texts: Cannot skip WiFi in Google Setup Wizard after Factory Reset

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I own a Klipad KL4888 tablet running Android 6.0.1

After a crash, I had to do a factory reset and a wipe cache from the recovery menu.

However, when restarting and running the setupWizard, it asks me a Wifi/GSM, but systematically the message "Can't connect to the internet" appears.

So I went through ADB (the device is unfortunately not pre-rooted), and in the logs I noticed this :

02-28 23:03:25.995 2784 2929 I SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: connecting to walled garden server. retries=0
02-28 23:03:26.246 970 1174 D WifiService: acquireWifiLockLockLocked: WifiLock{NlpWifiLock type=2 binder=android.os.BinderProxy@52836c}
02-28 23:03:28.123 970 1176 D WifiService: releaseWifiLockLocked: WifiLock{NlpWifiLock type=2 binder=android.os.BinderProxy@52836c}
02-28 23:03:36.239 2784 2929 W SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: IOException e=java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to status.eqoe.cn/185.234.212.233 (port 80) after 10000ms
02-28 23:03:36.239 2784 2929 I SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: connecting to walled garden server. retries=1
02-28 23:03:46.301 2784 2929 W SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: IOException e=java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to status.eqoe.cn/185.234.212.233 (port 80) after 10000ms
02-28 23:03:46.301 2784 2929 I SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: connecting to walled garden server. retries=2
02-28 23:03:56.360 2784 2929 W SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: IOException e=java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to status.eqoe.cn/185.234.212.233 (port 80) after 10000ms
02-28 23:03:56.360 2784 2929 I SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: connecting to walled garden server. retries=3
02-28 23:04:06.421 2784 2929 W SetupWizard.CheckConnectionTask: IOException e=java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to status.eqoe.cn/185.234.212.233 (port 80) after 10000ms

I also tried to disable Wifi, in order to be able to choose the "Ignore" option but obviously not enough rights.

The problem is that this famous site that is being tested is obviously no longer reachable.
Is there any way to get out of this situation?
An upgrade, but is the hardware compatible?
Modify the Java sources, in order to ping another site?

Thank you !


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I have a ZTE Axon with Android 7. Sometimes I write German texts and other times I write English text.

With English as system language the spellchecking is set to English and it considers German text I write to be wrong. Is there a way to switch to bilingual spellchecking?


texts: Haptic feedback turns on only when I insert the jack... why?

texts: My phone (Galaxy S II) is behaving in a rather strange way: haptive feedback seems not to work even when the battery is full, the "haptic feedback" checkbox is checked and the phone has been rebooted several times. The most strange thing is that haptic feedbeck turns on again when the earphones jack is plugged in(!) and turns off when I remove the jack. Is there any chance thant I will ever have my haptive feedback back unconditionally? Any suggestion? Thank you very much...


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My power button has broken so I'm trying to use the volume up key as the power button instead. My phone is a rooted Sony Xperia Go ST27i running Android 4.1.2.

I've tried ButtonRemapper, but this does not work on my phone so I'm trying to do it manually.

The output of $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices contains:

Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
Name="ux500-ske-keypad"

So I thought I'd edit the /system/usr/keylayout/ux500-ske-keypad.kl file, however this file does not contain what I expected.

It has no config for a power button and contains only the two lines:

key115  VOLUME_UP   WAKE
key114  VOLUME_DOWN WAKE

So nowhere I can disable the power button (assume this is key 116 on this model?). Also neither of the volume keys work to wake my phone, so is this config file even being read?


texts: Huawei Phone Ram replacement, flash rom?

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My friend's phone died with no signs of life, the repairs shop diagnosed it to have it's ram chip failed and they say that all the data will be lost after repair.

Does it need to have its ROM reflashed after the ram chip replacement?


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Device: Nexus 7 (2013 WIFI)
ROM: AOKP_FLO_KITKAT_NIGHTLY_2014-07-31
Rooted: Yes
Recovery: TWRP (Not sure if this is needed)

I am posting this because I recently started getting "insufficient storage" error on my device. I've had this before and I knew exactly had to fix it because I had come back from a vacation then and there were a lot of pictures on the device; So it was a simple matter of moving all the pictures and videos off the device for it to start working again.

This time however it is a little confusing for me. I will start with some pictures:

Settings > Storage / ES File Explorer > Top_left menu > Tools drop-down > SD Card Analyst (click images for larger variants)

So far everything looks fine, I seem to have a lot of space left to install one measly app right? Just to confirm, I used Clean Master to try to move some apps to device storage:

Clean Master > App Manager > Move

No gimmicks here, Clean Master sees that I only have one storage medium on my device. So why do I get these errors?

Google play (Trying to install an app that is less than 1MB in size) / AIDE (Trying to run an app)

I'm just confused about the whole thing. Everything else seems to be saying I have enough space, but apps are not being installed because I don't have enough. What can I do here?

EDIT: Even more weirdness, it won't let me install the 300Kb file with the image I posted above, but it lets me install a 3Mb file from the playstore. Basically I can install some apps but not others and it doesn't matter the size, my device just wants to make me crazy no problem. Ex. This app (2.6M) installed fine, but this one (2.1M) didn't due to "Not enough space".

What I have tried:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834105
Installing and running DiskUsage and here is a screnshot:

Couple observations:

--> It let me install this App and still not letting me install the other apps I have tried with the insufficient memory message still showing

--> The above pic shows that I have enough space left on the /data partition to install atleast A LOT of apps!

Output of running the df command:

Note I have tried the solution posted at the "Possible Duplicate" link and it did not work nor did I expect it to. The problem here is not that I have insufficient space to install apps because as you can see, I have a lot of space and I am able to install some apps. The problem is deeper than that and probably has to do with the way files are installed on my tablet


texts: I'd like my Android device to keep quiet during the night, no alerts for mails and talk messages, only calls and of course, the wake-up alarm. How can I do it?


texts: motorola droid turbo battery not charging

texts: I bought droid turbo about five months and I upgraded it to marshmallow. Unfortunately, it fell on the ground four times, then the fourth time it stopped charging. When I connect the charger, it sshows charger is connected but in the battery performance section, "it says not charging".


texts: How to root Nexus 6P w/ unofficial LineageOS 17.1?

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I flashed PixelBoot's unofficial LineageOS 17.1 on Nexus 6P, however I failed to root it.
First I tried flashing Magisk-v20.4.zip, which failed w/ "cannot mount /vendor" error. Here suggests I should upgrade TWRP to a "Treble compatible version" but my TWRP is already the latest 3.3.1-0.
Secondly I installed MagiskManager-v7.5.1.apk to see if I could use the "patch boot.img" approach. But it kept "checking for updates" till the end of the world, not showing the "install" button at all. I should probably opt out of the canary channel, however I am already in the stable channel.
Thirdly I looked for LineageOS's su addon zip. Unfortunately they offer that kinda thing for 16.0, 15.1 and 14.1 only.
As the last resort I flashed SuperSU-v2.82-201705271822.zip and installed supersu-2-82.apk. But the latter just fails to detect the former and refuses to work.
How am I supposed to root my phone?
It it because of the incompatibility between Android10(LOS17.1) and TWRP?


texts: How to charge a newly bought Nexus 5X(lithium polymer)?

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I just bought a new Nexus 5X, how should I first charge it? (It's a lithium polymer battery)

I plugged it in the charger and the phone turned on. Phone almost had a full charge already though (out of the box).

I usually left my new phones to charge for 12 hours before using them or unplugging them from the charger. Now I know batteries have evolved, so I'm not sure this is beneficial anymore.

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do for the first charge and it doesn't come with instructions about it.

Any advice?

