texts: How is the screen resolution calculated for phones with curved edges and rounded corners?

texts: Consider phones like the pixel 2, Samsung or iPhone X with notches and non rectangular screens. How is the screen resolution calculated? Do they take a rectangular screen with a standard resolution and 'chop off the edges' and use the regular value as the resolution?


texts: Google Talk contact list shows fewer contacts than my PC IM client

texts:
I always see the same 6 people online from my phone. However, Empathy or the gtalk widget in gmail shows ~60 people online. Why aren't the same people shown online on my phone?

Its a One V running ICS and Sense 4.0.

Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to make the Gingerbread notification behave like ICS?

texts: The ICS notification allows users to "swipe" single notifications away. I was wondering if this can be done on a rooted Gingerbread phone?


texts: New Facebook app activates GPS when launched -- how to disable?

texts:
This started happening with the latest Facebook app update.

I don't want to disable my GPS outright -- I like that it comes up automatically when I call Google Maps. (Which usually is in a "where the hell am I" situation.) But I see no valid reason to allow Facebook to query where I am all the time. Facebook's settings don't have an option to disable this.

Since my phone (Milestone I) is rooted (but still with Motorola's official 2.2.1 OS), I wonder if there's some app through which I could enable/disable GPS usage per app. Is there such a thing?

(If there is, I'd like to disable it in the browser too.)


texts: How can I dual boot Android and Windows Phone 8.1 or 10?

texts: I have an Android phone with CyanogenMod installed(with TWRP Custom recovery). Specifically, it's an LG G2 (d803), and I was wondering if I could dual boot Cyanogenmod and Windows Phone 8.1 or 10. It would be awesome if I could because I could really use Microsoft's ecosystem but there are lots of android apps I'm not willing to give up.


texts: Notifications don't show up when phone is asleep - Samsung Galaxy s4 running CM12.1

texts: Ok so this is a curious little problem I have. I recently flashed CM 12.1 on my S4 and since then I don't receive any notifications from apps like Bleacher Report, Snapchat or Instagram when I'm not using my phone. However, when I am using my phone I see notifications on Snapchat at least pop up. I tested this my sending myself a snap and voila saw the heads up notification say I had one. But curious thing is, this notification would not arrive if I wasn't using my phone and had it set down somewhere else. I have again tested this by having a friend send me a snap while my phone was set down and when I picked it up later, didn't see a notification. Same thing with Instagram. It's driving me nuts. Can anyone help me with this? I have read around and some people suggest this may be a problem that happened while restoring using Titanium backup but I cannot see why it would only affect certain apps. Facebook notifications work just fine. Fotmob (a soccer score app) works just fine. It's just SnapChat, BleacherReport and Instagram (at least those are the only ones I have noticed).


texts: How to find the files (.apk) of a certain app like Google Play Services

texts:
I have a rooted device and I tried the find / -name "*Play*" command and got some files from com.google.android.gms and a couple of Playlists but nothing like Google Play Services.apk
I wonder if it is possible for an app to not have an .apk file and if this is the case is there any chance of finding the files associated with the app from the app name?


texts: Retrieving data from a Nexus 6 motherboard

texts:
After a failed attempt to replace a broken screen on my Nexus 6, I was left with a Nexus 6 with a screen that no longer displayed anything. Yesterday, when I went to try to fix this I found that the battery had bloated out (exploded) which meant I had to throw the battery away.

All this now leaves me with a nexus 6 motherboard attached to a non-usable screen and no battery.

Since I am unsure at the moment if its the connection to the screen or the actual lcd that has broken. I don't want to spend money on new components to fix it (yet)..

So my question..

Is there anyway to retrieve data from the internal storage of a Nexus 6 from its motherboard alone?

If it were possible I'd imagine it would work in a similar way to using a laptop with the battery unplugged; powering the device from a usb cable and the fact that my android setting means that a computer would recognise it as a storage device so that I don't need to interact on the device at all..but then I don't know if usb alone would be enough to power the motherboard.


texts: Is there an existing app I can install that will record my touch interactions in the background?  I just saw this and it made me want to play around with my touch data to see what it looked like.  Didn't turn up any likely candidates here or in the Market.  Google seemed to indicate that it is certainly doable if you write your own foreground app (which I have no interest in doing because I want to record my touches in the entire system), and that it might be possible using a custom-developed background app, which might be a fun project but I'd rather install an existing app if possible.


texts: Is wired Ethernet via USB adapter possible on the Google Pixel 2 phone, and in that case how? (NOTE: NOT the Pixel 2 XL!)

texts:
Simple question:

Did ANYONE get Ethernet connectivity via USB adapter to work on the Google Pixel 2 phone? (NOTE: NOT the Pixel 2 XL!)

(and in that case, using which USB-to-Ethernet adapter?)

It's apparently working fine on all other Pixel phone models:

Pixel
(https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/5seqah/ethernet_over_otg_on_pixel/)
Pixel XL
(https://pixelmantras.com/google-pixel-pixel-xl-ethernet-connection-setup/)
Pixel 2 XL
(https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/wired-ethernet-speeds-t3702289)

But for some strange reason the web/google currently seems clinically sanitized from ANY results, or even questions, regarding ethernet connectivity on the Google Pixel 2 phone?!

A number of people must have tried this, let alone asked about it before me, right? And out of these, someone must at least have gotten hold of some kind of more definitive answers?

PS. I already tried the "Plugable USB 2.0 OTG Micro-B to 10/100 Ethernet Adapter" (https://plugable.com/products/usb2-otge100/) on it myself (which is an adapter that seems to work on many other phone models), without any success. :-( (yes, I used a USB micro-B to micro-C wire adapter to be able to fit it into the USB-C on the Pixel 2)


texts:
I use a google pixel and yesterday, google now asked if I'm interested in travel time updates to a shopping mall I recently visited and I happened to tap on 'yes'. Now, it shows me the ETA to that place all the time. I wish to disable ETA for this place now.

I'm pretty sure this feature was available as a yes/no questionier in google now > customize > everything else. But at the moment I do not see it. Has it moved elsewhere? Anyone having insight on this, please help.


texts: Device has screen shots that I didn't take - Security Risk?

texts:
Quite unintentionally, I clicked open this system folder

/data/system/recent_images

to find screenshots of apps used, images from sites visited and you tube videos

Googling this, led me to this GitHub post which claims that it could be a possible NSA backdoor and that screenshots correspond to entries in

 /data/system/recent_tasks

Can somebody explain the purpose behind it and should it be a security concern?


texts: Where is the "download mode" code stored?

texts: At least Samsung Galaxy series devices support download mode(also known as Odin mode or flash mode) which usually can be accessed by pressing down specific buttons while powering on the phone. Is this download mode on a small separate partition on internal-storage like recovery mode? Or is it device-dependent?


texts: How to find out sd card partition in dev/block?

texts:
In order to mount an ext4-formated sd card in Android I followed this guide.

In the bash script msd2.sh is followking command:

mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard && sleep 5 && /system/bin/vold

So in this part the mmcblk1p1-partition shall be mounted in /storage/extSdCard.

How can I find out which of the partitions in dev/block is my sd-card ?

Furthermore I cannot mkdir a folder in /storage to have an equivalent mountpoint: mkdir failed for /storage/extSdCard, Read-only file system

How do I get read-write access of \storage ?

Info:

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


texts:
I've broken the glass of my LG G2. Touch is not working. Although I can still connect the phone via USB and see its contents. I want to extract contacts and copy them to my new Android phone.

The phone is not rooted.

Yes, I had sync with my gmail account, but for some reason many contacts where not synced.

Is there anything I could do?


texts: Problem syncing MS Exchange after ICS update

texts:
After updating my T-Mobile Galaxy SII to ICS last week my Exchange account no longer will sync.  I have gone through the process of establishing it as a new account several times both with a T-Mobile tech and my organization IT tech.  It appears to get stuck at the point of downloading and I get a which screen with a circle in the middle and the word Loading underneath.  Nothing comes in: email, calendar or contacts.  When I try to send an email it gives me a connection error.
It worked fine before the update and my wife's phone, an unupdated twin, continues to sync with no problem to the same exchange server.
Does anyone have a solution to this?


texts:
I've recently bought two LG G2's, and I'm having a hard time trying to get decent photos out of either of them.

The photos are distorted in a scary way.

Obvious jokes aside, look at my face in this photo (click on the photos to zoom):

And again here, with a weird line on my forehead, and smudges on the nose, mouth, etc:

Some of the photos are even worse...

Am I doing something wrong? I've tried the different modes or settings and I'm getting the same results. I keep reading the G2's camera is great, but I'm not seeing that at all...


texts: How can I use an Android phone as a media player?

texts: Is it possible for me to have a central Android phone connected to my old stereo that will let me cast media from any iOS or Android device on my house? If so how?


texts: How to upgrade rooted Lava Iris 354E running Jelly Bean to Kitkat

texts: My phone is rooted, has a 1GHz dual core processor and 215MB ram, and I want to upgrade it to KitKat from its Jelly Bean OS. Can I upgrade it?


texts: How can I determine the latest released firmware for my Samsung device?

texts:
This problem eludes me. I have two Samsung Android devices, a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a Galaxy S2. I keep'em up-to-date using the update option in the settings panel, however, I think I'm not always sporting the newest firmware that was released, maybe because of region issues or some other reason.

So I would like to know if there's a Samsung website or any other source where I can spot the latest stock firmware available?

