which throws preflash validation failed error whenever I try to flash any of the files included in the stock firmware. Some guy told me to enter edl mode, and I would prefer not to disassemble the device. Searching trough the internet I found a way to enter edl mode with a modified fastboot exe, but it seems to work only for xiaomi devices. Is there some way to do this in motorola devices? usb debugging and oem unlock are disabled, and the bootloader is locked. Thanks


texts:
My question is plain and simple. Can an app keep onto its root access permissions after the phone is turned off? Is there a way an app with root access can keep this permission and start running with this permission without asking for it again once the device is turned back on?

For all I know, it can not, but it can be set to "grant root access whenever it demands" by superuser app.

The reason I ask this question is: I talked to the support service of the spy apps such as mSpy or FlexiSpy (apps that fetch your every single info but requires root access) which accept their app would not survive a factory reset but insist that their app would keep working properly after a reboot.


texts: Error while trying to stream TIDAL from Android to NVIDIA Shield

texts:
I just downloaded the TIDAL app on my android phone and tried casting it to my NVIDIA Shield. The TIDAL app has a build in functionality to do exactly that. So I open the app, start playing a song and select the cast to shield action. After that I can see the TIDAL logo on my TV screen, but the song stops playing and the app becomes inresponsive.

As you can see the app grays out everything on the screen.

I have absolutely no idea what is happening here, but maybe someone has experienced a similar issue?

Casting the screen works through other apps, so I'm pretty sure it's related to TIDAL.

I've reset my SHIELD and reinstalled the TIDAL app without any success.


texts: Where is the top new free games on play store?

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Does someone knows what going on with the Google Play store? Can't seem to find the top new free game in there anymore so I can't play newest game anymore and only able to see the same old trending games

Where can I see latest added games now?

Edit

Here's what it was supposed to look like


texts: Internet - How to stop Popup windows appearing in a small overlay

texts:
On my HTC Desire phone I use a chess website. One of the links on that website opens a popup window displaying a chess board and other items. On my PC it opens in a new tab of my browser, that is fine.

However, when accessed on my HTC Desire handset instead of opening in a new window accessible from the Menu --> Windows section it opens in a framed overlay on top of the current screen.

I’d prefer it to open in a full-blown Window if possible as I’m losing a little bit of screen real-estate with this overlay. Is there any way to disable this feature?

Rob


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I recently upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy S7 Active to an S8 Active(G892A). In doing so I have encountered an issue with the new OS and WiFi calling. Thus far, I have been unable to establish a WiFi Calling session in the OS (7.0 Nougat) when connected to an Unsecure guest network - which happens to be the only option for data at work as the building is not suitable for cell service. When at home, I am able to establish a connection to the service.

This was not an issue with my previous GS7 Active running Android 6.Som.Ething

Has anyone else experienced this issue or have any insight into fixing it?

I have a sneaking suspicion it might have something to do with security certificate requirements

New Tag for WiFi-Calling? VoIP?


texts: Add rotation toggle to powerbutton menu?

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Is there any way (short of reflashing to a totally new ROM) to add a "toggle auto-rotate" or "toggle portrait/landscape" option to the menu that comes up when you press and hold the power button?

I'm endlessly fighting with auto-rotation. For whatever reason, every Android device I've owned ends up being over-eager to rotate, but stubbornly resistant to rotating BACK, even when my gestures should be making it completely obvious that I didn't want it to rotate. However, every time I disable auto-rotation, I end up finding myself in a position where I have to rotate to landscape for something, and have to kill even more time trying to re-enable it.

For what it's worth, I have both a Galaxy S3 and a Xoom (wi-fi) (S3 running ICS, Xoom running JB).


texts: I have installed Angry birds from the official android market. I tried installing the Angry Birds Seasons free version today, and while installing I got a pop-up message saying "Duplicate provider" and the installation terminated. I am running ICS on Nexus S, if it's relevant.


texts: How to add a text message server to contacts

texts:
I work in a rather large company, and I'm a emergency first responder (basically: provide life-saving first-aid, fight small fires and ensure buildings are properly evacuated when necessary). The company alerts us in multiple ways, one being a text message to my mobile phone.

This text message is sent from a server, so there's no phone number associated with it. Instead, the message details say "From: CM Direct" (which I believe is our particular text service provider).

I would like to add a contact for text messages received this way, in order to give it a custom ringtone (something loud and separate from the rest, to indicate this is an emergency call), but within the messaging app I can find no way to do so. For normal text messages I have a menu with an "Add to Contacts" option, but this menu does not appear when viewing a text message from the server.

I'm using an Samsung Galaxy S5 mini with Android 4.4.2 (stock). Rooting is not an option (not allowed because it's a company phone).

Any ideas on how to get this working properly?


texts: Google Sync - Accidentally synced work contacts

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Recently bought a new Android phone after switching from iOS. Moved my iCloud contacts into Google contacts and then added my personal and work Google account to my Android phone.

My Android phone is now showing 1000's of contacts because my work contacts have synced by mistake (only need the personal contacts on my phone). So I've disabled sync from my work account but all the contacts are still on my phone?

