texts: We know it is possible to use chroot to run full Linux on android, also support Xserver (GUI).So, it should also be possible run another android on an exist android ? for example, using chroot to run android N on android 4.4. If it is true, we can run various version android without flash rom to device.So if anyone has any idea ?


texts: What does 'No carrier ' mean on Play Store?

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I tried to install Google Cardboard on Samsung Galaxy J7, but I found "No carrier Samsung SM-J700F". However, I see that Cardboard works in another phone (Google Nexus) with same SIM card.

What does "No carrier" mean? Why can't I install Cardboard?


texts: Musicplayer that shows BPM information and allows sorting according to BPM

texts: Is there an music player that shows the value in the BPM tag? I would also like it to sort according to BPM.


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I try to flash LineageOS on a OnePlus 5 (cheeseburger).  I installed TWRP 3.3.0-0 from here. I repeatedly wiped the partitions.

What I cannot manage is to adb sideload LineageOS 16.0.  I get this message:

Starting ADB sideload feature...
Installing zip file '/sideload/package.zip'
Error: Vendor partition doesn't exist!
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7

I have read here that I should install the latest stock ROM (from here), but that results in almost the same error message:

Starting ADB sideload feature...
Installing zip file '/sideload/package.zip'
vendor partition is not existed, exit ota!!
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7

How can I create/populate/fix that vendor partition?


texts: How to change the density (DPI) for specific applications?

texts: How do I change DPI for applications only (different density for system and separate for each app)? I suppose there exist some specific part of code to change DPI value.


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I have rooted my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) running with Android 5.0 and while trying to load TWRP recovery I messed up with my device and  now, I can only get into download mode.  It says "Set warranty bit : kernel". Samsung's website doesn't  list my device and it turns out to be a model Samsung makes for the TracFone network, so I am at a dead end.  Using Odin I have tried other firmware with no luck and Samsung Kies is also of no use.

What can I do now to get my phone working again?


texts: Calculate which app use more internal space among my link2sd moved apps

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That's my problem:
I use, happily, link2sd and after installing a lot of apps I got my internal memory full again.

Now I'd like to delete apps but I have no clues on how internal space they use since I've moved them with link2sd...

Any apps/hints?


texts: Samsung FRP lock - Android 5.1 have access to Settings

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Not a duplicate as per other threads, due to the final step, Go to Backup and Reset and do a Factory Data Reset. As per my other answer, this will remove FRP from the device. The FRP lock is still there in my issue.

I have tried the methods listed here: How to bypass "Verify your account" (Factory Reset Protection)

FRP lock on Samsung S5 Neo

Android 5.1

Have full(ish) access to device

Using various methods, 5.1 Samsung camera download trick in this instance, I have access to Settings, and the rest of the phone. This is the 2nd time I have got to this stage as the first time, I followed the tutorial and did Settings > Backup and reset > Factory reset > Erase everything; but the FRP lock was still on!! Even though it isn't in the videos.

I have now got to a stage again where I have device access, but this time I wanted to enable Developer options to enable ADB and force the change in the settings/secure Content Provider, however enabling dev options tapping Build Number doesn't work!!

Any ideas?


texts: Trouble with updating my system - Huawei p8 Lite

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I'm currently on Android 5.* and I wanted to upgrade it to 6.0 - I downloaded official firmware and the tutorial gave me 2 ways of installing it. One way is through system (Settings -> Updates -> ... -> Local Update) and the other way is by holding appropiate buttons while booting. I HAVE copied update.app to external SD into 'dload' directory! The problem is, that my device has TWRP installed and whenever I want to upgrade firmware, it sends me to TWRP instead of sending me to upgrade recovery section.

In fact, I can get to EMUI upgrade recovery mode, but when I do, it just 'checks' the update file and second after starting to install it, it says, that install has failed. I'm 100% sure firmware is correct and I'm doing everything as I should.

The question is: Is there any other way of installing Android 6.0 on my device? It is rooted and bootloader is unlocked. Maybe I can do it somehow through bootloader?

Thanks.


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I have set up a Briefing alarm clock. I love hearing news when I wake up.

The problem is that since a week the synthetic voice of Samsung always reads me the same headline. Right now I tried to recreate the problem setting a briefing alarm. Right now, the news got updated, but reading the screen I found something the voice doesn't tell: the article was written on 16/3 and today is 20!!

News should always be fresh. There is always something new for Reuters to write...

Anybody had the same experience? Anybody knows if the app needs tweaking? I don't think it's a DroidWall problem otherwise I couldn't get any news!


texts: How to run a firewall and an AdBlocker on a non-rooted phone at the same time?

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I have a non-rooted Android phone and would like to use both a Firewall and an Adblocker at the same time. How can I do this?

I could only find Firewalls and Adblockers for non-rooted phones that use use VPN with only one VPN connection being allowed.


texts: How do I view root ( / ) with Termux if termux-setup-storage doesn't help?

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After reviewing this, I used termux-setup-storage on my phone and Andy Android emulator.

After running the above command, I am able to view root directory with ls
on Andy emulator but not on phone.

INFO:
Android version 7.1.1
Xperia XZ
SoftBank locked the phone BIOS (or whatever it was) so I can't root it.
Storage permissions are granted.

What else can I try to use ls on root directory on my phone?


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I have a H30-U10 Huawei phone that is not turning on. when I press the power button, it freezes on the logo screen and stuck at there. The current ROM on the device is H30-U10 V100R001C900B127. Also, I tried to flash same ROM and higher versions. But, I get following error:

dloading module MBR.....
dload:update partition MBR failed
Update /sdcard/dload/update.app failed

The entire process I did is based on this tutorial. How to solve this?


texts: Recording Facebook Messenger Video call on Android

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Hi All,

I am trying to record a Facebook messenger video call on Android 9.0.

i used many application but the issue is when i open the app then start the v-call the other side can't hear me -but i can-

and if i open the app during any normal v-call and go back to the recording it would be without sound !! even though the call was fine.

any one can help ? or explain what happening so we can solve this ?

  note: if i use Whatsapp video call is that going to make any
  difference ?

Thank you


texts:
I have a problem on my Huawei Mediapad T1 7.0.
It's not turning on. I tried "hard reset" and nothing happens. I also tried poking the reset button below, still nothing. I plugged it on charger but it's stuck with the welcome screen. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?


texts: Samsung Note 1 - cut or copy in any app causes it to hang and crash

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I hope someone can help rather than the normal suggestion of rebuild.

I have Samsung Note 1 with Android 4.0.4. This is the most up to date version available (UK - O2 network)

Cut or copy hangs the application. This is the same across all apps.

Any suggestions as its almost impossible to use without it as I use it as my main business tool.


texts: Recently brought a new phone and put an SD card in it to store some of my apps but I can't move my apps from internal storage to SD? I've installed 2 apps since I got this phone so far and phone is already saying "internal storage running low"... I have already cleared data/caches from preintsalled apps...


texts: Help with Nexus 6P bootloop: Couldn't parse partition size '0x' when trying to flash new image

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I need help with my Nexus 6P.
Because of a bootloop, I was trying to flash a new boot image. I went to the Google download page for factory images and tried using the "flash-all.bat" file. I don't know how to exactly explain this but, here is the full command prompt line from the flash-all batch file.
Note: It also says my device is corrupt while trying to go into recovery mode.
I don't know how to fix, please help :(
Sending 'bootloader' (3544 KB)                     OKAY [  0.136s]
Writing 'bootloader'                               OKAY [  0.215s]
Finished. Total time: 0.405s
Rebooting into bootloader                          OKAY [  0.108s]
Finished. Total time: 0.113s
Sending 'radio' (48728 KB)                         OKAY [  1.511s]
Writing 'radio'                                    OKAY [  2.174s]
Finished. Total time: 3.741s
Rebooting into bootloader                          OKAY [  0.007s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: angler-03.68
Baseband Version.....: angler-03.81
Serial Number........: 84B7N16109000032
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product'                                 OKAY [  0.018s]
Checking 'version-bootloader'                      OKAY [  0.018s]
Checking 'version-baseband'                        OKAY [  0.018s]
extracting boot.img (12 MB) to disk... took 0.033s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
fastboot: error: Couldn't parse partition size '0x'.
Press any key to exit...

Flashing vendor, system, and recovery individually works but boot doesn't. When flashing boot image on its own, it also says the same thing.
fastboot: error: Couldn't parse partition size '0x'.


texts: How to force load desktop version of website?

texts:
Mobile optimised websites are nice but it happens too often that they omit some crucial functionality.

Is there a way how to cheat the browser detection or force-load the desktop version of any website?


texts:
Recently, whenever I install an application on my phone, I get a notification: "blank SD card detected", then I will have to repair it using a computer.

I tried using another SD card but the problem persisted. I didn't have this problem before I rooted my phone. Instead, all media files will be deleted.

I tried formatting both the phone and the SD card (using Ubuntu), but the problem persisted. I installed an antivirus but it is useless.

Note: I have installed Link2SD to gain more space and I think it might be the problem: The ext2 partition works fine but the fat32 will always crash. I get:

  SD card blank or has unsupported file system.

I can format the SD card so it works but whenever I install anything the error will come back. What is the solution?


texts: What's the minimum memory usage that a Nexus S requires?

texts:
I have a friend running a rooted Nexus S with approximately 350 Mb RAM. In normal everyday usage, he says he uses about 300 Mb of that memory. There is this game he is trying to play that requires roughly around 150 Mb.

I was just wondering if it is possible to clear up enough memory so that he can play that game comfortably? What exactly is the minimum amount of memory required to keep the phone running?


texts: Keyboard stucks in lock screen on my Galaxy S5

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If I use the keyboard in a texting app or somewhere and the screen locked automatically, keyboard stucks at the lockscreen and it looks really weird.

