texts: Android phone won't connect to WiFi when Laptop off

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A customer has a weird problem:

After he switches on his router/DSL-modem, his Android phone won't connect to WiFi. When he turns on his laptop (connected by LAN to the router), the phone suddenly is able to connect to WiFi.

When the laptop is subsequently turned off again, the phone stays connected to WiFi.

So, once the router is switched off and on again, WiFi only becomes available to the phone when the laptop is turned on (and then off).

Apparently this started to happen a week ago, without any changes in settings. I checked all his router settings remotely and all seems to be in order. He doesn't have TeamViewer on his phone, so I couldn't really check all its settings, but nothing is supposed to have changed.

Hence, all suggestions welcome.


texts: How to view hiking trails when zoomed-out (route=hiking)

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How can I view all hiking trails (route=hiking) when zoomed-out on osmand?
I'm trying to find a long trekking route, but I can only see hiking routes on my map when zoomed in too far to make it useful.
Ideally, I'd like to just press a button to make all hiking trails red and visible at any zoom level. How can I do this?


texts: How can i reset my Gmail password from inbuilt Google settings of android if 2FA is enabled?

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I've recently changed my gmail password and now i forgot password before this time i was able to reset it by OTP that Google sent to my number for verification but this time i enabled 2FA and Google asking some more steps to verify like when is my account was created.

I submitted all the things together with an email address to reach me but at the last it shows 'Google couldn't verify it's you'.

Please, Is there any solution and steps where i can change this in my Google App for android ?

My account don't have any recovery email, it includes only phone number for verification.


texts: How can I read the chat logs from WhatsApp messenger on my Windows machine?

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How can I copy over the whatsApp chat messages to a text editor? Are there any specific files I need to copy? I don't care for the media files, I just need the transcript of chat.

I am using the Motorola G phone.

I have noticed the files are stored using some encryption on the phone. I am able to copy the files from the phones internal memory to my Windows 7 computer.
The files look something like this msgstore-2014-01-08.1.db.crypt

Opening the file in a text editor gives out a bunch of unprintable characters. Since this is encrypted data, I expected that to happen. So how can I decrypt this text file on my windows computer?

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I recently bought a case for my Archos 101 9G Turbo, which has a built-in USB keyboard, but I can not make it work by simply connecting the usb cable from the keyboard either the micro USB port (with and adapter) or the normal USB port. The tablet shown in the photo is not the Archos, but it is right to illustrate the example.

As you can see, the case has an USB cable coming out of the keyboard. I updated the tablet firmware to the new ICS 4.0 so maybe it is a drivers problem and I haven't found the solution on the Archos forums.

My approaches are:

The keyboard works because I plugged it into my computer.
The tablet USB also works because I plugged in an USB hub with a LED screen and it received energy (both via micro usb and via normal usb activating the 3G option).

I read that maybe it is a power consuption problem because when the keyboard is plugged in the built-in lights (for example, the upper case key) don't work. I have also tried to plug in a mouse and nothing happens.

I wonder if anyone else had this problem and how he solved it. Should I use a bluetooth keyboard?


texts: What is the difference between fastboot oem unlock and fastboot oem unlock-go?

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I'm having issues unlocking my Nexus 7 2013 WiFi's bootloader, and it was suggested that I try fastboot oem unlock-go instead of fastboot oem unlock. Both seem to act the same on my device, however both also fail on my device so it is possible that the difference appears after the failure on my end comes.
Regardless, I would like to know: What is the difference between these two commands? I'm not managing to find documentation.


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The default browser (at least on HTC Sense) has this annoying habit of sliding the address bar down over the top portions of websites while the page is loading. After the page loads, the address bar is still there but it doesn't cover anything anymore. This is particularly annoying on sites like stackoverflow where it perfectly covers the top navigation area. Any way to make it stop?

More Information:

I wasn't aware of this before but this behavior is due to the fact that the phone's status bar decides to make itself visible while a page is loading. The amount of page covered is equal to the height of the status bar. This has to be a bug. Either the status bar isn't supposed to become visible or the height calculations don't take it into account -- the page needs to be shifted down by address_bar_height + status_bar_height.


texts: Multi window is disabled after upgrading from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2

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Multi-window icon is disabled after upgrading samsung galaxy tab from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2.

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)

Anybody fixed this problem ?
Any idea how to fix this without doing a factory reset ?


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In early august, both my nexus 4 and my nexus 7 got the OTA upgrade. The nexus 7 one worked without any problems. The one for my phone actually bricked my phone.

First it was stuck on the X-logo screen. I reflashed 4.2.2 and suddenly the phone had problems it never had before: random shutdowns, sudden locking of the SIM card, not booting unless plugged in.

I also did all the wipes and factory resets Play support told me to do, and a factory reset and everything. I even replaced my SIM card and flashed 4.2.0 and it still has the same problems.

I found a way to get 4.3 to get beyond the X screen, by flashing the radio back to an older version, but the above problems persist.

Is there anything that isn't overwritten when you reflash an older version? (I'm thinking drivers or something like that) If so, what could it be? And how can I get them back to an older version?

Since I voided my warranty (screen was broken and repaired by third party), I'm wondering if I can hold Google (or at least Android) responsible for breaking my phone...

TIA


texts: Why won't my android phone charge from my computers USB port? It actually seems to drain the battery

texts: Why won't my Android phone charge from my computers USB port and why does it seem it actually drains my battery?


texts: There is an app to send/read SMS from the desktop using the Internet?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I send SMS from PC through Android Phone or to Android Phone?

There are many apps to send/read SMS from the desktop using a Wi-Fi connection, but my cyanogenmod rom doesn't play nice with my Thomson router so I can't use them.

There is an app that uses the 3G internet connection for that?

Better if it's a webapp.


texts: How to bypass/authorize ADB RSA key with broken touch AND screen?

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I've tried everything I could find on the internet (mostly on StackOverflow).
These I've already tried without result:

Page not found - Stack Overflow
shell - How to solve ADB device unauthorized in Android ADB host device? - Stack Overflow
android - running adb devices showing unauthorized device? - Stack Overflow

Both screen AND touch are broken so I can't see nor touch a thing. (So the OTG mouse option can't be used in my case.)
The device is a Huawei Ascend P7 L10, Lollipop 5.1.1.

It's rooted.
It has TWRP recovery.
USB Debugging is enabled.
I'm using the latest ADB version, updated from Android Studio.

I entered recovery mode, done adb push adbkey.pub /data/misc/adb/adb_keys and rebooted, after reboot adb keeps saying devices isn't authorized.
I entered recovery checked if the file copied on the device was still the same as the one in the .android folder, and it was the same key.
If anybody has any idea I'm all ears. Thanks in advance.


texts: How to change email associated with Google Play Games profile?

texts: I've got games linked to my Google Play Games Gamer ID, which is associated with a Gmail email. Is it possible to change the email the Gamer ID is linked to?


texts: How many times can an app purchase be refunded on Play Store?

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How many times can one purchase an app and refund and continue to do so?
Wouldn't continuous refunds hurt Google ?


texts: Volume too loud at the start of every music track

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This is on a Moto X with Android 4.2.2. Not rooted, no EQ installed or enabled.

I primarily listen to music through DSub (streaming audio from a Subsonic server), but I've talked to their devs, and they don't perform any volume changes of any kind. Likewise, the Subsonic server doesn't make any volume changes, and I haven't experienced this volume issue when streaming to other devices.

Every time a song starts, it plays very loud for a few seconds, then drops slightly to normal. If the song starts loud, it can be quite a jolt for a few seconds before it drops down. It's almost as if it starts at max volume, then drops to the volume level I have set, but I haven't tested that.

As far as I can tell, there are no Equalizers enabled. Turning off the "Audio Effects" settings panel doesn't seem to have any effect on music playback.

Any idea what would be causing music playback to start off at a different volume?


texts: What is the best way to completely remove the default apps that came with the xoom? Since android apps are self contain packages is it enough just to remove the application package on the device through adk?


texts: Prevent call taking over screen during navigation

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I want to prevent call taking over my screen during navigation (Google Maps or Waze).

During navigation I dial / receive calls by my car controls, also see everything there, so don't need to see call information on phone (however seeing it for a few seconds before automatically switching back to navigation would also be fine).

I've already tried looking for solutions, but all what I've found was just workarounds (switch to "do not disturb" ...)

I've a Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) with Android 7.0


texts: what app/script is responsible for video media?

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When podcast videos or youtube videos or flash videos play, what app is behind that?

I'd like to be able to use that script/app to as a trigger for tasker to do something whenever ANY video is playing.

I don't  want to make the apps a trigger because sometimes when apps like YouTube you are just browsing and not watching any video. I want to make a trigger when the media is actually playing.


texts: Where is the camera button in the Google Image Search webpage on my Android?

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Device: Samsung Galaxy S3
OS: 4.1.1

I want to do a reverse image search on my S3 phone. When I open up the Google Image Search homepage, the "camera" button is nowhere to be found. So, I cannot upload a photo.  I opened the page in Chrome, and the stock browser but I still don't see it.

How can I do a reverse image search from my phone?


texts: What does "SMS Messaging Account" mean in Hangouts?

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I'm using Nexus 5. In my Hangouts settings, I noticed that the setting called "Default SMS Messaging Account" was set to my email address with my full name (And can alternatively be changed to "SMS" instead, which hides previous chats)

Does this mean that I've been broadcasting my full name and email address to everyone I sent "SMSes" to?


texts: DroidExplorer won't open after a few runs

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I have faced this issue over three times now.

I reinstall Windows, use Droid Explorer a couple of times and after about 10 uses, Droid Explorer stops working.

So the issue is Droid Explorer crashes after trying to connect to the device.
This the last message I see:

After that it just closes, nothing happens.

Here's the log:
https://pastebin.com/fULc333k
(Sorry, but if I post the log here it's causing some formatting issues.)

Today afternoon, I reinstalled Windows 10 x64 Build 17134.1 (that's the April 2018 update), installed Droid Explorer, used it about 5 times.
Stopped working after that.

