texts: Best adb command and system tweaks for non rooted phone to get closer to rooted experience

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As I always owned rooted phones I find frustrating living with all the limitations of non-rooted phones.
I would like to list here all the adb commands you can issue and system settings you can tweak to get your non-rooted phone experience closer to a rooted one. In a way decreasing "security" when connected to a PC.
Especially targeting Android 10+
Of course we all know everything starts enabling Developer Options and USB Debug
I can execute some pm disable package or pm uninstall package to get rid of some bloat system apps.
Then I can do some setting put global parameter n to tweak some system settings.
I.E. setting put global dropbox_max_files 9 limits the number of files in /data/system/dropbox directory (unaccessible) to 9 instead of hundreds (if not thousands).
Dropbox app not installed, but there is log activity in /data/system/dropbox
Finally there's pm grant com.package.name android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS to play with...


texts: How to decrypt an undecryptable micro SD card?

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I encrypted my micro SD card and used it (and encrypted/decrypted it) without issue during some months. But one day, without explanation, my micro SD card is no more decryptable: the encrypt screen at Android startup (or SD card inserting) is loading unending or showing "0Mb/0Mb - 100%" and micro SD card still unavailable and invisible.

When I connect the SD card directly to PC or Mac, files tree is browsable, files are visible but unreadable.

I tried some softwares like Android File Transfer or Android Data Recovery (Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android), without success.

I don't want to reset my phone because I will lose all my micro SD card data. Is there a way to recover data from corrupted and undecryptable micro SD card?

Phone : Samsung Galaxy 7 (SM-G930F)
Android : Marshmallow 6.0.1


texts: How to script Android 7.0 to enable Mobile Hotspot AND USB tethering upon startup?

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I have a router that can use a 4G LTE Android device as a WAN port for Internet access. Whenever the tablet runs out of power, upon restarting, the Mobile Hotspot and USB tethering options default to disabled.

Using Android 7.0 on an LG G Pad X 8.0, is it possible to write a script that automatically enables Mobile Hotspot and USB tethering upon startup ?

If possible, the solution should not require a Google login.


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I am running Paranoid Android and love it, but it is hard on battery life. So I am looking at flashing back to AOKP.

In looking around, I've seen some vague references to a "Permission Management" (such as mentioned here) in the latest AOKP... but after googling for a couple days, can find no real details on it.

Is this something that is in the current stable builds of AOKP, or is just referring to the built-in one from Android 4.3 in the latest AOKP nightlies?

If anyone can point me to an article with a some good information on this feature and its current build status, I'd be very grateful. Been missing this functionality since LBE Privacy Guard died with Jelly Bean.

Mind you, I am aware of other options such as LBE, PDroid, XPrivacy.
I'm looking specifically for more information about AOKP's permission management.

Thanks!


texts: Android is ignoring my choice of lock screen

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I have bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 and I was so excited about the fingerprint feature.
So when  I got  the phone I tried to set fingerprint as my unlock method, but it didn't work.
The lockscreen now has a pedlock and there is two ways to unlock the phone.

First way:
Drag over the screen (the default option).

Second way:
Drag over the pedlock to get to a new screen from which I can only open with fingerprint.

How can I fix this?
I want to unlock the phone only with fingerprint, not with drag.


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I created this Data.osm file:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<osm version='0.5' generator='GPSBabel-1.4.0'>
  <node id='-1' visible='true' lat='41.890121' lon='12.492265'>
    <tag k='name' v='place01'/>
    <tag k='note' v='place01'/>
    <tag k='tourism' v='museum'/>
  </node>
</osm>

Then I converted it to Data.obf using OsmAndMapCreator.

How to have OsmAnd show this POI on the maps?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Nexus HSPA : Baseband Unkown problem

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In further continuation to my previous post,
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.1.2 Unable to connect to mobile network.

My earlier solution could only make it work for a little more than 10 days and I am back with the same "Baseband Unkown" problem on my Galaxy Nexus. This problem seems to be persistent no matter any version of stock that I revert to. Currently I am on stock YAKJU-4.0.4-IMM76I.

I have now started looking at the radio logs and I see the lines as below. Can somebody please help me understand them and hopefully help me resolve it.

This is really a frustrating experience with my first android device.

11-29 11:54:53.734 D/RILJ    (  472): [0004]< RADIO_POWER error: com.android.internal.telephony.CommandException: RADIO_NOT_AVAILABLE

11-29 11:54:53.734 D/RILJ    (  472): [0006]< BASEBAND_VERSION error: com.android.internal.telephony.CommandException: RADIO_NOT_AVAILABLE

11-29 11:54:53.734 D/RILJ    (  472): [0007]< GET_IMEI error:com.android.internal.telephony.CommandException: RADIO_NOT_AVAILABLE

11-29 11:54:53.734 D/RILJ    (  472): [0008]< GET_IMEISV error: com.android.internal.telephony.CommandException: RADIO_NOT_AVAILABLE

Thanks


texts: Looping through Terms and Verify Google Account after hard reset

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I have a recent Samsung Galaxy 6S Edge phone that had to be factory reset. After the factory reset it will loop through the 'Terms and Conditions' acceptance screen and the 'Verify Google Account' after I enter the Google Account email and password correctly. After entering in this information the phone will go back to the Terms screen and ask to verify the google account again. Google notifies me that the account was accessed through this phone.

Any thoughts of what the trouble might be?


texts: How to fix stuttering audio playback with Soundcloud?

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On my HTC desire 510, Android ver. 4.4.3 audio playback is unreliable. I encounter stuttering playback when using Soundcloud. As Soundcloud buffers everything locally and the problem is reoccurring when playing offline this can't be a streaming (network) issue.

Are there any knobs and wheels I can fiddle with?


texts: Is there anyway to bypass the Geo-IP restriction when trying to stream movies outside US?

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I have an Amazon Kindle fire, I have an Amazon Prime subscription, and I am living outside the US.

Every single time I want to enjoy Amazon streaming video service reserved for the Prime membership, the Amazon Geo-IP check stops me from doing so ("this service is unavailable in your region" ).

Any idea to bypass this Geo-IP check?


texts: Samsung galaxy s5 doesn't turn on my powerbank Platinet 9000mAh

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My powerbank platinet 9000mAh after 5 minutes of standby goes asleep and wakes up when I plug in charger or any device.

When I connect raspberry pi, usb camera, wifi adapter or pendrive my powerbank wakes up. Problem is with my samsung galaxy s5. Nothing happens when plug my smartphone  - powerbank remains in sleeping mode. Firstly I have to connect any other device - then it's wakes up for 5 minutes and I can plug in my samsung and charge.

Where is the problem? There are no  buttons on powerbank.


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When I connect Android device to Eclipse for debugging, it will show Failed to start monitoring 0123456789ABCDEF, but not always. Sometimes it works perfectly. USB debugging is active, but still shows like this.

Why is it so? Can anyone help me?


texts: How can I display an image from a URL on a home screen?

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I want to load an image from a URL and have it get updated regularly from a web page.

Something like a widget that would show my current Stack Overflow flair.

Another badge/flair example is to show the weight loss banners at myfitnesspal.com like this:

I've tried searching the market for photo widgets, webcam widgets, and URL widgets.   I'm not sure how to get the above image that updates onto my home screen.

Any ideas?


texts: Where should I copy multimedia files on SD card?

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I have a Huawei P8 Lite to which I added an SD card.

Using Windows Explorer, I'm not sure where to copy multimedia files so that the files will be found by eg. VLC.

The "SD Card" item contains the following directories:

.backup
Android
backup
DCIM
HuaweiBackup
LOST.DIR

Thank you.


texts: How do you install Google Play on Huawei Enjoy 7?

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Recently I purchased a Huawei Enjoy 7 from China and brought it back to Canada. (This phone is available only for purchase in China but it works perfectly fine in Canada and the states)

Basically it isn't that easy to get Google Play / Other Google Apps (beacause the phone was meant for China)

I have tried just getting the Google Play Store, as well as Google Play Services from a APK downloader online, but it just shows "Install Core GMS Packages to use google play" This is my main problem.

Huawei phones like the Mate series or the P series (meant for America) can just download an APK for the GMS Installer. But on the Huawei Enjoy 7, it doesn't work. (same message when opening google play)

Here's where I find that it gets tricky, according to this forum post and this other stack exchange post, you need to use TWRP to install GMS. (the stack exchange one isn't exactly relevant to my situation because it is a Mate 9)

To anyone experienced with computers/android using TWRP or something that has full access to your phone can have damaging consequences if done wrong. The forum post has a small guide that can somewhat help but it isn't very clear. This other stack exchange post also shows how to use TWRP (there are also links to official guides) but it isn't exactly the same as what the forum post suggests me to do.

My phone is currently running 7.0 nougat and not rooted (EMUI 5.0 I think). And I have the correct "Open GApps project" file on my computer and my phone.

What I want is a very clear and detailed guide that has official information to back it up to show my how to properly install Google Play on a Huawei Enjoy 7 using TWRP. Or if there are any other methods on how to do so.


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I've tried rooting my phone using z4root and after the entire process, I still get access denied with the su command in abd shell.  I followed the instructions at droidforums.  The first result from Google suggests the same tool.  Is there anything else that I may have missed, or is this procedure outdated?

System Version: 4.7.3.XT610.Verizon.en.US
Model Number: Droid Pro
Android Version: 2.3.4
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-ge13b57a


texts: Nexus 5X: bootloop after restoring NANDroid backup via TWRP

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I was using LG Nexus 5X with Lineage OS 14.1 for a long time. I wanted to switch to stock Oreo ROM to see how it is.

I made a backup of the following items (Lineage OS 14.1) using TWRP:

Boot
System Image
Data
System
Vendor
Vendor Image

and copied them to my PC. After that I downloaded:

8.1.0 (OPM7.181205.001, Dec 2018)

which is a factory image from Google website and executed "flash-all.bat" to install the stock ROM on the phone. The stock ROM worked good. Afterwards I wanted to restore Lineage OS from my backup. So I installed TWRP "twrp-3.2.3-0-bullhead.img", wiped the phone and restored all the items listed above.