This is a screenshot of what is happening on my phone. Does anyone know the reason for this? My Device is Samsung Galaxy S5 with Lollipop update.


texts: LG G5 LS992 How can I downgrade from Nougat to Marshmellow?

texts:
I tried downloading a ZV4 and ZV5 roms and flash it with LG UP. But the flash always fails with the following error

  Error Code = 0x2BC, Invalid command response code = 0x80000121


texts: How do I re-use my account information on Kindle app?

texts: I downloaded the Kindle app from the Play Store but I uninstalled it after trying it out because I went tested other ereaders as well. The problem is, when I decided to settle for the Kindle app. I downloaded it and there was no option to log in. Only an option to Register. Thus, when I "Registered" again with the same account information I used before, my device was dubbed "My Name's 2nd Android". I also lost my first @kindle.com email and it has now been appended with some numbers. Is there any way to get around this?


texts: I'm using the PasswordSafe app and am looking for an easy way to send passwords from my phone to other computers. I can copy the password to the clipboard but what then? Is there an app that will have the phone claim to be a Bluetooth keyboard and 'type' whatever is on the clipboard?


texts: Android Wifi hospot 5.0 -> 5.1 stops working

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Here is my situation:

I have frequently used tethering to pair devices with phone phone and it has worked spectacularly. At one point I moved 50gb of data over my cell while I sought out a dedicated service provider.

The only caveat was that it would give me the t-mobile hotspot splash page if I hit a non-ssl page from a laptop. After some investigation to verify I discovered that this was based on the user-agent (force the user agent to identify as a cell phone browser and it works fine but you get the mobile page).

The issue: Since the upgrade to 5.1, when tethering, my mobile devices (any) show the '!' on the wifi connection to my tether.

*results of the investigation

I verified I was indeed getting the t-mobile splash page
Same issue when tethering with my Nexus 5 and Nexus 4 (both 5.1)
No problem on my wife's nexus 4 with my SIM (5.0)
No problem when using wife's sim/phone (5.0)
No problem using my sim in my friends nexus 4 (5.1)
Doesn't work with his SIM in my nexus 5.
Any device that pairs to my cell (even if it's another nexus 4/5) get's the tmobile splash. Leading me to believe it's not entirely user-agent based.
I have heard that 5.1 is much more aggressive at trying to figure out legitimate wifi connections and I wonder if this has something to do with it?

Anyone have a clue what the blocking logic is and if the tip-off is android based, phone based or sim based? What changed between 5.0 and 5.1 that might effect this?

Update

As suggested, I turned off captive portal detection. The '!' went away but I still get the t-mobile splash screen when I use HTTP. When I use HTTPS I just get a connection timeout.

So, there is still a user agent detection going on with http.

Theory:

My tablet sends it's user agent as a tablet and that isn't permitted on my tmo plan, so it's block. Ok, so then I had a friend of mine use his cell to tether to my phone. He still gets the splash.

At this point I have to actually see what's going over the wire to t-mo. How can I intercept that? Easy way with adb?


texts: Restore home-screen auto-rotation after wallpaper change

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On a pretty new Galaxy S2+, the home screen used to rotate when the device was rotated. After switching the wallpaper of home screen (and perhaps lock screen as well), using the Photo app shipped with the device, the screen no longer rotates. Not even after restoring the original wallpaper, and not after rebooting the device.

To set the wallpaper, I use the corresponding entry in the Settings. I then get a choice of target, whether I want to affect home screen, lock screen or both. When I choose both, I get a choice of Gallery, Live Wallpapers and Backgrounds. When I choose home screen only, then I get the same three but Photos as well. So that's the reason I believe I might have set both. All the item names were translated by me, the actual English versions might be called slightly differently.

How can I restore the factory default of an automatically rotating home screen, without completely resetting the device to factory defaults?


texts: Network Selection disabled by WiFi Manager & Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting

texts:
Android 7.1.2 drops WiFi connection.
Wi-Fi verbose log says:

(network_selection_permamently_disabled)
network_selection_disabled_by_wifi_manager


texts: Looking for list of USB OTG/USB Host officially supported in Android devices (allow connect USB sticks, etc) NON-rooted

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I'm looking for a definitive list of Android devices that officially support USB On-the-go (OTG) / USB Host (non-rooted).

USB OTG/USB Host means that they can be used in a similar way to a PC whereby USB devices can be attached to them for them to access. E.g. memory sticks and other USB storage (mass storage class).

I am not looking for rooted devices (I know that such procedure can make a device support USB OTG/USB Host if the hardware supports it). I am looking for official support, out-of-the box.

Some devices may require adapter cables if necessary (i.e. micro USB to female USB socket).

So far I know at least one device that supports USB OTG / USB host out-of-the-box (non rooted):

The GoTab GBT740R 7" Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, costing just 100 pounds or less in UK! This device has a full size USB female socket to support USB OTG / USB Host. A friend owns one, his USB memory sticks work in this - we can browse to the USB stick contents using Astro File Manager App on the tablet. (By the way, I don't work for GoTab). This seems to be a feature-rich device though for the price point: microSD and HDMI also supported.

Any more devices? usb.org doesn't seem to have a list, well I haven't found it yet, nor Wikipedia entries.


texts: CMD cannot "read" my phones /etc/hosts file when editing it via adb

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I have to configure my /etc/hosts file on my rooted device(Lineage OS). I can see the content with cat but when I try to open it with vim/nano/vi I only get these questionmark boxes. Screenshot: https://puu.sh/y6WzY/38fcef5594.png

I also tried modifying it in any possible way but this seems like the only one where I actually can get read/write permissions.


texts: I found security vulnerability/bug on YouTube. I want to report. How can I report it? Is there a quick way?


texts: Copying url file from Windows 10 computer to Samsung Galaxy A5 fails, system sound sounds

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I have created a .url file using Windows Explorer on a Windows 10 computer. When I try to copy the .url file to my Samsung Galaxy A5 phone the file cannot be copied to my phone. I just hear a strange sound, which is either SystemSound.Asterisk or SystemSound.Exclamation. I cannot tell the difference between these two sounds.
What causes that I am not able to copy the .url file and why does the sound sound (as specified above) instead?


texts: Is there a way to rollback to a stock rom without "unlocked" icon on XT910?

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I'm looking forward to install new CM 10.1.3 to my Razr MAXX (XT910), but I see some bug reports about this version. I want to give it a try, but - is there a way to go back to the stock ROM if I don't like it? By "go back" I mean restoring it's original state, no "unlocked" icons.

Currently I have 982.124.14.XT910.Retail.en.FR (Android 4.1.2).


texts: Android forgets ringtone settings after USB connected as mass storage

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Every time I turn on USB as mass storage device, my phone forgets its ringtone.

This is somewhat reasonable, because the OS doesn't have access to these file while the flash belongs to another computer. But I expect that the settings to revert or be kept after it's disconnected.

Is there a way to keep it remember ringtone settings?

Current settings (but it happened on other models as well):

ZTE
CM12


texts: How to access the content of an sd card formatted as internal storage?

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I am using Cyanogenmod 13 (based on Android 6) and an external 64GB sd card. When starting Cyanogenmod the first time I selected to format this sd card as an internal storage (Note that in my case the sd card should not be encrypted as I did not enabled device encryption).
Now I want to transfer a big file to my PC. (See: File transfer of large file to PC fails why other file transfer methods did not worked)

So I put the sd card into the sd card slot of my PC, but I noticed that the file system is not recognized. This is what GParted shows:

I can read the FAT32 part, but this is not the part Android uses.
So how I can access this part? What file system does it use?


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In CM7 (now running CM9 on my EVO 4G) there was an option somewhere in the settings to set keyboard shortcuts (I think it was limited to Search+[key] combinations). I loved using this with my Bluetooth keyboard, for example using "Status Bar Expander" to be able to see my notifications by only using the keyboard.

However, in CM9, I can no longer find this option. Does anyone know where it went or how to get this functionality otherwise?

Update: I've found this (quite useful) list, but I would still like to know if I can edit/add these key combos.

  ESC: Back (woo!)

  Targus FN + F* keys: (edit: These only work with the specific model of
  Targus keyboard. Your FN key may only perform functions as labelled,
  test it to verify)

  FN+F1: Search

  FN+F8: play/pause music

  FN+F7: Skip Prev

  FN+F9: Skip Next

  FN+F11: Volume -

  FN+F12: Volume +

  FN+ESC: Wallpaper, manage apps, system settings.

  Alt+Tab - recent apps, task switcher (WOO!)

  CTRL + Alpha keys:

  Ctrl+A: Market (edit: this opens the "add to home screen" menu for me)

  Ctrl+P: Settings

  Ctrl+W: Wallpaper

  Ctrl+M: Apps

  In Browser: (edit: these work in other apps too, if they apply)

  Ctrl+B: Bookmarks

  Ctrl+A: Select all

  Ctrl+C: Copy

  Ctrl+V: Paste

  Ctrl+W: Close current tab

  Ctrl+T: Open new tab

  Command/Windows button + : (edit: these commands work from anywhere,
  even in other apps)

  Win+E: Launch Default Email App (brings up a choice dialog if
  necessary)

  Win+A: Launch Calculator.apk

  Win+S: Launch Messaging.apk (SMS App)

  Win+C: Launch Contacts

  Win+B: Launch Browser.apk (not your default browser, unfortunately)

  Win+P: Launch Music.apk (not your default music player, unfortunately)

  Win+L: Launch Calendar

  Win+M: Launch Google Maps


texts: How to assign Mobile Data's public IP to host connected on hotspot?

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I've looked around but found nothing on this subject.

I have an Android phone with a public IP given by sprint. Tethering on Android uses NAT, so if I want to access any of the devices behind the phone I have to use port forwarding (Which I'd really rather not do). Is it possible to set tethering to bridged (Disable NAT), so the device behind the phone will be given the public IP?


texts: I got Android tablet with the latest OS (4.0). I am trying to install Amazon Kindle app on it. I access the Google market via browser and select install. Then it is saying it will be downloaded shortly, but nothing happens. What is the problem? For some unknown reason I can't connect to google market via app on the Android tablet itself (failed connection). Before that I was able to download and install apps on tablet. The tablet: Zenithink ZT ICS. Any suggestions? Thanks


texts: My Nexus 5 is very inaccurate with its battery life, it will usually die at about 90-85% but occasionally it goes to ~40% before dying. is there anyway for me to tell it "Hey! You have 0% battery, fix it!" and "Your battery isn't full yet, charge some more" without root?


texts: Android video and audio playback speed is nearly double

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Yesterday I was showing a video to a friend of mine and something weird happened. As he went to grab my phone while I was holding it he had a few fingers on the screen and something flashed up and flashed away in the time span of about half a second so I wasn't able to exactly read what popped up. Although, since that happened it seems all my video and audio is being played at a high playback speed, I'd say around x2 the normal playback speed.