Thanks all


texts: How to downgrade Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 from 2.3.6 to 2.2.2?

texts: I need help with downgrading my Samsung Galaxy Mini (S5570) from 2.3.6 to 2.2.2.


texts: Is there any way to block access to a particular website through the stock Android browser?


texts:
I was just wondering why the naming of some folders on android is such:

com.dropbox.android
com.android.browser


texts: Unlocking bootloader to change rom or firmware

texts: My question is very easy: do I have to unlock the bootloader on every single phone to change its rom or its firmware, or someone need it and someone doesn't?


texts: Weird problem with YouTube app on MIUI 10.2

texts:
There is this problem with the YouTube app on MIUI 10.2. When I open the app, the 'YouTube' logo part at the top has completely disappeared and it just shows the search box, the notification bell, and the account picture.
Tried the usual things like rebooting the phone. No use. When I clear the app data or uninstall YouTube app updates and re-install them, it goes back to normal showing the logo, when, after that, I open the app for the first time. But when I close the app and open it later it goes back to no logo again. Tried everything except factory reset.
Any idea why this is happening? Some kind of weird virus thing or so? Not that I miss the YouTube logo terribly :-), but this glitch seems annoying and doesn't seem to go away despite my best efforts!


texts: Does the YouTube App on the Nexus 10 allow the selection of a default video playback resolution?

texts: Does anyone know if you can set the default playback resolution on the YouTube app?  I can do this on my Motorola RAZR V phone, but can't do it on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.  Can I set it on the Nexus 10?  Does anyone know of any other Android tablet that allows the selection of the default video resolution in the YouTube app?


texts: Which version of Xposed should I use for Nexus 5X?

texts:
Xposed have 3 different versions: arm, arm64 and x86

Which one should I use for Nexus 5X?


texts: How to share contact via sms on Android 4.4.2?

texts: I'm using Moto G with stock android running 4.4.2. I would like to share contact detail via SMS. I don't want to use 3rd party app for this basic functionality. Was this functionality available with previous versions?


texts: Connect to exchange server with certifcate based on own CA-root?

texts:
I am owning a galaxy s plus with the latest 2.3.6 firmware available for that phone.
I want to connect to my companies exchange-server. Our company has defined an ow CA. With this all user certificates are signed.
Now I have tried to connect via active sync with my certificate to my exchange account. But always it tells me that, the user name or password is wrong. After writing it about 20 times I guess I have made no mistake while typing my password.

I have installed my certificate (including CA-certificate of our company) via Settings -> Security -> install certificates from sd.

Is there anything I can do?

On my colleages Samsung S2 (Android 4) there is an additional Option "use client certificates". This isn't available on Android 2.3.6. Is there any possibility to get my exchange account on my phone?


texts:
I've rooted my device (Omega T107) and i cannot install any recovery (tried cyanogenmod adn amon_ra)

When I use flash_image as root it never ends

Screen link:


texts: Shortcut to a certain activity in notification dropdown?

texts:
So the question is simple: I'm looking for a way to create a shortcut in notification dropdown that, when tapped, leads me to a set activity of an app. The activity in question is "Running Services" from Settings, if that matters.

Additional requirements:

The notification has to be permanent in order to prevent it from
being cleared.
The notification has to be of lowest priority to not make it
interfere with normal notifications (i.e. always display below them).
Optional - GUI for choosing the activity I intend to start.
Optional - customizable notification text and icon.

Back in Android 5.x and lower, this (excluding the optional requirements) can be realized with the combination of Bar Shortcut and NotificationManager (Xposed), the former grants access to the activity I want, while the latter sets its priority. However, in Android 6.0+, the default App Management interface has been modified, and the previous activity no longer points to "Running Services" which is now hidden in Developer Options.

Bar Shortcut is a very old app and I can't expect it to be updated to match the changes. Other apps that create notification shortcuts focus on the basic toggles or an app in general (not its activities).

Note that I am aware that apps like Nova Launcher and More Shortcuts allow you to generate shortcuts to activities on your homescreen, however I don't want any icon to clutter up the homescreen, nor do I want to change my current launcher.

Thanks in advance for any useful answers.


texts:
A few months back I started developing an app that read incoming sms messages and saved them in a db.

A few days ago I went to revisit the app and had a quick look in the db where I discovered the app was still recording my texts!?!

I can't find any mention of my app running on the android apps option under settings or in advanced task killer.

How can I find out if it's running or not? It's bizarre!


texts: How do I get this iTunes song on an Android device?

texts:
I want to buy this song, but it appears it's only offered on iTunes.  I have no idea if it's DRM protected or not, I just want it on my Moto X.

What are the most direct and straigtforward steps to determine if I can put this song on my device, and how I can do it?

I would like to purchase the song directly from my phone, but I have both a PC and a Mac


texts: Wrong music player when connecting to car after Android update

texts:
I have a Huawei P10 and I use BlackPlayer for playing music. When I start my car and my bluetooth is active my car (Volvo V40) automatically connects to my phone and starts playing music.

Yesterday I did an update of my phone, now my EMUI and Android versions are both 8.0.0, and since that update when my car and phone connect, my phone starts playing music with the standard build in music player. Before the update it used the (installed by me) BlackPlayer.

When I go to my settings and look at the standard selected app to play music it shows that BlackPlayer is still the default to use app. How can I make BlackPlayer start to play again when I connect to my car?

I have a Huawei P10 model VTR-L09 with EMUI and Android version 8.0.0


texts: How to use phone number from my missing phone to re-activate a Viber account

texts: My phone was stolen and I'd like to reactivate the same number to a new device. Unfortunately Viber is sending the code to the lost number. Is there a way I can do that?


texts: how to run a specific app's action via terminal?

texts:
I need to run my android app from a remote computer via SSH, but I'm not a command-line expert, so I would like to know:
how to run a specific action of an app? (not just open it)
Which implies: how to KNOW the exact sintax of possible actions of an app?

eg: I want to start a audio-recording app on my phone from my computer, AND start recording from remote. Is it possible?

Thanks, Andrea


texts: Add New Ringtones, Notifications and Alarm tones on Nexus One

texts:
I have music (MP3 files) on my SD card and am trying to set them as ringtones, notification tones and alarm tones on my Nexus One.

My phone only lets me select the stock ringtones, notifications or alarms. I tried to transfer  and copy the music files to the ringtones and notification folder on my phone but it fails every time.  I think those folders are write protected or something.

Can anyone help? I have searched at all possible solutions online.  Some solutions suggest copying the files using my PC to my phone's ringtones/notification tones folder, but I can't even see these folders on Windows Explorer.  It's like they are invisible.

Can anyone help?


texts:
Is there any app around that lets an Android user see the "flat" on the accelerometer? The reason I'm looking for such is because I recently got the Need For Speed Shift game. And I notice that the car is veering to the right even if I have the phone held straight. I have to tilt it a little to the left in order for it to go a straight direction which is an awkward workaround. If there's an app that can show a straight line for me to be able to test if my accelerometer is misaligned, please do share. If there's no such app I'll happily accept any hacks/workarounds available like a live wallpaper with a liquid physics on it perhaps?

The sooner I find this out, the better because I can send it in for replacement / repair while it's still under warranty.


texts: How do I do the emergency turn off Android device with embedded battery?

texts:
Imagine your device is hacked and you want to turn it off now (because of it is using network in bad manner), but the rootkit blocked all functions.

How do I forcibly turn off the device? I've tried holding the power button and the devide said it will reboot instead of shutting down.


texts: Are multiple-users protected from each other differently than apps?

texts:
I confess that I come from the happy world of unix computers, and am used to the concept of user accounts and hence group gids and userids uids. For the occasional usage of an untrusted app (i.e. whatsapp/facebook) I have created another user profile for many reasons, but mostly because I wanted to reduce any potential access whatsapp/facebook might gain with regards to my main account.

Now the strange thing is that to the best of my understanding the protection mechanism of AOSP, relies on assigning a actually user ids to individual apps, as with those uid, the apps can be limited using that the underlying linux kernel provides Unix Discretionary Access Controls (i.e. file accesss dependent on uid and gid).

My question is if I am misleading myself that AOSP provides any stronger protection with regards to multi-users (in between the accounts) than it does with regards to the various apps to each other?


texts: Can the Droid Eris be charged on a PowerPlate Wireless Induction Charging Base?


texts: Google Play services using up battery - Why and how to fix it?

texts:
Why would Android devices have Google Play services using up the second-most amount of battery usage over a 24 hour period (second only to screen power)?

On one device, I see Google Play services using 28% of battery usage.  No updates were performed on that device since the last reboot.

When selecting Settings > Battery > Google Play Services,
 under "Included Packages" it only lists Google Backup Transport, Google Bookmarks Sync, Google Play services, Google Account Manager, Google Contacts Sync, and Google Services Framework. There is almost no data on the device, so nothing is being backed up in the background.

What is causing this, and what can be done to prevent it?


texts: How does my Android units get into gmail without IMAP or POP set as active?

texts:
I just checked and IMAP and POP are shut off, and there is no forwarding enabled.

So how does my Android have access to all my Google stuff in the first place?

And what is to keep something else from getting in there with the same method?


texts: ro.custom.build.version is not changing at phone info

texts: I am trying to change ro.custom.build.version but this particular change is not propagated to the resulting build.


texts: Is it possible to only silence certain notifications?

texts: I'm running Android 2.2 FroYo on an HTC Droid Incredible. When I go to bed, I want to turn off all notifications except for incoming phone calls, which I still want to receive. Is this possible, either natively or through an application?


texts: Is it possible to start an infinite loop within init.d?

texts:
I would like to create an init.d script to control the fan of my Odroid XU3 under Lollipop 5.1.1, CyanogenMod 12.1.

I already make one on linux which is working well and would like to port it to android.

The script is an infinite loop which is active every 5 secs. Is the Android init.d module able to use an infinite loop will it brick the device ?

https://github.com/AlexisTM/Odroid-XU3-Fan-Control-services


texts: Meizu m3 note started lagging because of Google play services

texts:
Recently, my meizu phone started lagging, and after a while, I decided to reinstall my system. After a couple of reinstallations, i realised, the problem was in google services, because my phone started to lag exactly after google services installation. And the worst thing is that I can't use any of 50% of my apps anymore, because they all need a GS to work.

P.S. I installed GS with google installer from meizu app store.


texts: How to take a picture and uploading it with a comment to Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter?

texts:
I am coming from the iPhone, and there was using an app called Camera+, which worked well for my workflow. On Android, I am now looking for a way to:

On the go, take pictures, and store them somewhere. (I don't care where they are stored, they could very well be in a private store specific to the app.)
Allow me to go through the picture I took, delete the one I don't like, and for the others, enter a description, and upload them to a combination of Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. I want to just enter the description once, click on checkboxes for Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter to select where the picture will go.

I could do this with the standard Camera/Gallery, with the Flickr and Facebook apps installed, but it requires way to many steps. I'm looking for something simple, that allows for a fast workflow, not for an editing workhouse. Is there any solution out there that would allow me to do this?


texts: cloud bookmarking app or method working with del.ic.ious/gmarks?

texts:
There are a lot apps claiming to work with delicious (was recently taken over by AVOS company) on the market. But syncing always fails, I cannot even download the links. Most apps were updated lastly before the AVOS transfer.

