texts:
I am learning tasker and reading up tutorial on http://tasker.dinglisch.net/tour.html.

If you look at the picture,
you can see the two same tasks "Set Widget Icon".
Is that a typo, or something I do not understand?

Also, what is the benefit of toggle? Why is the property ternary, not just off and on? Can you please help with a practical example?

Thanks much.


texts: Finding out Arduino's port name on Android

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Since I found this app named QPython for Android, just wondering if it possible to read serial data of Arduino on Android using Python (QPython).
It would have probably been easier if I had a rooted device, so that I could just use the Termux app and cd /dev to find out the connected devices and their ports. but, question being, is it possible to find the port for the Arduino connected to my Android via OTG? and yes, my phone supports connection over the OTG since ArduinoDroid works very well.


texts: Flashing TWRP.img on Xiaomi Mi A3 to root the device does not work

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H1@all
Working on Ubuntu 20.04

I want to root my device to uninstall some apps (.apk) and possibly also install Ubuntu-Touch.
I want to uninstall almost all Google apps because I don't have a Google account and I don't want to. Without a Google account you cannot use most Google applications (Gmail, YouTube, Drive...).
A few months ago when I bought the device, I unlocked the bootloader, but I didn't have time to root it. Now I want to root it.

I followed these TWRP for Xiaomi Mi A3 instructions and cannot flash or boot the TWRP.img.

I downloadet: twrp-installer-3.4.0-0-laurel_sprout.zip and twrp-3.4.0-0-laurel_sprout.img renamed it to twrp.img and twrp-installer.zip.
I copied the files to the device in /sdcard

adb devices
adb push ~/Downloads/twrp.img /sdcard
adb push ~/Downloads/twrp-installer.zip /sdcard
adb reboot-bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot flashing unlock
...
FAILED (remote:         Device already : unlocked!)
finished. total time: 0.000s

fastboot flashing unlock_critical
...
OKAY [  0.026s]
finished. total time: 0.026s

fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability
...
(bootloader) get_unlock_ability: 1
OKAY [  0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s

fastboot boot twrp.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  1.174s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 1.175s

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
target reported max download size of 804261888 bytes
sending 'recovery' (39892 KB)...
OKAY [  1.172s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: (recovery_a) No such partition)
finished. total time: 1.174s

Did I do something wrong?
How can I root the device?

To recover the device follow this instructions: https://c.mi.com/oc/miuidownload/detail?guide=2

--EDIT--

fastboot getvar current-slot
current-slot: a
finished. total time: 0.002s

fastboot --set-active=b
Setting current slot to 'b'...
OKAY [  0.039s]
finished. total time: 0.039s

fastboot flash boot twrp.img
target reported max download size of 804261888 bytes
sending 'boot_b' (39892 KB)...
OKAY [  1.181s]
writing 'boot_b'...
OKAY [  0.207s]
finished. total time: 1.388s

Press and hold volume up button on device and enter the command fastboot reboot
Back in Fastboot

fastboot --set-active=a
Setting current slot to 'a'...
OKAY [  0.039s]
finished. total time: 0.039s

Press and hold volume up button on device and enter the command fastboot reboot

Do not press any key boots in Android-OS


texts: Samsung Galaxy S III mini - Cannot turn Bluetooth on

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I have new Samsung Galaxy S III mini (GT-I8190N) with Android 4.1.2, and I cannot turn on Bluetooth.

When trying to do it from Settings menu, switch toggles from "O" to "I" position, but remains gray rather than green, list of available devices is empty and 'Scan' button is inative, and when going back to Settings menu I see Bluetooth turned off.


texts: Cannot see the video files in the phone on my PC

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I have this very strange issue which I discovered on my month-old Note 2. I never had this issue with my previous device which was a Nexus S.

I hooked up the phone via USB to my PC, and selected camera PTP mode. When I browsed the folders via Computer\GT-N7100\Phone\DCIM\Camera, I don't see any videos that I shot. However, when I browse the files through the default my files app on the phone, I see them. Why is this?

Windows 8 detected the device and installed all drivers too. Because of this, I am not able to move the videos shot with the phone to my PC. Any help?


texts: 4.3 OTA Update Install Fail With Motochopper Root 4.2.2 Google Nexus 7

texts: I am using Stock Android 4.2.2 on Nexus 7 2012 Tablet. I rooted my tablet using the Motochopper Root. I was able to download OTA 4.3 Update using normal procedure on my tablet however, when I tried installing the update, it just stuck at the android guy with error at startup. I tried downloading the OTA update again as it just disappeared, however it is stuck at waiting to download. I tried Nexus Tool Kit downloaded Stock 4.3 OTA and tried to install it using ADB sideload command. However it gave an error and mentioned some error file and exited. Please Help me out . I also tried full unroot with SuperSu but it also did not work.


texts: Custom sound notification on Google Calendar events

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I have many calendars on Google Calendar:

Hospital appointment (blue)
Birthday calendar (yellow)
Payday calendar
My career's calendar

They are separated by the colours to make it easy for identification, but I would like to separate the notification sound to go with the colours. Some more urgent like an alarm, some less aggravating but still just a buzz or something.

It's confusing that they all use the same tone, and although via some apps I can differentiate these between text, voicemail, and Facebook, etc, it's not quite ideal. I have been looking through all calendar apps I can find for this thing.


texts: How do I NOT install the apps that Google Play Store offeres for review?

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I have a new Nokia 3.1. It immediately wanted to download updates, which it did successfully. Now I have a notification that I can't get rid of to "Complete setup by installing apps". When I touch it, I get this

I can't seem to deselect these. How do I NOT download them, and not be bothered by the offer any more?


texts: Remove specific application from Data usage

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I'm using Marshmallow and I'm rooted.

After looking in alot of places and search in google I didn't find any answer.

My question is, is possible to remove specific information in Data Usage in android?
For exemple I have 1Gb of net to use monthly but my carrier don't count if I am using Instagram. Can I remove Instagram for data usage?

Thanks


texts: What exactly is the APN field used for, and why do some providers require it while others don't?

texts:
I've switched providers and now have to enter an APN (access point name) in order to use the service. With my older two providers I did not need to do this and it worked out of the box. What is the rationale for requiring APNs to be entered on some cell phones, and exactly what features do they enable?

Why do some providers require them while others don't, and what do they do?


texts: Is Samsung S6 battery usage screen inferior? Alternatives?

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I've started experiencing bad battery drain on My S6.

The last time I had to diagnose battery drain was long time ago on an LG G2 that I'd rooted. It had a really good battery diagnostics showing usage by hardware as well as services etc IIRC.

But my S6 (with latest updates) gives very little information - and it seems incomplete. Over night my battery went down from near 100% to completely dead, but the battery usage screen showed just 13% usage by the screen, and 6 apps / services using a total of 7% between them, so total percentage being under 20%! What about the other 80%? I don't trust the results at all.

I've tried various battery usage apps and they all just direct the user back to Samsung's battery usage screen.

What can I do to get a hold on what's all of a sudden causing this battery drain? I've done reading online and what's suggested is very hit and miss. I don't want to spend hours or even days playing the guessing game and having to experiment to find the problem!!!


texts:
For the last week or so, whenever I go to the Google Now page (swiping right from the home screen with the google now launcher), I don't get any Google Now cards. No weather, recommended news, etc.

If I try to reload the page by pulling the screen down, it loads for a while but nothing happens.

I've already tried reinstalling the launcher, deleting the Google Now cache and deleting the card preferences.


texts: STAMINA / Ultra STAMINA mode on Marshmallow?

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Since the update to Marshmallow, I can't find the STAMINA or Ultra STAMINA modes in the options or app drawer.

While there now is a option that seems to do a equivalent of the STAMINA mode, I presume it have been superseded by Android itself, but what about Ultra STAMINA?

The device I use is a XPeria Z3C, which should be equivalent to a XPeria Z3.


texts: How can I find out the make and model of the chips in my device?

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I'm trying to find out what kind of GPS receiver is in my phone. Every spec sheet is vague on this. I can easily find out what kind Soc or CPU it has, but parts like GPS and FM receivers, Bluetooth modules, Gyroscope etc. are not listed anywhere.

Is there any way to find it out?


texts: Mobile phone internet USB tethering very SLOW

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I have galaxy s6 edge+
My download speeds on my phone is 33+mb/s with my mobile carrier.
I connect the phone to my PC and use the internet from the phone with USB tethering enabled.

The download speed is now 30kb/s on my computer but still 33mb/s on my phone.

Why has the speed been very limited via USB tethering, and how can I fix this issue?

I have tried changing/updating the USB tehter driver via Device manager to the Microsoft:

Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device

and

Remote NDIS Compatible Device

neither helped.


texts:
I have tried all suggestions in the answer and everything the asker did specified on this question without any luck. I reflashed GApps and CyanogenMod at least 13 times, as I have lost count. The only things that seem to be malfunctioning is Google Play. Although sync says it's having "errors" but it is syncing so I'm not sure what is going on there...

What is working:

Google+
Gmail
Apps with the "login with Google" that uses the Google+ API

What's not working:

Google Play

What's half working:

Sync, it says it's having errors but it is syncing

System Details:

CyanogenMod 10.1.3
Android 4.2.2
GApps for CyanogenMod 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (GT-P5113)

/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost

I have the Xposed framework installed, but it's never caused problems before so I wouldn't think it would be a problem now. The time is as it should be, so it's not the problem. Cleared the cache and data on Google Play 37 times.

P.S.: When I say "reflashed", I mean I wipe /system /cache and the dalvik cache and install GApps, CM 10.1.3 from zip in recovery.


texts: mediascanner scan from system directory /data

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How can I make mediascanner scan phone memory, i.e. the /data directory? I want to test playing MP3s from this directory.

When I try to hack it by replacing the "pathStr" from /mnt/sdcard to /data before MediaScanner::doProcessDirectory(), it fails saying

W/MediaScanner( 1713): Error opening directory '/data/', skipping: Permission denied.