Can someone please help me out?


texts: Change IMEI number to obtain tablet data plan?

texts: It looks like T-Mobile offers very cheap data-only plans, but these are only available for tablets. I have read that this is enforced by tracking your IMEI. I was wondering: Is it possible to change your phone's IMEI to a tablet's IMEI, to trick T-Mobile, so that you can get a data-only plan. Nobody really needs talk and text if they have data. Thanks!


texts: What is the package name for the default Samsung Gallery App?

texts: Deleted it while debloating my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. I am unable to install it via the Samsung store. Thank you in advance!


texts: Delete application folder in Android device

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Hi I am using Samsung Galaxy S3. In my device I created a folder in Application menu to have a bunch of related apps.

At a point of time I uninstalled all the apps in that folder. Now I cant delete the folder that I created.

How can I delete a  folder that is created in Application menu?


texts: Is there a way to have pattern lock that doesn't prompt for X minutes yet still requires some action other than pushing a button (e.g. like iOS)?

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I want the lock screen for my Android (currently running a CyanogenMod 10.2 nightly) to behave more like that of iOS, where I can have a delay on when I need to re-enter the pattern/pass-code, but still require a swipe every time screen is turned off.  The existing "Automatic Lock [after X time]" feature lacks this additional swipe I describe.

My goal is to have the phone locked down after X minutes (e.g. 15), yet not be susceptible to easy unlocking during this time (e.g. power or home button getting pressed accidentally while in my pocket).

I would prefer to not use a 3rd party app, but I suppose that can't be avoided unless there's an existing setting that I'm not seeing.  If there is a reputable 3rd party lock screen app with this functionality, I'll take that as well.


texts: Alternatives for MTP, PTP and USB Storage regarding data transfer in Android 4.x.x and 5.0

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It has been known that USB Storage functionality was removed in Android 4.4.x and subsequent version of Android.

PTP doesn't work very well on cross-platforms, not to mention it restricts files to certain media types.

MTP works in Windows and in some Linux distributions with certain tweaks. However, it is not very stable and breaks often when transferring huge files (on all of my three Android devices).

The question is to suggest some good alternatives for file transfer between Desktop and Android without compromising data transfer speed (via USB cable). It implies that no data transfer apps using hotspot/wifi should be suggested like Airdroid, WeLine, Webkey et al.

Note that the solution should work on at least all of the Android 4.x.x versions and possibly on 5.0 too. A similar question was asked here but its limited to Android 4.0.x.


texts: Erasing boot failed,device may be locked

texts: I am flashing fastboot ROM in my mi A1 using mi flash tools but at the time of flashing it is showing the error:erasing boot failed device may be locked and I am not able to flash the ROM.Why is this happening?


texts: How to increase internal Application Storage?

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I brought a CHUWI v17HD, which has 8 GB internal storage. But application storage space available is just 1 GB.

I want to increase the size of the internal application storage. How to do so?


texts: Are deleted WhatsApp messages still recoverable even after deleting a contact

texts: I deleted a particular WhatsApp conversation. Then I deleted the same contact. Now I uploaded the contact again but I am unable to see my deleted messages. I don't see the option of restoring messages after reinstalling WhatsApp. Why is this so? And is there a way out?


texts: How to disable automatic updates on Moto phone with Android Pie

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I have magisk installed because of which updates are failing. Every few hours it will download the update in background, and try to install, and fail.

It's draining my battery and consuming my limited wifi internet.

I want to disable them until I have sometime to uninstall magisk and update it manually.

Note: I am fine with annoying notifications but don't want wifi/battery issues.


texts: How can I Automate for selected apps to only use cellular data and not Wi-Fi... and vise versa?

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I tried doing it myself (On Automate) but it's a bit too advanced. Can I get your help?
Also, I think Android overriding data connection when wifi is on might have to be factored in. I could use Afwall (and Netguard?) to control what connection they use but if the wifi is on, then the app won't be able to use data. For example, on Afwall, I have app x restricted from using Wi-Fi and enabled for it to only us data. But if both WiFi and data connections are on, then the app gets no connection. But if I turn Wi-Fi off, then it will get connected. Turn Wi-Fi back on and no connection again. How do I get around this?
Android 7 | Rooted


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Xiaomi phones have several batteries, for example, BM35, BM21, BN43, and etc.
I'd like to know the compatibility of those batteries, for example, if BM35 has the same pin and size as BM21 something like that.
I have this Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x it's kinda old but still working and the battery is now needed to be replaced because it's already draining fast. Instead of using the BM43 which is the current battery of it, I'd like to purchase a different model with a higher capacity for example the BN62.
If I only know the pin type and the size of those batteries, it will be easy for me to upgrade and replace them.


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When I list the attached devices on my Google account in the security option and click to expand the device I wish to remove, then click on the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner, there is no option there to remove the device. Any suggestions as to how I can remove the device.
Thanks


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4 stuck on Samsung logo after booting from Odin

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After booting from Odin, I can't turn on the screen. It gets stuck on Samsung Galaxy S4 logo. I tried to do a factory reset. It says completed, but then it has a no command error under the Android logo.

Is there any way to fix that?


texts: How do I disable emergency call after three power button clicks on my Samsung S10?

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S10 (on Android 10). One of the features that constantly irritates me is the accidental dialling of the emergency number. The system by-default looks for triple power button tap and automatically dials the emergency number (112). I read on XDA here that this is a feature specific to India and Indian SIMs, and I also bought this in India and used an Indian SIM for a short while during my stay there, but have since switched with no effect on the issue. Other regional users, per some threads of Samsung subreddit and Samsung forums, do not have this problem.
How do I change this behaviour? I'm looking to prevent emergency number dial on triple power button tap, and if possible, please provide a non-root based solution. I am willing to install Magisk, but only if there is a definite solution, and no alternative, as it adds another layer of complication. Thank you!


texts: Google Photos--disable grouping photos by day

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The Google Photos App for Android groups photos by day. However, this feature becomes a problem when taking photos only occasionally. Only one photo per row is displayed, most of the time (see screenshot).

Zooming out makes the app group by month, however the pictures appear much smaller then.

Question: Is There a way to disable grouping and just display the same amout of pictures per row?

There are lots of alternative gallery apps. However, only Google Photos can be used to view the gallery without downloading the images, as far as I'm aware.


texts: Since which Android version can you use Ethernet through the USB port? Which makes are repotedly work with CyanogenMod?

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As far as I know Android supports Ethernet via USB, right? If yes, since which version of the OS?

What are makes of Ethernet USB adapters which are reportedly work with CyanogenMod? What are makes that don't work so well? Maybe one which are "plug and play" in Windows 7 work better on Android too, compared to those which require a driver?

Edit: As I'm not that technical I'd like to see an explanation, a drawing an article or something of an example of the most easily done USB Ethernet setup on any Android device (esp. the model name of the USB to Ethernet connector is interesting), if it's on stock Android it's even better than if it's on a modded ROM.


texts: Where to find com.sonyericsson.android.camera?

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i want to update Sony Camera app on my device, i tried to install the new version as normal APK but that didn't work, because of signature problems i think, i get 'package not installed', however, i think replacing the apk using root explorer (or any other similar app) would work, i tried that before with other apps and it worked well. Now the problem is that i can't locate where the apk (com.sonyericsson.android.camera) is on my device, i mean the already installed one, which i want to manually replace with newer apk.
I tried looking in /system/apps/ , it's not there.


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Hy to every one. after flashing Samsung A11 SM-A115F with Android Q10 ,Samsung Device struck at logo.
i have try to flash different firmware
first download file from Easy Firmware
and after that try to flash file from SamFirm
need help


texts: Does the external sd card have to use FAT at all?

texts: link2sd allows one to fully move apps to a second partition on the external sd card provided its Filesystem supports Linux permissions. but does it have to be a second partition or could I simply format the entire card e.g. ext3?would this still work when USB connecting to my PC?


texts: Tasker recognize when headphones are in and something starts playing

texts: I have this issue with my phone when I put in my bluetooth headphones and start playing something, it switches to the "cast" volume mutes my music, so I have to raise my volume every time that I put in my headphones. I already have tasker turn up my volume when my headphones are in, but it isn't until the music starts playing that it switches to "cast" volume instead of bluetooth. Can I have a Tasker action happen when my headphones are in AND music starts?


texts: How to restore a Nandroid backup without TWRP?

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I have bricked my OnePlus 5 device (black screen, blue LED, bootloader locked, no TWRP on my device). I have tried almost everything (sideloading the official OnePlus firmware through adb, using the MSM Download tool to flash the .ops file - The flash is successful but I get the black screen, blue LED at boot again), none of it seems to work. But, I'm not prepared to give up.
So, I was thinking maybe if I get my hands on another OnePlus 5 device  and take a Nandroid backup of the device using TWRP with the OEM unlock option enabled in Developer Settings and use this backup to flash my original bricked OnePlus 5. The point of taking a backup with the OEM unlock option enabled in developer settings is to somehow load this Nandroid backup on my bricked OnePlus 5 device (so that I at least can unlock my bootloader and explore other options of restoring my device by flashing a custom recovery).
Now, the question is - If I manage to take a Nandroid backup of another working OnePlus 5 device, what are my options of loading this Nandroid backup on my bricked device (as I don't have TWRP on the bricked device).
Any guidance on this will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.


texts: should I update my Android System version 7.1.1 to 8.0 in a phone Z835?

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Hello I am new here and I have phone android mark ZTE model Z835 and I would  like update but I dont know if my phone support tha update.

details about my phone:

model: Z835
Android version: 7.1.1

if you need more information about my phone could you comment bellow and I give you more information.


texts: Cannot install apps from Google Play Store due to insufficient space

texts: I have an SD card which is 3 GB, but I only have 4 downloaded apps and the  internal storage almost reach its capacity and thus yet I have an insufficient space problems.


texts: Sharing Android's Wi-Fi internet connection via... Wi-Fi. Not just extending!

texts: Well.. basically what I'm trying to achieve is sharing android's internet connection by Wi-Fi. But Android is connected to internet by.. Wi-Fi. Also, I don't just want to extend the Wi-Fi, I want to share the internet connection because the Wi-Fi I'm connected to has a password you have to input at the Wi-Fi's login page, not in settings as usual. My Android phone is rooted, and I have couple of others if more than one is needed. All of them rooted. Thanks!


texts: Best backup strategy (apks and app data)?