Thanks!


texts: I have an Motorola moto e, and my location history is inaccurate. Nearly all of my location history is highly  inaccurate. Please help please help


texts: Impact of removing the launcher from Android device

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I have two Samsung rooted devices and I'm thinking of removing the TouchWiz. What would be the implications of leaving the device without a Launcher? If I install a new app that acts as Home/Launcher aplication will it be set automatically as the default Launcher?

Thanks for the answers and comments,


texts: How long should the "Downloading" screen take?

texts: was trying to install a custom ROM, but got stuck into CWM boot loop. learned that this could be solved by entering the download mode and flashing a new firmware, but my phone has been showing the "downloading..." screen for over an hour. is this normal?


texts: Using Hound/Cortana hands-free in the background like "OK Google"

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On my Nexus 6P, I can (obviously) say "OK Google" to summon Google's voice assistant hands-free, without unlocking my phone or opening an app. I really want to use this with an alternate voice assistant as well. Is there a way to launch a voice assistant app (like Cortana or Hound) on my phone with a summon command, as I can do while in the app (at least with Hound)? Is there an app that will let me do this, or is there a setting in one of those voice assistant apps that I overlooked that would enable me to launch Cortana/Hound with "Hey Cortana" or "OK Hound" from my lock screen?

I really used to think that there was a setting on Android to change your default voice assistant, but I now can't find anything like that.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Does Android suffer from the same "over a period of time" performance degradation that OSes like Windows do?

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To clarify, yes, I run a custom ROM on my phone. I thought to myself "I'm going to flash this and keep it stable because I need to depend on it for work".

Almost a full month later, I'm finding that the interface is lagging, apps don't spring open with the same swiftness that they used to, and in general, I'm finding I need to reboot more often. Nothing is critically wrong, logcats don't seem to show any malfunctioning, it's just.....sluggish.

Flashing the ROM over again is starting to feel like Windows; I reinstall fairly often to keep it running smooth, but if it's something I'm doing wrong, I'm entirely open to suggestions. As I grow older and less obsessed with flashing anything I see on XDA, I want to keep something stable and dependable.


texts: K9 suddenly wants to encrypt all mail, and won't send any

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Obviously, I have inadvertently changed some setting, but can’t figure out what.

I use K9 with 6 accounts, none of which have previously used encryption (I would prefer to – my correspondents wouldn’t). Suddenly all of them, when I try to compose an email have a red padlock at the top right and a tooltip appears at the bottom saying

  “Cannot connect to crypto provider; check your settings or click crypto icon to retry”.

On the individual account settings, and also on global settings, the Cryptography tab shows :

OpenPGP App - None
Show unencrypted signatures – unchecked
Autocryptography Mutual Mode – unchecked.

I cannot find any other cryptography options and do not remember changing any. What might have caused it (a very slim chance, but I can think of nothing else) is that it first occurred when I used FireFox Focus, which is privacy oriented and always runs in private mode, to share a link to a web page. Perhaps that changed some setting?

Well, it doesn’t really matter how it happened, but now I cannot send any mail without this error  message.

How can I disable cryptography in K9?


texts: Battery Percentage is not working after flashing Xperia E Dual with Nexboost ROM

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I have flashed my Xperia E Dual with Nexboost ROM. After flashing my mobile below functionalities (a far I have identified till now) are not working:

Battery Percentage Status Bar (Always showing 100%)
FM Radio (Not installed)
Live Wallpaper (Not Supported)
Gallery (Some options are force closing this Gallery app)

Are there any solution to fix these issues?


texts: How I enable my Google drive which show disable in my personal mi phone?

texts: I update my mi phone yesterday for android 7.0 nougat  version. But I see in my personal phone the google drive is disabled. Now I want to enable my google drive for back up items. How can I do ? Please help me.


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November 2013, I had changed my phone and I did not face any problem retrieving my all contacts through my Gmail account. After that, in my new phone (Gionee E6), I kept saving all contacts in one of the options (Google). Unfortunately yesterday I lost my phone. Today when I am trying to retrieve my contacts, I could  retrieve only those contacts which were saved before November 2013 (when I had changed my phone.

Moreover, on my desktop Gmail it is showing 6800 contacts whereas in my mobile, after sync, I find about 6000.

Is there any way I could retrieve contacts saved during last 4-5 months?


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Is it possible to track the GPS of Android Phone like Sony Ericsson Experia x10? This is what I want, I wanna know the location of Sony Ericsson Phone every time I misplace this phone,or I wanna detect the location of the carrier of this phone. How does it works?
Thanks in Advance.


texts: Changing Mac Address on Mi A1 running LineageOS - where to look to fix problem?

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I have a rooted Mi A1, and upgraded to the latest LineageOS daily build (Pie). Most things work OK, however I can no longer change the MAC address of my device (which worked on stock). I'm trying to work out if this is something I can hack/fix.

I have downloaded a couple of programs to change the MAC address, and have also tried in an ADB shell.  What I noticed is that when the MAC address changes  the connection appears to go down, and then when it comes back up its reset to the original MAC address.

The driver appears to be wcnss_wlan and the chipset on the phone is, I think, MSM8960 (but could be wrong here).

When I manually try and bring the interface up at the command prompt using ip link set dev wlan up, it does not work (I can bring it down OK, and can change the MAC OK using ip link set dev wlan0 address ma:ac:ad:dr:es:ss ), and when I use the toggle on the phone the interface gets reset to its default MAC.

Can anyone advise a way to fix this, or point me (even vaguely) in a productive direction - ie where can I find where the MAC address is coded, how to I manually trigger a DHCP update?  How do I look at whats happening with WPA_SUPPLICANT ?


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I have Google Nexus 7 tablet for some time and I recently noticed that I have file named "Designing for android.pdf" in "Download" folder (native OS folder) . Now problem is that I never downloaded this file ever, since I am not android app developer and neither I have plan to do it any sooner.

Anyways coming back to it, on top of that whenever I try to open that file using , Adobe reader, Native one (I just get the option which app to use to open the file), and Kingsoft office viewer, none can open the file reporting different errors like file is corrupted etc.

So is this file malicious? Anyone reported of any malicious file having name similar to above file? or OS itself distributes it as it's part?


texts: How can I open the keyboard on my Android tablet?

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I have just bought a NATPC M009S ULTIMATE Capacative Android Tablet PC Android 4.0 ICS and I can't find any way of accessing the keyboard.

How can I open it?


texts: Google Play Services and Play Store crashing

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I have very little internal memory (user memory 150mb), so after the auto update of Play Service and the Play Store, I took a back up (using ES File Explorer). I have root access, so I pasted those back ups in the /system/app folder. After that I restarted my phone, and that's when the problem started. The Play Store opens but can't see a thing, and Play Services crashes every time.

What I have done:

I installed 3 version of the Play Store. No positive result.
Installed the latest version of Play Services. No positive result.
Searched many blogs. They say it might happen as not com.android.gapps, but I can see the service running. However, after installing Play Services, both Play Services and gapps are crashing.

What can I do?


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I have an old Samsung Tab 3 (NT210) that is bricked after not being used for a few years - it gets stuck at the Samsung logo screen after being turned on. However, I am able to boot into the recovery screen.
I have been looking at various online solutions and most seem to suggest flashing custom recovery and ROM to solve this issue. I have managed to find a twrp recovery image and a custom ROM for the device, and had decided to load them into the device via adb. I followed the instructions from this webpage: https://how2do.org/how-to-use-adb-sideload-to-install-roms-updates-restore/
I first ensured that my device was recognised as shown:
adb devices
List of devices attached
5200ee695a69c000        sideload

However, the process will fail at 'adb reboot recovery' as I keep getting the following error:
adb reboot recovery
error: closed

Further research into this problem showed that likely cause of this error is because the device is using stock recovery. I can also confirm that the device has not been rooted before. Commands such as adb shell or adb usb will also return the "error: closed" error message.
Is it still possible to root or salvage the device? I can still charge the device and boot it into recovery or download mode, but that's about it.
Thanks for the help!


texts: Internal Android phone storage disappeared

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My Motorola G2 has an 8 gigabyte internal storage but some of it has vanished!

