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So my phone is dead or whatever it is. It just show the logo screen showing that it will boot into recovery but after all it just turned off. The boot loader is locked so I had nothing to do. I removed the battery for 1 hour and insert it again then press the power button but nothing happens. Connected this to my laptop but still can not be recognized. I also connected it to my laptop without battery but it just shows up the logo then shuts down.

So this is what happens before all of this. I root then flash cwm using Flashify and reboots into recovery and it all started here. Stuck in a logo screen for infinite time. I tried to repair it to a phone repair centers but they can not do it.

Now for the last time before I will consult it to the manufacturer, is there any solutions that I can do ?
Well I have the stock ROM for this phone which is 5.0.1

Can I flash the ROM in this situation ?
Can I access the internal storage in this time ?
Or any other suggestions, easy or very difficult steps ?

Hoping for your help, Thanks !


texts: What exactly does "rooting" mean (for a new device that has no ready-made tools yet)?

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Disclaimer: The question is not meant like these:

How do I root my device? – Take tool X/Y/Z!
Where do I find tool X/Y/Z for rooting? – Link, Link, Link!
What is "root"? – Full permissions on Linux, UID 0!

The question I have is this: When a new device with a customized Android gets released, what exactly do the "root release crews" do? And why does it differ for each device? Aren't all "Androids" across the different devices with the same x.y version identical? Yeah, OK, most have custom brand programs (because everyone wants user data these days, or for device-specific sensors and so on), but all have the same kernel and core tools (which handle the permission system).

Let's say I buy a new device and want "to root" it fully myself (without ready-made tools/images from others), where would I start? Do a full dump of the flash memory and change some bits?


texts: No option to choose "Do Not Validate" under "CA certificates" when connecting to PEAP/MSCHAPV2 WiFi (Android 11)

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I can't connect to campus WiFi anymore after installing latest ROM with december 2020 security patches. The configuration is PEAP/MSCHAPV2. Under CA certificate, we usually choose "Do not validate" but now CA certificates is set to "Use system certificates" and can't be changed. "Use system certificates" setting requires Domain name which I don't know and have never needed to use before in any ROM.

Is there any workaround to choose "Do not validate" in "CA certificate"?


texts: Batch install apks from computer to Android without actually touching my Android

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I want to batch install apks from my desktop directly. Such as I downloaded many apks on the desktop and want to install apks without actually touching my android.
How to do this?


texts: How to download old app using play store?

texts: I want old version of particular software from Google play store. There is any way to get old version of that softwares.


texts: How to get Android connect to weak WiFi signal

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I have an IoT device (a LifeX Color 1000 bulb) which I'm trying to connect to my home Wifi network.

But to do so, I have to:

Factory-reset the bulb so that it goes into setup mode
Connect to the Wifi Network emitted by the bulb
Tell the bulb the wifi credentials of my home Wifi Network.

The problem is that the bulb's Wifi signal is very weak. It doesn't show up on my Android phone's list of Wifi networks. And when I tell LifeX app on my phone to search for the bulb's Wifi, I get this error message:

But I see no setting in which I can tell my phone to stop ignoring weak Wifi signals. There is no "Avoid Poor Networks" or "Auto Network Switch".
I have tried this on both of the following phones:

ZTE Model Z981, Android Version 6.0.1
Nokia 6.1 Model TA-1045, Android Version 9

How can I adjust my phone settings to detect and show me ALL wifi networks no matter how weak?


texts: Installed CWM on note 2, but the phone is not rooted

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I've used Heimdall 1.4.0 on my mac to install CWM 6.0.4.3 (file name: recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.3-n7100) on my Samsung Note 2 GT-N7100 with android 4.3, the installation went smooth with no issues.

I then booted in recovery mode (volume up, home, power) and installed the zip file containing superuser downloaded from the link on the google play.

I then booted my phone normally, and tried if it was rooted with root checker, installed via google play. It says it's not rooted.

the application superuser starts and gives no errors,

I've done the procedure several times, also installing supersu, and installing other versions of CWM but I always got the same result.

What could I possibly have done wrong? and how can I finally get to root my phone?

thanks,


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When I try use recording apps to record audio that comes from another app they don't work - actually the recording doesn't start at all. so how can i record this audio output?

I am looking for a solution for android 8.


texts: Lg Stylus 2 ''using Sd card as internal storage problem"

texts: I have Lg stylus 2 with the Nougat 7.0 version. I have used SD card as internal storage but I can't remember how I have done that probably I did Storage-SD card-Format as internal storage, but recently I have formatted all the phone then I would  use SD card as internal storage again, but I couldn't see the option so how can I format my Sd card as a ınternal storage


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My Galaxy S8 is now locked on the Samsung screen after receiving an Android update via Verizon. According to the Samsung site, it was running Android™ 7.0 (Nougat). I have attempted a hard and soft reset then moved on to Odin.
I downloaded Odin v3.13 and using the latest firmware version of Nougat from the Updato site my attempts to restore my phone continue to fail. Recommendations? Thanks for reading.


texts: contents of playlists being deleted but playlist files still exist

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Sometimes (probably on reset/power-cycle, which I do every now and then) I lost most of the content of my playlists. I have about 15 playlists that I have created. I have put songs in them several times (several hours of work) and then have come back later and found them all empty -- except for 1 or 2 which remain intact. There are .pla files for the playlists in sdcard/Playlists.

The music files are all on the external sd card.

I have done tests like setting up several playlists, then restarting or power cycling, then checking to see if the content is still there. It usually is. But if I don't use the play for a while then come back, the playlists' contents have been whacked.

Anybody know the 'right' way to store playlists for Android 4.1.x? In some db? Playlist files? Either one? Does one supercede the other?

I have tried both the default player and MixZing player. Phone is Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.1.3.

Sure would be nice to be able to depend on the playlists not being emptied out all the time.... Any clues greatly appreciated! Thanks!


texts: How to restore GBWA backup on new phone to GBWA app

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I'm simultaneously running Whatsapp & GBwhatsapp on my phone for both of my numbers.

For me it's easy to just transfer Whatsapp data to new phone. However, when its come to GBWhatsapp i feel like there is no one how can actually help to transfer GBWhatsapp data to new phone on GBWhatsapp application.

I have purchased a new phone, now trying all effort to get the GBWhatsapp data to be restore on new phone on GBWA app.

I tried compressing GBWA data using ES file explorer and moved to new phone and verified my number with GBWA. However, after verifying the account i do not get any option to restore even-though backup folder already exist on new phone.

As I don't wanted to loose my data, i again verified my account on old phone and removed GBWA from new phone. I have read multiple articles and checked many videos but didn't find them useful in my case.

Could you please help me to get my issue resolved.


texts: How to disable file extension check during incoming file transfers?

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I'm running CyanogenMod 10 on my Nexus 7. As with all other Android devices, for some reason Google thought it cute to check file extensions of incoming Bluetooth file transfers and reject them if they're not one of a handful of extensions.

In other words, a file called file.pem, file.xxx will not transfer via Bluetooth but file.zip or file.jpg will.

Is there something I can do on my rooted device to disable this silly file extension check?


texts: disabling sideloading APK'S via disabling the packageinstaller

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i have a moto x4 running on lineage OS ver. 16 that i wanna disable installation of APK'S, so after searching online i found that deleting or disabling the packageinstaller (via debloater or adb pm commands) will disable the option of installing APK'S, the issue is that it seems that if the packageinstaller is disabled then the phone cannot boot (probably the system needs the packageinstaller) and it will tell me to make a data wipe and a factory reset, so my question is as follows is it possible to disable the packageinstaller that it should not allow installation of new apps but still be enabled so the phone can boot?, or is there another way of blocking the installation of new apps?

thanks in advance


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I have followed the following 2 tutorials on how to unroot and get S=ON on the MyTouch 4g:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225

I have successfully reverted to the stock ROM and unrooted the phone, but I still have S=OFF.  When I run the first one in the emulator, it gets all the way through execution and tells me to reboot into hboot to get s=ON, but when I do that, it still shows S=OFF:

Duplicating hboot
2048+0 records in
2048+0 records out
1048576 bytes transferred in 0.563 secs (1862479 bytes/sec)
Synchronizing
Powerdown and reboot into hboot to check s=on

I really would like to get S=ON so that I can ask my provider for service if I need it.


texts: Is it safe to install Launchers for Android which require quite a few permissions?

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I have HTC One X with Sense on it. Sense is a bit slow. So I installed Apex Launcher. It was fast but it required quite a few permissions so I uninstalled it. I looked at other Launchers in Google Play like Nova, Go, etc. but all of them had required some or the other permissions which were giving me goosebumps, like

Service that cost you money: Directly call phone numbers
Your messages: Access mail information, read your text messages (SMS
or MMS)
Your personal information: Read call log, read your contacts
Your accounts: Find accounts on this device

So my question is, is it safe to install Launchers for Android which require permissions like they can read your emails, SMS, call number directly? Also Apex launcher cannot create widget on home screen unless the phone is rooted and shows a message - NOTE: Due to limitations of the Android framework, you won't be able to add widgets from the drawer unless Apex Launcher is installed as a system app (root required). Please read the FAQ for more information. Is this the case with all Launchers?


texts: Service for sharing list of installed apps

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I'm thinking of web app for sharing lists of installed / recommended apps with people.
Optional comment for each app on how/when/why it's useful. Something a bit similar to usesthis.com, but for sharing Android apps and open to everyone. Is there such a service?


texts: Will Google Music sync my iTunes playlists?

texts: I have been invited to the Google Music Beta, and in setting up the service, I chose to upload music from "My Music" folder rather than the "iTunes" option, simply because my music files are in the root folder of "My Music" and not in the "iTunes" folder "My Music." I was unsure of whether the "iTunes" option in Google Music only takes the music from the iTunes folder. However, in choosing "My Music" as my upload source, will it lack my iTunes playlists when I play from my Android Device?


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Is it possible to integrate the caldav calendaer into the android outlook-app?