After everything was completed, I rebooted the phone and there was a boot loop at Lineage OS logo. I downloaded an older factory image:

7.1.2 (N2G48C, Aug 2017)

and installed it with "flash-all.bat". It worked, the phone booted. Then again I installed TWRP "twrp-3.2.3-0-bullhead.img", wiped everything and restored all the items from Lineage OS. After it was done the device wouldn't boot. Boot loop at Lineage OS logo again. I tried with older TWRP "twrp-3.2.2-0-bullhead.img" but nothing has changed.

Is there any way I can restore the old Lineage OS 14.1 from the backup I made? I'm not an expert, I follow guides on the web, if you have any comments or questions please state them clearly. If you have an idea how to fix the boot loop, please write your thoughts with steps which I could follow.

Many thanks.


texts: Recently I encrypted my LG Tribute HD. I was doing something in recovery mode a couple days later, I accidentally hit the "wipe all data on phone" button. I pressed no. I rebooted my phone and all of the sudden secure startup was enabled and it had a password instead of a pattern. I tried a couple passwords but none of them worked. The attempts count only went down 1 time for some weird reason. I don't want to factory reset my phone. I just did a couple days ago, and I don't want to again.


texts: After rooting my Samsung Galaxy S7 with Odin Windows Tool, I am locked out of my phone

texts: I have followed the instructions here and used Odin to root my Galaxy S7 edge. During the process the phone has rebooted and is now asking for my draw pattern. However, it won't accept my pattern. Any suggestions...?


texts: Add WhatsApp images to Google Photo album in the cloud

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I have a HUAWEI P20 phone and I am using the native Google Photos app to organize my photos on this device. Only the Camera folder is set for automatic upload to the cloud.

I am using Viber and WhatsApp on this phone. Their image folders are not uploaded automatically to Google Photos in the cloud and I do not need this, so that automatic uploading for this folders is turned off.

I also have a couple of albums in Google Photos to which I add particular photos from the Camera, Viber Images and WhatsApp Images folders. The problem is that only photos from the Camera and Viber Images folders I added to my albums on my HUAWEI device appear in the cloud (when I view them online at https://photos.google.com/). The images from the WhatsApp Images folder I add to the albums never appear online.

Does anybody know how to solve this problem?

P.S. I've looked at full image paths in Viber Images and WhatsApp Images folders to find any difference that may lead to this effect. It seems, paths for Viber and WhatsApp images have the same structure and this is not the source of the problem:

/storage/emulated/0/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images/IMG-20200108-WA0000.jpg

/storage/emulated/0/viber/media/Viber Images/IMG-9104f1a4b3f873e1d9c8806bb9a8bd25-V.jpg

And sure, I am using the latest official firmware on my phone.


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I'm trying to use my Note 3 to help me debug a website, but I just can't get it going. I've enabled developer mode and checked USB debugging in developer options, but that's as far as I can get.

I've installed Kies 3 and when I connect my phone using a USB 3 cable to a USB 3 port I can see my phone in Kies, I can transfer files to it and everything. I can do this using Windows Explorer or Kies.

However it cannot be seen by ADB or Chrome Inspect. Going through the instructions online they say I should be getting a popup asking me to authorise remote debugging, but I'm not getting that.

I've tried everything I can think of, I'm new to debugging mobiles and so my knowledge on how to get this is limited. Can someone help me get this working please?


texts: Colored output in adb, e.g. for ls command

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Is it possible to have colored output in adb shell, e.g. for the ls command?

I've tried ls --color=auto . etc, but that doesn't seem to work.

Colored output, however, works in adb shell, e.g. with

echo -e '\033[01;35m test \033[m'

Or does the ls command in adb not provide a "full feature" ls and it depends on the command?

Required Information:

Device: HTC Desire S S510e
Android: Gingerbread 2.3.5


texts: Adding a Contacts Group on Android doesn't sync to Google Contacts

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I've created a contacts group on my Android phone, but this hasn't appeared on Google Contacts.

I was under the impression my phone and my Google account would sync each way.

How can I get my Android contacts group to sync with my Google account?


texts: Reformat / reset an unrooted phone and wipe /system

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I'd like to reformat / reset my verizon Samsung S4 (SCH-I545, baseband **OF1, Android 5.0.1). After doing a number of tests and experimentation, I believe that there is a malicious binary sitting in /system which is causing me to follow a random Russian porn Instagram account. I'd like to get rid of whatever is causing the auto-follow (it's not even good porn), so I thought a hard reset / reformat would be ideal... HOWEVER, I believe that a factory reset does not touch /system. Is there a recommended approach with a non-rooted phone to essentially start with a blank slate?

The phone itself was never rooted, but it did come refurbished a year or so ago from Verizon. Since it's running a OF1 baseband, I believe rooting it is out of the question? If it's possible to root, that might solve a lot of problems.


texts: How to lower down the volume more than by default?

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When receiving calls, I sometime use the default headphone but the sound is too high for me.

I set the volume to the lower, but it's still too high.

How can I define the volume lower than the limited default from android, and if yes, how ?

Info : I don't have a volume parameter on my headphone
Info 2 : It's a HTC One S (not One, One S !)

Thanks for your help.


texts: Where does Lollipop stores notification log?

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Android 4.3 and above allows access to a list of historical notifications using the Settings widget. The scope of "historical" is limited to current session of Android and the list is populated with new entries once the system is rebooted.

(Click image to enlarge)

So, where does this notification log is stored in Android?

I had no luck finding anything good named "notification". I already did a system-wide search with nothing positive to report here.

find / -iname "*notification*"

I watched the real-time output of adb logcat -v long (tried with explicit root access as well) but there was no common event  when a notification popped up in notification drawer. I was monitoring the ping request (shows up as a notification) to KDE Connect sent from my Slackware Linux, for the test case.
The entries that are visible in Notification drawer can be traced back to the output of notification service,

adb shell dumpsys notification

As said, you get the current ones but not the historical ones.
The real name or codename (I suppose) of notification service is android.app.INotificationManager.   I attempted to dive into its  source
code and there is nothing positive to report. It is very likely that being not a programmer, I might have missed a thing or two of importance.
I, while being reluctant for being illogical, did peek into the data directory of Settings (com.android.settings) and Settings Storage (com.android.providers.settings) apps. Nothing interesting there.

I presume that either the log is managed in the memory by a program or at some location in storage where the logs are frequently flushed after current Android session ends. I've no idea what I'm talking here.

Edit:

I've the Notification access to Tasker under Settings → Notification manager already enabled. So that's definitely not the roadblock here.

(Asked by Lucky) The intent associated with that Notification log window accessible through Settings widget has the following things:

Action: android.intent.action.MAIN
Category: com.android.settings.SHORTCUT
Flag: 0x10200000
Component: com.android.settings/.Settings$NotificationStationActivity

Note

I've a rooted OnePlus One running COS12 (Xposed Framework installed) and many Android 5.1 ROMs.
I'm absolutely aware about many apps which can record notifications and lets you see them. But as you would've guessed by now, I'm not interested in futuristic past but the past related to present moment. In short, I want access to native raw files or logs to see both the historical and current notifications without depending on third-party apps.

My goal

When a secondary user is in focus, Tasker (running under Primary user) misses any profile which depends upon an incoming notification. Google has noted the fact here:

  Notifications for other users do not appear until they are active.

But you can still see those new notifications in the output of adb shell dumpsys notification. So I want to access the logs directly to make my task(s) work, thereby removing the dependence on notifications showing up in Notification drawer.


texts: How to run initial Android setup after skipping it?

texts: So, as part of rooting my Nvidia Shield Tablet K1, I wanted to set some things up before running the initial setup, things like configuring the adoptive storage, that seemed to make sense before downloading all my old apps. I was able to skip the setup and do what I needed but then couldn't find a way to run the setup after the fact. Can I force the device to run the setup again?


texts: Can I install Darky ROM using CWM even if I'm not coming from a previous Darky ROM?

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I want to install Darky ROM to replace my stock Gingerbread phone.

Can I do this without Odin, using CWM, or will that only work if I have a previous version of Darky?


texts: I bought a new itel phone yesterday. I charged it a bit then added apps and photos and music. I played some music during the night. I tried rebooting does not go on, it vibrates but screen is blank.


texts: Error after error in booting and in recovery mood

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My tablet brand is ASUS and its android's version is 5.0.1. It shows many error  likes Unfortunately com.android.setings has stopped, Unfortunately UI has stopped, Unfortunately Launcher has stopped frequently. Sometimes when I restart it, it doesn't show my desktop. Also its reset to factory doesn't works properly (it just reset the time of tablet).

I have cleared the cache and data of setting but errors persists.

So I decided to recover my android. After holding power button and + volume, I chose recover option and it got to the recovery page. after 5-7 seconds the error appeared with death android icon and just the word "error" as its caption.

  How to recover my android? what files I need? What is the adb?

Please note that my (android of) tablet is not longer supported by ASUS Inc. Also I have reset my android to factory setting 1 month ago successfully.


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My Galaxy S7 downloaded the Oreo upgrade, and now a notification persists in my status bar and every now and then it pops up asking me to upgrade. I don't want to upgrade. Is there a way to skip upgrading without rooting or factory reset?
I tried deleting cache and disabling the software upgrade app but it didn't work, and there's no option to disable the app.


texts: How to remove "Recent apps" when pressing Home?

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When pressing "Home" button on my Samsung Galaxy Core Plus (Android 4.2.2, not rooted), I always get this "Recent apps" view, which I don't want.

How to have the real home instead (i.e. desktop with icons) ?


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I use a dual-port 2-amp charger with an Amazon Basics USB cable. This works perfectly fine to charge my Nexus 4 and the Nexus reports "AC" not "USB" as charging mode. From the recharge time it's also evident that it gets plenty of juice.

However, when I connect my wife's Samsung Galaxy S Duos then it simply does not charge at all - the battery indicator does not get the lightning symbol, and the battery really never charges (even when nothing is connected to the charger's second USB port). When I connect the same phone to my computer's USB port, it charges just fine - even using the LG charging cable! - but slowly of course. The Samsung also charges well from any el-cheapo car charger (lighter socket) as well as from my expensive 3A car charger and from my LG AC charger.