How do I 'reset' my phones contacts (and other sync info such as Calendars) so that it only shows and syncs with my personal google account?


texts: Deleting files on SD card does not free up space on SD card

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I'm facing this issue:

When I delete a big folder, it's not deleted, but moved in "system data" instead, I remove the card, I plug it in my pc and my pc says that the device has to be checked for errors, it runs the check and then creates a folder named found.000, if I delete this, the free space is regained! I've already formatted my SD card, same issue happened!

The strange thing is that this happens only with large/huge files and folders, if I delete some megabytes, not a byte is added in system data! so I think I need to think why could this be happening with large data

I've got a similar 1 gb of data in internal too but this should be the mi cloud backup?
is it stored locally?
how can I delete it?
(I'm root)


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Last night I was using my Verizon G3, fully updated, not rooted, and it shut off and won't come back on.  If I remove the battery it will begin to boot then go to black screen before it gets to the "Verizon" screen.  The battery had about 40% charge left when it went off.

I can get to the system recovery screen.  Plugging it in prevents it from even beginning to boot and if I plug it in when it's on the system recovery screen it stops working then goes to black screen after a few seconds.  I've selected clear cache, factory reset and safe mode, none of which works.  Every time it begins to do something then goes to black.

The phone is almost 2 years old, I know I should upgrade but I'd really like this phone to work a bit longer before I get a new phone.  I've not had any issues with the phone recently other than the occasional slow-down that restarting would remedy.

The only recent app install was one I installed earlier that day from the play store called "Spread Sign" which is a sign language dictionary that was recommended to me and is very highly rated and seems completely legit. I've not heard of it causing issues with other or on my LG tablet and it had been working fine for hours before it shut down.


texts: Draw unlock pattern without having to swipe first

texts:
When an Android 10 phone is locked, it shows notifications and says "Swipe to unlock", then after swiping it hides the notifications, and shows the pattern lock saying "Draw unlock pattern". So the unlocking requires two steps (swiping and then drawing).
Andriod 4 directly shows notifications and the pattern lock below them. The screen is smaller than on the Android 10 phone, but it still all fits on the screen. How can this be achieved on Android 10, without the unnecessary first swiping step?
This is not about Android 3 like here nor Android 6 like here.
This is not about changing the timer for the swipe like here, but about removing the swipe completely.


texts: recent apps button setting on htc one gone?

texts:
I got a new
HTC One S / Android 4.03 / Sense 4.0!
via warranty and wanted to set it up.

I wanted to change the setting for recent apps button in
settings > display
but it's not there anymore.

Why? Always had it. Can i somehow get it?

The only things i've done before was unlocking via htcdev, flashing twrp, backing up, restoring backup, restarting, and started installing apps. So it's the original HTC rom and i haven't done changes to rom. Did OTA after didn't found it but still, it's not there.


texts: Deleting data and cache of an app after being uninstalled with adb

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I used ADB commands to delete the following from my Pixel:
com.verizon.mips.services
com.android.stk
com.google.android.apps.youtube.music
com.google.android.videos
My mistake is that i forgot to reset their data and cache before running the adb uninstall command. Moreover, I used the command pm uninstall -k --user 0 blindly from an article and i didn't know that the -k switch keeps the data.
Is there any way to delete the data and cache of the above after being uninstalled?


texts: Is it possible to prevent unintentional re-dialling from Call History?

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I often unintentionally tap an item in the Call History list and that starts to re-dial the caller. I usually intended to tap the icon to view the duration of the call, but it is all too easy to tap the name or number instead. Is there anyway of changing that behaviour so that it doesn’t automatically re-dial the caller? If that isn’t possible, is it possible to have it prompt me for confirmation before re-dialling?

If it is significant, I am using Call History with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and HTC Sense.


texts: How to restore an encrypted SD card backup after factory reset?

texts:
I did a factory reset and then realized that I didn't decrypt my SD Card. I know that the data is probably lost, but I did make a complete copy of the Internal Storage.

Is there a way to copy back to the phone, the encryption key? I also know the password I used to generate the encryption. Where is the encryption key file located?

Edit: I made a copy of Internal Storage folder connecting the Samsung J5 mobile to a PC, but I can't find /data/misc/vold. What am I doing wrong?


texts: I have sold my phone on eBay. What should I do before I send it off?

texts: I have an Android phone which I just sold on eBay. What measures should I take before posting it off to its new home? Please answer thoroughly!


texts: How to know if an keyboard/input related app is safe to use

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I am Vietnamese and I cannot type my language on my Android phone i.e. Samsung Galaxy S4

So I look for apps that help me to input Vietnamese. My issue is that I'm affraid the apps will bug me and know everything sensitive that I type.

How can I know if one such app is safe to use?

p.s. I add a sample of such apps as below - Laban Key; with the required permission(s)


texts: Big, red-colored "Demo" text on the center of the tablet screen

texts:
The word "Demo" is visible in the center of the screen in a big red font at all times. It is there even when you play games or go to Play Store. The tablet is not a floor model nor in demo mode.

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)

How do I remove the "Demo" text from the device screen?


texts: I bought a basic female to female USB adapter and connected my Galaxy SIII USB cable to the mouse. This didn't work. What am I doing wrong? Do I need an OTG cable? Something about USB hosts? I don't understand how to get this to work.


texts: HTTPS sites no longer load on my Android after installing cert to truststore

texts:
I have a rooted Android 4.3 JellyBean. I was testing something and trying to install the certificate for Charles Proxy so I could sniff some SSL traffic. I was able to push the Charles certificate to /system/etc/security/cacerts and this allowed me to do what I wanted. However, ever since I did this, my browsers no longer load HTTPS sites. For example, Chrome gives me the "Your connection is not private" message.