Usually caldav-calendars doesn’t appear in the android outlook-app, so I search for a way to integrate caldav to outlook. I know there is a software called ‘caldavsynchronizer’ but its only for desktop (windows): https://caldavsynchronizer.org/

There is another app called DavX5 to synchronize CalDaV but this is for money I dont want to waste it: https://www.davx5.com/

Do someone have the experience?


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I've just installed Facebook Lite on my Galaxy A3 with Lollipop and no root. It satisfies all my necessities except for one: the contacts sync, which is present in the full version of Facebook.

I've thought of not uninstalling the full version, but instead using greenify to prevent it from running in the background, so that I can open it sometimes and get contacts to sync, but I wish there was a better solution.

I could not find any specific app to sync contacts because of the restrictions of the new Facebook APIs (in order for them to work properly I should ask all my friends to manually grant permission).

How could I sync my Facebook contacts having just the Lite version of the app running in the background?


texts: Retrieve photos backed up from Android and transferred to another phone via SD card

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my old android died and I replaced it with a new different one.  my old phone came with an option to hide pictures so that I could keep some private.  now that I have the new phone I cannot see these pics in the backup or on my SD card which I transferred to my new phone. It was an option already on the phone not an app that I downloaded. can any help me recover my pics? I know the pics are still there in the backup and on the SD card because they were never deleted and by the size of space used on the card itself.

Can someone help me retrieve my pics?


texts: Disable always on lock screen on the pixel 2

texts: How can one disable always on lock screen on the pixel 2?


texts: What LauncherPro Shortcuts Have You Used?

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If you have LauncherPro you may be familiar with one of it's powerful features: LauncherPro Shortcuts.
By using the LauncherPro Shortcut Generator, you can create powerful custom "shortcuts" that can access almost any function in your device that has an Intent (see also Open Intents).
The shortcuts are almost mini apps in their ability to perform complex function like activating settings on your device, adding events in your calendar, sending to a particular email...  I believe that LauncherPro Shortcuts may be able to solve Dmitriy's problem here.
It basically opens the door to accomplishing things and accessing functions that you normally would need to be a developer to do.  Unfortunately due to the lack of documentation, it's still pretty difficult to use.  The author has a thread on his forum for people to post their Custom Shortcuts, as forums go, out of the 210 posts, 99.99% of them are people asking how to use it.  It is very frustrating finding the actual shortcuts.
I think the SE format will serve as a better mechanism for listing the Custom Shortcuts, and cutting out all the noise.
In order to keep this orderly please follow the following guidelines:

One Shortcut per Answer
Only post working LauncherPro Shortcuts (anything else will be deleted)
If you have questions or comments about a shortcut, post it in the comments.

Post it in the following format that will allow others to recreate the shortcut:
Shortcut Name (make it descriptive)
Notes:  Any notes about what it does and how it works.  Also, anything else that needs to be explained.
Form Fields:

Action:
Package Name:
Class Name:
MIME Type:
Data:
Categories:
Extras (Type / Name / Value):

(not all fields are required so you can delete the ones you don't use)

In order to make it easy you can cut and paste the following template code into your answer:
##Shortcut Name

**Notes:**  Type notes here...

**Form Fields:**

 - Action:
 - Package Name:
 - Class Name:
 - MIME Type:
 - Data:
 - Categories:
 - Extras (Type / Name / Value):

I thought about making this a Community Wiki, but decided to keep it a normal question so people can get rep for the useful shortcuts they post (and encourage people to create useful shortcuts that don't already exist).


texts: How to increase charging current on OSX computers when using USB 2.0 from 500mA to 2000mA?

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Authenticated Apple devices can charge at up to 2100mA x 5V. Apple-non-fast-charging and non-Apple devices are relegated to much slower 500mA x 5V charging. Thus, while my OnePlus One phone itself supports a 5V charging current of up to 2000mA, it is not possible to charge at higher than 500mA.

Does a method exist to increase the available "Extra Operating Current (mA)" from 0 to the max value possible? I am interested in both OSX and Android related solutions.

Related but not helpful post here.


texts: What does “hand with 2 arrows icon” status icon represent?

texts: Can anyone help me identify this icon that looks like "a hand with 2 arrows"


texts: Different coloured journeys on location services

texts: On google location services, my journeys are shown in dark blue, light blue and grey. Is there some significance to this?


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I've downloaded de.zip and unpacked it, although it came up with an error about something wrong with the header.
Now I have a folder with lots of things, but I have no clue how to get this app started. It doesn't look like a Windows program. I have no experience installing something on other platforms. Which platform is it meant for? Can someone please send me a link with installation info for that platform?

Keen to get started investigating the contents of a backup.ab file.
Many thanks!


texts: How can I export all of my MMS pictures before changing phones?

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I am currently using the stock Google Messenger app which came installed on my LG V20. I'm getting a new phone and backing up my data beforehand. It turns out that Messenger doesn't have any method to export all the attached MMS pictures. I can long-press each picture and save it individually, but then I have to scroll through hundreds of threads and tens of thousands of messages! I'm guessing I have ~1000 pictures buried in there...
Now I'm pursuing other apps. Perhaps I could import my MMS messages into a new app which would then allow me to save them?
There used to be something called "Save MMS", but it's no longer available. SMS Backup and Restore supposedly backs up pictures in XML format, but I haven't found a way to extract them into files. It looks like Textra will auto-save incoming MMS pictures into a directory, but not with old pictures found during an import...
My goal is to save these images as files and move them to a computer. I don't want them on the new phone.
Does anyone have any clever ideas?


texts: Filter out ARM native apps in Play Store

texts: I have ASUS Zenfone 5. How could I filter out or identify ARM-native apps on x86 phones in Play Store or in other app market?


texts: Nexus 5 in Recovery mode not detected in ADB but another Nexus 5 gets detected

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I think I soft bricked my Nexus 5.

I was planning on wiping all data from Nexus 5 and installing Cyanogenmod 12.1 following the normal procedure in the Recovery Mode but the wiping got stuck at Wiping Cache for very long and I ended up rebooting the phone.

My phone has ever since been showing "Unable to mount /cache" error.

To fix everything I thought of installing a Stock ROM image from ADB but my phone does not get detected under the devices list when I run "adb devices"

I have installed the drivers and to test I connected another Nexus 5 which did appear in the list but my phone does not.

Any ideas on how I can proceed to fix this issue.

Any suggestions or help would be really appreciated.

Thanks.


texts: why "ls -al" does not show file size info in /dev/socket directory?

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In /dev/socket directory, if runs "ls -al" in adb, there is no file size information.  I would like to know why there is no such information, in the condition that in other directories can show file size information?

Thanks.


texts: Why does the play store require multiple account login to display my apps in the Google play store

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I recently changed my 2nd gmail account password.

When I open the play store to check my apps it gave an error:

Authentication required. You need to sign in to your account. (click image for larger variant)

Whereas I have already logged in my first Google account  then why does it require the second account to be logged in when I haven't used this account any time for any Android apps till date.


texts: Can virus carry over from one Android device to another via Google account?

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Long story short, I ended up getting spyware from an MMS message sent to me on my old Samsung Galaxy S6, and a few days later, it started acting weird (pictures and videos taken that weren't me, echoes and clicks in my calls, etc.) with all the signs of somebody having remote access of my phone.
I backed everything up to Google Drive and went and got the new Samsung Galaxy S7. However, the person who sent me the initial MMS tried to send me another one (which I did not download). However, most Androids have auto-retrieval of MMS, so I guess it didn't matter that I didn't download it because it probably self-extracted onto my phone.
All of the symptoms started again. So the next day, I went in and replaced the S7. I have changed all the passwords to each of my other accounts and have not gotten any MMS messages. However, after syncing with my Gmail account, the problems started happening again.
Also, this month's bill is saying I've sent over 1500 text messages, which is way more than what I would normally send out (I average roughly 400-600 depending on how busy the month is).
I've done a factory reset. I also have changed my SIM cards each time, but my phone number has stayed the same.
Is it possible that my Google account is now compromised and I would have to ditch my Google account (including Gmail and Drive which contains years of invaluable files)?


texts: The settings keep going back to factory settings either when the battery is low OR I turn off the phone.  For example, calendar sync turns off and I have to turn it back on each time I want the calendar to sync.  The display goes to the least brightest settings and 15 seconds for screen time out and I have to go in and readjust the brightness and screen time out time.  It is really annoying.  When I took it to the Sprint store and asked them about it, of course, it wouldn't do it.


texts: Can I use my phone's internet to download files in a Win95 VM in Limbo emulator?

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I installed Limbo emulator from the Play Store, and found a Windows 95osr2 .img file on the internet. I want to install Opera instead of IE inside the VM, and use it to download some music.

I can't use dial up when I'm using it in an app, because it's too slow. It lets me connect via proxy server. I was wondering if I could use my phone with unlimited 4G LTE (Also is my hotspot one) to download the music off the archive site on mobile data for the proxy server.


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I am Running AOKP on my HTC Desire S and it has a weird issue with sound - If I reboot the device with headphones plugged in, the sound (specifically the bass) is OK but if I remove the headphones and if any kind of sound is played through the Phone's speaker (a touch, a keystroke, a song, a notification anything) and then try to plug in the headphones again, the bass cracks. Of course, I have reported the issue to original developer who has ported the build, but for now if I could just restart the sound engine, I may be able to solve it temporarily. Is there any such service that runs or is there any way to do so?

AOKP 4.1 milestone 1

EDIT: This is not an answer to my original question (so not putting as an answer) but this kind of solved my problem. Well when you lose bass, just plug the headphones in, call a number (I always call my customer care which is toll free and not human :P) wait for the ring, cut the call and Whoila! The bass is back! :D I know it sounds crazy, but it works!


texts: I was trying to find android evolution app (originally gnome personal manager application). The only result google gave me was the monkey->man evolution. Does anybody know whether somebody has ported evolution to android?


texts: Wireless tethering between two Android devices

texts: I have two Androids. The first one has an Internet connection. I want to share this Internet connection to my second device. I installed wireless tether app to my first device but my second device didn't find this tether network. What setting should I change?


texts: Apple Notes alternative for Samsung device

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I am looking for an free and ad-free solution which is comparable to Apple Notes, which I used some years ago on an iPad.