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I would like to backup my phone a regular basis. TWRP provides a full system backup and recovery option. This is fine but too inflexible for me and bound to the phone itself.

I want to backup all apks and its' data from a running system (not recovery) and restore it back to the/different phone(s) with different Android Versions (6, 7.1).

This is what i already did: As far as i can say. It doesn't work.

adb backup -f /path/to/backup-file -apk -shared -all -nosystem
adb restore /path/to/backup-file


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Hello fellow Android Enthusiasts.

I have a problem that has been bugging me for a very long time:
Whenever I leave devices at my workplace overnight, the battery is completely drained the next day.
This occurs on any Android device and any of those devices' batteries last completely normal in any other location. This is exceptionally strange with tablets which batteries last for weeks in standby mode.
The devices are not connected to anything over night via cables.

The only thing I can think of that is different between work and anywhere else is the WiFi.

Those are my devices that I could observe the behavior on:

Sony Xperia Compact Z5
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
Google Pixel C
LGE Nexus 4
Google Nexus

The range of Android Versions goes from 5.1 to 7.1.1.

Can such a behavior be caused by the WiFi? I was thinking of connection loss and reconnection iterations. But I think I would have noticed such problems while being at work. Any other ideas out here?


texts: How to display only contacts with phone numbers Nexus 5

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I just want contacts with phone numbers to show up when I am looking them up in People. All the people I have emailed somehow ended up in My Contacts, too, but that's another issue.N\

I want to open contacts and not see Joe Schmoe from Schmoe Company on there, that I only emailed once. Any way?

Thanks :)


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I'm connecting to a WiFi network that I know show ask me for the username and password in the web browser when I go to access the internet. However it's not doing that when I go into my web browser. I'm sometimes presented with the sign in prompt right when I connect to the network, but not always.

How do I go to the sign in screen?


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Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - GT-N7100 - Android Kitkat 4.4.2

This problem has been going on for some time. I factory reset the phone and reinstalled all apps. But the problem is recurring. "Unfortunately, Clock has stopped working".

Application Manager error (click image for larger variant)

This is how the apps show in the Application manager. This happens over time with all the apps.

Sometimes, the phone suddenly stops working and restarts itself. During this time, it also wipes out all cache information from all apps.

Any help will greatly appreciated.


texts: Reducing the memory usage of Contacts Storage

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I have an HTC Desire running 2.2 and have noticed a lot of low memory warnings lately.
I think this is due to my Contacts Storage taking up 33+ mb of space.

How can I reduce or limit the amount of space the contacts take up?


texts: Can I still get caller ID in Gingerbread without having it as a service from my provider?

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In Gingerbread, Settings > Call settings > Additional settings > Caller ID, there are 3 options available:

Network default
Hide number
Show number

I'm currently paying $5 a month to get caller id.  If I were to cancel that service, will the OS still display the caller?


texts: Official Facebook Hello contacts/dialer app login only says "104"

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The Facebook Hello app https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/04/introducing-hello (released April 22, 2015 according to their post) is giving an error only saying "incorrect signature" and "104".

I am a good/loyal Facebook user so I installed the apps they suggested, grew to love using Facebook Hello the officially advocated contacts program, and now after searching several times over a year for news and not finding any clear Help article (I found a lot of still-posted promotional pieces about how great "Hello" is as the first, second, and third, result!) I am wondering what do you do?

Customer reviews at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.phone&rdid=com.facebook.phone&reviewId=gp%3AAOqpTOHZWFKjSnnjN5CrK5pmMl558_uC7NiCPu9pWIWcATy8WwuYkGe9IRmfOisfZN2fS3dlIh2cGaGO-2I&showAllReviews=true show many people also just reported a "104".


texts: How to access and/or delete an invisible Exchange account?

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I seem to have somehow developed an invisible exchange account on my rooted (but otherwise stock) 4.1.2 AT&T HTC One. I don't know at what level to attack this problem -- is it a Sense issue or an Android issue? What app or data should I delete / uninstall or clear?

If I go to Settings -> Accounts & sync -> under the "Manage Accounts" area there is no Exchange ActiveSync account even listed.

If I try to add an "Exchange ActiveSync" account I get the Error message in a popup box that says "You have already set up this Exchange account." Googling for that message or searching for it on xda did not yield anything helpful.

I'm not sure if this developed at some point from a Nandroid restore or what...

Does anyone know how to delete this invisible Exchange account that it says I have already set up? I can't see the account anywhere to delete it, but it's data must exist somewhere inside "Accounts & sync" and so it thinks I have already set it up... I'd like to delete it for real and then re-add it.

UPDATE #1: I don't use any Exchange services (Outlook Web, nor MS Outlook).


texts: How do I take 2-second long exposures on the Google Pixel?

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This post on the Google blog says that the Pixel camera supports shutter speeds up to 2 seconds. But I'm unable to use shutter speeds longer than 0.7 seconds, no matter which app I use — Lightroom, Camera FV-5 and Open Camera.

Do I need to flash the Pixel with a custom build of Android in order to do this?


texts: Is the root file different if a custom rom is installed?

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Do I need a different root file if I have installed a custom rom on Android?
Who creates root files for devices?


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I got an old Xiaomi Mi5 from a friend that has a Mi Account lock.

He forgot his password so I am not able to use it because the phone is bound to his account.

Is there any chance for me to flash a new firmware on the phone and bypass the account lock?
Do I need to unlock the bootloader first?

Thak you for your kindness!


texts: How to turn off the beep sound when pressing volume up/down buttons on Lenovo s660?

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Here is the sound on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H5ZOVelLEw
The sound video was uploaded by a person who has the same problem as me, though he has a smartphone of another model. In general, there are not few people asking the question but the solution still has not been found. I would like to place the links to the people's questions but I don't have enough reputation to put more than 2 links here.
I checked the /system folder and /system/media/audio/ui folder particularly and found the sound fallbackring.ogg only in the latter. But this is not the sound produced by the volume buttons (as I have learnt it is an input call sound playing when the Bluetooth is turned on and used).
Then I have found the page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378177 where the screen unlock system sound is replaced. The sound is situated in /system/framework/framework-res.apk. So I copied the framework-res.apk file and all the .apk files from /system/priv-app (as in the folder there are .apk files whose names sound like system: SystemUI.apk, Settings.apk, IputDevices.apk and etc. on my smartphone) to my PC, converted them to ZIP and searched there for any .ogg, .mp3 and .wav files. I have found some .ogg and .mp3 system sounds but not the volume button system sound and I have also found files like open.wav, open_bluetooth.wav, success.wav and failure.wav but I managed to play them with VLC media player neither on Windows nor on Linux and, still, their names have nothing in common with the volume button.
So here is my small investigation. Could someone, please, give me a tip where the annoying beep sound can be kept? Or, maybe, is it produced with hardware of the smartphone? I will appreciate any help.


texts: Disabling completions on Google Japanese Input romaji mode

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I'd like to use the latin mode of Google Japanese Input to type English, so that I don't have to switch keyboard between languages, but only switch the mode using the あ/A key.

But the latin / romaji mode has the same completion menu as the あ mode, which is completely useless in English and requires an additional Enter keypress to make the app see the entered text.

Is there a way to disable the completion functionality for the latin mode?


texts: On Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean, how can I make long-pressing the home button activate Google Voice Search?

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I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean on it.

What I want is to long-press the Home button and hear a beep to prompt me to provide a voice command.

I had it set up this way before I installed the official Verizon version of Jelly Bean.  I had Cyanogenmod before.

I know that I can long-press the "Menu" soft-key to open up Google Now, but that's not what I want, especially since it doesn't even activate the voice search.


texts: Marshmellow issue with large SD card as internal storage

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(this was posted in the thread insufficient storage even with marshmallow sd card formatted for internal space and plenty of space which is a discussion about this same problem, but for some reason this got deleted... dont understand this.  Now I opened a new question)

Today I inserted a brand new 64GB fast SD card (Sandisk extreme U3) in my MotoG 2nd generation, as I was constantly hitting the internal storage barrier. I formatted it as "internal storage" also called Adopted storage I believe.

I was expecting to see a total size of 64 GB of "memory" to be available, and not having to bother anymore with choosing between internal mem and SD cards. So I am now still puzzled why I still see both separate, and still hit the limits on storage space... I thought Android would handle this fully in background, so the user would see 1 big memory. What I don't understand is that I still get the "not enough space" error and why then I would have to manually move apps or data between Internal memory...

When I check the storage, I see Android 2.5 GB, Internal memory 4.6 of 5.5 used, Sandisk SD card almost all free (58GB)

anyone can help ?


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I had to leave my phone at a repair store and give them them the lock screen password. Is there anything I can do remotely to secure certain apps, such as Google Drive, Keep and Gmail? I know you can logout of Gmail for other devices but I'm not sure if it counts on Android since it's so integrated. Also what about apps like Whatsapp and Snapchat?

I can log in with Airdroid.


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In this thread, #6 post jellopuddingstick said that he could remove the check on updater-script in order to flash a rom which doesnt fit with build.prop .
For example, this is my updater script I found in meta inf/com/google/android:
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "thea" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "thea" ||
    getprop("ro.product.device") == "thea_umtsds" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "thea_umtsds" ||
    getprop("ro.product.device") == "thea_ds" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "thea_ds" ||
    getprop("ro.product.device") == "XT1072" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "XT1072" ||
    getprop("ro.product.device") == "XT1078" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "XT1078" ||
    getprop("ro.product.device") == "XT1079" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "XT1079" || abort("E3004: This package is for device: thea,thea_umtsds,thea_ds,XT1072,XT1078,XT1079; this device is " + getprop("ro.product.device") + "."););
ui_print("Target: motorola/lineage_thea/thea:8.1.0/OPM1.171019.011/c397c2b19d:userdebug/test-keys");
ifelse(is_mounted("/system"), unmount("/system"));
package_extract_dir("install", "/tmp/install");
set_metadata_recursive("/tmp/install", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0644);
set_metadata_recursive("/tmp/install/bin", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0755);
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system", "/system", "");
run_program("/tmp/install/bin/backuptool.sh", "backup");
unmount("/system");
show_progress(0.750000, 0);
ui_print("Patching system image unconditionally...");
block_image_update("/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system", package_extract_file("system.transfer.list"), "system.new.dat.br", "system.patch.dat") ||
  abort("E1001: Failed to update system image.");
show_progress(0.020000, 10);
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system", "/system", "");
run_program("/tmp/install/bin/backuptool.sh", "restore");
unmount("/system");
show_progress(0.050000, 5);
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot");
show_progress(0.200000, 10);
set_progress(1.000000);

How exactly would I need to edit this in order to not scramble it up?