This isn't just limited to one app either. This occurred in an app called BuzzVideo, but the playback speed is global, in the YouTube app, YouTube Red, etc. I tried a combination of gestures on the screen while on that BuzzVideo app, but nothing seems to change the playback speed.

Do you have any suggestions?

What I've tried:

Restarting the phone
Rebooting the phone
Resetting the data & cache for the app that caused the issue


texts: Saving ringtone selection in Contacts app

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My wife's Samsung Captivate (AT&T's Galaxy S variant) phone is running CyanogenMod 7.1 (Android 2.3.x). Several times for various reasons her Google account was removed and had to be re-added.  The problem is that each time her contacts were deleted from the phone, and in the process of being re-synced lost all customization, such as assigned ringtones.  Apparently syncing to Google Contacts doesn't save the ringtone selection, probably for a good reason.

Is there a way to preserve this info so that when contacts are deleted and re-synced she doesn't have to re-associate each one with a ringtone all over again?  Is there a way to do this via a 3rd-party app like Titanium Backup?


texts: Where the apps from google play get downloaded?

texts:
If I am installing an application in windows, I will be downloading the exe and clicking the exe will install the application. Even if I uninstall the application, I can reinstall the application from the downloaded exe.

Now, if I am downloading an app from play store, it is downloading and installing. Will the downloaded apps will be saved in some other space and then installed, if yes where will be the application while downloading? I know the installed application will be in data/app/. I am asking while downloading, and what happens once installation, will the downloaded app be deleted.


texts: K9Mail doesn't replicate Hotmail / Outlook.com folder structure

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I have switched from the Gmail app to K9Mail yesterday because I needed multi-folder sync. However, I'm having trouble replicating the folder contents from my Hotmail account in K9Mail, a problem I didn't have with Gmail.

The folders not correctly replicated in K9Mail are the "special" folders Drafts, Deleted, Sent, and Junk.

I have found settings to set the special folders in the app, but they always appear to be empty. If I move an e-mail to "Drafts" in K9Mail, it does in fact create a new folder on the server, which happens to have the same name as the Hotmail draft folder.

On the other hand, if I put something in the Hotmail drafts folder, I cannot seem to access it at all in K9Mail.

Is this a shortcoming I have to live with, or am I missing something here?


texts: After I unstalled a system app (guvera music) using es file explorer, its .dex file still exist in the /data/dalvik-cache/arm folder even after restarted my phone. Why Android is not smart enough to detect the change and remove it？Can I manually delete it to save space？FYI, the phone use rooted Android 5.0.


texts:
I assumed that app is more "top" within its category mostly based on installs (quantity and velocity) and user rates and comments.
Probably also slightly some other criteria like android vitals score etc.

However, I spotted the app that is #9 in Top for parents with 1.9 average rate (sic!) from 177 users, and only 10k+ installs. All other apps in this top10 are like 100k installs and 4.8 rate.

The question is how is it possible?


texts: Is there any way to read long notifications in Android KitKat?

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Some apps will create notifications that are too long to be read on the screen (horizontally or vertically).  They get truncated and you can't read the end.

Is there a way to read notifications that are too long to fit in the notification drop-down list?

Please ensure your answers are specific for Android KitKat.

For Android Jelly Bean, see this question.


texts: Combine SIM contacts to single contact back in phone

texts:
I have researched on the net for this and have come accross useful apps like Merge+, Duplicate contacts, etc.

But they don't exhibit the feature that i am looking for..

When we copy contacts from phone to SIM, if a contact has multiple numbers associated, each of these numbers gets stored as a separate contact. For example, contact "abc" with numbers num1 and num2 will get stored as two separate contacts abc->num1 and abc1->num2.

I want to merge these contacts back to single contact when imported to phone. How can this be accomplished?


texts: Does the Lg V40 ThinQ allow for mass texts?

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My previous phone, the Galaxy Note 4, allowed me to send the same message to multiple people without having to first make a group.
It does not seem that this is a feature on the Lg V40.
Is that correct?
(I have already checked the Verizon and Sprint sites and all they say is how to make a group)


texts: Widget (or similar function) to unmount a USB OTG device?

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Is there a widget, app, or similar available to safely unmount a USB OTG device?

I've looked through this SE, Google Play, and the Internet and found this question, seedy/expensive apps, and old posts explaining the process in general, respectively.

I'm currently running OctOS, a modified CyanogenMod, based on Android 5.1, on a Samsung Note II.


texts: Syncing fails after changing Google Apps user's email

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A few days ago, I changed the primary email of a Google Apps user from user@domaina.com to user@domainb.com

Ever since doing so, Android refuses to sync using either the new or old email address, but I can still log in on the web using both.

Both domains are controlled by my Google Apps organization, and attempting to reconnect the accounts after a factory reset gives me an incorrect password error.

The device is running Android 2.3.3 if it makes a difference.


texts: How to dump full device settings on recent Samsung from Linux?

texts:
In my case, I would really be annoyed to no longer have phone/lte working because of the detection of a non Samsung firmware.

So I’d like to root the device (or boot from the sd card) by modifying the current firmware (especially since an official Samsung update changed the bootloader along with the kernel last month).

I want to dump full storage including the apps stored on /data. But so far, all I found doesn’t work on the latest Samsung or is for Windows only.


texts: Gmail personal email shows as “work” account

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On the settings/accounts & backup/accounts page, myphone lists my gmail.com account as a “work account”.
I do not have a separate work profile.
The gmail work account is listed in addition the google account & email. It is alongside my actual corporate work account with the same swing badge icon.
I accepted mdm for the corporate account (an office 365 based account), which confers admin rights over the phone.
A separate exchange active sync is also present for the corporate account.
I should be able to remove the corporate account & this will remove the content (contacts, calendars, emails) but I am very nervous about any effort to remove the work gmail account.

Could anyone confirm what effect this might have if I try to remove the “work” gmail?
How can I tell which organisation actually owns this “work” gmail account?
(All references I find are for workspace corporate gmail accounts & work profiles but this is a personal gmail.com so I haven’t found assistance there)

Eg, has a malicious app gained control of the account? (No current evidence of that, but who knows….)
I will discuss with the sysadmin responsible for my corporate account - could it just be a side effect of enabling o365 corporate stuff?
My section of company is being demerged/transferred very soon so I like to resolve before someone accidentally wipes my entire phone….
Thanks the reading


texts: Do I need to reboot my HTC Desire periodically?

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I've had my HTC Desire for a couple of months now and it is awesome! (A huge improvement to my previous phone... Nokia 3315)

Though recently, I've realised that the phone semi-freezes more and more often - ie. when swiping between homescreens it will either pause/freeze and I will have to re-swipe to get it to change screens. Or worse, it just won't respond to any further swipes and I have to lock the screen then unlock to get the phone back into action.

Got quite annoyed at this (was probably happening once or twice a day) so I thought it might help to turn it off and on again. So I did - not sure if it was a placebo effect but it seems to have helped a bit?

So given that this is my first smartphone, I was wondering if it is 'normal' to need to restart the phone every so often. If so, how often is 'normal'? If not, what can I do to diagnose/fix this problem?


texts:
I previously had an Asus Zenwatch2. I was able to add a complication (I think that's what the little customize-able data points that can be added to certain watch faces are called) that would display the phone battery. It seemed the source for this was the Asus Zenwatch app installed on my phone.

I have upgraded to a Huawei Watch 2 Classic. I don't see an option to get this or several other useful complications that were available from the Asus app on my new watch.

I obviously don't really understand how these complications work.

Is this something that I could get in a 3rd party watchface or is it not available because it needs to be pushed from an app on the phone (like it was from the Asus app)?

Here is an example of the menu to choose a complication:


texts:
I am trying to get OpenVPN working on my Android device using the official OpenVPN app from the app store.  I am running on a Verizon S6 running 5.1.1 and do not have root on the device.  I have generated all the keys and installed the OpenVPN profile on the device.  I successfully connect to the VPN as shown in both the server logs and the fact that I can access local webservers that are only present on the remote LAN such as a printer and the router.  However I am unable to browse to any internet site.  I tried to ping 8.8.8.8 from the device and it was successful. Any attempt to access a URL or even go directly to the google ip resolved by the server results in a DNS error.  What is the right way to configure the DNS so that I can browse the internet through my VPN.  I am able to use the VPN expected on an iPhone and a Macbook so all the necessary NAT rules and such are in place on the server.

Android Config File

client

dev tun

proto udp

remote $SERVER$ 1194

resolv-retry infinite

nobind

ca ca.crt
cert androidPhone.crt
key androidPhone.key

comp-lzo

verb 3

setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop net.dns2 4.2.2.1

I tried it both with and without the setprop net.dns


texts:
I noticed that ads inside apps are not loaded when Google Play Services' data connection is disabled and kind of formed the idea that it is responsible for loading these ads within the apps.
Is there any particular package (com.google.*) that I can disable to prevent ads from loading, that is, is any particular package solely responsible for this task (loading ads)?
Is there a way to stop these ads by disabling some such package or system app that would still let me use gmail, play store and other such services?
I am not looking for external ad blocking apps.


texts: Tablet Market: How to know if a game supports tablet size?

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I'm shopping the android market on my tablet (TF Prime) but can't seem to find anywhere if an app/game support tablet size.

I don't want to spend money on a game that is zoomed so much that I can count the pixels =)

How to tell if an app in the market supports tablet size?


texts: How do I play a video in the YouTube app at zero volume while simultaneously playing music in an MP3 player app?

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Sometimes, I love to play music at a high volume while watching text YouTube videos and muting YouTube, like what I do on PC.

I have a Huawei phone running Android 5.0 (Lollipop).


texts: Pixel 3a charging over computer USB connection

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I have an Pixel 3a device that I connect to a Linux computer via USB cable (A to C). Sometimes when I plug in the device, the notification on the Pixel 3a says, "Android System - Charging this device via USB". However, the battery icon indicates the phone is not charging (does not show the lightning bolt), and indeed, the charge level does not go up. If I switch the USB connection to MIDI, PTP, USB tethering or file transfer, then the phone starts charging.

How can I get my phone to reliably charge without granting extra data permissions?