I want to be able to take simple plain-text notes, and access them both on a computer (on OS X) and on a Samsung S7. I don't need fancy features (Evernote-like), in fact I much prefer simplicity.

The Memo app that comes with the phone is perfectly sufficient for my needs, and looks like just what I want. Except there's one big problem: I can't figure out how to access the notes on a computer.  Syncing with "Samsung Cloud" is turned on for Memo in the settings.

I don't expect to be able to find a third-party app that provides such functionality for free, as whoever provides the service will need to pay for server costs.  But I did expect Samsung to provide such functionality, given that Apple has had it for a long time ...


texts: Will other members get notified when an admin makes someone a group admin in WhatsApp?

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In WhatsApp groups, I don't want other members to get notified that it is I who made them group admin.

Will other members get notified that 'certain person has made you admin' when an admin makes someone group admin in WhatsApp?


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I wanted to try out the new ART runtime, but didn't realize my custom ROM doesn't support it. So now I am getting recurring Force Closed messages after booting, and  can't get through to the settings menu to switch back to Dalvik. So before I wipe everything and spend hours setting up my phone from scratch, is there a way to manually change back to Dalvik from the recovery menu? I think there should be a flag somewhere, that instructs Android to do the 'recompile' after a reboot.

Via the recovery menu, I have full root access over a adb shell and can mount all filesystems.


texts: Audio resumes whenever bluetooth connects or disconnects - how do I stop this?

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This seems to be independent of which bluetooth device I connect/disconnect to (car audio, ear buds, etc), and is also independent of whatever the last app I was listening to (VLC, Pandora, etc).

When I tell an app to stop playing, I'd like it to STAY stopped... not automatically pick up where it left off simply because I stopped or started my car, or got in/out of range of one of my bluetooth audio devices.


texts: Can I really edit my Telegram messages only with the desktop client?

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I use Telegram both on my desktop and my mobile phone. On the desktop, I can edit messages I've sent, but on the mobile Telegram client I can't find this option anywhere. Does it really not exist or am I missing something. Or - should I look for an unofficial client for this feature?

Note:

If I tap a message in a Telegram conversation view, the 'Message' context menu only has "Reply|Copy|Forward|Delete" - and no "Edit".
My client version is 4.9.1 (1361) arm-v7a


texts: Baidu Android Store automatically installed without permission

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Android Store (com.baidu.androidstore) is automatically installed on my device without permission. It happens in last 2 weeks. Two months ago, I had installed Baidu Browser (com.baidu.browser.inter) but had uninstalled it 1 month later.

What I did to solve:

Unknown sources option unchecked
Uninstall the app
Reboot the phone

But after few hours it get automatically installed again.

Did anyone here have the same problem? How to solve this?

Device: HTC Sensation XE
OS: ICS 4.0.3
Rooted: Yes


texts: im new to tasker and want to set a profile. I made a profile when 8pm to 10pm + open android central app, will run task to launch filter app. In the filter app run shell to hit on button and hit "back" button to AC app. But when back to AC app my task always loop and open filter app again. Any suggestion how to make this profile stay untill im done using AC app? Sorry for my bad english.


texts: I move a folder in android root directory to SDcard directory in internal phone memory. Is there a way to restore it back?

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The folder was custpack in root directory and the phone will not boot now.

I can still access a recovery mode but it only have a stock recovery from the manufacture. No custom recovery available for my phone...

is there any way I can grab contents of the SDcard directory using developers tools?

one of the menu in the stock recovery is to adb side load file name

is there any hope I can access the phone memory using a pc somehow and restore the folder ?

thank you

edit1: in android stock recovery  menu, I have the option to install package from SD card.
The phone does have an SD card slot.
is it possible to create a zip file that will some how restore the custpack folder back to root directory?
I do have the deleted folder in my PC....


texts: What country is my Motorola MILESTONE from? Can I install a Froyo update from Motorola Droid on it?

texts:
I bought it at Amazon.com, and had it delivered to a friend's house in Massachusetts. I flew to the US, visit my friend, did some tourism, and brought the phone back with me to Brazil, where I put in my GSM chip and it works just fine. Here is the phone info:

Model number: Milestone
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
Firmware configuration version: GAS_EMEA_USASHLS00RTINT_P012

The box says: SM,A853,TR,RETAIL,LICBRZ
So, I should be waiting for an update for what? Europe, like it says in this thread? Or Latin America? Or can I get 2.2 safely from somewhere else? The software looks pretty American to me. What if I follow the instructions from this site? Do I risk bricking my phone?


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At my college the Wi-Fi uses WPA2 Enterprise to secure the connection. I log in with a username and password. My phone (LG Optimus Elite, Android 2.3.7) successfully connects to the network, and I can use it for an arbitrary amount of time before the phone suddenly crashes and reboots. I've successfully used the phone on other wireless networks, so i know that's not the problem.

Any ideas?

The specific configuration of the network is below (per the university's directions)

EAP method: PEAP
Phase 2 Authentication: MSCHAPV2
CA Certificate: unspecified
User certificate: unspecified
Identity: MyUserName
Anonymous Identity: Blank
Password: MyPassword

Edit: Common times when phone crashes (only on university Wi-Fi, never any other time)

Loading/Panning in Maps
During unlock
Loading a webpage
...randomly when I'm not doing anything


texts: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM7505 won't connect to laptop via USB

texts: I am using Note 3 but I'm unable to connect my phone to PC or laptop. MTP or USB bar option did not pop up when I connected my phone. Please help.


texts: How to measure the charge left in a dying battery?

texts:
This question is not relative to a specific phone model, even though I will cite my P1000.

My P1000 is 3 years old, and it is often suddenly turning off (no shutdown sequence, just goes dead) out of the blue while the battery marker is at the 31ish percentile. If I try and turn it on right away, it goes dead again during boot sequence. If I plug the charger, the charging icon shows some battery left. Turning it on with the charger plugged shows the 31-ish percent on the charge indicator. If it is left on standby, it goes below that threshold without dying, but dies soon after.

The battery is almost dead, that is sure. Now the question is,

How can I measure how much energy the battery really have left before dying, and is there any app to tweak the display of battery charge so I can have a new "zero" at this dying point?


texts: Can I change which app launches when I put my phone in the media dock?

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Samsung Desk Home can auto-launch when the phone is placed in the media dock, but it kinda stinks. I have alternatives, like Custom Car Home, but can't see any way to get them to launch.

The standard way of clearing the defaults in "Manage Applications" is greyed out.

My device is rooted, and I run Tasker, if that helps.


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I was wondering whether it was possible to allow a rooted Samsung K Zoom to use the 5.8GHz channel? I was reading that I might have to edit the wpa_supplicant.conf to allow for 5.8GHz. In addition, I was wondering if the wifi card of the k zoom can even handle 5.8GHz?

Edit

To clarify I know the phone has 5GHZ band access. However I am looking for it to access the 5.8Ghz( or 5.7GHz is fine) CHANNEL. Around channel 149. Other samsung phones in the same family can, but not the k zoom. I was wondering if it is possible to enable it access to the higher 5GHZ channels; whether this is a software block or whether the hardware can actually not handle it. I have tried changing the p2p settings in wpa configuration file with no luck. Which was suggested from research I did.


texts: Find out if remote wipe has worked (Google find my device)

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My phone (Galaxy S7 Edge) was stolen two days ago and up until about 8 hours ago it had been off (or airplane mode was on), I decided that I wasn't seeing that phone again so I opted to erase the device via the "find your phone" section of google my account (the replacement to google device manager, i believe). About 2 hours after I sent the command, the phone synced with my google account.

The phone was offline when I sent the command but I was assured the command would be executed when the phone came online. Presumably it came online when it synced.

Is there any method by which to tell if the command succeeded? The sim is still in the phone and active, I haven't changed the Google password or anything at all along those lines, my phone will still be connected to Google.

EDIT I should also mention that the phone has not been reachable after the sync - but that could be down to the phone being switched off again


texts: How to send Calendar invite links in email(Gmail)?

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I would like to send Calendar events through mails to a group of people. I can currently share links from my Calendar but that just opens up a browser windows saying 'Untitled Event'.

For example,

If my event is Quiz No. 2 on 12th Nov at 4. Then the link should re-direct to(preferably in the Calendar app rather than a browser window) a event title 'Quiz No. 2' and the time must be set to 4. The person receiving the mail just has to click add event.

Can this be done?

EDIT:

I am able to send the link but it opens up in the browser. Is there any way make it open up in the Calendar app?


texts: Is it safe to install Android L on my Nexus 4 (January 2015)

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I have a Nexus 4 that was killed (battery) when Google released android 4.4. It was the bug regarding battery being drained by the WiFi.

It was such a pain to make Google sending me a refurbished one that now I don't upgrade my phone as soon as a new android release is delivered.
I want to be sure it won't destroy my phone again.
According to this, there were bug with the Nexus 5 in the beginning of android L...

So finally my question:
Is it safe to install android L on my Nexus 4 at the moment (January 2015)?

Thank you for your help!


texts: My father's Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge was stolen, and we're having a hard time finding it. He logged on Find My Device and has registered it, but the phone is obviously not connected to the wifi to trace it. It has SMS, and can be called, but the caller keeps hanging it up. Only a matter of time till the caller shuts down the phone and can never be traced. Any options?


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Before anyone tries to dismiss this question, I know of a identical thread, but that question is too specific about a certain behavior following a user interaction with the phone.

I am in search of a general explanation and solution!

The phone of my 11 yo child is a Huawei P8 Light, which made an automatic call, without any interaction beforehands. At 6 a.m. today my wife heard voices and thought she is crazy, but she could locate it. She picked it up, removed the loading cable and saw, that the child's phone called someone of the contact list!

My child cannot install anything without a technical permission (Google Family Link). Before I gave the phone to the child, it was wiped and reset by myself to factory settings. All updates are installed, including firmware updates.

What exactly does cause this behavior and how do I prevent it by some setting?