Also, and not sure if this is normal, but when I look in Settings > Security > Trusted credentials, there are no System Certificates listed.

How can I fix whatever I did?


texts: CM 12.1 will no longer boot on Samsung Galaxy S3 (d2spr)

texts:
I have been running a nightly build of Cyanogen Mod 12.1 on my Galaxy S3 without issues for some time now. I never bothered to update it because it is a development phone and the version I was on (can't remember which) was working fine.

This morning I powered on the phone and the launcher would not launch. All I saw was a blank screen with my background image and no status bar. Using adb logcat I was able to see that there was activity on the device.

I was also able to access the device via adb shell. Running top I could see that system_server was the only thing really consuming CPU, ~30% or so.

Pushing one of my applications from Android Studio resulted in the appropriate log data but none of the UI ever displayed. I ended up booting into recovery and clearing the cache and dalvik which only made things worse.

After rebooting to the system I was presented with the "Optimizing apps" dialog which seemed to go at a normal pace but then it got to "Finishing boot" and the progress bar just spun for over 30 minutes. Eventually the device rebooted itself and hung at the boot animation (flashing CM head). I waited for over an hour before deciding I needed to try something else.

So far everything I have done to re-install CM 12.1 results in a very long "Finishing boot" dialog followed by a reboot and then a never ending boot animation.

I'm not sure what changed today to get me into this situation and why a reinstall isn't helping. I've used both TWRP and Cyanogenmod Recover to perform factory resets and have tried several versions of CM 12.1 with no luck:

cm-12.1-20160121-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip

cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip

One other prior to the release that I can't recall now

The device appears to be functional because I can install CM 11 (cm-11-20150831-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte.zip) without any issues.

Any ideas as to why CM 12.1 no longer works on my Galaxy S3 or what I should try next?


texts: Can Android play Audible books to a Sonos system?

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I'm considering moving from iPhone to Android in the next couple of months. I'm perfectly happy with the iPhone with one exception - the integration or lack of it between Sonos and Audible apps.

So my question is - with the Android versions of these two apps can I play an audible file through the Sonos app on to my home Sonos kit? I've checked the online docs but they are a little vague and contradictory on the subject.

Any help would be very much appreciated!


texts: System default camera app not showing up

texts: I am not able to find the system default camera app icon in menu on my GiONEE P5L handset (Android version 5.1). But the app is still on the phone and it's working as well. Able to take photos and videos. I want to show the icon in app menu. Someone please help me.


texts: Voice command when switching pages on home screen

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On the main home screen when I slide between the different pages, a voice says "page 1 of 2" "page 2 of 2" etc. This also happens when my phone is on silent mode and out of driving mode. How can I get rid of it, or at least make it silent while my phone is on the silent mode?
Very much appreciated!


texts:
I'm continuing my quest on turning an Android device into a WiFi sniffer (see Nexus 7: Can I set its WiFi to monitor/promiscous mode? If so, how? ) I found an unused Galaxy Tab 3 (model SM-T210R) so I'd like to try that one.

First step, rooting it, right? Well... it turns out to be a was more difficult task than I imagined... Cyanogenmod doesn't have a version for Galaxy Tab 3.

With a bit of apprehension I tried installing this one: http://techbeasts.com/2014/01/19/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-tab-3-7-0-sm-t210t210r/
but when the Galaxy tries to install the from the .zip, I get:

Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.

which, according to the comments of that teachbeasts.com page, seems to be a pretty common issue.

Has anyone successfully rooted a Galaxy Tab 3? If so, could you point me to the web or resource where you found the method?

PS: If you did successfully root it, you still have money in your bank account, right? I'm kind of wary about flashing my device with a who-knows-from-where image...

Thank you in advance!


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I am trying to figure out if Android (i.e. Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, and/or Motorola Xoom) come with some sort of capability to produce a "boot-up" log.  (kind of like Linux boot-up screen)  It would be immensely helpful in figuring out how far one's phone gets in the boot stages before it crashes (such as first-stage bootloader, main bootloader, then kernel loading, etc.).  Does anyone know how to enable the phone to spit out this log file or enable a "verbose" boot-up mode (and print actual messages to the terminal of the Linux computer you have the phone connected to)?

My phone gets stuck in a "boot-loop" with my current modified build and I would like to debug it if possible.

Alternatively, anyone know of any useful resources or tutorials that explain how to easily "hack" the phone to do this (no messing with the hardware)?  Or of any forums where my question may have been asked but in a more obscure form?

This has been a frustrating problem of recent, so any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Is it possible to handle cell phone calls through a Samsung Galaxy Player?

texts: I currently have a Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 running Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. I was wondering if there was anyway to sync my cell phone to it via Bluetooth and then handle all of my calls and texts through the Galaxy Player.


texts:
In the instructions for ClockworkMod Recovery for Galaxy S i9000, there is:

  Step 2. Flash Recovery.