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Mobile phone technology has been growing rapidly. Nowadays, we have mobile phones with the same configuration as a Pentium-1,Pentium-2 processor + 1 GB Ram  20GB Hard disk as we had a few years ago for Desktops.

For eg: I have just ordered for Galaxy S-III, which as 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM and 16 GB Permanent storage.

So, my question is : can we format (same thing as we do on a Desktop) such mobile devices and install whatever OS (Android only for now) we like ? If so, I would like to install latest Android version on my mobile. Similar to the CD-Rom drive that can hold the OS that we are going to install on our fresh Desktop, for mobile devices can't we use any USB storage drives that has the latest Android (installation source) ?


texts: How to restore Sony Xperia M when asking for password to decrypt storage?

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My sister came up with her phone asking for password to decrypt storage and she said she didn't set any password. I can't put the phone on USB Debugging cause i don't have access to phone settings.

I tried to use Sony PC Companion to reinstall Android but it says that was not found any software to the phone.
Also tried to install Android using a using a build by FlashTools but i'm getting an error to write files based on write permissions on phone since it's locked as encrypted.

The Recovery Mode (using power button and volume-up) doesn't work either.

How can i reset to factory settings or even reinstall Android with these conditions?


texts: Can I install custom ROM on Android mobile having low internal memory?

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I want to install the latest custom ROM like Lollipop but my mobile has low internal memory, about 150MB.
Will that be a problem during the installation of the new custom ROM?
I have already rooted my phone and I'm worried that my mobile could get bricked.


texts: How to configure Google Now's notification time?

texts: Currently Google Now notifies me 10 minutes before I need to leave the house for an appointment (taking traffic into consideration). How do I change the notification time to some other value?


texts: Tethering stops blocks my phone's internet

texts: I've successfully tethered my Samsung S2 to my Windows7 laptop. Connectivity's fine for the laptop now but the phone seems to be unable to reach any host. When I disconnect the tether everything works again normally. Is it possible for both devices to access the internet at the same time while tethered?


texts: EasyTether Pro and Mac OS X (El Capitan) 10.11.1 not connecting HELP!

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Recently upgraded my Macbook Pro to Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and since then my easytether pro app will not connect. It just says "Waiting for connection from the host"

I reinstalled the correct driver onto my computer but still no luck.

I have a Droid Razr Maxx on android 4.1.2
I don't know if the android OS is too old to work with El Capitan OS X for my mac.

Or maybe is there an update on either the EasyTether Pro software or El Capitan OS that I just need to wait until it gets released.

I appreciate any thoughts on this issue.


texts: Why does it take very long to start downloading from the playstore?

texts: It typically take from 5 minutes to hours after I tap on download or update in playstore. Sometimes I can activate downloading process by opening up Google map or Google assistant.


texts: How to re-partition MT6582 device? (EBR1 & MBR only available) (Infinix X507)

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How could I re-partition my MT6582 device: Infinix Hot X507's Internal Storage (also known as Apps Storage Partition, System Storage) in order to expand it (it's about 1.04GB now, and only 3MB are free)?

I don't want to use Link2SD, just Internal Storage disk re-partitioning.

The stock ROM for my device has only the files EBR1 & MBR (So the device seems not to be EBR1 & EBR2 type).

The guides I have found are for the EBR1 & EBR2 type (not the EBR1 & MBR one) (examples: guide 1, guide 2).

You can find the EBR1, MBR and Scatter files here, pulled from ROM X507-D5120-L-20150923 Final (ROM info), currently installed Lollipop ROM on my phone.

I need to know how could I modify the both files in order to re-partition my Internal storage.


texts: How to show screen display during phone call on HTC Wildfire?

texts: I have started using the HTC Wildfire, and have a small niggle with it.  When making a call, the screen blacks out to conserve power.  This makes it awkward when you have to enter a number i.e. for an automated phone call response.  Is there a setting to display the screen during a call?


texts: How to add a camera shortcut on lock screen on Android 10?

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I just got my pixel 4 with android 10 and rooted.
I am surprised google removed the camera swipe function.
I know I can use the power button to activate the camera but I do not like using the buttons
Please let me know how to add the camera button back on the screen thanks


texts: Does Android provide auto-switching of network mode when mobile data is toggled?

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Whenever I want to turn on the mobile data, I have to go to "Preferred network type" menu and Switch to 3G/4G/Prefer LTE manually which requires many steps.

So does Android OS provide auto switching to 3G/4G/Prefer LTE mode when network turns on and auto switching to 2G mode when I turn off the mobile data?

Note: I'm using MI note 4 mobile with Android 7.0.

If there is no such option, how can I send this as a suggestion to Google or Android developers?


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I wonder if there is ability to replicate this feature from iOS :

In iOS you can turn on Accessibility function that add the "Speak" button to the "selection menu". And if you click, it would turn on Text To Speech engine and read selected text. Can I do the same thing in Android ?

Thank you very much in advance

PS: I assume that regular app could not modify "copy, paste, cut menu" so I probably need custom ROM.


texts: What are trust agents and why should I trust "Profiles trust provider"?

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I don't know if this is a new thing in Android 7, or if I've just never came across it before.  I suspsect this is a new thing.  I am using OctOS M, which is based on LegacyOS, the new name of CyanogenMOD.

In figuring out how to turn off Smart Lock, some new whiz bang thing that reduces your phone security in the name of conveinance, I came across another trust agent called "Profiles Trust Provider". Searching the web gives me a couple of Android dev pages, which are never helpful to explain anything (They restate the obvious ususally. It's pretty bad when you don't know anything and the man page only restates the obvious [to someone who doesn't know anything]).

Does anyone know what this is, why I should trust it, what the feature does and if it does what it claims?


texts: Using the built-in Memo app on a Samsung Galaxy Avant, I've created several memo files, and they are saved on the device and synced with my Samsung account.  How can I export the memos as text files, or some other readable file format that lets me get the text into another program (e.g. Google Keep)?


texts: Huawei G6 no longer enable USB debugging

texts: My Huawei G6 can no longer detected by my computer. My phone charges but doesn't show any USB debugging in the notification bar. I tried many USB cables but it just charges. Any options how to debug my phone? Help!!!


texts: Do keyboard autocomplete suggestions get transferred?

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I used to have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and was using AT&T as my network provider. I lost my Nexus phone and bought and a new Samsung Nexus Mini.

When I installed Facebook and WhatsApp on my new phone, I can see all my keyboard suggestions, though the chat history from WhatsApp was deleted.

How did my phone remember (and transfer) all my keyboard autocomplete suggestions?


texts: I'd like to run Termux as root: possible?

texts:
I'd like to have an SSH, HTTP and SMB server on standard ports on my phone.

There's a way to run Termux as root and have the servers run on privileged ports?

Running rooted Android 7.1 on an unlocked device.


texts: adb: Push a folder and add only new files within it

texts: Using  adb, we can push files or folders. But how can I push a folder ("Music" for example) into my /sdcard/ that already contains this folder to add just the new files within Music on my computer ? It takes a lot of time to push the entire folder each time I want to add music.


texts:
I see that "Kies via Wi-Fi" sends only 2.3 kb and receives only 876 bytes the last four hours in my phone, but it uses 26 mins of my phone CPU time and 20% of my phone battery. Is it something that I can stop it? If yes, how to stop it?

Thanks


texts: How does the android system calculate remaining battery time

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I am aware that the Android OS when calculating time left it cannot really calculate true usage, and an A.I. algorithm that would learn how you use your phone and give better estimations would actually deplete the battery on it's own.

On the other hand though.
When giving time left estimations what does it check? Does it check the remaining percentage or the remaining milliamps? Because a phone with 4000 milliamps at 50% will probably have the same battery life left than a phone with 2000 milliamps at 100%

So what does it really check to do the calculations?


texts: unable to store whatsapp chat in new account

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I have just deleted my whatsapp account and now i want to reconfigure my account and i want my previous chats in new account, but the backup of previous chats are not retrieving.
I have also check my database folder it have the chats backup file but still the problem is coming

Can any one help me in this to restore my Chats backup in new account


texts: My tablet Tesla TTL7 has this problem where when I enter a game or app, it restarts on its own. No other threads have my problem, so I had to make a new one. Anyone had this before? Update: It now only affects games above 1 GB of size. But somehow MKX does not restart my tablet.


texts: WhatsApp not working with mobile data service

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After upgrading to Lollipop, I am facing the following problem with my Nexus 5 phone. Apps like WhatsApp, Hike, Messenger are not not working while mobile data is on, but there is no issue with my internet connection. But all these apps are working perfectly in WiFi environment.

I have not changed any setting tried rebooting the phone in safe mode with no result. Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.


texts: Can I connect my Android mini PC to my Laptop as a monitor ? How?

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I am buying a new Android Mini PC : http://uae.souq.com/ae-en/mk802-iv-rk3188-quad-core-cortex-a9-android-wifi-mini-pc-4995376/i/

How can I connect my Android Mini PC to my Laptop ? My Laptop only has a VGA Port.

Any Help would be appreciated.


texts: How can I tell what is really draining my battery?

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I know that by going to Settings > About Phone > Battery Use, I can get some idea of the applications that are using up the most of my battery. I see things like "Cell standby", "Phone idle", and "Wi-fi"; is there any way to drill down even further and find out what is really draining my battery? For example, I am fairly certain that GPS usage is included under 'Cell Standby'.

