texts: command line language for Android tablet (wget equivalent)

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I am a Linux enthusiast and probable expert, and using it since 1993 on the command line (today with zsh) (and Unix since 1987, SunOS3.2).

I personally have a Huawei tablet, details here. With an SD card.

I also have a Logitech Bluetooth keyboard case for that tablet.

I need to be able to read some PDF documents on the tablet without a working internet connection. (at my work at CEA/LIST - a quite bureaucratic organization since indirectly related to French nuclear warheads, I have a powerful Dell workstation with root access & Ethernet connection to the Internet under Debian/Unstable - so sometimes Xorg does not work properly -, but no access to the corporate Wifi; for the clips-rule-gcc project I prefer to read the CLIPS documentation on my BYOD tablet).

If my tablet was good genuine Linux Debian system, I would just wget http://clipsrules.sourceforge.net/documentation/v640/bpg.pdf when Internet is available, and later evince bpg.pdf when it is not, taking advantage of zsh auto completion facilities.

What are the equivalent on Android 8 ?

My AppStore is google, and I was not yet able to root my tablet. Dreaming of that every day.


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Are there any notification widgets for android that show the number of missed calls, messages, etc. just like on the regular notification screen?

I'm currently using widget locker to customize my home screen but it also means that i can't tell if i have missed any calls or messages without having to unlock the phone. I would love to have a widget that i could put only on the widget locker lock screen just to quickly see if I've missed anything.

Edit: I'm on a captivate, 2.1 unrooted.


texts: How do I prevent my keyboard from trying to suggest 2 sets of spelling corrections?

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A decent while ago, my keyboard decided to start recommending two sets of spelling corrections. The new type of spelling corrections tends to get in the way of me using the one that I prefer to use.

For reference, I included an image. The popup coming down from the misspelled word is the spelling correction system I do not want to use, while the one underneath it is the one I do want to use.

I am on an LG phone with Android version 9.


texts: How can I create recurring events in Jorte?

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That is, an event that happens once a week, once a month, once a year, etc. Pretty sure I've read that this can be done, but I can't figure out how. (I've also read that this app has quite a learning curve!)

I don't want this calendar linked with my Google calendar, so creating it there isn't an option.


texts: Does ICS Gmail display unread message counts for labels other than Inbox?

texts: Up to Android 2.x, in the labels view the Gmail app of my Nexus S displayed the number of unread messages next to labels with unread mail. I recently upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 on the same device and now Gmail no longer displays unread counts for labels unless I access the list of messages for a certain label. Is this a new Gmail feature? Is there some way of viewing those unread counts in a way similar to Android 2.x?


texts: Cannot install YouTube app on Tecno devices (Android Go)

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I am using a Tecno Pop 2 Power device. It runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo, Go Version). It's a new device. When I launched it, it came pre-installed with the "YouTube Go" app, which is in no way a replacement for the traditional YouTube app.
When I try to download YouTube from the Play Store, it downloads but doesn't install. Other applications install just fine, except YouTube.
Is there a way to install it? Something I'm not doing right?


texts: What is the easiest way I can send one contact's phone number to another on my Android?

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I have to send two contacts in my phone book to another contact, on my Nexus One Android 2.2. How can I do this easiest?

On my old SonyEricsson this function was on a nearby menu, but I can't find it on Android.

I have also tried to copy the phone number when in edit mode of the contacts, but I can not paste it when composing the SMS to my contact. Is there really no way to transfer a contact via SMS or MMS on Android other than writing the numbers down on paper and then write them in the SMS message later as in the stone age?


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When I connect the internet and open any app, a pop-up ad appears randomly.
Ads are still showing, although I did factory reset the phone (all installed apps removed) as well. I also tried to remove the malware app with Avast. Avast detected the issue as well. But couldn't able to remove as well. I uninstalled the malware app which Avast detected. The malware apps installed automatically with another name after uninstalling it.
How can I get rid of that annoying issue?

Some screenshots of that issue have attached here.


texts: How do I manage users on my HTC One with Android 5?

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I have HTC One (M7) with Android 5.0.2 (the unlocked ROM 7.17.1540.7 from HTC website). I want to set up several user accounts.

I've found two documented ways to do it:

The one concerns Nexus and consists of opening the settings and “ under 'Device,' touch[ing] Users.” There is no “Device” group, the only groups I have are “Wireless & networks”, “Personal” and “Phone”. There is no “Users” in any of those three groups.
The other one (also here) seems to apply to any Android 5 device, and asserts the following:

  Pull down your notification shade, and you'll see your user icon

There is no user icon there. At the very top, there is the name of the operator. Below, I can see the time and date at the very left, and a settings icon at the right. If I expand quick settings panel, at the left of settings icon a new icon appears, allowing to go to “Edit Quick Settings.”

In settings, there is “Accounts & sync” element, but it looks like it handles online accounts used by different applications, making it possible, for example, to associate my Google account with the device. This is how “Add an account” looks like:

What am I doing wrong? How can I create users?


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I own a Nexus 5, running stock Android 5. I'm looking for an Xposed module which allows me to adjust all types of volumes (ringtone/media/alarm) when I press the volume keys.

I've seen an extended notifcation panel in other ROMs where you could exactly do this.
Is there something similar available as a module?


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My child has transferred phones. I now have his old phone and want to repurpose it, sell it, donate it, give it to a co-worker, use it myself, etc.

The FRP protection prevents me from doing that. I understand the point of FRP but the logic behind it is somewhat flawed and doesn't cover a multitude of legitimate scenarios. I own this phone, not my child!

My child is not present to provide credentials to bypass this feature. How do I reset this essentially bricked device without having to use hacking software?

Note: this question does look a bit like a duplicate of this question, but none of the answers there are acceptable or work.


texts: Samsung S7 - Facebook Messenger Drains A Lot of Data

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I have the fb messenger app on my phone which I use regularly, but in all the months I've used my phone, I've never surpassed 50 MB per month of data usage for that app.

About 2 weeks ago, I got the Nougat 7 update, and I believe ever since then (it started happening around the same time) my Messenger app has been draining data. Within a week, it used about 500 MB of background data.

Is there anyway I can fix this?


texts: Want to know if ICS can mount an SD when formatted as EXT4 or does it still need a FAT32 partition like Gingerbread. Googled for 30+ mins, can't find an answer.


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I have my samsung galaxy a6+ (2018). I tried to install a GSI to my phone since it has a /vendor partition. First, I did OEM unlock in developer settings. It told me to reset the phone in order to do that. So I did press the reset button. As I was on stock rom, the phone turned off, and showed the blue-background android logo saying "Erasing...".
After its screen turned off again, I pressed the key combo to go to download mode. FRP and OEM UNLOCK was both off. And flashed twrp which I had compiled. The problem appeared then. After flashing, it rebooted, show the samsung logo with "Recovery is not SEANDROID enforcing, Set Warranty Bit: recovery", and screen just turned off.
Even backlight was not on. I tried multiple times to enter download mode, by pressing the key combo, but no luck. It just shows same "Recovery is not SEANDROID enforcing, Set Warranty Bit: recovery" and screen just turns off. But why? Did I do something wrong?


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I'm on a Mac and iPhone. Going to switch to Android and Windows.

Textexpander is an app that is "expanding custom keyboard shortcuts into frequently-used text". In other words: a text expansion tool.

For example, when I type gm1 my email shows up. When I hit d2 I see todays date, 130830.

I currently have textexpander on the mac, have the library in dropbox, and sync it to iPhone so that I have all my snippets on both Mac and iPhone (well, at least in the iPhone apps I write in like PlainText).

I know that

AHK kan do snippets via :*:gm::my email adress
Breevy is a textexpander for windows

But can I make text expansion play as nice on android-windows as on iPhone-mac?


texts: USB connection with my android not working any longer

texts: I have a problem connecting my android phone with my PC. I however get the option of Transfer files under Use USB for but this does not seem work. Any leads?


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I use Android Auto a lot.
My car's entertainment unit, which I connect my phone to via USB in order to use Android Auto, has it's own GPS antenna.

But it's slow to obtain my location, and often downright wrong, like several kilometers/miles off.
My phone's GPS is a lot faster and gets much better results.

But it seems the external GPS in my car always takes over when I connect to it.

Is there a way to disable it completely, and only rely on the phone's own GPS?

Hardware information:
Phone: OnePlus 7 Pro, Android 9, Oxygen OS 9.5.11.GM2BA
Car entertainment unit: Alpine iLX-702D


texts: Email app displays messages in "Sent" by "From:" instead of "To:"

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I configured my Email app to point to an existing Yahoo Mail account.

When I go into the Sent folder, I see that the Android-composed messages display the recipient (To:), but the older messages display the sender (From:)

I checked the headers on several messages. It seems that Email app is selecting first occurrence of "From:" or "To:".

So my older messages say...

From:
To:

...and the "From:" is displayed in the message list

The new messages I composed in Froyo have:

To:
From:

...and the "To:" is displayed in the message list.

Is this the expected behavior? I know that some things are different in mobile world, but classically, the "Sent" folder has been special cased to show who the message is being sent to, because that is the most useful information to display in this context.


texts: Apps force close on a Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i

texts: Every app I use needs to be forced closed after less than 5 minutes. Even apps I haven't even opened [before]. I've turned off my phone and restarted it multiple times and nothing seems to work. Does this mean I have to do a factory reset?


texts: samsung galaxy core-i8262 /system/xbin/su path

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I have samsung gt-i8262 phone.

scenario: i want to drop superSU binary for gaining root access. I tried framaroot but was not successful. now I am using cydia impactor to execute script as /system/xbin/su.
There are two partition sdcard0 and exsdcard in file explorer, a format which i have not seen in other devices.

my problem: How can I know the path of xbin? is it the same in gt-i8262 device as the other devices.
NOTE: later on, I want to root this device and install CWM recovery.

any expert help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance, gud day.


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I use a Huawei Mate 10 Pro. I am unable to print, so I tried to cancel the printing
job, but it just stays there forever and nothing happens.

I was unable to print a single page since I own this smartphone which I bought a year ago. The only way to remove it is by restarting the smartphone.

I am using a Canon MG 3200 printer.

PS: "notepad print wird gelöscht" means "notepad print is getting deleted" in english


texts: Not working with Reversing of USB/Micro cable with OTG cable

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I am using usb otg cable to Android phone connect esp8266.
For this, I am using usb-micro cable, and usb/otg cable.