Anyone here knowing a working delicious/gmarks app or other apps or browser addons making sending a link directly to delicious/gmarks site possible?


texts:
I recently got a new phone and would like to use my old device as a bluetooth receiver for my stereo. I'd like for it to work like a bluetooth receiver such as this one. (Pairs as speaker and offers 3.5mm output) Being able to control playback (pause/play, backwards, forwards) would be a bonus, but not necessary.

Please note the device is running Android 2.3. (Yes, I know that's very old)


texts: Synchronisation of contacts and calendar suddenly stopped working

texts:
While working fine for almost a year now (since I've installed CyanogenMod on my device), a couple of days ago synchronisation stopped all of a sudden: Network indicators turned white (no longer green on Gingerbread / blue on ICS and up), which indicates the device is not "in-sync" with the Google servers.

First I thought it might be some Google Server outage (as all of us know them), I waited a couple of days. But it didn't solve up within a few days, so I decided to take a closer look. logcat then showed: Always when trying to sync, the network connection timed out.

Further side-effects: Google Playstore app did no longer open ("network timeout"), Google Talk insisted on a "username/password failure".

That's where I got stuck: What to do? Reboot didn't help, shutdown/restart didn't help either, nor did clearing cache/data from the contactssync app. I couldn't log off GTalk (which would be the next logical step), as GTalk immediately insisted on that username/password error.

Now what?


texts: Is there an app that will drain my battery?

texts:
Are there any apps that will specifically help to drain a battery down quickly?

The scenario I would want to have this is if I want to quickly drain the battery so I can charge it fully again.  Some say that this will help extend the battery life by fully draining/charging the battery.


texts:
I developed an Android app for a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 in Android 4.4. Now I'm trying to connect a RFID card reader through my microUSB port to emulate a keyboard so we can read different tags which contain different info. I'm using the Syris RD200-M1-G reader. I searched a lot in the internet and I read that is compatible with Android. My problem is that I connect it to my tab and the reader is powered off and I can't do anythyng.

Do I need something to power it? or maybe in my program code? Any help will be so appreciated. Thank you very much.

P.S: I'm using a Samsung smt-530 galaxy tab 4


texts: it seems that I've got 1,5gb of data in internal (system data) - how can I delete?


texts: Block heads-up/peeking notifications when certain app is in foreground

texts:
Ordinarily I love the peeking notifications in Marshmallow. They're really useful 95% of the time, and save me a lot of pulling down the notification shade.

But when a real-time game is in the foreground, the heads-up notifications block so much of the screen that they affect my ability to play. I have lost competitive events because of this. Enabling Do Not Disturb, oddly, does not prevent peeking; it only disables the vibration, which doesn't affect my gameplay. (It obviously also disables notification sounds, but my phone spends 99.9% of its life in vibration only mode.)

Obviously I could simply disable peeking, but that's not what I want. I want to suppress peeking only when certain apps are in the foreground. Googling for a solution has been fruitless, either because of keyword confusion or because a solution does not exist. I hope it's the former, and I just haven't been able to put the right query in.

Pretty much any solution is usable for me, since I am on rooted 6.0.1 with Xposed installed.


texts: android's linux kernel scheduling mechanism vs harmony os's deterministic latency engine

texts:
I was reading upon Harmony OS and found that android's Linux kernel scheduling mechanism has some limitations as mentioned here: https://harmonyosofficial.com/
From Harmony OS website mentioned above:

Unlike Android which uses the Linux kernel’s scheduling mechanism,
Harmony OS uses a “deterministic latency engine” that provides
“precise resource scheduling with real-time load analysis and
forecasting and app characteristics matching.” The result is a 25.7%
and 55.6% improvement in response latency and latency fluctuation
respectively. In addition, Huawei says the microkernel can make “IPC
[Inter Process Communication] performance up to five times more
efficient than existing systems.”

Video tweet with explanation
https://twitter.com/HuaweiMobile/status/1159725806320594945?s=19
I didn't understand these limitations properly. Can someone explain me in easy words along with the use cases?
How can this Harmony OS's new kernel benefit users/developers? Also, I'm a software engineer so I understand terms like scheduling etc. But I don't know how Linux Kernel does it vs Harmony's kernel


texts: Is there a way to sync Audible audiobooks to Android Wear for offline use in a similar manner to how I can sync Google Play music?  I would like to be able to listen to a book while out for a morning jog without toting my phone along.


texts: How to disable warning about listening at high volume for a long time

texts:
I use an ambient sound app through headphones while I sleep. This usually works quite well, except for the occasional night where i get woken up because Android has decided to drop the volume and display a message to the effect of "Listening at high volume for a long time can damage your hearing." I haven't managed to transcribe the exact wording yet because I'm usually grumpy and attempting to get back to sleep when it happens. I'm fairly certain that it can be displayed more than once per reboot cycle, as it was displayed last night despite my having used the phone this way numerous nights over the past couple weeks. (uptime currently shows 13 days.)
FWIW, I'm probably risking permanent hearing damage by doing this, but that seems a better bet than the certain negative effects (acuity, mood, cancer) of chronic sleep deprivation.
Is there a way to disable this "feature", with or without root?


texts: my phone glaxey s4 had its screen crashed and Ive changed it and now it wont charge

texts:
My Samsung Galaxy S4 keeps showing the message "Charging paused. Battery temperature is too low", whenever I plug the phone into a charger. I've tried using a different charger and even another battery but the message re-appears and the phone continues to not charge.

How can I resolve this problem?


texts: Nokia here map data for Android - download on pc and move to phone

texts:
This question is very specific to Nokia Here Map on Android Lollypop.
I have installed the app on the phone, however my wifi is too slow to download the offline map using the app.

I am looking for a way to download the offline map data on my computer using ethernet and later load onto sd card and then app could point the same map.

the issues I am facing:
1) Can I download the map onto PC as raw map data file? I am looking for a trusted source.

2) Once downloaded,  where to copy on the disk, so that app can point to the location?

Please note that I do not want to switch to any other map, so kindly do not suggest the same.


texts: Note 8 dies when battery is drained completely

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the samsung galaxy note 8 dies when battery is drained completely and it wont start or charge unless the battery is pulled and charged and pushed back again.
Why this happens and is there any solution for it ?


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Does anyone achieve to upgrade his ASUS Memo Pad 10 to Android 4.4 or later (5.0) ?

It seems like there's no solutions for this, I've search on xda developpers and on cyanogen, without finding anything. There are performance issues which annoy me and I would like to resolve them by getting a newer android version.

Any help would be grateful.


texts: Detect adb connection from the phone side

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I want to know if the phone is currently connected to a host that can run adb commands from within the phone, no matter if it's using an app, a shell command constantly running, or any other method that doesn't require the host or an external server.

From the host, I can just run adb devices. Ideally, I would like to have something equivalent inside the phone, say adbdaemon host-info that let's my phone know that there is an existing adb connection with a computer.


texts: The powerprofile and systrace outputs are not consistent

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I'm generating the PowerProflie file and the Systrace file to get the energy consumption of an Android Application, but I found that the number of cpu cores is different between the two files.
I'm using this command line for Systrace:
python C:/Users/BJI/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/systrace/systrace.py freq idle -o C:/Users/BJI/Desktop/systrace

and for PowerProfile :
java -jar apktool_2.2.2.jar if framework-res.apk
java -jar apktool_2.2.2.jar d framework-res.apk

then I get the power_profile.xml from this folder: framework-res/res/xml/
this is a part of the PowerProfile file I've got :
<array name="cpu.clusters.cores">
    <value>4</value>
</array>
<array name="cpu.speeds.cluster0">
    <value>850000</value>
    <value>918000</value>
    <value>987000</value>
    <value>1056000</value>
    <value>1125000</value>
    <value>1216000</value>
    <value>1308000</value>
    <value>1400000</value>
    <value>1466000</value>
    <value>1533000</value>
    <value>1633000</value>
    <value>1700000</value>
    <value>1767000</value>
    <value>1834000</value>
    <value>1917000</value>
    <value>2001000</value>
</array>
<array name="cpu.active.cluster0">
    <value>9.3</value>
    <value>9.3</value>
    <value>10.6</value>
    <value>11.6</value>
    <value>13.3</value>
    <value>15.0</value>
    <value>17.2</value>
    <value>20.2</value>
    <value>22.8</value>
    <value>26.3</value>
    <value>27.4</value>
    <value>29.7</value>
    <value>30.2</value>
    <value>32.1</value>
    <value>33.9</value>
    <value>38.5</value>
</array>
<item name="cpu.idle">4.1</item>

and this is a part of my Systrace file :
<idle>-0     (-----) [005] dn.1 51825.602907: cpu_idle: state=4294967295 cpu_id=5
<idle>-0     (-----) [006] d..1 51825.602915: cpu_idle: state=0 cpu_id=6
ipi_cpu_dvfs_rt-251   (  251) [005] .... 51825.602942: cpu_frequency: state=900000 cpu_id=0
  <idle>-0     (-----) [004] dn.1 51825.602989: cpu_idle: state=4294967295 cpu_id=4
ipi_cpu_dvfs_rt-251   (  251) [005] .... 51825.602994: cpu_frequency: state=900000 cpu_id=1
ipi_cpu_dvfs_rt-251   (  251) [005] .... 51825.603000: cpu_frequency: state=900000 cpu_id=2
ipi_cpu_dvfs_rt-251   (  251) [005] .... 51825.603003: cpu_frequency: state=900000 cpu_id=3
  <idle>-0     (-----) [005] d..1 51825.603034: cpu_idle: state=0 cpu_id=5
  <idle>-0     (-----) [004] d..1 51825.603100: cpu_idle: state=0 cpu_id=4
  <idle>-0     (-----) [007] d..1 51825.610061: cpu_idle: state=4294967295 cpu_id=7

As you can see in the power profile file I have 4 cpu cores (cpu.clusters.cores=4) but in Systrace file I have 8 cpu cores (cpu_id=0-7) and most of cpu frequencies (cpu_frequency) in Systrace file doesn't exist in powerprofile file (cpu.speeds.cluster0) so I can't get the energy consumed, Please let me know if you have any solution for this.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and it doesn't want to charge. When I plug it it it says "Charging Paused: Battery temperature too low." Sometimes it will charge but most times it won't. It's really annoying and I can't afford to buy a new battery or phone. Any suggestions? Please, I'm desperate.


texts: How can I listen to free online music while performing other tasks on my device?