Any help would be appreciated; I have had my phone for only about three months, and the battery goes from 100% to 0% over the course of two-ish days with minimal usage (some browsing, check-ins), and I cannot figure what is draining the battery.

EDIT

I am mostly interested in ways of diagnosing power usage in a less broad way, but in the interests of finding out what could possibly be draining my battery, here is what my 'battery use' is reporting at the moment:

38% - Cell Standby
33% - Phone Idle
20% - Wi-Fi
6% - Display
2% - Angry Birds
2% - Maps

I have been on battery for 8h 50m, and the charge has gone from 100% to 64%.


texts: Is there a way I can see a list of all the applications I've set as "default"?

texts: I've accidentally set some applications as "default" in the past, but I currently do not remember which ones. Is there a way to get a list of all applications that have defaults that I can clear? Going through each individual application in the install applications list would be quite a chore.


texts: Plugging in wired headset opens Google App and changes volume, nonstop

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I recently got a ZTE Maven (running Android 5.1). I plugged a headset into the headset jack, and the phone does detect the headset's presence, but after 30 seconds or so it starts to sporadically and repeatedly open the Google App and reduce the phone's volume. It doesn't just do this once, in a way that could be resolved by closing the app and readjusting the volume - it does this continuously, basically locking out the phone and making interaction impossible.

I plugged the same headset into a family member's Galaxy S5 and it works perfectly. A test call revealed no problems.

The headset is a basic PC headset terminating in a TRRS plug. There's no Volume control or "answer/hang up" button or anything; just an earpiece and a mic.

I have tried removing the Google App widget from the home screen as well as disabling voice control within the Google App, to no avail.

What's causing this, and how do I resolve it so that I can use a wired headset with my phone?


texts: What do I do about OTA upate notifications on my rooted Galaxy S7?

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I rooted my S7 using the Odin method found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/root-guide-verizon-s7-s7-edge-sm-g930v-t3411015

I'm getting daily popups on my phone for a system update. For now I just reschedule it for later. Does anybody know if this update will cause problems with my rooted device? Will I have to re-root?

Should I block the update, and if so, how?


texts: How can I update the Linux kernel of my Android device?

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I am using Sony Xperia E Dual with the kernel that identifies as 3.0.8-perf administrator@ubuntu-scm01 #1
and now I want to update it to the latest and the best one.

Please help me understand it can be done.

According to my findings the website https://www.kernel.org/ offers the latest kernels. Are these kernels for smartphones? And does anyone have an idea of from where to get the latest kernel? How do I replace the existing one?


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After rooting my Sony Xperia P, the GPS stopped working. Even Google Maps can't find my current location now. I found this problem when started working on Location API.

Is it a common issue and is it resolvable? I tried searching on XDA too, but couldn't find anything about this.


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I have LG L5 (e610 model) device with Cyanogenmod 10. When I connect the phone to a computer with Linux (I have mtpfs installed), I can see both internal storage and the SD card.  However when I navigate inside them, I can't see some of the files.

For example, if I open file manager app on the phone, I can see several files in the Internal storage/Notifications directory, however the directory on the computer only shows one of those files.

If I switch USB connection type to PTP (camera) - as OS X doesn't support MTP natively - Image Capture sees the phone as a camera, however it can only see about a third of all the images present on the phone.

I don't have a Windows machine to try, but I suspect the results would be similar.

I tried upgrading Cyanogenmod to the latest nightly, clearing and reinstalling it - same results.  Any idea as to what is going on?  How can I make all files appear on the host computer?


texts: incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user id

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I have a nexus-5 with Android Kitkat 4.4.4, no root or anything like that.
I tried to install the game "The Walking Dead: Season Two" but after the download I got this error: incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user ID. I don't know how to fix it.

Note: It's important for me to say that I don't understand about  ROM, ROOT and how the Android OS works. So please; if you post an answer, write as many details as you can.
I very much appreciate the help!

Thank you.

The error Message:


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I have a problematic LG P715 which keeps randomly rebooting every few seconds after boot, and I'd like to remove some sensitive data before sending it to a random technician.

I cannot factory erase it (usually it reboots before I can reach the button, but even when it does reach it, after confirming that I want to erase, it simply does nothing), so I tried uninstalling each application individually to at least progress somewhat.

I was able to go to Setttings -> Applications, choose some applications, click on Uninstall, then confirm, wait for it to finish uninstalling, then click Ok, then return to the phone. Even after doing all that, after rebooting the phone, the same applications still appear on the list of Downloaded applications.

I wonder, how is this possible? They had disappeared from the list before reboot. Are they never actually erased after uninstallation? Is there something I can do to force them to be erased?

Edit: It's actually worse than I thought: I managed to get an ADB shell (no root) for a few seconds, so I deleted some files in the sdcard folder (where I had permission) via rm inside the ADB shell, but again after rebooting all those files and directories were there. It seems there must be some issue between some temporary storage and the permanent one, but I am at a loss to what happens in there, how can these commands execute and seem to produce some result when they actually do nothing.


texts: Do calls to Java native interface in android apps run within Dalvik VM?

texts:
I read that apps sometimes access the native libraries for optimization purposes via the Java native interface.

As far as I understand, JNI just provides java wrappers around c/c++ libraries/binaries which are written closer to hardware hence faster and more efficient.

But how does it provide a performance boost, aren't JNI APIs called through Dalvik VM, so they do not run natively, they are still running inside a VM so there shouldn't be any difference.


texts: Is there any adb shell command to focus camera?

texts: I would like to record some movie on my desk but camera doesn't focus so I would like to force my phone to camera focus. Is it possible?


texts: Trying to use Kies to upgrade Galaxy Note firmware

texts:
Similar to this question: Kies dies when trying to update Galaxy Note firmware

I go to upgrade the firmware and it just keeps looping, downloading firmware components.  The progress bar keeps moving, but it seems like it starts over and never completes.

I've uninstalled Kies and reinstalled it as an Administrator.  I set it to run in XPSP3 compatibility mode and to run as an administrator and even run it explicitly as an administrator with a right-click.

I'm running on Windows 7 Professional, SP1, 32-bit OS.


texts: Screen overlay detected, what is the problem?

texts:
I wanted to open a picture sent by a friend in the Sketch app in order to highlight something and send it back. The app didn't have permission to access the file system. A popup appeared. I clicked "Allow", then, "Screen overlay detected" appeared and it just wouldn't let me through.

Now, I've read that I can disable screen overlay, add the permissions, and then re-enable it, but I don't feel like going through all my apps to see what permissions they need, neither I feel like disabling & enabling this every time I need to allow something.

Is there any reason why Google did this?   I guess there must be a serious security concern, since this is very user unfriendly, but I have no idea what that could be.

See the pictures in the following question for examples of the problem


texts: TWRP tells me: adb: sideload connection failed: insufficient permissions for device: user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong?

texts:
❯ adb sideload lineage-17.1-20201108-nightly-guacamole-signed.zip
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
adb: sideload connection failed: insufficient permissions for device: user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong?
See [http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html] for more information
adb: trying pre-KitKat sideload method...
adb: pre-KitKat sideload connection failed: insufficient permissions for device: user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong?
See [http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html] for more information


texts: How can I replace the "gallery" app? (On rooted bluestacks app player)

texts: I am using BlueStacks app player with a rooted Android system installed. I use it for WhatsApp and Kik messengers. I like to send pictures to my contacts but the shared folder is not visible in pictures, so I downloaded QuickPic which works Awesome! but one drawback: Some applications still launch the gallery app, and ignore the fact that QuickPic is my default gallery app. I cannot uninstall "gallery" from the apps.. so how do I replace it? Gallery app is limited and unusable for me, I like to browse the directories myself on the SDcard. I also have a terminal available if that's of any help (Android Terminal Emulator). How can I permanently replace the gallery with QuickPic? I cannot choose my own wallpapers because Gallery is launched instead of QuickPic.


texts: How do I get dictionary suggestions while typing?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to enable real text prediction for android / stock keyboard on LG optimus one?

I'm using android version 2.2.2 and the default keyboard (at least it appears as 'Android keyboard' in the configuration menu). I have suggestions enabled, but I only get autocomplete suggestions for my contacts, I don't get suggestions for common words. It doesn't really matter which language I choose for the input (portuguese or english).

The device is a LG Optimus One (P500h), and it came with another keyboard installed (called 'LG keyboard'). If I choose this keyboard as the input method, I get the suggestions. The problem is that this keyboard is really bad, and I like the default one.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to browse securely, anonymously and without blocks on Android?

texts:
So here's your Average Joe at a coffee store, using the open Wifi on his shiny new Android phone. Obviously there are the same issues with using a laptop or any other device on an open network, including having the Hotspot owner as well as other users snooping on poor Joe's web traffic. What sorts of solutions exist for dear Joe?

Joe finishes his coffee and heads to work, and his work Wifi is set up with a proxy (with username and password authentication) to 'protect' (as well as monitor) their workers from such useful sites as Superuser when Joe would really like to utilize such sites. Of course, Joe is obedient and uses Proxydroid which does allow his browser access to his works' white listed sites, though he can only access sites using http connections, a further let down as Joe really does like to check his email and do some banking on his phone. Joe has tried solutions like Orbot, by Tor, though that doesn't seem to work. How can Joe get past these issues?

Obviously this is phrased in a rather happy-go-lucky manner, though certainly the first point is a serious issue for many Android users.
All comments are taken gratefully.


texts: Reroute requests for rear camera to front camera

texts:
My rear camera doesn't work (very well) and so I can't scan the QR Code which is needed to access WhatsApp web.

There are no options within WhatsApp to change which camera to use or anything like that, so I'd like to re-route requests for the rear camera to the front camera.

Is that possible?

Moto G4 running Android 7.0


texts: anyway to find stolen device location through android device manager while location is off?

texts:
My android device was lost few days back and now someone has it, unfortunately location setting was off on device so I can't find it through device manager but its telling me device was online 2 hours ago so it means whoever has my device he hasn't removed my google account from it,
so is there anyway i could find the location?