Working well with:
Android phone -> OTG cable -> USB/micro cable -> esp8266

Not working with:
Android phone -> USB/Micro cable -> OTG cable -> esp8266

I cannot find why.

USB micro cable:

OTG cable:


texts: Does LTE require a special modem from WiMAX or just a firmware upgrade?

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Sprint has talks of starting LTE data, but for now all their 4g phones support WiMAX.

I am considering starting a sprint unlimited contract with the EVO 3D phone.

The phone supports WiMAX 4g, on a snapdragon msm8660 processor. I'm wondering if this phone will be able to support LTE if sprint does release it, or does LTE require a special modem?


texts: How can I remotely control my phone via android studio?

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I need to remotely control my phone from computer.

My touch screen is not working
My display is broken I can't see anything
I have android studio and sdk's for my phone not sure which was needed but it was jellybean so downloaded all sdk's for that
Phone is pattern locked but I can unlock it(muscle memory)
Not sure if USB debugging is activated or not

Phone: Red Mi 2

OS: Ubuntu 14.04


texts: Stuck at boot animation logo after flashing GSI image system

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I know it seems be a repeated question but i have tried every possible solution i found, i have xiaomi redmi s2 with unlocked bootloader and custom treble TWRP recovery and i have a generic system image of AOSIP (GSI) downloaded from here AOSiP-9.0-arm_aonly-GSI-20190217.img

and i have followed this tutorial to flash this image How to flash a Generic System Image (GSI) on Project Treble supported devices.

also tried this tutorial How to install AOSP Extended (Android Pie) on Xiaomi Redmi S2 / Y2 YSL

but my device stuck at boot animation and i have waited more than 20 min also i tried these solutions:

wipe data/cache/dalvik-cache.
flash no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip (dm-vertiy patch)
flash magsik.zip to patch the boot.img
reinstall stock boot.img only.
try other GSI like AOSP/PIXEL/ViperOS/HavocOS , also it stuck.
using fastboot instead of recovery.

I cannot figure out what the problem is. any help?


texts: Is it possible to use 2-step verification with multiple accounts on a phone?

texts: Using 2-step verification with Google Authenticator on an Android handset provides good security for accessing Gmail and other Google services.  What I am curious about is whether Google Authenticator can provide support for all Gmail accounts on the phone (multiple Gmail accounts can be added to a single handset under the Accounts menu in Settings).  Will both accounts authenticate using the same codes?


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I am testing the Privacy Guard feature of CyanogenMod. I disabled almost all of every app's permissions (with 'Show built-int apps' enabled) to then enable only those I know I need. The problem that emerged was that for example my Phone and Messaging apps lost ability to read contacts. Even when I allowed them to read them. To fix that problem I needed to give proper permissions to the Contacts Storage - seems obvious once you know that. Now I have similar problem with location. I allow apps to use it but they cannot access it. I tried a couple of apps so I assume that this is problem is only connected with permissions, not the app itself.

My question is what permissions of which (probably built-in) app I need to enable to let other apps (which have proper permission) access my location?


texts: Lockscreen automatically relocks after unlock

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The Problem: Sometimes, after a successful screen unlock, the device immediately relocks.

Specifications: Nexus 9, CyanogenMod 12-12.1, Android 5.0.1-5.1.1, pattern lock and Smart Lock > FaceUnlock and Location active, encryption active.

Further details: I also have a phone (Armani) that ran exactly the same settings from CM 12-12.1 and experienced no such problems. This is weird, especially that flounder is officially supported while armani is not. The problem comes, on average, every other day. I'd like to know if anyone else had experienced similar problems and what you did to resolve it. So far all that I had to do is to reboot the device - something that ain't so nice especially on an encrypted device.


texts: Why does any app having an active overlay is causing low frame rates?

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Any app that I try on my device that is some kind of on-screen tool, such as monitoring apps, pie apps, screen filters, corner sliding apps, etc., makes the device have consistent low frame rates.

If I disable HW overlays though, the problem disappears. Why is that?

I've a Ulefone U7 running Android 4.4.2 with Linux kernel 3.4.67.


texts: HTC Desire: why not to root and install Froyo (no-porting)?

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I've bought an HTC Desire a quite ago and, since now, works fine for me (except for this).

Now I'm waiting for Android 2.3, or 3.0, or whatever, and I'm thinking: is it possible to install the original Android ROM on my Desire instead of HTC porting?

This will make spare me a lot of time in waiting HTC porting.
My only doubt is if all functionality stay the same. (except for Sense and similar HTC proprietary software).


texts: How to partition the Internal SD Card using CWM Recovery?

texts: How to partition the Internal SD Card using CWM Recovery to use with link2sd. I am using Sony Xperia SL.


texts: I know it seems like a silly question, but here is the situation: I'm debugging an app and my users have reported a bug on slow devices that I can't see on my fast device.  Is there anything I can do to slow my device down so that I can see the bug for myself?


texts: Huge battery power consumption with one particular SIM card

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I have a Vodafone SIM card in an Android phone. In that phone, there is a 2000 mAh battery. I had noticed that the battery was discharging very fast, about 2%/hour when idle!
At that time, no battery consuming apps were running and all other mobile radios were switched off.
The discharge rate should have been less than 1%/hour.

I thought that this might be a problem with the battery, but when I tested with another Vodafone SIM card, I saw that the discharge rate has again gone down to 1%/hour!

Can anybody say what is actually happening?

Additional information: Few days ago, accidentally, there had been a half-hole on the SIM card. So, is the problem due to this hole?


texts: How to Run a script or get adb devices from machine 1 to mobile device which is connected machine 2?

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I am attempting to run a Script from Machine 1. [Script would be calabash or Appium]. In machine 1 i didnt connected any device and In machine 2 I have connected 2 Android devices.

  Machine 1 and Machine 2 are connected via LAN. so I can able to ping machine 2 from machine 1.

Now My question is
Is there any posibility to Access devices via adb which is conneced in Machine 2. So that i can able to run my Script ?

I am using two windows machine.


texts: Is my Galaxy 10.1 Tablet dead forever, or can I bring it back to life?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, 16GB, wifi only version, GT-7510. Bought in the US.

It was running a rooted version of Lollipop for a long time with no problems, and then in the last couple weeks, I started to constantly get pop errors at random times saying, "Unfortunately, Google Play services have stopped." Also, Google Play wouldn't load.

I tried a factory reset, and wiping cache, and that sort of thing, but none of it helped. So, I thought I'd try a new ROM. I saw there was a version of Android 6.0.1 available, so I thought I'd give that a whirl. Here's where everything went wrong. I tried installing the ROM, and it failed. Then I noticed that my version of TWRP might be too old. I had version 2.3 or so, and maybe the ROM I was trying to flash needed a higher version. So, I got the latest TWRP, which version 3, and tried flashing that using Odin from my Windows 10 computer.

And that's when everything died. In the Odin interface, it said "FAIL". Then, after that, I couldn't boot into recovery mode. I tried reflashing, I tried finding stock ROMs, and, after following some advice on the web, I tried flashing a PIT file. Nothing worked.

Currently, the situation is that even though I have it turned off, the screen comes on intermittently and says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue - Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".

I can hold down the volume down and power button and get into download mode (but not recovery). If I go into download mode and try to flash from Odin, I get the following error.

I've attached screenshots of the ODIN output and the error on my Tablet.

I've tried different versions of Odin, I've double checked every file to make sure I've got the right file for my device, I feel like I've done everything I can do.

Is my Galaxy 10.1 permanently bricked? Or is there any way I can pull it back from the brink?

The red text in the bottom error screen says:

  Fail to download [51505][Date:8970.0] > Part 2560(/2560)]
  (2KB unit)

  Tegra_nand_Write: Error to DownloadPartition_odin![err:0xffffffff]

Update: It seems I can't turn on the device anymore. No matter how long I hold down the power button, or if I combine it with holding down either volume button, the screen does not respond. There's no charging indicator on screen if I plug the USB cable in, so I can't tell if it can take a charge or not, but I have tried leaving it charging over night.

Anyway, whatever the cause, the device now seems completely unresponsive. So, unless someone has one last thing I can do to try and resurrect this device, it looks like it is bricked and I'll be giving it away.


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Sad day for me, I copied some images to my phone from PC. When opened my gallery, not a single image could be seen. Everything wiped out suddenly. There were tons of photos (No backup).

My Moto G (1st Gen) is not even rooted, which makes it even more difficult to recover data.

Is there any way I can recover Lost/deleted data from Internal Memory?

Please someone help! I am in real trouble.


texts: Today, my phone out of nowhere started opening random spam/scam sites. What can I do to make it stop

texts: I have an Huawei mate 10 lite, and today it started randomly opening my browser and showing me scam sites. I have tried some anti-virus apps, but after a full scan they didn't find anything. I also looked at my apps, to see if anything suspicious app was there, but I didn't find any blank app/unknown app. The only thing I don't want to do is to factory reset my phone. Can you help me with my problem?


texts: How to enable High power consumption setting in Vivo Y50

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I want to programmatically enable the High background power consumption setting for an app. Adding it to deviceidle whitelist is not working. I tried this adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +com.android.package, but this is not working it doesn't even reflect in the settings.
Although manually doing it in the settings reflect in deviceidle whitelist, but not the other way around.
Has anyone else faced this issue?


texts: Why is the Google Calendar website showing my calendar as a guest on events added from the phone?

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I have noticed a strange behavior in the Google calendar app. When ever I add an event from my phone on a calendar that is not the default one, and later view it on the computers browser, I see a "person icon" indicating a guest. And when I enter that event I see the name of the selected calendar as the guest (technically I'm my own guest).

Is that a result of settings which I can correct? (Or is that a bug?)

I'm using Android 2.3.5


texts: How to tell if an SD Card is already internal storage?

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I have a Nokia 6.1, and Android One phone, running Pie.  Is there any way to tell if my SD card is already formatted for internal storage?

Thanks


texts: I found apps that I have not installed. How can I investigate this?

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There are 6 apps on my phone that I haven't explicitly or implicitly installed.

Most likely they were installed today, as they happened to get on the first screen/page, so I immediately noticed them.

Of course I didn't use the web/desktop Play Store to install them. And chances of the phone being unlocked in my pocket and installs 6 apps by mistake are none.