In settings/ storage and USB, here is what it shows:

Out of my 8GB storage, 3.15 is used by Android OS so I have 4.85GB of space left. I also have and SD card which contains all my photos, music, videos and some apps, and the "Other" folder.

On the internal storage section

I have used 1.7GB of space in apps and 1.92MB of cached data which doesn't add up the the 4.80GB that it has said I have used out of the 4.85GB which I have. So where has the 3.1GB of memory gone?

I would appreciate any help, Thanks


texts: Why are Zygote and Whatsapp asking for root?

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Since yesterday, WhatsApp and Zygote have been asking for root permissions on my phone via supersu. Apparently zygote is a system app.

Is this malware? Lookout scan came up clean.


texts: For incoming call, the Phone app does not launch to cover entire screen

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In case of an incoming call, the Phone app does not launch to cover the entire screen.  Instead, two buttons are displayed at the top portion of the screen, Reject (red) and Answer (green), as shown below:

How can I get back the usual behavior for the Phone app where it covers the entire screen on an incoming call, such that a single button is displayed which can be swiped to answer or reject the call?

I am running Android 9.0 on a General Mobile GM 8 device.


texts: How to block/disable WiFiKill effectiveness on WiFi network?

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I just gave WiFiKill app to someone I know in the region where the college is and I guided him how to get it work. That was before the ending of holiday.

At these days after holiday ended, he monitored that college WiFi network cutting all bandwidth on other connected devices, although they're connected to network. I hear all of them complain about the Internet while he's enjoying full internet bandwidth, which is not fair at all because that internet is only dedicated for college students only, not for citizens of that region.

How to disable this app affecting college WiFi network? What will happen if 2 users using WiFiKill on the same network and each one of them block internet on the other device?


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I am a relatively new Android user, but I have a bit of experience with Linux.

My new Motorola Flipside MB508 has quite a few unwanted preinstalled applications on it, which I would like to remove. However, I need to root the device to do this.

What is the easiest way to root a Motorola Flipside on Linux?

*edit* I tried using SuperOneClick, but I am running Fedora (17) and it doesn't work in Wine.


texts: How do I disable the automatic zoom-in in stock browser? It makes the images very blurry and eye strain. What I want is small but sharp (which is what opera does)


texts: Closing my LG Quick Cover disables alarm clock

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I've recently bought a Nexus5 and a LG quick cover, and I discovered something very bothering :
When I set an alarm clock and close the cover, the alarm doesn't vibrate as I'd expect. I need to keep the cover opened to hear the vibrations.

Does anyone know a solution for this?


texts: How to enable SD MSC mount in Jelly Bean?

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Since upgrading to CyanogenMod 10, the dropdown notification when I connect my phone to the computer no longer appears. How do I mount the SD card via USB MSC in Jelly Bean? Note that the drive still appears to the computer, just empty. My phone is an Xperia Arc S.

Update: I see no mass storage mode under USB connection settings:

Settings screen (click image to enlarge)


texts: Ubuntu Dual Boot "Failed to get SU Permissions"

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I followed the instructions on LifeHacker / the Ubuntu site.

I got to the point where I have the Ubuntu Dual Boot app and have tried to make it install. The download proceeds without any problems, yet I then get the error:

Failed to get SU permissions

There's no prompt asking me to grant said permissions (as described in the docs) so I'm not really sure how to proceed.

I installed the SuperUser app in the hope that it might help, but no cigar.


texts: Having trouble with voice command to navigate to contact address

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When I select a contact, then select its address, Maps opens. Then I can navigate to it with the Google navigation app.

However, if I try doing this directly with the system-wide speech input, this is not working. The input is interpreted correctly (correct contact and Google navigation opens), but then the address of the contact is not found.


texts: How do I enable a forced stop & disabled Bluetooth Share app on Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

texts: Over enthusiastic to disable many distracting apps on my Sony Xperia U (ST25i) I went "settings>apps>all" and disabled away.  Where no disable option was available, I clicked on force stop.  With Bluetooth Share I stupidly took it to be a social networking app and disabled it, later force stopping it.  Dumb, I know, but how do I get it back?  I'm fairly new to all of this, obviously, so please be very specific in responding.  Many thanks.


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Possible Duplicate:
  What are some general tips on improving overall performance of an Android phone?

I have been using android phone(Sony Xperia Tipo Dual) few months now .However I see that there are loads of things to learn as a new user .From rooting your device to effective memory management can seem quite intimidating .Also there are lot of good blogs explaining how to use memory effectively .

So what are tips/tricks you would give to first time android user so that he can use the phone effectively so that there is no dips in performance ?

Answer based on all the available android versions .


texts: How do I change the default phone number?

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The phone is a Galaxy S 2.2.  I set up the phone for my wife using my SIM card.  Now she is using the phone with her own SIM card, but the phone still displays my phone number in the system settings and sends SMS as my number.  There seems no way to remove this number.

We have edited the profile in contacts.
We factory reset the phone.
We have removed my number from contacts.

So far our first Android experience is very disturbing as too many aspects are blocked. There seems no way to remove the registered number in the phone system.


texts: How can I resume cancelled app dowloads after attaching a Google account?

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I got a new phone and I signed in with my existing google gmail account. To my surprise, the phone started redownloading all of the apps I had on my other phone over my cellular data connection. Conveniently enough it was the exact same versions of the older apps I had on my old phone, and in some cases the same data preferences.

I cancelled the auto downloading, and now I can't figure out how to resume it. On the play store under My Apps under all it shows me the apps I have downloaded under that account at one point in time, but no way to mass resume downloading them. It seems to only have options for individually installing the apps


texts: Package manager has died while checking permission

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Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Package manager has died at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.checkPermission(ApplicationPackageManager.java:427)
Caused by: android.os.DeadObjectException
at android.os.BinderProxy.transactNative(Native Method)
Can anyone help me what does this mean and how to prevent this?


texts: Is there a TTS app that will read me my email or a webpage?

texts: All I can seem to find is apps that read SMS and manually entered text.


texts: My internal memory(not free storage) just vanished?

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I own a lenovo vibe c, currently running Android 5.1. The phone has an internal memory of 16 GB.

The phone ran well for about 8 months, and as my mother used it more it was not put to heavy tasks until I downloaded Asphalt 8 and NFS no limits. Gradually the phone began to lag and it was about two weeks ago that the phone lagged seriously and at last my mother took it to the service centre. The guys at the centre did a factory reset (perhaps) and as a result I lost my games(). After that when my mother brought the phone back home I was stunned to see that the internal memory has dropped down to 8 GB (according to the system, see below). But however clean master shows it to be around 4GB (while before it showed the total space to be 16GB):

Now I'm really confused. Please help me.
Also I want to say that to play the games again without lag I decided to root my phone to install the RAMEXPANDER and swap some sdcard memory to increase the ram virtually. So I also have a question that can the rooting process take away some memory(as a side effect, in case something went wrong) ( I am new to it and so I don't know much about it)

I had swapped about 600MB memory of my internal storage and also I had noticed the problem before I installed the RAM expander. I am totally confused with it, while the system shows 8GB storage, other apps like Clean Master, ES File Explorer, KingRoot etc. everyone shows it to be around 4GB.


texts: Can online games from websites be played in Android?