I don't understand what this means. Which recovery to flash? How to do this? (With a USB cable, or it can be done by some manipulation with the phone alone, without connecting it to another computer?)


texts: marshmallow trouble with internal storage

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i have galaxy on5 device. its updated to marshmallow on last week but after update it start performing some error. biggest problem is with storage. in internal storage it showing 7.3 gb used but actually it used only 5.4gb. because of showing 7.3 gb used out of 8gb i uninstall some big apps but still it showing 7.3gb used only. actually i having same problem with my sd card but i just unmount my sd card and again mount it, then it shows the correct space used.
kindly tell me how to troubleshoot this problem.
email: shubhamhunter.swami@gmail.com


texts: Does anyone know how to fix "No SIM card/Emergency calls only" error on Sprint Note 3 CM12.1?

texts: I had this smartphone working just a few days ago (on CM12.1) but because I changed the phone number on it I had to flash it back to the stock firmware to run the PRL & Profile update. Now that I've flashed CM12.1 back on it the only thing not working is the phone/mobile data. I read on the XDE website that I need to flash a NH7 modem, but the only link on that page is dead.... I believe I flashed the modem the last time I rooted the phone and installed CM12 but that's been over a year ago and I didn't keep a copy of it on my PC. I briefly looked around on google but haven't been able to find any viable solution. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!


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I have recently acquired a USB gamepad. It has two analog buttons, four L+R buttons, but is not a Playstation joystick -- it is recognized as a "Human iterface device"  on Windows 7.

Is there a way to make it work on ICS? I have a 4.0.2 Android tablet with a USB port and I can use a mouse or keyboard by just plugging it in, no other action needed. However the same doesn't happen when I plug my joypad.

According to this question, "USB controllers follow a spec, any USB controller is supposed to work as long as it's not proprietary". My controller is generic (costed $20 and was recognized by windows without the need for a driver), but when I connect it on my tablet and nothing happens.


texts: What is the default Kernel Governor in Stock Samsung Galaxy Mega Android ROM?

texts:
I have rooted my phone recently and just installed ROM Toolbox which has several Governors available. It is using OnDemand by default, but I switched to Interactive. I just need to be as close to default settings in order to maintain stability.

Btw, when I am using a third party app to change CPU Freqs, ROM Toolbox in this case, It seems to be a bit laggy. Is this normal?


texts:
I have a playlist of favorite music on my phone. It's time I got I'm of all the others that I regularly skip and never listen to.

How can I select all music that is NOT in that playlist in order yo manipulate it?


texts: Phone still stuck in a bootloop after flashing official firmware with Odin!

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I successfully flashed a stock ROM on my Galaxy Note 4 using Odin 3.13.1 but, unfortunatelly, the bootloop is not gone.

Device info:

SM-N910C
unrooted
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

Bootloop sequence: Samsung boot screen —> Android is starting... Optimising Apps 2 of 2. —> Android is starting... Starting apps. —> LOOP

What are my options to restore my personal data from now on?


texts:
I'm thinking of installing Tasker on my phone, but I don't want to root it.  Is it worth my while?

What Tasker tasks require root access?  What can it do without root access?

Edit:

Here are some examples:

I would like to turn on the GPS whenever I start certain apps (various driving directions apps, for instance), and turn it off when I exit them.  I understand that apps can't turn on the GPS (otherwise the apps in question would do it themselves instead of directing me to the settings).  Tasker claims to be able to do that.  Does it need root for that?
I remember seeing somewhere (lifehacker maybe?) that Tasker can disable the lock screen based on location, such as when I get home, and turn it off when I leave.  Can it do that?  Does it need root access for that?


texts: Trying to alter already modified recovery partition on tablet

texts: I have an Android tablet (4.2.2) where the recovery has been modified to only give the reboot option when you boot into it. What is the best way to unlock the other options? Do I need to flash a new recovery partition? Or is there some way to open and edit the available options in the current one?


texts: What is directory under selected numbers in redmi call recording settings?

texts:
What is directory button under selected numbers in redmi call recording settings?
Does it mean contacts?
Device : redmi note 7 pro


texts: How to avoid preinstalled deactivated apps to auto update

texts:
I have a Samsung tablet with Microsoft One Note and Microsoft PowerPoint preinstalled, among others. I have deactivated these, but even deactivated these apps auto update eating a lot of storage.

How to avoid that?


texts: Opening links within apps causes bad switch to Chrome in Nougat

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Running the latest Nougat beta on Sprint Galaxy S7.

Whenever I open a weblink within an app (such as reddit, Google Search/Now, Gmail) the link opens within the app, but as soon as it's done loading my phone switches to Chrome -- but does not open the link in Chrome.

To see the page, I have to switch back to the original app.

Is there a fix for this? I tried clearing Chrome defaults, disabling/re-enabling Chrome, uninstalling Chrome updates. No dice.


texts: Android tablet won't reboot after rebooting using volume and power buttons

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I am using a 7" Smartfren tablet called S7.

I was following this tutorial. When I got the last part about the bootloader, I turned my device off. I tried to reboot using the volume buttons and power button, but it won't open up. Also, it cannot be seen by using the command adb devices. Thus, I can't use any adb command to access it. What am I doing wrong?