As for "sometimes", if the Pixel 3a previously did not charge with no data transfer, then it will continue to not charge with no data transfer in subsequent connections until some data is granted. If the Pixel 3a charged in the last connection, it may or may not charge on the next connection with no data transfer.


texts: Android 9 Pie where are SMS stored please? What is the path to the SMS database?

texts: Android 9 where are SMS stored please? What is the path?


texts: Will I lose Netflix on my Nexus One if I use a custom ROM?

texts: I'm running stock 2.3.4 on my N1. And use Netflix all the time. If I were to load a different ROM like Cyanogen there isn't any reason I would lose the ability to use Netflix would I?


texts: i am locked out of my android after forgetting the pattern

texts: I forgot the lock pattern to my android zte groove and the phone has locked me out.  I attempted to use my google email as it requests and it still won't let me in.  Is there anyway to unlock my phone?


texts: Android won't sync contacts no matter what

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My boss bought an iPhone and asked me to sync his contacts. I went to the iPhone and turned on the contact sync from his Google account and "all" the contacts got there, but when I looked, none of the contacts from his phone were there! Looking at his Android, none of his Gmail contacts were there either, and now I can't get this thing working! I need help!

He has an LG (I don't know which model it is) and Android 4.0.4


texts: Fully control Android phone from another Android phone over the Internet

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Before I write my own app, I want to know if there is an app to fully control one Android phone from another Android phone (over the Internet)?

I need this so that I can remotely start apps, install apps and control apps for a remote Android phone (un/rooted) without requesting permissions. An app to basically do remote screen sharing with full privileges given.

I have used TeamViewer and AirDroid, but I don't like these as the remote device needs to allow permissions.

The usecase is simple: I am giving my mother (not so tech savy), who lives in another country, an Android phone (assuming it will have Internet connectivity over Wi-Fi). I want to be able to fully control her phone from my Android phone (from another country).


texts: Measure the exact amount of battery usage within a period of time

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I'm checking the effectiveness of using different cpu governors for my android phone under different conditions; The problem is that I can't be sure of the amount of battery usage for each configurations with a period of time, say for 1 hour;(so that I compare them)

Is there any way or any app that can tell how much battery was used during the for example last hour?


texts: Would using a VPN, different browser and XprivacyLua prevent a website from remembering me?

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Let's say I registered at a website using Google Chrome on my phone, then later on I used a VPN and Firefox restricted through XprivacyLua to access the same website. Would it be able to know that it was me (my) device that accessed it previously? If so, how can I prevent it?
Android 7 | Rooted


texts: Can low battery percentage (like 10%) affect phone heating when charging?

texts: I have LG V20 and I like to play Cyber Hunter Lite on low graphics, high resolution and high fps but I don't understand why it sometimes heat so much when playing, sometimes absolutely not, even when charging with 2A, usually no heat. I use KillApps app to kill all processes and leave only Messenger, Facebook...  only about four, reboot phone and use "Boosting" app (called Dr. Booster) to launch the game. But now it heat a lot, and can't touch the screen how it gets after 10 mins of gameplay. But my situation is exceptional. My battery percentage is only 10% now. Usually I charge and play the game when battery is above 20%. So, I wonder if low battery percentage can affect heating.  Or maybe there are other reasons. I use Lineage OS 15.1.


texts: How do I effectively use offline documents on a WIFI-only tablet and other connected devices?

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This is more of a usability type question. I have a wifi-only tablet. I also have done a lot of documents online using Evernote, Google Drive, etc., and have tried to store them in various places like box.com.

Because wifi is not always available, I'm trying to find an effective way to be offline on my tablet, but have things sync up once I have connectivity again. I spend most of my time creating document either in M$ Office, or Google Documents. Evernote works okay, but I'd like something a little more full-featured; it just doesn't quite feel right.

I'd like to have quick and easy access to everything on my phone (sorry, can't hotspot), tablet, and desktop, regardless of my internet availability. What solution can handle all of these use cases? Does anything work well for anyone out there?


texts: Adjusting aperture, ISO and shutter speed manually? Huawei P9

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I have a Huawei P9. The dual camera is good. The camera software (app) is also good and offers control over the hardware that most stock camera apps don't. BUT, in the pro mode, to control the exposure of a shot, I can manually play with the ISO and the shutter speed but not the aperture :S I don't know if I'm missing something here.

In brief, my question is:

How can I manually adjust the ISO, the shutter speed and the aperture for a single shot on my Huawei P9 whether using the camera app it offers or using a third party camera app?
OR, how to adjust aperture in pro mode?


texts: Device not accerpting APKs from other android device. (through Bluetooth)

texts: I am  trying to transfer APKS from my Moto G to Android one through Buetooth (I have unknown sources enabled) but it is not being transferred. What do I do?


texts: How to install apps by connecting to the desktop

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I was just wondering is that possible to install apps on my tablet by connecting it to my dekstop from google play.

Thanks for any help


texts:
I am a user of the social network Snapchat and would like to be able to upload screenshots and other items from my gallery up to my story.

I have noticed that users of iOS have done it and I was wondering if that there is some kind of iOS emulator that would allow me to run this application (which I believe is LaterSnap/LaterPic or Upload Snap).

If there isn't a way to run the application on Android, is there any free application that would allow me to upload pictures to my Snapchat story? (SuperSnap doesn't allow that and has become obsolete with the latest Snapchat update)


texts: How to downgrade Google search app in recovery?

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For some reason, I would like to downgrade the Google search app (com.google.android.quicksearchbox) to a older version, and upgrade later, on a MI 8 running Android Oreo.
But when /system is mounted in recovery, I couldn't find the Google app in /system/app, although other system apps are there.
I don't want to root the device, so how to?


texts: Duplicate app names in battery optimization list

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While troubleshooting a problem with the stock Android Phone app, I was thinking to let the phone app bypass battery optimization and see if that made any difference.  I notice that in the battery optimization list there are two listings for "Phone" with similar blue handset icons in the battery optimization list (as well as one with a green robot icon, and a "Phone Services" and "Phone and Messaging Storage" and "Call Management" all with similar blue handset icons).
Why do I have the apparent duplicate Phone app (with similar, not identical, icons) and how do I find out what the other, phone-related apps do?
I have UNrooted Android 7.0 Nougat on a Motorola Droid Turbo 2.
FWIW, I also see duplicate entries (including identical icons) for "Motorola Settings", "Photos" (with Google Photos icon), and "Setup Wizard".
Thanks,
Rebeccah


texts:
I have a Motorola Electrify M, recently factory-OTA-updated to Android 4.1.2.  With the update came Google Now and the Google Voice Dialer.

Google's Voice Dialer sucks!  It always get the name wrong, and then immediately places a call to the wrong person!  It doesn't even ask for confirmation of the name, and to top it off the voice it uses is so irritating and LOUD it makes me want to jump out the window while driving down the freeway!

The Voice Commands app that originally came with the phone worked reasonably well, and I'd like to get it back (or even a third party app, like Dragon Assist, would be better than the current POS that's taken over the voice capabilities of my phone).

How can the Google Voice Dialer be disabled or uninstalled?


texts: How can I use my Xperia X10 mini pro as an external speaker?

texts: I have an Xperia X10 mini pro. How can I use it as an external speaker?


texts: Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition Crash when Uninstalling

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I decided to move from Verizon Samsung Note 2 to a T-Mobile Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition.

When I logged in to my new phone, all my apps (including Verizon undeletable crapware) synced through my Google account into my new phone. But, since these were not system apps but user apps in my new phone, I happily clicked the "uninstall" button (on my Note 2, I only saw "disable" but no uninstall options for the bloatwares) and my phone immediately crashed and restarted!

Now, my phone crashes everytime I try to uninstall ANY apps (even new ones I just installed)! So I just have a uninstall folder containing my old Verizon crapwares and some other apps I want to uninstall now.

How can I fix this so I can uninstall without rebooting?


texts: How does Factory Reset Protection Lock work?

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I'm trying to bypass the Factory Reset Protection Lock on one of my phones running Android 6.0, but all of the tricks found on the net simply don't work. I basically tried two of them: Factory Reset from the Settings menu (this doesn't remove the lock) and unlocking the bootloader, which also doesn't work because I can't simply get the developer's options by pressing the compilation number several times. So I don't think I will remove the lock, but I'm just wondering how this security feature works.

Basically when you do a Factory Reset, you simply format /data/ and /cache/ partitions. So no user data is available on the phone after the process is done. So what's the difference between doing Factory Reset via Settings and via recovery mode? What other partitions are involved and what Android does to them in order to maintain the lock? If I formatted that partition (or partitions), would that remove the lock?


texts: Resize system partition on Motorola One Vision

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Is there any way to resize the system partition on Motorola One Vision? I've searched everywhere for a way to do it but I couldn't find any as doing this on a moto phone is a big no-no, but maybe someone on this site found a safe way of doing it. I need the system size to be a little bigger to be able to flash Erfan's GSI ports and almost all of them require a big system partition.
Here is the result of the df command
tmpfs              1883612     288   1883324   1% /dev
tmpfs              1883612       0   1883612   0% /mnt
tmpfs              1883612      28   1883584   1% /tmp
/dev/block/sda42 116183964 2423152 113760812   3% /data
/dev/block/sda38   3047388 2566420    480968  85% /system


texts: Forgottern Pattern on a Samsung Galaxy Tab A

texts: Does anyone know how to reset a forgotten pattern to a Samsung Galaxy Tab A. My sister has forgotten the pattern and cannot access the tablet. Can you guys help me.


texts:
My moto E phone is not even a month old, and already I'm having a HUGE problem with it.

I charge my phone to full battery, sometimes during a whole afternoon or night. In the morning or at 100% I unplug the USB. The phone then last a while on battery, but suddenly the battery drops to 0% and the phone shuts down. I can't get the phone back on again unless I plug it in with the USB to charge it.

Then, the battery charges ridiculously fast to 100%, sometimes in just a few minutes. When I check the battery graph, it shows that the phone uses the battery steadely for a while until there is a sudden and steep drop for no reason whatsoever. This drop occurs seemingly randomly sometimes happening at around 90% charge, sometimes 80%, 70%, 60%... There are no special apps running, and the phone is not even connected to the internet, not by WIFI or the phone network.

Why is this happening? I can't leave my house with my new phone without the charger cable, even at 100% battery, because often I end up looking for a computer to charge my phone on after only an hour or two because my phone has shut down!