What's the cause of this? How can a charger&cable combination work very well for one phone, yet not at all for another?


texts: Where does Google Music store the “offline tracks”?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Where does Google Music store offline songs?

I have about 8 gigs of music stored within Google Music, and I recently got sick of streaming (and risking data charges), so I painstakingly allowed it to be stored offline. So my fresh 16 gig SD card now only had 8 gigs left. Then, I flashed a new rom, thinking that all my music would still be there cached (or however it works), but I was wrong. When I click "show offline tracks only" within the Google Music app, it shows nothing, yet my SD card still only has 8 gigs of space left.

So, my question is, where are these offline tracks stored on my SD card so I can go in and delete them, to free up space so I can back them all up again?

Thanks!

And also, why won't the app recognize that there is offline music stored on my SD card after a new rom is flashed? I figured that data would be untouched across roms.


texts: Contacts menu is not accessible in Android 6

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I want to restore contacts from Sim - I have gone to the dialer and then contacts, then I look for the menu button that should appear in the search bar (as described here: http://teckfront.com/import-contacts-sim-card-android-6-0-1-marshmallow-2/ )

However, the menu is not accessible.  All that appears there is the google microphone; when I tap it, it opens the microphone and invites me to say the name of a contact.

How do I access the contacts menu with the microphone in the way?  Alternatively, is there another way to transfer contacts from the SIM that I have not seen?


texts: ES File Explorer shows empty /data/ folder

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I'm looking for the whatsapp key file on my phone (which should be stored in /data/data/com.whatsapp/files/key).

Therefore I:

Rooted the phone Galaxy S5 (Android 4.4.2)
Checked the root status with Root Checker (it's rooted!)
Downloaded ES File Explorer
Opened /data/ folder in order to find the key file with ES File Explorer...

but the folder is empty!

Is that folder really empty or am I missing something?


texts: How do I force stop an application downloading from Android Market?

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As I posted Some of the applications are getting downloaded more than once ... I need to stop the downloading an application from the Market. Its really waste of time and waste of data(I use 2GB data plan for my mobile).

I restarted the phone, killed the Market app from Task Manager, but still no help. It still continues to download. After complete downloading its going to start download again. For this reason I wanted to stop the Download.

(Android 2.1)


texts: What happens when Google removes a purchased app from Market?

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Google removes malicious and copyright-smasher apps from Market. And, I think paid apps are equally treated in this case. Fortunately, Google hasn't removed any app purchased by me, yet. So, I don't have any idea.
What happens when Google removes a paid app? Google returns its cost to buyers or not?
Can I continue to use that app with infringing law?

Another situation: When I purchase an app and do its FIRST installation after even month, the 15-minute refund option is provided. In case of app removal from market, can I utilize the refund option?


texts: How much privileged GMS Core is in the Android Stack?

texts: The GMS Core has a ton of capabilities and doesn't seem to perform like a typical application (as in an Application living in the 'Applications' layer shown below). I would assume it would have more privileges and potentially live in the Android Framework layer or the same place as the 'Core Libraries' mention. However, I noticed a u0_a12 UID (not root or system) was attached to the com.google.android.gms process indicating that it's a user owned application. Can someone elaborate on this a little?


texts: Android Jelly Bean - Download and install Download Manager without a pc

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I'm writing this from the tablet having the issue.

2 months ago when I still had a working pc I wanted to install Linux on my tablet and in the process I wiped mostly everything from it and changed the custom recovery to not include those wiped app files.

I wanted to put Android back, but I forgot to download and install the missing app files for it to work correctly, the most important being the Download Manager.

Today my pc unfortunately broke up and I have a project to be done. So I thought to begin using this tablet to program as I have no money to buy another pc for maybe a year.

The problem is that I can't download anything as I'm missing the Download Manager app. When I try to download something for ex. with Chrome it crashes.

Now, given that I have no access to a pc for a year or so but my tablet is fully rooted, is there a way to download and install the Download Manager apk?

My thoughts on possible theoretical ways:

As I can't download but copy/paste text from the net, I could try to look for the Download Manager apk, copy its source, paste it on text file and give it the .apk extension.
Trick the Chrome cache to store the .apk file and then retrieve it from the cache offline. But here I don't know where the Chrome cache is stored and I'm afraid it's in a privileged part of the system where only a file manager with root functionality can see it.
2.
If it's supported create a script on Jsfiddle to fetch the apk file and save it through IndexedDB or LocalStorage and access it offline thereby being able to install it.

My question here is: Would that work? Otherwise have you ideas on how to do that given the current situation?


texts: How to correctly identify your phone model and version?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I'm trying to do a fresh reinstall of Cyanongenmod.

I see in their website that there are three different versions of this phone: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Devices#vendor=%22Google%22;searchable=%22galaxy%22;

Now I am confused and don't know which version I have? I bought it in Portugal. But is there a way to automatically identify the phone?

Thank you


texts: Known issues when installing official google ICS on Galaxy s2

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I know Google issued out an official ICS rom for the Nexus S devices and I'm wandering if the same rom (or any other Google official variant) will properly work on my Galaxy S2 or will there be any notable issues?!

I'm asking because I'm quite fed up with the Samsung's stock roms (both GB and ICS) and I really want to avoid 3rd party roms such as CyanogenMod.


texts: What are the privacy implications of using Talk-to-Text?

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Given that the Android implementation of Talk-To-Text sends your voice to Google's servers, parses your speech into text, then sends the text string back to the handset, what are the privacy implications of using Talk-to-Text?

Does this mean, for example, that anything that I say to my beloved Nexus One is stored on Google's servers?

Do Google TOS refer specifically to this issue?


texts:
Having a pretty irritating issue with my bluetooth connection and my car. The phone will connect up no problem, but as soon as you try to play a track, switch apps or sometimes even unlock the phone, it'll say the device has disconnected, with a few caveats.

Details;

Device is a Nexus 4 (The LG One), Rooted running an official rom of 5.1.1, i haven't run any updates or updated any apps in the past week since this issue cropped up randomly one morning.
Car is a Ford Fiesta, built in 2015, UK 15 plate.
I'm connecting my phone to the built in Ford SYNC system, had no issues with it before on the same device

What i've tried;

Full factory reset on phone
Installed same ROM again from google
Full Dalvik cache wipe
Full factory reset via CWM recovery and via TWRP before flashing roms
(Separate occasions)
"Factory Reset" in car
"Master Reset" in car (that cleared all my audio preferences for the radio)
Remove pairing from car and phone and repair (connecting from phone first)
Remove pairing from car and phone and repair (connecting from car first)
Allowing car to access contacts, messages and phone audio
Allowing car to access nothing but media audio

I'm truly at my wit's end here it's driving me absolutely insane, and it only started randomly last week.

What's weird, is that my phone will connect up no problem, the SYNC system on the car will tell me my phone's connected, but as soon as i go to play music, switch apps or unlock my phone, it'll tell me it's disconnected. What's REALLY weird though is that my car will still give me a reading of my phone's signal strength and battery level, even when it's apparently disconnected, and it seems pretty accurate as well.

Just thought i'd run this by you guys incase there's something blatantly obvious i've missed before i head into the Ford garage and start whining at them


texts: Symbian like internet connectivity in android?

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In Symbian, i can connect and disconnect internet connection directly from my PC. i.e. when i use a dial-up connection on PC the mobile works as a modem. The internet connection is established just for the PC (connection is not shared between mobile and PC) and mobile can not use the internet.

In android however the connection is first established on mobile and then shared with PC and i can not disconnect directly from my PC.

I want the Symbian like connectivity where i can connect/disconnect the internet connection from the PC and use it only on my PC(no sharing).

Is there any way to do it ?


texts: What is this bunny icon, next to my internet usage speed?

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A weird bunny logo has been appearing next to my internet speed lately, and I have no clue what it is.
Also, I don't use any kind of VPN.
I have tried googeling, but there isn't anything like that.
I own a Xiaomi redmi note 8 pro


texts: Control media player on one phone from another

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I recently upgraded by old Wildfire to a Galaxy S2.  For an event I'm running, I'd like to be able to hook the wildfire up to a sound system and play music (that's on the wildfire).  However, I'd also like to control the playback using my S2.  This can be via bluetooth or wi-fi, as I can use the wi-fi hotspot feature if required.

Can anyone suggest any Apps that would allow me to do this?  So far a remote-desktop app is the best I've found, but it's a bit awkward to use.


texts: How to run a program in an app context with Magisk?

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Let's say I'm currently as root in Bash on a terminal, outside any app like Termux. I'm running Magisk.

Now I want to synchronously invoke Termux's Bash, such that it behaves the same way as it would if I had directly started the Termux app (i.e. with the same permissions and SELinux context and user/group and everything else).

How can I do this?


texts: How to find what model of Galaxy Nexus I have?

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I cannot determine what version of the Google Nexus I have. I purchased the phone from the Google Play store in 2012. In the phone "settings" menu, the model says "Galaxy Nexus" and the Android Version is 4.3. It lists the serial number but appears to be useless when trying to look up on Samsung support site.

How do I know if I have Nexus 4, Nexus 7, etc? I want to look up the exact hardware specifications for this exact phone. I tried searching the Samsung website by the IMEI but nothing could be found. The phone was manufactured by Samsung (SAMSUNG logo on the back of the phone). The Google Play store purchase receipt just says "Galaxy Nexus HSPA+".

Is there some other way I can find the exact information for this phone?


texts: Cannot connect to Facebook, hosts file seemingly ignored

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I have a Motorola Atrix.

My country used to block Facebook, so I decided to add its ip to the /etc/hosts file about 3 months ago and it worked in the browser, but the Facebook app did not.

Now my country has unblocked Facebook so I would like to clear my hosts file and use Facebook as normal. However, my phone cannot connect to Facebook normally even after I performed a factory reset. Other devices still work without the modified hosts file.

Also, if I add some test lines to the hosts file such as:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 test

then try to ping test in a terminal emulator it returns unknown host.

Is my hosts file being ignored? Did I miss something? I have OTA Root Keeper and it seemed to keep root after I did a factory reset. Did it keep something related to networks, too?


texts: How can I view and easily delete pictures?

texts:
Could you advise me of some way to view pictures and easily delete some of them when viewing (with one or two taps)?