Thanks


texts: How to backup photos from a broken screen galaxy S4? Help!

texts:
i have the same problem of many users here :-(
My s4 has fallen and now the screen is broken: touch is black and not responsive, no way to revive it.I have tried with adb and installed Samsung latest usb drivers:
so adb is able to see my phone and it displays a serial with numbers and letters with "recovery" near it; i am able to make copies of folders(sdcard for example) with "adb pull" from phone to my pc but something is wrong cause they are all empty! Can anyone give me some help??


texts: Wrong HTC phone type attached to android market

texts:
I have a htc desire z and accidently put htc vision
How can it be changed.

I cannot download a program from android market for my phone as it thinks is a Htc vision


texts: False "low on space" (internal storage) warning on HTC Incredible

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A while ago, I posted another question here when I had plenty of free internal storage but was getting the following warning:

Low on space: Phone storage space is getting low.

The problem was apparently a bug during the upgrade to Gingerbread, and following the steps in the accepted answer to get the hotfix resolved the issue for several months.

However, recently I've been getting that same message again. Even though it complains about low internal storage, clicking on the warning brings me to a screen that shows me:

Internal storage: 348MB used, 400MB free

I'm using a Verizon HTC Incredible running Gingerbread. I have followed the steps in the other question (clearing system cache) and rebooted the phone several times. I have moved many apps to the SD card which seems to resolve the issue for a few days, but then the warning comes back. It seems like 47% full should not be triggering a low space warning (which has other ramifications, like my email not refreshing).

Any ideas what's wrong this time?


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I have an HTC Sensation with ICS Android on it. How can I revert back to Gingerbread?

I have root and s-off. I tried to flash my Gingerbread ROM (??) in the recovery but am now stuck in a boot loop.


texts: How to change the monotonous outgoing call ringtone

texts: You know that annoying beeping you hear when you call someone, waiting them to pick up? I am completely sick of it and want to customise it on my Huawei Android phone. The question is: how do I do that? Thank you


texts: Grabbing a part of the screen as an image

texts: I am reading a pdf file and I need to select a specific area in the file and paste it into my note in Papyrus. How to grab a specific area in a pdf file? Pdf reader iannotate does not allow me to do that. Is there a customizable screenshot command or some other app? This is w.r.t. Samsung Note 10.1.


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I have a samsung Galaxy y device running 2.3.3 , where can i find the drivers of this device , to connect as MTP.

checked in the website of device manufacturers.
tried installing drivers from device manager also


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I've recently rooted my Android phone. I was surprised by how difficult they make it (and it seems that every new version of Android makes it harder). I have Lollipop 5.11, and I had to find and download a specially-hacked .img file of what I'm guessing is the system partition, and flash it to the device to get root.

What I'd like to know is, how is a rooted .img file made? Suppose I had a new phone and I had to figure out how to root it myself. What would I do? (I'm guessing: create a backup, figure out how to mount the partition, muck around in some low-level linux config somewhere..?)


texts: Is it possible to see which process is calling the zygote socket?

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I want to see a verbose from the zygote socket (located in /dev/socket/zygote ) I know i can list all of the services from adb but I wanna see who is calling zygote to fork an specific process. Do you guys know how?

My question does not have an answer, but i made a little code in python that allows me to see the PID of any process listening to the zygote socket


texts: Google Navigate does not announce the street name on my phone, but it does on my tablet

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I have a Galaxy III running Android 4.1.1.  When I use Navigate on my phone it will announce the turns but without the street names.

I also have a Nexus 7, running Android 4.2.1 and when I use Navigate on that device, it does announce the street names (provided it has an internet connection --- which it gets from my phone ironically)

Is there anyway to get the phone to also announce the street names?


texts: Does flashing a custom ROM require root access?

texts: It was recently brought to my attention that it does not. Can someone confirm this and explain what the determining characteristics are that dictate whether or not root its required to flash a custom ROM?


texts: I bought Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (now with Kit Kat) about a year ago and used my Google account to sync contact, calendar, G-Mail, etc. Everything is working fine since I noticed contacts sync problem two weeks ago. Every time I make sync, Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly. message appears. I only have around 260 contacts. I researched and tried some solutions. But sync problem still exists. Some websites suggest to clear data of Contact Storage and I did. Nothing become except all my contacts were gone from my phone. Sync still doesn't work. I hate to do Factory Reset for such problem. I have searched many questions like mine at here but I can't find any solutions. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!


texts: Laggy Android. I install above 100 apps at LineageOS. How to make Inteface more responsive?

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I have phone with 128GB, 6GB RAM, Quad-core, but after install over 100 apps it became laggy. Especially I would like to improve speed of user interface. Phone is rooted, unlocked and encrypted.
I use OS Monitor App and most of the time there is like a 30% of CPU utilisation.
I get rid of some apps that startup with OS boot using Autostarts app but still I am not happy with results.
How to speed interface of Android (LineageOS 17) ? Any other software that could help me?
I realize that I have a some background services like GlassWire and Vigilante, but I don't think it could get as much as 30% CPU utilisation. I had before Android(MIUI 11) at other phone and I think it became laggy after installing many apps.


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I have no idea where to turn with this, but I am worried that malware or other misbehaving software is causing a color distortion.  The story is:

my phone, a Moto G5 Plus, at some point lost the ability to show the color yellow, rendering it instead as a sickly green. The screen overall lost a bit of "spark", becoming washed out and dull.  It was an old phone, and I decided to live with something I was pretty sure was a (rare, since I found no similar stories on the net) hardware issue.
I then upgraded to a Mate 20 Pro, which surprisingly showed the same thing.  Since it was new, I returned it to the shop for repairs, and brought my old phone back to life.  The repairs took long enough that I managed to break my old phone's screen, order a new one, and replace it.  To my surprise, yellow was still missing after I changed the display.
I finally got my new phone back, after a display change and factory reset, and now it's all good.

Thoughts:

it seems very unlikely to me that the same obscure hardware error would occur to me twice.
especially since the display technologies are very different, LCD vs AMOLED.
the Mate was updated with all the magic of Android, so a number of apps and potentially data were automatically installed/transferred.
after I got the Mate the second time, I accidentally logged in with the wrong account, so no automatic installation/recovery was performed.

It sounds unlikely, but is there malware or flawed software that could cause this?  Something that were transferred with in the recovery process the first time?  And if so, where can I report it?  Can anybody find accounts of similar experiences?  If it is a hardware fault, does it have a plausible explanation (it seems all of R,G, and B, are mostly intact, it's only yellow that turns green).


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Hi, I'm stuck on the following line in Miflash for over an hour now:
[20:58:19 3825d80]:MiFlash 2018.5.28.0
[20:58:19 3825d80]:Thread id:12 Thread name:3825d80
[20:58:19 3825d80]:image path:D:\Downloads\root20032021\cepheus_eea_global_images_V12.0.4.0.QFAEUXM_20210115.0000.00_10.0_eea
[20:58:19 3825d80]:env android path:"D:\Downloads\root20032021\MiFlash20180528\Source\ThirdParty\Google\Android"
[20:58:19 3825d80]:script :D:\Downloads\root20032021\cepheus_eea_global_images_V12.0.4.0.QFAEUXM_20210115.0000.00_10.0_eea\flash_all.bat
[20:58:19 3825d80]:Physical Memory Usage:3317760 Byte
[20:58:19 3825d80]:start process id 4372 name cmd
[20:58:20 3825d80]:info:$set CURRENT_ANTI_VER=1
[20:58:20 3825d80]:info:$for /F "tokens=2 delims=: " %i in ('fastboot -s 3825d80 getvar anti 2>&1 | findstr /r /c:"anti:"') do (set version=%i )
Is it safe to unplug the device and try again?


texts: How to find out which file system is used by my device?

texts: How do I find out which file system is used by my device's /system, /data and other partitions?


texts: What actually gets backed up, how many times?

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Say I have a photo A taken by the phone camera. It is stored somewhere, but can be seen in the stock Gallery app as well as the Google Photos app. Q1:Are both apps using the same physical copy or are there two copies?

Then, say, my WhatsApp has a photo B I received in a conversation. It is I presumed stored in /WhatsApp/Media/whatsApp Images. It can also be seen in the Gallery and Photos apps.

My WhatsApp has backup set to Back up to Google Drive Daily using Google Account X. Q2:Is this a special arrangement between Google and WhatsApp, because I cannot see anything regarding this in https://drive.google.com.

In the Photos app, Settings, Back up & Sync, the BACKUP ACCOUNT is Y, my other Google Account I have configured on the same phone. In the Back Up device folders details, WhatsApp Images is enabled. Q3:Does this mean that my WhatsApp photo B is backed up to my Google Drive in account Y as well as the special WhatsApp backup in Google Drive in account X?


texts: Oreo's "Autofill with Google" tries to "autofill" the SMS entry field in Messages

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In Oreo, every time the message entry field in Google's Messages app receives focus, it immediately pops up an annoying "autofill" suggestion listing my phone numbers. (I use a dual-SIM phone, so it lists two numbers in my case).

Apparently "Autofill with Google" service believes for some reason that message entry field in Messages is somehow intended for entering phone numbers. This does not make any sense, of course.

Is there any existing workaround for this bug? Does it behave the same way in single-SIM phones?


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My Nexus 6 had a hardware fault so I sent it off for RMA. Knowing in advance that it was highly likely the service people would factory reset it during the process of fixing it, I decided to do an adb backup.  My device is not rooted.

I made two backups, I believe using the command adb backup all -f backup-file.ab -shared -apk  My device is encrypted, so I set a backup password.

It generated a 1.6gb backup file which sounded about right.

My phone got fixed and I picked it up yesterday, and as expected it had been factory reset. I went to restore it using adb restore backup-file.ab

It brings up the restore prompt on my phone and I enter the backup password and it indicates the restore is starting - but then nothing happens.

Logcat says the following:

 BackupManagerService: --- Performing full-dataset restore ---
 ContextImpl: Calling a method in the system process without a qualified user: android.app.ContextImpl.bindService:1285 com.android.server.backup.BackupManagerService$FullBackupObbConnection.establish:3150 com.android.server.backup.BackupManagerService$PerformAdbRestoreTask.run:5904 java.lang.Thread.run:818 <bottom of call stack
 BackupManagerService: Invalid restore data; aborting.
 BackupManagerService: Full restore processing complete.

I tried playing around with abe.jar, but keep getting vague exceptions thrown on the unpack or info parameters (that's with the Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files), but it's quite possible I'm doing something wrong.

Obviously since the device has already been factory reset there's no way I can re-run the backup if the archive is bad. Anyone got any suggestions might be going on?


texts: Incoming call answer button - Square or round, Android 11, LG V60 ThinQ

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Android 11 - LG ThinQ V60 phone
Using Voice to redirect phone calls.
When an incoming call comes in, the answer button is sometimes square, and a simple touch answer/ignores.
Sometimes it is round, and you need to swipe to the 'outside of the circle'.  But I have trouble doing that.
Why the different incoming call views?
In both cases, I am pretty confident they are calling my GVoice number, not the native number of the phone.
I do not know what this is even called to try to search for it. Alas.


texts: Importing WiFi settings from Microsoft account

texts: I have a bunch of saved WiFi passwords on my Windows 8 laptop that automatically transfer from one PC to another when I log in using my Microsoft account. Does anyone know a way to transfer these saved passwords to my Android device (Samsung Galaxy S4)?  I've tried researching the issue to no avail.


texts: Someone is installing apps in my android

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I have a Xiomi Redmi HM1SW   with android 4.3 and MIUI.

I notice one month ago that some process is installing apps in my desktop that I don't selected.

How can I disable this option? or kill this malware app?

Thanks,


texts: Why My android device show less RAM and Slow at Jelly bean?

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I bought a new Samsung galaxy S Advance(GT-i9070). It came with Gingerbread. It was actually a phone with 768 RAM. I clearly verified this with the shop when I bought it. Last day I upgraded my phone to Jell bean with official Russian firmware and reset to factory default settings. But now the phone seems very slow . Also full RAM Capacity seems 521 MB at Application manager. All applications are now consuming  memory from total 521 MB memory.
My question is- where is remaining memory? How can I obtain the remaining memory to speed my phone? Some people on the web say to root the phone, install ROM manager etc. Are these approaches good? Please give me a solution


texts: How to install the official Android 2.2 (froyo) on Samsung Galaxy S without Windows/Kies

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I upgrade Firmware on my Samsung Galaxy S without windows

Froyo has been finally released for Samsung Galaxy S. The update seems to be only available via a Windows application called Kies. I don't have access to a Windows computer any more (I use Mac and Linux systems only). Does anybody know how to install the update (the official one, not CyanogenMod) without this application? Can I use Custom Recovery for this like in this related answer?


texts: Where can I run a .sh script on Android without root?

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Lately I've been playing around with .sh scripting in Android. At first I used BusyBox and it's integrated scripting utility, though I quickly realised that coding on the phone isn't the best, so I switched over to my desktop and started using ADB to push my scripts to my device. It all worked well for about two weeks, until recently the exact same scripts that used to work perfectly, tell me some : not found[0]: syntax error: '{ Error. I've copied the exact same code from my script and used BusyBox to create it for me, and that way it works just fine. So the code is fine.

After some digging, I think it's either because of permissions, because of encoding possibly, or also because of the location of the scripts. I've tried many different locations (because I want to be able to run the scripts without root), and ended up choosing /storage/emulated/0. If I understood correctly, this is a symlink to the internal storage, which is read/write-able without root. But maybe sometimes executable and sometimes not? I don't know.

So my question is as following: What is the best location on an Android Device to run scripts without root from? Preferably a path that works on any android device.

Info:

Rooted Samsung S7 SM-G930F
Android 8.0.0
I'm using #!/system/bin/sh inside the .sh files
I'm running the scripts with sh script.sh
When trying to run it as an executable ./script.sh, I get a Permission denied error. With or without root.

PS: And if anyone has a clue to why the exact same scripts stopped working out of nowhere, I'd be happy to know!

UPDATE: Thanks to @IrfanLatif, I've managed to fix the : not found[0]: syntax error: '{ Error! I was using Visual Studio Code as my editor for the scripts, which was saving them with the End of Line Sequence CRLF, which Android doesn't like. For an easy fix, just change your Line Endings to LF, problem solved. Check the comments out for more info.


texts: How do I stop the "which browser" window from popping up every time I try to open a new page in the stock browser?

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My stock browser never used to have this problem until I downloaded the Puffin browser and the Photon browser today.  So, every time I type in a URL or open a new window in the stock browser I get the "select which browser" to use with the "always" and "once" button options.  I wanted it to stop popping up so I click "always" but after that I don't know how to proceed. Chrome doesn't seem to be affected. How do I fix this?

OS: 4.1.1
Samsung Galaxy S3


texts: Is it safe to manually "clear cache" of apps on Android?

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Ever since I updated Device Care on my Samsung Galaxy A10s running Android Pie, I lost my "Clear Space" option that clears unnecessary data, including cache of all apps including system apps on my phone!

Since, I'm not installing any third party apps, for this purpose, I decided to manually "clear cache" of any desired apps from Settings > Apps > App name and tapping Clear Cache. To my surprise, I found the Gallery app has about half a GB of cache, and I immediately cleared it.

I realize that apps cache stuff to improve performance, predict data to auto fill on text boxes, and various other stuff, to improve user experience. But that's taking up a lot of my Internal memory!

My question is :

Is this a safe practice?
Will this procedure damage the executable or normal functioning of my app?
Or, whether all these are dependent on the App developer / manufacturer ?
For default apps like Gallery or Chrome is this a safe practice?


texts: Music plays through phone speaker instead of headphones when app is opened?

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This problem started a few days ago and it's extremely annoying in quiet environments.
I will be listening to music from any music player app, and whenever I open an app, get a notification, or switch the song the music starts playing from the phone speaker instead of the headphones. How can I stop this? Is this a software issue or a problem with the headphones itself? Is it just something in the settings? I've tried a lot of different methods.
Thanks!


texts: Remote Battery management service while SureFox Kiosk is running

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I am running PAW Server and SureFox (a kiosk browser) to run some webpages. However, I am experiencing significant battery drainage, and I would like to track battery usage by services as the programs are running. Most importantly, I would like have remote management on the devices.

I am using Nexus 7 on Android 4.4.2. WiFi on both ends are guaranteed. I can't do anything on the device since I need to exit surefox to check services and battery usage; I need a service that lets me see battery usage details (top 5 services that are sucking battery) when SureFox is running.


texts: I have Samsung Galaxy tab P3100 tab. I want to connect it to Projector for presentation. I searched a lot but din't get any solution. Does any one knows is it possible to connect it to projector? If yes then what accessories I need and what's the procedure?


texts: device boots into recovery every time I reboot, probably because playing with a system app

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Today I removed chrome browser that was a system app. At first unintentionally my hand tapped on "integrate updated system app into rom" (titanium backup app) and my immediate attempts to cancel it failed, and chrome icon changed to android robot. Then without any restart I uninstalled it using titanium backup, so that icon got disappeared.
I used my phone for a couple of hours until I attached it to the charger and turned it off. Now every time I reboot, it boots into recovery (twrp 3.0.2).
My phone is Sm-J510F with official android 7.1.1 and it's rooted.
Is there any hope I can boot into system without factory reset?


texts: How to fix "Unfortunately, com.android.keyguard has stopped"?

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Every time, after booting up my device (UbiSlate 7Cz), I receive the following error message with a black background:

  Unfortunately, com.android.keyguard has stopped.

When I tap "OK" below this message, the dialogue box quickly disappears and reappears again. I'm unable to access anything on my device. So, opening the settings app and following the steps outlined in this thread is out of my domain.

However, I managed to open my device in recovery mode by pressing the power and volume up buttons. Even after executing the following commands in the recovery mode:

wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition

and rebooting the device again, there was no improvement in the situation.

Other options, I get when I press the power and volume up buttons are fastboot mode and normal boot. When I chose the fastboot mode, the device just displayed the default start-up screen. As it was showing the same stuff even after hours, I used the reset pin to turn the device off (the power button didn't have any impact during this regime). From here, I am able to do the same steps as mentioned earlier. But even after all this, the device just shows this particular error message.

While searching this site, I found this question How to fix instant lock “unfortunately com.android.systemui has stopped” on Moto G with ART which I found to be similar to that of mine but with a different error message. I find my question to be different from that because, my device didn't have ART and I'm unable to view anything unlike the OP there, who could see some apps and widgets on the home screen. Also I have a feeling that different error messages have different methods to fix.

I also had a look at these threads - How to fix "Unfortunately, the process xxx has stopped"?, and How to fix "unfortunately , the process com.android.systemui has stopped" error?, but none of the methods described in the answers resolved my issue.

It would be very helpful if you could provide any solutions to this problem.

Thank you in advance!


texts: How can I protect my phone against Krack Attacks if no updates are forthcoming?

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Today, there was disclosure about Krack Attacks that affect WPA2. The attacks are primarily executed against end-point devices (phones, laptops).

In many cases, you can patch your router. The way the vulnerability works, according to the website author:

  This means a patched client can still communicate with an unpatched access point, and vice versa.

In cases where the router is patched, we're cool. But sometimes, I have access to WiFi networks outside of my control, and I can't guarantee they're patched.

For these cases, it makes sense to patch my device -- but (based on the Linux driver source), for my specific phone (and I'm sure many others), I don't forsee updates ever becoming available -- we just don't get updates.

In these cases, what can I do to minimize or mitigate the risk of this attack?

Someone recommended using HTTPS Everywhere, which is (unfortunately) only available in Firefox on Android.


texts: Seeing the full text of a long notification

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I've got a notification on my phone where the length of the text exceeds the width of the screen and it doesn't wrap, just wanders off the edge. How can I see the full text of the notification?

I've seen a suggestion here that long pressing for ~5 seconds shows it however all this does is bring up the App Info menu. Maybe on older versions of Android that didn't have the App Info menu this worked? Ideally looking for an answer that works on Ice Cream Sandwich and above (since I think that was when the App Info came about?) but I have a Nexus 4 running Jelly Bean 4.2.2 phone.