And also crashed (probably in free).

I just want to play MP3s stored in phone memory and avoid reading the SD card for some experiments.


texts: The Android OS is being updated with Internet turned off - how can it be?

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A phone has mobile data turned off.

No wifi antennae is connected. We were in the wood, on the hill, minimally 3 km from the nearest village. The nearest, higher hill, has a mobile antennae. So, the mobile signal was on. Even if there was a wifi antennae, I hadn't connected to it.

So, obviously, no Internet connection was active.

But the phone suddenly decided to update the Android OS. And started to download the update. It was even finished - in 5 hours - without internet being on. How could it be downloaded? Will I have to pay for those data? (the phone has no prepaid Internet)

The device is ASUS ZenFone 3 Max.


texts: Locus Maps - adding additional zoom levels

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The Locus Maps app allows downloading maps and using them offline. When selecting a map region, the zoom levels have to be selected. I've downloaded a map at a specific zoom level (23) expecting that I will be able to use lower zoom levels as well (1-22).

However - I can now only go through the map at zoom level 23, which is awkward.

Is there any way to add additional zoom levels to those maps already downloaded, without having to download the entire thing again from scratch (it's big)?

Thank you!


texts: Samsung Galaxy S6 not connecting to Windows 10 - not even detecting the device

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Can some one help me to identify the root cause of this issue? I tried almost every available solution online and nothing work around.
Installed smart switch
change 2 cables
Put on USB debugging mode change to MTP settings doesn't works
Cables only charging my phone.
Laptop: Nitro 7 (I use port 2.0 for connection that doesn't works too)


texts: Where does the gmail app save the previewed files?

texts: I had previewed a pdf attachment from an email recently. I deleted the email permanently without downloading the attachment. I want to retrive the previewed file if possible. Is there a specific place the previewed files are stored in? Thanks!


texts: How to forbid my location only for Viber on my Android phone?

texts: I want to know how can I switch off the location service ONLY for Viber on my Android phone. I know there is an option to do that on iOS, but is there any way to do it on Android phone?


texts: Find out which app is making internet request

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I'm tracing my network's DNS calls for a few days (using Pi-Hole to block ads and tracking) and I noticed that on my phone, something is calling checkip.amazonaws.com every 5-10 minutes. As I find this rather odd, I've been trying to find out which app is doing this and why.
I am running non-rooted Android 10. I tried with Packet Capture (which does not work at all due to SSL issue) and HttpCanary (which does not work too well due to SSL issue). HttpCanary does not show anything (not even SSL errors) during the time of the DNS request. I'm tempted to simply block this URL entirely but I'd really rather find out where it is coming from. So far, I'm puzzled where to look next.


texts: Cannot find recorded video that I recorded. How can I dig it out?

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Earlier today I used Google Camera to record four videos. I clearly hit the record and stop buttons both time. When I got home only two of those showed up in my gallery. The two longer ones did not. Is there some directory, temporary folder or hidden files wherefrom I can retrieve these two missing videos?

Thanks a bunch!


texts:
I intalled Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32 on Ubuntu 16.04. I connected THL T9 Pro with USB debugging enabled. adb devices doesn't show any connected devices.

I used this command to install it: sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot

I would like to use it with WLD Unlock Chrome plugin.


texts: Upgrading android on device with small memory

texts:
Hi I have an android Core Prime with 8GB internal storage and a 16GB sd card
Currently it has andriod 4.4.4 installed
It has downloaded an upgrade to 5.1.1

It says it requires 3gb of space for the install of which I currently only have 718MB.

Currently the storage is not unified and I have moved as much to the SD card as I can.

I am guessing that to update I will have to do something like

backup with kies
uninstall as many apps as I can
do upgrade
reinstall apps
restore backup

and hope I don't lose too much.

Will any data on the sdcard be corrupted erased?

Should I move applications back to the internal storage before I start?

Is there a better way?

Thanks


texts:
So I want to encrypt my phone and my SD card. What are the precautions should I have?

What if my phone doesn't work anymore. Can I restore the data again? What should I do in order to make sure that if the phone doesn't work or anything goes wrong I can decrypt the data and not lose it?

I have samsung galaxy note 3.

Thank you.


texts: Clean update/install of new Android version (non-nexus)

texts:
I don't have a Nexus device (I have a Moto G2 2013).
Today I received the OTA update from my manufacturer (6.0 Marshmallow).

I want to do a clean install/update on my device. For example, when upgrading Windows it asks me if I want a clean install. I found out Android doesn't give me the option.

What is the cleanest way to upgrade my device?

Factory reset my device (going back to 4.4) and then hop versions (OTA to 5.0 and then 6.0)?
Look for an ISO from my manufacturer and flash it?


texts: Issue with Lollipop upgrade on Micromax Yureka: Unable to pick calls

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Yesterday I got an update to upgrade my Micromax Yureka mobile to CyanogenMod 12 which upgrades the Android version to Lollipop. And from then I am unable to pick calls, as nothing gets displayed/or rather display won't turn on to pick up the call.

I installed a sensor test app and found that the proximity and light sensors are not working. I removed the screen protector as well. Can someone please suggest a fix for it?


texts: Can't receive WhisperPush Messages on CM11

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My Phone runs CyanogenMod 11. I registered in WhisperPush via the Settingsentry and got the verification code. I do have a Google Account, the phone is new and I haven't installed any apps yet.

Now I wanted to text with my contact (he's using TextSecure) via WhisperPush/TextSecure. When he sends me a message using TextSecure, it's shown to him that it's sent encrypted, but I won't receive any message at all. On the other hand, when I send a message, it's send as a normal text without any encryption at all.

I tried to enter the verification code somewhere, but can't find anything, permissions should be also fine, at least I allow WhisperPush everything.

How can I get WhisperPush to work?

Hint: WhisperPush is integrated with CyanogenMod, so Google Cloud Messaging shouldn't be involved.

Update: I tried it with another contact, who uses TextSecure as well. While I still won't get any encrypted message and the messages I send are still plain text, after unregistering and re-registering from WhisperPush I noticed that I've the public key of my contact in my list, he had mine as well. So it seems there was a key-exchange, but somehow the messaging app(?) doesn't know it can communicate with this contact using WhisperPush/TextSecure.

Update II: I just installed the TextSecure (now Signal) app from the Google Play Store. Works flawless.


texts: Samsung duos remove and re-insert battery makes battery life sudden drop

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I have a samsung duos i9082 without root.
the battery life drop 10% - 50% when remove and reinsert the battery.

So my question is.
is this a battery problem or devices or software?

Does replace a new battery fix this issue?

update question

The first drop is remove and re-insert battery.
The second drop is from 15% - 0% (less than 5mins)
48% usage by screen.


texts: Two Google calendars on my Android (HTC)?

texts:
I can access my personal Google calendar.

Can I also access my work Google calendar (we use Google Apps)?

Can I

Merge these two, but not share my personal calendar with work mates?
Set it up not to receive work emails?

EDIT:
HTC Desire on Android 2.1


texts: USB Debugging: PC doesn't recognize that my Moto E (2nd Gen)(Upgraded to Marshmallow) in on debugging mode

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So I'm trying to root my Moto E (2nd Gen) using PC apps such as Kingo Root, One Click Root etc. But the problem is that my PC doesn't recognize that my phone is in debugging mode. Moreover on my Android the following dialog box appears:

Please help me.
I have installed the Android drivers on my PC.


texts: Google App always opens google.com on chrome

texts: When I open the Google App, it promptly opens Chrome and switches to google.com. I cannot access anything on Google App since it immediately switches to Chrome.


texts: Limit the Internet bandwidth of Android device

texts:
Is it possible to limit internet speed of Android device

for example

Nexus 7 only internet speed has 300 kbps / 1mbps
Nexus 4 only internet speed has 150 kbps / 1mbps


texts: I live in Israel,my Google Play country is set to USA. How to change to Israel?

texts:
The need to change the above had arisen when I tried setting up Family Link on my kid's phone, which fails due to" country setting being different on parent and child phones". Sure enough, his country is set correctly in Google Play settings.

How can I change mine when the account->country and profile setting appears unchangeable?

Edited for clarification: I have never lived in the US and don't recall setting the country to US. I have no US based payment methods defined , but I do have Israeli payment method defined and used.


texts: Remove notifications "Activate Anti-malware service" and "Battery fully charged" on rooted Samsung S10

texts:
On my Samsung S10e device I often get these notifications:

  Device care - Activate Anti-malware service

and

  Battery fully charged

When I try to turn one of them off, I am told:

  These notifications can't be turned off

Which raises the question: On my rooted device, how can I turn them off?

Solutions that only work for one of these notifications are OK.


texts: Is Gmail on Android susceptible to MITM attacks?

texts:
My employer performs MITM on gmail.com by generating their own certificate authority. I've only noticed this applies to the web version of Gmail. In additon, Chrome on Windows will alert me when the certificate is not completely authentic.

Does this also apply to the Android App? Will the same MITM logic for gmail web work on the Android App, or is the app more secure? Note that I do not get the same certificate warnings on the app. It's hard to tell if my traffic is intercepted via the app. Are there any other methods that could be used to intercept and decrypt traffic from the Gmail android app?


texts: Easily record GPS coordinates in OpenStreetMap

texts:
I live in Argentina and use OpenStreetMap since the maps are really accurate in that area.
I travel in a specific area with my Android smartphone using GPS. In that area mainly I like to save GPS coordinates in my map (my clients) and make notes to them. Additionally, I would like to add roads that are not recorded in OpenStreetMap yet, but that is not really necessary.
Currently I use the OsmAnd app on my phone. It contains offline maps, which is important since I don't have any Internet connection out there. I can record favorites, but I can't really make many notes to them, like some kind of history of my visits. And I can't extend the map of unknown roads with that app.
Is there a better way to achieve that?
I would like to use the favorites to see where I have to make my visits next and what would be the best route for that.


texts: Determine android:installLocation in Play Store BEFORE install

texts:
I'm familiar with moving apps from internal to external memory. In fact I have to with the limited internal memory I have.