What is even more suspicious is that when I go to to Play Store, the apps show (install) button instead of (open), as if Play Store couldn't detects that they are installed.

How can I investigate this?

HUAWEI Mate 10 pro
Model BLA-L29
EMUI version 9
Android version 9
Non-rooted

The applications are:

Asphalt Nitro_com.gameloft.android.GloftANPH
Assassin's Creed Unity
Arno's Chronicles_com.playwing.acu.huawei Dragon
Mania_com.gameloft.android.GloftPDMF
Kingdoms_com.gameloft.android.GloftDMKF Spider-Man Ultimate
Power_com.gameloft.android.GloftSMIF

I extracted them with an APK extractor.


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I’m trying to make a backup of my music playlists, that I've created using the Samsung Music app on my Samsung Galaxy A6 (Andriod 10).
So far I’ve not been able to locate where these playlists are stored, and neither a way to extract them.
Most forum questions about this problem either hold old outdated answers, or none at all.
Does anyone know a way to extract Music Playlists (preferably as a text file)? Or by using some app for it?
Regards


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I have a TCL U55P6046 (EU version of the TCL 55P607). The EU version comes with Android TV instead of Roku TV.
I am trying to change the brightness on this TV, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. I did find the backlight, but changing it does not seem to help.
I have the latest Android TV version available for me which is 6.x.
How to adjust brightness on Android TV?


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It seems I have always had some sort of radio connection problem with this phone, however since the most recent updates it's gotten really bad. My blue tooth headset (sometimes) constantly connects, a few seconds to a few minutes later disconnects, followed by a reconnect soon after. Sometimes I have to manual connect under the Bluetooth settings as it sometimes doesn't connect when the headset is turned on. Also sometimes at the same time I am having the Bluetooth problems, and other times when I am not having Bluetooth connection issues, I have issues with the WiFi connection. It just drops the connection, in my home in a very good signal area, both on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. I can manually connect, it will connect sometimes others it won't, even when it does it disconnects a few seconds to minutes later.

Sometimes a reboot fixes it, others it does not. About a week ago while I was having these problems the phone just rebooted on it's own and when it started back up I got the "Android is starting, Optimizing app x of n" as if it had just installed an update, it did this a second time today but after I restarted the phone.

While I only have one Bluetooth headset Jawbone Era it works fine on another phone and on a PC. I have the WiFi problems on more than one Router.

Nexus 4, 5.1.1, build LMY48I

Any idea where to start?

Update

Still doing this, even after another Update now on build LMY48M

It's only done it a few times over the last week or so, but this morning my headset has disconnected and reconnected 40 or 50 times.

Possible related my phone randomly forgets all the stored networks and I have to reenter WiFi passwords.


texts: Is it possible to run Minecraft on an Android?

texts: I was thinking in using some tools to convert the JAR into an APK. But will my Nexus One have enough memory? And what about the controls?


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When on my home WiFi network (or really any open network), when the WiFi drops or lags my phone automatically connects to my sister's phone (or that oepn network's 4G/5G alternative).

For example:

Our WiFi name is NetGear77. When it kicks me off NetGear77 due to instability or not loading fast enough, it forces me to connect to NetGear77-5G, which is my sister's phone.

My question is, how can I stop my phone from connecting to the other network when the WiFi lags or drops? It is weird when I can see my sister is searching up stupid crap like Twilight. I already have mobile data turned off, but I don't think it does anything.


texts: Unable to use Many Famous apps due to "Unfortunately ... Has Stopped" error

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I am unable to use any Famous Apps like - Gmail, Whatsapp, PayTM, Calendar, Antivirus apps, ram cleaner and many more apps Except few apps such as android chrome.

As soon as I am opening these apps then I am getting error "Unfortunately Whatsapp has stopped" OR "Unfortunately Gmail has stopped".

I am getting this problem from yesterday.

What I have tried:-

1) Factory reset

2) clear cache of gmail/play store/Google services.

3) Using updated version of play store/Google service/gmail/whatsapp/PayTM etc apps.

But unable to get solution till now. Anyone help me in this serious matter ?

Device details:-

Micromax canvas nitro a311, Kitkat


texts: possible to ssh into android phone over 3G?

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Is it possible to run an ssh shell on an android phone when the phone is remotely connected but on 3G?  I have my phone remote and sending data over 3G but I might want to change something on it. I have considered

1) the phone receiving text back from an http request and riunning it as a connad
2) running an ssh shell on the phone
anything else?

Thanks


texts: Can i turn off all Firefox logging on Android, how?

texts:
Just found 8 gc- and cc- logs of about 100MB each on my phone. Not the first time I've had problems with Firefox creating unwanted log files. Is there a setting I can make to turn off all logging?
Seems weird to have any logging enabled by default, certainly logging that makes several text files of over 100MB on a phone app.


texts: Access app menu on Galaxy Note 2 running KitKat

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In KitKat on Galaxy Note 2, the menu key was changed to the running app key. Now I cannot access menu on apps with no menu button. Long pressing on the buttons does not bring up menu.

What can I do to access menu?  (I know this has been asked before, but the solution of long pressing a button does not work).


texts: Does Android USB host mode depend on an OTG cable?

texts: In order to take advantage of USB host Mode on the Nexus 7 (Android 4.1.1) is it necessary to have an OTG cable? Can I do it using the standard micro to male cable, then use a female to female adapter?


texts: How do you delete thousands of text messages at once?

texts: I have a HTC vivid and need to delete about 30,000 texts. Every time I try to do it, it freezes my phone. The same thing happens when I try to create a backup.


texts: Unlock Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT-S7562), forgotten PIN code, hard reset is not an option

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We need to unlock Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT-S7562), but the PIN code is forgotten. "Forgot Password" options are not visible. There are important files inside the phone.
How to unlock this phone without wiping out all the data?


texts: Change existing contacts from 'phone' to 'gmail'

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When the contact items (or several) are set to 'phone', how can they be changed to 'gmail' in order to sync?

In the post Contacts Sync problems: phone contacts not syncing to Google,
it says that contacts set to 'phone' will not sync. So, how can they be changed?


texts: After Droid firmware 4.3 update, no predictive text

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I updated my droid firmware to 4.3 on Friday and had a fairly easy install ..except that my predictive text is missing in action. The setting is switched to ON (Galaxy S4 by the way) but the ribbon that usually appears above the keyboard with autocorrect suggestions is no longer there.

Can anybody help me please? I want my ribbon back. :)


texts: Why does my screen still turn off while charging?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Where is “Stay Awake” option in Ice Cream Sandwich on the Galaxy S3?

I used to have an HTC Evo Shift. If I plugged it into a power cord, the screen would stay on until I explicitly pushed the power button. Now, I have a Samsung Galaxy S III. The screen turns off after a certain timeout regardless of whether it is plugged in. There is an option to change the timeout, but I would rather not be switching it all the time based on whether I have it plugged in. Is there an option I am missing?


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Is there a way to keep the display "ON" whilst the device is plugged in?

I am running Android 2.2 Froyo on Samsung Galaxy S.


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I have an Blackview BV 8000.

Some Apps like Chrome, Stack exchange, Facebook, WhatsApp... Work without a problem.

However apps like Gmail, YouTube and Google play store don't work on cellular data.
I always get an error message, that tells me to check my internet connection (cellular or wlan/wifi, that I know is good).

In settings there is a network access control panel, where I unlocked those apps, however they still don't work under cellular data.


texts: How can I look up words in an eBook reader with Google Translate?

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Is there way  to look up words and phrases while reading an eBook in the Google Translate app? Moon reader can do that in a browser, but the translate app is much better.

Here is what I ended up doing:

Install Aldiko reader
Install Andmade Share
Hide all share apps except Google Translate using Andmade
Select a phrase in Aldiko
Tap on the share button

Now the translation of the phrase will appear directly in the Google Translate app.


texts: Hello, is it possible customize the snackbar in Moto G 2nd Gen?

texts: I am right handed but when I turn the phone, I would like to change the snackbar to the left, is it ONLY to the right?


texts: KnoxGuard Status is PRENORMAL ; What are the causes?

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What could be the possible causes of KG (KnoxGuard) being Prenormal?

We know that flashing unofficial binaries can do that.

It is factory state due to probable Samsung policy change June 2020.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-17-06-2019-rmm-kg-bypass-root-install-twrp-on-exynos-samsung-after-2018.3747535/page-43#post-84311531

Could flashing back official ROM from Android 10 to 9 (if possible particularly with Galaxy Tab S6 cause KG status to Prenormal?

Any other possibilities?


texts: My phone won't send icmp/ping unless WiiFi connected. Can this be fixed?

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I have local terminal access and ping command works when WiFi connected, but not when connected via cellular service. I get same results using ping within other apps.

Can this be "fixed?"

Phone is Verizon, brand Samsng J7 V, software build M1AJQ.J727VVRU2BSA1


texts: How do certain apps show new notifications when internet access is restricted to them?

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I have disabled WhatsApp's access to Internet by disabling both WLAN-usage and mobile network usage.

I thought this should block WhatsApp from accessing the internet. But miraculously WhatsApp gives me a message with ominous content: "You might have new messages"

When I open WA it does not show any messages. When I then give it back it's access rights wonder what, there are messages I received the same day!

So to me it looks as if this app has found its way to sneak around my network restrictions.

So the following questions arise:

Is my assumption about the effectiveness of restricting the "data usage" for apps wrong?
Does WhatsApp hack around the standard restrictions?


texts: Identifying toolchain and version on-device

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Is there a way to tell, on-device, which toolchain and version was used to compile the kernel and/or ROM?

I want to verify the toolchain used.


texts: "Restrict Background data" with Jelly Bean on tf300t ASUS tablet

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On my tf300t ASUS tablet (with wifi only) I tried to set "Restrict Background Data" following

Settings->Data Usage->three boxes in the upper right corner,

but there is no such option. I read on some forums that this option is only available with limited mobile data, but the option to set a limit is not available under Settings->Data Usage->three boxes in the upper right corner.

There is, however, an option under

Settings ->Developer Options -> Background process limit,

but I'm not sure about it. On my Gingerbread phone, background processes were disabled, and whenever I wanted to download an app, I had to enable it. With the Backround Process limit, however, downloading is possible (therefore, I'm not sure if this is the equivalent to Gingerbread's setting). Furthermore, I noticed that, after setting Background Process limit, every once in a while I get a message that some Asus process has been terminated. My question is: how would one disable background processes (no connections to wifi while screen off, ...) in order to save the battery?


texts: Samsung Kies version for both old and new android versions?