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My nephew and I were playing an old Atari videogame from a website on the PC. He has an Android phone and asked me if he could play it on that. I went to the site on Google Chrome and the game loaded fullscreen correctly, but we don't have any idea how the keyboard keys from the PC can be triggered from the phone's screen, if this is possible.
Is this possible? Can online games from websites be played on Android?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S disconnected during Kies firmware download

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The phone will not work at all now and only shows an icon depicting the phone and a pc connected with an exclamation in the middle. I have taken out the battery etc but to no avail. The PC now doesn't recognise the USB connection.

What do I do now?


texts: How to fix "error: device not found" when I try to use ADB

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I'm trying to get my phone (JiaYu G3T) working under adb on Windows 8 x64 (worked fine on Windows 7 x64 before reinstalling my OS).

Driver Android Composite ADB Interface, version 8.0.0.0, works fine.

My adb won't list any devices (adb.exe devices).

I tried:

installed Google USB driver
enabled debugging mode in phone
added my device's hardware IDs to the Google USB driver inf file and installed
installed Moborobo (phone works fine in there but adb still won't find the device)
tried switch Settings > Storage > Menu > USB Computer connection to "Camera (PTP)"
tried two different version of adb (1.0.31 and 1.0.26)

Those were some of the advices I found so far.


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How to force desktop version of websites ?

Changing the user agent of the browser is useless.

Many sites steal your resolution info to shove the mobile version down your @$$

How to overcome that ?

I use Opera browser, for information sake. Altough I suppose the fix lays outside of the browser

Got Xposed


texts: Is there a better way to hide TV shows from the gallery?

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Yesterday I copied a few TV episodes to my phone's SD card, and now when I go to send a picture in Facebook Messenger, I'm swamped by those episodes. To fix this (i.e. to stop the videos showing in the Photos app and file pickers) I renamed the Videos folder on my SD card to .Videos (making it a hidden folder). Is there a better way to do this though? I don't need to lock them or hide hide them, I just don't want them to show in the gallery.

I'm on stock Android Oreo.


texts: How to play youtube in the background in android?

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I have been using PVSTAR+ app which plaeyed youtube in the background and I could listen to youtube while its closed.

Youtube recently updated it's API so PVSTAR+ doesnt work anymore.
it's also have been deleted from the store so I wont get any updates.

Is there an app that play youtube in the background and works now?
And I dont want to use AudioPocket-it can't search youtube.

Thanks.


texts: Open links to particular domain with particular app

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I use a browser as my default, but wish that links to certain domains be opened by default with another browser. For example if an app has a button that opens a website it normally opens it in the default browser. For most situations this is fine, but there a few exceptions I would like to change the browser the site opens in.

Is it possible to set "rules" for default app per domain?


texts: Can not boot into TWRP recovery - Black screen

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I am trying to flash TWRP onto a Redmi Note 4X
I have the device's bootloader unlocked.
I tried the following: Boot into fastboot mode on the Redmi (Vol Down + Power). Then type fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-mido.img on my PC. It says

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (26868 KB)...
OKAY [  0.625s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.360s]
finished. total time: 0.985s

Then press Vol Up + Power. The mi logo appears and then screen turns black and nothing happens.
When I type adb devices it says

List of devices attached
8dbec68d0604    recovery

So it seems I am in recovery but nothing happens.
I tried alternatively with older TWRP versions available for download. Same result. I also tried fastboot boot twrp-3.2.1-0-mido.img It says

downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.617s]
booting...
OKAY [  0.654s]
finished. total time: 1.270s

But also same results.
I can restart and load into MIUI just fine after that.

I tried this with the stock MIUI version that came with the phone, also with the latest Stable ROM and also with the latest Developer ROM. Always same result.

When I choose "Reboot into Recovery" from the MIUI Update Settings, I get to the MI-Recovery which seems to work fine.

Now I am out of ideas. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!


texts: Touchwiz and Samsung Cameras and photo quality

texts:
This post by cgirerd, on XDA says,

  All the custom ROMs out there that are not Touchwiz-based don't use the stock camera (and the stock camera can't be installed on them). So, by using ROMs such as Lineage OS, Resurrection Remix OS, crDroid, AOSP and so on, you will get lower quality than on Touchwiz-based ROMs such as SuperMan-ROM, BatMan-ROM, IronMan-ROM.

As a programmer, I'm not sure what that means but I'm inclined to think there may be some truth to it or he knows what he's talking about.

When cgirerd says "stock camera" is he referring to the stock camera
application, or the stock camera firmware/drivers for the ROM? I have an Samsung S5, and I use LineagOS and I've never noticed even a slight degradation in camera quality; but, I'm also of the mindset that the world we be a better place if phone didn't have cameras and almost never use my own.

Is there any truth to that post by cgirerd?


texts: What is the default CPU Freq governor of the SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 GT-I9500 Octacore version?

texts: I have been playing around with CPUFreq governors of the octacore version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and I forgot what was the default governor device was configured to operate at by Samsung?


texts:
Ola!

I'm playing with a LG G4-H815.

When using adb reboot bootloader, the phone just boot on normal mode.
When doing the Volume Up + Power button thing, I manage to land on Download Mode but nothing happens, fastboot does not detect the phone. And I get this popup:

Reset Factory doesn't work either. Does nothing but reboot the phone as if nothing happened.

$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

$ adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 29.0.5-5949299
Installed as /home/adrien/adb-fastboot/platform-tools/adb

$ fastboot --version
fastboot version 29.0.5-5949299
Installed as /home/adrien/adb-fastboot/platform-tools/fastboot


texts: I lost my phone and connected it to my computer via Google account so I can check it's location, commend it to beep, etc. However, I will be able to retrieve it only tomorrow and by then it will definitely be drain out of battery as it has only 15% of battery capacity as of now. Can I turn it off and then on? Thanks.


texts: How do I make older images in my /sdcard/DCIM folder show up in Gallery?

texts:
I've tried a few builds of Android Jelly Bean coming from Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and one common thing that happens is that Gallery will only show pictures taken after the ROM installation. The images themselves are still in the /sdcard/DCIM folder, but they are just not showing up in Gallery.

My phone is a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus.


texts: How can you restore the default icons after installing a home replacement like Open Home 6

texts:
I have installed Open Home 6 as a home replacement on my Archos 101 apad.

Is there a way to revert to the default icons for gmail / market / contacts and the like ?

Are icon sets a system wide setting ? Or are those sets specific to the software application which displays them.


texts: Android supports of Interactive whiteboard

texts:
I would like to write an app for the Interactive whiteboard using my android tv box. But i am not sure what kinds of Interactive whiteboard are support my Android TV box.

1.It seems that the interactive whiteboard uses USB interface to communicate with the host. As my Android TV box has USB port and supports most of the TVs, does it mean my Android TV box can support the interactive whiteboard which support USB?

2.If the interactive whiteboard doesn't support my android TV box, can i get its driver and write it into the ROM to support it?


texts: Unable to open link with native app in Android

texts:
I have this problem on my Marshmallow device. My issue is with select apps on my device, particularly the Expedia app. I can get some native apps to work, including Shazam and Google apps (Youtube, Maps, Chrome, etc). This only works from Firefox, by long-pressing the link and choosing Open with [app name].

I have enabled the app settings to "Open in this app" under
Settings -> Apps -> Configure Apps (gear icon in top right) -> App links -> Expedia -> Open supported links. Expedia links, including www.expedia.com, are in the supported links list.