Some apps don't allow that. I know it's the android:installLocation line.  I try to avoid the apps that don't allow moving to the external memory. The only way I know is to install it, and try to move it. Seems like an impractical method to me.

So, the question is: Is there a way to determine this setting before installing?

Specs if needed.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S5, SM-G900V, Android ver 6.0.1, not rooted.
Computer: Windows 10 Pro.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S Relay with a physical keyboard; how can I remap a spare key to send Esc?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Relay running Android 4.1.2; it's an unusual phone because it slides open to reveal a built-in physical keyboard.

The keyboard has no Esc key. It'd be nice to have one, so that I could use it inside Terminal IDE and various terminal emulators and other apps. The Esc key is useful in the Vim text editor, as well as other software which has been ported from Linux to Android.

I'd like to remap one of the keyboard keys which I don't use (such as the voice-search key or the compose-new-email key) to send Escape.

My phone is running stock unrooted Android. But if you would like me to root it or to install CyanogenMod, that is fine.

I'm willing to modify any of the configuration files stored on the device. But I don't want to spend any money to buy a third-party app.

The Hacker's Keyboard is good. But, since I already have a physical keyboard, I want to use the physical keyboard. Cellphone screens aren't big screens; I don't want to spend valuable screen real estate on a virtual keyboard.

How can I remap a spare keyboard key to send Esc?


texts:
This is on an S7 Edge.  I do not have this phone in my possession.  This is from a screen shot of a text they sent.  This "fish" icon was in the notification bar at the top left. I have searched in reverse image and cannot get an app name.  Does anyone recognize this icon?

Thank you


texts: Why do I see a screenshot of something that I was doing in the background on my smartphone?

texts:
When I take a screenshot it does not appear on it, it is like seeing through a drawn glass, It can only be seen from the outside, it's hard to explain.
Is it some kind of malware? The screenshot looks much better when there is a solid color and it can be seen perfectly, it is as if the screenshot were on my screen.  I have already rebooted my device and it still continues.


texts: Change Spotify song while on the background

texts:
Sometimes I'm playing a game while listening to music, or my phone is just locked with Go Locker, and there is no hardkey/softkey to change song except by going to the application or widget, which takes some seconds and putting other apps to sleep.

Is there any way to set up long press of volume keys to this?


texts:
Long story short, I was trying to get TWRP on my Moto G6 but am unable to boot in any way.

fastboot boot twrp.img

Results in the phone hanging with the Motorola logo. I'm guessing that this is relating to me flashing the recovery before-hand instead of booting it first. I'm not sure, I'm new to this.

When I try to boot into recovery from fastboot it presents me with the fastboot screen once more saying "Start Up Failed" with an error "Failed to pass validaton [sic], backup to fastboot".

For the record, the normal mode boots up fine, but I don't really care for the phone if I can't get TWRP running on it.


texts: My HTC Desire 320 Will Not Turn On - How Do I fix?

texts:
I have an HTC Desire 320 that I haven't used in 2 years. I suspect that it is stuck in a boot loop. I tried to restart it by using the hard keys and this method ->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI45g_WZSFE
I know it is not the battery because I tested it with a multimeter and it had normal readings. I also plugged it into my windows computer to see if it would show up and it just kept playing the connect - disconect usb sound effect. any feedback is welcome.
Ryan


texts: I need help with my phone...this is urgent

texts:
i have a rooted phone.i recently tried download the modded play store but it failed resulting in my phone not having a proper google play store and google framework was buggered.i kept getting the 'unfortunately com.google.gapps has stopped' error so i decided to factory reset my device.once i put it on again for the initial setup,i got the same 'unfortunately com.google' message.i tried to finish the initial setup by constantly closing the message but only could get to the wifi part and it would get stuck and reboot right back to the initial setup.please help me with my issue...thanks

note:i have a rooted moto g(2015) and can still access TWRP


texts: Do permissions have to be declared in the manifest for an app to have the access they provide?

texts:
I was using Universal Copy for a while to be able to copy text from fields that are not normally able to be selected, but due to it being able to see all contents on the screen when running, I would disable the it in accessibility settings until needed, which was a pain. I found Copycat, which does the same thing but with only one permission (run at startup) declared, and it states the following:

  This app does not use any internet connection at all, So it never syncs any of your saved data anywhere. You can confirm it yourself by checking the app permissions. Your data is safe in your device.

On the surface, this seems great, since it appears there's no concern about giving it the access involved with the accessibility service. However, I know that Android permissions aren't so well-defined, unfortunately, and that if an app has any permission in a category, it has all permissions in that category. Since the "run at startup" permission is in the "Other" category, which is also where the internet permissions are located, it would seem that it would have that access, even though it doesn't specifically request it.

So my question is, is that true, or does an app have to declare a permission in its manifest in order to be able to use it, and does that declaration always mean that permission will show when viewing an app's permissions in the Play Store? IOW, is Copycat truly safe, or could it potentially still be sending information, and the developer is either misguided, which wouldn't exactly be promising, or outright lying, which would clearly be bad? I emailed them a few weeks ago but have not received a response.

P.S. I wasn't sure if this should go on Stack Overflow, since it relates to programming, or not, since it's not related to any specific code.


texts:
Just found out that Play Books has a limit of 100MB for each .EPUB file one wants to upload.

Are there alternative eReaders for Android that would allow to upload/read bigger .EPUB files?
This one has around 400MB.
I am wondering how should one open these files?


texts: Can I get Fire OS 6 running on a Fire HD 10(7th gen)?

texts:
Android Studio claims Fire OS 5.3.6.4 is Android 5.1.1 API 22.

I would really like to be using Nougat (which apparently Fire OS 6 is).
Shouldn't I have the latest Fire OS on my tablet?

Is there a way to do that?
If not, I'll have to try rooting it. I hate these OEM blonked Android OS flavours!


texts: Tasker getting wifi info for unconnected networks

texts: Is it possible to discover signal strength info for unconnected networks? I want to switch networks if the current signal is weak AND there is a stronger signal available. I have hunted for a relevant plugin to no avail. Thanks


texts: "kswapd0" is taking up some of my device's CPU time even though I don't have any swap. What's going on?

texts:
Using Ozcan ROM 6.3 on my Samsung Galaxy S4, I'm observing kswapd0 process making CPU laggy. The same thing happened on another TW KK ROM - Omega. After researching on it for weeks, I realized that it's the process that does the SWAP job - transferring RAM contents to storage when memory is low.

Presently, I don't want to use SWAP, so the following are the workarounds that I tried to disable SWAP:

Tried Apps like Swapper2, Reset Swap to delete swapfile. The process
vanishes for few seconds but it looks like the swapfile again gets
created (checked by using command, free).
Used the command swapoff -a    (to Stop swapping on all swap devices)
but it gives me an error - swapoff: /etc/fstab: No such file or directory.

So, my Queries are as follows:

Why and how does SWAP gets enabled automatically? Is the kernel or
ROM responsible for it?
When actually could the SWAP partition be    created when I didn't do
it manually? On flashing the ROM?
What I'm doing wrong in the swapoff comand? After reading about the
same    error, I think it's related to the location of the swapfile.
So, how    can I know the location of the swapfile? Any suggestions
on disabling    the SWAP permanently or making kswapd0 use less CPU
if the lag is not    directly related to SWAP?

(Originally posted on XDA)


texts:
I own and Optimus One(Froyo). I want to type some couple of messages(for the same contact) and save it for sending later. How to do that?

EDIT: User wishes to save message templates that can be re-used at a later instance.


texts: Huawei backup not offering location "Internal storage"

texts:
I want do backup a Huawei P20 lite using its own "Backup" app. But it does not offer "Internal storage" as a backup location, even if it supports that, according to documentation here: PHONE BACKUP AND RESTORE GUIDE (see second screenshot there)

There is 44 GB of internal storage free (of 64GB total).

What is wrong?

I want to do a backup in the most hassle free way possible. There is no SD card at hand and have the slot used for the second SIM anyway.


texts: Why does Google Maps ask me to rate places I haven't been to?

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I am asked to rate places Google maps thinks I have visited. I have not been there and I click on I have not been there but next time I get asked to rate (those places I listed as I have not been there).

How can I stop maps from asking me to rate places I haven't been to?


texts:
I have the 8 inch Vizio tablet Model VTAB1008.

The audio stops working out of no where. Even if I plug the headphones in, it doesn't work.

Usually when I completely turn it off, and then turn it back on again, the audio will work for a while, but then it will eventually stop working again.

The apps I use are just facebook, twitter, youtube, or instagram. No game apps or anything.

I've tried reformatting it, putting it back to default settings, didn't work. I've also tried SoundAbout, didn't work either.

The customer service guy told me to kill my apps before going to another app, saying sometimes one app doesn't give permission for another app to play sound, so I have done that using the Advanced Task killer, but no solution.

Anyone know what could be wrong?

Thanks for the help.


texts:
Usually apps, settings etc. set automatically sideways when you turn your phone horizontal and if your "Screen rotation" is enabeld.

But why does the home screen/ lockscreen does not set to horizonal view automatically as in the picture above? Always when I try it, it does not work like these:

Now, I would like to know how to set the home screen/ lock sideways generally! That means by all andrid phones of all producers with this problem.


texts: How to know the device's microSD card reader specifications?

texts:
In my opinion, for clarity and transparency before purchasing a device, it would be necessary that manufacturers clearly indicate on the data sheets of their devices more information about the device specifications:

The type of compatible microSD cards (Ex: SDHC / SDXC / ...)
The type of supported file systems. (FAT32 / exFAT / ...)
The maximum theoretical capacity of supported microSD card (Up to 32GB/ UP to 2TB /...)
The class of the card reader, to know the maximum speed of compatible cards (Classe 10: Min Write Speed: 10 MB/s 25 MB/s....)