It is recognized by my laptop as Android Bootloader Interface. So, it means that it can still be detected by my laptop, but not when using adb devices in cmd.

Edit #1: I tried the fastboot devices command, and it just returned an empty line. I guess it means that nothing happened.

Edit #2:
I'll tell you its current status. It can't be normally rebooted, but when you plug it in, it shows that it is charging. Then if I put it back on its case, complete with box and all it heats up meaning it is still functioning and is turned on.


texts: Car Mode suddenly appeared - why? And how do I get rid of it?

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About 2 1/2 hrs ago, I plugged in my HTC Evo 4G to its home charger to charge up a bit before leaving the house. It's rooted running CyanogenMod-7.1.0-Supersonic (for at least a month if not more, I can't remember when my husband did this).

Within about 3 minutes, my phone had this really weird user interface I have never seen. It's Car Mode. I couldn't exit out of it, couldn't make my phone respond to me at all. I immediately pulled out the battery & rebooted, thinking maybe it was malware. It booted back into Car Mode, only this time I could click an Exit button.

Researching, I see that this is an UI for car docking. Only I have no car dock, and it was plugged into my home wall charger. I left the house for errands, and no matter what I did - on the phone on a voice call, typing email (at a doctor's office, not driving ;) ), and it kept booting me into Car Mode. On the voice call it automatically put me on speaker.

I did not ask for this program, did not download anything, did not approve anything...

I ran Lookout and no Malware or Spyware is showing. I am very confused.

Anyone have ideas on what this program is, how it all of a sudden appeared on my phone, and how to get it off? I looked up apps in Google Play and the icon in the notifications bar (when I exit Car Mode) is not something that is there. It looks like an app, but it's not in my Apps manager, either, or a running process that I can tell, yet it is showing up intermittently in my notifications, even not plugged in or moving. It's also turning on intermittently. I can't get anything done.

Thanks for any help!


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I have a Lenovo Tab 4 10-inch tablet (Lenovo TB-X304F). Recently I had an error on it and had to perform a factory reset, and I'm experiencing problems reinstalling some apps I had installed before.

I have never rooted this tablet. Before the factory reset I did install some non-Google Play apps, but since the factory reset I have only installed apps from the Google Play Store. The tablet and apps are up to date, and the tablet is running Android 8.1.0.

Here is the most recent app problem. I purchased "Planescape: Torment" on November 11, and I installed it on my tablet around that time. However, now that I'm trying to install it again after performing the factory reset, I've had two errors, depending on the method I use to try to install it.

If I try to install it using the Google Play app on my tablet, it says "Your order is processing, your item will be available in a few minutes." (And I did not purchase this recently; I purchased it well over a month ago.) It lists the app as being $9.99 when I view it, as though I hadn't bought it, but when I tap on the button as though I'm going to purchase it, Google Play asks for the standard app permissions and then shows that error. It does exactly the same thing when I try to install it from the library list of all of my apps in the Google Play app.

If I try to install it from the Google Play website, the website tells me it's already installed on my tablet, which is no longer true. It used to be installed; it is not now.

I've cleared the cache and the data from the "Google Play Store" app and the "Google Play services" app. I chatted with Google Customer Support and they had me uninstall updates to the Google Play Store and then update it again, but that made no difference. I have of course turned the tablet off and back on. The Google Play Store doesn't seem to have registered that the app was uninstalled, and I don't know how to trigger that, and I have no idea what to do about the message I'm getting in the Google Play app itself on my tablet.

Does anyone know how I can resolve this and get my old apps reinstalled? Thanks!


texts: Any software to block all calls and all SMSes allowing only 3G internet?

texts:
My dad gave his other dual-sim card to me, which has internet service that he does not need. I do not want to get his calls or SMSes, I only want to use his internet.

I have tried to do this unsuccessfully with Mobile Manager. I selected the option to block all calls and SMSes with the software, but I can see missed call notifications. I do not want to see them at the top bar. The internet connection works nevertheless.

Is there any way to solve this problem?


texts:
I'm installing legacy Termux on an Android 6.0 device. I downloaded the legacy app- and the legacy packages. There is a txt file with all the symlinks that need to be created. I'm looking for a way to make all the links in one batch run. Either with bash or some other way.
This is the format that the file is in
gawk←./bin/awk
dash←./bin/sh
xzgrep←./bin/xzfgrep
xzdiff←./bin/lzdiff
xzgrep←./bin/lzgrep
xzgrep←./bin/lzegrep
xz←./bin/unxz
xzmore←./bin/lzmore
/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bzdiff←./bin/bzcmp
/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bzmore←./bin/bzless

I searched around on the net and have only found a way to make links from one folder with many files to another folder with the same names of the files. but as you can see from the sample above I need different names and also different folders.
Thank You


texts: What is the real used space on data partition of my phone?

texts:
When selecting data partition on my phone (HTC One M8), TWRP says it's going to back up 5448 Mb. But 'df' command says there are 8319 Mb used from 10934 total. And ES Explorer displays the size of /data directory as 11.32 Gb.
How are these figures related? I'm at a loss trying to explain that.