For Android system settings I do not have a section called "Default" under App Permissions. However, under Settings->Apps->Configure Apps (gear in upper right)->Default Apps I have 4 options "Assist & voice input", "Browser app", "Phone app", "SMS app". There are no other options. No default browser is set, but the phone and SMS apps are set.

Despite this, I do not even see the option of opening with Expedia when
Using "Open Link With" and "Best Open With" apps do not work. For example, when using the Open Link With app, I only have Firefox and Chrome offered as apps to share with.  When I disable Browsers as opening options (a feature in Open Link With) and I try to share with the app, I receive the message "No other application found to handle the URL" from Open Link With (see https://github.com/tasomaniac/OpenLinkWith/blob/master/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml).

I tried rebooting my device. I tried reinstalling Expedia. I cannot update my stock ROM beyond Marshmallow. I am very hesitant to Reset App Preferences because I'd have to go through them one by one to reassign permissions as appropriate. For me, Chrome is more restricted than Firefox, e.g., I cannot open Youtube links with the native Youtube app through Chrome, but can with Firefox by long-pressing the link and selecting "Open With YouTube App", as similarly noted above.  I also have the same problem using Chrome on a Samsung tablet with the Expedia app installed.

Can anyone verify they also have this issue on Android Marshmallow?

I understand that some apps may have their "intent filter" programmed incorrectly (from Force link to open in app not my default browser).  Can anyone verify if Expedia has this programmed incorrectly, or if is it a Marshmallow issue? If there's a solution, any suggestions (aside from reverse engineering, reprogramming and rebuilding)?


texts:
How can I use Digital Wellbeing in Secure folder Android 10? I am using Samsung A70.

Basically I would like to restrict usage of certain apps inside my secure folder and if possible I would like to have a launcher for secure folder like Desert Island - A Digital Wellbeing Experiment - Apps on Google Play. I am able to install it but I have  to manually activate it everytime I go inside secure folder.


texts: POP3 E-mail Downloading Old E-mails I had Deleted

texts: My Galaxy S3 phone recently received an update.  My POP3 e-mail via Comcast now downloads e-mails from several weeks ago, apparently when it wants and however many it wants, at the same time it checks for new e-mails.  I end up 'marking as read' and deleting these in bulk time and again.  I've tried NOT marking as read as well.  This did not happen until after the update.  Any suggestions?


texts: How to install ADB drivers on Windows 10 (OPO)

texts:
Problem: Install ADB drivers (google_usb_drivers) on a Windows 10 client in order to enable debugging for my OnePlus One (OPO).

What I have tried:
After some Googling I found several guides telling me to add the devices hardware id to googles driver "android_winusb.inf" under [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64].

;OnePlus One
%SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_Install, USB\VID_05C6&PID_6765
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_Install, USB\VID_05C6&PID_6765&MI_01

After manually selecting this file as the driver using Device Manager, I get this error message: The hash for the file is not present in the specified catalog(...)

Googling this error, I found many references to similar problems with Windows 8.1. They all suggested to (scarily I might add) turn off signature checks on drivers using the command:

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

This however, seems to have no effect - I get the same error as before. Have this feature been disabled or changed since Windows 8.1 maybe?

Question: Does anyone know how to get ADB up and running on a Windows 10 machine? If so which steps did you take? Am I completely off with what I've tried so far?


texts: Prevent wallpaper to slide when sliding the home screen

texts:
My question is that when I slide my home screen, my background wallpaper also slides. Not giving me a complete view of full wallpaper on a particular screen.

How to fix it?


texts: How to hide your SSID from apps / keep your Android apps from finding your Wifi SSID?

texts:
As far as I know, all android apps are able to scan nearby / available Wifi networks. They can either get a list of nearby SSIDs, or at least they can get the SSID of the Wifi you are currently on. Correct? I remember the "get wifi scan results" unrevokable permission from some time ago (stoppable only if you were rooted and had xposed framework) (Also, exhibit B: Google, SkyHook, and Apple SSID databases).
This means that even if you are on a VPN, even if you turn off wifi scanning, even if you turn off location services and take out your sim card, even if you stop broadcasting your router's wifi SSID, your apps will be able to know what wifi SSID you are currently on.
This means that an attacker (read: the surveillance capitalism :) ), can figure out if/when I am home, and which other devices that are/were online have used the same SSID. E.g. all my family's (mandatory) banking apps will know where my family members congregate, and could change my insurance score, or other "insert dystopian scenario here".
Considering what I described, I don't think there is any wiggle room for you to ever hide your real location from a bad (state, corp, hacker) actor. Am I wrong? Can I hide my SSID from the apps that are on my phone?
I can't believe there aren't any hits on this subject on the internet.
(PS: obviously, the point of the question is not whether or not I am paranoid, the question is whether this is technically solvable)

[EDIT] To be clear, I haven't technically analyzed recent Android versions, but my question is about the most recent Android versions, as those are the versions everyone's obviously moving forward with. E.g. Android 10, Android 11.
[EDIT2] Would also be interested if iOS offers better privacy / protection in this regard. I created a sister question on "Ask Different", and spoiler alert: APPLE DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. (as much as I hate apple's UX and lack of customizability and user control, at least rogue apps don't get that control either)


texts: Ringtone is starting late as a result of this it gets cut

texts: When we receive a call the ringtone is very slow for the first 3 secs and after that the ringtone plays with full volume. Is that a fault of my phone or everyone is facing the same? The first 3 secs of the ringtone is getting cut as we are hardly able to hear the song.


texts: How to install or go to fastboot mode if my phone is stuck in animation boot and has no fastboot in it?

texts: Im using Xiaomi redmi 1s and I modified something on the system, after rebooting it, It was stuck at the animation boot. I can only go to recovey mode which has least option reboot, wipe, update zip file, power off. I tried to wipe it but it still stuck, what should I do? everything I searched requires to be at fastboot mode and i can't go to fastboot mode because I can only go to recovery mode any guides on how to install?


texts:
My media volume occasionally and randomly jumps to 100%

Usually when it does happen it's in the first few seconds after I start playing music on my headphones, which makes me suspect Spotify or Bose.

How do I tell what app is doing this?

How do I tell what apps can change the media volume?


texts: Why does the screen come on when my phone is plugged in but idle?

texts:
Sometimes when my Nexus One is plugged in with the screen switched off, the screen turns itself on (showing the lock screen) seemingly randomly, and I have the "Stay awake" Development option turned on, so it stays switched on until I manually switch it off again.

I suspect that some app is inappropriately obtaining an ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP WakeLock. Is there a way to get a log of WakeLock activity or some other way of debugging this?


texts:
I want to install the xposed framework on my Nexus 5 and in the framework, the install/update option doesn't work.

My Nexus 5 runs Android 5.0 (Lollipop).


texts: Addon.d bash script for removing apks after nightly reflash on Android 5.1 CM12.1 not working

texts:
I'm trying to have a bash script in /system/addon.d/ that removes unwanted apks from a nightly Android 5.1 (CM12.1) install for my Galaxy Nexus phone. Each new nightly reflash will reinstall some system apps so that is why I want a script to reverse this action so I do not have to do it manually.

There are some backup scripts that run fine (SU, GApps) but my own script does not work. It can be found below.

I placed the script in /system/addon.d/ with permissions -rwxr-xr-x (same permissions set as other scripts in addon.d). When flashing I do not see the echo and the apps are not removed.

I have tried google and researched other scripts but I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong here. Help is appreciated!