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I have Android 2.2 on my phone and I want an app that lets me listen to free music online in the background while I browse through other apps or do something else on my phone.
The YouTube app closes once I minimize it, so I have to keep it open to listen to music.
I have tried apps like Shazam and Soundhound but they don't offer free music. Can anyone recommend a good app?


texts: Could you list all possible directories where Android apps may store data, providing description what kind of data are stored in each directory?


texts: Can you get a list of the RUNNING applications on Android for the purpose of activating them?

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On my Samsung Galaxy S Android phone: if I start a couple of apps, I can get an overview of them in the 'Active applications' icon on my first screen.

Clicking this icon, shows me all active applications but allows me only to end them.

I find no way to activate them.

Pressing the center touchpath at the bottom displays the last 6 clicked icons - which may or may not be the ones running.

F.i. if I start 6 applications, I see these 6 icons, if I start a 7th one I see the last 6 started. I wont see the first icon again . So how can I activate this first one, other than knowing it is running, and tapping it's icon again ?

Please don't start telling me why I should start 6 or more applications. That's not the point, here , of course  :)

ANSWER:

You can't - at least not by using the system as it is installed. A well, no big deal, really. Just wanted to see if I was missing something here. Coming from a Windows background (and aren't we all because otherwise we should be holding an iPhone now), this did not seem to illogical. Thanks for all answers.


texts: I need to change the voice command from OK Google to something else. It reacts to my voice in meetings when I answer OK. That is a problem!!


texts: How to make my iOS (iPhone, iCloud) notes available on my Android phone?

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I'm looking for the easiest way to make my iOS (iPhone, iCloud) notes available on my Android phone.

It seems that there's no way to move them to Google Keep, for example.

I'd be fine with using any apps for notes which would allow me to import them from iCloud and put them on my Android phone.


texts: How to spot folder of some application on Android (Galaxy Note 5)?

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I intend to reset my phone to get rid of bad applications. I will reinstall all applications wanted, but there is the notes application I use that I want to get the data of (no option to back up notes)... how do I get the data?

the application is called Notes by programmer "Office"


texts: Call settings will pop-up when I open a pdf

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So dear clever IT friends here is the thing. I am helping a nice old grandma. She has a Huawei tablet, android in it. The silly device asked when she opened a pdf file "which program would you like to use to open it". She is a nice 80 years old granny and thought she has to go with settings. So she went for it. Now when you try open any pdf file the "call settings will" pop-up instead the pdf file itself.
Any idea how I can find the path to add adobe to pdf files?


texts: Need a good app for writing Android applications on phone itself

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I am a beginner in Android programming,  and have started very recently. I mainly used to work on my computer (loaded with android SDK and versions 4.0 to 6.0 and having android studio and Eclipse IDE).

But, currently, for a long time, it is not possible for me to sit at my computer. Is there any good app where I can write, compile and run applications on phone itself?

I have a Samsung Galaxy On7 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Update: please suggest anything but the AIDE IDE available in Google play store.


texts: How can I resize my window in bluestacks?

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I just downloaded bluestacks, but it's unusable because it refuses to size itself to something that will fit on my screen, and I can't resize it.

I've tried the regedit method (all references to seem to be out of date, since I have GuestHeight/Width and WindowHeight/Width instead of just "Height" and "Width"). I can get the loading screen to come up with my specified dimensions, but after initialization it reverts the size back to something else. I did make sure to kill all the bluestacks processes via the task manager. I'm in windows 7, and I should mention i have 3 screens, one of which is a different resolution.

So how can I reliably change the size of the current version of bluestacks?


texts: Volume bar blocking parts of the screen shot

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For Android 4.0+, an easy way to take a screenshot is to hold down the power button + volume down at the same time.

However, using this method, I often get the volume bar showing and blocking parts of my screenshot. Is there a trick to making this work without screenshotting the volume bar? I've tried many different techniques.


texts: Why did auto-sync start to upload that much?

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It's been a month now that the auto-sync option on my phone makes it upload 30 MB per day (in addition to my usual upload/download rate) and still download only a few hundreds of KB. It blew up my quota in only 10 days so I had to deactivate it. The only app that I installed at that time was the Google Doc app.

I recently reactivated the auto-sync and I unchecked the doc sync in: Settings > Account > my account, but I'm still uploading 10 spare MB per day. I only kept Gmail, contacts and calendar syncing (just as before).

My questions are:

Do you know what can cause this, why it changed without any visible reason ?
Are there third-party apps using the Android auto-sync option to enable/disable their own syncing process ?

Note:

I use 3GWatchDog Pro, and this spare MB are shown under "Android System" so it's not very helpful.

If relevant, my device is the Motorola DEFY


texts: Saving a picture from a text message to my phone (asus, zenfone)

texts: how do I save pictures to my phone that I receive through a text message?


texts: How to block network traffic going to a specific remote port?

texts: Is there a way I could block a specific network port  connection for a specific app in Android? My phone is rooted. I know iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport xx -j DROP but this blocks those ports for every app. I want to block it for a single app.


texts: How to edit hidden settings from Developer options?

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I have a chinese tablet with very specific Android 4.4.2 ROM - it's Developer options menu has only USB debugging available, and all other settings are hidden.

The problem is that i switched off the Developer options toggle by mistake, so now all settings are back to their defaults, including the transitional animations (when changing tabs) period.

They was not active before, so it was the default behavior of the ROM.

The device is not rooted.

Is there any way to edit the hidden settings?


texts: USB connectivity problems with Nexus 7 2013

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I've just acquired Nexus 7 (2013) and can't connect it to my PCs. All drivers I have (one from Android SDK, as I'm a developer, and the second from the Android site here, named as latest_usb_driver_windows.zip btw) do not install either under Windows 7, or Windows XP. PC discovers new device as "Nexus 7", but wizard says "could not find the software on your computer" when I specify folder with drivers.

After some unsuccessful trials, I decided to disable MTP and mass storage modes on the Nexus, just to eliminate these parts of driver - in fact I need only debugging via USB. I enabled the debugging via USB at very beginning, and it shows up in Android's notification bar, but the device does not show up in adb/Eclipse.

So I switched MTP and mass storage OFF via notification area. This did not help to attach the new device. But now I can't enable either MTP or storage mode back. They are missing in notifications, and they are missing in Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> More, where they are supposed to be.

So the question number 1: how one can switch MTP and storage mode ON in Android 4.3, specifically on Nexus 7 (2013), other way than via notifications? I saw similar question on the Internet, and the only answer was to reboot the device - in some cases (from time to time!) this worked for someone. I restarted Nexus, but still nothing USB-related shows in settings.

Also I'd appreciate any clues on how to connect Nexus 7 (2013) to Windows PC? I should mention, that I have Nexus 7 of the first version, and I'm able to debug apps using it, that this first Nexus is connected to the same PC successfully. This brings another problem, because I do not want to lose connectivity with the first device by complete removal of drivers, because I have no guarantee that after this the first device will not become lost in the same manner as the second.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to show my devices in my custom google map

texts: I have 5 mobile devices with me, all these devices have GPS. On my map i need to view all the devices wherever it is located. And GPS will be turned on. Please help me


texts: Is Restoring a previous backup results to happen bug again

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I am using Xiaomi phone, in which I have got a hardware error(sound problem), which may be a bug. Then I serviced my phone. Now it functions well.
If I restore my previous backups, should it result a hardware error again?
Thanks in advance.


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If I am using a different user on my Android phone, notifications to the main user (owner) don't get shown until I switch back to that user.

This might be for privacy reasons and such, but I see there's already a feature for hiding sensitive notifications (i.e. from the lock screen).

Is it possible to receive some sort of alert/notification/vibration when a new text/email comes in for another user?


texts:
I am using Samsung Galaxy Y. Yesterday my phone screen went white. I tried restarting, and the same problem occurred. I can receive phone calls and SMS but display fully disappeared - only white screen shows up. Can any one (if one has already faced this problem) tell me how to fix it?

I went to a service center but, he charges too much to fix this problem. So I decided to try manually to fix this problem but still didn't find any solution, not from internet either. I already tried rebooting, hard-reset (removing the battery for a while), and even factory-reset; but none of those solved the issue.


texts: Is my device vulnerable to the SwiftKey update bug? (June 2015)

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Quoth The Independent:

  There are usually protections in place that stop hackers from performing what is called a “man in the middle attack”, by encrypting communication with the server, as well as ones to stop any malicious code from getting too deep into the phone. But Samsung has given its version of the software special permissions, which means that hackers can get through the protections in Android that stop third-party apps from tampering with other bits of the device.
  ...
  Researchers have confirmed that the exploit works on versions of the Samsung Galaxy S6, the S6 and Galaxy S4 Mini. But it may also be active on other Samsung Galaxy phones, since the keyboard software.

Does this vulnerability have a formal CVE reference?
How can find out if my device is vulnerable?
How can I tell if a fix has been successfully deployed?


texts: ADB server version (40) doesn't match this client (41) {Not using Genymotion}

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Disclaimer: this is not a duplicate to this SO question as the source of the question is different and the answers don't apply.* I hope, it is correctly placed in AE and that the note about not using Genymotion does not confuse the reader. The reason to include it in the title is that it is so dominantly present in other answers, but it does have nothing to do with this question, as I don't use any emulator including Genymotion.