Here is the screenshot of DiskInfo:

Here is the screenshot of Diskusage:


texts: Can I globally set all Android apps to prefer WiFi for data?

texts:
My cellular carrier just alerted me that we've exceeded our data usage. They show that I used more than 500MB at once a few days ago at a time when I was at home in bed, and the phone in range of my WiFi. I assume the phone downloaded an update automatically, but there was no reason for it to use cellular data when WiFi was available.

The device is a Nexus 5 and it recently updated its OS. I don't have it nearby or I'd check the version.

Can I set an Android phone to always use WiFi, for all apps, if its available?


texts:
I'm using a Karbonn A52+ running Mediatek processor and Android 4.2.2 Jellybean. My device is rooted, but unfortunately, no custom recovery (CWM / TWRP) is supported for my device. There is also no CyanogenMod build available for my phone.

Still, I was planning to give a try to this method

Unfortunately, CyanogenMod has shutted down all its systems, including its webpage; so probably, link would also not work.

Now, is there any risk of my phone getting bricked? If yes, then soft brick or hard brick? If my phone gets bricked, can I repair it by simply flashing the stock ROM?


texts: After automatic updating Google does not work when no Wifi available

texts: Bought new Huawei P10 LITE two weeks ago with Wifi and LTE. Between then and now  an automatic uodate was loaded (Android or Google ?). Since then Google does not work if no wifi available. Help!


texts:
How can I delete downloaded stickers on viber? I downloaded there a few, and the last one I wanted to download was not possible because there was not enough room in my storage space (still isn't). Now, it says every single time when I open my phone,

  there is not enough room in the storage space available to complete this action.  Please clear some space and try again.

And I am not even downloading anything, it keeps doing it itself. Whatever I do, the window pops up and again, I have to close it.   What can I do?


texts: How to properly close running apps while avast! Mobile Security is installed/ running in the background?

texts:
I've just installed avast! Mobile Security on my Samsung Galaxy SIII. Runs perfect so far, but I can't close my programs running in the background anymore. I used to do this by pressing the button below in the middle long - now this does not open up anything.

How can I close them now? If I don't: will this have a negative influence on my battery (faster emptying it)?

Many thanks and BR


texts: Driver issues when using Samsung Galaxy SIII via USB for development

texts:
The phone is connected via USB to Windows 7 64-bit. The USB debugging option enabled.
When I connect the phone to the computer, I'm notified that some drivers failed to install.

Do I need these for development? Where can I get them?  I have yet to try the Kies drivers.
As is, the device is connected as a "media device", which is useless in terms of development.
When trying an Android SDK sample demo, it starts the emulator instead of running on the phone.

More info about device:

Model number: SGH-T999V
Android version: 4.0.4

edit:
See my answer below.


texts: How can I add iptables rules that persist across reboots?

texts:
I want to add an iptables rule on my Android phone. I used:

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p 6 -d 192.168.66.1 --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.66.1:808

...as root. This rule can be checked in adb shell, and I can see that it was added:

# iptables -t nat -nL
chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
prot   opt    source       destination    idletimer_nat_PREROUTING
all    --     0.0.0.0/0    0.0.0.0/0      DNAT
tcp    --     0.0.0.0/0    192.168.66.1   tcp dpt:80 to:192.168.66.1:8080

I want this rule to persist after a reboot, so I added an iptabless file in /etc/sysconfig with these contents:

-t nat -A PREROUTING -p 6 -d 192.168.66.1 --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.66.1:8080

However, when I reboot my phone, no rule is added.

Does Android support the /etc/sysconfig/iptables path? I got this path from a PC Linux installation ( I tested /etc/iptables/rules.v4 as well, it also did not work).

At the same time, I also don't know whether its content is right.

Additionally, I cannot root my testing phone in the future. Is it possible to add persistent iptables rules on an unrooted phone?


texts: How to unlock bootloader on samsung devices?

texts:
Before you try to install any custom ROM on your device, you need to unlock the phone’s bootloader, which is a code executed before any OS (operating system) launch. The notion of a bootloader is unanimous to all operating systems worldwide and includes systems running on your personal computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, smartwatches and everything that has OS on it
HTC website has a section for developers where you can grab SDK; you just need to find your phone’s model. Samsung website does not offer such luxury, Sony Mobile website offers a section for users looking to unlock their Sony’s bootloader.

So, For Samsung Devices How to unlock Bootloader?
any useful reference links or comments or answers will much be appreciated :)

Note: am using Samsung note 3 neo


texts: Does Google+ client come preinstalled on Android phones?

texts: Does Google+ come preinstalled on Android phones? Is having it a mandatory requirement on manufacturers to be certified by Google?


texts: Is it possible to skip to the next track in a vlc playlist if you have single track repeat enabled?

texts:
I have a playlist I have made in VLC. It consists of 5 tracks so far. Long story short, they are short parts I am trying to memorize. Thus, I have single track repeat enabled, so I can listen to a part over and over until I have it memorized.
When I press the skip ahead button on my headset, I would like vlc to skip to the next track.
Right now both the "skip forward" "and "skip backward" buttons do the same thing: they start the current track over from the beginning.
Is it possible to change the "skip forward" button so that it skips to the next track in my playlist, even with single track repeat enabled?


texts:
I am having a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S3. I bought this last year. No damage so far. I usually download apps/games in Play store when all of a sudden I noticed my screen blacks out for a millisecond then restarts.