I'm using Android 2.1.


texts:
I've added some events in Google Calendar in my web browser. These events occur every other week. In the web browser, the events are showed correctly as occurring every other week. However, in Android calendar (I'm using the stock calendar app), these events show up as events that occur every week.

Does anyone know what is wrong? I've tried clearing app data for Calendar and Calendar Storage, but the moment I set up sync again, the events get synced wrongly again, showing up as events that occur every week.


texts: How to install Google Play Services without through Play Store in Redmi 3?

texts: A bunch of my apps ask me to install Google Play Services but my Play Store won't start since the service is missing.


texts: If I root a Droid ( Razr M) does it get factory reset (erasing all installed apps, etc.)?

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I'm considering rooting my Razr M.

If I do that but don't install an alternate ROM, will this erase anything on my phone or simply "unlock it"?


texts: Can I restore backups taken from Titanium Backup on a non-rooted phone?

texts: I have both rooted and a non-rooted phones, there are some apps in my rooted phone which I took a backup using 'Titanium Backup' can I restore it on my non-rooted phone using any method?


texts:
When installing a custom ROM shouldn't we wipe system partition along with data, dalvik, and cache?
What are the differences with and without wipe?


texts: How can connect my android app to car system for example to get "Level fuel" information or any others info!


texts: What is this HTC notification icon that looks like a pin?

texts: What is the icon in between the two red lines on the notification bar? I can't find it in the Android 2.3 user guide!


texts: can anyone provide me the simple steps to upgrade to 2.2 from 2.1 android OS for X8 Xperia mobile. If so, is that fine to do myself without the help of sony erricson departmental store ?


texts: Android Root Certificates, published list?

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For each version of iOS Apple publishes a list of the embedded root certificates:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205205

I am unable to find something similar for Android, I am wondering if these could differ by device vendor or if they all share a common set as part of Android proper?

My goal is to have a list of public CAs which are common in both Android and iOS (some minimum version of each)


texts:
I have my SIM card from the back of my Samsung Galaxy S5. However, I do not have the phone anymore. I will not be getting a new phone for quite sometime.
My question is; is there a way to retrieve the entire contents of my SIM card, without having a phone? Maybe there is a way to download the contents to my pc. Please advise


texts: How to prevent apps from using WiFi network?

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I would like to prevents all app except one (which I use it in foreground) to use WiFi network.

The phone is not rooted so the root firewall are not suitable, and also I don't want to use firewall which create VPN connection.

I have tried how-to-restrict-background-data-for-metered-wi-fi-networks-on-android but when I check the network traffic of the device it contains closed app traffic also.


texts:
I have successfully installed TWRP 3.1.1 on my HTC Desire 510. I have rooted the phone with a modified ROM (so I think).
But supersu keeps complaining: "Die SU-Binary muss aktualisiert werden. Fortfahren?" (i.e. super-su binary must be updated. continue?)
If I continue, I can choose between "normal" installation and "using TWRP/CWM" for installation. Neither works.

"Normal installation" yields "SU update unsuccessful" and leaves me a reboot or a link to some tutorials.
"Installation using TWRM TWRP manages to boot directly into TWRM TWRP (yeah!), but does not change anything. super-SU comes up with the same message after reboot.
I also downloaded the last super-SU zip and installed it from TWRM TWRP, but with the same outcome.

I have some suspicions.

the phone might not be rooted properly? I unlocked its bootloader according to the HTC standard process (fastboot and token generation on HTC's website). This at least allowed me to install TWRM TWRP and a modified ROM. I checked root access with two different root checkers and they told me, my phone was properly rooted
supersu is somehow broken?


texts: Android devices getting slower over time

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At work we have a bunch of Casio handheld android terminals (DT-X400). They do not have any connectivity to the internet (so no updates), almost all apps are disabled except for those we use for work. We used them for about a year, and recently got a few more.
When we started using the new ones, we discovered that they perform a way, way better:

no lag;
navigating within applications is fast and smooth;

while the others feels sluggish:

it takes few minutes to boot up;
often it lags while doing simple actions, like scrolling on small lists;
opening apps takes a long time (> 30 seconds for calculator) - when you click on the app icon it looks like it freezes, then after a while screen goes black and after few more seconds app opens up.

The new ones performs a lot better when doing same tasks.
They are all the same model, hardware is the same, drivers versions on every device are also the same. All of these terminals runs Android 8.1.
I tried clearing memory, disabling all the apps I can, later did a factory reset, but performance did not improved.
So my questions are:

What can cause such slowdowns of android devices?
Is there any way to improve performance, without getting root access?

Update:
As of the suggestions in the question comments, I have tried swapping bateries from the new devices to the old ones and also powering them completely off. Neither option showed any performance improvements.
I am also aware about aging flash memory, after the weekend I will try to run some test on both devices to compare memory performance and update my question with the results and methods used.


texts:
Sometimes I type in German and sometimes in English.

I seem to be only able to switch on autocompletion for one language and have to add the words of the other language one by one to the dictionary.

Is there a better way for those people who are multilingual?


texts: How to adjust S Pen pressure sensitivity on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1?

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A little background on me: I'm a professional cartoonist and have been working digital for about 20 years. I've had numerous Wacom devices & currently enjoy a Cintiq 21UX (older model). I also have the ASUS EP121 Slate. I think I understand Wacoms pretty well and generally don't panic about computer stuff.

The Samsung Note 10.1 S Pen is using Wacom's penabled tech. Same kind of hardware in the ASUS EP 121.

With every Wacom device I've used to date, either Mac or Windows, there is a control panel dialogue box that allows you to tweak the pressure settings of the pen so that the artist/user has the best control for them. The S Pen does not have this and I want it! :)

I have called Wacom. They said they provided the hardware but do not provide support for it. I called Samsung who said it was an Android operating system issue. Before I begin another round of waiting on hold hoping for Android support I thought I'd try here.

Any assistance or at least firm Android tech suppport numbers I could call would be much appreciated. I realize the Note 10.1 is brand new tech and a proper driver solution may be a few updates away but I am willing to be a squeaky wheel and/or early adopter to help this happen :)


texts: Galaxy S7edge is beeping instead of vibrating

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last night was installed Android 7 Nougat on my Galaxy S7edge, lot of my favourite applications doesn't work with it, so I have download official ROM of Android 6 Marshmallow and downgrade it using Odin (AP file only). Now come the problem, my phone don't vibrate, I hear only very quiet beeping at this moment (time when it should vibrate).

I've already try both "wipes" in service mode, factory reset, other Marshmallow official ROM. No success. But it can't be hardware problem, because when I restart or power-on my phone, it shortly vibrate on startup.

Thx for Your help.

Luke


texts:
I link my Samsung Galaxy S3 to the computer's USB port using a non-original power cord.
I've found charging process very slow, so I would test the intensity whereby power cord supply  energy to the phone.

There's an app for this?


texts: Make apps force close automatically without going into settings

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I stop applications and services from running?

I have an HTC Desire and I have been trying to figure out how to always get my apps and things I don't use to force close when I close them with the home button.

I have tried pressing the back button until it closed but that does not work as when I go into my app killer it shows that it is still running. Also, when I go in Applications --> Manage --> Running Service, some apps are still open. In addition, the app killer isnt properly working as when I close all apps in the app killer then go into the running services, some of the apps it killed are still shown as open.

Can anybody help please?


texts: "OK Google" stops working after a phone call

texts:
Most of the time, the "OK Google" feature of Google Assistant works fine. I say "OK Google" and it goes into listen mode. However, everytime I finish a phone call, my phone no longer goes into listen mode when I say, "OK Google". Doesn't matter whether it's immediately after the call or half an hour later, it basically just ignores me completely.

Rebooting the phone is the only solution I've found that fixes it. I am currently on Android 7, but I believe this was an issue on Android 6 as well. I have a Galaxy S7.

Is there something else apart from rebooting I can do to stop this from happening?


texts: Note 9 Clock App - change timezone to no timezone

texts: I have a note 9.  I used clock app for my alarms.  I can not change the timezone from central.  I live somewhere we do not have a timezone.  We do not change our clocks.  No matter what I do, the wrong time shows at the top of my screen.  My service provider displays the correct time below that, but this messes with my alarms and locks screens.  HOW do I fix this? I have tried several "fixes" for android clock app but it would seem my note 9 is different as I can't find instructions that will work with my phone.


texts: Recovering Erased Audio on Android cellphone

texts:
Thank you in advance, for any help on this.  A friend was raving about 360 Security to install on my droid cellphone, I thought I'd try it, he uninstalled CM Security, and then installed the 360 Security.

WHAM, when I went to my Sound Recorder app, EVERYTHING was gone!! To clarify this was not downloaded music that was missing, this was my music that I would write and record with the Sound Recorder app installed on my cellphone. I tried the link suggested in the post below for a free trial on Dr.Fone the Wondershare.net/data-recovery/android website, and at step four it quit working, it showed a pic of my phone and the laptop communicating via the USB cable, but nothing came up on my laptop screen, nor cellphone, and the next button would not proceed to the next step. Thank you for any suggestions for recovering my erased sound recorder, data. Hoping it's possible!


texts: Phone says it's unable to conference calls

texts: I'd like to do a conference call with my Android phone (running Cyanogenmod 7).  I call one number, then call another.  Then I press "Merge calls", but the phone gives the message "unable to conference calls".  Why would this be?  Interestingly, this doesn't always happen.  Sometimes it succeeds, and gives me a conference call with a "Manage" icon in the middle.  So, why would it sometimes fail?


texts: Why can't I change my location in Google Wallet?

texts:
I recently bought a Google Play gift card (in SGD). When I tried redeeming it, an error was shown,"cannot be redeemed in your country"

Then I went on to change my location in the settings.

It thus gave me another error. I have 0.00 money in my wallet. I don't understand why I have this problem.


texts: Is there a PDF (or epub) reader that allows to take notes (or at least to copy text)?

texts:
I have many PDFs that I would like to read on my Galaxy Tab and then take notes. Preferably the notes would be attached to the document (may be like Skim does), but as a workaround I can also imagine to copy a relevant piece of text into a separate note taking application.

