texts: enabling usb debugging when device is off

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I am trying to unlock my bootloader, but I am unable to enable usb debugging because my device (xperia t) is not coming on.
How do I unlock my bootloader so that I can flash it.


texts: auto (usb) tethering when phone is connected?

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Can I somehow auto turn on

usb tethering when I connect my
HTC Desire with Cyanogenmod 7.0.3 to my
Windows 7 computer?

NOTE Not when I connect it to anyother computer though.


texts: Can you install vanilla Android on any phone?

texts: I have an Samsung Galaxy S3. TouchWiz is great, but I want to use the vanilla Android OS you see on the Nexus 4. Is this possible?


texts: Why does my Android device create a CD-ROM device on my computer?

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When connecting my Android phone (HTC One V) to my PC via USB (in HDD mode), it creates two removable devices for the internal memory and the sd card - as it should.

However, it also creates a CD-ROM device which is always in the "no media inserted" status. Why does it create one and does it have some purpose?


texts: Why does android make hotspots with a different subnet mask that a regular home router?

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For example we typically get 192.168.1.XXX addresses from a home router, but an android phone gives out addresses on another 192.XXX which makes it problematic for connecting devices with each other in the same house.
Why does it do that: and if it's only for security reasons: can it be reverted to use the home router's subnet?


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Is this a question which has a definitive (and generic) answer? I don't know, which is why I ask.

If I buy an older tablet on Ebay, which is running Android 4.4, can I upgrade it to 5 or even 6?

Is there a single answer, or is it model by model specific?

If I decide to try it anyway, I would like to hope that I can't brick it so badly that I couldn't reinstall 4.4 - can anyone confirm or deny that?

And what sort of things do I need to look out for? I imagine that older processors are likely to run newer operating systems more slowly, so performance could be an issue. But, is there anything else that I need to be aware of?

I do hope that this question doesn't get closed as being too vague, because I believe that there is/are a precise answer(s) could be very helpful to a lot of people.


texts: Variable amount of free space indicated in "Manage Apps"

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When I go to "Manage Apps" and view the "Downloaded" section, the indicated amount of used space first shows a high value then drops slowly while the system calculates the space used by each app.  After around one minute it finally displays a value which is up to 100MB less than the initial value.

I had always assumed that the final value was the correct one but recent experience suggests that the first value displayed is what is actually available for installing apps.

So, can anybody tell me what is actually happening here and how I can reliably measure the free space?


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I have a Sidekick 4g. This device has a system wide "tick" like sound that plays every time I do various things (click links, click items in list of RSS app, click threads in messaging app etc...) I would really prefer it if my device did not make this sound but the only way I've found to get it to stop is turn the volume all the way down, but then I can no longer hear my ringers.

Does anyone know of a way to eliminate this sound without the need to put my device in silent mode?


texts: how to make app run as under root on non rooted device

texts: I'm making some apps for internal use in one company and I need to make my apps run as system apps (as on rooted device) but with out rooting it. I'm thinking of root device, put packages to /data/priv-app directory and unroot it, but I'm not sure that it will work and my app would work as system apps. So my question - how to make app run as system app with possibility to delete file in /system and so on (without making custom firmware).


texts: Can I install a Micromax Canvas Juice ROM on a Micromax Bolt?

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actually I want to install a Samsung galaxy s5 ROM on my micromax bolt a068 but I was not able to find such ROM for my device on the internet but now I found a s5 ROM for micromax canvas juice ant this device is almost similar to my device,only one the processor is not same I have a 1 GHz processor and it has a 1.3 GHz processor.
so my question is that can I use that ROM for my device. is it safe to do so.
 thankyou


texts: My Mobile  is micromax a46, whenever I am touching the message icon a dialogue box says 'sorry messaging has stopped'. Can't open, read and send messages. Can anybody suggest a solution to solve my problem?


texts: How can I verify my phone's Bootloader, OS, and ROM haven't been tampered with?

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I just purchased a Galaxy S7 for a really cheap rate... and it makes me wonder if the phone has been hacked in some way.

I know the phone supports Samsung Knox, and am new-ish to Android overall.

Question

What can I do to verify if this phone was untampered with?
How can I reset it (restore ROM?) to a known-trusted state?
Is there a general process for all Android phones, or is the verification method and technique manufacturer-specific?

Would love to know about any notable Android hardware security solutions (I already researched Blackberry Priv and Samsung.)


texts: Removed sports team from Google Now keeps reappearing

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I added few teams to Google Now to see how it worked.

Now I left San Francisco and I don't give a * about the Giants' score.

I tried to remove the team by going to settings, clicking on the team, remove.
The team is removed but after a few minutes it reappears.

I have two devices running Jelly Beans so I though it was a synchronization bug.
I removed the team on both devices at the same time, but it still keeps reappearing.

How can I definitely remove it ?

Edit: My Galaxy Nexus is running 4.1.2 and my Asus Transformer Infinity is running 4.1.1.


texts: Drop\stop mobile data connection (non-wifi) by conditions

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Can I set Android 4.4.2 to drop mobile data connection once a data limit set by me is reach within a period?

Which version of Android has this feature?

How can I achieve this?


texts: How can I edit the title of saved/starred places in Google Maps Android?

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In Google Maps Android 5.10 you can save a place by clicking and starring the place. However, the name of the saved place is automatically generated by Maps, and can't be edited.

Is there a good way to edit that title, to show the correct/actual name of that place for example?

Googling I only found a solution involving editing the starred place in Google Bookmarks webapps. Is there a better solution?


texts: Images and Videos missing from phone after system update

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I have the Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 32GB. After updating to the latest version I noticed my most recent taken photos and videos are missing, they were all taken on the 15th of december. Even an album called bluetooth which had 1 picture in it is gone. I can't see the photos in any app or even the file manager, can't see them when I plug in the phone on a PC as well. I don't have an SD card on the phone so everything is in the internal storage.

Another weird thing is it says i'm using 6GB out of 25 of my internal storage but highlighting all files and check properties only shows 1.7GB.


texts: How can I set encryption password, when making a backup with TWRP via ADB?

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It is not about decryption, like others have already asked.
I need to know how to set encryption key, via CLI.
adb backup --twrp then what?
Will it use my phone's encryption password?
If so, why won't it ask me for a different password like the GUI does?


texts: Ringtone and vibration not working on Nexus 5 (Android 5.0.1)

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Ringtones and vibration stop working on my Nexus 5 (using Android 5.0.1) when receiving a call. There were working before, but I don't know why the ringtone and vibration just stop.

I tried different things: restarting the phone, updating the software, changing the setting ringtones, turning off-on these settings for both ringtones and vibration, etc.

Can anybody help me?


texts: Galaxy Note 2 N7100 does not turn on, only shows battery "loading" icon

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I bought a GN2 three days ago, it worked fine until today, when I did a reboot and it didn't come back. The blue LED turned off with the device, and instead of rebooting, the battery "loading" (empty battery with a loading icon) screen appeared. This screen flashes up every 15 seconds or so.

If I plug in the phone to the charger, the battery loading screen stops appearing and the red charging LED appears. However, if I hold the power button to turn the device on, the battery "loading" icon reappears and after a few seconds, it goes back to the red charging LED and charging screen.

The battery has 60% charge, so it is not dead.

I can boot into system recovery by pressing volume up + home + power every single time. Selecting "reboot device now" from the recovery sometimes boots the device, and sometimes does not.

Occasionally I can get it to boot in the normal manner (by holding the power button), but there seems to be no pattern between when I can boot it by pressing the power button and when I can't.

Just before this battery loading screen appears, there is a very brief flash of red from the LED.

I am not aware of doing anything that should mess with the bootloader or ROM. The device is running the stock ROM and the bootloader is locked.

I have tried removing the battery for a few minutes, which did not resolve the issue (it turns on after the battery is inserted, but afterwards this issue reoccurs).


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does anyone know if the standard Android browser that comes pre-installed on the cell phones has its own name? Every browser on the market has one - Safari, FF, Fennec, Dolphin, etc. But the "standard android browser" seems lacking it. Or I'm wrong?

I'm writing small blog posts about JavaScript and Android and I'm really tired of writing "Standard Android browser works differently from Fennec" instead of "Foobar works differently from Fennec"


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I am using Chrome for Android. If I have a bookmarklet saved as a bookmark, then I am able to run it by:

Typing its name in the address bar until it shows.
Clicking the upward-leftward pointing diagonal arrow next to it to load it into the address bar.
Clicking enter.

I am not able to run a bookmarklet that I have saved as a bookmark by:

Opening Chrome's vertically-aligned three-dot menu.
Selecting Bookmarks.
Navigating to the bookmarklet's entry.
Clicking the entry.

I don't want to run my bookmarklets using the first method. I want to run them by going to them in the bookmarks menu (like the second method). If I click any other bookmark in the bookmarks menu, Chrome will navigate to the page. I expect to be able to run bookmarklets from the bookmarks menu.

Is it possible to run a bookmarklet on Chrome by selecting it from the bookmark?


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To do a demo of my application to a group of persons, I need to cast my Android desktop to a TV.

Someone borrowed me a device that looks like this one (probably not exactly the same version). However, it apparently requires a Wifi network to be used to cast some content.

Is there some other chromecast devices that would not require any Wifi connection to be used?


texts: Office Mobile not installed yet opening PDF files

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I have a Samsung A50 phone, stock Android which came with the device (from Comcast), everything up to date and not rooted. I have not registered for the Samsung Galaxy store or whatever is called, and therefore never installed anything from it.

I never installed Office Mobile on my phone, and looking at the list of installed apps in Google Play shows no Office Mobile.

Yet, starting today, attempting to open some (but not all!) PDF files (by tapping their name in the Document folder) opens them in Office Mobile rather than the "Google Drive PDF viewer" where they did open till the day before yesterday (I did not try yesterday).

There is not an option to force opening the files in "Google Drive PDF viewer". For a test, I installed the "Google PDF Viewer" (I wish they chose less similar and less confusing names). After that Android allows me to open the files with "Google PDF Viewer", but it fails with "Cannot display PDF (no file received)". After a reboot, the files were gone.

What may have happened? I can guess that the files corrupted and the "Google Drive PDF viewer" magically knew (and therefore was not proposing itself to open them), whereas the other two apps did.