I do understand technical explanations (I am developer).


texts: Want to recover internal data of my phone from cwm-based recovery

texts: Whenever I switch my phone on it always shows the name of rom installed, but after that my phone does not get on. I want to recover its internal data .I don't know what to do with cwm-based recovery. Can I retrieve whatsapp chats too?


texts: My samsung s5 heats up for no reason. I have tried factory reset my phone. There's no problem after i factory reset. After i download an app,the heating starts..but when i turn on power saving mode,the heating stops. What's the main cause of the heating? The source can't be from an app. It does not matter what app,it just start to heat up when there's app and does not heat up when i turn on power saving mode. I have tried safe mode...it works for awhile and starts to heat up when i turn off.


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My android phone has heavy abnormal battery drains coming from Android system. 2000mAh and above on a single charge! I know for certain this is a software issue and not hardware.

Before I hit the sack. Battery was around 96%, next morning 80%! Normal overnight drains on my mobile model is 1-2%, I am having around 15%.

During sleep, All my radios are usually off (WiFi, NFC, Bluetooth, Data, location), except phone.
My phone seems to be in deep sleep a good portion of that time (See WLD statistics - attachment #1).
Android system sucks my battery during sleep and it was at 90% relative consumption when I woke up (See screen shot #1, Android sys has consumed 1840mAh in such a short time span!! This is ridiculously high for a phone that is apparently in Deep Sleep!)
Also attached screen shots from WLD for Summary, Kernal / Partial wakelocks & Alarms.
Device is rooted.
Google sync is off, Backup is off.

I have searched all over. Read numerous threads from numerous forums. Some users have faced this issue on the same ROM while some others haven't. I have done my "homework". But this is one issue that I do not see any solutions wherever I look. I have searched days, not hours!!

Hence I decided to post over here. This is my hail mary attempt at solving this. If the experts here can't solve it, then I guess it would be pointless to search anymore.

What is the issue that is causing this battery drain from Android System?
I have noted that many users using my model (Huawei Mate 8) do not face this issue, while some users do face it.


texts: Activate Android device on IPv6-only network

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Is it possible to activate an Android phone on a network with IPv6-only access to the Internet?
Does Google support all their services over IPv6?
Has anyone tried it?

I'm going to need to activate an Android device on an IPv6-only network in the near future. Any help regarding this appreciated.


texts: TouchWiz Air View no longer expanding / "exploding" home screen folders

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The TouchWiz Air View feature on my Samsung Galaxy S4 used to provide a very cool feedback feature where holding a finger over a home screen folder without actually touching it would cause the folder icon to expand / "explode" and show a clearer picture of everything that is in the folder before actually opening it.

This is no longer working, and I cannot figure out why.  (It is not critical by any means, but it is annoying me that I cannot figure it out.)  How can I and the other users impacted by this (below) fix this?

Since I can't get it working again, I can't post my own picture to better demonstrate what is expected - but the forum thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730260 ("[Q] Air view for folders in GS4 I9505") describes my exact same issue and includes several screenshots - though it is also unsolved.

Another reference to the same issue also exists at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601067&page=63 ("KitKat 4.4 thread", buried in 227 pages).

"Air view" and all of its options are ON under the "My device" settings, and working elsewhere as advertised in the other applications.  (I even tried turning it off and back on.)  It is only the home screen folders that are no longer working.  I've tried rebooting.  I even used the "Force stop", "Clear cache", and "Clear data" options from the Application Manager for "TouchWiz home" (Version 4.4.4-I337UCUFNJ4) - and while this caused everything else on the home screen to reset to defaults (requiring me to re-place all my icons and widgets), it did nothing to resolve the issue.

I have not applied any device / firmware updates since this stopped working - though I'm uncertain if anything came through Google Play automatic updates that would have caused this (I haven't installed new anything recently).  There was a "Samsung Galaxy" update on 2014-12-19, and a "Samsung account" update on 2014-12-29...

Stock AT&T firmware, Android 4.4.4, SGH-I337, Build Number KTU84P.I337UCUFNJ4.


texts: How can I enable auto-rotate for the home screen?

texts: I have a "handset" with Android 2.3.4, and the "flip" feature works for every app and screen, except the desktop. That is, if I flip my phone any screen or app will flip too, yet the desktop remains fixed. There was an exception when I was playing a game and I pressed the home button: there the desktop was flipped, but it seems it was "forced" to flip by the game. How can I make it flip like any other app or screen?


texts:
I have two devices that both have automatic backups enabled through settings. I see both backups on Google drive.

The settings have an "auto restore" option, which implies there's most be a non-auto way to restore, but I can't find it. (Not that I managed to decipher how auto restore works).

So how can I restore the app data from it's backup, and,
Can I restore the app of 1 device to the backup of the other?


texts: Is there a way to reduce the contrast of the screen without dimming it?

texts: So I was trying for the umpteenth time the other day to watch video content in bright sunlight, and it occurred to me that if I had some kind of app that reduces the contrast by raising the level of black to dark gray rather than lowering the level of white, the picture would be a lot more viewable. I searched for such an app, but all the ones I found that claim to control contrast have a dimming effect. I don't want to dim the screen. Does anyone know how I can keep the screen bright and still achieve the desired result? I'm using an LG VS810PP (Transpyre) running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.


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I am currently using Huawei's smart phone. The has KitKat installed and it is rooted.

Huawei's app center shows that updates are available for a number of apps (not system) but the same apps updates are not available via Google Play Store.
I don't want to update my apps via App Center of Huawei.

Is it possible to force Google Play to check for update and then update the apps? Any app available for that?


texts: How can I disable the status bar on the lock screen?

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I want my lock screen to actually lock the phone.  I don't want to be able to unlock the phone and initiate a call by pulling the phone out of my pocket, or randomly select notification items if it bangs against my leg.  Is there a way to just turn all that crap off?

For anyone interested in this functionality, I have logged a bug.


texts:
I installed SuperSu on my Redmi 2 Prime via Stock recovery mode.
After that ES file manager asked me for root permission, which I accepted. After reboot my phone got stuck on Xiaomi Mi logo boot screen.
I can no longer enter recovery mode. When I try to connect my phone to PC, fastboot command wont detect my phone even though I installed all necessary drivers.
What can I do to repair my phone? Please help me!


texts:
I have Star N7189 (5.5") with the lower zone of touch screen dead

The menu and back buttons don't work,but the physical home button works.

I tried to press hard on the edges of the screen, I tried to apply a twist from the short sides as if it were nothing but a wet towel. I did the hard reset but it did not work.

Sometimes pressing dead area, the phone takes it as menu button

As well as replacing the screen what other methods can I try? Is there any app, launcher or trick to resize the screen usable only to the working area?

P.S. a few hours after leaving it in airplane mode suddenly the touch had this problem but I do not remember if I inadvertently placed something heavy in that area of the cell.


texts:
I would like to upgrade my cyanogenmod to the latest M build. but my storage is encrypted, so i guess this will lead to some problems.

First of all i cant even seem to make a backup with CWM.


texts: My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving/crashing. What can I do?

texts:
Everything was working fine for a long time. But suddenly the device is getting slower than usual (e.g. apps react slowly when starting an action -- like the RSS reader takes "ages" to open an article). Also, several apps start crashing: force-closes as well as unexpected restarts. Sometimes this even involves some automatic reboot of the device.

Is there anything I can do, besides doing a factory-reset? Preferably it should work on un-rooted devices.

Remark: not all described problems may occur together, so on one device e.g. there might be no automatic reboot involved. Question remains the same, nonetheless.


texts: Is there a difference between the CyanogenMod 11S Rom (for OnePlus One) and regular CyanogenMod?

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How does the CyanogenMod 11S Rom on the forthcoming OnePlus One smartphone differ (if at all) from regular versions or nightlies of CyanogenMod that can be downloaded and installed on other Smartphones ?

Would this be another unique selling point (from a software perspective) for this particular handset?

OnePlus


texts: How can I root my HTC One for T-Mobile using ADB?

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I want to use ADB. FastBoot isn't working on my OS X machine.

 ./fastboot devices

lists nothing.

 ./adb devices

shows my device

I downloaded SuperSu from the Google Play store but it says it I had to manually root my phone if I am running 4.3 (which I am).

Can anyone please tell me how to use ADB to root my device? ISIS Mobile Wallet app thinks my phone is rooted.


texts: Notification icon that looks like 2 arrows inside a circle with leaf on Huawei device

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I have a Huawei Mate 9. The notification icon looks like this:

  2 arrows inside a circle with leaf

Things that I have done:

Tried to find this on Google but returned no results
Checked my apps icons, nothing matches

First, I thought it belonged to Snapseed, but it's not theirs.


texts: Other apps can't see PDF printed by Chrome

texts:
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy J3 with Android 7.  Here's what I did to print the PDF from Chrome:

Open Google Chrome app and go to a website I want to save
Go to : Menu, Share ..., Print.  (It defaults to Save as PDF and shows the preview.)
Click the yellow circle to Save PDF.  (It goes to "Save to", showing My Files > Internal Storage)
Click into the Download folder.
Click "DONE"

Just to be sure, repeat steps 1-4 and see that the file is now in the Download folder.  But now,

Open My Files app
Click "Downloads".  The file doesn't show up.  Same problem in other apps.

How can I open the printed PDF from other apps?


texts: My LG G2X P999 doesn't boot into APX mode

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I have a LG G2X P999 phone and as with most of my phones I root them. I have seen many tutorials on how to root my version (Gingerbread 2.3.3) and in all I must boot the phone in APX mode in order to install the Nvidia drivers.
The method is NvFlash which installs ClockWorkMod (CWM) which then serves as a basis to root the phone. But before CWM can be installed the phone battery must be removed, the volume up & down button pressed simultaneously and then connected via the USB cable to the computer. According to the tutorial I should see APX device with a yellow triangle. The tutorial already provides the necessary drivers to install. The problem is when I connect my phone I just hear the traditional windows sound which indicates that something has been inserted. Checking the device manager reveals no unusual device. It is really baffling me why the phone is not booting as it should into APX mode. This is fairly a straightforward process so I guess I most be missing something.

FAQ

I have several USB cables and I have tried them all.
I have a clean install of windows 7 which I can revert back to a previous state. I have tried the process several times.
USB debugging is checked.
The phone doesn't have any physical defects; all buttons respond as should be. Everything is working.
I have several computers and in all I get the same results.