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A friend gave me his older Samsung tablet to upgrade since it kept failing with the OTA update, so like indicated I will try KIES first for updating the device.

However I also have 3 newer android (lollipop) phones... so ... what is the advised way? Deinstall version 3 then install version 2.6 (to work with older android versions) and after that deinstall version 2.6 and reinstall version 3 (for my newer android versions) ?

Anyone dealt with this / has a setup for this?

update I installed smart switch which seems to work for all. It calls ODIN and stuff seems to work.


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I was looking at some picture that had mainly white background and noticed that there is a certain ghost screen that was layered on top of it.
I edited a picture to try to bring out as much as possible.
From what I can actually see on the phone, it looks like the image of a whatsapp conversation as i can see the letters at the bottom of the screen as well as the typing bar with the camera on the side and the go back button in top left.
I tried to take screenshot but it doesn't show on the screenshot. Could it be the screen burning up?
In terms of actual color its between a brown / orange, copper like.


texts: Is ROM of both P60 & P70 variant of Realme 3 same?

texts: Realme 3 (a device by oppo) is available in the market in two variants - with Mediatek P60 and Mediatek P70 chipsets.Global variant comes with P60 and Indian variant comes with P70 Model no of P60 is RMX1821 and model no of P70 is RMX1825. Now the question is - are ROM of both chipsets same? In Realme's official site file version of given ROM for this device is 'RMX1821EX_11.A.22' , which appears that this ROM is for only RMX1821(Mediatek P60) device. If I flash this ROM in RMX1825 (Mediatek P70), will it work properly? Or is there a different ROM available or P70?


texts: How to set the OS to main start instead of the recovery?

texts: I have a Moto E 1st Gen and it got into a loop, so I flashed it, installed TWRP and upgraded to Android 5.1, everything went fine (I guess) but when I power on the device, it starts on the recovery (TWRP) not Android, no matter how many times I reboot. On the other hand I do can access android but by entering to fastboot mode and then selecting normal startup, if I do that, Android starts just fine, but, every time I power off the phone and start it again like that, Android optimizes all apps (as if it were the first time Android is running). My question is, how can I set Android to boot when I power on the phone instead of TWRP? thanks in advance


texts: What Android Tablets are compatible with 5 GHz 802.11 networks?

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All too often, I've seen manufacturers go the "cheap route" when putting out products that they can call "802.11n compatible".  Most of the time, what they aren't telling you is that the "compatible" device only works on 2.4 GHz networks.

As I'm potentially going to be in the market for a new Android-based Tablet in the near future, and I have an 802.11n 5 GHz network at home, I'm wondering which of the devices currently available will be able to operate on that network?


texts: How to SUPPRESS "Unfortunately [app] has stopped" messages?

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I'm not trying to fix this error for any particular app. I'm just trying to fully suppress it globally because it's completely useless and very distracting to me whenever it occurs.

How can I make my phone stop popping up "unfortunately [blah] has stopped" error messages whenever something crashes? (I have root permissions so I can edit anything necessary.)


texts: Phone calls awfully low volume on Moto G8

texts: My phone updated to Android 10 and now the volume of the phone calls are too low. Even toggling the speaker on full volume results in a low amplitude. Is there a vanilla solution to this without using speaker boosters? The other sounds are fine; it's specifically the call volume that is too low.


texts: How to connect android phone as portable device?

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I always use usb cable to transfer data from my laptop(win 7 64 bit) to my android phone(huawei honor 4c) but recently after connecting my phone using usb cable phone isn't showing as a media device.But my phone is getting charge from PC.

Here's what I've done to fix the issue and none of them worked:

Restarted my phone.
Restarted my pc.
changed the cable
changed the pc.
Fatory Reset my phone.
usb debugging on/off
Tried different usb ports.

Here's a thing, that another phone is working properly as I wanted in my PC but my phone isn't.


texts: Massive increase in data usage with no change in behaviour

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The primary purpose of data connectivity on my phone is checking email. I don't surf the Web when I'm "bored" (I occasionally look up something that I absolutely have to know that can't wait until I get home or to the office), and I don't watch videos. I also have the following configured:

Data Saver: on.
Wi-fi always connected at home, work and other places where I am routinely located.
Images turned off in my browser of choice.
Background data turned off for almost everything except my email app.
"Wi-fi only" mode in Maps.
Apps and updates only downloaded over wi-fi.
Back-ups off.
And possibly more, but the point is I have turned off everything that I can find.

For the past two years I was using Ting in the US and Lollipop (5.1), and was routinely using less than 100 MB of data a month. One month I used 112 MB -- one month! -- and I was shocked.

A couple of months ago I opened an account with Freedom Mobile (formerly Wind Mobile) in Canada. (I actually live in Canada, but was permanently roaming on an American network for philosophical reasons and because it was actually cheaper.) In switching to the ironically named Freedom Mobile (I have unrelated issues with their service), I also got a new phone running Oreo (8.0.0).

As I was compiling data for this email I realised that my problems didn't actually start with Freedom Mobile, as I have had two different phones with them in the almost three months I have been with them. For the first two months I had a Motorola E5 Play, bought unlocked from Best Buy. I then gave that phone to my wife and bought a Motorola G6 Play from Freedom. She now uses the E5, and as far as data is concerned only very occasionally uses the Web and no email at all, so she is not a factor in my tale of woe.

But since switching to the G6 my data usage has absolutely gone through the roof, by more than ten times. It may not be much data as far as some power users are concerned, but for me it's massive, and I want to get back below the 250 MB per month included in my plan. This is what my usage has been this year:

January: 56 MB (Ting)
February: 42 MB (Freedom, E5)
March: 35 MB (Freedom, E5)
April: 659 MB (Freedom, G6)
May (so far): 433 MB (Freedom, G6)

(The month is the date of my bill for the previous month.)

When I leave a location with wi-fi, and look at my data usage, I can use 20 MB within five minutes -- that's five literal minutes -- and I will have downloaded absolutely nothing!

I have checked the data usage of all my apps and it is my email app that is chewing through mobile data. It's the same app (K-9) I have used for over two years on all three of the phones I have noted above, and it blasts through data on my latest phone even when it is not actually downloading anything. I know that an email check with no new email still uses a few bytes, but not dozens of MEGAbytes! Even if I'm checking every few minutes, 288 checks a day (every five minutes) is not going to use hundreds of megabytes.

Given everything I have noted above, does anyone have any idea why a Motorola G6 Play phone would be using massive amounts of data/bandwidth? It doesn't seem reasonable to assume it's the email app, considering it's the same version of the same app I've used on previous phones where this behaviour was not evident, but I also can't believe that the hardware would make a difference. However, on the face of it that is the only thing that has changed.


texts: NTFS file system supported although portable hard drive doesn't mount?

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I have a Huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2 .

I've recently been testing things on my recently activated OTG I've tried to connect a USB Portable HDD, However when I connect the HDD the LED flashes like it's reading/writing , dmesg notices it :

 <6>[12, khubd] [10776.834610] usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using msm_hsusb_host and address 40

 <6>[12, khubd] [10777.015514] usb 1-1.4: not running at top speed;
 connect to a high speed hub

 <7>[12, khubd] [10777.018517] usb 1-1.4: default language 0x0409

 <7>[12, khubd] [10777.021505] usb 1-1.4: udev 40, busnum 1, minor = 39

 <6>[12, khubd] [10777.021544] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found,
 idVendor=174c, idProduct=5106

 <6>[12, khubd] [10777.021567] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings:
 Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1

 <6>[12, khubd] [10777.021589] usb 1-1.4: Product: StoreJet Transcend

 <6>[12, khubd] [10777.021607] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: StoreJet
 Transcend

 <6>[12, khubd] [10777.021624] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber:
 WD-WXF1E32VNMN1

 <7>[12, khubd] [10777.022149] usb 1-1.4: uevent

 done.

that is what dmesg says directly after connecting.

and when I write lsusb on terminal emulator it returns :

 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002

 Bus 001 Device 041: ID 058f:9254

 Bus 001 Device 042: ID 174c:5106

one of them is always there,and another one is the USB Hub ,and another is the USB HDD

I already successfully mounted an NTFS Flash Drive (Fromatted using Minitool partition wizard,mounted using Paragon NTFS&HFS+) then the problem isn't the File System

EDIT :

Error when trying to mount USB flash drive that is NTFS formatted :

mount: mounting /dev/block/uba1 on /sdcard/data failed: Invalid argument

Error when trying to mount NTFS formatted portable HDD :

mount: mounting /dev/block/uba on /sdcard/data failed: No medium found

that means that the error in the HDD isn't with the NTFS file system.

EDIT #2:

I've tried this method but when I try to mount it it gives me this error :

Failed to mount '/dev/block/uba': No medium found


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I flashed Cyanogen 10.1.3 to my Samsung GT-P3113 (the P3110 version which is compatible) in the hopes of getting IBSS ad-hoc support that was added in CM-10.1 alpha2. (see the release note item for it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214042)

However I can't see my ad-hoc network in the wifi list. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!


texts: How do I automatically add all existing apps to my home screen?

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When I got my first smart phone years ago, there was no app drawer. Every app I had was represented as one button in one app menu, so I didn't have to look in two places if I couldn't find an app. To me this was ideal, but now that I use Android phones I have to deal with both the app drawer and the home screen.

I just got a new Moto g7 Power (Android 9 "Pie") and backed it up from my old Android phone, so there are over a hundred apps on it. I want all of my apps to show up on the home screen so that there aren't apps lurking in the app drawer that I can just forget about, and so that the apps I want to use are easier to access. Is there any way I can automatically add all of my apps from the app drawer onto the home screen so that I don't have to manually hold and drag over a hundred apps one after another? It's fine if they don't automatically get sorted into folders etc. because I'm happy to do that myself.

When I looked up my question in the Play Store, I found an app called Smart Drawer but it's not even smart enough to know what a game is. Are there any other apps I should try?