#!/sbin/sh
#
# /system/addon.d/80-autoclean.sh
#

. /tmp/backuptool.functions

list_files() {
cat <<EOF
AudioFX
BackupRestoreConfirmation
BasicDreams
Browser
CMAccount
CMBugReport
Calendar
CyanogenSetupWizard
DeskClock
Eleven
Email
Exchange2
Galaxy4
HTMLViewer
HoloSpiralWallpaper
LatinIME
LiveWallpapers
LiveWallpapersPicker
LockClock
NoiseField
PhaseBeam
PhotoPhase
PhotoTable
Tag
Terminal
ThemeChooser
ThemesProvider
UserDictionaryProvider
VisualizationWallpapers
VpnDialogs
EOF
}

case "$1" in
  backup)
    # Stub
  ;;
  restore)
    # Stub
  ;;
  pre-backup)
    # Stub
  ;;
  post-backup)
    # Stub
  ;;
  pre-restore)
    # Stub
  ;;
  post-restore)
    list_files | while read FILE; do
        rm -rf /system/app/$FILE.apk
        rm -rf /system/priv-app/$FILE.apk
        rm -rf /system/app/$FILE
        rm -rf /system/priv-app/$FILE
        echo "Removed $FILE"
    done
  ;;
esac


texts: How does "PowerAmp" make song quality better?

texts:
I am using Poweramp trial version.
I tried so many music player but can not find anything like poweramp.

I am curious how poweramp makes song quality better even using low quality headset.


texts: After Factory Reset - Please Sign in using one of the owner's account for this device - Asus Zenfone 2

texts:
I'm using Asus Zenfone 2 laser Android device. For a specific reason I did factory reset. After reset I tried to access my mobile. It asked me to use Google account which I used before in that device for sync. I did that too. But again and again i'm seeing "Please sign in using one of the owner's account for this device". I tried so many times using all my previous Gmail ids which ever used in my mobile. How to resolve this issue? I checked in Google and got results for some Bypass Technic which I don't want. I need the root cause and the proper solution.

Note: Before resetting my mobile I changed the password of my Gmail id and I used the updated password. I'm not sure whether it would be the reason. If so how to fix this?


texts:
I recently purchased an LG Optimus Logic for StraightTalk, which runs Android 2.3.6. The phone was advertised as having 1GB internal Memory and also came with a 4GB Micro SD.

I've used the phone for about a week now and noticed something which I believe is drastically wrong with the Memory Scheme. As I've downloaded apps, they seem to not be using the internal memory properly. On the Applications Manage screen, the apps take up "System Memory", which is about 190MB maximum. As you can imagine, this space is used up rather fast after only a few apps installed. So I tried to see if I could move apps to the SD Card, but there's the hitch. The option didn't refer to an SD card at all, but was a greyed-out "Move to Internal Memory". A few of the apps had this option, and when I selected it they began to take up the 1GB Internal Memory, which was not used at all before. The option for memory management then read "Move to Phone". Also, I noticed that as I installed more apps RAM was being used even before the Apps started running.

My theory is that the phone was poorly configured. A section of RAM is being treated as the Internal Storage or Flash Memory or whatever you call it, which was labelled "System Memory". The actual, 1GB Internal memory is being treated as external storage much as an SD card would, which leaves the real SD card out in the cold. My best evidence for this is that I removed the SD card and the apps I moved to the other memory still functioned.

I have two questions:

Am I correct in assuming this, or do I not grasp Android memory properly and your knowledgeable minds can enlighten me?
If I am correct, is there any way I can fix this manually, as LG and StraightTalk seem to be of no help on the issue.

Thank you for your time.


texts:
Yesterday I bought a new LG G2 device and I wanted to turn on the Google Now feature, sadly, my Google Search app settings does not show any sign of Now switch. How can I turn on the Google Now

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texts: Google Music 'Unknown Artist' only in Android App

texts:
So I have an album that for some reason shows up as of an 'Unknown artist' in my library in the Google Music app. I already fixed the tags in Foobar (and also checked them again with MP3Tag) and then deleted the old files off my sd card and copied the fixed ones back on it. Yet still, they show up without an artist in the app...

I tried several things:

Uploading them to my Google Music Library, then they show up just fine. (So the files should be correct. But I want them on my extra SD card, so this was just to see if there was still something wrong with the files.)
Clear all the data of the Google Music app (menu->apps->google play->clear data.) Didn't change a thing.
Reinstall the Google Music app.
Remove the com.google.android.music folder.
Restart phone.

Nothing fixed it... Now I don't know what else I could try. Obviously something went wrong, since at first the tags were wrong, but I fixed them. Any other program I tried reads them just fine. Any ideas on how to fix it?

Edit:

I just tried another music app on android (doubleTwist) and that also shows those songs under 'Unknown artist'... Yet when I copy the file back from my SD card to my pc it does show both Artist and Album artist correctly. I'm stumped. Is there some kind of cash of android I can clear? (Already tried clearing the Google Music app cash.) I'm completely stumped on what's going wrong :(

Edit 2:

I just found that the 'unknown artists'-songs apparently use an older/different version of Flac than the other files. According to foobar the bad songs are flac 1.1.1, while the other files are 1.2.1. When looking in Mp3tag the bad ones says 'FLAC (FLAC ID3v2)' and the good ones say 'FLAC (FLAC)'.

Thanks a lot!


texts: White blocks in place of the numbers on the lock screen

texts:
My phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) updated recently to Android 5.0.1 and now I have a problem with my lock screen.

Instead of the usual number pad with letters I have lots of white blocks in place of the numbers and most of the letters. Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts:
I'm trying to install ADB drivers for my phone on Windows 8. Previously on Windows 7 I used a driver that is not supported on Win8 and also doesn't work.

Debugging option is set.
Version 4.0.4
Sharp 106SH

Now, I've found a newer driver with the description:

Connect the terminal to the PC using a USB cable.
The Android Composite ADB Interface is detected, and the driver installation
screen appears.
Select /usb_driver_SHARP/ for the driver storage location and install the driver.

My problem is that this dialog/screen never appears. Is it possible to make this dialog appear manually?


texts:
Is it possible to connect an Android tablet to a VGA projector to make presentations of what's on its screen – and if so, how can this be done?

TL;DR:

I am searching the market for purchasing an Android tablet. The only feature that I want it to have is being able to be connected to VGA projectors for making presentations concerning my Android applications. So before buying any device, I need to know if this is possible (not looking for "device recommendations" explicitly here, but for the technical possibility).

I've searched similar question but I didn't find a definitive answer. I know I must also buy a converter but I've found out that is more difficult than it sounds. So I would like to hear some suggestions, better yet if you have achieved such a connection.


texts: Google Services is killing my battery by keeping phone awake

texts:
In the last few days my Galaxy S3 has gone from lasting 12-13 hours to about 6 hours. On checking the battery monitor it seems to suggest that the phone is constantly staying awake and that Google Services are to blame.

I was recently experiencing real problems with Google Chrome freezing the phone so I have uninstalled and gone back to the native browser but the battery issue persists...

Has anyone experienced anything similar....is a factory reset the only solution? (Android version 4.1.1)


texts: HOW MUCH android OS TAKE MEMORY IN DEVICES

texts:
I need answer that how much memory would take any android os on devices.

can i root device and install kitkat os which device have already gingerbread .


texts: I want to connect my Samsung Galaxy SIII to my University's wifi network. I have the certificate on my computer. I'm trying to install it. I have transferred it to my mobile's download folder and to the root folder via Android file transfer. Only if I go under Settings>Security>Install from device storage, Downloads appears to be empty. How do I install that p12 certificate?


texts: Just updated to Android 4.2.2, Facebook Messenger doesn't push notifications now?

texts:
I just updated my Samsung Galaxy S3 (model SCH-I535) to Android version 4.4.2. It seems fine, except for one bug I've noticed recently.