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A tablet will be used by someone who reads (only) Chinese (PRC). I only read English. In order to help her accomplish things, install apps, and generally maintain the tablet, I need to switch language settings.

Since I can’t read the settings menu, dialog boxes, etc. and she is a non-technical user, I want some icon on the Home screen that will toggle settings. It doesn’t matter if it’s an app or a widget, but the idea is that once situated on the Launcher screen then anyone can easily toggle languages without having to understand the currently set language.

Can someone point me to something like that?


texts: How to change Gmail settings to automatically unhide pictures in messages

texts:
Among the settings of recent versions of Gmail there is the following entry:

Hide pictures in messages
Until you allow by sender, pictures won’t display automatically

Tapping the entry brings this dialog:

Hide pictures in messages?
Cancel  OK

How do I change this setting so that Gmail automatically displays pictures in messages? I’m aware that it’s possible to display pictures on a message by message or sender by sender basis. Here I’m referring to reversing the effect of tapping OK in the above dialog. Tapping Cancel only dismisses the dialog without changing the setting.


texts: Android devices have different processors like ARM and Intel processors. Can Android apps run just the same regardless of which architecture the device has? Or are there apps that will only run on ARM-architecture, etc?


texts: "Cannot Move App Not Enough Storage Space" Error Message

texts: I have a Huawei Y635 phone running Android version 4.4.4 with 1GB of RAM and 8GB phone storage. I bought an 8GB SD card to transfer some apps as the phone memory is nearly full. The SD card has 7.19GB of free space but when I try to move apps I get the error message stating there is not enough space. I have made the SD card the default storage location. The app I was trying to move was only 92.09MB. I have read some of the other posts but can't seem to get answer to this specific query. Any help greatly appreciated.


texts: Why does my Android 2.2 powered Samsung Galaxy I5510 receive duplicated messages (SMS)?

texts:
I own a brand new Samsung Galaxy I5510 (Android 2.2). Everything works fine and I really like the device.
My problem is:
Every time Some times I receive a message from a phone number that is not in my contact list, the phone continues receiving it every few hours.
Facts I pointed out:

The time between those messages is not constant.
It never happened when the number was in my contact list.
Deleting the thread does not solve the problem.
The senders do not fool me and send the message again and again.
It seems to stop after a day or two.
restart of the phone does not solve the problem.
I am not sure if it really receives the message again or if it just copies the old one.

Does anybody has an idea what could cause the described behavior?
Thank you!
EDIT: Another point why it is not likely to be a provider issue: I never received a duplicated message while the phone was turned off. Means: I never switched the phone on in the morning and received one or more such messages instantly.
EDIT 2: I looked through all the phone log. It happened by now for two numbers. Both were not in my contact list. The occurencies and their time of day are:
+491773**4537
15:38
17:23
19:19
21:41
00:37
phone off
13:20
16:12
20:48
phone off
09:59
10:16
14:10
phone off
12:46
21:04
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13 times

+491635**4554
23:39
phone off
12:20
13:09
14:44
16:16
17:51
19:28
21:02
23:39
phone off
07:28
08:16
09:32
10:51
12:17
15:28
17:00
18:27
20:04
21:21
22:47
--------
20 times

Message from numbers that did not repeat:
+491762**21169
+491797**1598
+436508**7821
+336782**105


texts: How to run Cyanogenmod for milestone a853 on emulator?

texts:
I've successfully compiled Cyanogenmod for milestone a853 and was following these instructions: http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Android_SDK_Emulator:_Compile_CyanogenMod_%28Linux%29

and then I run the emulator with this command:

/android/android-sdk-linux/tools/emulator -kernel ./prebuilt/android-arm/kernel/kernel-qemu-armv7

after the ANDROID_ splash screen, the emulator stuck at a black screen without any response. So how can I resolve this problem?


texts: Factory reset not working in Samsung Tab 2

texts:
I want to factory reset my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. I have tried to factory reset it through Settings and through hard reset but it again reboots with same account and applications. I have also tried to uninstall some applications but they reappear on reboot.

How can I factory reset my device?


texts: Where is stored type lock (if users have to enter a password/SIMM or a pattern)?

texts:
I'm working on source code of Lollipop. It seems the type lock (if users have to enter a password/SIMM or a pattern) is stored in a database, /data/system/locksettings.db. This database is located in /data but /data is encrypted before the user types the password. So I think it may be stored in another place.

In CryptKeeperConfirm.java, there is this comment:

  /* WARNING - nasty hack!
               Settings for the lock screen are not available to the crypto
               screen (CryptKeeper) at boot. We duplicate the ones that
               CryptKeeper needs to the crypto key/value store when they are
               modified (see LockPatternUtils).
               However, prior to encryption, the crypto key/value store is not
               persisted across reboots, thus modified settings are lost to
               CryptKeeper.
               In order to make sure CryptKeeper had the correct settings after
               first encrypting, we thus need to rewrite them, which ensures the
               crypto key/value store is up to date. On encryption, this store
               is then persisted, and the settings will be there on future
               reboots.
             */

That leads me to believe that the settings for lock screen (including type lock) are stored in 2 places. Does anyone know what other places lock screen settings and type lock may be stored?


texts: Using a custom Lock Screen does not unlock the SIM (PIN)

texts:
When using Hi Locker as my lock screen, my Android Lollipop device does not prompt me for my SIM PIN upon boot -- and leaves the SIM card locked (therefore providing no service).

Details:

I'm running a rooted stock Android Lollipop 5.0.2 on an Xperia Z1 compact (firmware build number 14.5.A.0.242).

I replaced the system lock screen with Hi Locker, i.e. Settings -> Security -> Screen lock is set to None and Hi Locker is enabled with "password" (it's also a PIN, but to avoid confusion with the SIM PIN, let's refer to this as password).

The device is not encrypted.

When I reboot the device, no mobile service is available and the notification bar shows "SIM card is locked. -- Emergency calls only."

I am not prompted for the SIM PIN at any point during or after boot, even after unlocking (and relocking) the device with the Hi Locker password.

To double check, I have done and found out the following:

I can get the SIM PIN upon boot as long as Hi Locker is disabled.
If Hi Locker was enabled during boot, I can get to the SIM PIN prompt in the following way (without rebooting):

disable Hi Locker
enable system Screen Lock (with security, 'Swipe' alone does not work)
lock device
upon next unlock, SIM PIN is required

Note: I have searched both on Google and here, but have found no reports of similar issues. So either this is a weird problem, or most people don't use PIN locks, or my search terms were too far off the mark.

Question:

I would like to keep my SIM PIN enabled for the added security.

Is there any way to make sure the PIN is prompted and the SIM unlocked upon boot, even when using a custom lock screen?


texts:
To unpin a screen on my Nexus 4, it asks me to touch and hold the 'Overview' key, but on my wife's one, it asks me to touch and hold both the 'Back' and the 'Overview' buttons.

Can someone point me out how can I change the screen unpin key combination?

Edit: both phones are running Android version 5.1, build number LMY47O.


texts: How to hide (to my carrier) the use of VoIP?

texts: I plan to use Voice over IP with my android phone (Android 2.3 via Skype, Fring, JaJah, Line2 etc.). As I've read that my carrier is filtering VoIP protocols, I wondered if there are some protocol wrappers available as a workaround of packet/protocol filters? Thank you for any suggestions.


texts: How to know power consumption at the moment?

texts:
From time to time my Samsung Galaxy S7 is starting to consume a lot of power, turns hot and eats 10% of charge in minutes.

If I have less than 10% charge, it kills itself even if on external power.

How to trace which application does this (and eliminate it)?

I tried GSam battery monitor, but it can display per application data only in average from last full charge time. I.e. it can't trace proccess which worked only minutes.

Are there any applications, which can trace simultaneously per time and per application?


texts: Bluetooth keeps turning on by itself - Is there a way to determine why?

texts:
I saw similar questions but there was no generic answer to the issue.
Is there a way to determine what is turning my BT ON? I don't have rooted phone (but can ADB)

I got Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android 6.0.1.

What I did:

Turned off BT scanning for "fine localization"
Revoked permission to change phone settings to ALL apps that had one (including g services)
Disabled all BT scanning related things that I have found.

How to find what is turning BT on?


texts: Why can't I transfer data from my tablet with OTG support to my phone with USB?

texts:
Problem

I want to copy music from my tablet to my phone with USB.

My tablet can't see the phone when connected which is somewhat strange because the phone sees that it is connected and the tablet has OTG support. Therefore I can't select the phone from 'Explorer', so I can't copy the files.

I can connect the phone to a laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 or Windows 7 pro without any trouble so the problem shouldn't be on the phone's side. And the phone can't see an USB stick directly, so even that won't work as file transfer.

Tablet:

Wayteq xTab-100is with Android 4.0.3 and USB 2.0 OTG without Bluetooth

Phone:

Nokia 2700 classic micro USB 2.0


texts: Getting WhatsApp to work for both networks on a dual-SIM phone

texts:
I have been using WhatsApp for a very long time in a dual mobile HTC Desire U under a specific network. Now, I would like to use WhatsApp for the other network too.

Is it possible to use watsapp for both networks under a single roof? I have tried suggestions many other sources, but I did not find any solution.


texts: What does the message: 550 Invalid name or chroot violation mean?

texts:
I am trying to establih an Ftp connection between my Archos tablet and my Galaxy phone.

I am using the swiFTP server program on my Archos.

I am able to connect to the Archos from the phone using an TPP client but when I try to copy any file Ireceive the message  '550 Invaid name or chroot violation'.

Can anyone explain what this means?


texts: Why can't my phone connect to cell network data?

texts:
I have a Nexus 6P running CyanogenMod 13.0-20160819-SNAPSHOT-ZNH5YAO0IN-angler based on Android 6.0.1. I used to be running a CM nightly build and my cell carrier is Ting. Here's what happened:

I was running a CM nightly build from March-ish for a while. A couple days ago, I upgraded to the latest CM nightly. Immediately after that my WiFi stopped being able to find/connect to networks, and a day or so after the upgrade my cell network data connection stopped working. (SMS and phone calls worked, however.)