Can anyone help?


texts: Is there any way to hack, overwrite x,y,z and other values of sensors? I mean I want to write a bot to sensor based games to test them. But I cannot change the source of games or stock api of the phone meaning I cannot use custom rom. Is there anything I can do?


texts: chmod failed "Unable to open FILE: invalid argument"

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Device-info:

Phone: Sony Xperia Z1
Model number: C6903
Android version: 5.1.1
Build Number: 14.6.A.1.236
Rooted

In order to solve another problem on my phone I want to change permissions of a folder and subfolder recursively:

chmod -R 777 /data/local/mnt in the Terminal Emulator app in su mode.

The folders under mnt are another linux system (with typical folders like dev,etc,home,mnt...)

After executing chmod (like above) I get some Error like:

Unable to open /data/local/mnt/usr/include/pnglibconf.h: No such file or directory

But pnglibconf.h exists and it is not just one File which cause the error. So if I execute chmod -R 777 /data/local/mnt/dev I get the error:

Unable to open /data/local/mnt/dev/video39: Invalid argument

So such an error Unable to open /path/to/file/ nearly happens to every subfolder I execute chmod on.

So what causes the error and how to fix it?


texts:
I recently bought a used Nexus 5. It came with the L preview on it, and I decided to flash CM 11 instead. My last phone was a Nexus S, and I've flashed various ROMs to that thing in the past.

Using the same machine that just re-flashed that Nexus S a couple weeks ago, I booted the Nexus 5 into fastboot mode, flashed ClockworkMod onto it and re-unlocked the bootloader. However, when I tried using ADB to push the CyanogenMod image over, I got error: device not found. Sure enough, adb devices fails to detect the device, even though USB debugging is enabled.

I decided this was just an issue with L, so I used Google's flash-all.sh script to give me a stock KitKat install. This worked fine, since it's pushing the image via fastboot. However, I still can't get the device to show up to ADB. When I enable USB debugging with the phone plugged into my computer, I don't get a fingerprint confirmation dialog, and no icon notification appears to indicate that it's connected to a computer. I've tried 2 different OSes (Windows 7 and Linux Mint 14) on 3 different computers with 4 different USB cables.

I've tried installing Google's USB drivers, and I have this problem with both fresh installs of the Android SDK and time-tested ones. I've already got 0x18d1 in my adb_usb.ini. On my Linux system, the output of the lsusb command gives identical output whether the phone is connected (with USB debugging enabled) or not. When it's in fastboot, it shows up as Bus 001 Device 069: ID 18d1:4ee0 Google Inc.

The phone seems to work perfectly fine in every other respect. I'm pretty happy with vanilla KitKat, but I'd be happier at least knowing I had the option to use something else. I also like having access to adb shell now and then.

I've seen plenty of people having issues with ADB before, but never without also having fastboot problems. Any ideas what might be going on? I'd prefer a Linux solution, but I can also work with Windows if needed.

Update: I was able to get the appropriate files into /sdcard/ by simply downloading them with a web browser, then flashing them with ClockworkMod. I'm now running CM 11, and the ADB problem hasn't gone away. Whatever is causing this, it persists through complete ROM replacements. I'm now curious as ever to know what could be causing this.

Update 2: Upon further communication with the ebay seller, it turns out this phone had been the subject of water damage prior to being listed for sale. The device booted and appeared to work fine, but in addition to this strange ADB issue, it also couldn't recognize a SIM card. It seems like this was some one-of-a-kind hardware damage, so I doubt there's even a solution.

I ended up returning the device, so there's no way for me to test anything else on it, but if anyone's able to come up with an explanation for why Fastboot can communicate with the device but ADB can't (again, probably due to a hardware fault), I'll accept that as an answer.


texts: Why is 'no connection' error appearing while accessing Google Play store?

texts:
I have this common, annoying problem while trying to access Google Play Store from my phone. It just shows 'no connection', and won't load, even though the internet access is surely working. The suspected cause is a synchronization error of my Google account, likely due to incorrect time settings (it's reported while running WhatsApp for example). Here's what I've done so far:

Set the time automatically
Manually set the time, without using the network
Clearing cache of Google Play store application
Reinstalling Google Play store manually using .apk
Logging out and back in with my Google account
Rooting the phone and using ClockSync app to set the time
Doing a factory reset of my device
Making sure Freedom application is not installed

I'm slowly running out of ideas...if anyone has the smallest hint, I'll be really grateful.


texts: How can I decrease the text size or button size in notifications area?

texts:
How can I decrease the text/button size in the notification area?
As you see on this picture, there is a button "Reply" (Svara) and then a button "Mark as read" (Markera som L...). But the buttons are so large so it causes the third button "Delete" to be hidden to the right, eg after the ... shown.


texts: What does rooting, bootloader, twrp and recovery mean?

texts:
I have just bought an android phone and I want to get the latest OS. However, I must root and unlock bootloader and recovery.

I understand that to root something you gain administrative privileges. However, I've seen some drawbacks of doing this.

Can one of you explain what all of this does to my phone and point me in the right direction?

I am new to this, so it would be much appreciated if you guys could help me on this.


texts: Options after opening a phishing website on my android

texts: Someone sent me a link in WhatsApp claiming I can get a chance to get two free Emirates plane tickets, at first I just thought of it as a hoax but I was curious at the same time so I opened the link and followed its instructions to share the page with 20 people and answered a few questions. Yes I was stupid. My question is what can one do after visiting a phishing website on Android?  Like scan the phone for virus? I didnt find anything strange installed on my phone...


texts:
Does Android keep a log of numbers contacted similar to the Phone Call Log/History but for texts?

My mother accidentally deleted a bunch of texts. The actually messages themselves are unimportant, but now she has completely lost the contact number and I am wondering if their is a way of pulling up the number of the last text(s) sent.


texts: USB modes, for transfering files with AFT

texts:
Why do I have to go into the phone (Galaxy S7 Edge) everytime I connect it to my Mac and manually switch the USB option from charging to MTP??

This is annoying and a hassle, why can't the phone detect that its plugged in and switch modes itself?

I dont want to have the phone in developer mode all the time, i just disabled it because its not applicable to me but now I have to turn it on every time I want to transfer files onto my phone.

There has to be a better way to do this.
Any explanations?


texts: Unable to activate USB debugging after upgrading to Android 5.1.1

texts:
After upgrading my Huawei phone (which is rooted) to Android 5.1.1 (CM 12.1) the 'USB debugging' option is greyed out with message:

  'Device is in charging mode, USB debugging is disabled'.

The message is present even when the cable is not connected.

I have already tried following solutions (but the USB debugging is still greyed out):

  Restarting the phone
  Disabling developer mode and enabling again
  Disabling developer mode, restarting the phone and enabling it again
  Removing the cable and trying all above solutions


texts: status bar with icons to simulate home or power button press

texts:
i'm rooted on android 4.0.4 ICS stock.
i would like to have a status bar that even shows in full screen, which can have an icon to simulate a home button press and an icon to simulate a power button press. anyone know of an available way to do this on this rom or another rom?
thank you,


texts: Why does unlocking bootloader affect camera quality on some devices?

texts:
Sony announced it officially that unlocking bootloader, since it will remove DRM keys, might affect camera quality.

  For high-end devices running recent software versions, for instance Xperia Z3, the removal of DRM security keys may affect advanced camera functionality. For example, noise reduction algorithms might be removed, and performance when taking photos in low-light conditions might be affected.

I tested it on my LG G3 (D855) too and I realised there is a certain drop in the camera quality. What causes it?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  My internal storage capacity is running low,  what can I do?

The phone memory on my HTC Desire is full, I already moved everything I could to the sd-card. In ES File Explorer I found a folder named /proc and it contains 35 MB of maps with numbers, does the phone need these or can I delete these folders or can I move them to the sd-card?


texts: How to delete a corrupted file on SD Card

texts:
I have a NVIDIA Shield Tablet K1 running Android 7.0 and SHIELD tablet software version 5.2(24.29.404.153).

My relatively new SD Card has a file which has been corrupted although I'm not sure exactly how this one file was corrupted when everything else seems fine.

If I access the folder through Windows I can delete the file but it does not actually delete on the tablet. If I browse to the folder through the Android file explorer there is nothing in the folder and deleting the folder fails.

I've tried installing SD maid & ES File Explorer and both apps were unable to delete the file or the folder.

I was able to rename the folder through ADB Shell but if I try to delete it or try and list the file it throws the following errors

shieldtablet:/storage/sdcard/BrokenFolder $ ls
ls: ./Noisecontrollers - Pillars Of Creation (Full) [HD].mp3ß▒Ñºíü: No such file or directory

shieldtablet:/storage/sdcard $ rm -rf ./BrokenFolder
rm: ./BrokenFolder/Noisecontrollers - Pillars Of Creation (Full) [HD].mp3ß▒Ñºíü: No such file or directory
rm: ./BrokenFolder: Directory not empty

Is there anything else I can try to delete this file short of formatting the hard drive, its a 128gb SD card that is almost full and transferring 128gb over USB 2 is quite slow. It is not rooted and i'd rather not root it if not necessary


texts: Does USB tethering degrade droid batteries?

texts: I want to know if tethering with my Xperia Neo V via USB will affect the battery capacity in any negative manner other than the usual.


texts: Screen color changes with brightness slider. How to solve?

texts:
My Samsung Galaxy A5 is rooted and I tried to remove the boot animation with the remove boot animation option in the Boot Animations app. It removed the boot animation but then created a new problem.

When I slide the brightness slider to lower values, the screen develops a green tint and the display becomes like an 8bit display. Can anyone suggest what to do to make it normal?


texts: How to limit DropBox Camera Upload to only Camera images?

texts:
I've used Dropbox and its Camera Upload feature for a while now, both on my old phone (SE R800 I believe), and my newer Samsung S4 Mini.

It used to be that only pictures taken with the camera were uploaded by Camera Upload. I'm not sure if it was on the old phone or on an older version of Dropbox.

Nowadays, it seems like every single image file on the S4 is being uploaded. I haven't verified that it actually uploads everything, but I'm 100% sure that it uploads a lot of pictures that are not from the camera, e.g. screenshots and downloaded files.