So I'm trying to install LineageOS on my Fairphone FP3+ using Windows 10. But: This also applies to other products with other respective versions - in this case, the device uses Android 10 (with Build number 8901.3.A-0054.20200929). For the installation I need ADB - at first to access the fastboot mode. For that, I first installed the latest Android Studio from here but actually only needed the SDK Platform Tools, which you can find here (not to be mistaken with the Command line tools from the link before). I unlocked the bootloader and  ran the following command which is displayed with it's output:
D:\Setups\XXXXX\Lineage FP3\platform-tools_30.0.5(ADB_1.0.41)>adb devices
adb server version (40) doesn't match this client (41); killing...
* daemon started successfully
List of devices attached

This SO question I mentioned in the disclaimer didn't help, as abd didn't even print any devices - so the setting is quite different.  I also went through these linked questions: link 1, link 2, link 3 and link 4 among others. Genymotion is as said not used here, but referred to in almost any Q/A except here, but also no soulution for me to be found there. I already checked the PC for any software that could have installed another adb version, but neither me nor cmd's where could find any (4, 7, 8; 9, 11 or 10).

adb kill-server
adb start-server

Did also not change a thing as suggested here or here. I restarted all devices and software multiple times and tried getting rid of all adb processes too (6, 13 or 12).
I also reinstalled Android Studio to try it without using the cache as suggested in this SO answer from a possibly related question that unfortunately also has no leads. I can imagine that some questions like that one or this SO one could also be helped here.


texts: How to prevent data extraction from rooted phone via adb?

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I've a question regarding security in a rooted device.

Being superuser means that you can access the /data/data directory, and that's a lot of personal data (I think it is almost all the data there can be in the phone).

So if a rooted phone is stolen, anyone can connect to the device via adb and perform a complete "audit" of the data, including mail, sms, search and browser history, contacts, etc. It is in fact easier than with a non-rooted phone. I see a big vulnerability here.
Is there a way to prevent adb connecting to the phone like, for instance, a password?


texts: Nexus 4 drops connection to sim card when battery is low(ish)

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For a few weeks now, my Nexus 4 (Android 5.1.1, stock rom) has occasionally lost the connection to the sim card. It won't have any connection to a network (indicator in the status bar is an empty outline, not just grayed out) and a few seconds later it will show the prompt to enter the sim's pin that normally only gets shown right after boot.

I have tried different sim cards (that work in other phones), the problem lies with the phone.

This primarily happens when mobile data is being used (I originally encountered the problem while playing Pokemon Go). I don't usually use much mobile data, so it might be older, though the problem didn't exist when I bought the phone in early 2013.

It happens more, the lower the battery is. It usually doesn't happen at all if the battery is >~60%. Then, from there it might happen, but after entering the pin it's good for another 10 minutes or so. The lower the battery, the more frequently the pin needs to be entered until at ~20% it will immediately show the prompt again.

The closest I could find on here is this thread, but since other cards show the same problem, it's not that the sim would need to be cleaned and I wouldn't know how to go about cleaning the reader given it's a unibody phone.

Any other ideas as to what could be the problem? Are there any useful log files I could provide?


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I am running Android 4 on SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 10,1, and using the S Note app,
Is there a way to process multiple SNB files at once? For example, S Note can export 1 SNB to PDF but not multiple,
but it would be better if there's also a way to export multiple SNBs to a single PDF


texts: I have connected an OTG cable to my OnePlus device, but nothing happens. What to do?

texts:
This is a self-answer post written in response to a question where the user couldn't figure out why their well-functioning OTG device was not working on their OnePlus device.
So, I have a OnePlus device running stock OxygenOS. I decided to connect an accessory to my device through an OTG cable/adapter but I see that the device doesn't detect or shows any response when I insert it. My cable/adapter works in other devices, so I'm a bit clueless here.
How do I get my OTG cable/adapter working in my OnePlus device?


texts: Android browser red lines at the bottom and right side

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When using chromium I get a red line at the bottom and right side (Not the square red frame set by strict mode), within the rendered web page when viewing some pages requiring WebGL. What does it mean? It usually doesn't appear right away when loading the site and takes a while but even after it appears, the WebGL apps seem to continue working properly.

An example of such a site is http://webglsamples.googlecode.com/hg/lots-o-images/index.html.


texts: Where do i find cwm recovery for samsung captivate?

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I rooted my 2.3.5 and then returned my Samsung Captive i897 to stock 2.1 update 1 ROM. But now I want to put cyanogen 9 ICS -- but the CWM recovery does not work anymore.

Where do I find one for 2.1? Kies does not want to update my phone to gingerbread. Eclair has no good apps, NONE, I am bored.


texts: Is it possible to exclude some folders on the sd card from being added to my playlist in the standard android player?

texts:
I use the android media player to listen to music. Last week I installed an app that brings a lot of sounds with it in mp3 format and saves them on the SD Card to prevent the app from cluttering my internal memory. Now the media player picked up this folder and added it to my playlist. Every time I listen in shuffle mode I hear a sound from this Application mixed in at least every tenth song I listen to.

Is it possible to exclude a folder from being indexed by the media player?


texts: Swipe option missing on JellyBean keyboard

texts:
I have Micromax A116 running on 4.2 JellyBean, rooted and using NatureWiz HD rom. However, I don't have swipe feature on my keyboard.

Am I missing some settings that I have to turn on?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to backup an Android device?

If I have installed N number of applications including big games, and I would like to back up them, so I could restore the games as soon as I factory reset my mobile, how can it be done ?

Any free apps ?


texts: Redirect calls from hidden numbers before I pick up

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I'm getting calls from a hidden number. Since the first call I've set up a blocking rule for hidden numbers, but they haven't stopped. I want to get a little more creative.

The next time they call, before I pick up, I want to redirect the call to the Dutch embassy in Dubai. I did some googling and Dubai numbers are the most expensive to call where I live.

Ideally, this will be automated, but I'm happy to do it myself the first few times. Is there a way to do this? I'd be happy to pay a few bucks for a third-party app.


texts:
I've bought an Android device (Motorola Droid 4) online yesterday, the seller claims that it's 3300 mAh (and that's one of two reason why I bought it), but when I receive the device and check it, there are no printing that show it is 3300 mAh.

I tried to compare with pictures of Droid 4 battery EB41 on the the internet with mine, it looks like that mine is 1735 mAh, but I could not be sure that it's so.

I've tried to use apps to get the capacity information, but got no luck, I've tried:

CPU-Z by CPUID
GSam Battery Monitor by GSam Labs
Phone Tester (hardware info) by Miguel Torres
Battery Info by Kadett2
Battery Monitor Widget by 3c Tools
Ampere by Braintrapp
battery indicator free by Adcoms
CurrentWidget: Battery Monitor by RmDroider

but it always show 0 mAh, Unknown or the Capacity label not shown at all.

Here's the photo of my device:

(Click image to enlarge)

The question is, is there any way to make sure that my device is really 3300 mAh? or am I being fooled by the seller?

EDIT: thank you for the answers, now I have the proof that the seller lied, or maybe he didn't know that he give me incorrect product. This is the side view, because I don't have correct tool to remove the battery completely:


texts:
Any way to simply turn off the cell phone radio?
This need has come up in ZOOM sessions using the zoom app because that app uses the "phone audio" rather than "media audio"
As a result, it is impossible to include meeting audio if you ChromeCast the session.  The video works, but the audio only outputs using the phone's speaker or audio jack.  Testing using an android tablet rather than an android phone shows that since the tablet does not have a cellular radio, the meeting audio is cast with the video.
Airplane mode is not an option since that would prevent connecting to the internet.
In addition, trying to address the audio using a bluetooth speaker doesn't work either... while it's possible to initially send bluetooth audio to the speaker, something unknown turns that off after a few minutes.
Any thoughts on addressing this would be appreciated.
Beverly Howard


texts: One Plus 1 - Logs out and immediately back in WiFi randomly

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The phone from my girlfriend is a OnePlus 1. About 4 to 5 times every hour, it disconnects and reconnect back to the Wifi. Sometimes the disconnect time lasts 3 minutes, sometimes 10 seconds, but it happens continuously. I have tried to find out why, but I could not find any answer.

What could I do to stop this behaviour?


texts:
After some exploring around on my Kindle Fire via ES File Explorer, I discovered the bootanimation.zip in system\media. Looking at the .zip, Amazon had left users who could reach this file instructions on how this boot animation works and how to change it. After setting everything up and preparing to swap the original with my own, I was given a warning that what I was doing was unable to be preformed.

Is there a way to get around this problem without rooting my Kindle?


texts: Can Windows be installed on a n Android Phone

texts: Well I have a Lenovo K3 Note and would like to know if I could install windows on it if so could anyone tell me how because I've done my research and only ended up with tutorials and videos that use a software called change my software and while researching this software I came up with a few isuues some people say its malware and some say that its useless and will only brick my phone if you could provide me a method of installing windows on an Android phone and dual booting it with android I'd be greatful


texts: Insufficient storage when installing app on Android ICS phone

texts: My Android ICS phone has 42MB available (according to Settings->Storage). I am not able to install some new apps (e.g. O2 wifi, size 4MB) or update some existing apps (e.g. TouchPal X, size 19MB) though I have been able to install other small ones (e.g. Terminal Emulator, size 1MB and Cache Clear 5MB). I've tried using Cache Clear to clear the caches. I've tried 'pm set-install-location 2' to default the install location to external storage (currently it's 0 i.e. auto) but it's rejected it with the comment 'killed'. I've moved all the apps (that I'm allowed to move) to the sdcard. I'm not able to root the phone (ZTE V790) as I haven't found any instructions & software that works. I'm at a loss what to do.


texts:
On Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 SMP600 when I try to to add a VPN I'm prompted for credential storage password. I have tried all the other solutions on SO and none of them worked. I have PIN code on the lock screen as well and I cannot clear the password as the option to do so is greyed out.

I talked to Samsung and they eventually told me I had to factory reset of the tablet! I want to know how to fix this once and for all. My device is rooted running stock ROM Kitkat 4.4.2.


texts: Is there a way to run adb as host on android without root?

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I have an android phone and an android tablet. Both not rooted. I want to use adb as host on the tablet and as client on the phone, using an USB-OTG adapter.

I downloaded connectbot as terminal emulator on the tablet. I also downloaded the ARM binary for adb onto the tablet. However I'm getting the following error when I try to execute the binary:

user@tablet:/storage/sdcard0/download $ ./adb-arm-binary.bin devices
/system/bin/sh: ./adb-arm-binary.bin: can't execute: Permission denied

Is there anyway to get ADB as a host to run on an android 4.4.2 tablet without root?

OR: Is there any way to root said tablet without a PC?