Yet, why is there an app which I never installed and does not show up in the list of installed apps? Heck, if I search for it in Google Play, I even find it, and it shows me the option to install it!


texts: Android Version differs from expected API level

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I have found a pretty old device Huawei Ascend Y210. This mobile officially has Android 2.3.3 (API level 10). I found an online custom lollipop ROM for the specific mobile. The device has CWM as custom recovery. The zip file (the rom file) was installed successfully. The environment feels like android Lollipop should look like. Going to the mobile's settings > About phone > Android version, the version is 5.0.1 as expected. Using the command adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release the result is 5.0.1 indeed. However, I tried running adb shell getprop ro.build.version.sdk the result is 10 which is the API level of the stock android of the phone (Android 2.3.3). Apps made from API level 23 will fail to install as the API level is getting recognized as 10. Changing the apps' Minimum API level to 10 using APK Editor Studio, allows the app to get installed but it crashes once I try to open it.

Is that a bug? I mean can I somewhere change the API level of the device? Or is the ROM a scam and the android is never really getting updated to 5.0.1 and the ROM just changes the graphic interface?  How is it even possible to trick the adb that the android version is 5.0.1 but keep the API level to 10?

P.S.: If someone has any ROM for Huawei Ascend Y210 with android 5.0.1 or higher handy, I would appreciate a download link.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Transfer paid apps from iPhone to Android Account

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Let's say I have a paid app on my iPhone called "App" that costs $6.99, and I want to download that same app onto my new Android Account (because recently, you are able to download Android apps on Chromebook, right?).

Is there a way to do this easily? Maybe with a redemption code?


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I have a Nexus 9 and a HTC One M8.

On both Devices my Access to a specific URL is somehow "blocked" through browser and  through App.

With blocked i mean the following behavior:

Website (or the App) is able to load some text Data. This process takes quite some time.
Pictures and Video wont load at all.
There is never a "Connection Problem" Error
If i connect to the URL over Mobile Data everything works.

Things i tried:

Access URL over PC (works)
Reboot Device / Reinstall App
Reboot the Modem
Deleted the Cookies  / Cache in Chrome
WiFi Turned off and on / Delete the WiFi and added it new
Ping the URL form the android Device (0 Packages lost; 45ms avg)

As far as i can tell the Problem occurs between the communication from my Devices to the Modem.

The URL is www.viki.com

But i have really no clue what i could do next (besides Factory Reset, wich i would like to avoid)

Thanks for your help in advance.


texts: How to remount /data to external partition on sdcard

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I am trying to mount default partition from sdcard to /data (replace default).

My situation:

Android 4.4.2
Colorovo Citytonre vision

End Goal: I want more space for apps because all storage is used by default apps after update.

root@colorovo_citytone_vision:/ # blkid

/dev/block/mmcblk0p27: UUID="57f8f4bc-abf4-655f-bf67-946fc0f9f25b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28: UUID="57f8f4bc-abf4-655f-bf67-946fc0f9f25b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/block/mmcblk0p31: UUID="57f8f4bc-abf4-655f-bf67-946fc0f9f25b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/block/mmcblk0p32: UUID="4019-1410" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1: UUID="d646a19a-670f-491d-9170-67c8d22fb4c7" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/block/mmcblk1p2: UUID="54AE-2B3D" TYPE="vfat"

root@colorovo_citytone_vision:/ # cat fstab.java

/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/system              /system             ext4      ro                                                   wait
/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/cache               /cache              ext4      noatime,nosuid,nodev,nomblk_io_submit,errors=panic   wait
/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/userdata            /data               ext4      rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=panic,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc wait,encryptable=footer
/devices/platform/sdhci.1/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0 auto        vfat      defaults                                             noemulatedsd,nonremovable,voldmanaged=sdcard0:auto
/devices/platform/sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc2                 auto                vfat      defaults                                             voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto
/devices/platform/3f120000.usb-otg/usb1                 auto                vfat      defaults                                             voldmanaged=usbdisk0:auto
/dev/block/zram0                                        none                swap      defaults                                             zramsize=201326592

What I've tried:

Edit fstab.java in data line

/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/userdata            /data               ext4      rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=panic,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc wait,encryptable=footer

To:

/dev/block/mmcblk1p1            /data               ext4      rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=panic,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc wait,encryptable=footer

Then I mounted

mount -o remount -t yaffs2 /data

And nothing happened, when I reboot phone fstab.java is still as before changes.

I remount / as rw and i know that fstab.java is changed.


texts: Install Cyanogenmod 7.2 on Nexus One using ClockworkMod Recovery - "remote: signature verify fail"

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Steps I've done:

Downloaded & copied CM7.2 to my SD card (from here)
Installed the Android SDK
Downloaded & copied the ClockworkMod Recovery to the platform-tools directory in the SDK folder (from here)
Rebooted my phone by holding down the volume-down and power buttons
Went into fastboot mode
On my laptop I ran "fastboot oem unlock", then ran it again to make sure it really worked

On my laptop I ran "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-passion.img"

This is where I get the error "remote: signature verify fail"

Anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Where is clone Apps data stored in Realme 2 Pro (Color OS 5.2)?

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Generally, WhatsApp data and media are found in the WhatsApp folder created in the file manager.
When we enable Clone Apps for WhatsApp in Realme 2 Pro (Color OS 5.2), where are cloned WhatsApp data and media stored and where can I find cloned WhatsApp data and media in file manager?


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My wife and I just got new Essential phones running Android 9 (Pie.) On my wife's phone, the docked toolbar icons at the bottom of the homescreen bounce every few seconds, as if they're asking for attention.

She didn't install any weird UI tweak to force this. What is the purpose of the bouncing?


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Not sure if this is a common or simple solution, but I can't find a way to fix this.

I've got a couple albums I've purchased through the Google Music store - namely the Lés Mis soundtrack, is it's a great musical and all that.

However, it's showing up on my phone, and I don't particularly want it on my phone.
If I shuffle my music, it keeps turning up.
If I make an instant playlist, it likes to show up. (Because apparently Lés Mis is very similar to Rust in Peace...)

I could set it to only steam via Wi-Fi, but then I need to keep the rest of my music on the device. And besides, as soon as I get on the Wi-Fi, it'll start streaming again..

How do I stop this album from showing up? I'd rather not delete it from Google Music Manager as that'll delete it from my account (I think). I just don't want it to ever show up on my phone.


texts: How to prevent Whitescreen occurence in Kitkat

texts: I intermittently see nothing but white screen as I lock my Sony Xperia E1 powered by Android Kitkat 4.4.2. Have you any solution, guys? Thank You for your answer.


texts: HTC One internal storage performing very slowly

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Using A1 SD, I can see that my HTC One (M7)'s 'internal SD card' (ie, the embedded storage) is incredibly slow compared to other benchmarks listed by anonymous users for the same phone. I'm only getting  6.68MB/s read, and 2.76MB/s write. However, others are getting 50MB/s read and 33MB/s write (for the same HTC One M7 and the same storage location)

Any idea why my phone might be performing so slowly? And how might I improve its speeds?

Its important to note that I've run this diagnosis because for months I've put up with slow speeds and only now getting around to doing something about it. Quite often when saving a photo or a video it will hang for many minutes. I typically find that performance is worse when the card is nearing on full, but now even clearing out storage doesn't seem to give back much performance.


texts: How can I change the ringing noise when I place a call?

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I'm not asking to change the ringtone for contacts (what plays when they call me). Now am I asking how to change the outgoing ringtone--so that when people call me they hear a custom ringtone while waiting for me to pickup.

I just want to change the sound when I place a call and it rings while waiting for the other party to pickup. I'm using CyanogenMod 7 on a rooted T-Mobile MyTouch 4G. The reason I want to do this is that the ringing noise is quite loud. If I have the Phone Call Volume all the way up, so I can clearly hear people on the line, then the ringing is loud enough to be painful. If I have it turned down so the ringing noise isn't overpowering, I can't hear people on the line after they pick up--and don't want to have to turn the volume up and down every time I place a call.

(I did consider using Tasker to change the Phone Call volume when ringing and when the other person picks up, but I didn't see the right states/events to be able to do that).

Is there a way to change what ringtone is used, so I could just pick a quieter tone?


texts: Android 5 date and time pickers are not accessible

texts: Basically I've just got a new Android 5 phone and I've encountered a severe problem. I use the TalkBack screenreader service, and I cannot find any way to select a time in the new time picker in Android 5. Furthermore, the date picker is a pain to use (although at least it is usable).


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Hello guys I have a problem with my Alcatel pop c1 which is soft bricked stuck on a boot logo I can only boot in stock recovery I don't have twrp or any custom recovery and no access to a PC for the moment
Can I flash any rom with "apply update from SD card " i think I lost my system folder and I got no backup
I'm in a real mess please inform me if there's anything I can do
I have downloaded the stock rom but it says installation aborted


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I know this questions sounds kind of stupid but I don't get it.

My question is "What is a sensor?" The answer is obvious

  "In the broadest definition, a sensor is an object whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment, and then provide a corresponding Output"

Source: Wikipedia

While making my research about sensors I realized that this definition
doesn't work for Smartphones or they just don't care.

If you search for some sensors they list you something like Accelerometer, Light Sensor and so on but they don't list something like Bluetooth, Wifi, Microphon, Camera...

But they are sensors (or use sensors) as well. Why don't they list them in a sensor overview?


texts: I'm looking for an app or at least a method that would run on background and keep scrambling GPS to appear weaker (not fake gps!). Needed for debugging of my other app. My only current option is periodical manual turning off-and-back-on location, which is not very handy as I need to leave tested app to enter location settings.


texts: Nexus 5 not appearing in fastboot devices menu

texts: I'm attempting to flash Android 4.4.4 KitKat onto my old Nexus 5, but when I run the fastboot devices command, it does not show my device's serial number. When I try doing the ADB sideload command though, it works. The "flash-all.bat" file doesn't work either as it says <waiting for device>. I am currently using platform-tools version 31.0.0.


texts: How to fix AVD Manager unable to detect device even though adb commands work on PC?