I decided to switch to a CyanogenMod snapshot release, so I factory reset the phone and flashed CM and gapps (at the same time). I wen through the setup and lo and behold, the problem appeared fixed. However, when I restored all my stuff via oandbackup (including, I now realize, some system apps), the problem reappeared.

Thinking that there was somehow some system app with corrupted data that I'd now restored, I used oandbackup again (along with a TWRP backup) and factory reset again. I went through the setup, planning to simply restore apps one by one until I found the culprit, but the freshly-setup install had the same problem. Therefore I restored the TWRP backup, which brings us to now.

So, why can't I connect to data? Most of the time this problem causes the cell indicator in the status bar to have a "!" however sometimes it shows just the bars, without a "!" or the "LTE" indicator. I believe this behavior occurs when the phone is first booted and goes away for the remainder of the boot when Airplane Mode is toggled, but I can't confirm for sure.

Here's what hasn't worked:

Wiping Dalvik cache
Trying most of the APNs, toggling Airplane Mode in-between
Restoring the default APN settings
Selecting a network operator (there used to be two or so "Ting" entries available; I only tried one - now nothing shows up at all)
Selecting "choose automatically" in the Network operators settings
Toggling the preferred network type to 3G and back to LTE (toggling to 3G caused everything but the status indicator bars [i.e. the "!" and "LTE"] to go to away; I suspect Ting simply doesn't have 3G available anymore)
Turning on Data Roaming and toggling Airplane Mode
Downloading a factory image from Google and running flash-all.sh (i.e. flashing stock recovery, system, radio, etc.)

ADB logs of me booting my phone to the launcher and waiting a couple seconds for it to connect to the cell network: https://gist.github.com/strugee/cd61dbcc461bb17216c360516e711d29


texts: Make Sent folder show email recipient instead of sender

texts: I am new to Nexus 4 and have a problem. My SENT folder in exchange server mail shows the sender (i.e. me) and not the list of person(s) to whom the mail has been sent. Any help?


texts:
I don't know where to ask the question, so if you want to migrate it to SO or software recommendations please do so. If what I'm asking for requires programming, I can do that, if it requires root, I have a rooted s3 mini android version 4.2.2 and I can also pay for apps

My current device is Samsung A5, not rooted, running android 5.0.2. I have tasker. I want to keep google now running in the background (not the launcher, the voice recognition system).

So it doesn't require me to say "ok google" for it to run. I want to say some word followed by a command and it runs the command automatically. Big plus if I can make it work on lock screen too.


texts: Get the charging rate without external hardware (e.g. multimeter.)

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Android.SE user intuited observes:

  I've noticed that my S4 doesn't always charge at its maximum rate of charge, even when it seemingly should. For example, car DC adapters that claim to provide up to 2.0 amp current only provide 500mA.

They also seems to imply that there exists an app which reveals the rate at which a device is charging.

And TurboFool adds:

  I used to think "USB is USB," and that's true for data, but not for power. Cable quality, and unknown factors, will change what you can pull off. I've had two [USB] cables of the same length produce as much as an 800mA difference from the same charger.

I own a Samsung Galaxy S Relay, which is an Android phone a few years old.  It's sort of similar to the Samsung Galaxy S III, but it also includes a slide-out physical keyboard.  I'm running Android 4.1.2.

How can I determine at what rate my phone is charging?  Preferably using only an app or a terminal emulator. I'd rather not have to use a multimeter.


texts: Signature of two different apps are being compared inside the code of an app

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For a particular Mobile App, I am trying to understand the client-side code of an apk by decompiling the apk using Jadx-GUI. While I was going through the code, I found out interesting code snippet (shown in the image). Signature of the existing app is being compared with that of the app named "Android".

I observed this type of comparison in more than one app. I fetched the certificate details and found out that they both are different and the certificates are self-signed (they are not using Google Play Signing)
So, my question is Why are the developers comparing the signature of two different apps? Under what scenarios is this type of signature verification useful?


texts: My dialer's in-call experience is sideways

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Okay... something really weird that just started happening.
Before getting into the details, my phone is an AT&T Galaxy S3.
I'm running AOKP build aokp_d2att_jb-mr2_milestone-1.

The in-call experience, and the "answer call" screen on my phone are "sideways", for lack of a better word. Normally, the in-call experience should look like this:

However, my in-call suddenly started looking something like the following image:

I have no idea how it got that way, or how to turn it back. Can anyone tell me how to reset the orientation of the call experience screen?
The same thing happens on my "answer call" screen, but the actual DIALER screen, to place a call, displays normally.


texts: "Battery use" information screen not reporting apps

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I've got a Samsung Galaxy S (international version) that I've just upgraded to Android 2.2 (Froyo) and now the battery usage page in settings (Settings => About phone => Battery use) only ever reports the following items: Display, Cell standby, Phone idle & Voice calls.

Although I upgraded only a couple of days after having the phone, I'm sure that it originally showed usage of other things like apps & live wallpaper... It's kind of useless how it is now, any ideas on how I get it displaying all usage again?


texts: Browser opens play store when tried to load certain link

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I just found that when I tried to visit certain page in firefox(also in the built in browser), it opened play store's page for a certain app which is related to the website.
The website I tried to visit was "flipkart.com" an the play store page was showing it's app. When I enter the link and pressed the button, ff says that "Couldn't find an app to open this link" and loads play store. Why it is so?
Because of this, I can't visit that website


texts: show carrier name on status bar (galaxy A5 2016)

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I have a Samsung galaxy A5 2016, and I would like to know if somebody knows how to activate to show the carrier name in the status bar.
I have searched in the entire menu (settings) but I cannot find this option.

I would appreciate your help!

Thank you in advance


texts: google-plus application for android 1.6?

texts: Is there a google-plus application for Android 1.6? My device won't be updated to 2.0+, so unless someone writes a 1.6 compatible app, I'm stuck without it.


texts: How to transfer file to internal usb storage on Samsung Note?

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I am trying to install a p12 certificate on my Samsung Note.  From what I've read, this can be accomplished with: menu->settings->Location and Security->Install from USB Storage (or SDCard storage, depending on the phone).

So, how do I transfer a file to the USB storage?


texts: Android Lollipop/Marshmallow full granular control of system app permissions

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I'm shocked this question hasn't been asked. I want an app preferably, but doesn't have to be an app. I need a way to be able to control all permissions on android Lollipop/Marshmallow. If you say Appops or in Marshmallow 'its built in the GUI', thats not an answer to this question because I'm asking for ALL permissions, not just some of them.

If this is the wrong place to ask the question, please direct me to the right place.


texts: Does rooting phone affect online banking security?

texts: I'm thinking of rooting my android phone (HTC Desire 300) and was wondering if doing so would affect the internet security with stuff like online banking. Is it still secure to do my banking on a phone that has been rooted? Does it make any of my other online passwords or details vulnerable or unsecured?


texts: Why does the YubiKey Neo only use Firefox, not Chrome?

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I want to use the YubiKey NEO with Chrome, and when I tap the NFC sensor to the phone, the only app I can use is Firefox.

I would like to have SSO work with Chrome, but not sure how they were able to make Firefox listen for NFC events.


texts: How to set sim card contact's contact picture in galaxy ace duos

texts: Am saving one contact to the sim card in Samsung galaxy ace duos. when am trying to set a contact picture from the gallery for that contact even though am getting message like contact icon have been set still contact picture is not present. They are not in any social media's. This works fine for the phone memory contact.


texts: S3 (i9300/i9305) Is it possible to install CM10 after installing the 4.3 OTA update?

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I heard you cannot downgrade to 4.3 to 4.1.2.
But, is it possible to change it down altogether to CM10?

Reason: The new 4.3 update runs terrible on my phone. I sent it back to Samsung and my carrier both and tried to update with KIES, but it's not getting any better. Some minor lag disappeared after they performed a full reset and flash, but nothing huge change. It's still crap. The lock screen (which I see at least 50 times a day) is absolutely horrible. The battery life also gone crap, since the update, Google+ loves to eat battery. Deleted the updates, disabled the app, signed out, none of those helped. Google of course won't care since I'm just one sucker from the many people.

Sidenote: I know I won't be able to use Triangle Away (since KNOX) and such. But the phone is not usable anymore, it's a brick with a few hours of battery life. It's useless.


texts: Reverting refurbished devices to previous versions

texts: I just purchased a few refurbished Samsung (S3, S4, S5) devices from Gazelle for a testing lab I'm organizing. The product listings for each said they had Android 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 respectively. However, when they arrived and booted up, they all appear to have 4.4.2 installed. Factory reset seems to only reset to version 4.4.2. Is there a way to (without rooting) revert the devices back to previous versions of Android?


texts: How to upgrade my HTC desire 816 with lollipop

texts: How can I upgrade my HTC desire 816 to lollipop


texts: How to block Friend number if repeated declined calls?

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Assume you drive a car and listen to Teams conference, while you receive a call from your friend.
You decline the call, otherwise you could not follow the Teams conference.
Your friend calls you another time and another.
You get frustrated because of that, your concentration on driving decreases.
My phone does not have a specific driving mode that would allow me such customisations.
How can you automatically decline repeated calls while driving or if the caller does it 3 times in 5 minutes?
One approach by calender event
Settings - Disturb - Automatically Turn on - Schedules - Event.
However, this assumes that your conference is on your calender.
It would be nice also to activate do not disturb mode, while driving.
Phone: Oneplus 6T.
OS: Oreo, newest 4.3.2021.


texts: How to stop touchpal providing a daily summary?

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I like this keyboard app as it has a lot of flexibility with accessing symbols for markdown that I use on stackexchange as well as its edit screen.

Click image(s) for larger version

But it also 'helpfully'(!) provides a daily summary of what apps you use (creepy?) along with a half-screen advertisement. I really don't want that.

Here's an example:

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It's not even useful or accurate!

Is there anyway to stop it from doing that? I've not found a setting for this,  nor a way to roll back the installed version to before this feature got added.

I'm in lollipop if it matters, with an Xperia Z5 compact. It might be able to upgrade to marshmallow.