Preferably the reader should handle PDFs directly, but if there is no PDF solution I might also start converting the documents (maybe with Calibre) for an epub reader.

I tried Adobe Reader, ThinkFree Office and Aldiko, all of which have acceptable performance loading the PDFs, but aside from cumbersome zooming they also lack the ability to copy or adding notes.


texts:
I hope this is the right place to ask.
when I click on send button in WhatsApp it is not responding.
I tried:

restarting the device.
reinstalling WhatsApp.
delete WhatsApp cache

I'm using nexus 4 with android 5.11


texts: How to turn off split screen mode in Oreo?

texts:
I hate this feature because:

I don't use it
I often turn this on automatically

Any way this can be disabled? I've searched the net but nothing useful came up.

Thanks


texts: I have been locked out of my tablet by someone who is asking for money to unlock it.  I was given 3 days to do this.  I know it is a scam.  How do I unlock my tablet?


texts: Moto G5 Plus with Square or PayPal chip reader?

texts:
Square doesn't provide any compatibility information for this phone, and PayPal doesn't provide phone-specific compatibility information at all.

Does anyone have evidence that this phone works with a CHIP reader (not interested in swiping)? I suspect that the Square and PayPal Bluetooth (not earphone jack) readers work, but can't find hard evidence.


texts:
When performing a factory reset, does Android remove all the added applications and user data or does it completely reflash an image of the OS

I am running on jelly bean 4.3 stock


texts: I modified vold.fstab and lost access to my SD card

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Background:

I have Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830, which has very low internal memory (181 MB).
I have an external micro SD card of 16 GB, but still couldn't install many apps due to insufficient internal memory.

I read on the Internet that if I modify vold.fstab and replace the word "sdcard" with "sdcard2" then my external SD card will act as internal memory.

So I rooted my phone and installed Superuser, but I haven't installed ClockworkMod recovery or any other custom ROM yet.

Problem Description:

I installed ES File explorer on my SD card and allowed root access to it via Superuser.
I then went to /system/etc/ from ES file explorer, edited vold.fstab and replaced the word sdcard with sdcard2.

When I restarted my phone the external SD was no longer accessible. ES File Explorer is also gone, so I cannot undo the change that i did. I tried installing ES again from my data connection, but the installation fails (and the phone reboots immediately). I am not able to install any new apps.

I am unable to access my external SD card, so I can't put anything there via PC or via recovery. I tried pressing the power button + home button to go into system recovery mode. I see only these options

  Android system recovery <3e>

  reboot system now
  apply sdcard:update.zip
  wipe data/factory reset
  wipe cache partition

When I try to select the second option, it says "installation aborted" as the SD card is not accessible. I tried to select the 3rd and 4th options, but that didn't help either - I think factory reset will not reset vold.fstab.

I only have the default apps and Superuser now. I somehow need to find a way to get write permission to /system/etc or to /system/etc/vold.fstab.

Luckily I found "Android Commander". I installed it on my Windows PC and I am able to connect my phone and access the root folder, but I am not able to push a modified vold.fstab to /system/etc because  Android Commander says "no Root Access" - It is seeing it as read only.

Can someone let me know how I can edit this file again? I have an original vold.fstab on my PC, but I am not able to push it to my phone via Android Commander as Android Commander is seeing it as read only

Is there a way to give root access (aka read-write access) to Android Commander via the Superuser app?

Is there any other way to get write permission to /system/etc/vold.fstab so that I can modify it or replace it?


texts: SMS sending to some contacts but not others in Messaging app

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I have a Nexus 5 with Cyanogenmod 13.0.

I use the built-in "Messaging" app for SMS. I've never had a problem with it until now. I have been able to send texts to any number I've tried.

A week or two ago I switched phone network. Since I did that, I gradually noticed that though I can receive SMS from any number (as far as I can tell), the messages I send only get through to particular numbers.

There's no pattern that I can find with the numbers which work and which don't work. They're all numbers I've been OK with in the past, and both working and not-working numbers seem to exist on a variety of networks.

The message briefly says "sending" or something, and then soon after that they show as being sent, and I can read information about the message (like the timestamp when it was sent, and the number it was sent to, and all of this looks legit).

I phoned my new provider and after some time they told me that there was no record of their end of the disappearing messages ever getting to their network. They said it must be my phone.

I didn't want to believe this, since sending to these numbers was fine on my old network, but tried my sim card in a friend's phone anyway. Lo and behold, again using the built-in Messaging app, the texts sent just fine. And using his sim card in my phone, I could not send to that number. His sim in his own phone sent OK. So it did look like my phone after all.

This doesn't make sense to me, and I started looking for possible reasons. I found this answer to another question which suggests trying a different SMS app.

I tried Google Hangouts and sure enough, it can send the message to this number. But I don't want to use Google Hangouts for SMS, or any of the other alternatives.

What can I do? Is there anything I can try which may help, without wiping out my SMS history, or reflashing the rom, or switching rom? I just find it so bizarre that suddenly I can't send to these particular contacts, while nothing I'm aware of has changed other than my network, yet it doesn't seem to be their fault.


texts: How do I stop the "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped" message from popping up every three or so seconds?

texts: Last night I had turned my phone off and on again because my data connection at the moment is pretty poor and I was trying to send a message to a friend through Snapchat. This had worked before, and worked this time too, except now there is a message popping every three or so seconds saying "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped." I have read another thread on this problem, and tried everything, but nothing worked. I would appreciate all and any help. :)


texts: Updating to CM11 - (Status 7) Installation aborted (i9300)

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I'm trying to install CM11 onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300) so I can have the new Google Camera and Chrome Remote Desktop apps.
I tried to install initially via the usual update menu, but got an error and it went to ClockworkRecovery Mod. After much messing around, I downloaded this zip and put it onto an SD card and tried to install it using CWM but I get the following error:

Error in cm-11-2014005-SNAPSHOT-M5-i9300.zip (Status 7) Installation
aborted

Any ideas please? It sucks being without a phone, and I don't want to wipe everything and start again if I can help it since I'm pretty sure I have things on there that aren't backed up (that'll be my first job when I get this working again!)
Thanks :)


texts: How do I receive push notifications for all posts in a Facebook group?

texts:
I used to be able to receive push notifications for all postings to a specific Facebook group, but that option no longer appears anymore.
Here is the current Facebook setting:

How do I receive push notifications for all posts in a Facebook group again?


texts:
Are there ways to do factory re-set on LG phone by connecting to laptop via USB?
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I did review similar questions on internet, but the links provided for adb is broken.

I have LG tribute HD 4G LTE smartphone with Android (6.0 Marshmallow). It worked good but White Vertical Lines showing up now.

I took the battery out an put it back after a while. It did not fix the issue.

This phone did not expose to water.

The bad screens display vertical lines with a white background. Has anyone else had this problem?

If I press power on button, the screen with white lines comes and screen goes black. I am not able to get to dial pad to do unlock/re-set.

Is there any way to do factory re-set, by connecting the smart phone to computer via USB?

Any idea to fix this ?

I did download android studio, but I did not find an option to do reset my phone via USB.

I did find some steps using adb command line, but I am not sure what are the adb tools required to do.

I did find android studio, installed platform-tools at

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools

adb root
throws:
adb: unable to connect for root: no devices/emulators found

Thanks for helping.

I am not able to enable USB Debugging from my phone, because vertical white lines is not allowing me to use phone screen

Here are the adb commands/results, I tried.

>adb devices
List of devices attached
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully

>adb devices
List of devices attached

>adb shell
error: no devices/emulators found

Thanks for your guidance.


texts: How can I disable my voicemail so that my caller ringtone is longer? My phone is the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus GT S7500.


texts: If someone puts my SIM card into their phone, will they see my text messages?

texts:
If someone takes my SIM card and puts it in their phone, will they be able to read my text messages?

What will they be able to access in terms of my personal information other than make outgoing calls using my SIM card and receive my text messages?


texts: I think question is quite clear ... I have a Lenovo Mot G5, and I want to root it (mostly to use AFWall), but I have not yet found any "clean" way to do it. Do you know any way to have it rooted, but not bricked ? ;-)


texts: How to reinstall an accidentally uninstalled app through ADB?

texts:
Yesterday when removing bloatware from my phone, I accidentally uninstalled an app using the adb command:

pm uninstall -k --user 0

I suspect the culprit to be com.sec.factory.camera, as since that unfortunate event, the camera app crashes every time I try to launch it.

I tried reinstalling it using either of these two commands

pm install com.sec.factory.camera
pm install --user 0 com.sec.factory.camera

but they returned me a "can't open non-file" error message.

I tried as well downloading the APK on my phone and installing it from Android, but at the end of the installation process, I got a "not installed application" message.

Your help would be really appreciated to get my camera back.

My phone is an unrooted Samsung s7 Edge running Oreo 8.0.


texts:
I was wondering what has happened to my HTC One. Is it a hardware issue or an Android/software issue?

The screen has usually moved half way between when I enter and exit any app. Since a picture speaks a thousand words:

Notice in the picture/screenshot from my phone, that I have a partial view of both screens. That is strange and I am not sure what the problem is.


texts: How to search Google Play and Huawei Store for applications coming with ADB supported public API?

texts:
re.:
How to search Google Play and Huawei Store for applications coming with ADB supported public API ?
I am interested to implement Software Interoperability Act into force and practice
and ask developers to offer API versions of their applications to be offered via Google Play Store, Huawei Store as an extra option (fee/no fee).
I am aware, it may take some time due summer holiday time but learn today, which one comes with API as add-on and how to search for API enabled Android applications for basic tests via ADB.
I would like to know, which applications can output results, actions, data via USB ADB link and what data formats are offered for postprocessing and scripting.
I would like to build directory of API enabled Android applications with full step-by-step manual on how to start, what input data are accepted and what output can be generated.
Since it may not be smart to install applications for testing,. one after the another to smartphone, I am looking for smartphone's emulator which can be run remotely via Internet, supporting USB ADB emulation via www JS scripting, coming with working API scripts for individual applications.
I would like to know state-of-the-art within the above to let me assess my efforts and time to be consumed, the above project to ccome true if not already offered or supported by third parties./
thank you


texts: Are SMS messages queued or discarded when there's no signal?

texts: I'm thinking of getting an Android phone (a Samsung Galaxy S2) but I need to know whether it queues SMS messages (when there's no carrier) and then sends them when it's in signal again, or whether you have to re-send as on the iPhone. As I don't get a very good mobile signal at home this feature is very important for me.


texts: switching off finger debugging infos in android

texts:
My Android phone (sony z3, running 4.4.4) keeps showing finger tracks as well as the finger tracking debugging infos. How can I turn that off?