How to get this information without relying on manufacturer declarations?


texts: I'm on android 6.0.1. My main and only Internet is my phone. I don't have a router, Access Point, nor switch in my home. I use the mobile hotspot feature so other devices can connect to the Internet. My TV connects to the mobile hotspot as well. I am trying to cast from my phone to my TV but it doesn't seem to find it. Other devices have no problem. It's this at all possible to have mobile hotspot and be able to cast from the same device?


texts: Google timeline telling me I was somewhere that I wasn't

texts:
It was a slow day so I just started flicking through my timeline on Google maps to see where I have been ever since I created my Google account. I only have the account on my phone but sometimes sign in on my laptop, these are the only two devices that use my account and I am the only one to have ever accessed my account.

However, when looking at my map I realized that Google said I had been somewhere that I honestly have never been before. It's more than 145 miles away from where I live and I've never been anywhere near this place in all my life. On top of that it also said that I took 16 hours to cross the street in the industrial estate that it placed me in.

I looked in my diary and I'm 100% confident that I wouldn't have left the street where I lived that day. What I don't understand is how this happened?


texts: Is there an app that allows me to remotely access and play my hard drive's music files?

texts:
Is there an program that allows me to remotely access and play my hard drive's music files?

I found and downloaded a program called 'sockso' that would have worked, if it was still supported, at least it would have allowed me to access and play music off of my hard drive through an open port.

I simply want to set up a program on my laptop (accessible via wifi) and access it from my phone or tablet.

I desire an program that remotely either plays my hard drive resident songs randomly or allows me to set up a play list.

There are probably a million ways to do similar things using other techniques, but:

I want the files to be physically on my laptop's hard drive and
Accessible remotely (a resident program running on the laptop is OK).


texts:
Since picking up a few NFC tags I've been experimenting with automation apps to run tasks for certain contexts (e.g. Car dock).

The apps I've tried (e.g. Trigger) are great at running tasks when the tag appears but I've yet to find one to trigger events when the tag is removed.

The car dock scenario would involve:

Tag entry

Wifi off
Brightness auto
Lock screen off

Tag exit

Reverse above changes

Setting the phone up for the drive is great but very annoying that I can't  jump out my car and chuck my phone in a pocket without toggling settings off.

I'm aware that some of the apps have a 'toggle' mode where tapping the same tag twice can run another set of tasks. This is not ideal.


texts: Is there any way to disable the "connect charger" dialog?

texts:
When I unplug my phone from the charger, it pops up a dialog that it's low on power.

Is it possible to disable that? My charger isn't that good so it looks like it's going in and out the whole time. The phone is still charging but I can't use it because the dialog is model and steals control the whole time.


texts: How to navigate the directory of my computer while using adb?

texts: I want to download recovery onto my phone and to do that I need to open a command window in the folder. However, I run into problems when I try to do that. I already downloaded minimal adb and bootloader and because of that I cant open a regular cmd in the folder. In the adb itself I do not know how to navigate directories and I get confused fast when I try to Google the same question. Thats Why I want to ask all of you. How do you navigate directories in adb?


texts: An App disappeared after downloading, Where is it?

texts:
When I download an app from play store, The download process is completed (100%) but the app disappeared and silently failed to install on my phone.

I would like to know where the source file of the app is downloaded so that I can reach it and install it manually.

Phone Type: Techno P5

Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean

Phone storage: 2GB ( 1GB free )

SD Card: 8GB (3.6GB free)

512 MB of RAM

1.2 GHz dual core processor

App size: 100 MB


texts:
Can't figure out how to change the settings on my Samsung Galaxy S phone to actually have a ringtone when receiving a call.

When receiving a call a voice says "call from 123-456-7890" or "call from Fred". I know how to set the ringtone which has been set..but I don't know how to take the voice off.

So how do I turn off these spoken notifications and get back the ringtone I've set?


texts: How to find Google Assistant in Settings=>Apps in order to clear its storage/cache?

texts:
Since How to stop Google Assistant from freezing Xiaomi Mi Box S 4K's remote control? received no replies, I'd like to ask a more general question - how to clear Google Assistant's settings?

Or to put it more simply, how do I find Google Assistant in my list of apps in order to reset it there?

It's supposed to be play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googleassistant, but - in the Settings=>Apps of at least 2 different devices (a phone and a TV - both have Google Assistant in the general settings) - I find neither the aforementioned app ID nor Assistant nor Google Assistant, not even when system apps are included in my view.


texts: Phone kept awake for half an hour after arriving home

texts:
My Moto X (2014) running Lollipop 5.0.1 sometimes starts chewing through battery upon arriving home after being away (or, possibly, getting back on a wi-fi connection is the trigger?). It does this for 30-45 minutes or so, then returns back to normal. The battery usage looks like this:

The high battery usage looks to correspond to the device being kept awake, unsurprisingly. Looking through the top battery users, I see 'keep awake' times of around 25 minutes for Google Play Services, Android System, and Google Search; I'm guessing the latter is the root cause.

I am running Google Now launcher.

I hardly touched the phone during the time it was chewing through battery, so I don't think it's anything I'm causing explicitly.

Any ideas what might be going on, or how to diagnose further?

UPDATE 2015-01-22:

The problem is broader than originally reported. Sometimes when CPU usage peaks, it returns to normal after 30-60 minutes. Other times, it seems to continue indefinitely, and I restart the phone, which temporarily resolves it.

I no longer thing arriving at home has anything to do with it. It seems to happen more in the early evening, but sometimes would happen overnight.

Quite a few things stop working when the problem happens:

Timers and alarms won't ring. I had a timer that was counting into negative time, but I never got a notification.
Apps won't install or update. They'll start to download, but will stall and never complete, until restarting the phone.
Google Voice texts (and maybe SMS) don't arrive in Hangouts.
Calendar notifications don't show up when expected.

In short, the phone is simply broken.

I finally contacted Motorola support, who quickly suggested replacing the phone, so I took them up on that. The new phone experienced the same symptoms today.

The new phone went several days without problems, and the first problem happened after I made some changes to Google account sync settings. If memory serves, I turned on Inbox, Ingress, and My Tracks syncing. I've now tried turning those off again and am waiting to see if the problem continues to happen.

When the problem happens, it correlates to continuous high CPU usage by the Android System process.

For what it's worth, I don't see this problem on my Nexus 7, also on Lollipop, with very similar configuration.


texts: Looking for LineageOS 17.1 download link for vivalto3gvn (Samsung Galaxy V/Ace NXT/Trend Neo)

texts: According to stats.lineageos.org, the Samsung model codename vivalto3gn has OS versions of 13.0, 15.1 and 17.1. I did a little more searching, but I couldn't find download links for 15.1 and 17.1. The latest version I can find is 14.1 from this website. Do these versions really exist or are they caused by reporting errors?


texts: Is 512 MB RAM Really Enough for Android ICS?

texts:
(Background: I never use ICS Phone, so i want to ask about performance)

Some of Android ICS Phone (e.g. Xperia J, Xperia Sola) has 512 MB RAM. How about performance of Android ICS Phone with that amount of RAM? Sony Developer Blog said that there is performance issue with only 512 MB RAM, but is it really matter to user?


texts: how to install custom recovery without pc

texts:
I want to install custom recovery in intex aqua y2 pro  without pc to avoid accidents. i have downloaded the cwm (touch)custom recovery.img(4mb) and the stock recovery (6mb) can i flash it through mobile uncle tools without bricking it
Please Answer


texts: Can installing Android on a Netbook reduce its power consumption?

texts:
I am running Linux Mint on my old netbook and it really consumes a lot of power.
If I install Android, will it actually consume less power? I actually want to use the same device for at least 2-3 hours whereas on Linux Mint, it only works for 1.2 hours. Is Android suited for such a use?


texts:
I've got a Wileyfox Swift with two SIM cards, running CyanogenMod 13. I can only send SMS from one card/carrier, not from the other.

My guess is that is has to do with the Short Message service center setting.

Changing the SMSC as described on the CyanogenMod wiki only allows me to set one SMSC - but I think I would have to set both.

Is that correct, and how can I set the 2nd SMSC number?

Others have similar problems: ilogik@reddit


texts: HDR camera and stabilized video on Galaxy S5 neo

texts:
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S5 neo (SM-G903F). The phone runs original Android 5.1 (only rooted). The camera app does support neither HDR photos nor stabilized video recording.

Is there a way how to do do HDR photos and stabilized video recording? Maybe some 3rd party application that could do it? I would prefer single app for both HDR photography and stabilized video. Post-processing is not an option for me in both cases.


texts: how to fastboot mode without Enable USB Debugging?

texts:
I have a cellphone which I can't get access to the system, so Enable USB Debugging is not a option here. I need to factory reset this phone or upload a fresh firmeware to make it functional again, I figure it out that the way to do it is through Fastboot.
So, is there a way to unlock Fastboot mode in this phone without having to Enable USB Debugging?
Meizu Pro 6 Plus


texts: How can I stop adverts from "System Update" from showing up on my lockscreen on a Micromax phone?

texts:
It's been quite some time since I last used Android, but following the untimely death of my old "roaming" phone while travelling in India, I've just ended up buying myself a Micromax Q338. This runs a Micromax modified version of Android 5.1 Lollipop

After uninstalling or disabling a few of the annoying apps it shipped with, I'm still faced with one issue - adverts showing up as notifications on the lock screen, which seem to turn up when / just after connected to the internet. If I touch and hold on them, they show as being from System Update, as shown here:

Lockscreen / Notification settings (click images for larger variants)

As far as I can tell, System Update is an official component, and not a third party app. As such, I don't think I can/should uninstall it. I also can't find System Update under Settings / Sound & notification / Notification / App notification, so I can't apparently disable them that way.