Facebook messenger will not always give me a notification that a message has been received. I've got it set to flash the light and show the icon on the top task bar only, but here is what I have determined:

If messenger is currently open while the phone is locked or the screen is off, no notification is pushed.
If messenger is off screen but still running while the phone is locked or off, some of the time it pushes a notification, and sometimes it does not.
Mostly I notice a small (1) next to the messenger icon, but no light notification.

Is this just a new feature? I have tried everything I can think of with the settings, uninstalling and reinstalling, clearing the cache and stored data for messenger, and I'm out of ideas.

Does anyone know what this could be?


texts:
Sometimes when I'm just casually clicking around in apps or swiping through the OS, I get random Share Intent popups. I can usually open it with ES File Explorer, Chrome or Dropbox. It has no indication what the Intent is about, so I can't figure it out.

Is there a known cause for this behavior?


texts:
re.:

WiFi ad-hoc mesh network made of 10 Android smartphones

I have a number of wifi, GPS,  accelerometer enabled smartphones (Android 5.) and would like to build ad-hoc mesh network.

I read:

https://www.bing.com/search?q=wifi+ad-hoc+mesh+network&form=QBLH&sp=-1&pq=wifi+ad-hoc+mesh+network&sc=0-24&qs=n&sk=&cvid=0E5462D3C6E34B53BCF69993119AC7F7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network

related question:
Windows adhoc mesh network
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13129382/windows-adhoc-mesh-network

I plan to start from static topology, close proximity, supporting every peer can communicate with other peer node, to study redundancy, reliability and to visualize traffic in the form of the graph ( vide traffic in car navigation).

I would like to study how much time and bandwidth is spent on updating routes vs. delivering data.

If successful I plan to study dynamic topology, implementing GPS geolocation and visualization of the wifi nodes in Google Maps, wifi traffic supported and visualized.

Once implemented I plan to add solar charger to every wifi, GPS enabled smartphone, since charging 10 smartphones in outdoor is not easy for a number of different geolocation.

Ok, I am aware, ad-hoc mesh network is not hot today but what is hot, GPS-enabled smartphone can be today purchased at pocket money, making the project feasible.

At the same time I would like to read about wifi ad-hoc mesh metwork projects, made of 10+ ... 100+ smartphones, since large numbers of smartphones are readily available among operators

Ok, I need to test first which wifi adopter modes are supported.

Building such network is my old dream, so I appreciate your suggestions and comments.

My personal budget is limited but I can offer bounty since I can buy more smartphones of the same make and model ( Android 5.) to make software installation, configuration more friendly.

related questions:
ad hoc network in android

Why can't my device see an ad-hoc WiFi network?

Connect Android device as wifi adapter to a PC to create an ad-hoc network

Connect android phones through adhoc wifi network

Does any version of Android support ad-hoc connections?


texts:
I am currently running the Favum 1.1 ROM on my toshiba thrive, and I tried to use Font Installer to install a new system font. For some reason the font will install, but the actual font on my thrive won't change even when I restart and wipe the davlik cache. Is there any way to change the system font?

I can't find the system/font folder anywhere either.


texts: Can't change file and folder permissions on rooted device

texts: I can't change the file and folder permissions on my rooted android 4.4.2 device. I tried doing this from Root Explorer, Total Commander and also from terminal emulator and it didn't worked. Any idea why?


texts: Standalone program for managing encrypted partitions? Or, How can I manage encrypted partitions in recovery mode?

texts:
Android uses dm-crypt for providing disk-encryption as stated in the implementation notes. Those notes also state (emphasis mine):

  While the actual encryption work is a standard linux kernel feature,
  enabling it on an Android device proved somewhat tricky. The Android
  system tries to avoid incorporating GPL components, so using the
  cryptsetup command or libdevmapper were not available options. So
  making the appropriate ioctl(2) calls into the kernel was the best
  choice. The Android volume daemon (vold) already did this to support
  moving apps to the SD card, so I chose to leverage that work for whole
  disk encryption. The actual encryption used for the filesystem for
  first release is 128 AES with CBC and ESSIV:SHA256. The master key is
  encrypted with 128 bit AES via calls to the openssl library.

  Once it was decided to put the smarts in vold, it became obvious that
  invoking the encryption features would be done like invoking other
  vold commands, by adding a new module to vold (called cryptfs) and
  teaching it various commands. The commands are checkpw, restart,
  enablecrypto, changepw and cryptocomplete. They will be described in
  more detail below.

So Android does not an existing tool due to licensing issues... As a user in recovery mode, I do not have vold running and would like to have a minimum program that can:

Create a new encrypted partition.
Unlock existing encrypted partitions.
(optional) View information about the encrypted partition.

Does such a program exist? Ideally it can also run in a non-Android environment, but at the moment it is important to create an encrypted partition in recovery mode.

The subject OS is Android 4.2.2 with CWM 6.0.3.2 as recovery image.


texts: whatsapp not connecting to network until opened

texts:
The problem is only with whatsapp app, only in my android device and only when connected to my WiFi.
Background data is turned on.
Battery optimization is off.
Account sync is enabled.
Proxy is none.
DNS is 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4.
Could anyone please help. Thankyou


texts: LG P710 Optimus L7 II keep turning off the WiFi

texts:
I just bought my first Android phone, a LG P710 Optimus L7 II. I love it.

Just one problem. For some reason, when i haven't used the phone for a little while, the WiFi disconnects. In Settings> WiFi> Advanced the 'Keep WiFi on during sleep' is set to 'Always'. So i don't understand why it turns itself off.

Any help would be fantastic

Thanks


texts:
I got Samsung J7 but it doesn't has auto brightness feature, but in GSM Arena review said it has ambient light.... but it doesn't have auto-brightness and notification light?
can anyone tell me what is ambient light sensor?
thank you


texts: avdmanager hangs on "Loading local repository..." Linux

texts:
Repro:

Headless Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM (kvm note enabled)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y wget openjdk-8-jre-headless libc6-i386 lib32stdc++6 python3-pip nginx unzip
sudo wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-6200805_latest.zip
sudo unzip commandlinetools-linux-6200805_latest.zip -d /opt
sudo /opt/tools/bin/sdkmanager --install --sdk_root=/opt "system-images;android-19;default;armeabi-v7a" "platform-tools" "platforms;android-19"
/opt/tools/bin/avdmanager create avd -n arm -k "system-images;android-19;default;armeabi-v7a" -f

On step 7 in hangs with Loading local repository...

Notes:

Running the avdmanager as sudo doesn't help, and the image need's to be created by a user anyway.
Tried sudo setfacl -m u:username:rwx /opt/tools/bin/avdmanager didn't help
setting ANDROID_HOME=/opt and PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools doesn't help
newer version of command line tools don't help ether.

What is the problem? How can I investigate? Have I missed something?


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I've looked at XDA and couldn't find anything and nobody will answer my question there. Please let me know if it is possible and if it is, how to do it?

Methods I already tried:

Framaroot
Kingoroot
Towelroot
Rootmaster
One Click Root
 root


texts: how to enhance the sound quality while recording the sound?

texts: I want to enhance the sound quality while recording the sound on the android device, Is there and external device which is used for this. If yes then tell me for this I'll be thankful to you.


texts:
I have an Android 6.0.1 Vibe P1 Turbo with literally dead screen(I closed the phone months ago and did a complete disassembly).

What I want to do is get the phone output the screen through USB right when it starts up. I was thinking about octopus micro USB with USB A legs and attach both a mouse and an "USB to HDMI converter" to connect it to the dumb LCD TV (1366X768 PAL) and backup data to the Google Drive and shut down the phone for good.

Will I be able to do it? Or I have to open the phone first which makes it impossible? Can you give me an things to have and a tutorial?