I prefer the Camera Upload feature to do what it says, and not mix everything it finds on my phone in one folder. Is there any way to make it do what it says on the tin?


texts: Where can I find stock Android for Samsung Galaxy Note 2?


texts: Eclipse is not able to detect smartphone

texts:
Debian 7.6, Eclipse 3.8.
When i program with API8 for my HTC Froyo I have no problem: running the debug session i see the device in the device list and I'm able to debug my app.
Since I started with a API14 for smartphone and tablet, I'm not able to detect that devices.
When I connect them to the PC i only see ????????? as Serial Number.
If I check the USB connection with lsusb or dmesg, the devices are detected correctly by the system.
I tested Smartphone LG L5II and Hamlet tablet XZPAD0970H and, of course, the debug option is checked.

I read about a potential problem with permissions but i don't understand how to solve the problem.


texts: ICS upgrade to Thunderbolt deleted my Family Contact Group from Home Screen

texts: My Family Contact Group is still intact but the menus have changed and I can't seem to find a way to move it back to a Home Screen or even change it with the Favorites Group which is on the Home Screen and I don't need. Thanks.


texts: How to transfer apps from an emulator to another one, on my PC?

texts:
I tried to transfer my apps that I already downloaded using blue stacks to another emulator that's Droid4x, but I can't find my apps in form of ".apk".

How to transfer the apps?


texts: Creating copy of phone (apps, settings etc.)

texts:
I have two rooted Huawei P9 Plus phones running Android 7. Now I would like to copy the apps, the settings of the apps, the system settings etc. from one phone to the other phone so that both phones are exactly the same.

How can this be easily done? I have root, so I could also use an app requiring root.


texts: How can I text a photo from Google Photos instead of a link?

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On my Pixel 2, I can include a photo in a text message in these two ways:

Open Messages app, select recipient, Hit "+", select photo on phone, touch "MMS" to send.
Open Google Photos app, select photo to send, touch "sharing" symbol, select recipient, touch "SEND".

In the first approach, the recipient receives the photo. In the second approach, the recipient is told I'm sharing an album, and they get a link to the photo.

I want the recipient to get the photo itself, not a link to it, but sometimes it's more convenient to choose the photo using the Photos app instead of the Messages app. How can I select a photo using the Google Photos app and then send that photo (as opposed to a link to it) in a text message?


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I have posted a similar question before. But the issue remains still. So it happens after I upload my system for galaxy S3 two week ago. And after that  whenever I connect to my laptop , it wouldn't pop up the option to let me select MTP as before. And  this is what  displayed in control panel-> Hardware and Sound ->Devices and Printers

Does anyone know a possible solution to this?


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What I have to do is very simple, I want to use Tasker to ping my Raspberry PI unit when I get close to home.

What I have:

An Android 6.1 Phone
An ssh server I can reach from everywhere
A Raspberry PI unit behind a router at home

I have downloaded tasker, so I can trigger applications on my phone and I have an app to connect to my remote ssh server. My idea is something like:

Have the Raspi periodically check a file on the server.
File is updated with a flag on whether I am close to home or not by Tasker + SSH application on my phone
????
Profit!

I need some help on how one can achieve 2. or similar. Essentially, I would like to set up tasker so that on triggers it will make my phone execute a script on the server, any hint?


texts: Autodialling app that allows timed selection of phone line menu options

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I have searched the Google Play store with a number of likely terms to find this, and Googled also, only to find "simplistic" options for auto dialling.
Am trying to get through to a government department that allows call backs, but don't just want to select the number at a pre-determined interval from the last call (to give their system a chance to clear some of those call backs), something I can relatively easily do myself, it would be most helpful to have dialpad numbers sent down the line at predetermined times once the phone connects, so I don't have to wait to be able to select each of them.
This seems like it would be the most programmatically simple part of a auto dialler app. Does an app to do this really not exist for Android?


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I'm new, hope I do everything right. Ok, I found a file in my internal storage where the path includes DRAWING/TRACKING/DRAFT . I found out there are 907 files within this main file. I hope i make sense. How did these files get put here & how can I delete them.  When try accessing the files,  I get the error msg that I don't have the correct app to open it.
 I'm on a samsung galaxy J7-perx.
Thanks


texts: Is there any way to fix a hard bricked Nexus 7 when it can't even connect to the computer?

texts: I rooted my Nexus 7 2012 Wi-Fi running 5.1.1. yesterday (worked great). I tried to flash a ROM for Kitkat (KTU84P) and it stopped booting. I've tried all the usual ways to hold down the Power, Vol +, Vol -, and both volume buttons. I can cycle through the START, RESTART BOOTLOADER, POWER OFF, AND RECOVERY MODE options but NONE of them work except OFF. RECOVERY MODE shows BOOTING FAILED when I push the power button. NOTE: I can't load any files to the Nexus 7 because after it bricked, the USB cable doesn't even recognize the tablet and there's no way to transfer files or see what's on the Nexus. I'm guessing I'm hosed, but thought I'd ask to see if there's any way to fix the USB issue (worked before it got bricked) so I can download files and fix it.


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I just bought a low-end Android tablet (using Android 4.2.2), and it has 6 virtual buttons on the bottom of the screen :

Home
Apps
Back
Volume down
Volume up
Screenshot

I don't need the last 3, since I have physical buttons for the volume, and I rarely make screenshots. I looked for a way to remove them but couldn't find anything.

Any suggestion appreciated.

Thanks


texts: New battery - any special treatment required?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to break in a new cell phone battery?

Admittedly this could be aimed at any mobile device, but I have a new battery for a HTC sensation. To get the best out of it, does it need any special charge/discharge cycling?


texts: Samsung Galaxy SHV-160k won't get signal

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I bought on ebay a refurbish Galaxy Note N-7000. Once I received it I put my chip and for my surprise there was no signal. After checking It I noticed it has on the back of the phone N-7000 but when I see on the software it says SHV-160K.

Right now, I don't know what else to do with this phone because it simply doesn't recognize any network, it just displays a NO SyMBOL where it should display the carrier signal bars.

I'm posting to see if there is any way this phone can be use or IF I should ditch it.

This is what It lists on the about device page

Model: SHV-E160K

Android Version: 4.1.2

Band Base: E160KKKJLL6

Kernel version: 3.0.31 - 10034927
se.infra@SEP-93 #1
SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 22 12:43:28 KST 2013

Compilation: JZO54K.E160KKKJMC3


texts: Why does Kingo Root app need network access?

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I installed the Kingo Root (aka KingoRoot) APK on my Android device and launched the app. My phone was on airplane mode and I saw the screen

Kingo ROOT
Please make sure your network connection is stable and try again.

What exactly beyond the app itself does the app need to root the device that requires network access?


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I've got one of these folders on my HTC Desire 2.3 and I'm assuming that it's standard across all devices. It looks to contain screenshots of pages that I have visited using the built in browser and I'm guessing that it's to dispaly them in the bookmarks/frequently visited list or when I'm changing windows.

My question is is it safe to delete the contents of this folder? It doesn't occupy much space but there are sites in the list that I know I won't be visiting again and it seems pointless having them around.


texts: Old contacts show on my partner's phone despite erasing it on mine

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My partner  tells me that number and names of contact I have deleted keep appearing as soon as I log on.
I do NOT have these numbers and names in my contacts.
How it is so? How can I fix that?
Do I need to delete my account?


texts: Encryption on SD card. Not recovering data after crashing

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My SD card on Nokia 5 suddenly stooped being recognized one day and all my apps and data was lost. I switched off the phone and reinserted the card, but no use. Then I took the card for recovery with a data recovery company - Stellar Data Recovery in Gurgaon. They inspected and told me that all they can see on my SD card is garbage and it could be encrypted or its logical drive could have completely been wiped. I had encrypted my phone but I haven't encrypted my card. Any pointers on what should I do next? The data is very precious to me and I need to recover it.

This is a SanDisk SD card 64 Gb, class 10 used with a Nokia 5 with Android 9 version

Update:
Thanks for all the answers people. The data recovery company I gave my disk to were unable to proceed with these steps because I suppose they were not as technical to try these steps. So, they returned my card stating that my card is encrypted and also has physical damage so they can't do anything. That left me heartbroken because this data is important to me.

I am planning to do all these steps myself.

Meanwhile, can I insert another card in my still-unrooted phone, which still has the old corrupted card as an adoptable storage in its settings?

2.Can this new card be made adoptable? Will doing so make the old card's vold keys disappear from the phone?

Can I make this new card partly adoptable and partly removable through disk partition on Android 9? Will this also affect my old card's vold key?

I just need to know that I will not permanently lose all my old cards vold keys if I insert a new card and make it adoptable as well.

Thanks.


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I obsessively check the battery info on my ICS phone, and I've noticed that I get the best battery life when the phone hasn't been "awake" much.  But I realized I don't really know what "awake" means.  I have not found a definition for it, and frankly am too lazy to download and grovel the SDK docs.

So ... what precisely does "awake" mean?


texts: How do I transfer music To a Moto4g phone without using Google Play?

texts: When I try to transfer music files a pop up box appears warning me that the files will be transferred but I might be unable to ply them which happens.


texts: Gmail, Inbox, Messaging, Messenger work until try to open conversation -- crash

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Phone: stock 5.0.2 Moto E 2015

Randomly one day about 2 weeks ago I started getting popup notifications like:

  Unfortunately, Keep has stopped.

Same for Pocket, and Google Play Newsstand. Like, regularly. In spurts. Like one after the other. Disabling the apps in preferences and force-closing them makes no difference. Resetting them to factory or removing & reinstalling makes no difference. Trying to open those apps directly also leads only to that error.

At the same time I noticed that I could no longer click on notifications from Inbox and Hangouts. I could open the apps directly but they would stop as soon as I clicked on a conversation. I then tried and saw the same behavior with the older Messaging and newer Messenger. I see similar behavior with Calendar and Play books -- i.e., I can open the apps directly, but as soon as I try to open an entity (an event in Calendar or a book in Books), the app stops with the same dialog as above.

Clicking Report in the above-mentioned popup always led to a crash ... until this morning. The feedback app now works.

What else works: Chrome, Google Now, Play Music (I use it all day every day), and the Contacts/Phone apps all seem fine.

PS: This is the same phone I had to do a factory reset on after after a routine reboot, Google Play Services disappeared on stock 5.0.2 Moto E 2015 unexplicably happened. Based on this, I'm starting to think that the flash memory is faulty and leading to random corruption. It's the only theory I've got.


texts: Tablet space for apps from its own internal USB storage

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I have a Tecno tablet with:
 1 gb RAM/engine
 1 gb Internal Storage/apps installing only.
 16 gb "USB Storage" internally built (just named like that but it's not external),media/ files

I do NOT have, NOR want to use an SD/microSD/memory card.