So, how do I stop System Update popping up adverts on the lock screen when there is / has been internet?


texts: Having an .apk file, is there any way I can get its source code?


texts: Upgrading MIUI when installed on SD card

texts:
I have MIUI 1.7.22 Italian installed on my HD2 running from SD card.

I found that there is version 1.8.5 available from the MIUI updater program on the phone. However, even if I download the ROM it doesn't get installed. It asks me to reboot in bootloader mode, so I suppose it works only with NAND-installed ROMs.

Do you know if it's possible to upgrade MIUI to 1.8.5 when running from SD card possibly without erasing all data on the phone?

It took me some time to customize desktop.


texts: How can I execute a script on the SD card and be able to pass arguments to it?

texts:
I tried executing a script on the sdcard as is because on FAT, everything is 777.

./.profile
./.profile: permission denied

I added this as the initial command for the Android shell and it executes it just fine:

eval "$(cat /sdcard/.profile)"

So what I'm wondering is: Is there a way I can execute a script on the sdcard (other than the way I found out) and be able to pass arguments to it or do I need to do it the normal BTEP way (in its data directory)?


texts: If a micro USB charger supports data transfer for one Android device, should it then support data transfer for any Android device?

texts:
In particular, I bought "1M Micro USB Charger Charging Sync Data Cable For Samsung Galaxy S2 S3 S4 WJ" on ebay, assuming it should work with any device despite the specific brand in the title. Testing on a Huawei and a Mpie Android device, 2 of the cables do nothing, 5 only charge, 1 is detected by one device prompting option to connect as storage -- however it is not deteced on computer so effectively only charges.

Note that I have successfully data transferred with other cables on these two devices.

Failed to find info online except on distinction between charge-only and charge+data micro USB cables.


texts: Skype not notify of new messages until it is opened

texts:
My Skype is not showing new messages or Skype call until I open it.

I have a Samsung J6+. It night be my fault due to changing many settings at once now causing Skype to behave this way. So it was with other chat messengers such as Wire and Whatsapp.

But I got Whatsapp working fine now, when i disable "data saver" feature under "data usage".

However Skype and Wire are not working as they should.

Can anybody please help by provide a list of possible settings and solutions ?

Thanks.


texts: How can I change file permissions on Jelly Bean?

texts:
My rooted Galaxy Nexus is on Jelly Bean (4.1.1) with a super user application. I want to install sinhala font into the phone, and for that I've tried to copy the font file (droidfallbackcens.ttf) to the font folder in my phone using the root explorer app. But it says that I have only read permissions on my phone.

I have googled this issue and tried several methods (most of those methods were about ICS), but I haven't been able to change file permissions to get "read write execute", can anyone help me with this?


texts: How to use Gallery app in Lollipop 5.0.1?

texts: I have recently updated my Nexus 7 to Android 5.0.1 and I found that the Gallery app is missing. Is it possible to restore it?


texts:
Does Android support hibernation?

I'm interested specifically in two scenarios:

Resuming after a "nice" powerdown - ie, the phone runs out of power during normal use (say, in the middle of writing or reading email)
Resuming after a "catastrophic" powerdown - ie, say the battery accidentally is removed in the middle of some sort of activity.


texts:
The Galaxy S4 comes with a TripAdvisor lock screen wallpaper that rotates images every X hours of places around the world. Every now and then it has really cool ones that I would potentially like to save to use as my lock screen permanently, but I can't figure out where in the filesystem they are stored.

I have found a couple of posts saying it is located in /data/data/com.android.settings/ or something like that, but my /data folder is empty.

tl;dr: Where does android save the current lock screen image?


texts: Is 32GB a hard limit for SDHC, even if the FAT32 format card is >32GB?

texts: FAT32 drives can be larger than 32GB.  If I format a 64GB SDXC card as FAT32, will all 64GB be recognized by SDHC devices that proclaim a 32GB limitation?  Is the 32GB limitation "hard coded" or is it arbitrary?  Does the real limit vary from device to device?


texts: With a rooted mobile ,Can I free up some internal storage (ROM) after delete some google apps from system. After deleted that's apps is there any problem to other google apps like play store, google ply games and other apps in my system ? . is there any problem to my phone or system ?


texts:
Trying to setup my homecall.co.uk email on new Asus T300 Android.
Followed screen instructions got this message:
"email setup couldn't finish - couldn't open connection to server".
Also tried entering exactly same settings as on my PC but with same result
Any ideas, please?
Alan


texts:
So, I was trying to install CyanogenMod using this guide.

However, as you've probably guessed, this didn't work quite how it should have...

Probably because I forgot to root. I straight out, didn't root my phone. I unlocked the bootloader like it says in the CyanogenMod Wiki, etc etc, and I believe that I did everything correct in terms of Fastboot, etc, but I forgot to root, which means when I try to install the OS from the .zip on the SD Card, it fails. I can't remember the error, but it's something bad, I can remember that.

I wiped it, which worked, but now I can't install anything

Does anyone have any other ideas? I can provide more details if needed.

Oh, and if it helps, when I do sideload and... sideload the package, everything goes fine (I used TWRP this time instead of CyanogenMod Recovery, and went to Advanced > Sideload) until the error appears, right at the end:

  E:Unable to mount '/data'>

The whole phone is full of "unable to mount" stuff. This is why I assume that it was a lack of root. The phone doesn't have permissions to access... itself I guess. TWRP then gives me the "Reboot now" button, I press it, the Sony logo comes and goes a bit, the USB cable still plugged in, then I press the volume buttons a bit, then CyanogenMod Recovery appears again... A picture of an Android with the blue apex type thing spins, then the menu appears with an Android lying on the floor, open, with an exclamation mark in a red triangle...


texts: System UI won't start after tweaking Quick Setting with System Ui Tuner

texts:
I did a stupid mistake this afternoon. I downloaded the System UI Tuner app and tweak the status bar to only show ONE quick setting tile upon first swipe down (obviously wont work but idiot me still think that it is a good idea to give it a try anyway). Upon pulling the slider to 1, the System UI crash immediately and only show black screen and everything stopped working. I am desperate now and really need kind people here to help me troubleshoot this to reset and get System UI working again. I will list down some background and information below.

Device:
Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2
Just updated to Android Pie today

What is working now:
- Power Menu
- Safe Mode
- Google Assistant
- Stock Recovery
- Fastboot

What is not working (Can't find a way to make it work):
- System UI
- ADB (USB debugging was turned on but I cannot authorize my phone without System UI)
- Unlocking the screen
- Boot loader not unlocked
- Internet (Data was not on before crash and WiFi require me to sign in)

What have I tried:
- Turn it off and on
- Boot into Safe Mode
- Wipe Cache in Recovery
- Flashing the same firmware again with recovery

Kindly request if you need more information.

Of course, the last resort is to do a factor system reset but I really wish I can keep my precious stuff in my phone... and also I've set up my phone to act as 2 factor authentication for my Google Accounts which I might be a problem if I reset my phone.

Thanks In Advance!


texts: How to use my Phone as a wifi camera for my TV

texts:
I've got a Sony Xperia Z3 phone.  I'd like to use the video camera function and live-stream to my TV in another room.  So far my best success was using 2 phones with video conferencing and an MHL cable, but I won't always have access to a second phone.

I tried using the miracast option, which allows me to cast the screen, but this didn't work with the video camera.

My TV is a fairly modern Samsung, and I also have a raspberry pi I could connect via hdmi.

Does anyone know of a way to do this without significant additional hardware?


texts: How do I enter commute details in Google Now?

texts: I want my Nexus 7 to know when I'm leaving for work and display the details about traffic and such. But I don't know where I need to add home and commute destination.


texts:
I've been trying to figure out how Android/CyanogenMod manages RAM internally, and what exactly I can trim down.

I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1-M2 right now, but the memory usage has stayed fairly consistent over the updates ever since I installed the CM 10 about a half a year ago.

Here are my questions :

What could Trebuchet be doing eating away 100M RAM by itself?

For that matter, systemui is eating over 70M RAM as well. A rough calculation of the video RAM requirements (4 colors x 1200 x 720 ~ 3-4MB) is nowhere near hundreds of megabytes, even if you have, say, 10 layers on your launcher and System UI, each taking the full screen.
system_server is taking ~150M, is that normal?

I guess if you take into account services shown by dumpsys meminfo it all adds up, but I wanted to check.

For info, running dumpsys meminfo shows :

Total PSS by OOM adjustment:
   118491 kB: System
              118491 kB: system (pid 406)
    79619 kB: Persistent
               50892 kB: com.android.systemui (pid 19167)
               23670 kB: com.android.phone (pid 688)
                5057 kB: com.android.nfc (pid 697)
   112547 kB: Foreground
              112547 kB: com.cyanogenmod.trebuchet (pid 25585)
    97764 kB: Visible
               62079 kB: android.process.acore (pid 23677)
               13137 kB: com.google.process.gapps (pid 886)
                9092 kB: com.google.android.gsf.login (pid 6452)
                8151 kB: com.google.process.location (pid 855)
                2753 kB: com.android.nfc:handover (pid 788)
                2552 kB: com.android.smspush (pid 811)
     8094 kB: Perceptible
                5558 kB: com.android.inputmethod.latin (pid 9662)
                2536 kB: com.android.location.fused (pid 3493)
    67783 kB: A Services
               26124 kB: com.facebook.katana (pid 27504)
               16481 kB: com.facebook.orca (pid 26218)
               12152 kB: com.google.android.apps.maps:GoogleLocationService (pid 24846)
                7467 kB: android.process.media (pid 24905)
                5559 kB: net.nurik.roman.dashclock (pid 24926)
    28482 kB: B Services
               10988 kB: com.android.vending (pid 26889)
                7018 kB: com.google.android.apps.maps (pid 18348)
                5104 kB: com.dropbox.android (pid 25070)
                2710 kB: com.bel.android.dspmanager (pid 26346)
                2662 kB: com.cyanogenmod.updater.updater.service.UpdateCheckService (pid 25156)
    54121 kB: Background
               14159 kB: com.google.android.apps.plus (pid 27352)
               12993 kB: com.facebook.katana:providers (pid 27538)
                8600 kB: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox (pid 27427)
                4848 kB: com.evernote.skitch (pid 27408)
                4101 kB: com.google.android.apps.maps:LocationFriendService (pid 27488)
                3833 kB: com.google.android.gms (pid 27474)
                2890 kB: com.google.android.partnersetup (pid 27445)
                2697 kB: com.android.defcontainer (pid 27379)

top shows :