The whole reason I need this is because I need to access dumpsys logs from the phone but I do not have a PC or laptop. A way to get dumpsys logs directly on the phone without root would suffice too, but AFAIK dumpsys is impossible to access for non-system application.


texts:
Context

I can run adb commands on my Nexus 4 and they work fine but when my device is in the bootloader and I try to list the device with,

fastboot devices

my device is not listed. I was having problems with adb on my Windows 7 VM due to driver issues, so I switched to OSX because it does not require any drivers.

I think I may have corrupted my bootloader and recovery in my previous attempts to root my phone with a toolkit(I know I should have done it manually).

Question

Is it possible to reinstall my bootloader or a recovery using just adb i.e. without using fastboot?


texts: Android Custom ROM Missing “Add Google Account” Option

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In the customized Android system, all pre-installed google apps are missing and it's not allowed to add google account. I downloaded the Gapps from http://goo.im/gapps, but I cannot install the apps due to signature issue

Is there other possible way to retrieve the "add google account" option back?

Thanks

Update:

I wasn't aware that I need to push the Gapps into /system/app to avoid signature problem. When I did, it works!


texts: Custom ROM on a stock S5 with custom kernel?

texts: A couple months back, I have installed a custom kernel on my Samsung S5 with stock Touchwiz. Now I want to flash a custom ROM on this phone and was wondering if I can do it while my kernel is not the one associated to the running stock ROM on my phone? Is it safe to do so or do I have to revert back to stock kernel before doing so?


texts: Can I use installed apps from unknown source even if I turn off "Install from unknown sources"?

texts:
I have Moto G running Android 5.1. I had to turn on "Install from unknown sources" to install some apps from my employer.

Now can I turn "Install from unknown sources" off to be safer and still what I installed before from my employer will keep working without any problem in all cases? Also if I do the same in my new Samsung device running on Android 6.0.1?


texts:
My friend lives in a different country but I want to send them a Google Play voucher or send the redeem code via Facebook.

Would the redeem code work if she lives in a different country and our currency differs?


texts:
I've been searching for a way to do this for a while now and haven't come up with a good solution. Does anyone know if chrome-saved passwords can be viewed on an android device? If they can't be, is there a particular reason this feature hasn't been built?

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to access files off a locked phone with a black screen?

texts:
So my Droid 2 died on me and went grey screen with lines. I can't see anything and I can't access my files.

Is there any way to maybe project the screen or access it so I can unlock the phone?


texts: Disable Backup Service in Android Emulator

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I'm trying to replace sms and contacts database on Android emulator with some other (extracted from other phone).

I've already succesfully pushed files into emulator (using adb push), but I have to restart emulator to see if anything changes.

In my log there is statement saying that phone is running form backup:

04-23 11:22:00.064: I/SystemServer(81): Backup Service
04-23 11:22:00.135: I/BackupManagerService(81): Found stale backup journal, scheduling
04-23 11:22:00.145: I/BackupManagerService(81):   com.android.inputmethod.latin
04-23 11:22:00.145: I/BackupManagerService(81):   com.android.browser
04-23 11:22:00.145: I/BackupManagerService(81):   com.android.providers.settings
04-23 11:22:00.165: I/BackupManagerService(81):   android
04-23 11:22:00.175: I/BackupManagerService(81):   com.android.providers.userdictionary
04-23 11:22:00.204: I/BackupManagerService(81): Backup enabled => true

While watching file system in eclipse I can see that journal file is created in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases, grows, then dissapears, and my mmssms.db file (previously pushed by command line) shrinks, which gaves my empty database ;/

Any ideas?


texts: Change the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 white dial pad to another color

texts:
I just got a black Galaxy Note 3 from an att store with my upgrade. I saw that the phone dial pad was white when I got it, but I thought I could change it later. WRONG!

I have been on lots of Android websites but can't find an answer. I am already an Android central member where I get most of the answers to my Android questions. There are a lot of people with the same issue.

It looks like the US got the white keypad and background and Canada got black on black. This is way too bright for me. I have eye issues. I know I can use a third party app if I have to. Any help would be great. Thank you.


texts: Incredible 4G LTE: Things I need to do after getting s-off

texts:
I went through the tutorial found here and was able to unlock the bootloader, get s-off, get CWM installed, and superuser. Here are the questions I am having now.

Should I relock the bootloader after getting s-off? Will that prevent me from doing anything?
In that tutorial under the facepalm instructions, do I need to do step 7 if I already got s-off using facepalm?
How can I remove * TAMPERED * from the bootloader?


texts: How can I turn off the notification for the power plug connection?

texts: My Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1 plays a sound every time I connect it to the power plug. Is there a way to turn that off without affecting all other notifications?


texts: Android x86 (7.1, TV / Leanback) not booting on a Virtual Machine with GooglePackageInstaller

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I have a virtual machine running Android x86 (7.1, TV / Leanback 'edition'), and I'm attempting to install GApps (from OpenGApps). The installation worked perfectly except for one app - GooglePackageInstaller. When this app is installed, the boot appears to hang. I managed to get some dmesg logs of the failed boot: https://pastebin.com/UUn6Pup0

For reference, here is logs of a successful boot: https://pastebin.com/sVxQVRYC

The logs appear to be very similar until the successful one appears to initialise:
[    0.774709] init: init first stage started! (line 408), but this line never appears on the unsuccessful boot.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: If more information is required, please comment and I'll attempt to find it.


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Is there any way to make the Android 2.1 automatic screen rotation rotate all the way up to 180°, instead of just 90° either way? I would very much like to be able to use my phone upside down, because the audio jack is on top.

I've looked all over the web and the only advice I found was to install a custom rom (like Cyanogen,) but I haven't found any builds suitable for my Samsung Galaxy S.


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I want to use ES File Explorer's LAN share feature in the Share via options in Android to send files to my PC that you can currently only do by going into the app itself - a rather long process.

UPDATE

As mentioned below, I posted a request to the Developer about being able to send files to your PC through the "Share via" menu - this would be a shortcut/alternative to opening up the ES File Explorer app and manually copy and pasting from your phone memory to the LAN PC...

This feature is now added! Anywhere on android, click a file, picture, video or pretty much anything that can be moved or copied, click the "Share" button, then click the "ES Save to..." option, and choose your path on your PC. It will now be copied directly to your computer using the LAN feature inside the ES File Explorer app.

Enjoy :)


texts: How do I unlock bootloader when OEM unlock setting is missing in Developer options?

texts: I have a HTC 816G Dual SIM. As you can see in the image below of Developer options there is no "OEM unlock" option. What can I do to unlock bootloader?


texts: Can I uninstall security updates for rooting?

texts:
I want to root my Samsung device, but previously, I have installed some updates. From what I know, successful rooting depends on security bugs in the firmware:

  The process of rooting varies widely by device, but usually includes
  exploiting one or more security bugs in the firmware of (i.e., in the
  version of the Android OS installed on) the device.

But security updates are intended to fix security bugs and thus can prevent rooting or make it harder to perform. Is there a way to uninstall security updates to increase the probability of successful rooting?

Update:
Some information about my device:

Android Version: 5.1.1
Device Name: Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016)
Kernel Version: 3.10.9


texts: How to get Phone number on Android, it shows "Unknown" on Settings > About Phone > Status > My Phone Number


texts: How can I find out which app is putting ads in my notification bar?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?

Recently advertisements have started appearing as notifications in my phone's notification bar. The icon on the ad are either a green plus sign or a white star with a red circle inside it. There is no indication in the notification as to which app it came from.

I haven't installed any new applications, so I assume that some application updated to include this intrusive new ad system. Ads only show up at irregular intervals once every few hours, so removing all my apps one by one until the ads stop is not really a viable option, since I would have to wait several hours in between each uninstall to see if another ad appears. (I'm sure this is by design.)

So is there any way to figure out the source application of these notification ads?

My phone is a rooted/unlocked/whatever HTC Droid Incredible running MIUI.


texts: Error 7 while installing Lineageos on Zenfone 2 Z00A

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I have tried a first install of Lineageos on an Asus Zenfone 2 Z00A.

I have now reformatted all data, done a factory reset and wiped everything  but always getting error 7 in zip install.

I have twrp-3.0.2-0-Z00A.img, lineage 14.1-20170512-nightly-Z00A-signed.zip and open_gapps-z86-7.1-mini-20170513.zip.

How can I overcome this problem?


texts: Where is this specific setting I forgot the name? Using Sony Xperia Z3, Android 4.4.4

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While getting used to my new phone, an assistant showed up, asking me to configure some time settings regarding night & charging, time settings when I plug in/out my charger cable, and alarms, etc.

Now, I wanted to review those changes I made, but I cannot find those settings anymore!
Anyone knows whats the setting name or menu item for that specific assistant on that phone (Sony Xperia Z3)?


texts: S2E/Link2SD and all other apps get corrupted?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace powered by the official CyanogenMod. I don't know what caused this issue but it has happened twice already. Once on Link2SD, the other while using S2E.
And on both times:

My phone was either stuck or took a very long time at the A N D R O I D screen (upon boot, not the actual boot screen).
When the phone finally gets booted up, it's back to the default ADW launcher, default apps, and some user apps that my phone was able to squeeze in its internal memory.
On Manage Applications, all the other previously installed apps are not recognized. They can only be uninstalled.
Ultimately, I had to do a factory reset.

Notes:

I used CWM v5.0.2.6 to partition my 8gb class 4 Micro SD card. I remember it being ext3 only, so I checked the option in S2E to mount it as ext4.
I did not set the read buffer in S2E
For what it's worth, I recently installed SuperSU

I already have a NANDROID backup and backups from Titanium Backup. But I need to know what I might have done, or whatever it is that caused this. Please help. Thank you.


texts: No recovery mode .. Stuck in Fastboot mode (RAMDUMP)

texts:
i have my cherry mobile Omega spectrum ..
i was supposed to reboot my phone after installing a custom
i can't find any answers in my  group so i decided to post here about this problem anyone here can help me ??
i'm new here ..p thanks a lot


texts: Chrome for Android, Note 10.1 2014: Where is the share web address button?

texts:
I'm missing the three-dot button in the right end of the address bar.

I am not sure if it even was there in the first place, but on other Android tablets it is, I just checked at the local Samsung store.

Am I really supposed to share url's by copy-pasting into other apps? If so, is there an extension to bypass this limitation?


texts:
Every time I start my device a Cleaner window appears. And in the window these words appear: "Waxl dyne untherhouze".