How can I merge or add up from that USB Storage
 Increase apps installed (the Internal Storage gets full fast;it is the Default Write Disk)
& any other tweaks to do, PC software, apps, wielding???

I have:- WiFi, this rooted tablet, rooted Android phone, USB cables, Windows laptop, NO SD card.

 HOW please?


texts: Android 6.0.1 (rooted) blocking usb tethering of wifi connection (carrier has no problem)

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I know there are a number of questions on similar topics but I believe my issue is different, let me explain:

I'm in Spain where the carriers do allow usb tethering of wifi connections (the phone is connected to a wifi network and I'd like to tether this connection via usb to my laptop so the laptop uses the wifi connection of the phone). I know this is possible because on my samsung galaxy note 1 with android 4.4 I can do it, no problem.

With my new samsung galaxy note 4 (unlocked, originally t-mobile) with android 6.0.1 if I have an active wifi connection and turn on usb tethering a popup tells me that

Attention

Wi-fi is turned off when usb tethering or mobile hotspot is active.
To turn on wi-fi please turn off usb tethering or mobile hotspot.

So basically I have to choose between wifi and usb tethering, can't have both. I can only tether the mobile data not the wifi connection.

The phone is rooted so I tried a couple of things I found on stackexchange and xda-developers:

Modifying the settings database (as root):

settings put global tether_dun_required 0
settings put system tether_entitlement_check_state 0

Adding this to /system/build.prop (as root):

net.tethering.noprovisioning=true

But still no luck :(

To be sure it's really the OS which is doing the blocking, not the carrier so on a rooted phone I should be able to go about it I guess.

It would also help if I could figure out which process is the one which actually does the blocking and then I could go after that somehow. Is there a way to figure this out?


texts: Is there an 'offline' version of Google calendar for Android?

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For the PC there is a plugin for the google calendar so that edits to the calendar can be made offline. On my Android 2.1 there does not seem such an option.

I am using the calendar though the browser and not an app. On the app market place I cannot find the app so I am using the browser..


texts: Possible to connect Android phone to a port on router

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My son wants to connect his Android phone to a port on his router. The details of phone and environment follow.  Any advice on whether this is possible would be much appreciated.

Phone: WIKO
Model: U FEEL

Android version 6.0 (08)

Developer Optoins: ON

USB Debugging: ON

Verify apps over USB: ON

Select USB Configuration:

(possible options)
- Charging
- MTP
- PTP
- RNDIS
- Audio Source
- MIDI

Disable USB audio routing: ON

Show all ANRs: ON


texts: Galaxy S II - USB debugging not turning off

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S II. Instead of Samsung Kies, I have installed MyPhoneExplorer to use for synchronization. This required me to enable USB debugging.

After I turn it off and connect Kies again, it still tells me I am in the wrong mode. Please note that:

I have made several tries, with reboot(s)
Even with debug off, when I connect a cable I get the "USB storage" screen
the only running processes are those that I cannot kill (system processes and some watchdogs, that existed while I could connect).
If I try to run MyPhoneExplorer again, it will then complain that no device is connected to USB (so Kies thinks I have USB debug on, and MyPhoneExplorer that I have it off...)

Is there a solution?


texts: Contact App of Samsung A5(SM-A500G) become slow after software update (5.0.2)

texts: After software update on my Mobile phone Samsung Galaxy A5 (SM-A500G), the Contact app become very slow to use. When I am cleaning the call log to zero then Contact app is working fine till the call log count reach the 4-5 in count. Please suggest the solution other than factory reset.


texts: Whatsapp says "Your phone date is inaccurate", but this isn't true

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I can't log on to Whatsapp on my new phone because as soon as I open the app, I get this message:

  Your phone date is inaccurate! Adjust your clock and try again.

  Your phone date and time is: 16:08, 6/22/2016 (Greenwich Mean Time)

  [Adjust date]

The only option is to go to the Date and Time settings (or cancel with the back button).

Trouble is, my date and time are correct. They're set to...

  Automatic. Use network-provided values

...and those values match my timezone and the time Google and other sources give to my timezone.

What can I do about this erroneous error?

I've got a stable connection, this is a low-spec duel sim phone running 4.1.1, with Whatsapp pre-installed.

Whatsapp recently (10 minutes ago) updated itself. Settings > Manage Applications tells me it's on version 2.11.448.


texts: Cannot install ip webcam app on Nexus 6p

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I'm trying to re-purpose my Nexus 6p as a webcam. I wanted to install ip webcam on it, but the app store is is telling me that my device is not compatible. On the play store the ip webcam app listing states that Android 4.0 and up is the minimum required (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en). My Nexus 6p is running Android 8.1.0. It seems like it should be compatible and should be able to install ip webcam, but still it does not let me.
Any ideas why this might be and suggestions to try?


texts: Installing LG Escape Drivers on Windows 7

texts: I'm the guy who posted this. The provided answer didn't work on Ubuntu or Windows (it seemed to go into an infinite loop). I then tried SuperOneClick, and it didn't work either--then I noticed that ADB wasn't even detecting my phone. I tried installing the drivers from here, but that didn't help. Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Can Android app repair battery's bad cell?

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I know this was covered in a different post, but I've been wondering how this app can actually make a difference in battery life. I've tried many of these, and "Repair Battery Life" is the only one that seemed to help. I understand that, like everything Android/Linux, the battery is a file, and that file can be manipulated to show whatever percent (a bad ROM/Kernel combination once showed -%1078663).

I've got a Galaxy S3 (i747). There are times when my phone will sit charging for an hour or so, yet only have 10%-15% charged. When that happens, I run this app, and it manages to find 2 or 3 "bad cells". After fixing them, my phone then charges much quicker, and battery life is back to normal. I was under the impression the only thing you can do to impact the apparent battery life was recalibration, which I'm not convinced matters. It's also worth mentioning that I've installed this app several times after wiping my phone and flashing a ROM, and it had upgraded itself to the Pro version with absolutely no input from me. The first time I ever used this, it upgraded itself. Next couple times I reinstalled it, it didn't upgrade. This past time, it did - again, for no reason. So, I'm really confused, here, because I don't understand why the app randomly upgrades, and I still can't figure out how this app "fixes" my battery.

It's also worth mentioning that every so often, it "finds" new "bad cells" randomly. And every time I have it "fix" the problems, well, it actually seems to fix the battery issue. Doesn't make sense to me.

However, my phone has been through some semi-traumatic events in it's life (well, in my possession). It has fallen out of my pocket while crossing a road, and after I realized it was gone, I retrieved it. Luckily, it had been face-down. It had been run over a few times, and it cost me my rear camera, which still worked for a few months but finally crapped out entirely (any camera app crashes almost immediately). It has also been victim to an unexpected dip in a pitcher of water for about 10 seconds, while playing music and downloading, so it was also running a bit hot. After letting it dry overnight on the air vent, it worked. Mostly. About 90% of my touches didn't register, and so I figured I'd have to either replace the digitizer or just get a new phone. Later that day, it finally started working again, perfectly. I did read, however, that people who had the same luck with their screens were complaining that after about 6 months or so, their phone would behave erratically and eventually die completely.

So, is this app actually making good on its claim, or does it seem like my phone is just suffering a weird, periodic combination of events that only allow "Repair Battery Life" to right them? I've seen this app report "bad cells" on a brand new Note 5, and read that someone had "bad cells" on an emulated copy of Android. I mean, right there should be the obvious BS-flag, but still. It does seem to do something beneficial in my experience.


texts: I recently got a Arnova 10 G2 in my workplace for testing. But unfortunately this device doesn't start up at all. I have charged it now for more than half a day. The Green led glows while I connect the charger. And sometimes I can see a home screen showing "ARNOVA" and that's it. It goes off. What could be the problem?


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My GPS location is accurate in Google Maps except when I am on the phone.  It consistently changes my location to another house 5 blocks away. When I end the call it goes back to my real location.
How can I resolve this?
Scott


texts: How to set up an android device to function as a phone only

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Is there a way to set up my android device so that when the lock screen unlocked, the phone app always is open by default? In other words: I swipe to unlock the screen and I always automatically see the phone keypad first and the device is ready to make a call.

I am trying to set up a new Samsung Galaxy Note for my grandmother BTW. Someone bought it for her for her birthday. She likes the size for her eyes, but is intimidated by the home screen, and has discarded the phone for that reason. I figure if can make it operate as she expects then she might warm up to it.


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Within the last few days, my Wi-fi setting keeps switching to "off".

It does this even when the screen is on and I'm actively using the device.

I've checked the couple apps I still have that help with conserving battery and none of them seem to affect wi-fi. In any event I haven't installed any recently nor updated any settings in them.

What should I be checking? How can I fix this?

Motorola Droid, Android 2.2.1, unrooted


texts: What could I do to rescue some files from my sm-t320?

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I installed cyanogenmod and twrp v2.8.7.0 a very long time ago.
Now that the O.S. has broken I'd like to copy some files to pc (windows 10), but I failed to find any solution til now on forums/youtube.


texts: What are the Wi-Fi disconnect reasons on adb dumpsys wifi?

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adb dumpsys wifi gives me, among many others, lines like this:

Event [IFNAME=wlan0 CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=X reason=7]

What does reason=7 mean? What other reasons are there?

If this applies to Android aswell (I guess so since Android does use wpa_supplicant), reason 7 would translate to "Class 3 frame received from nonassociated STA" - Now what does that mean?

(I'm trying to debug WiFi disconnects that shouldn't happen.)


texts:
I bought an android phone recently and tried to use it without any Google account and so far that was alright.
But I wanted to try Pokémon Go today and I cannot play without signing up with a Google account.
I heard that you could create a Pokémon club account instead of Google but I don't even have the option, only the button to sign up with google appears.

Does anybody have a solution for that?


texts: What makes a 64-bit Android, except the kernel?