  PID PR CPU% S  #THR     VSS     RSS PCY UID      Name
  406  1   0% S   101 689020K 138244K  fg system   system_server
25585  1   0% S    23 581124K 136528K  fg u0_a40   com.cyanogenmod.trebuchet
19167  0   0% S    20 507824K  71216K  fg u0_a36   com.android.systemui
23677  0   0% S    33 526580K  56076K  bg u0_a1    android.process.acore
27504  1   0% S    29 505836K  43828K  bg u0_a112  com.facebook.katana
  688  0   0% S    44 530180K  33860K  fg radio    com.android.phone
26218  1   0% S    24 491392K  31792K  bg u0_a92   com.facebook.orca
  128  0   0% S    10  69020K  27900K  fg system   /system/bin/surfaceflinger
27754  1   0% S    15 481612K  26892K  bg u0_a127  com.google.android.apps.maps:LocationFriendService
26889  0   0% S    29 495588K  26356K  bg u0_a55   com.android.vending


texts: Playing two videos/audios simultaneously in twin view

texts:
In short: is there any way to watch (and hear) simultaneously two stream sources?
Here some details.
I'm using a Samsung Galazy tab S2 with Android 7.
I have noticed that if I open in twin view
multiple window applications playing videos I can watch them simultaneously as long as only one window is using the audio.
Once I try to play the other video's audio
the first video is stopped.
Is there any way to avoid this block?
Thanks in advance for any answer.


texts: AVD Emulator, "Unfortunately, Browser has stopped"

texts:
I'm trying to get started with development. I have just installed the SDK (ADT v22.3.0-887826) on Linux Mint 15 x86-64. I haven't made any configuration changes to the default installation of ADT, and I don't think there's anything unusual about my system configuration. Eclipse seems to be working fine.

I created a virtual device with default settings (Nexus 4, Android 4.4 image). It takes about 4 minutes to boot, then the home screen comes up. I can navigate the home screen and settings menus, and it's a bit sluggish but it works. When I attempt to launch the stock browser, the screen goes white for a few seconds, then black for about 45 seconds, then it says "Unfortunately, Browser has stopped." I tried again with a QVGA 240x320 device and get the same results. I have tried different settings for GPU acceleration, RAM and VM Heap. I have rebooted my system and tried again with no other programs running. Nothing has helped. I've got a Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz, with 3GB RAM, which I would think is sufficient, but I haven't found any minimum hardware requirements.

I checked the system requirements on the ADT Bundle download page, and I noticed that I have OpenJDK-7 installed, not JDK-6. Could that be the problem? Is it not backward compatible?

Is there an error console or some other way to get more information to diagnose problems? This generic error message is pretty useless.

UPDATE:

Thanks for the tip on logcat. There were LOTS of errors, warnings and failures in there. So I went ahead and installed Oracle JDK-7 (it is compatible) even though there have been reports of successfully using OpenJDK. I also reinstalled ADT. But I'm still getting the same issue, "Unfortunately, Browser has stopped." I can launch other apps, like Calendar, Calculator, Contacts, Messaging, etc.

...Solved it. See answer below.


texts: How can I change the default location for bluetooth file transfers?

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I have an Android 2.3 device (Samsung Galaxy Y Duos, S6102) and want all files that I receive via bluetooth to save to my SD card.

How can I do that?


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Some context: I'm using Desire, and it bugs me that it adds "http://www." when I type a word into the address bar. I just want to search...

The application I'm using is called "Internet". Is it something tailored to HTC? Is it based on Chromium?


texts: How to disable auto hide navigation bar in cyanogenmod 11?

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The navigation bar is automatically hidden in Cyanogenmod 11. Maybe it's a good idea but my tablet case does not let me swipe from bottom to show it.

Is there a way to prevent a navigation bar from hiding so that it is always displayed?


texts: Are there any issues if buying a Samsung Galaxy S3 without memory?

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If I buy a phone without memory or minimal memory, can I change to a memory card that I buy somewhere else? I was thinking of a class 10 32gb or 64gb.

Are there any concerns with doing it this way?


texts: Android reboots permanent after i activated OBB Move in Link2SD, data is aviable

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I activated OBB Move in the Link2SD app (I don't know exactly what it does, but I already asked the developer, he hasn't answered yet)  and then I had to reboot. After I rebooted the system worked properly, but after a minute it said "Process system has stopped" and then it rebooted. After reboot I could use my system, all data was available, but about a minute later it again said "Process systemhas stopped". This results into an endless loop.

Is there any way to solve this problem? And if I have to reset the system is there any way to save important data?

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE (SM-T805), Android 5.0.2, rooted with KingRoot.


texts: Using an android phone as a server for PC LAN gaming

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So me and my friend wish to play tf2 using our phones as the server when we are in college. We tried using WiFi hotspot on the phone to connect but couldn't find any way to forward a port. So we tried downloading the app- "Port Forwarder". That didn't work too(or maybe we are just idiots who don't know what we are doing).

Is there a way to play the game using our phones as a server? I have a rooted Moto g and my friend has an unrooted OnePlus Two.

Here is the app we used: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.bherbst.net&hl=en


texts: What does the icon of a phone with “ID” written on it mean?

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My friend is using a Samsung Galaxy Note 10 with Android 9.0 “Pie”. This icon appears on the notification bar.

The icon also appears as the picture of some calls in the list of recent calls on the stock dialer app, mainly when the number is not saved as a contact.

Let’s say 20 calls were showing on the call list:

17 calls were from saved contacts. These had a circle with the initials of the contact next to the call (e.g. John Doe will be displayed as "JD").
1 call was what looked like a saved contact - it had a name, not just a number. It had that icon next to it.
The last 2 are just phone numbers with that icon next to it.

What does the icon mean and when it is meant to appear?


texts: Samsung Galaxy A11. Turn on 64 bit node?

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I wanted to purchase a 64-bit android smartphone. I looked at the processor used on the Galaxy A11. It is a 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53. And I bought this phone.
Looks like I made a mistake. Android on the Galaxy A11 runs in 32-bit mode.
Is it possible to switch the phone to 64-bit mode?


texts: How to download apps without a wireless data plan

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I bought an i7500, no data plan. I had assumed that connecting to my router would allow me to download apps from the marketplace; apparently not. I get a message about not being able to connect via the SIM data plan.

Is there a way for me to download and install apps without actually getting a data plan?


texts: Nexus 5. Needs factory reset, no access to AndroidOS., can't unlock or grant permission

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I have a Nexus 5 updated to Android 5.1.1 just some days ago.

Today I have installed this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vanillasys.mikechang&hl=en

(I always only install really trusted app from well known developers or companies, but today I have done it, and I am already regretting it. So far I have lost everything in the phone -luckily I always have full backup enabled-)

I could not log in into the app as it even does not advise how to register, when I tried to exit the app, the Android OS entered a never ending loop of crashing the interface - displaying a message about the interface crash - crash again - message -crash - message .......

A) I rebooted thinking about not launching the app again and deleting it from the Google Play Store, and then even before getting to the PIN screen to unlock the phone, the loop crash - message - crash - appears again, not even displaying the on-screen numkey to dial the PIN. (the rest of the OS seems to work as I could hear the email warnings)

B) I booted in Safe mode, and again not even displaying the numkey screen, error loop again.

C) I can manually go into Recovery Mode and reboot bootloader (I don't know what this is for)

I booted in recovery mode and

1) wipe data/factory reset   -> reboot and same result as in A)

2) wipe cache partition -> reboot and same result as in A)

So I am desperate.

I am using XUbuntu Linux 14.04 LTS fully updated.

Then I am using this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7fhPYQSMQ4
I remember some moths ago about having done the clicking 7 times in the build number to enable developer mode. I also possibly enabled (very likely) the "USB debugging" ...

BUT as I have no access to the Android OS anymore I am not able to use the  abd devices command and get the phone to display the box asking for permision "Allow USB debugging?" (2:54 in the video), so I never get permission, and I can't either perform the command abd reboot bootloader (3:23) and even worse fastboot oem unlock (4:21)

I also try going into recovery mode and then to use the option "apply update from ADB" but as I do not have permission to access the phone from the computer I cannot do anything. I try abd sideload image-hammerhead-lmy48b.zip just to get notified of lack of permission.

What can I do? I can use windows, Linux or Mac. How can I unlock the phone's recovery mode and get permission to access it form the computer?

I would prefer not to use windows as It seems a pain to configure everything to get it to work with Windows, and also I have not used it for some years.

Info from my phone's recovery state screen:

Fastboot mode:
Product name: hammerhead
Variant: hammerhead D821(H) 32GB
hardware version: rev_11
Signing: production
Secureboot: enabled
Lock state: locked

Thanks in advance.

Alex


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In my Android in notification bar I see message Storage space running out. Some system functions may not work.

When I check I see 188 MB free in device memory and around 10 GB in USB storage.

I re-installed Android OS a few times.

It helps for about a couple of months then the problem returns.

If I delete some applications or data it helps for a few hours to a few days.