The feature got accidentally turned on (for me unaware) while the phone was in my pocket.

a screen image is attached


texts: How do I transfer data from a android phone to a mac?

texts: I have a sony xperia z5, and I need to transfer five videos, from this phone to my mac, so that I can edit them. Problem is, I don't know how to.


texts:
I have a very interesting problem. This is a chinese based phone Alps i4000 (fhd, inew i4000) with Jelly bean 4.2.1 os.

The problem:
 - After i click the power button to screen lock, the phone randomly turn off (random value from 1 sec to 15 min)
 - After i let to go to automatic screen lock, also turn off randomly the phone.

But if i use / let running any software, its working well. No battery problem, no temperature problem.

the phone stock, no rooted, no custom rom, no custom app (apps just from play store).
Bitdefender and avira antivirus say everything okay.

Idea?


texts: Can't reach internet via wifi when wifi-direct printer is connected

texts:
Maybe I didn't understand at all the concept of wifi-direct, but, can an android be connected in the same time to a wifi for internet and a printer via wifidirect ?

When i'm connected to my printer, i lose the ability to reach the internet via "normal" wifi.

This could be a duplicate of this question, but it has no answer and is marked as duplicate of that question, which does not cover that subject (we're talking about 2 wifis, not 3G + wifidirect).


texts: Swap partition not working on Huawei U8160 running CyanogenMod 7.2

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I have a Huawei U8160 (also known as : Vodafone 858 Smart) which is running CyanogenMod 7.2 (which was released by MADTeam in 2/7/2012).

After updating to the 2/7/2012 update, I found an option to use swap partition instead of compcache (compressed cache), so I repartitioned my SD card to make a swap partition using mini tool partition wizard which is 100 MB in size and primary (I had an Ext2 partition).  But after enabling the swap option the programs where slower, so I checked whether the swap partition was working or not.  I used the terminal emulator and typed "free" and the swap partition was all zeros.

So I wanted to know if I should mount it or do something else to make it work?


texts: Sign in to Google in Chrome without signing in on Android

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On desktop, you can sign in to multiple google accounts by clicking on your picture and selecting "add account".

You used to be able to do this on Android. Chrome would automatically sign you in if you were signed in to a google account in Android, but you could sign in to as many google accounts as you wanted.

That feature seems to be broken/gone now.

Now I can only "manage device accounts" which takes me to the Android screen for adding a Google account to Android.  I don't want to add a Google account to Android, I just want to sign in to some Google accounts in Chrome. I don't want the Google account device policies or mixing their contacts with mine or accidentally being in the wrong Google Play account when downloading an app or any of that.

Is there a way to force Chrome to let me sign in to multiple Google accounts without adding the account to Android itself?

I've tested this on a factory-reset Pixel 1 with all the updates and a Pixel 4.


texts: Access media files on NTFS formatted USB OTG drive (preferably without rooting)

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I have a physically small but digitally large (128GB) USB key on my keychain. Unfortunately since I intend to use it for Easy2Boot and to support large video files, it must not be FAT32. I know that with FAT32 everything would be easy.

Now, since I have >4GB ISO files and video files on here which necessitates the use of NTFS, since Easy2Boot doesn't support exFAT, I was hoping that I could use Total Commander and the Paragon NTFS plugin for it to "stream" and watch my video files in VLC or some such. That way I can place any file I could otherwise watch on my PC or Mac onto the drive to take these files on a trip for instance.

However Total Commander does not provide an "Open With VLC" option, and VLC is not able to see the "mounted" NTFS partition because it does not have an NTFS plugin.

So I am completely stuck here. My Android-fu is lacking... I'm usually an iOS user but this USB OTG storage media leaves Android as my only choice ;)

What are my options? Will my problem be elegantly solved if I root my Nexus 7 (2013 model) and install some NTFS drivers? Are there any other solutions that I can pursue without rooting?

I would consider the approach of "downloading" the file to local disk to play the video as a non-solution because video files could exceed the total storage capacity of the device (e.g. 20GB mkv file).


texts: How to create and use multiple partitions on external SD card with different filesystems (Ext4, exFAT, NTFS)?

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I want to create 4 partitions on external MicroSDcard through ADB shell commands, not on Windows or Linux. Also want to show all partitions in Android GUI (SETTINGS > STORAGE > SDCARD)  and make them usable for all apps and file explorers.

Dedicated first partition exFAT or NTFS  or FAT32 (whichever Android permits and gives optimum performance) to store apps, photos and media.
Second partition ext4, dedicated to applications linked through Link2SD. Or I want some applications or auto scripts or tools or commands to set the apps mainfest to always install on SD card.
Third partition ext4 or NTFS or exFAT, dedicated for auto recording random backups or shadow images of partitions for different time, if possible through commands, scripts or apps like Titanium backup or others.
Fourth partition ext4 or NTFS or exFAT, dedicating for Virtual memory
(as we do for pagefile.sys in Windows or Linux swap partition).

If I format 1st partition with ext4, exFAT or NTFS, Android OS doesn't show it in SETTINGS > STORAGE> SDCARD > PARTITIONS and asks to mount or erase the partitions.

Now to limit and specify the questions:

Can SD card have 4 partitions and will Android and SD card support it?
Examples of commands to partition in Android; fdisk or parted or the best one.
Is it necessary in Android that 1st partition should be FAT32? Or can we make it exFAT or NTFS to which Android Apps2SD and others apps can download?
Can we force mount command in some startup boot init file to mount all four partitions?
Will this mounting show the partitions in Settings and device file manager?
Or can we view these partitions through ES File Manager or Solid Explorer or Root Manager and take their backups too?

Please guide me through the safe, secure, best and feasible method and procedure which does not damage the device hardware or SD card.


texts: Edit code in android phone with Bitbucket server?

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I'm using bitbucket server and Source Tree application as my source control service in android studio,

Is there anyway , I can edit code or see files in the cloud or something with my android phone?

recently I've founded the CodeAnyWhere app but it got some major problems,

Thanks in advance.


texts: I used the application by JRummy to change my boot animation to a code animation that I found in an xda post. While loading an application, my phone decided to randomly restart, but it got stuck at a point in the boot animation. I tried to restart it, but it keeps getting stuck at the same spot. to be specific, it was when "81324112-8" is most clearly  visible on the screen. I tried to factory reset from recovery mode and wipe cache partition, but none of them worked. The boot animation is still there. I have a rooted, encrypted, Nexus 5 running 4.4.4 stock rom.


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I have an unrooted Galaxy S3, with official Samsung Android 4.1.2 ROM.

Yesterday the device just started to turn of the screen without locking the phone and before screen timeout, and it just won't stop !!!

I tried to change the screen timeout duration, didn't work, I stopped the Galaxy S3 feature smart stay and set it back on again and again and it's not working, I googled this problem and I can't find anything related..

I only have one option to do, and I wish I'm wrong, which is to do a factory data reset

I'm afraid that there might be a problem in the power button, again I hope I'm wrong.

Please any help is very much appreciated ..


texts: Power button fails to work consistently on Motorola Droid. Workarounds?

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When I press the power button on my Motorola Droid, nothing happens (usually). Just to get my phone to turn on after being shutdown, I have to plug it in to the charger cable. Once booted, however, I still have no convenient way to turn the screen on and off, or to shutdown the phone gracefully. Is there anything I can do to make the phone usable?

Note that a similar question has already been asked, however that question is specifically for non-rooted Droids, whereas my phone is rooted.


texts: I installed and executed this app which is a virus or malware now what to do?

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I had this message pop up and unfortunately

I installed and executed this app which is a virus or amalware now what to do ?
Please see the photo here

Of course I mean the app that came when I pressed the button in the captured photo?


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Whenever I receive or send a media file via WhatsApp, it is stored in WhatsApp/Media/.

Is it ever stored anywhere else as well? (perhaps depending on configuration of WhatsApp)

I want each WhatsApp chat media file and document to be stored only once in the whole directory structure (for a cleaner administration, and to save space). I am not referring to the same file sent/received many times.

Following instructions in https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/30031687, I placed a .nomedia file in each of the directories in WhatsApp/Media/ (WhatsApp Images, etc.), and in the respective Sent subdriectories.
With that, they do not show up anymore in the Gallery, so this suggests that the answer to my question is No.


texts: Is there any way to share image+audio from an android device to a pc without mirroring?

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I have a robot that uses android (API 22) but it doesn't have screen mirroring. One of our clients wants to stream the screen and internal audio (not the voices from people outside) of this robot to their pc, but I have no idea how or even if it's possible to do without mirroring. I tried AnyDesk but it doesn't allow me to share audio.
I've been looking for possible solutions but I havent found anything.
Any idea on how to achieve this?
Thank you, best regards.


texts: Help pairing bluetooth headset/microphone with Samsung Galaxy Tab & Skype?

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I have had some difficulty getting a bluetooth headset/microphone to work with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and with Skype.

First, the bluetooth scanner can only find some headsets, not all of them. I tried to get a Motorola H350 headset to work, but it failed. Then I tried a Sprint Jawbone headset and it synced, but in Skype the microphone in it didn't work and it was using the microphone on the Galaxy Tab instead. I mean, I walked away from my tab and said "testing 1, 2, 3", and couldn't hear it. Instead, I heard someone near my tab saying, "testing a, b, c".

Second, I don't know if it's just a Skype issue or the Galaxy Tab hardware that's preventing Skype from picking up my voice over the paired bluetooth headset. Or perhaps it's the headset. Or perhaps I must use only a Samsung-brand headset.

In a nutshell, I want to use Skype calling on my Galaxy tab, and purchase a headset that lets me use the microphone in the headset.

Has anyone gotten this to work? What's the trick?