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I am trying to connect my Google Nexus 5 so that I can debug my Xamarin code from Visual Studio with it.

I have downloaded all the drivers and all that. When I type in adb -d devices it finds my phone. I can do all sorts of things with it from there, so the phone is for sure connected to the computer.

My problem is how do I get the AVD manager to realize that? It just won't find my phone.


texts: Battery meter went crazy and now stays at 0%

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Discover that worked fairly well until the last week or so. I ran the device down down to 0% - at which point the device shut off. I performed a full recharge and then occasionally recharged it for brief amounts of time (usually getting to 30-40%).

My battery graph ended up looking something like this:

Then earlier today, I performed a full charge to 100%. The device shut off after a few moments and insisted that the battery was at 0%. I plugged it in and the meter now stays at 0%.

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I discovered that the voltage is being reported as 4195 mV (the so-called 0%). However, a few days earlier, I remember that the phone seemed to think that about 3800 mV was 0%.

Is there a way to "reset" the battery meter? In other words, I need to tell the phone that it actually has a full charge even though it seems to think otherwise.

Update: the battery was eventually replaced with a brand new one and the issue continues to persist - even with the new battery. Interestingly, the battery seems to charge and operate correctly when the battery temperature is above 30° C.


texts: How to set android WiFi hotspot password on Android 4.1.2

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On most operating systems, you can set up name, password and encryption type for your WiFi hospot. For some reason, Android only has this switch to enable/disable it:

When I enable it WiFi Android AP is created. Of course, I can't connect because I don't know the password. I would also like to change the name.

I also looked in Security and WiFi settings sections but nothing there either. What's wrong with Android?


texts: How to stop System Update from Canvas A1?

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Android version of my Canvas A1 (AQ4501) is 4.4.4. And its rooted.

Now I am getting System Update for Android 6.0.

How to stop System Update for my rooted Canvas A1? and

If I update it to Android 6.0, will it affect root access?

Regards

Ugn10


texts: Music volume turning off when headphones moved around

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I have an LG Lucid with Android 2.3.6 and I have a big issue with my music. I'm not sure if this is an Android setting or a LG one, but I'm hoping to find a way for this to stop happening.

I use my phone a lot to listen to music, and one of my biggest issues is if the headphone jack gets moved even the slightest, the music automatically pauses and reduces volume. I usually have my phone in my pocket and listening to music while working out, jogging or doing housework. This feature has basically made the music playback feature of my phone useless, as I can not do any of these things without the music constantly pausing and lowering in volume.

This happens in my car as well, with my wireless FM transmitter: even the slightest bump or movement of my phone on the car seat and music stops.

Please, tell me there is a way to fix this: it would be greatly appreciated. Also, like I said before, I'm not sure if this is an LG or Android thing, so if anyone can verify that I would also appreciate it.


texts: How to see if my device was used at a particular time

texts: I'm trying to find out if my tablet was used at a particular time. It runs android 4.1. I tried to use cache.wifi but that does not seem to exist any more. It would have most likely been used on my home wifi network, but unfortunately my router doesn't have logging enabled so it looks like my only option is some sort of log that would be on the device itself. Any ideas?


texts: What does this icon in my notification window mean?

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Recently an icon has started to appear in my notification window. What does it mean ?

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Recently, I performed a factory reset on my SGS (Froyo), since then all my incoming GTalk messages are seen arriving one hour before: if it is 5pm, the message is tagged 4PM.

Well, I could live with that, but the problem is that my responses are tagged with the right time, therefore any further incoming messages will be placed vertically before my messages.

I have tried changing the time, change time zones, accept network-provided time, and nothing seems to work...

Had this happened to you?How can I solve this problem?

Thanks


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On my Sony Xperia E C1505, I can access the service menu via dialing *#*#7378423#*#*. If I then get to the tests menu, I can test the battery. However, the start level is at -1% somehow, meaning I can't do these tests as well. How do you get a device at -1% battery?

Why is this happening, and what can I do to fix this?


texts: How can I force a website to provide its mobile page?

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I'm trying to access the following page using Chrome on my Galaxy S10+, but the website always returns the desktop page, even with the Desktop site check box unchecked.

Facebook's built-in browser seems to have no issue displaying the correct page.


texts: Question about removing Gapps (Lollipop)

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I have some questions about removing Gapps.

I have Huawei P8 Lite with Android 5.0.1. I want to put CM or AOSP on it, but it seems that there are no custom ROMs available as of yet. I decided the least I can do then is root the phone and remove Gapps (due to privacy concerns).

Now, what would be the best way to do this? Is there a method of removing Gapps that applies to all Android phones or does it depend on Android version or even phone model itself? I am asking this because I've found some script to remove Gapps, but it's for Android 4.1 and I'm not sure if that would work for 5.0.1.

My other question is how does stock ROM behave when you remove Gapps since it's designed with Gapps in mind and they're part of the design? For example, if I remove Gapps, what happens to entries in settings that concern Google (such as keyboard, voice, search, etc.)? Will they disappear or remain? If I click them, will they cause a crash?

Thank you in advance for help.


texts: How to find out currently running user name/ID from ADB

texts:
I am having Nexus 7 running multiple users. I am trying to find out which is currently running user using ADB. The best I could get so far was to check legacy directory linking which is either linked to /mnt/shell/emulated/0 or to /mnt/shell/emulated/1.

Is there more efficient way to find out which is currently running user? Also is there a way to find out user name of current user?


texts: How can I get TV-out from a Galaxy Tab 8.9?

texts:
I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. I would like to mirror the screen on my TV but I could not find TV-out in the Settings.

How can I do this?


texts: Samsung Galaxy A10 restarts automatically

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I have had my mobile for almost a year, but recently it started to restart unexpectedly. This happens most often while charging, but exceptionally it happens at other times. It only occurs to me that it causes unstable applications, but I can only guess which causes it, unless the problem is somewhere else.
Please help.
Thank you.
PS. Samsung Galaxy A10 - Android 10 (ONE UI 2.0)


texts: Unable to remove automatic AppWebsite association

texts:
I've an App of a website that inside Chrome automatically opens when website link is opened. I've removed "Automatic Open" inside App->3Dots>Association . But Chrome/Google continue to say "App Installed" and keep opening the App. Inside App I don't have any option to stop this.
Can you suggest me a solution? I've Miui12.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?

So the OTA Ice Cream Sandwich deployment for Samsung Nexus S was stopped because the deployed version caused too much problems. Does somebody knows if another corrected version is another debugged version is to be deployed OTA anytime soon?


texts: Downgrade to KitKat from CyanogenMod (Lollipop 5.0) on Samsung S5

texts: I installed CyanogenMod (Lollipop 5.0) on my Samsung Galaxy S5, but I want to go back to my original software on KitKat. Can anybody help me please?


texts: how to display text on TWRP recovery screen using a sh file?

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I'm trying to display message on TWRP 3.2.3-0 recovery screen using a .sh file.
i was thinking using echo command to make that.

my update-script is like this

ifelse(is_mounted("/system"), unmount("/system"));
ifelse(is_mounted("/data"), unmount("/data"));
ui_print("-- Mount partitions...");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
package_extract_dir("test", "/tmp");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/test.sh");
ui_print("run test.sh");
run_program("/tmp/test.sh");
ui_print("END OF PROCESS");
unmount("/data");
unmount("/system");

and my sh file is

#!/sbin/sh

if [ ! -e "/efs/imei/mps_code.dat" ]; then
    mount /efs
fi
csc_id=`cat /efs/imei/mps_code.dat`
echo "$csc_id" > /tmp/csc_id.prop
echo "Your active csc is $csc_id"

echo works because i see it in recovery log but displays nothing on recovery screen

Is there a way to activate echo or an other command to display message on recovery screen using sh file?


texts: Camera app crashing on Nexus i9250 Android 4.2.1

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I just bought a i9250 Nexus, and the system proposed to upgrade to newer version 4.2.1 (it is not a rooted phone. It is an unblocked UK phone)

I played with the new phone and after a couple of days I did upgrade it.

Now the camera is not working. When I try to use the camera, it calls the application and before I can see any image from camera, it says "Unfortunately the GALLERY has stopped"

How can I downgrade to previous version? (The phone is not rooted)

Or, does anybody knows how to fix it? or anything that I can try to bring the camera back to action?


texts: How to disable sending data in EMUI 10.1 (Android 10) to Huawei servers?

texts:
I have tablet (Huawei MediaPad M6) with EMUI 10.1 (based on Android 10).
My tablet regularly requests to the following domains:
pushtrs9.push.hicloud.com
grs.dbankcloud.com
grs.dbankcloud.cn
grs.dbankcloud.eu
grs.dbankcloud.asia

Also sometimes makes requests to the following domains:
query.hicloud.com
configserver.platform.hicloud.com

I blocked all these requests with Blokada app. Also I uninstalled about 60% of all system apps via adb. This helped to get rid of some of the requests. But the above requests are still ongoing.
How to terminate all these requests? Everywhere in the license I refused to collect data and statistics. Should I uninstall more any system apps? Or disable something in the settings?


texts: Nexus 7 stuck at Google logo, and system recovery, and OEM locked

texts:
Short version:

Normal startup: Stuck at Google screen.
Unlock bootloader: Stuck at the selection.
Recovery mode: Stuck at Google screen.

Long version
My Nexus 7 (2013) had always been fine, and I liked stock Android very much, thus saw no need to unlock the bootloader. When the 5.1 OTA came, I updated my N7 and it started crashing and restarting on its own. One day, it restarted again and got stuck at the Google screen.
Of course, the first thing I did was to get the Nexus Root Toolkit, and tried flashing stock ROM. Of course, it didn't work since it was OEM locked. When I tried to unlock the bootloader, I was prompted with the screen asking if I want to unlock and wipe all data. I selected unlock and pressed the power button. Then it froze (I left it for 8 hours, plugged it into a power outlet).
The next logical thing to do was to start recovery mode in the fastboot to do a factory reset, except it simply switched to the Google screen and was stuck there.
I've read many articles, but it's always one of the three issues I have. They often refer to using a method that involves an area where it's affected by the other problems.
How to recover from this situation?


texts: Automatically restart screencasting on phone

texts: I have an app that continually casts the screen so I can capture images that I run through a tensorflow lite model for object detection. On Android 9 I was able to check a box to remember my decision to start the recording of the screen so when I restart my phone I don't have to intervene to start the service . Now an Android 10 and above they've removed that box and you have to tap it to enable it every single time the phone restarts. How can I Ensure that the screencasting automatically restarts whenever the phone is turned off and turned back on in Android 10 and above. Can I use phone administrator to accomplish this?


texts: I recently started receiving a lot of messages ending with the "@" character. I asked why and they said they weren't doing that. We both use android, both use Textra, and  I checked in other SMS apps too and there were still "@" symbols on my end. Its not every message either, just random ones.  What could possibly cause this bug?


texts: My Galaxy S3 refuses connection to home WiFi

texts:
I first go into settings
then I go into and turn on Wi-Fi
but every time I try to connect to my Wi-Fi it say "connecting, authenticating, disabled "
and all my other devices connect perfectly


texts:
hey.