How can I disable this feature, preferably without rooting my device?


texts: Stop navigating to google.com for wifi sign-in?

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My device (unrooted samsung s5, latest google chrome browser version) keeps navigating to https://www.google.com to (eventually) access a public wifi's login page. This is problematic of course as the actual wifi "sign-in" page (that I'm supposed to be forwarded to, or the http redirection for it) is obviously not signed by an ssl certificate for www.google.com, so I get the expected ssl error message.

Is there some setting I can change to change the default wifi sign-in address for the android chrome browser?


texts: Can one avoid losing everything on a Galaxy Nexus when applying a new ROM (safely)?

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The makers of most ROMs suggest that you do a full device wipe when moving from one ROM to another. I have also found this is usually good practice, so data from the previous ROM does not affect the new one. On my EVO 4G, this was not a problem, since wipes did not affect the SD card. However, my new Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) has no SD card, and is managed all on internal memory. Every time I do a full wipe (in TWRP and Clockworkmod recoveries) they erase everything on my device, including my SD contents (photos, documents, the new ROM I'm trying to install, etc.).

This is quite problematic and annoying, as it requires much more time to manually backup my backups before flashing anything.

Has anyone found a way to avoid this? By that, I mean is there a way to keep portions of data (preferably the faux "SD" portions) between flashing new ROMs?


texts: Is there  a way to fix the call answer delay?

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This is a known Android issue which has been widely reported (example).

I saw a suggestion to use Call Delay Patch from the Android Market, but some report that this helps while others report that it doesn't work.

I have the same issue on my HTC Incredible S (Android 2.3.3) and want to know if this issue has been addressed already or if there is a patch for it or a way to avoid it. Searching the web brings only complaints.


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Is there any way to do a factory reset somehow from the welcome screen as I can go through to do anything?

After prompting me to choose the language it keeps returning to the Welcome page to start over. Yes I tried every possible combination (wifi, cable, buttons, etc) but there is no way to go through so maybe a factory reset will do the trick.


texts: How to tell which partitions to backup in recovery (TWRP)?

texts: I have TWRP as my recovery on a Galaxy phone. There are so many options to choose which partitions to backup. What do they all do? My goal is to be able to recover from the largest number of disasters. However I think restoring some partitions can lead to a boot loop, because this recently happened to me.


texts: How to enable usb debugging and install an apk to an android device with non-functioning display?

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The display of my Xperia z3 is non-functioning(i.e. all I can see is a black screen) after an accidental damage due to water-insertion. But all other parts are working fine. The screen responses to touch, I can hear the touch sounds and I can click photographs as well with the camera key.

After connecting the phone with USB cable to my ubuntu laptop, I can browse through the internal storage files on the phone and locate the newly created image files as I click new photographs and take screen-shots. But I can't open any files(images/audio/videos) with errors like "couldn't load image" and "couldn't determine type of stream". However, I'm able to copy new files to the internal storage.

I want to install some screencasting application like vysor on my phone so that I can access it using my laptop. I know this can be done using adb commands but the problem here is that USB debugging is not enabled on my phone and hence I can't find it on the list of adb devices.

Is there any workaround for such situation?


texts: What is this fingerprint bar on my phone?

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I've had this phone for a few months now.  During normal usage today, this thing suddenly appeared.  Tapping, long-pressing, swiping did nothing.  It persisted above everything, even the keyboard (as seen), until I rebooted.  Checking the running apps didn't show anything weird.

Anyone have any idea what it is or where it came from?


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I have a Galaxy S5 Neo, about 2 years old. For about a year, i have been getting notifications that the phone is full and cannot install updates etc.

I have gone through the phone a few times, deleted whatsapp videos and images and other stuff i don't need, and still is showing me 1.9GB free out off 11GB (this is after the clean up). When it gets to about 1GB of free space - it locks up and refuses to install updates.
I currently have 500MB of whatsapp images. All my own camera images and videos as well as music are all on the SD card.

Attaching an image of my folder root that i see on the computer - as well as tech specs.

Any tips appreciated.


texts: How to duplicate screen on a secondary monitor in Phoenix OS?

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I usually use my laptop as a CPU. I put it aside and it is connected to a screen via a VGA cable. Recently, I installed Phoenix OS in my laptop,  but nothing was displayed on my secondary monitor. In windows 10, I only have to press "Windows + P" to see split screen option, but in this OS I couldn't find such settings.

How to get that setting?


texts: How to conect USB modem dongle to tablet AOC Breeze

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I have a tablet AOC Breeze model MW0712 with Android 4.1.1.

I want to connect with USB modem dongle Huawei E303C in order to have internet connection, but with no success results.

I try with this link (in spanish, because I'm peruvian and the APN settings is for my ISP), but I can't save any APN settings as I explain here.

I try with this widget, but always give me a "No driver found" message.

Then I try with this tutorial (rooting the tablet) and supporting me with this one (in spanish) that I think is better explained (but in both tutorials doesn't says that you need the BusyBox app installed). But I could also not connect.

Finally I try with this APP, but the connection is very unstable.


texts: What's the cause of "Application not installed" error?

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So I just downloaded the nightly version of Firefox (ARMv6) apk and when I install, I get the following error message:-

This, isn't a very friendly message.. what could be the cause? How do I find out?

Logcat for this particular problem says:-

W/PackageParser(  137): Exception reading libxul.so in /data/app/vmdl70897.tmp
W/PackageParser(  137): java.io.IOException
W/PackageParser(  137):         at java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream.read(InflaterInputStream.java:207)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at java.util.zip.ZipFile$ZipInflaterInputStream.read(ZipFile.java:432)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:154)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at java.util.jar.JarFile$JarFileInputStream.read(JarFile.java:109)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at android.content.pm.PackageParser.loadCertificates(PackageParser.java:338)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at android.content.pm.PackageParser.collectCertificates(PackageParser.java:508)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.installPackageLI(PackageManagerService.java:5906)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.access$2100(PackageManagerService.java:134)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$5.run(PackageManagerService.java:4764)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
W/PackageParser(  137): Caused by: java.util.zip.DataFormatException: data error
W/PackageParser(  137):         at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflateImpl(Native Method)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflate(Inflater.java:255)
W/PackageParser(  137):         at java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream.read(InflaterInputStream.java:188)
W/PackageParser(  137):         ... 12 more
E/PackageParser(  137): Package org.mozilla.fennec has no certificates at entry libxul.so; ignoring!

Although I've encountered this on the Firefox APK, I'd prefer a more general answer on how to fix or know the cause of such "Application not installed" problem.


texts: How to stop receiving group text messages

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How do I stop receiving text replies from people in a "group conversation"? For example, if user A sends a group text message, to users B, C and D, and myself (user E), I just want to see user A's original text message and not replies from users B, C, and D. Is there any way to accomplish this on any Android OS? I dont mean iMessage (that is discussed here, and the answer there seems to be 'no').

If not, can somebody explain why this limitation exists and if the carriers/phone manufacturers have indicated any awareness of this as a problem (or any future plans to change this 'feature')?


texts: Stuck on "verification fail" while Rooting Moto G 3rd gen

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I am trying to root my moto g 3rd gen.

I am following this guide:
http://theunlockr.com/2015/09/09/how-to-root-the-motorola-moto-g-3rd-gen/

I am completely stuck on Step 7: installing SuperSu on the device.

What I did:

Unlock booting
Start via command adb reboot recovery
Get past no command screen
select zip browsing the file system
push the zip using the command: adb sideload C:\...etc\...zip

The Zip I am using is this one:

https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip

The Result:

Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted

What can I do from here? Are there better ways to root this particular device? How do I get around this error?


texts: Metered wi-fi connection on Android tablet?

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I have a non-rooted Nexus 7 (2013), and connect to the internet via a Mi-Fi hotspot.

I have a low data cap, so I need to track usage closely. I'd like to be able to mark my connection as metered, but since this is a tablet, those options don't exist in Data Usage.

Is there any app or alternative method to enable that functionality?


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Is there a way like how Apple has icloud but for Android where if you lose your phone someone is not able to wipe it and then resell/reuse it?

And does Android also have builtin tracking like how iCloud does too?


texts: Can I report phone numbers as spam callers?

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Google recently introduced a feature that lets me know if someone is a suspected spam caller. However, sometimes I get calls from numbers that aren't listed as spam callers but are still spam callers. Is there some way I can report these?

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texts: How can I automatically backup a file on my phone to my NAS running on my local network?

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I have a NAS running and I can connect to it from my Linux machine (fstab):

 //192.168.1.4/home/backup /media/nas-backup cifs vers=1.0,username=***,password=***,auto,iocharset=utf8,gid=1000,uid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

I'd like to set up an app to run on my phone and backup my photos and sms messages daily when my phone is on my network. I think I can accomplish a lot of this with Tasker. But the actually file copying, I'm not sure how to proceed. I hear Syncthing for Android is good but I can't find any documents about connecting it to to a CIFS mountable NAS.

How can I setup Syncthing (or a different program) to connect to my NAS and backup files on a regular basis?


texts: No Internet when another Android device is connected to router

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Like the titles says, i have a weird problem.
I have a brand new device A (Android phone V4.2, manufacturer is called "Vivax"-not very popular outside Europe), which is having problems accessing internet.

Internet works only if there is no other smartphones connected to router.If the other phone (some older Samsung) is connected, there is no internet access on the device A.If i disconnect the Samsung device, turn wifi off and back on on device A, it can browse internet.
But if the other phone is connected, there is no internet access at all.

I checked the router and i think it is using WPA2 encryption.Also, there is no IP address conflict.

Anybody have any ideas what could be the problem?


texts: Motorola RAZR D3 power button doesn't (un)lock screen

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I have Motorola RAZR D3, and when I press the power button, nothing happens:

If the device goes to lock screen (after 5s), I can't unlock it with the power button, and the only way is using the soft reset to restart the phone.
If I press Power + Volume down, the device is restarted after 10s.

Thing I have tried:

Check Settings > Security > Power Button instant lock and it's checked.
Reset the device with Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset and I still have the same problem.


texts: How to copy app data to another user profile (on same device)?