EDIT: I have since purchased these wireless headphones which also include a built-in mic. These sync'd up for audio output, but in Skype I could not get audio input. So, I then temporarily rooted my device (thank you z4 root tool) and edited /system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf to enable some settings that Verizon Wireless and/or Samsung disables in the unit. I then reset the unit and did the headset repairing again. In the end, Skype would not do audio input from the headset. But I noticed this, however. The microphone on the Galaxy Tab is outstanding. It collects the audio input in such a way that drowns out background sound. So, in a sense, you can still use the headset with the tab and walk around in your cubicle, or even talk on a crowded bus, and for the most part it will clearly pick up your voice. It's a nice compromise since headsets with mics don't seem to work with the Galaxy Tab. This might be a symptom of Skype. Their tech support says they don't support audio routing through the headset. However, I noticed that headset audio on the Galaxy Tab also doesn't work with every other app I've tried as well.


texts: Can an unlocked Nexus One without a carrier be used as a standalone device?

texts: I'm interested in playing around with the new open android open accessory development kits but don't want to pay a monthly fee for having a cell-phone. If I buy the Nexus One/S unlocked and forgo getting a wireless carrier, would I still have access to the full set of phone features minus 4G/Calls/Texting? In the past, cellphones minus the carriers were crippled from doing anything useful. I'm wondering if this is still the case with the newer smart phones. Essentially it'd be an android-powered iPod Touch.


texts: Can I disable the default calendar app notifications?

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This strikes me as a bug since the behaviour is incredibly consistent, but perhaps someone here can help me.

I want to use the google developed calendar app as my main calendar app. My phone (a Galaxy S2) came with a samsung developed calendar app (both very conveniently named "Calendar"). At this point, I simply want to disable the samsung calendar app from displaying any sort of notifications (since the google app also displays notifications and I want to use that app).

I have been able to do this by going to settings->Notifications in the samsung app and toggling to "Off".

However, as soon as I restart the device, the notifications are back on their original settings. Anyone else experience this? Anyone know how to make the settings stick?

EDIT: I notice the notification settings of the google developed app (sound, default reminder time, popup) are also not sticking after reboot. Is my device broken? It seems to only be for calendar. Gmail and other apps hold their settings fine.

EDIT 2: Ok, so disabling the samsung app allows my google app calendar settings to stick after reboot. So looks like that is what I will be doing. Anyone know how I can change the vcs file association to this app now?


texts: How to see the boot progress messages (akin to dmesg) when booting LineageOS?

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After the last OTA update my phone (OnePlus 3) seems to be stuck for about half an hour on the boot animation.

Since updates usually take ages to install, how do I know that the update process is stuck?

On my desktop I can always see dmesg message during the boot, and it is relatively easy to troubleshoot problems. Is there a tool that allows me to see the diagnostic messages while the phone is booting?


texts: How to flash Android 9 on Huawei Mate 9?

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Can I flash Android 9 built from source to Huawe Mate 9? Will it work? After build, there are these .img files:

cache.img
system.img
userdata.img
vbmeta.img
vendor-qemu.img
ramdisk.img
system-qemu.img
userdata-qemu.img
vendor.img

Do I have to flash them all, or just system.img and userdata.img?


texts: Remote control with htc evo 3d via bluetooth?

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Can i conect my htc evo 3d to pc via bluetooth, so i can use the remote control feature? i tried unified remote, and it says it supports bluetooth connection, but is ot possible to conect the phone to pc using bluetooth?

It works with usb cable, but i'm interested in something more cableless :).
I'm using android 4.0.3, and the phone is not rooted.


texts: Force android 7.0 into roaming for better connection

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I do a daily commute to work from country A to B. My mobile is from a phone company in country B, and travelling into B, the switch between country providers is handled rather gracefully. The problem comes when I travel back. It seems to me that since the phone knows it will start to roam, it tries to stay on country Bs network as long as possible, resulting in inferior network, or no network for quite some time.

Today I manually forced a switch of network (to a country As network), and voila, I am having good connection again at a place where I would usually be without mobile network.

I have a contract that covers roaming, so I am not worried about costs. I would like to make this thing more convenient - it currently involves manual intervention, waiting until all available networks are scanned, chosing one... How could this be done on a Samsung Galaxy S7, Android 7.0, which is currently not rooted?


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I am developing an app and integrating third party payment gateway for in-app purchases. So, all purchases happen by payment gateway; Is there any problem if I dont use google's in-app purchases payment?

I tried to read on android launch checklist
, but its not clear whether I still can by-pass or not use google's in-app feature.


texts: Applications installed get deleted after connecting USB to PC

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I had installed quite a few applications on my tablet. But after I connected it to the PC for data transfer some of the applications got deleted by its own.

I connected to the PC by plugging in the USB thereafter turning ON the USB storage for data transfer. After the data transfer I switched the USB storage OFF only to find around 10 of my applications are missing.

I checked the Apps manager and found files like com.YYYYYY.XXXX, which I suppose are the left overs of the apps that were deleted.

I found a pattern(might be helpful) as this happened a couple of times with me. The application were mostly on the internal SD card(/mnt/sdcard) and most(not all) of the recent installed applications were deleted.

Since then I have not connected my tablet to the PC. How can I avoid applications getting deleted and still be able to successfully transfer data ?

Device Details

Device : Intex I Buddy Connect
Android Version: 4.0.4
Internal(Phone) Storage: ~ 1.0 GB
Internal Storage (eMMC I suppose) (/mnt/sdcard) : ~ 2 GB
micro SD Card (/mnt/extsd): 16GB (~ 14 GB)


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Facebook told me that I must follow these steps to enable Nearby friend:

To turn Nearby Friends on or off on an iPhone or Android:
Tap More
Tap Nearby Friends
Tap Setting
Tap to turn Nearby Friends on or off

I'm using Facebook latest on Android with Samsung Core Prime and I can not do those steps cause of I dont see Nearby Friend on the screen,
Please help me for enable it!
Many thanks!
I can not screenshot the phone, but I swear I can not see the the "nearby firends" button at all.
samsung told me do these steps, but it's totally no help!

  To capture a screenshot, press and hold the Home Home key and the
  Power/Lock key simultaneously until a white border flashes around the
  edges of the screen. The screenshot will be copied to the clipboard
  and saved to the Screenshots folder in the Gallery.


texts: Cannot connect to internet with Wifi to my home network

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I've a Moto E which won't connect to the internet on my home Wifi. It shows "Connected" but I cannot browse etc.

I've other devices successfully connected to this router. Also this Android phone successfully browses via the 3G internet as well as other Wifi routers.

What could be the next step to debug this problem? The Router is configured to use WPA2-AES. There is no MAC whitelist / blacklist or any such access control.

I installed the Wifi Analyzer app on this phone and it successfully sees the access point. It is listed as using Channel 6.

Any ideas?


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I have noticed that when I move apps to the SD card, it doesn't move everything. Is this a bug or a known behaviour or something weird going on with my phone?

Here's an example:

Start point: Phone free space: 18MB
Install Skype app: Phone free space: 3MB, Skype is apparently using 15MB for the App
Move Skype to SD Card: Phone free space: 8MB, Skype is now apparently using just 5MB for the App.

What appears to have happened is it's only moved some of the App, not the whole thing. It's a real pain for me as I have an HTC Desire, which doesn't have much internal memory (I live on the balance of the low memory warning). It's running the official HTC Gingerbread install...


texts: Enabling Mass Storage instead of MTP/PTP

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Is there any way to enable the old Mass Storage Mode in Android 4.4.2? Right now I can only see MTP or PTP modes, but not the Mass Storage mode that was used to be around in old versions(2.3, I guess).

The old Mass Storage Mode allowed me to play audio in my car when connected via USB, but ever since with the MTP, my music player doesn't recognize my device. Also when connected to PC, it enabled me to modify partitions directly.

Any ROM hacks or tweaks probably?

P.S. I have a rooted At&T Galaxy Note 2(Android 4.4.2)


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Is it possible to filter the notification that my Android device shows to me? For example I'd like to filter out the notifications about apps getting updated.

(I use CyanogenMod 9 if that matters.)


texts: Nexus 5 full disk encryption stuck 12 hours in?

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I have loved my Nexus 5 since it was released with KitKat, and last evening I decided to enable full disk encryption, which I expected might take around an hour or so.  It's now about 12 hours in with no visible change.  All I see are the Marshmallow four animated dots.  I've never seen any progress display on encrypting the disk, and of course I'm trying to avoid rebooting the phone for fear that the disk will be a jumbled mess and I could either lose my data or even brick the phone.

What is the best course of action at this point, and possible consequences?


texts: Disabled app notifications getting automatically re-enabled

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3.

There's an app I use frequently, but don't want notifications from. Under "App info" I unchecked "Show notifications", and initially this does dismiss the app's notifications. After a few days, I get a notification from the app. Returning to the "App info" page I find that "Show notifications" has become checked again.

It's happened about 5 times in the last month, using the app a couple times per day. Automatic updates are disabled, and I have not updated the app recently. I've checked and verified that notifications do not get re-enabled every time I launch the app, or after a reboot, but otherwise I'm not sure what specific condition precipitates it. The app crashes occasionally on startup, but I don't know if this correlates to notifications getting turned out, especially as the app only sends occasional notifications, imploring me to use it more.

Is there a way to prevent notifications for this app from getting re-enabled?

EDIT: It seems to be getting re-enabled every time I reboot. Will test further to see if  I can reproduce it with other apps.


texts: Does the Nexus 4 battery drain faster if it has no SIM card inserted?


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I got a new Galaxy S 2 and played with it a little. Somehow I activated voice notification, so each SMS message I get someone talking and telling me who sent the message. Each phone call, the same.

How to control the activity of this feature?


texts: Is it possible to configure Amazon app so that all the amazon.co.uk links open in the App (or at least ask if I prefer the browser or the app)?


texts: Find out why my Android phone is rebooting

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All of a sudden, my almost 2-year-old Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo starts rebooting at random times.

I did some research, and various forum threads on the Internet recommend different "try this" solutions: Factory-reset the phone, remove apps, remove SD card, etc.

Since I am not a big fan on shotgun debugging and I'd rather avoid spending hours to re-install and re-configure everything just to find out that this was not the cause of the problem, I'd prefer a more systematical approach.