This usually happens in app/games when I play Smurfs and Sims, and even when I am using my camera and when I view the gallery. Does anybody know how to fix this?

Your assistance will be very much appreciated.


texts:
I have opened an email thread (aka conversation) in Gmail  for Android. I would like to search a string (e.g., word or phrase).
How can I search for a specific word in an email thread in Gmail for Android?


texts: Unable to delete an app which installed by twrp

texts:
I faced this problem when i delete one app and installed again by twrp in the recovery mode.
When i delete this app afterwords and restart the system it will appear again
I tried many times to delete but every time is coming back after restart


texts: APEX error during Pixel security update: no key found

texts:
This error is shown for literally every app on the device. Update process is "optimising apps".

E/apexd: Failed to activate /system/apex/com.android.runtime.release.apex : Failed to verify Apex Verity data for /system/apex/com.android.runtime.release.apex: No key found for package com.android.runtime

E/apexd: Failed to activate /system/apex/com.android.apex.cts.shim.apex : Failed to verify Apex Verity data for /system/apex/com.android.apex.cts.shim.apex: No key found for package com.android.apex.cts.shim

E/apexd: Failed to activate /system/apex/com.google.android.resolv.apex : Failed to verify Apex Verity data for /system/apex/com.google.android.resolv.apex: No key found for package com.android.resolv

What could this be?


texts: Unable to install ADB or any USB driver for lenovo k3 note

texts:
I have tried everything that I can think of here, but somehow my Win10 PC won't finish the driver installation.

I tried fastboot mode, recovery mode, MTP connection, USB debugging mode. Win10 fails to recognize the drivers at all. I also tried the universal drivers, they failed too. Just "Install failed" message when I use universal drivers.

I also tried removing all USB device drivers, but that didn't work either. So, right now, my phone is stuck in a weird position. I can't fix my IMEI issue because I can't connect to PC. And I can't connect to PC because it does not get installed properly. Device is getting detected but the device manager just shows error saying "A file could not be found", or "An installer cannot perform installation". No proper error code available here, but I can definitely provide exact error messages, if that helps.

Error Message in Fastboot/Recovery Mode: Device USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C01\8PR8EMEEWCOFQ8AI requires further installation.

Edit:
Tried removing every usb driver, then reinstall, then use Lenovo usb drivers. Same problem. The drivers do not get installed.


texts: How do I delete podcasts downloaded by podbean?

texts: As far as I can tell from looking at the settings, all I can do is listen to the podcasts, and then the program will delete them.  I'd prefer if it didn't download them unless I tell it to, and allow me to delete them when I'm done listening to them.  I have a Lenovo TAB3 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow on it.


texts: I have the Samsung Galaxy J3 for about a year. In these last day my phone fails to connect to WiFi automatically. I have to put off the modality "WiFi" on my phone, restart then the phone and put on the modality "WiFi". After this method the phone manages to connect. Someone can tell me another way to solve the problem?


texts: Is there a glossary of Android's UI elements

texts:
Often, when I'm looking for the solution to some problem I'm having on my phone, the hardest part is knowing what to call the specific menu, or piece of the UI, causing the issue.

Is there an official (or non official but accepted) glossary of the different UI elements?


texts: How do I decrypt files on my SD card that I encrypted using the Settings?

texts:
I have files that I used to copy from my SD card to my PC using the USB Mass Storage option under the "USB connection" pop-up.  I checked the flag under Settings->Location & Security->Data encryption->Storage encryption and now I can't read new files of these types (e.g., .jpg and .txt files). I tried unchecking the box -- a message appeared saying that future files will be decrypted, but existing files will remain encrypted.

How do I access the files that are currently encrypted and/or decrypt them?


texts:
Can I force android through settings to use 3G for all downloads when both WiFi and 3G are on?

The main reason why I am trying to achieve this is that I want to use WiFi only as a mean to connect to ADB (without use of USB).

I have Nexus 4 phone which runs Cyanogenmod 10.


texts: Stock Mail App - Outlook Sync, File As Problem

texts:
My MD now has a Desire and I notice something strange happening when he syncs his outlook contacts.

Now I know from both sides (outlook, Android) , it doesn't really matter what you file someone's name as because when you search, it still appears either way. However, he is very particular so here is my problem.

When he syncs his outlook contacts to the device, on outlook they now appear as first name, last name. Even though they are set to File As Lastname, Firstname. Now if I open a contact in Outlook, flip the File As back from and to what it was, it then appears in outlook correctly (well how he wants it to).

However, next sync it will re appear as first, last... although file as is still last, first (Outlook)

Anyone have any ideas or noticed something similar?

I appreciate this is a minor issue but I would like to resolve it for him if possible.

Thanks for reading and any help appreciated.


texts:
I am having problems rooting my device after a friend unrooted it.
Now, if this was a pure simple case, it'd already be solved, but:

I can only used soft-roots, like Kingo root.
My "friend" decided to change my android version number and model number before the unroot, making these soft-roots not work.
My device will cease to function if I SIM unlock and bootload. Don't know why.

Please help. I really want to sell my device, but cannot.