It's maddening that it's so hard to find information about this. I would have expected this to be an extremely common thing for Android users to want to do.


texts: How to set reminder that repeats only on weekdays?

texts: How to set reminder that repeats only on weekdays(except saturday and sunday) on Android(kitkat) calendar app?


texts: I was trying to do some fastboot commands on my Galaxy devices (Galaxy S4, 9515, 4Tab4), I start with fastboot devices and I am getting nothing (after adb reboot bootloader), is there any problem with samsung devices?


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I have an HTC Once Mini that will not boot.

It has stock firmware on it (no root, no replaced bootloader, no custom recovery, just plain old stock HTC firmware).

It will start to the bootloader and responds to various fastboot commands, but will not boot to either Android or to the recovery. When I try to boot it to Android it simply reboots itself after a few moments. Likewise when I try to boot to recovery, but here it drops me back to the fastboot menu and says that bootup failed.

It is under warranty and will be returned to the shop, but I really want to extract the photos I took before it went belly up. There was no MicroSD card in it so the photos are on the internal storage.

I do not want to reflash anything or unlock the bootloader as it will be going back to the shop once I have recovered the photos and I don't want them throwing it back at me saying I invalidated the warranty.

All my searching seems to point to the same set of answers - using adb to retrieve the data, but as I can't get to either Android or recovery, adb is of no use to me here. I have read mention of some way to use fastboot to retrieve files, but my Google-Fu doesn't seem to help me actually find good set of instructions (and the fastboot help doesn't seem to give any clear indication of how you can use it to this end).

Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Grant.:)


texts: APK install error "App Not Installed" Unity App

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Im not particularly sure where to go for this question but this seems to be an error more with Android than my development software.
I have created a Unity Application that does not seem to take much space, Only around 90MB currently.
The previous versions were able to install it no problem from an APK file but now that I have the fourth level created, It says "App Not Installed" when I try to install it.
I removed the fourth level and tried installing it thinking it could be just an issue with Unity. But then when I tried to install it with just the First through Third Level, it did not work until I dropped the game down to 29.92MB which is only the first and second level.
so I figured it was an Issue with my Android System and not the game itself.
I see alot of people with the same question but I havent seen one yet with this type of error.
Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated
feel free to ask me any details because Im still a bit new to this stack exchange thing

Phone:
ASUS ZenFone 2E
Android Version:
5.0.1


texts: Samsung Fold, Settings screen items looks strange

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I've recently updated the Galaxy Fold to Android 10, OneUI2.1.

On the outer screen the setting items looks really strange:

I think those switches needs to be in one line with the title and subtext items. This screen is small, but I think before the last update it was working fine.

This is the good way (screenshot is taken from another Galaxy /not Fold/ phone):

Can I do something to fix this beyond waiting for Samsung to fix this in some future release?

According to @MarianD, I have changed the font size to the smallest available:

Here is how it looks like (nothing is changed, except the font size):


texts: How to take notes with keyboard input and drawings?

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I have a tablet I'm expecting to take a lot of notes with. Is there a way I can type with the keyboard and draw with the touch screen?

I've tried Evernote, which can type with the keyboard, and Freenote, which can draw with the screen but can one app toggle between both?


texts: I'm using 3G Watchdog to track my 3g traffic and noticed that it does not monitor my Grooveshark app. Do you know why? Got a Sniffer that works better?


texts: Jelly Bean Update cause SD card unexpectedly removed issue

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I have recently updated my Samsung Galaxy Note from ICS to official JellyBean Update. I am getting SD card unexpectedly removed issue after regular interval.

SD card unexpectedly removed issue is not there if phone is in charging mode or If I am listening music or playing games.

SD card unexpectedly removed issue appears only when I use phone after some time. This is very annoying please help me to fix this issue.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note
SD: SanDisk 32 gb.


texts: "Other" folder on SD card with Kindle Fire 10

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A friend of mine has a new Kindle Fire 10 tablet and has a 64GB SD card.

When downloading content from Amazon Prime, the SD card fills up with more data than the content downloaded

This content is stored in the "Other" folder but no idea what this

Does anyone know?


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I have a Samsung Duos GT-S7562, running Android 4.0.4.

I have set up two email accounts on my device: Gmail and YahooMail. I want to stop the alert sound it plays each time I get an email. How do I do that?

ty,
Rajeev


texts: Can I change the *maximum* brightness from a system file/apk?

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My old Asus TF101 has a faulty backlight and cuts out if it goes above (roughly) 60%. Therefore, I am hunting for a way to change (lower) the maximum brightness that the tablet will reach - both in auto brightness and by using the brightness slider.

Following this XDA thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/themes-apps/mod-lower-auto-brightness-levels-to-t1235212 I've discovered where to change the auto brightness (the framework-res.apk) but wondered if anyone knew where the other brightness settings were stored?

Obviously I'm rooted and fully prepared to decompile system apks!

Cheers.


texts:
My device is a few years old (it's a Wiko Ridge 4g) and the last official update was Lollipop 5.0.2. This means I can't get security patches anymore, and the recent Meltdown and Spectre attacks made me think about how bad that is.

From what I have read if the manufacturer does not provide updates I have to get a custom ROM, downloaded from somewhere, or give up and get a new device. I am not opposed in principle to flashing a ROM but how can I trust the source (and the tools)?

Background: I am a software developer but know next to nothing about the whole mobile ecosystem.


texts: Why does my internet only work in certain places?

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ok so i had this problem for a bout a day ago and i tried to restart the phone and the router and i forgot my wifi and pasword and put it in again and it says im connected but it keeps unconecting and reconnecting but the weird part about it is that everyone in the house is connected and it works for them and the second weird thing about it is that when i go to the living room where the wifi router i can access my instagram and other social media apps but when i head back to my room it doesnt work anymore it wont let me access my instagram or anything else i have to use my brothers hotspot plz help i have a lgk7 plz help ive really tried everything possible but nothing is not working ☹

disclamer: it always worked when i was in my room


texts: What's the maximum size for a second partition for moving Apps to a SD card?

texts:
What's the maximum size for a 2nd. primary partition that can be used for App2SD?

Specs: 32GB microSD + 4.1.2 JB + LG Optimus L5


texts: Other than comma, are there any supported pause characters in a dialing string?

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On a Blackberry, a phone contact with the form:

1-800-555-1212 x1234#12#7#123456
1-800-555-1212 ext1234#12#7#123456
1-800-555-1212,,,1234#12#7#123456

all worked.

On my Android (Samsung Galaxy S5 with 4.4 Kitkat) the shortcut x, and ext do not work. You are supposed to use a comma (actually three).

However, Outlook (in Office2010 at least) will not let you save a contact as:
1-800-555-1212,,,1234#12#7#123456

It insists on inserting a space before the commas.  But Android sees the space as end of phone number processing. Interestingly, it lets you enter this in a Meeting location, or as a string in an email, and Android will process this properly.

Are there any alternate pause characters I could try, so as to get around this Outlook limitation?


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There's a way to manage these system folders?
I am struggling with some folders that are automatically created at boot, by system on the SD card, but I don't want them!
The folders are especially the following: LazyList, LOST.DIR
Into the latter I have found several, also big, files, and I don't want to waste the storage, maybe, with duplicated or deleted files.
There's a way to better manage, or even better, completely avoid it?
Thank you... as always!


texts: How do I prevent apps from blocking a second screen?

texts: I used Google cast to cast my phone's screen. That worked. But all4, the Channel 4 catch-up app, wouldn't display on the second screen. A message popped up saying "all 4 doesn't work on secondary screens". How can i stop the app from detecting this? I'm rooted and xposed, s5 touchwiz lollipop


texts: How do I get rid of target devices to install on the Play store?

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Each time I visit the Play Store website via the PC and want to install an app, I get not just my device (Pixel 2), but an emulator that I once used :

https://i.imgur.com/PIQDA96.png

I tried to go to the settings on the Play Store website (here), and saw my Android TV there (twice for some reason) and a device I used for just a day or so (some LG device), but not the emulator:https://i.imgur.com/fs0XIie.png
How come I can't delete items here? How come the emulator isn't here?
So I went to my Google account website, and found a place there (here) to show all my connected devices, and noticed the emulator there, together with my Android TV (again twice) and some PCs that I use:

https://i.imgur.com/l4BRl56.png

I tried to sign out of the useless ones (and the emulator), went back to the Play Store app, and I still can see the emulator being offered to me.
I don't get why I still get offered to use it, and it's not even recently used, so why is it the first I'm being offered to install to?
Really annoying. Anyone knows how to fix this?


texts: How to root Samsung Galaxy Alpha SM-G850A?

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Seems I have searched vastly across the internet to no avail.

So far, I've tried using a CF-auto-root file with Odin 3, and vroot, neither of which worked. The only helpful thread I've found was an XDA thread from may 2015 which still did not seem to help

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-alpha/help/want-to-to-root-alpha-sm-g850a-t3107199/

The only other resource I've found were several forums and websites that link back to the same blog that claims to have rooted the phone, but the download file is labeled as malicious by chrome and there is no conformation by anyone that it actually works.


texts: If someone is seen online does that mean they have opened our conversation or any conversation on whatsapp?

texts: When you open a conversation on whatsapp and the contact is seen as online have they opened your conversation or just any conversation?


texts: Wearing down battery as fast as possible

texts: I am trying an experiment and I need to wear down my Droid Incredible's battery as fast as possible. What apps are known battery hogs? I've already beaten Angry Birds so that one is off the list for the time being.


texts: The torch button is missing. How do I get it back?

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I've always had a torch icon in the quick settings tray, for example (from another phone):

However mine now looks like this:

I think it happened after I tried taking a video with the stock camera app (Nexus 5X).

As a workaround I can turn it on by enabling the flash when about to record a video, but this is really inconvenient. I'd like to be able to switch it on without unlocking the phone.


texts: How do I turn my Android into a USB Webcam?

texts:
I can turn it into an IP Webcam fairly easily using a myriad of apps + iSpy on the desktop.

However, even with 2 gigabit wifi, framerate seems unreasonably poor. Therefore, I would like to plug in my USB cable and stream it (DisplayLink can stream 4k over USB, so it must be possible in theory)

This would save me from spending hundreds of dollars on yet another camera. 4k video is supported by my Samsung S6, and that would be amazing to be able to use as a webcam.


texts: i have a SPICE COOLPAD MI 515 AND I CANT ACCESS TO MY STORAGE

texts: i had not rooted my phone yet but i tried storage swaping intern to ex. but after editing vold.fstab sdcard0 to sdcard1 and restarted my phone. I loss access to my storage after the said restart So how can i get back my storage external as well as phone storage because both does not shown give me suggestion for unrooted phone.


texts:
I'm in the process of moving from qwerty to another layout on my computers, and most other layouts are focused on the use of the home row. I also keylog myself to find out what layout would work best for me, with my usage pattern. (And it's a great backup if the program you're writing in crashes.)