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I've created an extra user profile for my kid and want to move his game progress (such as Angry Birds and the like) over to his profile, but am unsure how to go about doing this. The profile is not a 'restricted' sub-profile.

Running Lollipop --

This was about as close as I could find for a reference, but am unsure if this is even the best method, and how to execute the chown command (what are the app_user and app_group placeholders populated with? the values from ls -l?).

  from command prompt start ADB shell:

  adb shell

  switch to root user (your device must be rooted):

  shell> su

  go to in target profile directory:

  root> cd /data/user/[profile_user_id]

  For example: profile_user_id==10 for first restricted profile.

  rename directory (to have a back up copy)

  root> mv [app_dir] [app_dir].old

  copy app data from main profile (id=0) to new profile:

  root> cp -r /data/user/0/[app_dir] /data/user/[new profile
  id]/[app_dir]

  change owner for files just copied:

  root> find [app_dir] | xargs chown [app_user]:[app_group]

  Transfer data from one user to another in 4.3


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I want to read logs of Android devices having stuck at the boot logo, but I don't have ADB access.
Is it possible to read logs displayed by logcat in recovery by mounting /system partition?


texts:
I've plugged the AC charger for my Samsung Galaxy S4 into an inverter connected to my car's DC outlet.  The inverter is able to power my laptop AC adapter without issues.  The S4 charges, but not at full amperage.

The app Ampere shows that power input is at or below 500mA instead of the 1200mA shown when the adapter is connected to a wall socket.  Charging happens at a rate comparable to what is shown by Ampere, and similar to that seen when the phone is connected to a USB port on a computer.

Does Android or the Galaxy S4 refuse to allow charging at over 500mA if the quality of current is different from what would be provided by a wall socket?


texts: Connecting Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to a hardwired Ethernet

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Has anyone been able to connect the Galaxy Note 8 to a hardwired Ethernet network?  If so, what adapter was used?

There are times that I cannot use the Wi-Fi and need to connect using a wired network.


texts: When I try to type "<" or ">", I get semicolons ";" and colons ":"  any idea?


texts: Samsung Galaxy s3 mini continuously rebooting

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I woke up to find My Samsung Galaxy s3 mini asking me to select a language and time and sign into my Samsung account, like it was a brand new phone. As I tried to do this it kept rebooting. eventually I managed to sign in, but it continues to reboot every minute or so and a few of my widgets are missing. After researching I uninstalled the Samsung push app but it keeps going back to the sign in start page, but it reboots before I can sign in and there is no way to skip it.

I have removed my battery, SIM card and SD card, but it is still happening. I also tried a factory reset, but every time I click on it me phone restarts and nothing has changes.

Does anyone know what is going on or what I can do to stop it rebooting?


texts: how do I reset a google acct if the info is unknown. I was given a Samsung G7 phone. but I don't know the google email or password. Im wanting to reset it & add my google information to it.


texts: Free system information for Android such as Everest for Windows

texts: There is any apk that shows the system and hardware information about my Adroid phone??? I mean an aplication such as Everest (or msinfo32) does for Windows.


texts: Does Android swap out memory used by foreground services?

texts:
Looking at an Android KitKat device made by LG, I see that an app called Software Update is always running as a foreground service (100).  That service occupies a significant amount of memory.

From what I can tell, that app is just for OTA updates, which is an exceptionally rare event (has never happened so far!).

In order to free up some working memory, I was thinking about preventing the app from starting on bootup (by disabling its Broadcast Receiver), and then just running it manually once in a while to check for updates.

But before I do that, I want to ask if it matters at all?  For apps that are always running a foreground service, will Android simply swap them out of memory like a background app?  Or is the memory they use blocked off completely at all times, thereby making my plan worthwhile?


texts: How can I get apps from the Amazon app store from an unsupported region?

texts:
Currently, the Amazon app store appears to be US-only.  Similar to How do I use the US Android Market from Europe?, I want to know: How can I use the US Amazon Appstore?

Market Enabler doesn't seem to work, and it's not IP-based like I previously thought.  Any suggestions?


texts: WiFi very slow on Android phone but fast on android tablet

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New member here but I hope someone can throw light on this problem.
Background:

I use powerline to pass wifi around my house using Devolo Dlan 500
My phone is a Motorola Moto g6 and near the broadband router I get around 45MB/s download but at the powerline access point from Devolo I only get 0.5MB/s down but 6MB/s upload.
I also use an old android tablet, a Hudl 2 with android 5, testing the speed with this gets around 21MB/s down and 10MB/s upload from the access point.
I know that the house wiring is pretty old and the particular socket I am using is not on the same circuit as the router which will of course not help the situation but that is unavoidable.
Using a Network analyser shows a strong signal and the access point uses a separate wifi channel.

Any thoughts on this would be welcome.


texts: Huge "Data" when using DiskUsage in Innternal Memory

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My Lenovo P770's internal memory usage is very large – although I have deleted some unimportant data/apps. This is what it looks like using DiskUsage application:

Screenshot (click for larger variant)

I noticed that theres a huge "Data" (755 MB) in my internal storage.
What is this data? Is it save to delete it? How to do it (where is it's location)?

Sorry for much questions, please help me out. Thanks a lot

Note: I have used CCleaner but it doesn't help much. I think the main problem is this huge "Data".


texts: Difference between Lineage OS and Cyanogenmod : how does it affect current users?

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Cyanogen said it plans to cease developing its open-source version of Android and will shutter its services by the end of the month. The company's blog mentions,

  As part of the ongoing consolidation of Cyanogen, all services and Cyanogen-supported nightly builds will be discontinued no later than [December 31].

Do users get new update as OTA while using CyanogenMod, or do they have to completely erase and flash a new ROM? (That requires flashing new firmware, ROM, recovery etc.)
What will happen, if users are continue using CyanogenMod after December 31, 2016?
What about bugs, security, stability?


texts: How to root HTC Desire (Froyo 2.2) without putting in a custom ROM (flashing)?

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for research purposes I'd need to root a HTC Desire phone without flashing it. I did it already on the HTC Hero, where it was quite simple.

Basically all I would need is to get r/w access to the /system/app folder for copying my custom apk file there. Obviously this needs root access.

Is there a way to easily root the Desire without the need to completely flash and place a custom ROM on it?

Some details about the phone:

OS: Froyo 2.2
Software number: 2.12.110.4
Kernel version: 2.6.32.15

Thx for your help


texts: Will it be an issue if I dirty flash android kernel? I am trying out a few kernels for my phone and I want to make sure that dirty flashing won't affect the efficiency of the kernel. If it does, what is the method to flash a new kernel without losing data and apps?


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texts: Link of image is coming from an app server but image is not shown on app in notification. How to resolve this problem? Please help me


texts: keep recording audio even if camera takes photo

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How can I take a photo without having to restart recording audio? I have a lecturer who's handwriting on the board must be deciphered after class, but I don't want to bring two devices to class, one for audio and one for photos. The stock software basically crashes the record app if the camera is started. I think my old flip-phone might have better multitasking...

Device in particular is a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but I am curious about android devices in general.


texts: How do i recover my data on a Galaxy Tab after a factory reset?

texts: I forgot my password to unlock my Samsung Galaxy Tab, so I did a factory reset to get into it. Now I would like to recover as much of my previous data that I can. Is this possible? If so, how do I go about recovering it?


texts: Looking for an ePub reader that works without an SD card

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I'm looking for a ePub reader to read a collection of .epub files I have but so far each one I've tried has had problems because I don't have an SD card in my phone or I haven't been able to figured out how to get it to read a file that I uploaded to the device.

Anyone know of anything I can use?


texts: Bluetooth headphones won't re-connect automatically

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I'm using an old HTC Sensation XE with Android 4.1.2. Recently I bought a Creative WP-250 and encountered a weird issue with it. It paired with no problems, sound is going out through those headphones, mic is working as well but if I turn them off and on again it won't reconnect automatically and I have to manually go to Bluetooth settings each time and tap on the on it in the devices list.

Isn't there any way to make Android reconnect to a Bluetooth device automatically if it's available? My friend's Nexus seems to be doing it but I can't find any such option in my phone.


texts: How to allow downloading multiple files again in Chrome?

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When I was recently downloading files from a website, Chrome warned me, that website tries to download multiple files. I haven't seen that warning before and I guessed, that this may be security feature to prevent downloading unwanted .apk files, so I answered "no" (I disallow). Now I can download only one file at a time from that website and I have to reload whole page before downloading another. Really annoying.

Is there a way to undo my decision and allow downloading multiple files again? Or maybe disable this "feature" altogether?


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I am working in a company where we host a server to send SMS to mobile phone providers. We have several customers each day who cannot receive SMS we deliver to them because their Android SMS app discards them due to an alphanumeric sender. So, we have the "Delivered to Phone" state from the SMSC, but the customer effectively does not see the message.

We manage lists of customers who need plain numeric senders and circumvent the problem in this way.

Is there a way that might be a possible solution for - at least a good number of - the customers to easily setup their app or phone to accept/allow alphanumeric senders so we can tell them? Note, however that our customers are any average mobile phone customers, not necessarily with any informatic knowledge.


texts: I am suspecting that a friend of mine may have deleted an app I use for unknown reasons is there anyway I could see the phone activity log to check wet her the app was uninstalled and at what time


texts: How to view device kernel information (verbose)?

texts: I need to view my device kernel info, in particular the architectures.  The device is not rooted, therefore uname command isn't available in local terminal, but cat /proc/version doesn't have an option to increase verbosity (that I'm aware of) like -a for uname.  Is there any other method I can use to see this information?


texts: Why does the screen show vertical lines?

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I have a small tablet, but my sibling dropped it. Whenever it is turned on, the screen is just covered in vertical, multicolored lines.

Any ideas?


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Hi am trying to convert my mobile device as proxy server, I searched net but cant find proper solution.

What I am trying to do :

Setup proxy server on android and use that mobile IP/Proxy IP address in my PC browser as proxy.

In Pc we can use Squid Proxy for this purpose I am searching similar framework in Android/Mobile to convert my mobile into proxy server