-EDIT-
Well, FTP failed, as did using ADB to pull, edit, and push the file back on.


texts: What does "Voice network type: unknown" mean in my settings?

texts: It is in the phone info setting, when you dial *#*#4636#*#* on my Moto g stylus:


texts: Cyanogenmod - What is "Notification mode"?

texts:
I think I'm misunderstanding the profiles options in Cyanogenmod regarding notifications.

Here's what I'm trying to do: I would like all notifications to pop in the status bar, but only the phone and messaging ones should vibrate. At work, the phone & messages shouldn't  ring.

I've configured my profiles this way:

Group "Phone&Messaging" contains phone, messaging, email and gmail apps.

Work:Phone&Messaging

Notification mode: on
Ring mode: off
Vibrate mode: on

Work:Other

Notification mode: on
Ring mode: off
Vibrate mode: off

Home:Phone&Messaging

Notification mode: on
Ring mode: on
Vibrate mode: on

Home:Other

Notification mode: on
Ring mode: off
Vibrate mode: off

But some stupid notifications still vibrate (when I download an app on the Google Play Store, my phone vibrates during all the download duration).

So how should the "Notification mode" be used?


texts: Can you change the colour of the LED light on the Samsung Galaxy S3?

texts: On the top of the phone there's a light that flashes blue when you get a text. Is there an app or setting that can change this so the colour is different for some senders who text you?


texts: Device reboots into recovery after flashing CyanogenMod

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I'm retrying to install CyanogenMod in my cellphone after some time. I did the following:

I used the sideload method. Everything worked fine and I did precisely what is written in there. The problem now is that when I click on reboot system now, it reboots, turns the purple light on, vibrates and then get back to the recovery menu. The difference is that it returns to a different menu: The first menu was this:

(Click image to enlarge)

Now it's showing the same menu with this background: That is, the same menu with the laid down Android mascot. I don't know what is happening.


texts: Changes the voice from woman to man in Google Translate

texts: In Google Translate, how do you change the English voice from female to male?


texts: How can I download arbitrary files to the SD card on my phone?

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So I have an android phone, and I wanted to download some files on it that are not currently accessible from my PC (corporate firewall).  The thinking is that once the files are on the phone, I can easily connect the PC to the phone to access the files.  The problem I have is that the phone refuses to download the files, claiming that

"Cannot Download.  The content is not supported on this phone."

So how can I get the content onto the phone?  I know the phone will be unable to run these files meaningfully;  I just want them downloaded and stored for later access.


texts: I know I could disable JavaScript in most Browsers. Is one able to disable it for WebViews also? I mean every App could specify its own WebView and is able to turn JavaScript on/off inside their app and they could inject JavaScript that infects my phone somehow. I'm aware that this WebView may lose its function or behave in an unexpected way. If it matters I have a Galaxy Nexus with JellyBean.


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after an update from android 6.0.1 to android 7.0  i ve lost usb tethering function on samsung tablet wifi SM-T580 !

need update to recover this function which is very important for me because i use this tablet only to connect to Remote controller  of drone  via usb tethering  . Without this function this tablet no longer serves me and the drone too .

thank


texts: Hangouts Crashing on Receiving SMS after Lollipop Update

texts: I've recently been involved with updating a few Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 phones to Lollipop.  These are OTA updates to phones on the Bell Canada network.  On 3 of them we've run into problems with Hangouts crashing when it receives a text message.  Restarting the phone does not help.


texts: How do I install live wallpapers I get from outside the android market?

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I have downloaded lots of Live wall papers from Android market.They work like charm.
I was trying to figure out a way to install Third party  live wall papers (Non-Android Market Specific) on my Samsung ACE 5830 Phone. Is this possible?


texts: How an Android app can restrict all my accounts on my phone?

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I'm using multiple accounts for an android app in my phone. today the app blocked all my accounts because it's not allowed to have more than one . I've had android 10 on my phone . the question is:

what type of data an app knows about my phone?
how they know I'm using multiple accounts?
What's the solution for this? how can i remain hidden with multiple accounts on one mobile phone?

App link :Slowly


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I have  - TEAC TC-7120 tablet and I want to entirely format it using just with the "volume +/-" and "power" on buttons .

I haven't any approach to its OS since it locked and I don't have any idea about its password or Google account for recovery .

Is there any solution for that ?  I looking for solution like this approach  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtKDpawgeLs (just button using) .


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Hi everyone, appreciate your help on this. How can i apply in android the similar viber setting in iphone to disable the in-app sound?

Basically i still want to hear the viber notification when my phone is locked but i do not want to hear the ding sound when a new message comes in while I'm in the chat thread already.


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I have an Asus Transformer tablet with the dock extesion and I am trying to play a video file recorded in MOV format. I had recorded the video on my Powershot ELPH 310HS camera in 1080p setting and it is saved in h264 format.

I tried putting the SD card into the dock and playg back the video but the playback is very slow and I think it i sbeing done in software.I installed the MX video player app to play back the video.

My question is if there is any way to do playback using a HW  video decoder? I thik that I've read that the tegra 2 has this bultin but I don't know enough about video formats to know whether this is a hardware limitation or whether it could be solved with a diffferent app.


texts: How to change disable read write permission

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How to disable read write permission for an running app without close the app.i am trying to disable read write permission on a running app without close the running app when I am execute this command (pm reset-permissions) my running app automatically force closed,any other way to disable read write/all permission without force stop the running app?
Thanks