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I have a phone (Samsung Galaxy A320F (AKA "A3 (2017)") with the stock ROM that contains a 64-bit armv8l kernel (Linux 3.18.14) and 32-bit userspace with 32-bit Android 8.0.0 platform. Some Android applications provide only 64-bit NDK-based libraries, which makes them incompatible with this setup.
I've tried transferring a few ELF64 binaries to the phone, like gdb, strace, gphoto2 along with libc.so.6, ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 and other parts of glibc. They run fine, so I'm confident in the kernel's ability to handle such binaries.
Now I'd like to try and make the Android platform 64-bit capable. In particular, I'm interested in making the 64-bit-only APK able to communicate with the display, touchscreen and a USB device attached to the phone. I have root access (via Magisk), so in principle, I can hack the system however I like.
My question is now: what components actually make the Android platform 32- or 64-bit? Is it just the VM, or maybe some additional libraries? Or does there have to also be a 64-bit part of the HAL? How many of these components could be taken from e.g. Lineage OS without actually installing the complete Lineage OS? Has anyone even tried to do a similar mod?


texts:
My galaxy s6 is stuck in what appears to be the boot phase, where the logo is flashing on and off so the screen is not frozen.

I have tried:

Holding the start button and power button
Holding the start button, power button and volume up button
Plugging the phone into the computer to try and flash it, but the computer won't recognise it

Before it was like this, I was trying to unlock the phone with my fingerprint. The screen froze for a minute then went into what is currently being displayed (see picture).

Is there anything else that I can try?


texts:
My phone follows me pretty much everywhere.
I would like to collect data about my whereabouts all the time (without having to manually start the tracking through an app). I would basically like to be able to reproduce Google Maps' Timeline feature but storing the GPS data locally on my phone and keeping it for myself. Occasionally, I would like to collect this data and analyse it. The data would be stored only every, say, 5 minutes because I don't need the granularity of running apps.
I've been looking for apps that do this on F-Droid and I think I've tried 5 of them. None is proposing what I'm asking (permanent recording).
What is currently (2020) the simplest way to achieve this?


texts:
I recently went to SOpt for Google Chrome and found an interesting feature that is the "Tab to Search" (Omnibox).

In short, typing a website address and pressing the  Tab  key performs the search directly on a specific site without the need to change the search engine and other solutions.

The image below best illustrates what I am saying:

Following the example of SOpt by pressing  Tab  and performing a search, the browser redirects me to the site search page, in this case ** https: //en.stackoverflow. with / research? q = term% 20search **.

Faced with this, I have a question

Is there anything I can do to similarly access my smartphone?


texts: Why are superuser permissions needed to acess /data partition?

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The default account is normal user, and I used it to install Google Play Store APK (to /data). Then Google Play Store was opened using my current user's permissions, and it is used to download and install other APKs to /data. That means I have full access to the /data partition.

Why are file manager apps unable to view that partition without root permissions?


texts:
I installed TWRP successfully. On my phone i downloaded the SuperSu Zip. When i click install on TWRP it doesnt show up. Can Anyone tell me what to do to make it show up.

Info:
-Phone = J7 (2016) j700T
-NETWORK T-Mobile


texts: Where do Android apps store data that survives uninstall?

texts:
TL;DR On non-rooted devices, where do Android apps store data that survives uninstall?

Backstory: I installed an Android app a couple months ago and configured it to my liking.  After a couple weeks, I no longer needed it, so I uninstalled it.  After the uninstall, I didn't see any files left behind in Internal Storage, and the device had no microSD card installed, so no files were stored there either.

To my surprise, when I reinstalled the app, it remembered all of it's configurations.  I use a firewall, so it didn't download the configurations from the cloud.

Thus, the question: On non-rooted devices, where do Android apps store data that survives an uninstall?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 requesting network security key when tethering

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My S3 (Jellybean) was suddenly no longer recognised by my PC when plugged in via USB.  I solved that by debugging using Developer Options as advised in another thread, which allowed the driver to be installed... again (thank you).

But now if I try to use it as a hot-spot via USB tethering, I'm prompted to enter a network security key.

Previously it just connected without the need for this and furthermore, I don't know where I would find such a key since I didn't set it up in the first place.

Help anyone?


texts: NordVPN on Android doesn't display the number of received MBs: how can I fix that?


texts: Can't boot my Htc Wildfire S after deleting Sense

texts:
I wanted to free up some internal space.
So I decided to delete some pre-installed apps.
Then I accidently removed an app called HtcSense.apk.
As I rebooted it didn't manage to start anymore.

I would assume I could download the app from somewhere, but how will I be able to put it back on my phone?


texts: I can't turn off "Easy Mode" on Galaxy On5 and there are missing options in the "Settings" Menu

texts: I really need help here. I accidentally turned on my sister's "Ultra Power Save Mode" and, when I had realized I had done this, I turned it off. When the phone rebooted on again, it asked me what kind of set up I wanted, and me not knowing what it was talking about, selected one of the options and now it's stuck on "Easy Mode", but the apps are limited and there are missing options from the "SETTINGS" menu. I'm at my wits end and I'm afraid I might have to buy her a new phone. If anyone could answer me, that'd be amazingly helpful...


texts: I was wondering if there is a way to mirror my screen of the phone to my pc using the same wi fi connection, like you can do with a smart tv; Do I need to download any special app or program for pc?


texts: ServiceManager: Waiting for service media.audio_policy

texts:
I was trying to boot Nexus 7 2013 Flo rom in Deb. The ROM is PhoenixOS.
I'm stuck at waiting for service media.audio_policy.

The LCD itself sometimes showing "Starting Apps", other times it just show boot animation.
Any solution for this?


texts:
Is there a way for Tasker to notify me when a background app is using the voice recorder or the camera?

I'm trying to find out which app is accessing the voice recorder in the background. Sometimes when I use the video recorder, I get a message saying the voice recorder is being used by another app.


texts: How to install an app outside Google Play?

texts: How can I install an apk app outside of Google Play. Like if I downloaded it from another site and I try to open it, it says unable to install and I read that you have to do something to get it to work. What do you have to do?


texts: Default launcher app hangs at boot up. Unable to do anything with phone (NexusOne)

texts:
My NexusOne's builtin launcher is suddenly hanging at bootup. Since the main lock screen is hanging the screen touch is not working, soft buttons are not working -- I am just completely unable to do anything with the phone. When I tried calling the phone the call comes through, and I see the "Activity Launcher is not responding. Force Close?" popup, but when I force close it and the call ends, it goes back to the hanging lock screen and once again I am able to do nothing.

Since it is stuck at lock screen there is literally nothing I can do to kill it or try other apps or settings or anything else. Even connecting USB cable didn't work since I need to enable USB storage from the notification bar and the hanging lock screen wont allow any touch response anywhere...

What can I do or try? I guess hard reset is an option to try, but I want to keep it as a worst case option.


texts: Can I resume downloading app in play store?

texts: I started downloading a game using Wi-Fi, the game was about 1.5GB . When almost 800 MB was done i closed wifi. The download paused. Will i be able to continue from 800 MB  when i connect to Wi-Fi  again..  Or from the beginning?


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I was low on battery and my niece installed an app to assist (can not remember the name). However, she changed all my images onto my SD card. After that, I assumed I lost all my old images as I could not find them. :(

I removed my SD card to reset the phone and realized that one of the photos is showing under the gallery. Also, my screen saver is also an old photo now. However, I can not access the photo as it says to install the SD card. The problem is when I install the SD card, the images are not there anymore.

My niece does recall that she has changed something to say to save all the images onto the SD card, however she can not remember if it was on the phone or a part of the program. The issue is that I deleted the program when I realized I was still low on battery.

Is there somewhere on the HTC desire that I can change images from the SD card as I can not find it?


texts: Why do all the directories on my tablet have all these weird numbers?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy 10.1, running Android 3.2, which I've rooted.

When I plug it in by USB to my Ubuntu computer, it looks like this:

There's about 24 or so directories, all numbered as shown in the image. As far as I can tell, they don't correspond to any directories actually on the device, and I can neither find any files I think should be on the device or transfer any files to the device. (To be accurate: I can copy files to one of the weirdly numbered directories, but then I can't find them if I try to look for them from the tablet interface.)

What's going on, and, more importantly, how do I get a normal connection to my tablet so I can transfer files back and forth?

Update 1: I have learned this is probably "MTP mode". I can't seem to find any option to disable or change it.

Update 2: I have tried turning "USB debugging" both on and off, and neither way seems to make a difference.

Update 3: I've asked about this issue also on the Ubuntu SE site, in case part of my problem is on the Ubuntu side.

Update 4: Here's another error message I get if I try to use mtpfs to connect to the Android device:


texts: Will Android kill a Service if I uncheck "Show notification" option on Settings?

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I was just wondering: will Android kill a Service (that uses persistent notification to keep itself alive) if I uncheck "Show notifications" on app settings?

I am running Lollipop 5.1.


texts: Trying to install Copperhead OS on Nexus 6P

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I want to install CopperheadOS on my Nexus 6P. They have installation instructions here: https://copperhead.co/android/docs/install

Unfortunately, I'm already stuck at the beginning. The installation instructions say that I need to extract the factory images and flash them. Unfortunately when I try to flash them, as soon as it reaches the system partition it returns the following error:

sending 'system' (1174469 KB)...
FAILED (remote: data too large)

I am now unable to boot the phone at all, and stuck in the bootloader. What can I do?


texts: How can I disable the screen lock password in lollipop?

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I have enabled password protection on the lock screen on my Nexus 5 Lollipop device:

After enabling password, I can't seem to be able to cancel it. Any idea how to go back to None or Swipe?


texts: Is there a way to control an android device with an external touchscreen?

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I am trying to solve something here.

I am trying to figure out a way to control an android device with an external touchscreen display. The android device would either be a Samsung Galaxy Tab A or a Galaxy Alpha. I have seen many connectors that allow you to display the screen from a tablet onto a tv or monitor but no easy way on controlling it using the larger screen (probably due to the video output on the tablet not supporting touch signals?). I have seen a few threads on various blogs that can just about manage this but they seem to be out of date and I can't see why this isn't easier.

Ideally, the external monitor needs to be larger than 20 inches and be a capacitive touch screen rather than a resistive type. I am using this as a control surface for music production and performance and sadly, the screen size on available tablets isn't big enough.

I would really appreciate any kind of input. I hope I'm not being a complete idiot and that this is really easy to do. Please let me know either way. Thanks

*Edit: Ideally, I would like to be able to use the tablet without the external screen as normal when I want. The extra screen size would be an added, optional extra.