Now I want to do the same on android. Home row isn't really a thing when you're typing with your thumbs, so I thought I'd make a new layout designed for thumbs, rather than hands. Step one is to figure out what I normally write, so a keylogger would work great. Then I can build markov-chains, do benchmarks and everything would be great.

Is that available, or do I have to write my own keyboard app that just does that?


texts: How to undelete photos in a Samsung galaxy S4 active? I have deleted a folder on the phone with pictures in it and I would really like get them back. Not on SD card but in the phones memory.


texts: Can i disable spellchecker popup but keep the red underline?

texts:
The red underline on misspelled words is excellent, but the popup is awful.

This is the popup I do not want:

My keyboard app has a much better suggestion list, always. I think because it learns my typed words and handles two languages simultaneously, while the native android spell checker can't do either of those things. But the keyboard app cannot underline words.

The unwanted popup breaks my accessibility input (I use a physical keyboard), forcing me to always:

click/touch the misspelled word,
wait for popup to show up with useless suggestions,
press back button to close popup,
click the correct word on the keyboard suggestion bar.

Is there any way to only highlight misspelled words and not show any popup on touch/click?


texts: Is the Samsung Galaxy S9 encrypted by default or can it be encrypted?

texts:
Basically, I travel a lot with my phone and having it encrypted would be very useful in knowing that a crook wouldn't be able to gain access to my data should my phone be stolen.

I heard from one source stating that all devices running Android 6.0+ must be encrypted by default in order to be certified.

However, I also heard from a Samsung representative that they removed the option to encrypt the internal storage after Android 7.0.

What's the actual case?


texts: Is there any way to filter out Tegra-only games?

texts: I've noticed that Android Market sometimes allow me to download 3d games even when they are not compatible with my device (LG Optimus One p500), for example because the games require a Tegra GPU. Is there a way to filter Tegra-only games from the Market?


texts: How to check to whom a WhatsApp image was sent to from file manager?

texts:
I try check File Manager > Whatsapp > Media > Sent
But how do I check who the image was sent to?


texts: Someone sent me a voice record in my WhatsApp, and the problem is I can play it only in my WhatsApp. When I log out from WhatsApp and try to play it from my phone memory it's not playing. And I try to copy it into my external memory but it's not copied. If there is any solution for this, tell me please.


texts:
With location tracking enabled in Android, I see entries in "Your Timeline" in Google Maps. I know it's possible to add/remove/edit entries in this timeline, but is there are a way to get a reliable, unmodified export of what has been tracked that could be used as evidence? I understand that tracking and times might not be 100% but I essentially want to see if there's a way to get a version similar to the KML export that hasn't been edited that I could say "this export can't be edited".

I've been told the red dots that appear on the map can't be edited and can be relied on but I'm not so sure if there's any non-editable version of Android's tracking history?


texts: Google Play app shows me a fake recent searches

texts:
I have opened Google Play app on my Motorola One (Android 10 / Android One) today to search for some app. Only to be hit be following:

The three marked so-called recent searches were never performed by me on neither this or any other device that I am using with the same Google account. I am 100% sure about that. The "plants vs zombies" is the only search that I have performed in past few weeks or months in this app.
I am also 99.99% sure that no one has got physical access to my device to perform this search, because the only moment my phone leaves my pocket and my hand is when I go to sleep. The remote access or system infection is the only option, if possible, here.
What am I missing? Why Google Play app is showing fake recent searches (if they truly are fake)? Or is this a sign or gaining remote access or system infection (if these recent searches are true)?


texts: No images at /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/ on an ASUS phone?

texts:
How to restore images of pictures located at /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/? My cellphone is ASUS.
When I made them, there was no internal memory on the phone. Later I transferred many old pictures to the memory card. But still, I can’t view those pictures.
Is it possible to restore the images?


texts: How can I temporarily disable all autostart services while still allowing me to run apps?

texts:
Because I'm thinking of installing LinuxOnAndroid on my Galaxy Nexus, an old phone with limited RAM (1GB), I need a way to temporarily kill all background services, so they won't use up memory or CPU time.

Everything I could find online only provided ways of disabling specific apps long-term.


texts: Same phone number with different code problem

texts:
There is a strange bug/issue with almost all phones (non-android phones too). If two different contacts have same numbers with different starting code they appear as one contact.

In call log both numbers show under one contact
When any one of them calls, phone shows just one contact

For example, my brother (03331234567) and father (03311234567).

I dial 03311234567 manually and press call, on screen it appears as "brother 0331123456789
I dial number of my father from contact list same happens.
Father calls me but on screen Brother appears

How to solve this issue. I am using froyo

Update:  I posted it as a new issue
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=18684


texts: android thinks accounts.db is corrupted and deletes it

texts:
After a reboot, i lost all my accounts. i looked into the logcat and got:

04-02 11:54:01.535  5305  8068 E SQLiteLog: (11) statement aborts at 24: [SELECT key, value FROM extras WHERE accounts_id=(select _id FROM accounts WHERE name=? AND type=?)] database disk image is malformed
04-02 11:54:01.537  5305  8068 E DefaultDatabaseErrorHandler: Corruption reported by sqlite on database: /data/system/users/0/accounts.db
04-02 11:54:01.538  5305  8068 E DefaultDatabaseErrorHandler: deleting the database file: /data/system/users/0/accounts.db

I restored the file completely from a TitaniumBackup XML-file (so the database is created cleanly again, no backup of a possible corrupt db file).
After a reboot, android deletes it again and recreates it, accessing it just after restoring (i.e. using a program, which looks up an account) gives the message

04-02 11:45:22.855 12225 12225 W System.err: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The database '/data/system/users/0/accounts.db' is not open.

just after restore, i can open my accounts.db with sqlite3 and SELECT * FROM ACCOUNTS returns a correct list and SELECT key, value FROM extras works as expected, too.

The file permissions are

-rw-rw---- 1 system system  72K 2017-04-02 11:55 accounts.db
-rw------- 1 system system  17K 2017-04-02 11:55 accounts.db-journal

My ROM is a CyanogenMod 13.


texts: From the Google app, can you copy search result links without opening?

texts:
In the Google app (the one that opens from the search widget, with 'Discover' and 'Snapshot' at the bottom), I cannot long-press a link to get any options such as:

open in new tab
copy
download
share

Is there any way to achieve this?
I know you can:

toggle the option to Open web pages in the Google App
start a search from inside a browser.

I like the speed of the Google widget but sometimes want to keep track of multiple search results before leaving the search screen.


texts: What is this CJK app and why is it on my phone?

texts:
I was going through my apps and discovered this:

Um, what? Unfortunately, I'm not fluent in the language that the app is titled with (Chinese, I'm guessing?), so I have no idea what it is or where it came from. Any ideas? I tend to be careful with what I download (no third-party markets) so I would be surprised if it was malware, but that being said it still looks mighty suspicious to me.

It's a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.3 if that's relevant.


texts:
Im using an Acer Liquid E2 Duo (with Androium 5, which is based on 4.4.2).

I would like to know how i can find out if OTG is supported on the hardware side, or if someone knows about this phone specifically.


texts:
Is there a way to digitally convert stereo sound tracks to mono ones, while playing?
I need this feature because sometime I split my headset with other people, and hearing only one channel is quite awful.
I do not want to change my music player, which is n7player (paid).
My phone is Galaxy S4 with Cyanogenmod 11 (Kitkat 4.4.2).

The only answers I was able to find were to use PowerAmp player, but again, I don't want to switch to it.


texts: ICS Wifi not blue and internet not working

texts: I just bought a Phone here yesterday running with Android ICS, the first time I used the wifi was ok, no problem. But now, the wifi is not working sometimes even I have a strong wifi connection. My PC, and my phone are on the same network. My PC is reading Full signal strength, as I am literally 5 feet from the wireless router. My phone is showing NO blue. Wifi meter is grey even if I have excellent connection, If it is blue, I can use my internet, but when it is grey I can't use my internet. I have the blue wifi around 20% of the time. What should I do?


texts: Can I schedule my Android phone to mute notifications of a specific app at specific times?

texts: E.g. I don't want receive work emails on weekends.


texts: I have a Windows desktop PC which gets internet from my Android via USB tethering, and the Android is connected to the same network as my Chromecast. I can successfully cast from my android, but not my PC. Is there a way to connect my pc to the same network as my phone via USB, or any other way I can cast my PC screen & audio to the Chromecast? To be clear, I am NOT asking this question, my phone is already doing this, but I need my PC to be on the same sub-net as my Chromecast to communicate with the Chromecast. My android is rooted.


texts: Insufficient space message when downloading applications

texts: I am using a Huawei y210d, and when I try to install any app, after downloading I get an insufficient space warning. Can anyone tell me how I can solve this problem?


texts: Will Dropbox re-upload a changed file if I don't access it from within the app?

texts:
I know that when I edit a file from within Dropbox (using an external application), after I close said file Dropbox uploads the updated version. Does this also work if, once I have accessed the file from within Dropbox once, I open the file from within the editor app (e.g. using a "recent files" menu?)

If this is not the case, I'd be looking for a way to achieve this effect.


texts: I have a Samsung Note 4 and I set the screen lock to use a password.  Now I want to change it from password to another option, but it is not possible.  Please advise me on how to remove the screen lock password.


texts: I accidentally deleted the google shortcut widget which shows all the google apps on my x play android lollipop how do i get it back?


texts: Home screens maxed out (oops)... now I can't edit?

texts:
Someone was playing with my coworker's Samsung Galaxy Gio (Froyo), and added an eighth home screen. Now hitting Settings->Edit makes the phone crash, as does minimizing (pinching) on any home screen - in other words, there is no way to jump between home screens or delete the four or five screens she has no use for.

I'm thinking a home screen launcher app would be a workaround, but is there any way to actually recover her original home screen setup?


texts:
I just found out that I have a Sony XPeria T, not a Sony XPeria Z1 Compact. After years of owning it. Wow.
So I wanted to try some things that I previously discarded because they weren't possible with the Z1 Compact. One of those things is unlocking the bootloader.

So I went to the official Sony page for that and entered the code they gave me: *#*#7378423#*#*
The result of that: It disappears from the phone app as soon as I enter the last *. The service menu does not open. So I look in my apps list: No service menu. Apps like "Service menu for XPeria" also can't open it.
I also can't find a working apk for it online.

So how do I get the confusingly named "Rooting Status" that tells me whether I can unlock the bootloader on that device?

I'm using the preinstalled Android 4.3, but rooted and with XPosed. I uninstalled a few system apps, but definitely not the service menu. The model number is LT30p.


texts:
Today , i was playing on my Samsung Galaxy S3 and it worked just fine this morning.
After school i trying to play on it and it flickered to a black screen, when i trying to turn it on it powered up but i couldn't  see anything just a black screen and in the corner a blue light to show its turning on( it vibrated also). I could hear sound and i could do my password but i could see anything. Could you please help?


texts:
My android device is rooted and running Android 4.4.2.

Some apps like App Lock, GO Power Master, Kaspersky Internet Security, All-In-One-Toolbox, MoboClean Auto Installer ask for accessibility access for better performance.

All the above apps assure me that they are not gathering any personal information, but while giving access I see a message saying they observe actions and retrieve window content.

What should I do in this case?


texts:
I just purchased a GSM unlocked Android phone.

And called into Straight Talk to get the new APN setting.

But, the settings they gave me would not allow me to receive MMS.

The web and testing works fine.

Please help me on which settings to use?

NOTE:

Someone told me to re-configure my phone, will this help?


texts: System update notification but system already up-to-date

texts:
I've had the Google Pixel XL for over a year now (it's awesome) and I just received a notification to upgrade my OS to 8.1.0. Problem is, I already have 8.1.0 installed. I updated it a couple weeks ago. What is going on here?

This is also not the first time this has happened. I haven't been keeping track of when it's occured, but the same thing happened with 8.0.0 as well as a couple other times. Each time I've just went forward and reinstalled the udpate that I already had.

From what I can tell, there is no way to dismiss the notification and ignore the redundant update. I know that I could disable the system update notifications altogether, but I would like to have them, only just the first one.

This is not a major huge deal, but I'd be curious to know if people have thoughts about this. Thank you.


texts: Removing Apps from "Other apps in my library" in Google Play?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I remove an app from the “My Android Apps” page?

Is it possible to remove some apps from appearing in "Other apps in my library" in "My Apps" in Google Play when logged in from my Google Account?


texts: Android Tablet IP Webcam App no accessible after few seconds

texts:
i have an android Tablet (Telekom Puls) with Android 5.0.1 on it. Installed the "IP Webcam" App. When i want to access the Webservice of this App from another Computer in LAN, i get "connection refused" in the Browser.

When i turn off/on the WLAN from the tablet, a few seconds the access from another computer works and i can open the web service. But after few seconds its "refused" again.This happens every time i toggle the WLAN.

I´m New to android, is there any security option, which blocks external access in android OS? I don´t have installed any other firewall or antivirus software.

would be great if some can give me a hint!

thanks and best regards,

dave


texts: Is there a way to hide all notifications during the night?

texts:
I mean something like this:

I'd like to hide them like this during "downtime period" or "do not disturb mode".
I'd like to hide them both on the lock screen on the status bar at the top of the screen.

Background

I'm interested in something like this because I like not to be disturbed around bedtime, or when I wake up during the night and glance at the screen to check current time.

For example: today morning I woke up ahead of time, very much not refreshed, and when I went to check for time on my phone, I saw a notification which got me excited and unable to fall back asleep. It's situations like this that I'd like to avoid.

Source for the picture. I presume the notification-hiding functionality might not have made its way into Lollipop -- since I haven't seen it in settings. Or has it?

Any ideas?


texts: How to Enter Recovery Mode on Sony Xperia XZ2? I tried a few methods to do and the phone doesn't do anything no factory mode at all. Now what? How can I on recovery mode on my device?


texts: Sigmachip Keyboard is not functioning on Tablet

texts: I have an new Tablet Micromax P681 and Sigmachip Micro USB keyboard but it is not functioning, what can be the issue, please help


texts: Can't install previously installed apps from Google Play

texts:
My Samsung Galaxy S2(I-9100) was upgraded to 2.3.6 by the technician at a Samsung Service Station. This resulted in a wiped-off of all the apps that I had installed along with some other data(like contacts,sms etc).

I had to go through the entire procedure of registering your phone with my gmail account.

I cannot install some of the apps that I had previously installed (from the web store) because I cannot choose the device and I get the message "Your device already has this app installed".

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.


texts: How to get the camera's auto white balance to work on a Nexus 4

texts:
I've been taking pictures with a Nexus 4 for a few days now, and noticed that the colors are off on many pictures. Finally today, I decided to do a Nexus 4 vs. iPhone comparison, with the same scenes, and it seems to me that:

The auto white balance on the Nexus 4 / Android 4.2 isn't always working; in particular, with incandescent lights, in Auto mode, at times whites are greenish. Forcing the incandescent light mode fixes this.
In all cases (incandescent or fluorescent, Auto mode or correct mode specified), the image lacks contrasts: whites are grayish and dark areas lack details.

Just walking around with a Nexus 4 and an iPhone while pointing are things around makes this very clear. Is there a way to improve this, or should I just resign myself to the iPhone camera (lens, sensor, DSP, software?) being overall better than the of the Nexus 4? (And my apologies if this sounds a bit provocative, as I seriously hope this is not the case!)


texts: How can I get the Amazon Appstore to stop re-installing applications?

texts:
Whenever I install an app through the Amazon store, I usually set my phone down while I wait for the download, and pick it up afterward to hit the "Install" button when the OS prompts me.  Sometimes I won't do this immediately.

It seems that the Appstore assumes the install failed if it wasn't completed within a certain length of time, and tries again.  This is fairly short (a minute or two) and sometimes it might be hours before I go back to my phone.  Until recently this wasn't a problem; I'd either just hit Install twice, or Install once and Cancel once, and move on.

Now, however, the Appstore seems to get stuck in a loop.  No matter how many times I hit Cancel or Install, it just repeatedly asks me to install the app.  I have to kill the Appstore and/or reboot my phone, ruining any other updates I have queued.  Then I have to wait for them again, and I'll probably forget about my phone for a few seconds too long and run into this issue again.

Is there any way to make the Appstore behave reasonably?


texts: How can I reset my image numbering to 1?

texts:
My grandma uses an HTC Desire 825. Her Camera App commences at 1, but has reached 999. She wants the App to revert to 1, without resetting her whole phone, every time before she takes more images.

How can her HTC Desire 825 reset the image numbering every time she turns off her phone? Doubtless it's unproductive for her to manually reset every time she desires to take images.

https://androidforums.com/threads/image-numbering-after-camera-reset.320626/ didn't assist.


texts:
Whenever I take a photo on snapchat it takes me to app settings. Ive gotten rid of other apps and uninstalled it then installed it again but nothing works.
This happens after i take a photo.


texts: Samsung S7 hacked and running some FTP server?

texts:
I believe my Samsung S7 was hacked. It looks like an external server with Linux is running via my router's FTP server (Fritz!Box):

Screenshots (click images to enlarge)

The second screenshot is from the system protocol, the third from a detection app I had downloaded.

Please help!


texts: How can I fix this Heimdall Control transfer failed (result -9) for flashing a recovery?

texts:
I am getting a "WARNING: Control transfer #1 failed. Result: -9" problem that looks like it might be causing a failure for heimdall to flash a recovery to my Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562 phone.

I am running Ubuntu 13.04 (raring ringtail) and Heimdall v1.4 RC1.

I have the phone unplugged and off.  Then I turn it on to "download mode" and then press the up key to accept the download mode option.  Then I plug it into the usb cable to the computer.  Then I run the heimdall detect program and find that the device is detected.  Then I run the following to install the custom recovery.

I obtained the "recovery.img" file from a "recovery.tar" file that I got from a root kit zip file.

Is there a way to get around this error?  What does "-9" mean as an error code?

~$ sudo heimdall flash --RECOVERY /tmp/recovery.img --verbose
\ Heimdall v1.4 RC1

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Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
      Manufacturer: "Sasmsung"
           Product: "MSM7x27"

            length: 18
      device class: 2
               S/N: 0
           VID:PID: 04E8:685D
         bcdDevice: 0100
   iMan:iProd:iSer: 1:2:0
          nb confs: 1

interface[0].altsetting[0]: num endpoints = 1
   Class.SubClass.Protocol: 02.02.01
       endpoint[0].address: 82
           max packet size: 0010
          polling interval: 09

interface[1].altsetting[0]: num endpoints = 2
   Class.SubClass.Protocol: 0A.00.00
       endpoint[0].address: 81
           max packet size: 0200
          polling interval: 00
       endpoint[1].address: 01
           max packet size: 0200
          polling interval: 00
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...

Checking if protocol is initialised...
Protocol is not initialised.
Initialising protocol...
WARNING: Control transfer #1 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #2 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #3 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #4 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #5 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #6 failed. Result: -9
ERROR: Failed to send data: "ODIN"
Releasing device interface...


texts: I just want to call numbers I find on the internet!

texts: When I click on a phone number in Chrome on the internet it prompts me to download Hangouts. I just want to call it with the default Samsung dialer not Hangouts! How do I do this?


texts: 2 years old Zenfone 5, how to control battery use?

texts:
Sorry for asking about such an overdone subject.

Question is, I have a (as of now) 2 years old Zenfone 5.
Android 4.4.2, ZenUI, not rooted (yet), Energy Management off, stock charger.

Configurations include minimal brightness, only antenna is constantly on, and I have touch feedback from Dev Config on.

For the last 3 months, my battery seems less able to take on Wi-Fi, and Google's apps specifically.
For a measure, I already had my battery last little less than 40h, by not using any Internet whatsoever. Now, I start using Wi-Fi and it drops at a rate of 0.3% per min. I remember a time I could use it the same way, and it'd last at least two hours more than now.

Apps recently downloaded include Piano Tiles 2, Avast and Malwarebytes, both of the latter I already uninstalled. Piano Tiles 2 force-stopped.

As of posting this question, I've force-stopped most non-crucial apps beyond aforementioned and turned Energy Manag. back on, to see if anything change. I'll report back any improvement.

Thanks in advance!


texts: GPS issues, location permission - one app only

texts:
One app (Dino Dominion) will not register location but will express this complaint: "In order to register your location, please turn the location permission setting on in the application settings."

The app itself has permissions (told to me when installed and when Managing Applications) of coarse and fine location. I didn't think these permissions needed "turning on" - other apps are using GPS without problems.

I asked the app developer, but all they said was "You have to turn on location permission on your device" and "GPS needs to be valid on the side of your device."

I couldn't see any relevant settings anywhere. The GPS is working fine. Also, other users of the app seem to have no problems.

I have HTC Nexus One and Android 2.2.2.


texts: Google Photos - Stop asking to allow edits?

texts:
I just got a new phone, I upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus from an LG G8X, and whenever I edit a photo using Google Photos, it always asks me to ALLOW the edit. The Google Photos app never did this on my old LG G8X, so how can I get my new S20 Plus to do the same thing, always allowing my edits without being asked?
I have a pic here illustrating what I'm asking about:

It's not really a problem, more of a minor annoyance that I can live with if there's no solution. Still, If anybody knows how I can set Google Photos to always allow my edits I'd really like to know.
I hope you and your family are all staying safe and healthy! Thanks so much. And Happy Holidays!


texts: Starting shell script at boot in SELinux enforcing mode

texts:
I am building Android Pie (tag android-9.0.0_r46, branch android-msm-marlin-3.18-pie-qpr2) from source. I am testing on a Pixel XL (marlin). I want to have a custom shell script run automatically when booting is completed while still having the device in SELinux enforcing mode. I figured I'd add a service for that. My knowledge of SELinux is limited though. This is what I did so far:

Create dar_script.sh in my AOSP source:

#!/system/bin/sh

echo "TEST" > /dev/kmsg

Add a line in device/google/marlin/device-common.mk to have my script copied to initramfs and thereby  make it appear in the root filesystem:

PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
    dar_script.sh:system/xbin/dar_script.sh

Add a line to system/sepolicy/private/file_contexts to give the script the dar_exec SELinux label:

/system/xbin/dar_script.sh u:object_r:dar_exec:s0

Create system/sepolicy/private/dar.te:

typeattribute dar coredomain;

init_daemon_domain(dar)

Create system/sepolicy/public/dar.te:

type dar, coredomain, domain;
type dar_exec, exec_type, file_type;

# /system/xbin/dar_script.sh is a shell script,
# so it needs to execute /system/bin/sh
allow dar shell_exec:file rx_file_perms;

# Allow writing to /dev/kmsg
allow dar kmsg_device:chr_file { write };

Edit system/core/rootdir/init.rc, add:

# Make the service start after boot
on property:sys.boot_completed=1
    ...
    start dar

# Define my service
service dar /system/xbin/dar_script.sh
    class core
    user root
    group root
    oneshot
    seclabel u:object_r:dar_exec:s0

Edit system/sepolicy/public/init.te, add:

allow init dar_exec:process transition;

Finally (figured by build error messages this needs to be done, don't know why):

cp system/sepolicy/private/dar.te system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/26.0/private/dar.te
cp system/sepolicy/private/dar.te system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/27.0/private/dar.te
cp system/sepolicy/private/dar.te system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/28.0/private/dar.te
cp system/sepolicy/public/dar.te system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/26.0/public/dar.te
cp system/sepolicy/public/dar.te system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/27.0/public/dar.te
cp system/sepolicy/public/dar.te system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/28.0/public/dar.te
cp system/sepolicy/private/file_contexts system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/26.0/private/file_contexts
cp system/sepolicy/private/file_contexts system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/27.0/private/file_contexts
cp system/sepolicy/private/file_contexts system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/28.0/private/file_contexts
cp system/sepolicy/public/init.te system/sepolicy/prebuilts/api/26.0/public/init.te

However, this is what I find in dmsg after building, flashing and booting:
[   31.729946] init: starting service 'dar'...
[   31.754942] type=1400 audit(11289830.540:6): avc: denied { transition } for pid=691 comm="init" path="/system/xbin/dar_script.sh" dev="dm-0" ino=2720 scontext=u:r:init:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:dar_exec:s0 tclass=process permissive=0
[   31.973168] init: Service 'dar' (pid 691) exited with status 127

I already tried using the audit2allow tool as suggested in the AOSP docs, it gave me the following output:
#============= init ==============
allow init dar_exec:process transition;
allow init proc:file setattr;

#============= untrusted_app ==============
allow untrusted_app vnd_qcril_audio_hwservice:hwservice_manager find;

Of which I think only the first statement is relevant to me, the others are caused by unrelated SELinux issues that are already there in the original source. You see that I added the first statement when you look at the steps I described above, it didn't help.
What's going on? What do I need to change? Thank you very much for any help!


texts: Accessing temp files created by an application

texts:
I have an application that I know writes temp files to the data/data/app-package directory. Using a file browsing app or windows explorer it seems these directories are sufficiently protected.

Is there a way for a power-user to access these files? Any unusual methods welcome.

So far it sounds like: Step 1 - root. Step 2 - ?, Step 3 - profit!


texts: I just recently know about Android Device Manager. So i tested it on my own phone (moto g2). Then i thought, lets have some fun. So, i ask for gmail account and password from my friend. After getting that, i went to google in her account and then to Android Device Manager. But her phone (Mi4i) had just two option into it "ring  | enable lock and erase". So i just click on option "enable lock and erase" hoping that before doing anything it will ask yes or no. But instead it said done or something. Just tell how can i undo it and what exactly happened when i clicked that button?? i would really appreciate.


texts: How to get text messages off phone with broken screen

texts:
I would like to access and transfer text messages from an Xperia E to a new phone. I've found several applications that appear to let me do so, but all of them require USB Debugging to be on. Since the screen is broken (but I do still have touch functionality as far as I can tell) I have no idea how to turn this feature on.

All questions about the USB debugging issue get closed and redirected to an existing question that doesn't help me, so I'm hoping that there is some way to get the texts without the need for USB debugging.


texts: Vibrate not working on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Update

texts:
Samsung Galaxy S3.

I go to Settings > My device > Sound > Vibrations

Before the Jelly Bean update, I had a custom vibration which was a medium length vibration. Now, after the Jelly Bean update a little while ago, it's just two short vibrations.

I've changed my vibration after I noticed this to "Jingle Bell" and it's still the same vibration. Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: What is the format of Android M1 Initial Preview system.img?

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I download Android Emulator M1 Initial Preview from https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview/releases
Inside the .app file I found api30-gphone-arm64-v8a/system.img which isn't a yaffs2 nor sparse file:
./unyaffs2 /tmp/android-wip/system.img /tmp/android-wip/system-img/
unyaffs2-0.2.8: image extracting tool for YAFFS2
image size (3232759808) is NOT a mutiple of 2048 + 64

operation incomplete
files contents may be broken

simg2img system.img.ext4 system.img
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Failed to read sparse file

So what is the format of such file?
Updates:
Based on the direction from @Robert, I can see that the file is an fdisk image:
$ fdisk -lu system.img
Disk system.img: 3,1 GiB, 3232759808 bytes, 6313984 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 41F73643-DBCB-41A1-A27E-9FDB53578618

Device      Start     End Sectors Size Type
system.img1  2048    4095    2048   1M Linux filesystem
system.img2  4096 6311935 6307840   3G Linux filesystem

Now, it's unclear what format of the partition inside, because mount it as a regular linux partition fails:
$ sudo mount -o loop,offset=1048576 system.img /mnt/android-1
mount: /mnt/android-1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop17, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

gparted also doesn't understand the partition:


texts: Is it possible to change the Operating System of the K599 (chinese iPhone)

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

I have an electronic device the model is K599 was built in China. The operating system of this device is a minimalist FreeBSD with java installed. I would like to know if is possible to change the operating system from Actual FreeBSD to Google Android.

Another doubt: Is it possible to install a new operating system inside the SD memory card?

I have been stuck on this for a long time.

Does someone have the same problem?

Please Help.


texts:
If anyone has ever used an IPhone (Or tried to mess with someone else's - yes, I'm looking at you) you may be aware the the lockout timer scales with each fail after 5 attempts.

I want to do this on android, preferably Without root. anyone know how?

Edit On IPhone, after 5 failed passcode attempts, you are locked out for a minute. If you keep failing, it escalates (it will go up to 5 mins, then 15, then 60) I basically want to replicate that behaviour on android, where its 30 seconds lockout (and does not go up in time)


texts: My idea is this: It would be really convenient if i could buy a smartphone with an integrated mobile hotspot so i dont have to carry around a separate device. So is this sold? if so, by whom and approximately how expensive can this get? (assume carrier is irrelevant, i can easily switch to another if Verizon doesn't work)


texts: Android data usage shows significant usage even without SIM card

texts:
I just purchased a Nexus 4 to replace an old Android phone.  After learning my lesson last time, I've decided to start the phone without a SIM card and sync all my apps etcetera over Wi-Fi so it doesn't chew through massive amounts of cellular data.  At this point, the phone is brand new, has never had a SIM card inserted, and I go into Settings > Data Usage.  My phone is reporting ~751MB of data usage.  I assumed there would be 0 MB data usage, given that I haven't even inserted a SIM.  I don't believe the data usage count is syncing from my old phone, as I typically only use a few MB a month, which viewing the data usage on my old handset confirms.

Is there an explanation for why a Nexus 4 that has never had a SIM card in it would report substantial data usage, or is this a bug?


texts:
I have many YouTube accounts, and signing in and out is inconvenient. That's why I use different YouTube Vanced for different YouTube accounts. At present, I have three YouTube Vanced: version pink, blue, and this one of which I don't know the name.

I need another version of YouTube Vanced other than these 3 for my other YouTube account.

I can't use apps like Dual Apps to make a copy of YouTube Vanced because then signing in won't work. I have also downloaded many versions from the internet but in the end, I found them all similar to my previously installed versions of YouTube Vanced.

How many different types of YouTube Vanced are there?


texts:
The Firefox for Android upgrade FAQ mentions missing features in the new geckoview version of Firefox, but I couldn't find a list of missing features.
What features will be missing after the upgrade?