What does that mean? Is there a bug involved?


texts:
I am trying to drag icons to my task tray using my galaxy s3 v4.0.4.
However when I am dragging the icons down to the tray the task icons dissappear and a bunch of options appear like info and delete. How can I pin apps. I have looked everywhere and not found a solution for this problem. Please help.!!


texts:
I got gionee elife 7 mini
Just a day ago..
I put two games for downloading  (bad piggies and oil hunter)  and when the download was completed the  play store showed an error which stopped the installing process.  When the two game was not in my phone, I had 300mb of space . but now the phone showing only 50mb . how to free that space , please help  ... and my android is not rooted.


texts: Access Internal Storage without internal SD-Card

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In Marshmallow you can format SD-Cards as internal. Android then merges the Internal Storage and the SD-Card Storage. If the SD-Card is removed, the internal storage can’t be accessed without inserting the Card again.

My SD-Card is corrupted (so android says) and can’t be mounted. Windows is able to access the Card which is mostly empty. Some standard files Android created are on there, the data is gone. Deleted Data on the SD-Card has been partially restored with appropriate Programs.

This leaves me without a possibility to access the files on the Internal Storage. However the files still seem to be there. When I accidently re-downloaded a file, chrome asked me to override that file. Either chrome can still access the files in the download folder (however downloading new files does not work, so it might be read only). Or chrome keeps a separate list, detecting duplicates before it accesses the storage.

Things that don’t work:
- Using a file Manager to access /data or /storage/self (Solid explorer sends an “Access denied” error)
- Connecting the Phone to a PC via MTP (Does not display any storage)
- Using an Android data recovery Program (Wondershare) does not display any relevant Files.
- Repairing the SD-Card using Windows, as Windows does not detect any Errors
- Using ADB pull (0 files pulled for /data, special files skipped for /storage/self)
- Using ADB shell (“Access denied” as expected)

Things that might work:
- Telling Android the SD-Card is not coming back (“Remove internal SD-Card”):
I can’t find any information on how Android is going to handle this. Maybe this will result in reformatting the internal data partition. The dialog states that data on the Card will be lost, however it doesn’t talk about internal Data. In case of data loss it might be a good idea to have a good recovery program installed as installing it afterwards might override Data. Kind of the last resort.
- Trying to root the Phone without wiping the data partition (tethered root). I’m not sure I will have access to the folders. Wondershare uses tethered root and does not display any pictures ect.
- Repairing the SD using Linux. However I don’t have a suitable machine at hand.
- Physically soldering to access the storage (I’m not doing that)

Maybe some of you could shed some light on the way the data is stored/ access is blocked / root affects this block or faced similar problems already. Any ideas are appreciated.

Thank you very much!

Device: Moto g 2015 running 6.0.1


texts: How can I remove pictures from contacts to save space?

texts: I am desperate for app space on my HTC Desire. When looking at what I use app storage for, i can see that 12 mb (since this question was first asked this has grown to 16 mb) is spent on contacts. This is probably because I sync contacts with Facebook, and therefore have pictures of a lot of contacts. Now, to save space, I would like to delete these pictures. How can I do that?


texts: How to Uninstall HTC Applications/Widgets

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to remove pre-installed apps like Peep and Friend Stream from my HTC phone?
  How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?

I've just treated myself to an HTC Desire HD. I now want to get rid of quite a lot of the bloat that comes pre-installed. E.g. things like HTC's 'Stocks' widget which isn't visible on the Market and doesn't have an Uninstall option on the handsets Application Manager.

My googling around has lead me to the conclusion that to do this I'll need to root my phone and consequently invalidate my UK warranty. Is this correct or is there another way?

Thanks.


texts: Nexus 5 with cracked screen - Screen is always off when in a call

texts:
I cracked the screen of my LG Nexus 5 (running Android Lollipop 5.0.1). This seems to have made the proximity sensor go haywire. Now, whenever I make a call, the screen immediately goes black and stays that way. Hitting the power button makes it come back for a fraction of a second sometimes but not reliably.

I've enabled 'power button ends call' just to have the option of ending a call, but calling automated services to top up my phone credit or pay a bill is impossible since I have to use the on-screen keypad to which I have no access.

I have used the ProximityScreenOff-Lite app before upgrading to Lollipop and it was working. After the upgrade, however, no matter what settings I use it doesn't work any more. Is there a way to force the screen to stay on during a call in stock Android 5.0.1? Are there any other apps to try? Anything to just completely disable the proximity sensor since its useless as it is anyway?


texts: What is the easiest-to-explain way to read a QR Code?

texts:
What is the easiest way to teach/enable someone else to read a QR Code?

Please notice, I'm not asking how to read a QR Code. I know there's a lot of apps to do it.
I'm asking what is the easiest way to enable someone else, perhaps someone without much technical knowledge, to scan a QR Code?

For example, this would be great if it actually worked:
http://www.labnol.org/software/scan-qr-code-with-google/27955/

It does not require downloading an app, therefore it's easier to show someone how to do it.
Unfortunately, for the 2 android phones I tried that on, it did not work. (there was no image search option as described in the post)

Is the easiest way really to have someone download an app and run it?


texts: Locking the speed of the cpu on an android phone

texts:
The battery life of my cell phone lasts for about 6 hours. About 2 days ago I downloaded the app CPUControl to reduce the speed of my CPU. This resulted in more than 20 hours of battery life. However I changed the settings and I haven't been able to achieve the results I had before. I have a 4 X ARM Cortex-A7 CPU with a top speed of 1.3 GHz.

When I change the speed to 600 MHz, the change only lasts about 2 minutes ant then the processor goes up to 1 GHz draining my battery life very quickly.

You can't tell the difference between the processor running at 600 MHz or 1.3 GHz, either way it's fast enough.

What happened, how come I cant lock the processor speed anymore?


texts: How to fix my multiple account sign-in issues?

texts:
I have multiple accounts active on my phone. I started by using my custom domain Google account, because it had my contacts. When I got on Google+, I couldn't use that account, so I had to link my normal Gmail account with my phone. And when I added my YouTube account, it threw that account on there too.

Now, in intervals that range from every few days to every few minutes, i get a notification
that says "Sign In error with account (account name here)", then asks me to enter a capcha-like entry (enter letters of distorted words).

It usually happens to the standard Google account (@gmail.com), but has happened with all three at one time or another. Anyone know why this would be happening?


texts: Motorola Milestone is constantly firing touch events

texts:
Starting this morning, when I turn on my Motorola Milestones screen, it starts to constantly press random positions on the screen (starting applications, etc.) which makes it nearly impossible to use the phone. Most of the clicks are along the right side of the screen.

It started while I was reading an email.

Looks to me, like it is an hardware issue. But since I installed Cyanogen Mod 7 a month ago, maybe it could be related so some sort of touch sensitivity setting I don't know of yet?

Anyone experienced the same issues? Any idea how to solve it?

EDIT:

Seams like a Software issue.

First I wiped the cache, dalvic cache and reset to factory defaults. But the issue stayed.
Then I restored the last backup I had using Nandroid and now I have
the exact opposite:

  The most right part of the screen is not touchable anymore.

At least that is better, than touching all the time. Still a little annoying.

Any idea how I can fix this?


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Android version : Lollipop. Rooted: Yes.

I'm trying to connect a PC to a Laptop via a WLAN.

I'm using my android as a WifiAdapter. I connected the android node to the WLAN. With a USB cable connected to the PC, and enable tethering.

So it's something like this : PC -- USB Cable --> Android --> (( WLAN )) <-- Laptop

Also enable ip-forwarding on the android

    echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding

Laptop replied to an echo message from PC:

    PC$ ping LAPTOP_IP -n 1
    32 bytes from LAPTOP_IP: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=14.0 ms

I can start a connection on port 22 from Android to Laptop (using telnet because I currently don't have a ssh-client installed on the Android).

    1|root@osprey_umts:/ # telnet LAPTOP_IP
    SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.7p1 Debian-5+deb8u2

But I can't start a connection to the Laptop from the PC throught that port.

On the laptop I have no iptables-rule:

    root@laptop$ iptables -nvl
    Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 742 packets, 60749 bytes)
     pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination

    Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
     pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination

    Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 606 packets, 360K bytes)
     pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination

And on the android I did clean all the rules (including the nat table)

    iptables -F
    iptables -F -t nat

I can't make it work

    PC$ telnet LAPTOP_IP 8080
    Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused


texts: Is there any comprehensive way of hiding an app entirely with or without root access?

texts:
By "comprehensive" I mean a method likely not easy to detect.

Is there any way to hide an app icon from any and every launcher?, it is not a problem if such a way requires root access installed. people around me are super geeks and theres little chances my methods will go unnoticed. I'm looking for a comprehensive solution to this problem so the usual "hide-app-from-launcher or change-its-icon or disable-this-app or use-an-app-to-hide-this-app" methods riddling the internet are ineffective for my situation.

To add context, I'm trying to install SSHDroid (an ssh-server) on my phone running Resurrection Remix with Magisk 15 and Nougat. the problem is I can't find a way to hide SSHDroid universally (I don't think there is any way to hide it from the Installed Applications list under Settings though). the server needs to be running day-in and `out without anyone noticing for my purposes.


texts: DCIM/.thumbnails/.thumbdata3-* files get deleted but does not free up space on Nexus 7 Android ver 6.0.1

texts:
I am trying to delete .thumbdata3-* files in my DCIM/.thumbnails folder on my Nexus 7 Android version 6.0.1 tablet as these files seem to be taking up close to 3 GB of data. I followed instructions from http://www.worldcadaccess.com/blog/2013/07/how-to-reclaim-1gb-from-your-androids-disk-space.html. I was able to delete the big files and in place if it copy zero byte ones with the same name. I see the new changed files in the folder occupying zero space but the deletion does not seem to empty the ~3GB file.  On other searches, there was talk about a LOST+DIR behaving similar to a Trash bin to save deleted content, but I was not able to locate it. Is there a particular trash bin or cache location I should also check in? I do not find any searches with this particular issue and that is weird.