Is there a way to find out why my Android phone is rebooting without randomly "trying things"? For example, are there some log files that I can view which can shed light on this issue?

In case it matters: My phone is non-rooted and (for reasons of warranty) I'd like it to stay that way.


texts: Find carrier allocated public IP address

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Fido has a service where they allocate a public IP address for some fees. I have paid the fees and apparently they have allocated my phone a public IP address. In normal circumstances, I should be able to see the IP address in my device settings (status information), but it shows "IP address unavailable". Fido customer service is not able to help, saying that they only have instructions for the iPhone. For any other phone, I should contact the manufacturer.

Any idea how I could go about finding the public IP address that I am paying through my nose for?

Carrier: Fido in Canada.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S2
OS: Android 4.0.3


texts: I just purchased a Samsung Galaxy S3 32GB, when I check the storage I have only 25.5GB. Where is the other 6.5GB?


texts: prevent google play from showing books only

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I want to prevent google play from showing any books because there are some inappropriate books and google play's parental control didn't work perfectly(as they said not 100%).

I don't want to disable all google play, I still need to install apps .

I've seen this question and looked under Settings -> Apps -> All, I see google play store and google play services but I don't see "google play books" or anything like that(I see "content share" but I don't know if this is what I want).

I have device sony xperia P android 4.0.4 but I need instructions for a Samsung device as well(my aunt's one, don't recall device version).

I prefer not to "root" the devices(but I'm ready to do this if it's the only option).


texts: Enable Landscape rotation quick settings toggle on unrootable Moto G (maybe using ADB?)

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Pretty much what the title says.  Apparently the Moto G only has Auto-Rotate and Portrait rotation locking allowed, and I was wondering if there was a way to enable Landscape rotation.  I know that there are some apps that can do the trick, but I thought I'd see if it was possible to get the native landscape lock working before I tried those.  I just upgraded to Lollipop.

I'm using a Republic Wireless phone, otherwise I'd definitely root the thing.  As it is, I don't really want to deal with the hassle.


texts: Is "Disabling" apps with Android 4 similar to "Freezing" in Titanium backup?

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I just saw that I can "disable" an app in the app editing menu on my new HTC Droid DNA (stock Android 4.1 w/Sense).

The main effect I can see is that the app disappears from app drawer.

How is this "disabling" different from Titanium Backup's "freezing"? (as far as full effects)


texts: Cannot format userdata, Fastboot refuses to detect

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I have an OpenSUSE Leap 42.2, with adb, fastboot, and heimdall all present. My Android tablet is a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (model: SM-T713). I am attempting to flash Lineage OS onto it.

I have already flashed TWRP onto the tablet via heimdall, but TWRP fails to mount /data. It continuously spits out errors along the lines of E: Can't mount /data (invalid argument) and Couldn't mount /data, and cannot find crypto folder.

After some research, I discovered a solution is to run fastboot format userdata to erase the /data partition.

However, fastboot format userdata hangs:

$ fastboot format userdata
< waiting for device>

My tablet is in download mode, and is plugged in to the computer via USB. lsusb detects it, but adb devices and fastboot devices cannot detect it.

Is there any way to allow Fastboot to format my tablet?


texts: Google Calendar on Android opens to old date by default

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When I open Google Calendar on my Android phone, it starts up showing October 1 2011. The phone knows the current date; pressing menu and then the today button goes to the correct day. I'd just like it to default to today like it did before 10/1. Any ideas?

This is Calendar 2.3.6, Android 2.3.6 GKR39F, on a Nexus s.

This forum thread seems to describe the same problem, but it's unresolved.


texts: What does “REMOVE ACCOUNT” in “Users & accounts” do when it comes to fixing the FAQ WhatsApp problem “Seeing numbers instead of contacts’ names”?

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On Sunday, 13th September 2020, the battery of my Motorola Moto G5 broke down and I ordered a new one. Yesterday, on Friday, 18th September 2020, it finally arrived and everything worked just fine. WhatsApp was able to link contacts’ names to their respective numbers after I imported a VCF backup file (see link).
Later that day, however, WhatsApp suddenly did not recognise my contacts anymore although it has the permission to go through them. So, I stumbled upon WhatsApp FAQs, namely “Seeing numbers instead of contacts’ names”. There it says that I should do the following:

Open your phone’s Settings, then tap Users & accounts > WhatsApp.
Tap REMOVE ACCOUNT > REMOVE ACCOUNT.
Open WhatsApp, then tap the new chat icon > More options > Refresh.

When I tap REMOVE ACCOUNT, I get a warning that says that this will delete all my messages, contacts and other data from my phone. What does this mean? This does not sound like a good solution.


texts: Difference between Android ID and device ID

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What is the difference between android ID and device ID?

Here's how I obtain them:

Android ID:

String androidID = Settings.Secure.getString(MainActivity.this.getContentResolver(),
            Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);

Device ID:

String deviceID = ((TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE))
                    .getDeviceId()

I need to uniquely identify my android device. Using deviceID needs the permission to "make and manage phone calls". While using androidID doesn't. Therefore, I'm going with androidID as I don't need any call-management privileges.

What is the exact difference between the two? If there's none, why are there two IDs?
Will both the ids reset if I factory reset my device?
I know deviceID works for all versions of android. Will androidID work for all versions?


texts: Is Cyanogen fully compatible with Play services and stock android apps?

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I am considering the upgrade of my Android Phone to Cyanogenmod as even with root, I am having several permissions problems, OTA updates removing root, etc.

The only reason I did not yet install it is because I don't know if it is compatible with the Play Store, and apps related. As I have alot of apps downloaded through the play store, and an AppData helium backup, I want to know if the backup will be compatible with the apps in Cyanogen.

My helium backup only has the backup of App Data, rather than the entire application source, as it is more space efficient

Samsung Galaxy S5 mini SM-G800F with stock Android 4.4.2 rooted


texts: Force widgetlocker theme's default image?

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I'm trying to get WidgetLocker to work with an "Xperia ICS" theme. So far the theme looks good but I have a bit of issue about the right slider.

As you can see above, the right Camera slider looks just fine. However, instead of launching the Camera app, I want it to instead run a Tasker task that captures images instantly. I have the task already setup and its working fine.

But when I select it to be the action for the right slider, it obviously uses the icon I set to it by default.

So I went and extracted the right slider image from the theme zip file in an attempt to restore the slider back to how it looked like on the first image. However, when I selected the right slider image, it doesn't fit nicely and thus makes it look smaller than the left slider.

And so my question is, how do I make it look like how it was on the first image while opening a Tasker task instead of launching the Camera app?


texts: Allow access to files and apps to users in android L

texts: I have a Nexus 5, rooted with custom kernel ElementalX. I want to allow a normal user to have access to all my pictures and songs. How to grant access to the user?


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Every time I boot my phone, I get a message about not having a cellular carrier.
I only use my phone for gaming, so I select "No". Selecting "yes" leads me into something where I might select a carrier, but I cannot fill it out, because I do not have a carrier. The app launches automatically but is not obvious what it is called. The phone's OS is Android version 7.1.1. The phone is a ZTE N9560.

How can I permanently disable this message?
Where are applications that start on boot configured / stored?


texts: Marketplace offers downloads in notifications but when I tap notification none are available

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I've seen some other places with this question, but no answers that explain/help with what's going on.

I've got a Droid 3, and about once a day I get a notification that there are updates available for my apps. When I tap the notification to be taken to the market place; however, there are either no apps to update or the wrong number of apps (i.e. notification says 2, only one app is available).

Does anyone know why this is happening or if there's a way to resolve it?


texts: How can I enable/add USB OTG support to my rooted stock LG P500?

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I have a rooted LG P500 running stock 2.3.3 with kernel 2.6.35.10.

I would like to use USB OTG features and connect a flash drive to my phone. I have a USB OTG cable that I use with my Nexus 7.  The same cable and same flash drive doesn't work with my phone.

I have tried to install StickMount, but unfortunately it is not compatible with my phone and so is the USB Host diagnostics - however, their database  clearly says P500 does not support USB.

Other than going the route of custom ROM, can some thing be done for enabling USB OTG like patching kernels etc? I am not sure even the previous statement is valid, but just thought of asking as in the database under "Rooted API Claims support" column, the value for LGP500 is said as Yes. And, I checked this XDA thread, which also says that the chipset MSM7227 which my phone uses has limited OTG capabilities. Also that thread's title says Update: Working now, but I couldn't find anything relevant within its posts. All these just gives me a faint hope.

Update:
My phone's has three files libra.ko, librasdioif.ko, wireless.ko in /system/lib/modules


texts: View list of registered document providers

texts: How do I check in Android which applications have registered their document providers? I hope no code is needed (I need it from user perspective), but if that's the only way then I can attempt that.


texts: What are the *technical* reasons preventing connection to 4G? How can I diagnose myself?

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I have an EVO Shift, and often see an icon similar to 4G! (see enclosed picture with red arrow) in my android status bar.  I have consulted with my carrier ad-nauseum, read the manual, rebooted, updated firmware, updated profile, updated PRL... all to no avail.

The HTC manual says that this icon means that 4G is available, but I am not connected.

This problem can happen at any time; in fact, sometimes it is literally ten or twenty feet from an area where I had max 4G signal strength.  In fact, the last time I took the phone into the carrier's store, the tech saw the 4G! icon, clicked to "scan for 4G service" and the phone suddenly came up with maximum 4G signal strength.  This screen capture is after walking less than 30 seconds outside the door to the carrier's store, where again the phone cannot connect to 4G service.

I am an engineer and love to understand the details of how things work.  So my questions...

I hope to hear from people who understand the intimate details of Sprint's 4G technology and/or the innards of the HTC Shift, and can elaborate on why these erratic 4G connections could be happening (other than low signal strength).
I already know I can use the iproute2 family of commands from a non-root terminal shell; but this is only giving me ip address and link up/down info.  Can I get signal strength measurements in dB?  What about signal-to-noise ratio, logging, or a list of available 4G tower ids?
What apps or Android native APIs I can hook into for better diagnostic information?

This map shows exactly where I had the problem, and Sprint's own coverage map indicates that I should get maximum connectivity here: