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I've got a stock Nexus 6p and I have noticed several times that the phone has come on by itself while in my front pocket and is waiting for some kind of input.  Furthermore, in some cases it has somehow got to the dialer which has been filled with a long string random digits - fortunately it hasn't actually dialed any of them yet!  I'm not sure how digits are even being dialed, as I keep the screen facing in (as the radio antennas are exposed on the back).

I turned off "Ambient Display" but this is still happening.

My phone is protected both by a PIN and the fingerprint reader, although it appears the dialer doesn't need either one to be activated?

There are apparently some apps which will "prevent" your phone from waking up when the proximity sensor detects the phone is on your pocket, but I'm wary about these without knowing more technical details: for instance, is it really possible to prevent the screen from coming on, or it detecting the screen has coming on with the proximity sensor in the "near" state and then shutting the screen back off?  Are such apps even necessary any more?  This seems like such a fundamental necessity that it would be built into the OS by now!

Is there some feature in Android to prevent the dialer from coming up at all without unlocking the phone?  I can't even figure out how to get the dialer to come up without getting past the lock screen. (Do I have to click "Emergency" from the PIN entry screen? I'm afraid to test that as it might go directly to dialing 911 without further input!)  I don't think I'm accidentally unlocking the phone with my finger as I don't usually keep my hands in my pockets; further I haven't felt any haptic feedback, and half the time I have trouble getting my finger in the right orientation to get recognized when I'm actively trying to unlock the phone.


texts: How to stop "Cell Info Display" in HTC Desire X Duos

texts: this question is with regards to HTC Desire X dual Sim. I have this device and since the day I purchased this device I am suffering a lot with the CID massages, in a minute I am getting 10-15 messages, and I am not able to turn that off. So please suggest me how to turn the CID massages off.


texts: Different volume level for new email notification and new SMS notification?

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I have lots of emails coming in all day. For this reason, my notification sounds level is low. But I need to be alarmed when I have a new SMS. Currently I don't always notice new SMS messages because they, too, have low volume level.

How would it be possible to have a different volume level for new email notification and new SMS notification?


texts: How do I use the emulator with AppInventor?

texts: How did you enable an emulator for AppInventor? I want to test out the junk that I created on a emulator, before using it on my phone.


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I have Yahoo Mail on both my Samsung A51 / S51 and desktop. I notice that my Yahoo Mail Drafts folder is full of emails going back several years most of which I have no idea or recollection of saving as drafts in the first place. The draft folders in each seem to be identical. And these are full of emails, apparently random, that I have sent in the past - including some "empty" emails with no actual message. It is almost as if the system is saving uncompleted emails automatically and by default.
Is this normal? Can it be switched off since all it does is occupy space unnecessarily?


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After rooting my lollipop5.0 with kingroot then after some time my internal storage became zero, I cannot install any app,please if anyone has a solution please help me out:

User apps / system apps (click images for larger variants)

Also storage is not visible from the storage page in settings,it shows only calculating:

Storage and DiskUsage (click images for larger variants)


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This is what I tried:

$ adb -e exec-out run-as com.awesomeproject rm *.jpg
rm: *.jpg: No such file or directory

After that I tried using find

$ adb -e exec-out run-as com.awesomeproject ls
app_textures files10.jpg files15.jpg files20.jpg files25.jpg files30.jpg
app_webview  files11.jpg files16.jpg files21.jpg files26.jpg files31.jpg
cache        files12.jpg files17.jpg files22.jpg files27.jpg lib
code_cache   files13.jpg files18.jpg files23.jpg files28.jpg lib-main
files        files14.jpg files19.jpg files24.jpg files29.jpg shared_prefs

$ adb -e exec-out run-as com.awesomeproject find . -type f -name '*.jpg' -delete

But apparently the files are still there.

I'm not sure if this is because globstar is disabled but of course I can't activate it:

$ adb -e exec-out run-as com.awesomeproject shopt -s globstar
run-as: exec failed for shopt: Permission denied

So how do I get rid of multiple files at once using adb?


texts: How to store 'adb devices -l' output to a text file?

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Is there any way to store the output of adb devices -l command to a text file?

Note: output of adb devices -l command is

List of devices attached
1101530abd5a234b       device product:j1pop3hjv model:SM_J110H device:j1pop3h


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Is it possible to plug a thumbdrive / portable harddisk that have multiple partitions to a tablet (any generic tablet or tablets in general)

or there is a need to use a Apps to perform such actions?


texts: Mobile network not available on unlocked Active

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I purchased a "new" unlocked Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537 phone on E-Bay. Everything works fine except when I use the phone with my local carrier SIM card. When I insert the SIM card and turn on my phone, the carrier name appears and I get full bars. I can make a call or two, but then the carrier name is gone and no bars. At times I get the message: "Mobile network not available". I can’t make any more calls and if I try to the whole phone freezes and I have to do a hard reset.

When I first turn it on and don't try to use the phone app, I can go into Mobile Network and see the list of my local carrier in Network operators. If I try again to go into Mobile Networks, the network bars go to zero and get the message "Insert SIM card to access network services."

I’ve tested the SIM card on my old phone and it works perfectly. I have checked and the frequencies are the same for my local carrier and AT&T's.

I would appreciate any help on this matter.
Thanks.


texts: Significant battery drop/reboot, but only in cold weather (+5°C/+41°F) with camera - expected behaviour or battery defect?

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Disclaimer: This is not a duplicate, I've looked at these questions but none are applicable(temperature) or provide an adequate answer.
Recently I've realized that my 15 month old LG G4 seems to have an issue with the battery in cool or cold weather: dry, no significant windchill, +5°C/+41°C
In at least 3 instances, it happened to drop from 50% or even 65% charge to zero, rebooting without warning. I've not seen issues at other times (higher temps)
I can even reproduce this:

Have the phone at 50% to about 70% charge
go outside if its around 5°C
take a couple of pictures with Open Camera.

After a couple of minutes, it will reboot and only have a fraction (<10%) of the charge, and keep rebooting if I try to take pictures.
I've tried all the "battery reset tricks" out there, but as I said above - I don't have any issues other than in the cold (+camera).
Is this expected behaviour or should I replace my battery ?
Do I want too much from my smartphone ?
Should I scale back my settings to try and keep the power draw lower ?

Additional Information:
It's a Li-Po 3000 mAh (original) battery
Android 7.1.2 (LineageOS 14.1)
Open Camera settings: High Res (16:9 15.87 MP), 90% JPEG, GPS on, 100% display brightness, background thread, no flash
I'm also uploading the pictures to owncloud via the owncloud App ("Instant Upload") over 3G/4G
Here are some graphs from GSam Battery Monitor.
If you look at them closely, it seems to "recharge" around 5% if its in a warmer environment again.


texts: Contacts app on new phone is not pulling in contacts from Google Account

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According to Google help:

If you save your contacts to your Google Account, they automatically show on your phone after you sign in.

My wife got a new Google Pixel 4a and successfully added her Google Account, but no contacts appear in the Contacts app. Needless to say, this mean that all phone numbers have to added manually for calls or text. Gmail contacts still autocomplete.
We've tried following some of the suggestions at Google's Fix account sync issues page, including:

Manually sync your Google Account
Remove & re-add your account

Neither one has solved the problem.
How do we get the Contacts app to populate with all the contacts in the Google Account?


texts: APK exported and re-imported back into Nox player crashes

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I have an issue with importing APKs into Nox player.
I have initially exported an apk directly from Nox player using the export function supplied, but when I re-import that exact apk, unmodified, into another instance of Nox player running the same Android version the app will not start, and instead gives me the "app keeps stopping" error
The app in question is the latest version of bleach brave souls, running on Android 5


texts: Identifying the correct version of Google Play Services

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My android phone has the following specifications :

OS Version Jelly Bean MR1 4.2.2
Architecture armeabi-v7a
Software Density 191dpi

I need to update Google Play services manually since I am unable to get an auto update.Some apps which need an updated version of Play Services to function, have completely locked me out. I understand I will be requiring Play Services with code 030, but there are so many versions available in the web, that I am getting confused. I am a beginner in this field.

Could someone kindly tell me what is the latest play services version do I need, if possible with a link to the download apk.


texts: Rooted, but Failed to push selection: Read-only file system

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I rooted my Alcatel OneTouch S'Pop using an exploit app Framaroot.apk.
When I tried to push a file to /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl using Eclipse's File Explorer, I got this error:

[2015-01-06 23:00:29 - ddms] transfer error: Read-only file system
[2015-01-06 23:00:29] Failed to push selection: Read-only file system

Pulling the file has no problems and I edited it to remap my camera button as a power button because the power button doesn't work well.

Could this be because the exploit method wasn't a good idea or do I somehow have to change the system folder to be R/W? And how do I do that?


texts: Samsung S4 GPE - "GPS Signal Lost" Dilemma. Considering Factory Reset. Need Backup advice

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I've just found this web site and I'm hoping that I can get some advice/assistance.

I have a Samsung S4 Google Play Edition phone. The GPS worked fine for close to a year. (Location setting on High Accuracy.)  However in June of last year (I think it was around the time I got the Kit Kat update), I started having a severe GPS problem. Within 90 seconds of initiating a navigation route with Google Maps, I'd get a "GPS signal lost." voice response. As I'd continue on with my trip, I'd notice the minutes to destination would click down at the appropriate rate. I'd also notice that the blue nav triangle would update every couple minutes or so and be somewhat in the vicinity of where I actually was - but the triangle would be turned in odd directions (not in the direction of traffic flow) and be several hundred yards off. And, of course, no voice commands at all. I'm guessing it had no fix on a satellite and was just determining my approximate location from cell towers. This happens every time I initate a navigation route, and for all practical purposes, the GPS is useless. However, one odd thing is that if I was on a trip more than 40-45 minutes, the GPS would get a satellite fix and it would all of a sudden start working correctly for the rest of the trip - a pinpoint-accurate blue triangle moving with traffic and the female voice commands would start. This happens everytime around the 40-45 minute mark of a trip (if the trip lasts that long). Bizarre. I have installed a GPS Status and Fix app and it confirms the unstable GPS signal (it occasionally will fix on a satellite, but then lose it). I have uninstalled Google Maps and reinstalled. Obviously a simple phone reboot doesn't fix the problem (this has been going on since June). My phone has now been upgraded to Lollipop, still same behavior. My network provider is AT&T - which concerns me as other people seem to be reporting on the net that they have GPS problem with AT&T. So, I'm out of things to try except a factory reset- unless someone here has any other suggestions. (I hope you do.)

That being said, I dread a factory reset (I've never done one before), but maybe it won't be so bad. I don't mind re-downloading apps and setting up my screens again. And my emails and contacts are all synced on the Google cloud. However, I really don't want to lose my SMS Hangouts trail or my call history which goes back over a year. I see that there are a few apps that claim to backup these data. But does anyone want to suggest/recommend apps and a procedure to make sure I retain as much of this as possible post factory reset? It will be much appreciated to reduce my anxiety about the process (not that the world's going to end if I lose these data).

Thanks in advance for any help. I appreciate it.


texts: Installing Apps on External Sdcard jellybean 4.2.2

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I am using jelly bean 4.2.2 on ti OMAP5 platform , I want to install application on external sdcard  but even if a lot of space is free (more than 25MB ) . I am getting error "Insufficient Storage".

These are my few questions , please reply

Is that possible to install application on external sdcard  in jelly bean?
How can I move an application installed on internal memory to external sdcard?


texts: What does a "message with a small circle on in the bottom right hand corner" symbol mean on Samsung's call logs?

texts:
I noticed in my text log, one text message has a small circle in the bottom right hand corner.

It almost looks like a wheel, but other text messages don't.

What does this mean?


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Smartphone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 7s
I have been charging it with Pixel XL's charger for 4 months.
It stopped getting charged while turned on yesterday. If I turn off the device then it will take charge.
Pixel XL's charger obviously provide more wattage compared to Xiaomi's . Can it make any problem to the device? I've tried original xiaomi's charger. But the problem still exists.


texts: retrieving and classifying Notes with time and date of creation

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I wrote hundreds of messages in 'Notes' of my smartphone (the system app), and I would like to retrieve them and put them in a CSV file, (or Excel) with one column for the content of the message, and another with time and date of creation of the note. Is it possible?

My device is Huawei Y330-U01

Android 4.2.2


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When looking through the list of installed applications I am able to search for an app by name quickly using PC keyboard on Genymotion emulator or when I plug in an USB keyboard to my Galaxy S2 through USB-on-the-go.

But I want to do the search on Galaxy S2 using soft keyboard. How to do this? I am pretty sure that I could do this with soft keyboard because the software "Wi-Fi keyboard" is able to do this. The question is only how to make a soft keyboard appear on the screen.

I have latest official firmware (Android 4.1.2, rooted) available for it.


texts: How can I remove these apps from my device?

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I am trying to remove the Facebook and Messenger apps from my Asus Zenphone Laser 2.

Unfortunately, in both cases, I seem to be unable to find the option to fully delete them from the device. I have disabled them, but the app management screen now shows the following:

How can I fully delete/uninstall them?


texts: Any answering machine app (or widget) out there?

texts: Is there any app which can function as an answering machine, with multiple recorded messages, like "gone to take a shower", or "in a meeting" and easily switch between those?


texts: TWRP: Wiped phone, can't put any data onto it through MTP

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So I wiped my phone because I was going to install Cyanogenmod 12 (Nexus 5) but now it is wiped I can't make any folders or move any ROMs onto the phone through MTP even though it shows in Windows.

How can I fix this?


texts: Can't adopt micro-sd card on Moto Z2 Force

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I have a new Moto Z2 Force, bought for the Qualcom Snapdragon 835 and the 6GB RAM, running Nougat 7.1.1. I also have a new Samsung 224GB U3 micro-SD card for it. That operates nicely as an exchangeable card.
I can't find a way to format the card as internal storage, or otherwise adopt it into the device's own storage. Searching for information about this, I'm finding a lot of postings on various forums that advise against adopting a card, because it often gives trouble.
Is adopting a large card as internal storage considered bad practice nowadays?


texts: How can I extract .rar file in my SD card?

texts: I have downloaded a VPN configuration file in .rar format but i can't extract it in my SD card. I tried Andro Zip and WinRar app for this purpose but still I can't do it. It only opens the files and not extracting it.


texts: Remove the white background on app drawer on Android 5.1

texts: Is there a way we can remove the white background that shows up forever behind the icons on Android. I read somewhere that Android 6 Developer options may provide that. If someone figured it out on Android 5, please advise.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 randomly launches applications after factory reset

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I am not sure if this is the correct place for this post. If not kindly refer me.

A Samsung galaxy S2 device randomly launches apps (any kind). these apps immediately relaunch after forcing stop. when media player launches repeatedly the battery drains very fast and the cellular is practically unusable.

Is it possibly a touch screen issue?

I have searched online and found no similar problem.
I have tried factory reset to no avail.

This problem just started with no special update, root or installation as a cause.

Android version 4.1.2
ROM version 3.0.31-816988

what can be the cause?
What other steps can I take?


texts: My Rezound has randomly just turned off and on for a while and it doesn't stop until I take the battery out and remove the SIM card.  Any ways to fix this?  Thanks!


texts: Web links are opened inside the application

texts: For a long time I have been bothered that whenever you click an web link inside an application e.g. stackexchange, it opens the url inside the application. Instead of using my installed web browser e.g. chrome. Is there a way to force apps to open links in chrome and not inside the application itself?


texts: Is the back Chassis for the Canadian Rogers I747M the same as I747 T999?

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The camera protection lens on my Samsung Galaxy S3 I747M broke some time ago. The camera itself stopped focusing correctly some time ago as well due to that. At some point, I had to have the camera replaced, though the establishment did not have replacements for the camera protection lens unfortunately. The gentleman I talked to said I could find 2 methods of replacing the lens.

Go on EBay and purchase only the protection lens that attaches with a 2 sided tape.
Go on EBay and purchase the back chassis piece of my phone. This was the method he said would be preferable as it's the better option for the phone. I think he also mentioned something about OEM but I don't remember that part. (If someone knows, do tell)

After looking on EBay, the majority of Chassis replaces seems to be that of the AT&T's I747 T999. From what I understand, the phones are almost identical. Though, I'm not sure this includes the chassis.

So, my question is, is the back chassis of the Canadian Rogers I747M, the same as the American I747 T999?

Below is a link to an example of what I'm talking about. This is actually my best option so far. At least, from what I've found. If anyone has anything better or that would pertain more so to my phone, it would be appreciated.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/R036-New-Housing-Back-Chassis-Frame-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-i747-T999-Black-Tool-/190875018764?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255


texts: Samsung: Sticky foreground service not running while phone in standby?

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I've build an app which gets the geolocation from the phone and scans every 5 minutes for Bluetooth devices. I'm using two samsung model "SM-A202F" with android 10 (both behave the same) and a SM-A515F with android 10.
The app runs with a foreground service, it work fine for about 2 hours after installation but then seems to skipping scanning moments.  On the SM-A515F, the foreground service even got removed completely after that 2 hour period. I expected that a foreground service would work forever unless the user forces the app to shut down.
I've added the app to the battery optimization:

Disable Put unused apps to sleep
Disable Auto-disable unused apps
Remove your app from the list of sleeping apps (it wasn't in this list)
Disable background restrictions for your app

During my first trail run the first 12 hour period the phone was charging, and everything ran as I expected. After this charging period, the foreground service seems be put in standby.
I reinstalled the app and then the app worked as expected for exactly 2 hours after being uncoupled from my pc.
When I then reactivate the screen, it works only as long as the screen is active, as if the foreground service has been stripped of it's rights of working during inactive periods.
When I look in the logcat, at the time where my scan got skipped, I can see that there's multiple minutes where no logging is done, as if the whole system is actually killed and nothing is allowed. The logcat seems to take these linear steps of being active and inactive. The inactive minutes seems to incrementally increase, starting at 3 minutes and ramping up.

As for the battery consumption of my app, it drained 11.4% in 9 active hours (during one day) according to my battery consumption log. Data wise is used .


texts: Access phone contacts by PC without USB debugging in android

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My little sister entered my phone screen pattern incorrectly. My phone went to a screen that needs my Google account and password. When I enter them, it says that they are invalid. I am sure that they are correct (also I can't enable internet in that screen). I searched about it a lot and realized that this is a bug in android. I am prevented from unlocking my phone.
I can factory reset my device, but my contact list is important and I don't have any back up of it. Is there anyway to access it? Here are two solutions that may help to solve this problem.

I can access my device storage by connecting a USB cable. There are some windows apps that can access to contact list by USB like adb or Wondershare MobileGo, but they need USB debbugging to have been enabled. On my device, it is off and I can't toggle it because my phone is locked.

2.can i root my device in this state and after that solve my problem?

I can make a back up from my device. It made a .backup file on my phone storage. Is there any windows app that can extract data like "contact list" from that .backup file?


texts: Filesystem format used for SD Card by Galaxy S3

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When I remove the SD Card that was formatted by my Galaxy S3 from it and put it in a MacBook, fdisk shows its sole partition as having partition ID 0C, indicating that it is a Fat32 LBA partition.  However, OSX is unable to mount it, and Ubuntu appears to be mounting it as an exFAT partition.

What is the filesystem used on this partition?  Could a discrepancy between the partition ID and the filesystem used on the partition be preventing OSX from mounting the partition?


texts: Auto turn on after power on for an Android-based device

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If I'm not mistaken, if an Android-based device is turned off (or powers down due to completely exhausted battery) and then is charged up again, it will automatically boot only to battery charging mode1.

Is there anything (configuration switch, external application etc.), that would allow me to introduce such behavior to any other Android-based device? Or is this kind of behavior limited to mods only and I'd have to write my one mod to accomplish this?

1 The only exception, that I'm aware of, is my old good LG 540 with CyanogenMod 7 on board, which (for the reasons beyond my imagination, since I'm rooting or modding newbie) always powers on to full system, when charged up from off state.


texts: "Install overnight" option does not apply update over night

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When an update to the android is available, there are three options what to do with it:

Install now
Install overnight
Later

When I select "Install overnight", the notification bar says: "Update will be installed between 2 AM and 5 AM automatically." However, next morning, nothing is installed.

What's the problem here, can't the phone read the clock? How can I fix it to enable the automatic installation overnight?

Android 7.0
Samsung Galaxy XCover 4


texts: Is there a default/stock sound recorder app?

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In most of the Android phones sound recorder has a different look and feel and slightly different functionality. So is the sound recorder is a basic feature of all Android phones?
Can I assume that it will be present in all Android phones or is it specially added by manufacturers and there might be a case where it may not present in some phone devices ?


texts: error while retrieving information from server rh-01 play store

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I have rooted android phone it gives following error :

Error retrieving information from server [RH-01] for play store.

So I am not able to use any Google application. I installed custom ROM on my android. I did all help provided on internet and on this question: Keep getting “Error retrieving information from server. [RH-01]” from the play store.

So can i do anything to log in to my Google account.


texts: Can the software of a (non rooted) phone affect its charging when turned off?

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I bought a brand new Motorola phone. It was at around 70% of battery charge when I got it, but I've never been able to charge it.

I plug the charger to the wall, the USB-C (factory provided) to the phone, and it just does nothing.

Customer service chat wouldn't consider hardware issues before making me follow several default troubleshooting steps that clearly didn't apply to my case ("try force-rebooting", as if the phone was unresponsive – it isn't –, or "try factory reset: please charge the phone before doing it" – are you kidding!?)

I would do the factory reset (I still have about 28% charge left, which should be enough), even if I find it pointless, but can the software be an issue at all? The phone won't charge even if it's powered off!


texts: Default Launcher Crashing at Reboot, Access only to Status Bar and Settings

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I have a Celkon A95 (It’s a lesser known Indian company; specs : http://www.gsmarena.com/celkon_a95-4822.php) and I’m in some serious problem here. The phone is safely rooted and runs Gingerbread 2.3.6. In order to save internal space (only 188mB) I had safely deleted many system apps and bloatware, including the stock launcher, Mms.apk and the default keyboard as well. Everything was functioning properly. I have a lot of pro version apks, and I was using the Launcher 7 Donate as my default launcher. It was stored on the SDCard and was functioning properly. I also have RootUninstallerPro, and it has the pro-only option of “Installing as System app”. Considering that I wanted Launcher 7 to be my default, I installed it as a system app.
I got a pop-up which said, “For complete changes, restart phone”, and I did so.

That’s when it went bad. The minute I rebooted, I constantly got a notif which said “This process has closed unexpectedly” (This was the Launcher 7 process.) Hence all I could do was pull down the status bar, and have access to the Phone Settings, whilst being constantly interrupted by the pop-up. I resorted to Recovery mode. Without backing up, I accidently flashed my phone, so all installed apps on the SD card were deleted. Now, all I have on my phone is: Launcher7, Camera, Calendars, Android System, Clock, Dialler Storage, Downloads, FM Radio, Process Manager, Search and the usual. (Note: There is no Bluetooth and File Manager as I had installed that on my SD card.) Now, as there is no keyboard installed, I can’t even set up my Wifi and force my way to the Play Store. I tried to send the .apk through Bluetooth, but I can’t as BLTH is not installed on my phone. Icing on the cake, my SIM is not recognized.

Now, I was wondering as to how, (in that priority) :

An external keyboard be set up so that I can set-UP my Wi-Fi and
download a launcher from the Play Store
An .apk can be installed from Recovery/ Factory mode without ClockWork Mod (it was installed on SD card)
A ROM (custom/stock) designed for A95 specs, or phones having similar specs
A way to install/ flash this ROM without CWM

All help will be appreciated! :)


texts: Is it possible for an Android alarm clock app to not turn on the screen when it rings?

texts:
Recently, I asked this question requesting recommendations for an Android alarm clock that does not turn on the screen when it rings on Software Recommendations StackExchange.
The reason I do not want the screen to come on while the alarm is ringing is because I want to reduce battery drain while the alarm is ringing.
I have yet to receive any responses, and I'm still searching for such an app.  That got me wondering: Is it even possible for an Android alarm clock app to not turn on the screen when it rings?


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I'm have a OnePlus2 device and I can't seem to set a different ringtone other than those provided with the ROM (Oxygen OS 3.1.0). I can't see an option for it under Settings > Sound and Notification.

Am I missing something? Is there a way to set a ringtone without flashing a new Rom or adding some cheap app for it ?


texts: How to use an ext4 formatted sd card as external storage with working app permissions?

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I'm using LineageOS14.1 (Android 7.1.2) on a Moto G 3rd gen

I'm using a 64GB sd and my phone technically doesn't support it, it worked fine until I put more stuff on it and then it started to randomly unmount without any warning. So I tried formatting it to ext4 to escape from the lack of official support for exFAT.

The problem is that the SD mounts and i can read from it, however when i try to write or delete any file in It from an app (Solid Explorer and all other apps, even the build in file manager) it fails.

The sd is correctly mounted ($ df -l: /mnt/media_rw/c91[...]19  58G   14G   42G  25% /storage/c91[...]19) and if i try creating or deleting a file in It using adb everything works.

I tried giving the apps permissions to use the sd via the system file explorer, but nothing changes


texts:
I got a notification to install a system app msa update in my Redmi 4 Android Mobile. Whenever I'm trying to update the app it has been failing. I tried restarting my mobile as well but nothing worked.
What is the purpose of msa app and why it is not getting updated on my mobile.?


texts: No sound with bluetooth headphones on Meizu M2

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The headphones are paired, the controls from the headphones work (next, prev, play, pause), but there is no sound. Note, the sound does not come out of the phone's speakers - there is simply none.

No, the sound is not set to mute or low. Just so we are clear on that.


texts: Cannot change wallpaper on Samsung Launcher

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I want to change the wallpaper on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge's stock launcher (Samsung Launcher) but it fails. I can change the themes, but not the wallpaper. When I try to change it from System's Settings or Samsung Themes, I press the "Set wallpaper" button, but nothing happens. When I try to do it from Gallery, it says "Unable to load photo".

I've checked that Samsung Themes have Storage permission, tried clearing the cache, clearing the default app, but it still fails.

How to fix this issue?


texts: How to properly debug websites on the Samsung Browser

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The Samsung Browser is not Chrome nor Android stock browser. And our webdev teams have some bugs that only show up on this specific browser.
Is there any way I can remotely debug it as I can do with Chrome or Firefox? Either on an emulator or a real device.


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I downloaded a ROM for a Xiaomi phone to see what's inside. It's a zip file, that has these inside:
boot.img                    META-INF               system.new.dat.br     vendor.patch.dat
compatibility.zip           product.new.dat.br     system.patch.dat      vendor.transfer.list
dynamic_partitions_op_list  product.patch.dat      system.transfer.list
firmware-update             product.transfer.list  vendor.new.dat.br

I understand that boot.img is what is loaded on boot. It has the kernel and a ramdisk. But how can the bootloaded, or the kernel, or the ramdisk access the other files like system.new.dat.br? Both system.new.dat.br and product.new.dat.br are 1gb large, so I guess they have the system.
So my question is: what are these files and how does the boot.img contents load them?
ps: .br is a compresses archive. It decompresses to .dat, but what are the contents of these?


texts: Flash Stock ROM (Mediatek) over Fastboot

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I want to flash a stock ROM for my device with MTK6572 CPU which is meant to be flashed through SP Flash tool (scatter-based ROM) but I want to flash it through Fastboot. So can I do it by flashing all the images one by one?

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash data userdata.img
fastboot reboot

Is this method safe for my device? If yes, do I need my bootloader to be unlocked for this? And how will the rest of the images be flashed? (secro.img, ramdisk.img, ramdisk-recovery.img, EBR1, MBR, logo.bin, preloader.bin)


texts: Can I use a Galaxy Gear without a Samsung Phone?

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I got excited about the prospect of writing code for a watch and ordered a Samsung Galaxy Gear. Currently the device does nothing unless paired with a Samsung phone running the proper version of the official software.

My goal is to enable debug mode and use adb to install apps, not necessarily use all the phone-gear functionalities.

Any idea on how to do anything without a Galaxy phone? The obvious answer is no, but I'm hoping some clever hacker in this site may have found a way.


texts: How to mount sdcard as "internal" using custom filesystem on Android 10 (root access only via adb)

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How can I properly mount my SD card as "internal" (i.e. so that all apps are on it) using a custom filesystem (in my case Ext4, but I'd like to use full-disk encryption using a key that I can decrypt when putting the SD card in my laptop too, and eventually switch to a custom FUSE filesystem, so it's not an ext4-specific question)?
According to https://source.android.com/security/encryption/full-disk, I would need to run class_stop late_start; class_stop main to halt all applications, mount on top of /data (I guess, any other location that should be hidden?), and restart with class_start late_start; class_start main. However, these commands do not exist, and don't seem to be sub-commands of init.
How would I do this stop-all-apps, mount-on-/data/, start-all-apps dance from an adb shell?
I have root access via adb, but no root access for apps. The bootloader is locked (needs to be for my banking app it seems), so I can't edit /etc/vold.fstab or any other file in /system or /vendor. I'm using /e/ os Android 10 (a fork of LineageOS).


texts: There is a way to remove everything but one app from android?

texts: I have an spare phone that I want to use with the music app 'Caustic 3'. My plan is to use this phone just to it. There is a way to remove everything and install just this program, like an ROM? Just turn the phone on and it open this app directly? And use all the machine resources to think just this? Thanks


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I run adb shell and append a line to /etc/hosts
using

echo IP DNSName >> hosts

It works for a some time and then reverts back to having only a single entry for localhost.

Any idea what could cause this?
I am using temp root using VISIONary and I am connecting my HTC Desire HD adbd via WiFi, because it refuses to identify my handset via USB.


texts: How to change the default contact saving location for HTC Desire HD 2.2.1?

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How to set HTC Desire HD Android 2.2.1 to save new contacts to Exchange? With Samsung Galaxy S 2.2.1 it's super easy: Contacts > Menu > More > Settings > Save new contacts to...

But with HTC Desire HD 2.2.1?


texts: Display contacts birthdays on stock Samsung calendar app

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I'm using a SM-G920V Galaxy S6 with Android version 6.0.1.  When I open the calendar app that comes with the phone, tap "More" in the upper right corner and then "Manage Calendars", there's an option to turn "Contact's birthdays" on and off.  To me, that would indicate that it has the capability to display your contact's birthdays on the calendar app.  However, I've got it set to "On" and only a few of my contact's birthdays are showing up.

Can anyone tell me how to get all my contact's birthdays to show up?


texts: Can't change the language when phone screen locked

texts: I am using Samsung Galaxy Core. I have given Password to my mobile in English. Today for some reason I changed my Language to TAMIL and forgot to change back to English. My Phone got locked when i try to give the password the keyboard appears in Tamil and I can't do anything. How can I change it


texts: Will hangouts phone call use data or cellular

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I am going on a roadtrip from Canada to the USA. I am purchasing a ATandT sim card that only allows for US calls and texts (at a reasonable price).

I want to use hangouts to call people, but have never used this feature. Does a hangout phone call use data just like video call does? Or will hangouts first check if this contact has a phone number associated with it, and instead use that.

Th reason I ask is because I don't want to be calling someone and assume I am using data, when infact it used cellular and I am paying $1 per minute.


texts: How can I access/retrieve data from an SD card formatted as internal storage from my PC?

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My phone's screen broke and I would like to retrieve the data on the external SD (which was used as internal storage).

Using KDE's partition manager tool I can see on my Linux Mint 19.1 that this is the structure of the SD:

 29,81 GB Storage

Partition    Type      Dimension

sdb1         fat32     16MB

sdb2         unknown   29,80GB

I can mount sdb1 with no problems, but inside there is only a folder named "Android" containing 3 folders with no files inside it (see picture)

All those folders are also empty.

My question is, is this 29,80GB partition encrypted or my phone wasn't at all using the SD card?

I never encrypted the internal memory, also I had internal space problems (which could mean the phone wasn't using the SD card as intented).

I couldn't find any information using search engines, and other similar answers on this website had no useful information.

Edit:

My phone is rooted and with debug USB enabled, it turns on fine, but with no screen.


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How to backup and restore APN setting via ADB?
I'm on Android 6.0 without root.


texts: How do I separate ringtone and system volume on JB?

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I understand that the Ringtone and Notifications have been linked since (probably about) ICS, but I seem to have managed to link the System sound settings to the Ringtone/Notification volume levels on my Nexus 4.

I recently installed a few volume control apps, and I suspect one of them is to blame. I'm almost certain that this didn't used to be the case. I've since removed the suspicious apps, but the volume levels are still linked (I'm using AudioManager to verify the different volume levels).

Are Ringtone and System volumes usually separate? How do I unlink these settings?


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I like using many tabs when browsing. It's a bit annoying to click links and open it as a tab on firefox. It's annoying to close and switch between them too (Next tab so I can read VS pull a list and click the next one).

What browser is good for tabs? I tried firefox and the default web browser. I tried looking up android firefox for gestures or some way to handle tabs better but it looks like I can't open tabs easily on it


texts: How to get rid of Christmas Animation from mobile screen

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I am seeing a Christmas animation on my mobile screen from 25th Dec 2012. I have no idea how did it come to my mobile. Because I rarely use internet on my mobile. And I used Internet last time at least 2-3 months before.

It automatically appears after some mins and eats my battery. I have checked all running and installed application. But none of them giving me any clue about this animation.

I am doubtful that this is the animation from Go launcher or Go SMS. but not confirmed.

I also have scanned my mob for spyware and antivirus. But nothing found.


texts: Setup wizard on samsung phone: run or make it run

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How can i make a samsung phone, go through setup wizard again so the end user may personalize the phone?

I tried the factory reset but it wipes all data and applications installed, my interest is to keep applications and only wipe existing user data.

Is there any way to run it through ADB?... (this way i can only turn the phone off and let the end user handle the rest)


texts: Last Android update removed icons from several apps

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I have a Moto G 3rd generation, and updated it with latest Android version (24.11.25). After the Update the icons for some APP disappeared.

I think it were all the applications i had moved to my SD card.

The APP is not showing on my desktop neither on the menu that shows all applications, but its still installed, because i can open the APP from its page on play store and it is on the list of installed applications on the config page.
How can i restore the icons to these apps?


texts: Android Contacts no longer syncs multiple accounts?

texts: I recently purchased a new Motorola Droid Turbo 2.  My previous phone was a Motorola Droid Turbo.  I had multiple google accounts setup. Personal and work. I could add a new contact and select which account I wanted the new contact to be associated with personal or work or other.  My new MDT2 I can not do this. I have to select an account to sync and then it can not be changed. Is there any work around or recommendations? It seems rather short sighted for Android to get rid of this feature. Running android Version 6.0


texts: Unable to turn off auto-correction on HTC one

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I just received a HTC one.  I cannot turn off the autocorrect for 'Word Prediction' (under prediction preference) in the > HTC Sense Input Setting > Advanced section. The words are gray colored and the checked box does not respond. Other functions I can turn on and off.

Any suggestions on how to disable this function would be appreciated.


texts: My girlfriend just purchased a Pixel 4 from Verizon. Apparently, the Verizon representative rushed through the initial setup flow, and my girlfriend didn't get a chance to configure her phone the way she wanted. Is it possible to re-run the onboarding flow?


texts: Google Services Framework repeated pop up and how to stop it?

texts: So my LG Android lite keeps appearing a pop up that says "Unfortunately, Google Services Framework has stopped". I have checked here for solutions but my device has one more issue, anytime I open any of my apps it crashes and says it also has stopped working. This means I cannot even open my settings to uninstall anything or force stop anything. Looking for help as I can't use my phone at all!!!


texts: Overlay a semi-transparent image on top of the Camera app

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I'd like to take a picture in the exact spot as another photo I've take a while back.

To help lining up the shot, I wonder if it would be possible to overlay the camera app with a semi-transparent version of the older photo?


texts: Customizing virtual home button's app launcher

texts: I currently acquired a Motorola G and I'm wishing to add another application to the pop menu that appears when press-holding the home button besides the one that calls the search engine. I'm currently using Nova Launcher but I couldn't find any information in system configurations or Nova configurations.


texts: Delete photos and videos already uploaded by Dropbox Camera Upload

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I am using Dropbox Camera Upload on my Android smartphone. I would like to remove files from Android Gallery once they have been uploaded to Dropbox. I don't mind if it happens automatically and immediately or I need to run some app manually now and then. Is it possible, or is there some other way to free up smartphone camera storage when using Dropbox Camera Upload?

Right now I can only do it manually, by comparing Gallery contents with what I see in Dropbox on my desktop computer. It is tedious for hundreds of files, especially for videos (Dropbox and Gallery show different frames in preview, so I need to play every video on smartphone and on computer). Dropbox also changes file names, e.g. for one photo I have now:

Gallery: 20171208_174736.jpg
Dropbox: 2017-12-08 17.47.35.jpg

For videos it's even worse, as one uses the video start time and another the end time.

Any help is appreciated.


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I made a mistake while trying to flash an stock rom in my XT1644. While unlocking bootloader, I didn't realize I had to check the "allow OEM unlock" in developer options. When I thought unlocking had gone good, I started flashing manually a stock update, and everything failed. Now, I can't boot into recovery nor flash a recover nor unlock correctly bootloader, since "allow OEM unlock" still appears on screen.

Tried using RSD Lite, but doesn't work.

How can I unlock my device without checking the "allow OEM unlock" since I have no OS nor recovery?


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Using Motorola Atrix with Android 2.3.

When long-clicking an image in the Gallery (Galerie in German), among others there’s an option to “Quick Upload” (“Schnelles Hochladen” in German). What does this option do? It seems to do something for a while, but then it doesn’t tell me anything.

The first time I used it it asked for an e-mail address. I specified my Gmail address, assuming that it would upload the images to the relevant Google account. But I can’t find them anywhere.

It’s the fourth option in this screenshot:


texts: Can I charge my phone with many different charger speed types?

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I have a nexus 6p, and various different chargers which I bought for the phone. One is a slow USB charger (comes with the box).

Another is a type c to type c cable connected to the AnkerCore 20100+ battery pack (this charges quick charge too but I charge that with a USB mini so the current is different).

I also have a charging dock and sometimes use my computer to charge it, along with a wall charger with the highest speed.

Does this effect the battery in any way and does it effect the time before I have to charge it again?


texts: I have cwm recovery installed (not the official version) and I backed up my current stock Rom through it. It backed up bootloader, system etc... And reported some backups have failed . Which are backups necessary to retain current stock Rom if I flash another custom Rom?


texts: How can I get Google Voice to forward texts only when I'm not using Google Voice?

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Google Voice app has the option "Receive text messages" with two choices:

Also via the messaging app
Only via the Google Voice app

If I choose the first option, I will still get the text messages even if I'm not on Wi-Fi.  It will also send them as regular text messages if I am on Wi-Fi, wasting money.

If I choose the second option, I won't get the messages if I'm not on Wi-Fi.

Is there a way to get the messages forwarded to regular text only if the Google Voice app doesn't get them?


texts: Different notification sounds for sms and email?

texts: Is there a way to use different sounds for a sms text alert and an email alert? I can't find the setting. I'm on HTC Hero, Android 2.1


texts: I have a game chef town. I have it on my phone and tablet. I was going to put the game on phone but I tapped new game. So now I cant get the game to be in the same place as the one on tablet. My question is can I erase the memory of this so it will take me back to where the game will say we found old?


texts: Gmail notification on my Samsung Galaxy 3

texts: The Gmail "envelope" notified me when and number of emails I had. Now I have to go in to Gmail to see if I have mail. How to fix?


texts: How To Fix Android 5.0.2 Recognition issue with Windows 10?

texts: I have an issue with Android lollipop (5.0.2) and Windows 10. The Windows 10 computer doesn't recognize the Phone. I tried to install the driver manually, I tried to uses another cable and I tried to edit Windows configurations but nothing seems to work. I can not debug any application and I cant even copy the files from the SD card. Any one have any suggestion . Thank You.


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Can any one explain me where save android's music player playlist files?

actually, I got problem when i format my SD Card after that no playlist in music player.

I am using samsung galaxy 551 with Android 2.2 froyo.


texts: Can somebody help with how can I listen to text messages on my phone? One of my friend using this same feature now I want to know how it works. Is there any way I can listen to my texts?


texts: Moto E is not switching on after changing runtime to ART

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I changed the runtime option from Dalvik to ART. It asked for a restart.

When I did the restart, Moto E has been stuck in boot time.

When I hold the power button for sometime, it starts again.

It is stuck at a point where Motorola 'M' symbol comes and the footer says "powered by ANDROID".

Please help, I am not able to switch on my Moto E.


texts: Will a Bluetooth controller work with an android app running on BlueStacks?

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My son wants to play the mobile version of Skylanders Trap Team on his microtablet aka LG Optimus Exceed 2 with no service. Apparently it is not compatible with his phone, even though it runs KitKat 4.4.2.

I tried some of the free Skylanders Android games on bluestacks, and they seem to run well. Before I buy the game and controller pack, I'd like to hear opinions of whether the bluetooth controller is likely to work.


texts: Can I repartition the internal storage of my device to make space for apps?

texts: I have a T-Mobile Concord and it has little memory (probably standard amount).  It is used up by applications that I don't use or don't need.  I would like to partition the OS so that I can increase the internal memory so I can download other apps or play games that I have downloaded.  Is this possible or am I just S.O.L.?


texts: Android phone has SMS messages not sorted chronologically by date

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I have an old phone huawei y635 with android 4.4.4 kitkat, the problem is that all sms messages are messed up not following chronologically by date. I tried every thing I read on internet but no success(setting time by carrier, time zone by carrier, restart phone, power off then power on,..). One thing I haven't tried was a factory reset, I would like not to do it. I appreciate some help.
PS: I installed from google store "sms time fix" but no success. thanks Vladi.


texts: OnePlus 3 - 2G (GSM) network not working - Selected network (o2 - cz) unavailable

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I have a weird Issue with my brand new Oneplus 3. It's not connecting to 2G network, or it connects, but calling/data does not work.

when switching from 3G to 2G, it registers to network, even shows Edge sign, but calling and data is not working
when switching from 4G to 2G, it even does not connect
It can be seen on a video I made - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPlk8EEQsPE

What I have tried:

5 SIM cards from 3 different operators. All have the same problem, except T-Mobile, which was able to make a call once in +-10 attempts
flashing various versions of Oxygen OS (3.1.x, latest 3.2.7); flashing CyanogenMod latest; eflashed whole phone by Oneplus support using MSMDownloadTool
hard resets, ##4626## menu settings etc...

Nothing works. Could not find anywhere on the internet much more solutions to this.
Guess it's hardware issue fro RMA?
Anyone else encountered this issue?


texts: Cannot enable Ad Block plus for Galaxy S5

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I am trying to use Ad Block Plus for my Samsung Galaxy S5.

I recently upgraded from a Galaxy S3 on which ABP worked flawlessly.  To install and configure it on my Galaxy S3 I used this guide

https://adblockplus.org/en/android-config-samsung-galaxy-s3

I have downloaded the app successfully but for whatever reason it does not appear to block ads when I configure it similarly


texts: Micromax A88 too many pattern attempts issue?

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My CellPhone MicroMax A88 locked and it is showing

Too Many Pattern attempts
To unlock, sign in with your Google account.

My 'WiFi' is Off and my Mobile Data is also not enabled. I am not able to start internet on this phone.

Then I press Volume Key Up + Power Button + Home Button and reset my phone but still same issue.

I already saw this question but nothing worked. Can anyone tell me is their any other alternative to solve this problem


texts: EXT4 Mount gives this error "SELinux: mount invalid. Same superblock, different security settings"

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I am trying to mount a second partition  (ext4 ) for my apps ( I guess its a bit outdated with adoptable storage but then ext4 isn't accepted FS for adoption for external card ) . I am on 9.0 ( Pie ) and all my SD partitions are mounted under /storage and some weird name .e.g.

/storage/ 6226b27a-ebc1-4fdd-b54c-096abc40c2b9

Now I need my 2nd Partition to be mounted under /data/sdext2 but O.S already mounts it.
app2sd ( link2sd) gives me Mount script argument invalid argument . No matter what .

On digging further through OS logs I get this info

[   48.820728] EXT4-fs (mmcblk1p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: nomblk_io_submit,errors=remount-ro
[   48.941276] EXT4-fs (mmcblk1p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts:
[   48.969786] sdcardfs: mounted on top of /mnt/media_rw/6226b27a-ebc1-4fdd-b54c-096abc40c2b9 type ext4
[   48.970918] Remount options were mask=18,gid=9997 for vfsmnt ffffffda2f7539e0.
[   48.971668] Remount options were mask=18,gid=9997 for vfsmnt ffffffda95617660.

......

[  107.476736] SELinux: mount invalid.  Same superblock, different security settings for (dev mmcblk1p2, type ext4)

What I did :
Umount partition as mount master under Terminal Emulator. Its umounted only in context but not everywhere. But in-spite of umount I cant seem to mount it under /data/sdext2

Whats happening  and how to work around .

On a side note. How do I manually assign mount point names  and prevent these weird names given by OS to the partitions
and on a 'side side' note. I am not even sure if this is the reason for invalid mount error as I read elsewhere its more of a benign FYI message.


texts: Android limited to 1 hour video recording?

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At the moment, I am using the standard video recording app for video recording.  I have found that the recording automatically stops after just 1 hour.  Is this a deliberate limitation placed on the app, or is this an android limitation?

I have a 32Gb sd-card, so I don't think storage is a problem.  I am using Android 2.2.  I understand that this particular version of android has a 2.1Gb file size limit, but the videos I am recording are no where near 2.1Gb in file size.

So what is causing the video to stop after just one hour is my real question.


texts: Can I rotate between stock and/or live wallpapers?

texts: I like the Living Universe wallpapers that come with android. I want to rotate between several of them. I tried setting up the Wallpaper Changer app, but I see no way to add them to its list (or any other stock wallpaper, for that matter). Is there a similar app or setting that works for stock and/or live wallpapers?


texts: Terminal or ADB command to force-stop applications

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What is the terminal or adb command to force-stop an application?

Like for freezing we use pm disable application_name.


texts: I used whatsapp for past 2 months and it gets uninstall by mistakenly and I tried to install it again but i can't install again it shows that I don't have sufficient storage what should I do please help me I need whatsapp for my study purposes


texts: printing solution on android which prints to a dotmatrix POS printer through **USB**

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am newbie for android.

I was looking for a printing solution on android which prints to a dotmatrix POS printer through USB.

I'm able to print some non readable symbols from android tablet (through some third party apps like printhand,printershare). These apps don't have driver for this cheap printer(TVS-RP45-Shoppe).

I have a 'PPD' file of the Dotmatrix POS printer.

I need to know how to install this PPD file into android.

similar to this >> usb otg thermal printer interface to android tab with usb device But I have the PPD file.

Andoid tablet MID ST-10 Karbonn smart tab - android ICS

printer TVS-RP45-Shoppe

Trying to print programmatically like usb interfacing. any help highly appreciated .

Thank you all.


texts: Allow running specific applications without unlocking?

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I would like to have access to selected applications directly from lockscreen, without needing to unlock the phone.

Calculator.
Stopwatch.
ASR Voice recorder (only record, no playback) (camera is already possible).
Selected text editor for quickly taking text notes.
3rdParty strobe (flashlight already works)


texts: Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an emulator

texts: Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an Android emulator using a PC?


texts: how to turn on the vibratiton when moving icons?

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I just got my replacement Samsung Galaxy 3 phone, and every time I moved my icons around my phone would slightly vibrate but now after I made some changes to the settings I lost that feature. It's been driving me crazy trying to get it back.please help!

I've gone to the sound settings and turned the haptic feature on and off and still no changes to my phone.


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Is it possible, using some type of adapter or combination of adapters, to connect a Galaxy Tab 2 to a ethernet port.

Is it necessary to add some kind of kernel module? Which one? How do I do that?


texts: Phone Call Recording Apps Only Record One Side Of The Conversation

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I have a Sony XA1 running Android 8 and it doesn't matter which phone call recorder I install, it only records one side of the conversation either me or the caller.  All the apps do the same on my HTC Desire too

I'm not sure if it is the app at fault as they all seem to do the samething and this didn't start happening until I updated the android version towards the end of last year.

Does anyone know of a solution to this issue?

Thanks


texts: How to check Bluetooth audio codecs on Android 5.0

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I have an old Note 3 phone that I use as a music player. I am trying to find out if it supports the aptX Bluetooth codec. I turned on developer mode and all the instructions I can find online say to go to “Audio codec” under the “Developer Options” menu. I go to the “Developer Options” menu but there is no entry for “Audio codec.” On Android 5.0 are the codecs listed in a different place?
If it does not have aptX is that something that can be added?


texts: How can I receive 2 video streams from 2 Android phones over USB tethering using IP Webcam?

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For a Live DJ streaming setup (on a budget), I would like to be able to receive two or more video streams from two or more Android phones via USB tethering using the IP Webcam android application. It works with one phone, but when I try to add a second phone, I can't connect to it.
Both phones start a server on the same IP at port 8080. I can't change the IP address directly in the app, but I can change the port. I tried changing the port on one of the phones, but the connection is still not possible.
I can't seem to find if receiving data from 2 USB tethering sources, at the same time, is possible or not. So my first question would be the following: is it possible? And if yes, how could I start to solve this problem?
Thank you.


texts: i cant use my phone because my sim is locked, is that normal?

texts: so i know that talking about a sim card is not about android but, i have locked my sim in the past but i still have been able to use my phone. i have a Samsung S 9+ but it's just saying to type in a personal unlocking code and not letting me do anything on my phone. I have tried to call my serves provider and look on there website but no luck. is this normal or just my device? please help.


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My HTC Rhyme is now on Android 2.3.5 with HTC Sense 3.5.

So, last year I've rooted a phone probably via clockworkmod and after that I've back to the unrooted.

Now, I have unrooted device but it will not give on updata a new Android 4.0

Here is official update from HTC but a HTC Rhyme will not upgrade to a new Android 4.0 version.

Today, because my phone a past was rooted, i'm unrooted using this.

I can't update to Android 4.0 unrooted version.


texts: How can I be informed through my computer if a new SMS is received?

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While I'm working with my computer, my mobile lies next to me and every time I receive a new SMS or WhatsApp message, I have to grab the phone, read the message and answer it.

So it would be really nice, if there is an App or another possibility to connect my mobile phone with my computer via Bluetooth, WLAN or USB so that I can read and send SMS messages from my computer desktop.

This would have several advantages:

It is easier to copy page content. A lot of time I'd like to send a SMS to someone with content on my computer. So I don't have to type it anymore but just copy & paste it
My working process isn't disturbed as much it is if I have to grab my phone
It is easier and faster to write with a keyboard than the mobile phone pad

So my questions are:

is there any app/program that can do that?
if not, would it be at least technically possible or are there any restrictions that prevent such an app?


texts: Photos copied via bluetooth from LG 4X HD to Xperia Z are no longer sorted

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I recently copied all my photos and videos from my LG to my Xperia Z using Bluetooth. It took a while but the all copied over fine and are in  a single album, My Album, under a folder named Bluetooth.

The problem is that they are now unsorted. On the LG phone, I had all of the media files organized by different albums but now they are all in a single album.

Is there a way to copy these using Bluetooth or another method without losing the album structure and naming?


texts:
I am using HTC WildFire, and what to find how long I have been talking on the phone since purchase?

i.e., I want to find out, my total incoming and outgoing call duration


texts: Is there a WhosHere-style (location-based) social networking chat app for Android?

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I like the WhosHere app for Apple iPhone iOS. Is there a similar social networking/chat app that uses location / gps to find people to chat or network with for Android?

Here's some more info on the application: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whoshere/id284973016


texts: What can you do with Samsung Kies for Android phones?

texts: I only recently managed to connect my Galaxy S with Kies via USB. And I've upgraded it to Froyo 2.2. What can you do in Samsung Kies other than upgrading your firmware. I've seen the interface and there doesn't seem to be a lot of interesting that you can do with it


texts: Can I get an app package name as a Tasker Variable upon a package updated event?

texts: I'm trying to use Tasker to create custom notifications with AutoNotification with the Event Context of "Package Updated *". But what I really need is to know if when a package is updated, does the updated app package name get passed to a variable? I already know about the intent of Package_Added from this other question, but it doesn't say anything about having an intent of Package_Updated.


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Apologies if this has been answered already.  I searched and found many variations on this issue, but nothing that applies directly to my situation.  At first, I thought my old off-brand cable was to blame, but after using the same cable/base/outlet to charge my wife's phone (also an S7) to get a nearly complete charge within an hour, I've determined that it is an issue with the phone.

My S7 charging time has gotten slower and slower over the last week or so.  It went from regularly fast charging to mainly standard charging at first...and I'm now at the point where it goes from charging to fast charging to not being connected at all...and then through the cycle again, but in no particular order, and without the phone being moved.  Sometimes it's (fast or not) charging, sometimes it's not charging at all.  Regardless of what it says it's doing, it's barely maintaining a charge, let alone making any progress.  It has never said that it's charging slowly. I've seen that message before when I was using an older cable that was due for replacement.  Not present here.  It's charging very, very slowly even when it's stating an at least regular charging state.

Having already ruled out a cable/base/outlet issue, I've tried closing all apps and even turning the phone off.  I also cleaned lint/dust out of the charging port.  Nothing has helped.  After cleaning and then turning my phone off last night at 18%, I woke up to a 91% charge seven hours later.  The phone downloaded and installed the latest update to 8.0.0 (Oreo) earlier this week.  This issue pre-dated the update, but I can't say for sure if it was worsened by the software change.

Every page/post that I've come across so far has at least one variable that makes the situation different from mine.  Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance!


texts: BackupManager causing my phone to reboot

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Every ~2 hours my phone reboots itself, it started doing this 2-3 days ago, I may have installed/uninstalled some apps around that time but I don't remember exactly.

I've gotten a screenshot of the logcat the instant after the phone reboots and 3/3 times it has been exactly after the BackupManagerService activates: http://i.imgur.com/HOXan.png

I can also cause the reboot by calling "adb shell bmgr run" as seen here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?q=lag&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars&id=25780

Is there any way to manage or at least see what apps are 'queued' in the BackupManager? Is there a way to completely disable the BackupManager?

Phone:
-Galaxy Nexus 4.0.1
-Kernel 3.0.1-ga052f63

Edit: Well, I figured out how to disable the BackupManager (I think), in "Settings" -> "Backup & reset" -> uncheck "Back up my data". I would still like to figure out the cause of the problem though.


texts: What's the best way to protect my rooted Android 7 from malware and hacking?

texts:
Considering I have to use cellular data and being not connected to the internet is not an option, what measures can I take or tools I can use to keep myself protected from prying eyes?
My first step will be to do a clean rom flash in case I'm infected already, but as soon as I do that, I'd like to ensure that I remain clean and protected because I would be using my phone for very private data. What can I do? Besides the obvious and common sense stuff of course.
Android 7 | Rooted | Moto C Plus


texts: How do I access to my Whatsapp backup in Google Drive?

texts: My phone was stolen and I was unable to reclaim my number from my telco. Therefore I'm not able to login to Whatsapp with my stolen number. There are very important messages and contacts that I have to retrieve, and I knew that the backups were in Google Drive, but I can't locate the backup file. Any help that I can retrieve my chat history from Google Drive?


texts:
I recently rooted my phone, so obviously the first thing I did was

 pm setInstallLocation 2

then move all my internal storage hogging apps to the SD card. I left the widgets, wallpapers, and system app updates because moving them will break them apparently. My question is, can I move my keyboard app to the SD card without breaking it?


texts: Delete all files from an Artist/Album with VLC

texts:
VLC has the ability both to remove items from a playlist, but also to delete the filesystem data for a particular item or selection of items. To delete in VLC 3.0.1, open list of items, (e.g. by Artist, then Album) and then long press to select items. After selection, long press again to interact with a context menu which includes the Delete option.

However, I can't seem to find an option to delete all items in a particular set (e.g. Artist, Album) in one swoop. Do I have a way to delete these items other than by selecting them individually?


texts: I've been looking for a firewall app for Android for a couple hours now and all I could find is apps that only let me block outgoing connections (for specific apps). Is there any way to set which incoming connections and on which ports should be allowed/denied (something like Inbound Rules in Windows Firewall)? I'm OK with with the app requiring root.


texts: After installing CM9 on my Samsung Galaxy S+ (Plus) it gets stuck in the "SAMSUNG" screen whenever I restart, the very first screen (I guess). I have to press the Power button 10 seconds to restart when I come to that point. Did someone discover that kind of problem before, how can I solve the issue?


texts: Cannot Set Up Samsung Default Email and Add CenturyLink.net Account

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Samsung Galaxy S9 phone
Until recently I could send/receive emails on my phone with the Samsung default email app with an email address at centurylink.net.
I had a problem with my centurylink.net email and a Samsung support person told me to go into the Mail app and Delete Data, and then I would just have to log in again.  However, I have not been able to Set Up Email and Add Account.
I get “Couldn’t verify account
The username or password is incorrect or POP3/IMAP access isn’t turned on for this account.  Check your email account setting on the web, then try again.”
I have confirmed that I have entered my full email address and password correctly (Show password).  I can log onto centurylink.net with them on my phone with a browser.
Samsung support says talk to my email provider and Centurylink support says to talk to Samsung.  I have gone through this loop 3 times, but still have the problem.
I have also searched online for a solution, but found none.
I am using these parameters, as Centurylink says to use at
https://www.centurylink.com/home/help/internet/email/setup-email-on-android-device.html
Domains centurylink.net
Incoming Server (choose one)    POP: pop.centurylink.net, Port: 995, Security: SSL
Outgoing Server SMTP: smtp.centurylink.net, Port 587 TLS
Username    Full Email Address


texts: Delete purchased application from the list

texts: I've bought some application and I feel that I don't want to use it anymore and I've uninstalled it. However, when I opened Downloads tab in the Market, it is listed there even though it's not installed. So, how do I remove it from the list?


texts: I tried updating software on my galaxy ace and it was downloading then it got stuck. so I switched it off then back on and it says failed to mount sd card. I can't get into recovery mode. please help!!


texts: Help diagnosing constant CPU usage of phone during sleep (Battery Historian Chart)

texts:
I saw a great Battery Historian guide and decided to try it out. I noticed that last night while my phone was unplugged, the "CPU Running" bar was active the whole time when I was asleep. This should only be intermittent, not a constant black bar.
Here's the whole battery historian chart, CPU running stats at the top.

Hovering over the CPU Running bar, I can see what's causing the CPU to run:

A lot of "abort" wakelocks whatever they are.

Abort: Pending Wakup Sources: dwc3-otg

Abort: Pending Wakup Sources: usb_notify

There's also something called "Unknown".

I have a Galaxy S20 (exynos). I have not used any package disabler app or rooting etc.
Googling the above wakelocks brings back nothing. Just some random github code.
Compared to this other S20 user's battery historian chart, my CPU running bar should be intermittent only. https://preview.redd.it/edegbwhq1sq41.png?width=1701&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8d53673d3ca754feac8ded9da6ca408592f655c
Any android expert have an idea how to diagnose this?
edit: there's also constant "BLE Scanning" on the screenshot which is "bluetooth low energy". I have bluetooth off, nearby devices off, improve accuracy via bluetooth off.


texts: Battery drain of 20% at night without any use on nexus 5

texts: I have recently replaced my battery on the nexus 5 . I thought I would be looking forward to a huge battery life difference but I was surprised that even with the new battery the drain is 20% at night . The phone is in wifi mode , no google now , no high brightness , greenify kills facebook app and still the battery life sucks.


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I have a Nexus 7 (2013), 32GB, WiFi-only, that won't boot.  I had been using it daily, until it failed.

I had left it running, but on the 1st day after the warranty expired it would not wake up when I pressed the power button.  In fact, there were no signs of life.

Thinking it had just hung up on something, I attempted to force it to power-down by holding the power button for 15 seconds... can't tell if that did anything or not.  Again held the power button in for a few seconds and "Google" appeared, like it was starting up.  It did not change state for the next several hours, so I repeated the process a few times.

Eventually, I checked online and found references to Power+Vol-Down, which I tried and it brought me to the bootloader screen.  I have attempted all of the options there, but they all bring me to the same place... "Google".

I contacted ASUS support and they had me try a few things, including "Recovery Mode", which also failed.  The actions directed by "support" took me to an Android laying down, cover open, with a red triangle on it.  The end result of that conversation is that I should send it to Puerto Rico for repair at a cost of $240 (plus shipping), which is more than I paid for it.  He said they would replace a system board and return it to me.

In further research, I found the Skipsoft Toolkit (v3.1.0) (02-Jul-2015).  I installed it on Windows 7 and successfully attached the Nexus to it via USB and it recognized the device in fastboot mode, but not in ADB mode.

I've tried the function to back up the device, but it just hangs there, even after a couple days.

I've tried the function to unlock the device and I get a screen on the device asking for permission to proceed, but then it hangs.

I'm looking for advice or direction to move forward... or is my device really "done"?

Contents of the bootloader screen:
FASTBOOT MODE,
PRODUCT NAME - flo,
VARIANT - flo 32G,
HW VERSION - rev_e,
BOOTLOADER VERSION - FLO-04.05,
CARRIER INFO - None,
SERIAL NUMBER - 07b04e4b,
SIGNING - yes,
SECURE BOOT - enabled,
LOCK STATE - locked

Any help would be appreciated!!

Thanks,
Dan


texts: Are GPS coordinates more accurate if they are fetched at a small interval

texts:
I've been doing some tests with a self-written application that uses the GPS to report locations and plot them on a map. One of the things I've noticed is that the coordinates seem to be more accurate when the interval at which they are gathered is smaller. In general, when reporting every 10 or 15 seconds the coordinates seem to correlate more with the actual position at that time, whereas when reporting every 30 or 60 seconds they seem to be less accurate.

This is even true for a non-moving phone. If I put it down in my backyard and leave it to gather 10 coordinates, once every 10 seconds, I seem to get coordinates that are less spread out and actually are a pretty good indication of the actual location. When gathering 10 coordinates, once every minute, I get a lot less accurate measurements.

Is there any hard evidence to suggest that gathering coordinates at a small interval is more accurate? Or is what I am seeing just coincidence?


texts: How to uninstall app installed on non-present SD card

texts:
I've got a Samsung 10.1 2014 which recently stopped recognizing the card in the SD card slot.  Card is recognized fine by a PC, but in the tablet, nothing.

Apparently, some of my apps installed themselves to this SD card.  At least that is my impression; all these apps now have lost their default icon which has been instead replaced by a transparent default Android icon with "SD" next to it.  If I try to open them I get a toast message which says "Application not installed".  I don't know anything about how to install or move apps to the SD card, so I assume it was done automatically by the Amazon app store, which is where all these apps were from.

Android itself doesn't recognize that these apps are installed.  However, the icons are still there and I assume there must be some traces of them still present on the device (not on the SD card).  I would like to get rid of all that by uninstalling.  The Amazon App store says on device but not installed by amazon appstore but for some reason which is beyond me, Amazon chose not to implement any way to uninstall an app.  I never knew there was an OS way to uninstall apps before this, as I always uninstalled directly from the app store that I installed it from.  So Amazon's behavior is puzzling to me.

I have read this related question asking how to uninstall but the answers which don't talk about how to do it from Android directly (which won't work for me) mention how to delete the app, which is not what I want.  When I try to delete, it tells me that if I delete the app I will lose it and have to repurchase it from the store again later if I want to install again, which is not what I want.

I thought about maybe trying to re-install the app on the device (although, not sure what it would do since it may want the SD card present!), and then uninstalling, but the Amazon app store doesn't provide any way to install the app. Since it thinks it is already installed, it only provides an "open" button, which does nothing.

How do uninstall the remnants of these apps from my device?


texts: How to avoid looping the album/playlist automatic?

texts:
I use the default "Play Music" music player app (v4.3.605.398337) for listening to music. Whenever it gets to the end of an album/playlist it automatically replays it.

I would like to avoid that behaviour but I can't find where/how to: does anybody know?

If relevant, my device is Galaxy Nexus.


texts: No notification of new email received on SGN4 lock screen

texts:
Can anyone please advise on how to activate a function that will allow me to view lock screen notifications when an email is received just as I can with missed calls and sms messages etc.
The only way I become aware an email has been received is by noticing the addition of a status bar icon once the phone has been unlocked.
If it helps I am currently using the stock email client and run with kitkat 4.4.4.
To date I have tried all I can to find this facility but to no avail. Many thanks in advance.


texts: Is it possible to charge and transfer files to an Android phone with a usb-c hub?

texts:
I'm considering buying a usb-c hub to use with my Android phone (Google Pixel), so that I can charge my phone, use a flash drive and a USB keyboard at the same time - all using the phone's single usb-c port.

However, the hubs I've seen sometimes have lists of compatible devices and these lists mention only laptops and not phones. I wonder why, is there anything special about laptops or phones that the accessories aren't compatible? I've seen articles saying that Android's USB can't do OTG and charging at once.


texts: Open url links to the Washington Post in the Washington Post app

texts: Is there any way to force my phone (pixel, Android 8.0) to open url links to the Washington Post with the Washington Post app? This kind of desired behavior works automatically with other apps/urls for me like the New York Times and Google Maps, but for some reason not with the Washington Post.


texts: No internet on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 when connected to Windows Wifi Hotspot

texts:
I have followed the instructions to set up a virtual wifi hotspot on my Windows 10 machine (connected via ethernet to router) from LifeHacker. I have connected my iphone and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (P5110 running Android 4.2.2) to the new wifi hotspot. My iphone can access the internet fine, however my tablet cannot.

I have tried to use the default browser and chrome on my tablet and both say the web page is not available (chrome shows the dino and DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET message).

Why is my tablet not connecting to the internet and how do I fix it?

[Edit]

A co-worker has connected his Windows 10 pc and HTC One (running 5.0) to my hotspot and both are fine on the internet.

[Edit]

After restarting the router the tablet can access the internet via the pc. Did restarting the router fix the issue or is that just a coincidence? Why could other devices connect to my pc except for my tablet?


texts:
So Ive tried to unlock my bootloader but its not working, ive followed the steps from this site to unlock it but its stuck on the unlock bootloader screen. I have two options to choose from yes or no I click yes but it doesnt work, yet I click no and it takes me back to choose from fastboot, recovery and normal. My phone is a Alcatel Pixi 4.

I have enabled developer mode enabled usb debugging. I also have confirmed the RSA fingerprint for the computer. Also I have enabled OEM unlock in dev settings. This is what my cmd prompt window loooks like. I will also take a photo of my alcatel frozen on bootloader screen.

C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
5HQGTCEQCAVS7TTS device

C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot-bootloader
C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot oem unlock
...

This is what my phone looks like that im stuck on:

does anyone know why this is happening or know how to fix?


texts: Can we screen record without any android app in Android version 4.1?

texts: I search a lot on Play store but did not find any screen recorder app in play store which compatible on Android version 4.1


texts:
TL;DR: Is there some reasonably time-efficient way to find out what programs cause Android OS Services to drain battery?

On a regular basis I find that some app causes my phone to run hot and drain battery within a few hours while the screen is turned off. While it helps to uninstall all non-essential apps in the worst cases, I still face heavy battery drain after stripping the phone down to those I find most essential - we are speaking here about at least 3 days standby when just lying around at home vs less than 8 hours when used actively for one hour, with active usage draining about 30-40% of the battery life, and background processes draining the rest.

When using builtin battery statistics or any app that reports battery statistics, whether it is by showing details on CPU usage, wakelocks or just some overall battery use estimate, I find the statistics to be pretty much useless: Top of the list is always "Android OS" and, since introduced, Google Services with the next couple of entries, at a fraction of those OS-related listings being apps that I have actually actively used in the foreground for prolonged time.

Basically, the mishaving apps seem to misbehave by delegating to Operating System services and no App I have yet tried (maybe even due to OS limitations) was able to split out what app has been requesting these services to do work, making battery statistics basically useless. And for trying out each app by "uninstalling, running phone for a while, reinstalling"... frankly, who has THAT amount of time?

What's more, being unable to identify battery wasters from among the apps that I need installed, I cannot even file bug reports if they are misbehaving on my device.

Is there some possibility in Android to find out what app is really misbehaving rather than being told "its the OS, give up"?


texts:
I have been trying to run the hostapd with my own hostapd.conf but it's refusing to work and keeps saying segmentation fault and I am wondering how to get it working on Redmi 8 running Android 10
I have been testing everything and it always ends up with the same error
The hostapd it self is located at /vendor/bin/hw/hostapd
and also here is the default config from /data/vendor/wifi/hostapd
max_num_sta=1
vendor_elements=dd0411223301
ssid2=776e3133
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_passphrase=
acs_exclude_dfs=0
channel=11
ht_capab=[SHORT-GI-20] [GF] [DSSS_CCK-40] [LSIG-TXOP-PROT]
vht_oper_chwidth=0
ieee80211n=1
hw_mode=g
interface=wlan0
ctrl_interface=/data/vendor/wifi/hostapd/ctrl
ieee80211ac=0
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wowlan_triggers=any
accept_mac_file=/data/vendor/wifi/hostapd/hostapd.accept
deny_mac_file=/data/vendor/wifi/hostapd/hostapd.deny

also from what i noticed that file always gets generated when I enable hotspot.


texts: Android copy file to /system/bin/sh, now devices can not booted

texts:
to day I add one daemon file to android devices, I use command:

 ./adb push XXXXX   /system/bin/sh

I say done, but when i restart the device, now it can not boot, no logo appear, just black screen, although I see the light is enabling. I can not know what can I do now, how can i fix it... plz


texts: Samsung Galaxy s6 Music Player Track Sort

texts:
Okay, I have tried google and here and cannot find the answer to this. When I transferred all of my music from my s4 to the s6, it worked correctly but all of the tracks are in reverse alphabetical order (Z-A). The only settings within the music player are "Sound Alive, Play Speed, Music Auto Off, and Smart Volume". I cannot find any way to alphabetize the music (A-Z).

I haven't had the phone long so I might just not know of some other new navigation to this feature but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: Is it advisable to run a task killer app on Android

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Do I really need to install a task manager?

Should I run a task killer on Android or does Android manage applications well enough on its own?


texts: typed stop on my android and it has stoped or freezed

texts: I've typed 'stop' in terminal emulator on my lava fuel f1 and it has gotten stopped/Freezed. How to undo or deploy the command. Please help.


texts: Unable to delete a file in /data/data with root permissions

texts:
I own a Moto G which is in 5.0.2 with KK bootloader. An app created a folder in /data/data which sustains in the memory even after uninstallation of the app. I couldn't remove the folder in any way.

I tried with Root browser, with terminal. Root browser says Deleted successfully. while trying to remove the folder, but it remains.
When I tried to remove it from terminal, it says rm: 00160eb4bb6a2325_0: No such file or directory, but it gets listed while using ls. This fails the nandroid backup with TWRP. :( Is there something I can do? Thanks in advance! :)

Edit: ls lists the file, but ls -l fails showing an error.


texts: How do I transfer contacts from a Nokia 3110 to an Android using a Mac?

texts:
I have about 700 contacts on a Nokia 3110 handset that I want to transfer to my Android phone.

Transferring contacts via my SIM card is a slow process as I can only 200 do at a time. Moreover, I cannot be sure of which contacts have already been transferred.

Is there a faster way this can be achieved with a Mac?


texts: Running "tcpdump" on Android shell gives error: "not executable: 32-bit ELF file"

texts:
I'm trying to install tcpdump to monitor network traffic. I've tried multiple versions from link1 and link2. Whenever I try to execute I get an error:

~$ adb connect 192.168.1.10:5555
~$ adb root
~$ adb push tcpdump /data/local
~$ adb shell
~$ su
~# cd /data/local
~# chmod 777 tcpdump
~# ./tcpdump -s 0 -v -w out.pcap
/system/bin/sh: ./tcpdump: not executable: 32-bit ELF file

Any help is appreciated.

EDIT:

~$ uname -m
i686


texts: Default browser doesn't play embedded music from a website

texts: Today I came upon a situation where I had a website which had an embedded player in it which plays sample music. To my surprise I came to know that the Android 2.3 default browser or Opera web browser didn't support it. But I was able to play the music on my iPhone. Is there a way I can make it work on my Android, or is there any other software available for this?


texts: ADB device list empty, needed to edit build.prop

texts:
adb devices in the command shell gives me an empty list. I know this question is usually solved by: adb kill-server, adb start-server. However it still doesn't work. I had it working before because I put Cyanongenmod 10.2 on my HTC One X+.

I don't know if this is related, but because some apps couldn't be installed on my device through Google Play I tried to edit the build.prop file on my phone. I changed ro.blabla = GB --> NL (because I thought maybe changing country works). However since then I can't do anything after booting because it keeps repeating "Trebuchet stopped working". (I can still boot to FASTBOOT) So my plan is to edit this file on my PC, but for this I need ADB to work. Any suggestions?

Edit: Would be nice to let you know that I use Windows 7, but I also can use Ubuntu 12.04 in a virtual machine.

Edit2: If I'm in FASTBOOT my phone shows up in Windows device manger as Android USB Devices --- My HTC

Edit3: I can enter the standard Terminal Emulator and open the file with "su file build.prop", however it stays in Read-Only mode. Using "mount -o rw,remount /system" gives permission denied.

Edit4: I got into the settings menu and indeed I didn't have root right and not USB debugging on. Now I got adb working from my pc.


texts: Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM?

texts:
I have a Nook Color with Cyanogenmod 7.2 (on mSD), and Nook Color is supposed to be 512MB of RAM (says so on product's page).

When I open Menu (on bottom bar, while on desktop) > Manage Applications > Running, it says on the bottom left 95MB used, and on the bottom right it says 174MB free. These are about 270MB, does that mean my RAM is corrupted? Why is it not utilizing all 512MB of RAM?


texts: Android 10 forensics - Root a cellphone without SD Card and without installing any external apps

texts: I would like to root my Samsung J6 mobile phone that is running Android 10 in order to apply forensically sounding techniques on it (basically recovering deleted data etc). So far, as I researched on web, all of the rooting methods require installing of softwares such as magisk to a component such as either SD card or internal memory of mobile phone. The thing is, I don't have an SD Card inserted on the phone, and I don't want to install any external software into my cellphone memory. Is there any way to root this cell phone without installing any app into its memory(rooting via using only connected computer)? Any help will be appreciated.


texts: Why Google is sending SMS messages to me?

texts:
I have just received a SMS message... from Google (?):

What is this? Does this mean that some "bad guy" has my phone number and is playing some nice tricks with me, pretending that he is a Google? Or is this truly a Google-originating message?
Why there is a garbage in the message content? Could this be some Asian or otherwise ideographic language's characters which encoding got lost during transmission through my cellular network?


texts: Which one is more suitable Samsung Kies or PC Studio for Samsung GT-B7722?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Whats the core difference between Kies, New PC Studio, PC Studio 3.1 from Samsung?

I purchased SAmsungGT-B7722. I want to connect it with PC for internet, Contact swapping and other uses. Please advise which software is better SAMSUNG KIES or SAMSUNG PC STUDIO. Samsung offers for free download of both on its site


texts:
I have a shortlist of five app icons at the bottom of my home screen, usually Phone, Messaging, Chrome, Google and Camera. These tend to remain constant (I've not seem them change).

When I swipe up to access my recently used (or in-use) apps, there is a different set of five app icons, and these can change - they can change to apps I've not used in a considerably long time, such as Calculator, Photos etc, and can change even while I'm working on something else; for instance, the set of apps has changed three times while typing this on my phone to include my Settings app, which I've not accessed while typing this, as well as reincluding my phone app, despite not calling anyone on my phone for several days, then replacing it with my Files app icon, despite me not downloading/opening any files.

Swiping up again gets me to the app drawer, with whatever five apps were present shortlisted at the top.

What are these "five app selections"? How are they determined? Why are they (seemingly randomly) changing? Am I potentially infected with a virus my phone's AV can't detect and remove, and someone is accessing these apps?

Device - Motorola G7 Power,
Android Version - 9/Pie(?),
Launcher - Standard OS?


texts: Why are some files under /proc are universally readable?

texts:
Why are some files under /proc are universally readable by anyone using adb?
e.g.

/proc/<pid>/statm
/proc/<pid>/maps
/proc/<pid>/smaps

We can even cat the content of these files, which is dangerous to leak sys info.

Is it because other system components are also using/reading/writing these files under /proc, so that these files under /proc are universally readable to anyone?


texts: Enable Chrome's Reader View manually, when it isn't offered?

texts:
Is it possible to enable the "Reader View" of Chrome for Android, when Chrome doesn't offer it?

On iOS, Safari leaves the choice entirely to the user, who has to click a button – which is good, as Chrome's popup-bar is a bit distracting, and especially because it means that the user is free to enable it on any website.

In Firefox, the button isn't always offered, but display of the Reader mode can be forced with about:reader?url=URL, which can easily be turned into a bookmarklet.

But for Chrome, I couldn't find any option of forcing Reader View yet, and more often than not it isn't offered on the very articles, where it would help the most, such as those with bad color choices and overly obstrusive ads.


texts: "You can't delete contacts from read-only accounts."

texts:
I'm trying to delete contacts from my Google account that's synced with my Nexus 5. It's synced as a Google account, not using Gmail IMAP or anything like that, but all of the contacts display this message when I try to delete them:

You can't delete contacts from read-only accounts, but you can hide them
in your contacts lists.

I don't understand why the Contacts app (default, from Google) is saying my Google account contacts are read-only. How do I correct this problem so I can fully edit contacts from my phone?


texts: My phone don't use speakers to the maximum of its possibilities

texts:
I've a Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro.

I've a problem with its speakers. When I put the maximum volume and I put the phone close to the hear, I found that my phone uses only half speaker to share the music(or every type of audio).

Is this a bond I can unlock in my audio settings or is this a problem that the phone has took from outside?


texts:
I've found several obsolete answers, but this question about situation nowadays:

What's the most robust solution to have the device (Android 4.2-based) protected?

Turn on device encryption (there is only built-in storage, no SD-cards)
Set up password

But it's all makes not much sense without wiping the data after 10 (or so) wrong password inputs (like iOS does).

So any solutions to wipe after brute-force attempts nowadays?

UPD:

I've found there is a method in the API setMaximumFailedPasswordsForWipe() but is there a User Interface that calls that method?

UPD 2:

Hm, I'm surprised that people don't care of security much, hmmm. That's curious


texts:
I have a Huawei CE0682, which by default came with Android 5. I upgraded to Android 7, but the mobile internet has become very slow.

How can I downgrade my phone back to Android 5?


texts:
Micromax A121. couldn't access the internal SD card  whenever I try to open gallery, rebooted several times. I lost some of the files and data due to this .
Can anyone help to take the corrective meassure


texts: How to find out which app is trying to open spam websites?

texts:
I've recently bought a new Android smartphone. After setting it up and loading my contacts onto it I thought that would be it.

Now after some days, every time I unlock the phone it takes a few seconds before it opens the default browser and opens some spam website. I tried to see what was causing it. I removed any apps I didn't know I could trust, but the problem persisted. After trying to solve it for some time I gave up and reset the phone to factory default. Now after having it reset to the default it ran without issues for roughly a week before the problem reappeared.

I tried to uninstall some apps in order to see if they were to cause of it, but nothing changed after doing so. However I did notice that if I turn off the wifi it won't even try to open the browser (I haven't tried mobile data since I don't have a bundle). This makes me feel like it might be related to something on the network but that wouldn't explain why only that phone would have the issue when there are at least 6 android phones on that very same network.

I hope that there is someone who can help me find the cause of this issue and help me solve it.

TL;DR
When unlocking my phone, it opens the browser and tries to open a spam website. But only does so while connected to the wifi.

Things I've tried so far:

Factory reset (only helped for a limited time)
Clearing the browser cache and all related data
Removing any app I don't know to be reliable
Attempting to find what triggers it (seems like some type of internet connection is required??)

The device is the Doogee Shoot 1. As for the browser, the default is set to be the Android browser, but if I change the default it would use Chrome just as well. It seems to really just use the browser that is set to default.