Questions:

Why do I get Storage space error if there is a lot of available space?
Can I join device and and USB memory? Will it help or at least delay the time while the problem return?
Any other advice how I can deal with this problem?


texts: Cant hear voice or ring during calls via any of my Blutooth speaker , headset , car?

texts: I have "One Plus 3T" mobile phone and I am facing the issue. when I tried calling but can't able to hear the voice if I connected via Bluetooth. this happened after I deliberately cleared cache/cleared storage of the Bluetooth on system apps. I don't know how to revoke that . I tried everything nothing working. please help


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I'm running stock 4.1.2 on a Wolfgang AT-AS43D4 (not rooted). According to DiskUsage, I have about 755 MiB app storage in total, of which I have currently around 100 MiB free space left, so I try to keep the internal storage as empty as possible.

I see Chrome taking up 94.4 MiB, (134 MiB after the latest update) of which about 24.3 MiB is data (up to 28 MiB by now).

My question is twofold:

What is in there? What does Chrome keep there that's almost over 25 MB big?

How can I selectively clean that? I can delete the data wholesale, but I don't want to. Is there any other way? I tried various options in Chrome, but couldn't find anything useful.

Edited: a previous version of this question mentioned an insufficient memory error. This had little to do with the question; I was conflating RAM and app storage.


texts: Unwanted Google Keep reminders when Google Keep is not installed

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I use two Android devices regularly.  A Nexus 5 which is my daily driver, calendars, Google Keep, etc.  The second device is an Asus Tablet which I use to consume - newspapers, news, magazines, internet, etc.  I try to minimize all the alerts on this tablet since I don't need any notifications from my calendar or other daily apps.

I am a heavy user of Google Keep on my Nexus 5 but have not installed it on my tablet (on purpose).  And yet, each time I set a reminder that I want to see on my phone, I also get a notification on my Tablet of the form (e.g.) "Pick Up Eggs - Install Google Keep".  It also uses the Google Now reminder icon (finger with a bowtie) and not the Google Keep icon (lightbulb).  I should also mention that I do not have Google Now enabled on any of my devices.

I do not want Google Keep nor the reminders on my Tablet.  I've tried removing various sync services under the Google Account but can't seem to find the one that is synchronizing the Google Keep reminders to my Tablet.

Any suggestions as to how to get rid of these useless notifications?

Thanks!


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I have rooted, unlocked and modded my Nexus 7 with the 720p camera mod. If I go to system/etc/media_profiles.xml, it shows the 720p format.

The only problem is, that when I film with the default camera app, it films in 352x288. How do I select which video resolution I wish to use?

Screeny

Circle button pressed


texts: com.termux linked or mounted on SD (Root Available)

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So I'm trying to get more space into my termux to download and use
I'm trying to mount the folder onto the SD does anyone know how to already or done it?
I've seen that it isn't possible but I don't see why wouldn't it be especially with root


texts: Is there a way to see 3G connection time?

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I have a time-based data plan, therefore I would like to have a report of the 3G connection time (possibly with a weekly reset). However, all the application on the market reports the data usage, and not the time spent online.

Is there an app for that (for Gingerbread)?


texts: whatsapp bluetooth call gets disrupted by 2nd incoming call

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In Android 10, while talking to a person on Whatsapp using bluetooth headphones, I receive a standard call on the phone, and two bad things happen:

the sound of incoming call is bothering me for too long and too loud, as if it does not realise I'm using bluetooth headphones,
once the incoming call is not answered, I lose bluetooth connection in Whatsapp, namely it goes back to default phone speaker/mic.

(This situation could also be e.g. Whatsapp/Signal, or even perphaps the ongoing call being disrupted by the incoming one: in this case where is the priority set?)

Is this a bug of my phone/ROM, or is it standard?
Is there a way to have a better default behaviour, perhaps

only hear a low sound for incoming 2nd call while on bluetooth,
not get bluetooth disrupted and having to set it back by hand

in the Android options?


texts: Google Play Store won't download apps after reinstalling

texts: I had mistakenly uninstalled the stock Play Store on my rooted Lava Iris X1 Mini running Android 4.4. I reinstalled it as a system app after downloading the apk from an external site. Now, I cannot download any apps from the store, because as soon as the download starts, play store crashes. It doesn't even work when it's installed as a user app. Clearing data and cache of Google Play Services also doesn't fix the problem. Any way to prevent this problem? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to recover deleted .zip files through TWRP?

texts: I deleted internal storage and forgot that my .zip backups was there. I have no OS installed, only access via TWRP. How can I restore my .zip files?


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I have tried to no end, but Skype for Android doesn't support video chat (unless someone leaked a new version that i haven't seen yet), and I cannot find another video chat app that will connect with Skype contacts. As per the title, I am looking for an app that will allow me to video call from my phone to someone using Skype on their computer. Does anyone know of such an app?

UPDATE: I didn't realize it needed specification, but it does turn out Skype supports video calling for some devices:

  Requirements Android 2.1 operating system and above Video calling
  supported on the following handsets: Samsung Google Nexus S, HTC
  Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia pro

So to revise my question, is there an app that allows the HTC EVO to video call from phone to pc?


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Device: Samsung Galaxy Gear paired with Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

I am receiving notifications on the Gear from the Note, so I know it is connected.

I have turned Auto Lock on. When I did this, it asked me for a new unlock pattern and backup PIN, which I gave. Now, when I hold the Note 3, it has reverted to just "swipe to unlock". However, when put the watch down on the table and walk away (5 metres, ten meters), the Note 3 doesn't lock.

Below is a Screen shot from Note 3 showing: Gear Manager > Settings > Auto lock turned on.

Screenshot (click for larger variant)


texts: How do I get rid of boot screen on unrooted phone?

texts: I have an old Samsung galaxy a5 2016 (sm-a510f). I had previously rooted it and installed a custom ROM called the Google Product Rom along which came a boot animation that flashed the google logo before actually going into the animation. Now I have decided to unroot the phone and flash the stock firmware, I have managed to do everything including getting rid of the boot animation. But when I boot up the phone it still flashes the Google logo before going on to play the Samsung boot animation. How do I get rid of it without having to re-root my phone? If there is no way and I have to root my phone again! How do I achieve this on a rooted device?


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Opus is a new open source lossy-format that replaces Vorbis and the outperforms all the other proprietary alternatives to it. However, what plays Opus on Android? Thus far the only thing I've found is Firefox! How come my browser can play Opus -- and none of my music players?

I even wrote Alex, the developer of PowerAmp he said,

  something like that is planned - you can check for details here:
  http://forum.powerampapp.com/index.php?/topic/1794-poweramp-todo-listfeatures-in-progress/

And, it says nothing of Opus support in the future?


texts: Use firefox as the in-app browser instead of chrome

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When I click a link in another app, say "gmail" for instance, it opens up an in-app browser to view it.
When you clock on the top right menu bar, you can see that at the bottom it says "Powered by Chrome".
On another older phone, it somehow used to be "Powered by Firefox". I don't remember exactly how I enabled it. How should I enable it in other phones?


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I have a Huawei Android phone with 512 MB ram and a 1.2 GHz quadcore processor with 4GB internal memory with JellyBean on it. For the past few days no game is running on it. I have tried Riptide GP2, Dead Trigger, World at Arms but to no avail. They install but when I open them they load 20-30% and then it comes back to the menu screen with a wheel rotating.

I thought it was a problem with my ram but I researched that RAM frees itself to run apps. I have 30-40 MB free ram so please tell me what to do as I am really annoyed. I know it has good hardware as its antutu benchmark score is around 14000.

I do not want to root my phone.

I've uninstalled many apps just to make the games work, but it didn't work. I would like to play these games.


texts: Softbrick after Phone hanging. Rooted but Stock ROM on Nexus 5

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I have a really big problem... I have my Nexus 5 for 2 months now and not it doesn't restart anymore.

My phone is rooted and on Stock Android 4.4.2 and enabled developer mode (tapping that 15 times on the build number in settings menu) but I haven't changed that much. And it worked for over a month now. Since the last change in software or settings, the phone was rebooted at least twice.

The last thing I have done was using the app OpenSignal to check my Signal coverage while playing some music over Bluetooth. Because I had enabled that visual feedback for touch, i saw, that my touch on some diagram in OpenSignal was recognized. The Music stopped immideately and the device freezed. Then I tried to reboot it by holding the power key long. The screen went blank.

Then I tried to restart it by holding down the power key long. "Google" appears on screen; screen went blank. Nothing. This is repeatable.

Connecting to a computer shows the "Charging" screen. This is repeatable.

The tried to put the phone into recovery mode. By holding down Vol Down and Power for a quite long time i got that in that mode. than double Vol Down and Power. The screen showed a strange glitch. Like a gameboy that runs out of battery, the lines shifted inside each other. Screen went blank again.

I still can reboot to the Google screen and get the charging screen. I hope it is only a Softbrick and not a Hardbrick. How can I get it working again?

I just have recognized that sometimes after the Google-Logo the system goes to these balls but freeze before the first ball (Red one from left) could be seen completely.


texts: How can I see the price of an app I already purchased on the Google Play Store?

texts: I would like to find out the price of an app that I have already purchased, so that I can suggest it to a friend. When I look at the app listing, it doesn't give the price if I already have it.


texts: "SIM Tool Kit: Error in application" pop-up always shows on Lenovo Vibe K5

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I have a Lenovo Vibe K5. The phone screen always shows a pop-up message saying:

SIM Tool Kit
Error in application

How to fix this issue?


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I experienced that, after a scheduled Titanium Backup backup, some apps (WhatsApp, Telegram, K-9 Mail, maybe others) doesn't appears to be running any more, i.e. I don't receive notifications from them. I have to open them to restore their functionality. Even a device reboot doesn't resolve the problem. This doesn't happen with other apps. Gmail, for example, continues to work.

This happen when the setting app advanced control from backup section is disabled, i.e. apps are killed instead of suspended and restored during a backup. May be that Android fail to restart the killed apps, or a behavior of the apps that prevent them to be restarted.