Here's the notification that I received. Hypothetical: Why did I lose data connectivity? What did I do!?!


texts: /TASKER/ Voice Command on Bluetooth Connect

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Got a new bluetooth radio in my car and want to add voice control when it is connected.

I was thinking that when it either first connects it listens once so I can open up the music app of my choice or to have it constantly listening though I don't know how smooth that would work out.

Any ideas? I already have it setup to disable the unlock screen and open Slacker.  Want to do this cause I still have to look at my phone occassionally and want to try not to.


texts: How would I go about purposely disabling all microphones on an Android phone?

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I'm attempting to repurpose older Android phones, and I'm looking for a way to disable the microphones to avoid having spy-accessible microphones all over my house.

Is there a way of removing or purposely breaking the microphone drivers without breaking the ability to play audio?


texts: Mounting an USB wireless adapter to a Nexus 4

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Brief problem

In short I am trying to mount an external USB wireless adapter to my Nexus 4 so that I can put the wireless adapter into monitor mode to use a tool called reaver.

System

I have a Google Nexus 4, running CyanogenMod 11 (11-20140308-SNAPSHOT-M4-mako), (Android 4.4.2) I have also flashed kali nethunter 1.21.

The problem

I can't get the wireless card into monitor mode using airmon-ng. After some searching I discovered that the wireless chip-set does not support monitor mode. So the only way I was going to obtain monitor mode was to use an external wireless adapter.

What I have tried so far

When I plugged the a USB wireless adapter into the Nexus 4, it was not getting picked up. I used the ifconfig command to try to detect it but then realised that the problem must lie with the Nexus 4 not providing the 5V needed to power the adapter. So I bought an otg y cable:

After using this I could see that any device plugged in was receiving power, but it still wasn't working. So I tried mounting a flash drive to see how that would work. It turned out that there was a software limitation preventing me from mounting a flash drive as the OS was missing the OTG components.

After doing some more searching I came across this. I then flashed it in recovery mode, and after rebooting I was able to mount flash-drives. I then plugged the external wireless adapter into the Nexus 4 hoping that it would detect it but still no luck. I also tried an alternative wireless adapter but still nothing.

Wireless adapter

I am using a "wireless 11n usb adapter". I am not certain but I believe it may be a driver problem. If so, I have no idea on how I would go about installing a driver on android. My wireless chip set is RTL8188EE.

The question

How do I mount an external USB wireless adapter to a Nexus 4?


texts: Stock Android 6 (Motorola Moto G 3rd gen) has no 'Exchange ActiveSync' account option

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I own a Motorola Moto G 3rd generation that's running Android 6 Marshmallow.

I'm trying to do two way contacts/calendar syncing with my outlook.com account.

By using the Microsoft Outlook app, one way syncing is working, but that's not good enough.

Most tutorials I find talk about adding a 'Exchange ActiveSync' account to 'Accounts' under 'Settings'. However, I don't have this choice.

Why is this? What should I use instead?


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I have a samsung galaxy ace which I am trying to setup to work with a usb headset. The problem is that the usb headset has a micro-usb connector and my phone does not seem to be recognizing it at all.

I only need to use the headset to activate a phone call. I do not need to hear any audio from it, I just need to be able to press the 'phone' button on the headset and have it answer the phone.

I've read up on the android developers guide and it seems as though a passive usb headset must be communicated with in host mode. It also says host mode is only available on android 3.1+

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is any way to get this to work? using the specific speaker output port is not an option.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (model:GT-I819ON).

All of a sudden the Play Store has stopped working and whenever I try to sign-in into it, a message is displayed saying that it couldn't sign-in "problem connecting to a reliable server".

I have tried everything: rebooting, clearing cache data, uninstalling and installing it again.

How can I get the Play Store to work again?


texts: Is it possible for a virus to be embedded in a image and can this image execute on Android Oreo by just opening the image?

texts: I am aware that on Windows this is very much possible. But is it possible on Android (latest OS with all the security updates)? Can you install a virus/malware/spyware by just clicking on an image? Suppose the image is sent via WhatsApp/any other messenger?


texts:
I have enabled Preloading for my Watch Later playlist.  This currently contains 23 hour-long Google IO videos but YouTube seems to only ever preload up to 2 of them, never any more.

I have an HTC One X with over 24GB of space - I have to remove a video from the playlist that has been downloaded to allow another to begin.

Everywhere I search gives no details about limits on how much you can preload so I was wondering if anyone else knows anything about this or has seen anything similar?


texts: Why do these white artifacts appear on animated GIFs in Facebook Messenger?

texts: Animated GIFs that I send and receive in Facebook Messenger have square white artifacts. This also appears on the GIF previews when I search for GIFs to send. It appears to be on certain pixels that don't change throughout the GIF, could it be something compression related?


texts:
I have read a similar post here
Accumulation of APK's?

I have about 8Gb of my SDcard on a Samsung Galaxy S7 used by the apks folder within the SMScontactsbackup folder

Now from what I have read and understood (which may be wrong)

This apks folder contains the installation material for new versions of Android apps. Surely the apk should be deleted once the app upgrade has been successfully installed?

I don't have the Super Backup and Restore installed on the phone (which some people claim is the cause of the problem) but I can't be sure whether that app was installed in the past and now removed.

My question is

How do I delete this apks folder and its contents which are taking a large part of my SD card? I could not find those instructions anywhere - but maybe I missed them

Thanks

Clive


texts: HTC One Messages app extremely slow, but just when I text one person!

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My friend (who texts me a lot of pictures of his kids) sent me a barrage of pictures and one video. Ever since then, texting him is excruciatingly slow. These things happen:

Just getting our text thread to open takes much longer.
When typing, some words get stuck and I have to wait until the word is completed.
When I do get the text written and hit send, the message disappears for a little while, then it appears, but as not sent yet, and then  after 30 seconds, finally sends.

Texting all other people is just as quick as it ever was.

I'm wondering if it's because I've got so many pictures in the thread? Can't think of anything else.

I'm deleting some pictures, to see if it helps, and I think I might try clearing the app's cache, but I'm not sure what that does.


texts: Icon is stuck behind google search, and appears on all screens (screenshot included)

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I was re-arranging my icons when I accidentally dropped an icon "behind" the google search bar up top.

The icon appears on every screen when I swipe left or right, but disappears when I view all apps.

How do I remove this icon?  (see the mis aligned YouTube icon at the top)

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


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Would the blue ticks appear if a person does not have you in their whatsapp contact list?

Although you can see whether the message is delivered, you cannot see their name or status. So I wasn't sure what was the case with whatsapp's new 'read' feature.


texts: Flash CM on encrypted phone running stock Android

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My Nexus 4 is currently running an encrypted Android 5.1.
Now I want to flash CM12. Can CM access my Data after flashing or do I need to remove the encryption before flashing?


texts: How to flash unrooted Android phone without loss of data

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My phone is Vivo Y66L, Android version 6.0.1, Processor 1.4GHz Snapdragon MSM8937, Vivo ROM Funtouch OS_3.0, never succeeded in rooting it.
I can only access Storage\emulated\0, when I connect my phone to my computer this is also what's visible in the computer, I had installed many applications and their data are invisible to me except what little I can find at Storage\emulated\0\Android\data and Storage\emulated\0\Android\obb, most of them are games and I don't intend to lose any progress.
I had successfully clean reinstalled OS to my computer countless times, using USB stick+WinPE+WinNTSetup, recently I learned the commands to install Windows with dism and bcdboot...
But Android is very different, first of all I can't connect a USB stick to my phone, also Android won't allow me to boot into the USB stick, and the SSD is built-in, and the firmware...
However I do know a trick or two, though I cannot say that I am an expert on this; I have installed Android Studio on my computer, where can I find custom ROM compatible to my device? Can I use any ROM? How can I make backups? How can I flash my phone with ADB? I say thanks in advance.


texts: Set Default Keyboard without having to long hold text input?

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So I have successfully installed a new keyboard and enabled it in settings > keyboard and languages.    I have been able to set it to the default keyboard by doing a long press on an input field and selecting inputmethod... however I need to do this on several devices and its kind of lengthy ...

is there a way to set this with a shell command?


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I can't save contacts to "Only Phone" as long as I'm logged into Xiaomi account. I have to log off to be able to (If not, I'm forced to sync new contacts either with Google account or Xiaomi's).

This shouldn't be like this since I've specified in the settings that I don't want Xiaomi to sync anything but the service to locate my phone in case I loose it.

The only way to get ride of this "forced sync" is to log off permanently of Xiaomi account that is what I am doing now because I don't like this behaviour.

Anyone knows how to achieve it without having to log off of Xiaomi account?

EDIT: Using Redmi Note 4, Android 7


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My device: Galaxy Tab A 9.7 (SM-P550) 6.0.1

So installed TWRP via Odin
-success
Then I flashed supersu via twrp
-success

Then I tried to flash xposed via twrp
-fail

What I think happened was that it was the wrong SDK. I was supposed to install SDK 23 but I installed 21. So then what happened is that it failed and I tried to reboot back into the system and now all it does is reboot back into the TWRP menu and I can get into the lockscreen. So I tried formatting the data, factory resetting, wiping Dalvik/ART Cache and the Cache and tried repairing the file system and still can't boot into the lockscreen.

Please Help


texts: How to transfer app settings from Galaxy S3 to a S6 without root?

texts: After trying to manually set the "app settings" on my new S6 the same as my S3: I realize it will take me hours.  Is there really no way to transfer all old app settings from my S3 to the newly installed apps of my S6?  Helium needs a PC and others need root on both phones.  Any suggestions?


texts: zte 9560 fairly new when powered on goes to FTM screen

texts: I have zte 9560 thats 5 months old. I recently deleted facebook and instagram programs because of downloads that happened 3 times weekly. Now I get FTM screen on start up. After trying suggustions from your site I still am having issues with booting , factory reset. Now the phone is off but there is a small white circle light at bottom that stays on. Any suggestions ? Any chance of getting into phone from laptop ?