I am on running on a mediatek device and today did an upgrade to Lollipop 5.1 through flashing

Still exploring.

But one of the things I've noticed is that the brightness level is too much. Even in manual setting, I've set the bar to the lowest level, but still. Adaptive brightness seemingly works but only for a short while. Since, if I move to a Bright room/sphere,it brightens the screen.

Any work around?

Regards.


texts: Updating system app without root and apk install in stock ROM

texts:
I need to update system apps like phone, contacts etc without installing apk or rooting. Is this possible?

Stock ROM in Moto X4

How can I update my phone, contact etc with latest version from moto? Is this only possible by OTA? I have seen in xiaomi devices which provide updates to system apps without OTA.


texts: Is there a way to send or 'gift' a person Google play credits?  We would like to allow students to redeem points they earn for good grades, etc for Google play credits.


texts: Would it be possible to use the SD card as the root filesystem

texts:
This may sound stupid to someone who knows more about Android, but I don't and it it has been bugging me for some time now.

Since Android is at its core a Linux system, shouldn't it be possible to directly boot from a different storage device (like the SD card) the same way I can boot my computer from a thumbdrive?

This would (in theory) enable the to use a (big) SD card as system memory instead of the (in my case, which is a Wildfire S) ridiculously small real system memory.

So, is this possible?
If yes: How? And are there links/howtos?
If no: Why? Which meachanisms prevent that from happening? Or has just nobody tried to do it?


texts: Why are Google contacts and phone apps not available for my Samsung S5 phone?

texts:
I have a Galaxy SC-04F with a non-rooted, stock ROM that came with the phone, running Andoid 6.0.

I believe it's a common model, and I haven't done anything to it that I know of that makes it special or dysfunctional in any way.

But, Google Play says the standard Google apps Contacts and Phone are not compatible with my device.

Why would these apps be incompatible? Is there a way I can get them installed?


texts: How useful is Android Wear without Google Apps?

texts:
I'm thinking about flashing my phone to Cyanogenmod, but I have an Moto 360, so I'm wondering how much of Android Wear is still functioning without Gapps. Does anyone have experiences with this?

I don't really mind things like Google Maps not working properly, but I would like Google Search to work (at at least basic task). I also wouldn't mind installing just the Android Wear app.


texts: I listen to audible for multiple hours everyday, im wondering if anyone knows of any way/app that will let me remap my earphone buttons to something more useful than play/pause or volume up/down, the amount of times I need to grab my phone out my pocket to click the 30sec rewind is quite inconvenient


texts: What Are The Differences Between Samsung Firmware Version For Countries In The Same Region?

texts:
Sorry for the dumb question - I really am a noob at this.
I have just bought a brand new SIM-free Galaxy S4 Mini LTE GT-i9195.
I am in the UK, but the phone has French CSC installed (code XEF).

From Handset:

Baseband version I9195XXUBMJ7
Build number JDQ39.I9195XXUMBJ7
SELinux status - enforcing SEPF_GT-I9195_4.2.2_002

Instead of upgrading via Kies to latest XEF firmware version, I was thinking of trying to use Odin to install latest UK version instead:I9195XXUBML4_I9195YTUBNA2_BTU.zip

Question

Any potential benefits / downsides to switching from XEF to BTU firmware version?


texts: Infinix Hot 8 bricked. No OS, No recovery

texts:
I think i bricked my phone, my phones model number is "Infinix Hot 8 X650C".
I've no OS installed, No Recovery Mode Installed.
Also fastboot and adb can't recognise my device on PC.
What to do?? any help please


texts:
Is in Android there is an available database set for limits display frame rate? If they’re available, is using ADB/Root (Terminal), or how, or even it can't?
I've been searching this for years, and not get an answer yet. Actually, this is for tweaking to trigger any benefits. This like my other phone embedded feature is Xperia STAMINA mode which is it can set the display frame rate (to 2x lower from 30 fps) for battery saving. But... I mean is not only for that. Many others too that can benefit. So, is this can available on a pure Android system? Or this only self-made for manufacture's hardware so that not possible available on others except Xperia devices?
If there are other threads that I don't know. Please let me know. I'll understand it, and try if it makes sense.
thank you! :D


texts: How to have an App Factory wait for 30 minutes before performing the next action?

texts:
I learned that app factory apps should run in the background no problem, but if that's the case, I'm wondering why the simple app I created randomly restarts when it includes a 30 minute waiting action. When I take it out, it works (starts does its job and stops in a matter of a few seconds). But I'd like it to do another action after 30 minutes and that's when it keeps restarting several times during that 30 minute period. (And by restarting I mean that it re-executes the actions listed before the 30 min wait.)

Any suggestions how to stop it from doing this (or an explanation why it is doing this)?

Here is the XML of a MWE. (Remember that you need to export this as an app in order to reproduce the issue. Running it in Tasker seems to work fine.)

<TaskerData sr="" dvi="1" tv="4.8u4">
<Project sr="proj0" ve="2">
    <cdate>1463986944702</cdate>
    <name>MWE</name>
    <tids>7</tids>

        <nme>cust_warning</nme>

</Project>
<Task sr="task7">
    <cdate>1463986956333</cdate>
    <edate>1463987117854</edate>
    <id>7</id>
    <nme>MWE</nme>
    <Action sr="act0" ve="7">
        523
        <Str sr="arg0" ve="3">Start</Str>
        <Str sr="arg1" ve="3"/>

        <Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
        <Int sr="arg4" val="0"/>
        <Int sr="arg5" val="3"/>
    </Action>
    <Action sr="act1" ve="7">
        30
        <Int sr="arg0" val="0"/>
        <Int sr="arg1" val="0"/>
        <Int sr="arg2" val="30"/>
        <Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
        <Int sr="arg4" val="0"/>
    </Action>
    <Action sr="act2" ve="7">
        523
        <Str sr="arg0" ve="3">End</Str>
        <Str sr="arg1" ve="3"/>

        <Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
        <Int sr="arg4" val="0"/>
        <Int sr="arg5" val="3"/>
    </Action>
    <Action sr="act3" ve="7">
        137
        <Int sr="arg0" val="0"/>
        <Str sr="arg1" ve="3"/>
    </Action>
</Task>


texts: installing stock android marshmallow on blu r1 hd

texts: I bought a blu r1 hd and am absolutely loving the phone but i do have one problem. the amazon tweaked android 6.0 is not my favorite. is there a way that i could flash a stock android rom onto the phone? if so, how would i do it?


texts: How do I enable the password/pattern lock on HTC 2.3.5 (Sense) mobile?

texts:
I have an HTC (Sense UI) mobile running Android 2.3.5 and I am trying to enable the password/pattern lock but it is not working. I tried enabling the lock in my settings but when I turn on the screen it is not asking for the password, it is directly launching the home screen.

How do I enable the password lock?


texts: Android keyboard - Tab into next form field?

texts: I'm using a tablet with Android 2.2. Is there something like Tab to switch to the next form field?


texts: However Outlook is accessible, I can't access to Gmail via Nexus 4

texts:
despite I can access to internet network through chrome browser and check my email by using "Outlook" application by Microsoft Corporation, I have not had my "gmail", "google+" since December 17th. I have not succeeded to check update since December 17th. My cellphone is Nexus 4 and its OS is Android 4.4.2.
Regards


texts: Keep phone screen lock unlocked until lock it manually

texts:
The Lock Screen uses two timers. The first timer is the "Sleep" timer which turns off the device display to extend battery life.
The second timer called the "Automatic lock" timer turns on security features like pin, pattern, password or face unlock and protects the device from unknown users.

screenshot (click image for larger variant)
So I want that,

My phone do not get locked when the screen go off until I lock it manually( i.e. by power key). By default 30min is the max. time when the screen get off but the phone do not get locked on lock screen.
How to manually turn off screen without locking the phone (because if i use power key i will need to enter pin or password).(second one is not so important I just to know is there is a way instead of just relying on screen timeout)

Note: Device is Samsung j7 nxt, Android 9.0 rooted and Magisk and Edxposed Manager installed.
My device do not support face unlock and fingerprint unlock. I use shared wifi, so that cannot be used for smart lock. I do not have Wi-Fi at home I use phone data and there is some issue with my Bluetooth Unable to connect my bluetooth to pc or otherphone.
The only way to achieve this thing is through increasing time in lock automatically.


texts: Activate face recognition in the new Google Photos

texts:
I'm living in Europe and the new Google Photos app does not group the people in my photos in the search menu. I did some research and found out that this function is only available in USA.

Any idea how to activate it in other countries?

As mentioned in the comments, the reason for the absence of this feature is legal issues, so you are responsible for using this work around ;-)


texts: How can I get the last dialled number and call duration via adb?

texts:
I'm creating a computer system for telemarketing.
I'm using adb commands to dial numbers Link
Is it possible to get last dialled number and call duration via adb?
If it is, how?


texts: mounting multiple ext4 partitions in Android 7+

texts:
I am doing away with exFat for my Microsd card after  all my pictures  decayed ,  corrupted and the directory was locked. I cant seem to write into a specific directory. chkdsk will just plain abort saying :

The disk does not have enough space to replace bad clusters
detected in file \WhatsApp\.Shared of name 1.
Corruption was found while examining files in directory \WhatsApp\ (6).

 so I 'd like give a shot to Ext4 partitioning that cheap micro sd card , not just 2 ( the standard app2sd and sdcard1 design ) but 3. One for apps  and other 2 depending on the write activity , I  tweaked the block parameters etc. for each
I am able to mount the partitions &   a rooted Total Commander can see them all
BUT  other apps cannot see the partitions I created.As I understand vold helps other apps be aware of this. So How do I go about getting this 'formally' with sounding 'hackish'

what I did :

mkdir /storage/<my dir>
mount -t ext4 -o noatime,rw /dev/block/mmcblk(x)p(y) /storage/<my dir>
where x and y are variables from partitions file in the proc dir.

I read  about a fstab.<phonename> file out there that can be modified but it would be overwritten every boot.

even the 2nd partition that app2sd  ( or link2sd) creates can ONLY be approached as root. So prolly those apps that ask for root can see this stuff but other apps can write to it
Ext4 is linux .  Sounds like Android seems to ignore its own 'biological' kid ext4 and instead recognize a stepson 'exfat / FAT '

I am sure I am missing something here. Any ideas ?
I am rooted with Magisk  on a Galaxy j7 with of course TWRP ( 3.x) installed

Print env o/p


texts: What's wrong with the MHL connector (for HDMI output) on the Samsung Galaxy S3

texts:
MHL is an emerging standard for connecting mobile devices to HD displays.  A lot of new smartphones support MHL via a dual-purpose connector that supports both micro-USB cables and MHL-HDMI adapters.
Samsung advertises the Galaxy S3 as having one of these micro-USB / MHL connectors.  The micro-USB works great, but my MHL-HDMI adapter doesn't work with it.


texts: Can I transfer google play data to another gmail account address?

texts: I have been using other people google account for my google play. When I create my own google account, can I transfer every data (example: game account that bind to the google play) from the previous google account to my new google account?


texts: How to get past stalled initial station search in NextRadio?

texts: I have a phone with an FM chip. To make use of it, I installed NextRadio. During onboarding, NextRadio is supposed to look up local radio stations. However, it hangs on this step, displaying a throbber but going no further and not responding to any input. How can I get past this step so I can use the app?


texts: Normalization - Automatic global android media sound (music videos on youtube) adjustment

texts:
I'm using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.asbit.pvstar&hl=de

I have my list which plays in an endless loop. But the problem is that some youtube videos are louder and some are quieter.

Is there an app which adjusts the media audio on a certain level. So it automatically detects that the current audio is to low and increases it?
I want the audio to be constantly at a certain "loudness level".

EDIT: What I need is an app which "normalizes" the android volume on the fly.

I appreciate any help. Thank you very much.

EDIT: I found an app BUT it says it is not compatible with my device (android 4.1). The app requires 2.3.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rebuildlabs.waver&hl=de

Anyone up with an alternative?

EDIT 2: Downloaded the apk of waver and installed it but it seems not to be working...


texts: Adb connects and disconnects after 2 seconds

texts:
I am running an AVD through Genymotion. Also, I have installed Kali Linux VM in my windows laptop. I am trying to connect to the android through the terminal

adb connect 192.168.104.103

and it connects successfully. Then I have tried to install an application with

adb install test.apk

and it is also installed successfully.
BUT, when I am trying to execute the command pull I am getting the error:

adb: error: failed to get feature set: no devices/emulators found

adb connect 192.168.104.103
already connected to 192.168.104.103:5555
adb devices
List of devices attached
device
192.168.104.103:5555
./adb pull /data/data/com.android/providers.userdictionary/databases/user_dict.db
adb server version (39) doesn't match this client (41); killing ...
* daemon started successfully
adb: error: failed to get feature set: no devices/ emulators found
adb devices
List of devices attached
adb server version (41) doesn't match this client (39); killing ...
* daemon started successfully
adb devices
List of devices attached
adb connect 192.168.104.103
connected to 192.168.104.103:5555
adb devices
List of devices attached
device
192.168.104.103:5555
./adb pull /data/data/com.android/providers.userdictionary/databases/user_dict.db
adb server version (39) doesn't match this client (41); killing ...
* daemon started successfully
adb: error: failed to get feature set: no devices/ emulators found


texts: Persisting permissions on /mnt/shell after reboot

texts:
CWM Nandroid backups are being stored in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod

I want to use DropSync (or something similar) to automatically upload the contents of this folder to Dropbox as a backup however the permissions on the /mnt/shell folder are 700 so DropSync isn't able to access them.

I can change the permissions to 755 which allows everything to work but as soon as I reboot the device the permissions reset to 700.

How can I persist the permissions? Or is there a better way of getting the backups automatically uploaded to Dropbox?


texts: How can I reset auto-complete dictionary for my Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro?

texts: The stock soft keyboard on Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro has a feature called 'Learn words' (Settings > Language & keyboard > International Keyboard > Text input settings > Learn words) that learns from user input and adds them to the autocorrect dictionary. Over time however this has resulted in many misspelled words also being added to my autocorrect suggestions. I want to start this over from a fresh canvas. So how do I reset my autocorrect dictionary? When I go to Language & keyboard > User dictionary so I'm guessing Sony Ericsson uses its own keyboard replacement with its own user dictionary store.


texts: How to open PDF from Notification bar and fix "Cannot open file" error?

texts:
I have searched and searched for a solution to this problem, please help.  I am using a Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.2.2 along with the Chrome browser.

Steps to replicate:

Navigate to: http://www.buzzbuzzbingo.com/Holidays/Halloween_Images/
Click "Download and Print" to start download of PDF file.
Notice notification that says "Starting downloading..."
Open notification bar and see that the download has completed.
Click the downloaded PDF file and receive "Cannot open file" error message and the notification bar closes.

Long clicking the downloaded PDF does not offer options for choosing which app to open the file.  I have installed Adobe Reader and using that to navigate to the downloaded file will open the file just fine.  Same with Polaris Office.  I would like to be able to open the PDF from the notification bar.  Alternatively if I could view the PDF directly in Chrome, that would be acceptable.


texts: Setting contact picture from linked contact

texts:
I use Local Sync as my main address book. Several of my contacts are linked to different address books (e.g. LinkedIn, Skype, Whatsapp, Viber).

In my case, I found a contact having a very beautiful photo in Viber but I chose to set an old ugly picture in my address book

The question is: how do I tell Android to select the contact picture to display for a given contact not from Gallery/Camera apps but from that same contact's linked Viber account?

The question can be generalized and rephrased to cover not only Viber:

how do I tell Android to select the contact picture to display for a given contact not from Gallery/Camera apps but from one of that same contact's linked accounts?


texts:
I know when someone reads your message, their picture in mini appears after the last message. Here's where I'm confused:

If it's shaded, that means they're not currently looking at your particular conversation?
There's a mini cell phone icon that appears beside the mini picture. It seems to appear randomly. Does it simply mean that they answered your hangout via cell phone? Or does it mean that they are currently using hangouts with another conversation (if the mini picture remains shaded)?


texts:
I encrypted my phone but now want it not encrypted so have to factory reset. However, if I try to do this from the CWM Recovery it says

-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Error mounting /data!
Skipping format...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!
Skipping format...
Data wipe complete.

When I try to factory reset from the normal GUI it doesn't give me an error but finishes very very quickly and hasn't worked (presumably the output above has happened in the logs).

What can I do?


texts: Unable to flash anything using twrp. "Cannot mount/vendor"

texts:
I updated to the latest version of RR 6.0 (2018-04-05 security patch)using dirty flash. After updating I realised that I was not able to flash any zip. "Cannot mount/vendor" error was being shown. I also lost root (magisk) after the update.  Here is the digest file
Updating partition details...
done
Unable to mount storage
Full SELinux support is present.
Data successfully decrypted, new block device: '/dev
/block/dm-0
Updating partition details...
done
MTP Enabled
Installing zip file '/sdcard/DolbyAtmos_for_Oreo_
20180219.zip
Checking for Digest file...
Skipping Digest check: no Digest file found
! Cannot mount /vendor
Updater process ended with ERROR: 1
Error installing zip file '/sdcard/Dolby Atmos_for_Oreo_20180219.zip
Updating partition details...
done
Please help. It's the same for any zip(I was able to flash SuperSU but my phone did not get rooted)


texts: Paste YYYYMMDDHHMMSS timestamp anywhere (hotkey shortcut)

texts:
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS or YmdHis in PHP is the timestamp format used by Wayback Machine URL and the %A_Now variable in AutoHotKey.

It looks like this: 20171223145921.

How can I paste the timestamp of the current time anywhere?

Is there anything like AutoHotKey that can do the job?


texts: Break SQLcipher by modifying libsqlcipher.so?

texts:
I was trying to extract data from an Android app which uses SQLcipher. SQLcipher is an extension of SQLite that encrypts database files with 256-bit AES.
Most of the application code is compressed and protected with some sort of anti-reverse-engineering stuff, so no source code and no debuggers. However, the SQLcipher binary lies in lib/libsqlcipher.so. I'm curious if I can extract the encryption key simply by swapping libsqlcipher.so(e.g. modify sqlite3_key function so that it logs the encryption key to file). The plan is to compile my own version of libsqlcipher.so, repack APK, and run it on a device.
Will this method work as expected? It sounds too easy to be true:)


texts: Auto completion dictionary won't remember words

texts:
I dated a girl named Kristi for over a year, and to this day, no matter how many times I type her name correctly, it will autocorrect to Kristen. A year. A full year.

How do I get android to remember custom additions to its dictionary?

IOS will remember after the third time typing it.


texts: How can I set up an Microsoft Exchange email on my Nexus One?

texts:
I often check my mail at my office using the VPN connection which bridged my PC with the Microsoft Exchange Server and so that I can check mail using Outlook.

I want to do the same thing when I'm out of my office and on my Nexus One mobile phone. I have succeeded in setting up the VPN connection (see details here). But I cannot succeed in setting up my email on the phone.

Steps I have made:

Open my phoen (Nexus One)
Connect to VPN
Open Email application
Enter the email & password
Select Miscrosoft Exchange ActiveSync
Enter domain\username, password, and server
Any other options are left as-is ('User SSL' checked, 'Accept all cert' unchecked)
Failed :)

The information I entered are exactly all the same as what I use in Outlook, i.e. the email/password, then the domain\user, pass and server for Ms Exchange. But the connection to the server failed on my N1 - it says "Setup not finish. Unable to open connection to server due to security error".

Have you ever succeeded? If so, please share. Your help are very much helpful & appreciated to me!


texts: How to search in files content using terminal emulator?

texts: I have tablet with android 4.4.2. The tablet is rooted. I want to search for a string in the files in the whole file system. I tried to use the 'find' command but it didn't work. What command i can use to implement this search and is it possible to install 'find' command line tool on android?


texts: Reinstall System app which is uninstalled for the current user?

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So, I have already posted this on reddit, but I might reach a better audience here.
I "uninstalled" google play games using this guide by XDA. Now I need to reinstall it. This is the command, how I should be able to reinstall the app: adb shell cmd package install-existing <name of package>
But there is one problem: My phone is on Android Lollipop, and the command doesn't exist there. I manually tried to install the apk back, with adb and with normal package installer. The Settings app always says something like Not installed for user" (translated from other language).

So I have 2 Questions:
    1) In which Android version was this command introduced?
and 2) How can I get this app back?

PS: I have root access, but would prefer a non rooted solution.


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I'm making a task to hot boot every 3 hours.

Currently, I have a profile set to this:

Trigger:
  Every 3 hour
  +
  Display off

Task:
  Hot Boot (I'm using 3rd-party plugin)

How do I create a profile if I want to be notified by Tasker whether to run the task or not if I'm using the phone (e.g. screen display is on)?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I switch my Android device's SD card without causing problems?

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I just got a new 32GB SD card for my Nexus One. On the old one I have a bunch of apps installed and store the data there because the internal memory doesn't handle it.  So now I want to switch SD cards, but how do I go about doing that without causing any issues?  Do I just simply copy-paste everything, or is there another way to do it?

I'm on stock firmware on the Android and using Mac OS X Lion.


texts: Determine strength of the cell antenna in an Android phone to ensure good cell reception

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In some parts of the world, the cell towers are few and far between. In places like these, when someone is shopping for their next smartphone upgrade, they need to consider cell reception.

Boosters may be a good option, but it lacks a mobile power supply and is uncomfortably bulky.

It seems clear that some phones would be better than others when it comes to cell reception, for example, in the modern world my Note II will hold 4G internet even if my USB modem will not.

But in places like these, the challenge is to get any kind of reception, let alone 4G.

How can one determine the strength of the cell antennae on the phone they are about to buy? Is there a place to look this information up, or a spec one could check on?

And does the method of determination change whether you are on a GSM or CDMA network?


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In ES File Explorer, each folder has its name underneath it.  But if the name is long, only a truncated version of it appears.  How can I see the full name?

Bonus question: is there a more general way of seeing full file names when only partial names are shown?


texts: Alternative to Google timeline to track location

texts: I wisited several location in the last weeks, unfortunately I just realized I accidentally deactivated Google timeline in Google maps. Is there any other way to find my location history?


texts: How to I block advertisements for one specific app?

texts:
Lately I've been getting ads for a TikTok-like app called Kwai. These ads always include girls of questionable age dancing very suggestively to the sound of very bad music.
These ads appear on many of my apps, from YouTube to Duolingo (and other language study apps), and it's very annoying to see these while I'm trying to concentrate, especially since it always comes with loud music (while I'm wearing headphones to listen to my lessons). I did manage to get rid of them on YouTube by using Vanced, but I've still got issues with the other apps I use.
I don't mind any of the other ads that show up; it's only this one I've got beef with. That being so, I'd like to know if there's any way to block all ads for this Kwai app, specifically, from showing on my apps.
Thanks in advance!


texts: "Verify it's you/Purchase Authentication" issue with Google Play

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For 2 weeks, I came across an issue. When I try to buy something with Google Play, it tells me that I need to enter a 5-digit code which I get by SMS on my phone. After that, it sends me on a similar screen which says "Verify it's you/Purchase Authentication" as you see in the picture I posted.

I tried everything, passwords, that 5-digit code that I got earlier, card info, etc. I honestly don't know what to do since I couldn't find any info about this issue. The problem isn't just on my phone but on the emulator too.
Additional info:

adb shell dumpsys activity activities
adb shell dumpsys window windows

What do I need to put in that blank space?


texts: Smart lock not working anymore with trusted places

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I have used smart lock with trusted places since it arrived and it has been working fine. Without any noticable changes, it has stopped working. My location shows in maps as exactly where I am, but being at one of my trusted places still makes me type my pass key.

I have tried toggling location, accuracy, rebooted phone etc but with no luck.

Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: How To Create A New Gmail Contact Or A Yahoo Mail Contact From Android Device

texts: I would like to create a new Gmail contact or Yahoo mail contact from my Android device.  It's a Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4.2.  I've tried looking in the Yahoo mail app, the Gmail app, and the Google+ app on my phone, but I can't find any options to create a new contact.  I would prefer not to create the contact on my phone, since I've been having trouble exporting all of the device contact information to my Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts (specifically, it doesn't seem to send the groups that the contact is a member of).  Any help would be much appreciated, even if only to say that this is not possible or that it requires a 3rd party app.


texts: Get into fastboot mode without root or hardware buttons

texts:
I own a relatively unknown Chinaphone, the CUBOT GT72+ (MTK6572 SoC) - on which I was attempting to gain root access. No known exploit-based root methods exist for this device (which runs on Android 4.4.2), so I found myself having to dissect boot.img using the MTK-Tools Perl-scripts.

After unpacking the boot image, I made some modifications in the initramfs, they are as follows:

Modify default.prop, setting ro.secure to 0, ro.debuggable to 1, and ro.adb.secure to 0.
Add the rootsh binary to /sbin.
Modify init.rc to mount /system as a rw filesystem, since (re)mounting /system is somehow not allowed by the kernel, even when root.
Replace adbd in /sbin with a version provided by a package called adbd insecure, which was supposed to automatically grant root access to adb-connections.

(Please note: Before replacing adbd I had also installed the su binary in /system/bin and the Superuser.apk package)

Now this is where the problem comes in: the hacked adbd no longer allows me to connect using adb. It shows the device - with an id of 0123456789ABCDEF as offline in the devices listing of adb.

Now, using an adb shell, I could simply get root by typing 'adb shell' followed by a simple 'su', and ta dah: root shell! Yet, somehow, the permissions on the su binary are all messed up - since when I use a terminal emulator on the device itself: I get presented with a 'Permission denied' error. Applications are not getting root, either. (I suppose the permissions are messed up somewhere, chmodding went fine, but chowning did not. Also, busybox is still missing.)

And here's the final problem: the phone does not have a way to get into fastboot mode using hardware buttons, so I found myself having to type 'adb reboot bootloader' to get it into fastboot mode... which, well, obviously doesn't work anymore. And to reflash boot.img I need to get into fastboot mode.

My device does work just fine when turned on (although not rooted), but I really want to reflash boot.img to get the proper adbd back. There is a button combination to get into recovery mode, but that doesn't provide me with a connection in adb. Sideload mode does seem to come up in adb, yet flashing any Update.zip has so far not been succesful (maybe due to a crippled adbd?), even though I have tried various methods of crafting (signed) Update.zip files with the only purpose to reboot the device into fastboot mode.

The device does come with a proprietary flashing tool, but that only works under Windows XP. I do not own any computers running Windows. And especially not XP. (The adb version I run on my computer is the latest provided by Debian (sid), so it should be quite recent.)

Now the question remains: How do I get my device into fastboot mode?


texts: Can I use my device on a different carrier?

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Sometimes it's desirable to use a device on a carrier that does not officially sell it. Often this is due to regional differences and travel (for example, using a US phone in Europe) but also because some carriers simply do not offer phones that other carriers do.

How can I determine if it's possible to use my phone on a different carrier, and which carriers it is compatible with?

This community wiki is intended to be a canonical answer to a common question. If you feel that improvements could be made then please edit the post(s).


texts: Camera settings/features are disappeared

texts:
There is a Samsung A01 whose default camera settings are like this:

But for some reason, some camera settings/features located at top bar are disappeared. Does anybody know why? How can I restore it?


texts: Sideload non-'Android TV' app to show on the home screen

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I've sideloaded an app on my Xiaomi Mi Box adb install myapk.apk. It worked and I can start it. My problem is, that it got installed as system app, which is only accesible over the settings and  prevents me from adding it to the home screen, which makes it really anoying.
Can I sideload an app directly as user app or can I convert a existing system app to a user app?
EDIT:
The app I sideloaded is a tv app of a provider which is supposed to only run on mobile devices, as the distribute apple tv.


texts: How to stop Google Keep from seeing numeric data as phone numbers?

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Google Keep on Android seems to convert arbitrary numeric data into clickable phone numbers. Any sequence of 5 or more digits, with differing punctuation seems to trigger it. I seem to have triggered this a lot so far and not once have I actually typed a phone number! This is proving to be quite problematic. The hypertext'd numbers are too easy to tap, particularly when you are going back to edit that text, which then transports you away to the dialer! Most annoying.

Is there any way to prevent the app from doing this?

UPDATE: I installed the update to 1.0.79 today but there is no change in this behaviour yet. In fact I can't see that anything has changed with this update?! Possibly bug fixes I guess, but nothing new is listed in the official change log either?!

However, this over zealous hyperlinking of numbers is more prevalent than I first thought... the default text messaging app does it as well - so I guess they share a common text-element?


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So I recently switched to a Samsung Galaxy A50 with One UI version 1.1 build over Android Version 9.

So, I've been facing an issue with thumbnails regeneration. The DCIM/.thumbnails folder keeps deleting its content next day (which I suppose is a feature to save memory). But, the problem occurs when the contents aren't able to regenerate themselves.
The gallery apps itslef is working fine and regenerating thumbs properly but not creating new thumbs in the DCIM/.thumbnails folder due to which I'm unable to post on Instagram and Reddit.

I tried clear data and clear cache on gallery, rebooted my device but it,s still no good.


texts: Google App and Google Play Services force close - SecurityException

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My friend's Samsung Galaxy S phone (with CM11) has been recently having an issue, where Google Play Services has been randomly crashing with this message in the logcat:

java.lang.SecurityException: attempting to read gservices without permission: Neither user 10103 or current process has com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES.

The same thing happens to the Google App upon trying to perform a search in it.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Core Prime non responsive touch screen and back button for a while

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I am using Samsung Galaxy Core Prime. Everything has been running smooth except the fact that for sometime I'm facing a strange problem of touch screen as well as touch button (Back button) at the same time. For example, when I chat using either Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, sometimes I observe while typing in the keys the screen behaves abnormally i.e. if I try to erase a character there appears a new line or so. The keys don't respond.

At the moment, if I touch the Back button instead of going back to the previous app a new app appears (say Google+ here). Moreover, if I try to swipe down to go to the settings at the same time it pops down partially and disappears. The touch screen doesn't work entirely for a while. The problem vanishes automatically after a while, but very annoying as it occurs repeatedly.

I have 360 Security Antivirus installed and scanning shows no viruses either. What is the cause of this problem?


texts: Why am I getting Google Drive notifications about strangers' documents?

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Screenshot:

Is this just a new form of spam or phishing technique, basically betting that I'll click on the notification and look at the document? I haven't looked at any of them yet, but it seems utterly bizarre that Google Drive would notify me of the occurrence of anything in someone else's document.
A quick tour of the Russian alphabet and Google Translate reveals the document name as "Message No. FB-24".
Cross-post


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Android has a Text-To-Speech engine called PicoTTS.

Is there any way to have it read a file and save the output to an audio file (instead of routing the audio to the headset or speakers) without programming a custom app myself?

UPDATE: The OS has a synthesizeToFile() method ... I'm just looking for an app that uses it instead of developing one on my own.


texts: I'm traveling internationally soon and will have unlimited internet usage but regular calling/texting will be restricted or I'll have high roaming charges. So I'm wondering how Google Voice works... is it like a relay where someone calls my Google Voice number and and then Google calls my regular number to complete the call? Or is it pure voip and will work through internet service alone? And will call quality suffer/improve depending on internet quality/speed? Thanks in advance


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I am UK based and have a Nexus 1 and Nexus S both running stock Android 2.3.4.

On both devices, I have a manual update pending for the Music app from Google Inc., but when I go in to the Market to view this app, I get an AlertDialog telling me that "The requested item could not be found."

I understand that Google Music is only available in the US, but why is the Market telling me that I need to update the app, only to tell me that it is not available when I try to?


texts: Facebook "more from related pages" feature

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Recent updates on the Facebook app came with a new feature : "the more from related pages" after every time you like a post. For me this feature is terrible. Every time after I liked a post I would scroll down to like another one, and just right before I hit the like button this new function will pop some icons out, pushing the wall down and cause me to miss the like button.

So here is the question: are there ways to remove this feature ? I searched through the settings on my app one by one but I have yet to find anything that works.

Feature


texts: Forgot pattern lock on Samsung Galaxy J3 but want to keep the data

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I had my Samsung Galaxy J3 set a pattern by accident and have no idea what it is. It's been 3 days and still haven't discovered any answers and am feeling hopeless.

If I do a factory reset, all my data and important photos will be lost. My phone is set to waiting 64 minutes before trying another pattern and won't ask if I have forgotten my pattern and let me type in my ID and password.

Any solution?


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A friend of mine is considering selling his Galaxy Nexus (to me) and we wanted to be sure that if we did a hard reset it would wipe all data linking him to the phone.  I understand it utilizes a lot of core Google technologies and we don't want to find out down the road that something survives the process.

This is one of the unlocked Galaxy Nexus (GSM) purchased from Google


texts: Tasker if-else-if hierarchy and default setting, like Locale

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I use a Google Talk status plugin (written for Locale) with Tasker, and the one thing I miss from Locale is the priority order of situations. That is, if I'm driving, then set status "Driving", else if I'm at work, "At work", else if [...] else "Available". (Locale does allow multiple situations to be active, but each type of action (e.g. Google Talk) will only get run once.)

I'm struggling to replicate this in Tasker. The priority setting on a task seems only to affect the order in which multiple tasks are run, whereas I'd like this particular plugin to be run once per situation-change, with only one status (the one with highest priority) even if two situations are active. I also lack a place to put the default "Available" setting (exit tasks aren't really suitable).

Example: I start driving to work. Status "Driving". I get near the office. Status should still be "Driving" (highest priority). I arrive and disconnect from the car. Status should now be "At work".

...whereas if I naively put the plugin in each situation and set exit tasks of "Available", I will instead get "At work" when I get near the office, and "Available" when I get out of the car (from the exit task of the Driving situation).

I'm reluctant to go back to Locale because Tasker is more flexible for the other conditions and settings I'm using, and because it has more built-in conditions (e.g. power source mains/USB), meaning fewer Locale condition plugins need to be kept running in memory.


texts: How to change device model in build.prop?

texts:
The following is my build.prop file. I just can't find the device model option so I can modify it. I'm trying to change my device model to Pixel XL so I can run Google Assistant properly.

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=NMF26V
ro.build.display.id=lineage_titan-userdebug 7.1.1 NMF26V 399d12a5d9
ro.build.version.incremental=399d12a5d9
ro.build.version.sdk=25
ro.build.version.preview_sdk=0
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.all_codenames=REL
ro.build.version.release=7.1.1
ro.build.version.security_patch=2017-01-05
ro.build.version.base_os=
ro.build.date=Tue Jan 31 23:31:20 PST 2017
ro.build.date.utc=1485934280
ro.build.type=userdebug
ro.build.user=jenkins
ro.build.host=phenom.zifnab.net
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.build.flavor=lineage_titan-userdebug
ro.product.brand=motorola
ro.product.name=lineage_titan
ro.product.board=MSM8226
# ro.product.cpu.abi and ro.product.cpu.abi2 are obsolete,
# use ro.product.cpu.abilist instead.
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.cpu.abilist=armeabi-v7a,armeabi
ro.product.cpu.abilist32=armeabi-v7a,armeabi
ro.product.cpu.abilist64=
ro.product.manufacturer=motorola
ro.product.locale=en-US
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=msm8226
ro.build.characteristics=default
ro.cm.device=Pixel XL
# end build

Update: I have further changed the manufacturer and brand to Google and the product to Pixel XL, but it still had no effect.


texts:
I've been unable to connect my samsung galaxy s5 to pc despite having tried for a couple of hours.

I was able to connect to the same pc with a different s5 a few days ago and have tried connecting it to a different PC so the problem is definitely with the mobile, although I have tried installing drivers on PC.
Phone doesn't even show up in device manager.
The option to use the phone as a usb modem is greyed out as it says it is not connected to a PC.
The phone is charging notification doesn't show either.
I've tried different usb cables and different usb ports.
USB debugging is turned on, USB is configured to MDB + ATP (i tried changing it to other things then swapping back but it won't even let me change)
I've updated the phone's os.

If anyone has any other ideas would love to hear them as I need this working for debugging purposes.


texts: Separate volume level for speaker-phone mode?

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My phone (a Samsung Vibrant, aka T-Mobile's variant of the Galaxy S) has a single volume level for both the speaker-phone and normal modes.  I like to have it up high if I'm using speaker-phone mode and less deafening when I'm holding the handset to my ear.  This causes some problems when I use a different mode from the previous call.

Is there any way that I can have a separate volume level for the two modes of operation?


texts: How can I get to recovery without Volume Up hardware button?

texts:
Or, 'My tablet's hardware "Volume Up" button is broken, now what?'

I'm trying to root an Asus TF300TG Transformer tablet (a 2012 model, unlocked), following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617298

I have installed the USB drivers on my computer
Rebooted tablet to fastboot
Flashed the TWRP recovery without problems
(Rebooted normally, verified that tablet still works as usual)
Rebooted to fastboot again
Got to the point where I should boot to the new recovery

That step requires me to press the Volume Up button to select the recovery option (at this screen: http://i.imgur.com/Fbogr.jpg ). In my tablet, however, the button is broken (and has been for some years now). Is there a way to get into recovery without actually pushing it?

What I've tried:

pushing harder
pushing the other two HW buttons: Volume Down moves the selection, Power does nothing
connecting the keyboard dock: there is a Volume Up button, but it doesn't do anything in fastboot mode; none of the dock buttons do anything
connecting a USB keyboard via the dock: no keypresses seem to do anything in fastboot
rebooting to recovery using fastboot reboot recovery: invalid command
booting an image using fastboot boot twrp.blob (and various other recovery images from my computer): loaded to tablet, then failed (downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.398s]
booting... FAILED (remote: ) - note the empty error message)

Is there a different way to get to recovery?


texts: So my nextbook 8 tablet has always been very finicky. I can do with the power button troubles and everything, but theres one thing that made my tablet near useless. I was on a trusted app, when suddenly my tablet froze, and stayed frozen for almost 12 hours. When i finally was able to restart my device, it had performed a factory reset, which means all my apps were gone. Every single one. But the memory in the internal storage still appears as if i still had all my applications. I am left with 121MB of storage space which is unusable, and my tablet is showing nothing that could be using up my storage space. The downloads screen shows the "no apps installed message" when i open it up. How can I fix this?


texts: Camera app that can use hardware buttons for making photo

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I am searching for either a camera app with hardware button support, or for some other solution that would make it possible to use hardware buttons for making photo (shutter) in a camera app.

My phone, Samsung Galaxy S III mini doesn't have separate camera button, only power button, home button, back and menu buttons, and volume rocker.  It is IMHO much easier to use hardware button than to try to hit software button on camera screen.

I think this should be possible, because built-in Phone Call app can be configured to accept call with Home button, and end / cancel the call with Power button.

This question can be considered to be continuation of How to assign a hardware button to camera which is about using hardware button (e.g. Home) to start camera.


texts: Bluetooth Headphone & Phone BT Media Volume Controls Now Separate

texts:
I have a pair of Bluetooth earbuds and a pair of Bluetooth headphones I use with my Nexus 6P running Android Nougat (7.1.1).

Two weeks into using the earbuds with my phone back when I first got them, the audio volumes separated: during the first two weeks of use, changing the volume with the buttons on the earbuds would directly change the volume of my phone and there was only one volume control (directly changed by both phone and earbuds). Unexplainably, while I was listening one day, the audio volumes separated: my phone's bluetooth audio volume has a range and the earbuds have their own (the buttons on the earbuds now control an imaginary volume slider that changes their volume but not the volume on my phone). Then the same thing happened two weeks into using my headphones: the buttons on the headphones used to control my phone's BT audio slider, but now change the volume without changing the BT audio slider (each has to be at 100% to get maximum sound now).

How can I stop the audio volumes from being separated between my BT earbuds/headphones and my Nexus 6P and why would they have separated in the first place? Basically, how can I make the volume controls on my Bluetooth devices control my phone's BT volume again?


texts: Prevent apps from opening in context of other apps

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I really dislike the "feature" where apps can open other apps "inside" their own context.  For example, I have a GitHub browser app that has registered the GitHub domain with my phone. When I click on a GitHub link from Chrome, the GitHub browser app opens by itself and is separately closeable (this is good). However when I click on a GitHub link from Yahoo Mail, the GitHub browser app is opened within Yahoo Mail, and it's not separately closeable (bad).

Is there a setting where I can direct my phone to only open apps directly, preventing the behavior I see in Yahoo Mail?


texts: What is rooting? How to root an android phone?

texts:
Explain what is rooting? How to do it? Does rooting affect the phone's performance? Can samsung galaxy fit be updated to present android version?
can anyone refer sites that explains the inside of android?


texts: Undo "Flag as spam" on Google Play Store?

texts:
I've accidentally marked some reviews for some apps as spam, and they were removed (or were hidden from me).

The problem with clicking on this button is that there is no going back. It doesn't ask you anything about it.

How can I undo my mistakes?


texts: I'm trying to help my father locate his lost android cell phone.  He doesn't know the gmail account info it is connected to, so we cannot locate it that way.  (was set up for him, not his own doing)  Without a gmail account address/username or the 'recovery' info to find that out, is there a way I can help him locate his cell phone???


texts: hospot problem on andriod 6 on sony experia z3

texts: I am using android 6 when I open the hotspot setting they give the error " Tattering Hotspot Creating failed". When I use pda net for creating hotspot it will easily created. What the problem behind them?


texts: View a PDF with two columns by displaying it one column by one column

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Is there a way to view a PDF with two columns by displaying it column by column? I can certainly use any viewer to look at such a document but leafing around from column-to-column is very cumbersome. Even more so for scanned-in bitmaps.

The layout of many Android devices would be ideal to read a single column at a time.


texts: How to remove telegram's secondary account

texts:
Telegram has multiple accounts feature and you can follow the guide here on how to enable it.

The problem is I can add a new account, but can't find any button or option to remove it.


texts: Disable email notification to sub-folders in the exchange account

texts:
I have a number of sub-folders set up on my exchange email account with rules moving certain emails into these folders automatically. How can I disable notification for new email for those specific sub-folders?
I would like to keep using the default Android app for exchange.


texts: I want to use my bluetooth headset (Sennheiser MB660 UC MS) with an app that doesn't support bluetooth

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I work as a freelance consultant using a platform that aggregates my clients who buy hours from me in blocks. Billing is done per minute when a client makes a voice/video call. Voice clarity and noise cancellation is of the utmost importance. Clients are able to leave reviews after a call.

The problem is that the platform (two versions exist: Android and iOS) was built by a small startup who haven't invested in Bluetooth support (yet). As a result, headsets have to be plugged in to the the headphone jack of the device.

I invested in the rather expensive Sennheiser MB 660 since I was looking for the ultimate purpose built headset for knowledge workers. The trouble: I had assumed that all of its built-in noise cancelling microphones will continue to work even if I had a wired connection, and could live with that until the app added Bluetooth support.

HOWEVER, I belatedly discovered the MB 660's are designed such that Bluetooth AND the noise cancelling mics are switched off as soon as a wire is plugged in (some German engineering choices I find perplexing), and the only active microphone is then the one on the audio cable itself (not noise cancelling). Which beats the purpose of having such a sophisticated headset in possession.

Now that I have this headset anyway, and love it otherwise, I want to find a way to indirectly connect it to my Android device in a way that I am able to use it without connecting the wire. The only way to do that seems to be to plug something (henceforth, SOMETHING) in to my Android device's 3.5mm headphone jack. That SOMETHING will be a two-way Bluetooth contraption of some sort that can send and receive audio and able to pair with my headset too.

Does this SOMETHING already exist in the market, or will I have to make one? If I must make one, what components do I need and how to do I put them together?

Thank you so much!


texts: I bought an HTC Evo off someone and they had it rooted, but for some reason 4G isn't working. I'm not sure if it's because they rooted the phone and it now has wifi tether (I don't know too much about rooting and ROMs) but could that be the reason why 4G isn't working? If there's a way to fix it I'd appreciate it.


texts: TWRP is stuck at the boot screen when trying to flash twrp on Mi A2

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I am trying to root my Mi A2 android phone. I am following this tutorial. When I try fastboot boot path/to/twrp/image the phone gets stuck on the boot screen. What am I doing wrong?
Is it because a) I don't have required drivers or because b) I have to disable force encryption? If a) I have to install new drivers what are they, where do I get them and how do I install them? If it is b) about disabling force encryption then how to do it?


texts: Is there a way to revert an android version update without flashing a ROM?

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I'm not very familiar with the Android system, but I recently updated my phone from 5.0.1 to 5.1. Unfortunately, one of the games I play doesn't support 5.1 yet, so I would like to revert to 5.0.1. From what I've read online, the main way to do this seems to be to flash a ROM on your phone, which, as I understand, is similar to factory resetting your phone with an older factory image. The problem with this is that it seems it would also delete the game data.

Is there any way to revert back to version 5.0.1 without this process?


texts: Boot Android Virtual Device into recovery mode

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I am trying to install the Google Applications packages on an Android virtual device (emulator), and one of the steps requires me to be in recovery mode.

I tried adb reboot recovery, adb reboot bootloader, adb shell reboot recovery, etc. All of these commands print no output, and hang indefinitely while the emulator shows no response. (Side note: adb devices shows emulator-5554, as expected.)

I noted that issuing a shutdown command through the UI also hangs indefinitely, so I'm thinking maybe rebooting is simply not an option for the emulator. Is there a different way that I can boot an Android virtual device into recovery mode?


texts: Does the Google Play store always show an app's update date and version consistently?

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I thought the update date and version should be consistent. But the note of the update of Pokemon Go says version 0.45, updated Nov 6, 2016, but if I go to Google Play store, it says updated Nov 6, but version 0.43?

What I mean is, shouldn't it have the updated date of earlier date, and version 0.43, OR showing BOTH the newer updated date and version 0.45? (update date and version number consistent with each other).

Screenshot on Google Play website:


texts: Delete one of my google account from marshmallow

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I have 3 linked acccount on my phone for gmail,

I want to access one of the account from destkop only and don't want to link that account on my phone,

How do i completely remove that account from my phone? what are the steps?

When i click on remove account, it goes to browser login, will it completely remove my account or it will remove from phone only?

I dont want to completely remove it.


texts: Does the play store still show the provider and mobile information, if the google account is removed/changed

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Basically what I would like to know is will the play store web version still show the provider and mobile information ie [This app is compatible with your PROVIDER_NAME DEVICE_MODEL.] if the device is factory reset/rooted/removed the google account/change google account.

Thanks in advance.


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I need to stop auto updating Facebook app and tried these steps.

But still Facebook app is auto updating. After updating and installing the app, it is shown "Facebook app is successfully updated" message in my android phone.

Additional info.

Phone model : HTC Desire 630

OS : Android M

So can I stop auto updating the Facebook app?


texts: How to troubleshoot Android System data usage

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How to troubleshoot this? This didn't used to be so bad... Not sure if its a new app, updated app, OS malfunction or what. Android system is seemingly a black box. Are there any apps or techniques to identify what is using data in there?

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I have a HTC Wildfire S and set up the screen lock pattern for it. This triggers after some time but sometimes I want to lock it myself, for example if I leave the office and let my phone on the desk.

In Settings | Security | Lock phone after I can use the "Immediately" option but this closes every time the screen turns of.

Is there some way I can keep it to lock after some time as it is now but also lock it whenever I want?


texts: How can I hide irrelevant contacts in Go Contacts?

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When I was using stock contacts and sync with Google, I could put relevant contacts in My Contacts group which is the only group synced by Google. I have installed GO Contacts and it now displays all groups except My Contacts.

What I want to do is to group irrelevant contacts somehow and hide them from my phone contacts or ignore them in sync. Please note that I do not want to mess with My Contacts group in case I decided to go back to stock Contacts.


texts: NullPointerException, getPhone error when trying SKD-21, Messages displaying on Samsung Galaxy s4 after update to Lollipop 5.0.1

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Yesterday I updated my Samsung Galaxy s4 to Lollipop 5.0.1. It is important to note that my phone is not moded in any way nor has it been rooted. It is the standard user version phone.

After the update however, there is actually programming error messages popping up on the screen. They only appear for a few seconds at a time so I was lucky to catch a screen shot nor do they only appear when using specific apps, they seem to be at random.

Here is the error message that is displaying for me verbatim:

  Trying SDK - 21 ----- getPhone error - java.lang.NullPointerException:
  Attempt  to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String
  com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoner
  outingfix.phone.enumPhones.name()' on a null object reference

Any ideas on why this is displaying or what to do to fix it or get rid of it?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Add work email address to Gmail on an Android device

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I want to install my work email address on gmail on an Android device. The device is a Samsung 10" with Lollipop 5.1.1. Gmail version is 5.3.9xxxxxx.
Following this:
Gmail 5.0 With Exchange Support And Material Design Has Landed | Android Police
it shows 3 options, the last being "Exchange". My device has only the first 2 options. Why


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I need to know if there is any way to backup files before I reboot my tablet. It has frozen on startup.

Nextbook 7P12

Stuck in infinite loop during startup.

Was getting to the third load screen (the flower)

Now, it rests on the second load screen (girl with headphones)

Pretty certain I'm going to be told there is no way to save my files, it's too late. I'm here to know and then move on to fixing it so it can, in the least, be usable again.

Thanks in advance!