Has anyone run into similar problems? Any help in solving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

I looked at .thumbdata files maxing out internal SD memory to check if the scenario was similar but I feel that in my particular issue, the thumbnail does not get deleted totally from the system as there is no reduction in space at any point of time after deletion. On the other hand, the other question talks about the thumbnail files getting rebuilt, which seems to be a different behavior.


texts: Is there a common Android option that keeps call logs as long as there is space on the phone?

texts: I think the question says it all. I was wondering if I can make my android phone never delete call logs. That's it.


texts: How to fix Data and Cache file system error

texts:
Weird problem with my One Plus One. Cannot install ROM and Cannot repair file system via TWRP. I'm at my wits end. Can anyone help me fix this? The attached images should give you an idea of what I am talking about.

The system partition looks like this -
However the data and cache partitions look like this -  and

When I try to format or repair using TWRP I get this -

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: I want to hide my friend's proflie picture in whatsapp

texts: is it possible to change or hide my friend's profile picture in whatsapp? I have tried many ways but still no result. Thanks.


texts: how can android keep a TCP connection alive when changing network provider?

texts:
i'm curious about how android can keep a TCP connection alive while i'm switching from 3G ( mobile data ) to WiFi and viceversa.

i'm asking this after i seen that i had an uninterrupted radio stream thought TuneIn radio.

is that valid only for TuneIn ( via some code workaround ) or it's a cool feature in the Android API calls ?

thanks in advance for any help.

-- my crime is that of curiosity :)


texts: How to force the use of jack output every time on rooted phone

texts:
I have several phone A Xperia Pro a S4 mini duos (soon for sold) and a HTC desire Z.
I sometimes want to disable the speakers so the phone will only output the sound through the headset I plug on it, sometimes the physical detector does not work correctly or the headset is not supported.

What I want is a way to only output sound through the jack and only the jack.
Is there any mod ? trick ? modification of the android kernel ? an app ? that could do the trick ?

All my phones are rooted and unlocked flashing stuff is not an issue


texts: What determines if a phone will accept a microphone in the audio jack - hardware or software?

texts: I have two Android phones: a Nexus S and a T-mobile G2. I just bought a new set of headphones that have a built-in microphone. The Nexus S seems to recognize audio input but the T-mobile G2 does not. Is it a hardware limitation or because I am running Android 2.3.6 on my G2 and Icecream Sandwich on my Nexus S?


texts:
I just found out I cannot rate apps on Google play. Any app. And yes, I have them installed. But the rating 5 stars or 'Rate' button are missing.

Am I missing something? Anyone else experiencing the same issue or know why is this happening / How to overcome this?


texts: Software recognizing phone numbers in documents?

texts:
On an iphone I've seen a docx file with some phone numbers in it which you could call by just touching them. Is there any android software doing this?

There is a question here which seemingly implies that apple holds a patent on this feature, but I am still asking in case they allowed somebody to use it with android...

P.S. Answers to another question mention some apps which enable you to call a number from a text file once you have copied it; I would prefer to avoid that extra action...


texts: CM12 + Titanium = How to recover Contact data?

texts:
I just installed CM12 on N5110, and I made Titanium backup of all apps before. Now whenever I try to get my contacts back, the Contact app of android stops with error "android.process.acore stopped...

How to get the contacts? cause I didnt take google based backup on my contacts.

Thanks


texts:
I disabled Phone application and set force stop in CyanogenMod 13.
Now, I cannot find the phone application anymore.
The phone crashes if I try to call.

How can you restore Phone Application in CM13?


texts:
During my night time, I would like to silence all app notifications, including text messages, emails and news alerts.

On the other hands, I do not want to silence calls. This is because calls after midnight are far less frequent than notifications, and they are probably intentional and urgent.

Is there a way to silence every notification except a phone call?


texts: how to back up contacts from oneplus one to google account

texts: how do I backup my contacts from my oneplus one to google account or make a vcf file? i have tried to sync with setting>accounts>google>contacs(sync) on my phone but it doesn't save the contacts to google account. please help.


texts: Which is faster '1GB RAM with 64 bit' or '2GB RAM with 32 bit'

texts:
I planed to purchase new mobile. I confused with processor and RAM.

Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 (64 Bit) 1GB RAM
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7 (32 Bit) 2GB RAM

Which one will be faster?


texts: `Wipe Cache` option missing in Google Pixel 2! (A/B device)

texts:
I am not finding the option Wipe Cache in the recovery mode of Google Pixel 2.

can anyone tell how could i enable it if it is disabled by default and is it there in this device or not?


texts: Screen Lock Service as a Device Administrator

texts:
Background:

I was looking at the device administrators of my phone in the settings and saw a device administrator called "screen lock service". It's description is "Activating this administrator will allow the app Google play services to perform the following operations: set password rules".

A previously unsettled question is found here.
I searched the net for the apk file of the application but could not find one. So as per suggestions, I ran
adb shell dumpsys package  resolvers | sed -n /android.app.action.DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED/,/:/p

The output for the above code was:
  android.app.action.DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED:
    438a74 com.motorola.demo/.admin.DemoModeAdminReceiver
    2acd3de com.google.android.gms/.auth.managed.admin.DeviceAdminReceiver
    36b5d24 ch.deletescape.lawnchair.ci/ch.deletescape.lawnchair.gestures.handlers.SleepMethodDeviceAdmin$SleepDeviceAdmin
    42aae3e com.google.android.gms/.tapandpay.admin.TpDeviceAdminReceiver
    8efd08d com.google.android.gms/.kids.account.receiver.ProfileOwnerReceiver
    9b4f242 com.google.android.gms/.mdm.receivers.MdmDeviceAdminReceiver
    a9980b6 com.oasisfeng.greenify/.DeviceAdmin
    b5771b7 com.google.android.gm/com.android.email.SecurityPolicy$PolicyAdmin
  com.motorola.internal.intent.action.INETCONDITION_REPORT:

The data for the code is quite unsettling for the fact that none seem to correspond to screen lock service.

For reference, I am using Moto G5 Plus (not rooted, stock build with no customizations)
Also note that, I own another same device which is rooted and runs Pixel-Experience (Android 10 latest build) and unfortunately it does not have the Screen Lock Service.
An insight/breakdown for this application is helpful.


texts: Can default alarms be accessed as audio files?

texts: For a Pixel 2 with Android 11, are the default alarms stored locally as audio files? If yes, can the files be accessed through a file browser?


texts: My Google chrome update stop at some percentage

texts: I am using android 9. Google chrome update stop at 56%. Sometimes it stop 82%. I am not able to update fully.


texts: Turning off cell broadcast in HTC Desire 816

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I have been receiving about 50 flash SMS a day, with my service provider name, from the number 50. As I read here, it might be a issue with activating and deactivating cell broadcast on the phone. However, I could not find the path suggested for the deactivation (Setting - Call - Other Call Settings). The option does not exist on this path. Any help?

Mobile: HTC Desire 816

Android Version: 4.4.2 with Sense 6.0


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Is it safe to download and install Google Play from apkmirror.com? How can I check this is a safe download?

Backstory:

I had to factory reset my original Samsung Galaxy Tab as it refused to start up. After the reset, I haven't been able to update Google Play. Every time I try, it crashes with '(process com.android.vending) has stopped working'.

I've seen multiple references to the site, but nothing official from Google.


texts: How to transfer WhatsApp from Windows to Android?

texts: I have a Lumia 535 and a Samsung S7 Edge. I am unable to transfer my WhatsApp to Android from Lumia. I have WhatsApp backup on OneDrive. Is there any way?


texts: Archiving or Exporting SMS Group Messages

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How do you export/archive SMS messages received from a group?
Are they stored in some other database separate from all other SMS messages?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S7, and the stock SMS app.

I have several (all the free ones) SMS archival apps, and I notice that messages that I received because they were sent to a group are never included in these archives.

This became most obvious when I received 200+ messages of a conversation between two people, and I was part of that group. I wanted to archive the conversation and it only shows up as 3 messages. Only the ones sent explicitly to me, not any of the other 200 messages.

These messages appear just like all other messages. There is no way for me to distinguish the fact that they were sent to a group and not just myself (except for being told that they weren't texting me in error... I was part of the group).

EDIT

After working on this for some time. I have noticed that the messages to the group are MMS (multimedia messages).

This likely changes the focus of the question.
Is there any way to export the text of a multimedia message?


texts: how to add Thai as system language Samsung J5

texts: Can someone please walk me through how to add Thai as a setup language on my wifes new Samsung J5? As I understand it the language will be there somewhere and just need unlocking


texts: Maximum (micro) SD card speed class for HTC EVO?

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What is the maximum class (e.g., 2,4,6,8,10) supported of microSD card supported by the HTC EVO?

I noticed an improvement in performance when upgrading from the Class 2 to a faster card on my Hero.  I don't want to pay extra for performance that won't benefit my EVO.

HTC and Sprint have not included this information in their specs and I can't find it elsewhere.  Either I'm not understading something fundamental about SD classes or it's not published where I'm searching.


texts: Recently BBC updated their app with the new Material theme, and it completely ruined the app, I reverted back to the previous version using Titanium backup, and I want to ignore BBC app updates indefinitely for now. Much like Windows ignore update etc. Is there a way to do so in the Play Store?


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I have android 4.0 and I am getting Error 492 while downloading any app from Play Store. I have tried resetting my SDCard and doing Factory Reset.

I have HCL ME U1 Tablet and It isn't rooted and I don't want to do the same.


texts: Rollback Samsung Galaxy S7 camera app to the one in Android 6?

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When my Galaxy S7 updated to Android 7, the built-in camera app also got updated to a newer version. I preferred the previous one, mostly because I could easily change the picture ratio/resolution without having to dig into option menus.

Is there a way to install the previous version, either as a replacement, or side by side, of the new one?


texts: How to speed up switching pages in a PDF?

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How can you speed up flipping between pages in a PDF (currently using ezPDF on a Nexus 7)?

What's the function that determines how fast a PDF can flip pages between? I thought it would be a function of PDF size, however, some smaller-sized PDFs flip between pages faster than some larger PDFs.

By understanding the "function", I hope to convert/refine my PDFs so I can flip between pages faster.

I love reading on my tablet (Nexus 7), but the main area it lacks in (when compared with physical books) is the ability to quickly flip back and forth between pages. It seems most pages need about 2-4 seconds to "set" before moving onto the next page.


texts: I've installed OpenVPN for Android on my Android 4.2.2 (Micromax A74) and Now I want to configure it in order to connect/active VPN.