I have a Lenovo K50-t5 and tried with the ROW-1552D ROM, Android 5.1, customized by cuoco92, and with the Android 6 release.


texts: Where did Knox go after Lollipop upgrade?

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I have Samsung Galaxy S4. I use Knox for my work email setup and it worked well.

After upgrading to Lollipop, it disappeared. I can't find it in applications. When it tries to start itself and I type in my password it says:

  Failed to mount knox partition. Restart device.

Is it possible to have it back?


texts: What are the security implications of enabling NFC on my Andriod device?

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My first NFC-capable Android device (running Lollipop) is on its way. I've been doing some research, and got some info on how NFC events are handled internally, but I'd like some more practical information on how careful I need to be when I have NFC enabled. For example:

I've read that the NFC is only on while the screen is on. Is this universally true?
If I just want to set up some custom tags to control settings on my device (around the house, work, car), is there a way to whitelist the tags I want to trust, and reject or require manual confirmation of any other tags? (I'm guessing if this functionality exists it would require a third party app?)
Is it possible for a malicious device somewhere masquerading as, for example, a simple URL tag to use Android Beam or similar functionality to skim information off my device without my knowledge?


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How can I cut out a particular portion of the song and play the rest of the song?

for example my song is of 4 minutes and 11 seconds and I want to remove the section from 2:04 to 3:30 and play from 0:00 to2:03 and then continue from 3:31 and end at 4:11

I hope you got my problem can anyone help me with this?


texts: Asking for the return of experience about using Android AOSP for embedded device

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I want to use Android AOSP (without GMS) as OS for an embedded device, is there any return of experience about this. I have some questions about this:

What is the used system for providing OTA updates?
I heard about Google providing updates for only 3 years so we need to adopt next major update during 3 years, is it true?
I heard about project treble that aims on providing forward compatibility on vendor implentation part, any experience on that?
What are the faced difficulties / challenges?
Any other subjects?


texts: Personal google play books, how to make them voice-readable?

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I am trying to load a couple of personal ebooks on my google play account, so that they are readable by google play books. The books are DRM-free, also.

Is there any way, to make them voice-readable? If not, what are the prerequisites? To all my tries till now, the "read aloud" option is disabled.


texts:
I have Android source code. I make some changes in framework code. Now I want to see my changes in emulator. Can anybody tell me how I can make Image for emulator...???

Thanks in Advance


texts:
I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 with Android 4.4.2 and a Samsung UE48H6270SS.

I can screen mirror my Music and also Media using the Samsung Smart View App but I can't do it with YouTube. There is an option in the YouTube-settings to "pair" a device with a TV, but that requires the TV to install the YouTube-App on the TV which I don't want to install. (Or anything else related to SmartTV). Is there any alternative to the YouTube app or another solution?


texts: Can not receive some mails sent by SMS Backup+ Android app when using Gmail mail delegate feature

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I currently backup my Android phone data using SMS Backup+. Data entries are written to Gmail: e.g. each phone call is logged as one message labeled with the call log tag and automatically archived.

I want to share those entries with another Gmail account so that I use the mail delegate (e.g. "Grant access to your account") Gmail feature, but I cannot see the SMS Backup+ mails in this delegated account.

I can see other auto-archived mails normally, such as Facebook notification messages.

My question is: How can I view the SMS Backup+ log messages in my delegated Gmail account?


texts: Resize /system partition on Galaxy note 3 SM-N9005

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I am trying to resize the partition /system using the parted and gdisk commands. But none of these commands succeed in changing mmcblk0 partitions after execution.
The things I do are as follows:

install adb and fastboot and put them to the system variables.
enable Settings>developer options>USB debugging and Root debugging
install TWRP recovery.
run cmd in adminitsrator permission.
write these command in CMD :

    adb root
    adb reboot recovery
    adb push gdisk /sbin
    adb push parted /sbin
    adb shell chmod 777 /sbin/gdisk
    adb shell chmod 777 /sbin/parted
    adb shell
    ~#> cd /dev/block
    dev/block> gdisk mmcblk0
    Partition table scan:
      MBR: protective
      BSD: not present
      APM: not present
      GPT: present
    Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

    Command (? for help): p
    Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 61071360 sectors, 29.1 GiB
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes
    Disk identifier (GUID): 98101B32-BBE2-4BF2-A06E-2BB33D000C20
    Partition table holds up to 128 entries
    Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
    First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 61071326
    Partitions will be aligned on 2-sector boundaries
    Total free space is 8158 sectors (4.0 MiB)

     Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
           1            8192           38911   15.0 MiB    8300  apnhlos
           2           38912          156543   57.4 MiB    0700  modem
           3          156544          157567   512.0 KiB   FFFF  sbl1
           4          157568          157631   32.0 KiB    FFFF  dbi
           5          157632          157695   32.0 KiB    FFFF  ddr
           6          157696          161791   2.0 MiB     FFFF  aboot
           7          161792          162815   512.0 KiB   FFFF  rpm
           8          162816          163839   512.0 KiB   FFFF  tz
           9          163840          184319   10.0 MiB    FFFF  pad
          10          184320          204799   10.0 MiB    8300  param
          11          204800          233471   14.0 MiB    8300  efs
          12          233472          239615   3.0 MiB     FFFF  modemst1
          13          239616          245759   3.0 MiB     FFFF  modemst2
          14          245760          268287   11.0 MiB    FFFF  boot
          15          268288          294911   13.0 MiB    FFFF  recovery
          16          294912          321535   13.0 MiB    FFFF  fota
          17          321536          335853   7.0 MiB     8300  backup
          18          335854          341997   3.0 MiB     FFFF  fsg
          19          341998          341999   1024 bytes  FFFF  fsc
          20          342000          342015   8.0 KiB     FFFF  ssd
          21          342016          358399   8.0 MiB     8300  persist
          22          358400          376831   9.0 MiB     8300  persdata
          23          376832         5095423   2.3 GiB     8300  system
          24         5095424         5709823   300.0 MiB   8300  cache
          25         5709824         5730303   10.0 MiB    8300  hidden
          26         5730304        61071326   26.4 GiB    8300  userdata

    Command (? for help): d
    Partition number (1-26): 26

    Command (? for help):w

(curser blinking) and device goes to hang!!!!!
anyone can help me? I do this in parted command. It is like above.
after restarting the device, all of the partition are there, like before...


texts: In 4.2.2, how can I put a picture in the pull down menu like this?


texts: Regarding root of my device samsung galaxy star pro gt S7262

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i cant root my device   after using odin drivers too
my problem is in recovery mode it is not showing the option install from zip
it is showing only 4 options they are 1 .reboot device  2. install update from adb  3. factory reset   4. wipe cache partition
 so plz help how could i root my device


texts: Developer Options not showing up in LineageOS new build

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Some weeks back I installed the latest version of LineageO S: 14.1-20170209-UNOFFICIAL-onyx on my One Plus X phone. After playing around with it, there were a lot of issues in the new build. So I decided to uninstall it by opening the Developer Options and tapping 7 times on the build number, but nothing comes up.

Below are the things which are not working in the new build:

Tapping build number 7 times doesn't unlock Developer Options
No notifications at all. I can hear the sounds but no success to show notifications
Google Play Store updates & installation suddenly stopped
Reset everything option not working

How to open Developer Options so that I can activate the bootloader & install the stable ROM?


texts: Why do widgets disappear after running out of battery?

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After phone shutting down by running out of battery, when I start it again all the widgets disappear. At first I thought that this is a problem of my launcher (Apex), but even the native one (Trebuchet) lose all the widgets. They won't disappear if I shut down or reboot the phone as usual. Why is that?

Phone information:

OS: CyanogenMod 11
Model: Samsung GT-I9195
Launchers: Apex (free) and Trebuchet


texts: App doesn't access GPS location directly

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There's a strange situation with Citymapper, where it doesn't access GPS location directly, but it does if a different app is accessing location at the same time. This hasn't always been the case, but I'm not sure exactly when it started (so, can't say if it's because of a certain update etc.).

Problem details:

I'm using Citymapper 6.23 on LineageOS 14.1.
The Location permission is for Citymapper is turned on
"Location mode" is set to "Device only" (i.e., GPS only), although I've tried turning "High accuracy" on to test, and it doesn't fix the problem.
I have Privacy Guard enabled on Citymapper, but access to location is allowed, and as before, disabling Privacy Guard for Citymapper doesn't fix the problem.

Citymapper "thinks" it's accessing location, but it's not: I say this because when I disable the location marker for the device, Citymapper complains that "Your location is disabled". If location is on, Citymapper doesn't complain (so, it thinks it's working), but I know it's not accessing the location for three reasons:

the location Citymapper shows is incorrect (it shows the last "known" location -- see below for details)
the location marker doesn't appear at the top of the screen as it would when an app is using geolocation
in the system settings > Location, "Recent location requests" are shown, but Citymapper is not on that list.

Further to this, Privacy Guard reports that "Fine location" is being accessed by Citymapper every time I use the app, but it says that GPS was last accessed on 26 December 2017 (Privacy Guard controls separately access to "GPS", "Coarse location" and "Fine location").

Indirect access:

The weirdest part is that when I open a different application that uses geolocation (in this case, MapFactor Navigator) and the location marker does show up at the top of the screen, the correct location does show up in Citymapper as well (this is my current workaround, and this is how Citymapper gets the last known location I mentioned above).

What could be causing this, and how could I go about fixing it? As I've mentioned, it used to work but started having this problem a while back (perhaps around the 26th of December, since that was the last GPS access). I haven't seen this with other apps, but then again, I don't have a lot of apps with location access.

System details:

Device: Samsung Galaxy S5 Duos (SM-G900FD)
OS: LineageOS 14.1
Android version: 7.1.2
The phone is rooted with SuperSU.

Note: There's no "Citymapper" tag (and I'm a newbie), so I used the generic "applications" tag. Maybe a senior user can fix this.


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