The phone has pattern lock


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Is there a possibility to force an android phone to use cellular data when connected to wifi. For iOS I've found this https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/173894/can-i-connect-to-wifi-but-still-use-cellular

Regards,
Nils


texts: Backup app data without root and no micro USB port

texts:
How can I backup an app's data (i.e. Angry Birds scores and achievements) on my Nexus 7, running Android 4.2.2? My tablet is not rooted and my micro USB port is damaged, disallowing me to connect to the computer.

Any suggestions?


texts: Using a phone to give internet access to an already established network

texts:
I am currently planning a project I wish to undertake in the next few months, a power bank / portable file server / wifi router. I want to be able to give internet access to devices connected to the wifi network using my phone (rooted).

Client -> wifi router project -> my phone -> Internet via mobile data

My phone would also be a client on the network. I would be using a raspberry pi zerow inside the project.

Wondering if this is at all possible, and if it is, how would I go about doing it?


texts:
I want to use my Moto Z as a physical device, however I can't without the drivers.

The only thing I found was the Motorola Device Manager. However, plugging it in to my PC I get this, even though I have an internet connection on both my phone and laptop.

Is there any direct driver? Or, how can I fix it?


texts: Emoticon on keyboard support and Android version

texts: I am wondering since what version Android emoticon have been added?


texts: Will my wake up alarm ring all day? I left it at work

texts: I left my phone at work in my locker, Im not in work today, will my wake up alarm (that I have on repeat mon-fri) sound off all day on repeat or does it stop after a few attempts?


texts: Plug android USB to PC, get malicious file?

texts:
Hello :) so i have been googling about it but no info on my specific question.

About the safety of transfering files to/from PC. Where there's a possibility of android get malicious file unknowingly from PC. Where you cant fully sure if the PC is free from malicious file.

I read that some ways to prevent that is. Turn off usb debugging.

Is there still a way of the android to get affected?
Also is there more way to be safer?

Thank you for whoever responded :)


texts:
ADB always exits by itself causing (many times) almost wiping my data folder on PC instead of /data on Android.

It does this even while I'm typing commands (!) as if there is a timer that makes it exit after some time.

How to prevent this from happening?

Device details: Galaxy S2 with newest cyanogenmod nightly (based on Android 4.4.4); the clockworkmod version is 6.0.5.0 or 6.0.4.8 (If I flash Dorimanx Kernel 10.43v113)

PC details Lubuntu 14.04/14.10 amd64 version with Linux 3.16-rc3


texts: Is there a way to disable the power button on Android 9?

texts:
I have an alarm clock app that disables the power button when alarming (to prevent from turning off the phone). This option works fine on my ancient android phone, but it doesn't work somehow on Honor8a (Android 9).
If it could be working that would be perfect. But if it's impossible with android 9, I look for an opportunity to disable the power button (the restarting and the turning off options) permanently. But I need to save the locking on option though.


texts: how to take android browser offline when my external ip changes?

texts:
My ISP only provides ipv4 ips dynamically. I have tracked them using a termux script and found that i can get back ips after reconnecting a couple of times.
Now what I want is to restrict my browser to a certain format of ips.
My idea:
Running a local simple proxy in termux and browsing through that. Whenever the connection gets lost, a script will shut the proxy and check the new external ip. will only restart the proxy when the format matches.
Now I am trying to figure out how to run a script whenever my data connection is lost ?
Please help me with your ideas regarding this or anything related to my main question. Thanks


texts: How do I sync and share Calendars from multiple Google accounts with my phone?

texts:
I have some questions regarding to Android's default calendar app in Galaxy 5 (five).

I am working with two Google accounts, but my calendar app shows calendar of only one account which is marked default. How to see events in calendar of other account?
How can I sync events of Android calendar and Google's online calendar?
How can I share events of my calendar to other Android device or my friend's Google calendar?


texts: Battery drain while doze, CPU abort wakeups

texts:
I'm running Android 11, in a Moto G30.
I've noticed battery drains from 100% to 80% from 1am to 9am when I wake up. I decided to get a bugreport.zip using ADB and load it in Battery Historian.
Seems like at some point in the night, JobScheduler runs and finishes in a minute, but CPU stays on forever (even on full doze state). Reasons seem to be several Abort:Pending Wakeup Sources related to networking. At these point, battery discharge rate is ~2.5% per hour, whereas "normal" screen-off / doze rate is ~1.5%.
These are some screenshots, and here's the bugreport.zip

Here's the CPU wakeup sources list,

And here's a previous time when JobScheduler runs and CPU behaved well,


texts: How to see download count of an Android app on Google Play store?

texts:
I cannot see the download counts of one app on Google Play.

How can we know that number of one app?


texts: Old sim deactivated but i want to use that same number for new sim

texts:
My old sim has been deactivated and most of my contacts know me by my old number.
I want some way to register my whatsapp to that old number


texts: What is this S-shaped icon that appear on top of samsung screen/indicator bar?


texts: App download from own server shows unknown resource, How to make it trusted one

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May be I am asking discussion related question, I am sorry if you feel it wrong,
but I am really stuck while deciding what to do.

For first time app Installation I have to give Download link for users from My own server because users don't have access to other Internet (also play store).
I have uploaded app to my own server and gave download link to other users from there.

Now while installing that from that location gives warning that it is from untrusted location and ask to change the setting and tick unknown location. maybe because I haven't signed this app with play store.
Now,
If I sign it with play store key and upload it to app store also, but for first time If I give same app download from my server, will it give same warning ?

Or else what things I can do to remove that warning while downloading from my own server.

Any other ways of dealing with this scenario will be helpful.


texts: Disable sound and vibration for Gmail Notifications

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I want to switch off sound and vibration alerts for Gmail, but leave on the icon (in the notification bar). I still want it to vibrate on Google Hangouts and Facebook Messenger notification, etc.

I'm using Android 4.4.2


texts: link2sd. Most Apps were gone after restarting

texts:
I just rooted my phone and successfully link all movable apps to my external sd's 2nd partition (ext4) using link2sd.

I did a restart and everything's fine, same on the second restart...

but the third time most apps disappear, only system apps are there...

When I try to use messaging app to text someone, it'll crash. It will say: "Unfortunately, Messaging has stopped".

What should I do except from restoring my backup or doing factory data reset?


texts: Downloaded a phising application, what steps should I take next?

texts:
My dad accidentally downloaded a fishy DHL tracking application. The application was downloaded through a SMS he received.
I immediately noticed that the application wasn't accessible through the apps list. Whenever I click on it, the apps list immediately closes. The application had access rights to his contacts, phone and SMS. Trying to deny to rights was not possible as the application immediately turned those rights back on.
My first intuition was that "Hey, an installed application shouldn't have system level access to system applications" as such, I figured that if kept trying to click the delete button faster than that the application closes the apps list, I should be safe...
And guess what, it worked! I was able to delete the application that way... lame.
But now that the immediate threat is gone, should I worry about any lingering landmines?
Is there a way to be sure its all safe? Should I check anything specific? I made sure my dad changed his passwords.
Thanks in advance!


texts: Can an Android phone be backed up while stuck at boot loop?

texts: I have Samsung Galaxy Note N-7000 which got stuck at boot loop after installing and opening and app called InstaFrame, is there anyway to backup the device before doing a factory reset to get the device working again? The device isn't rooted, thanks.


texts: Does encryption, factory reset, encryption make a safer used phone?

texts:
I recently purchased a used Moto X. I know the person I bought it from so I'm not terribly worried but here is my idea to shore up the security on a used device.

Don't put in your SIM card or log into any accounts
Factory reset
Encrypt device
Factory reset
Encrypt device
Install SIM, log into accounts
Enjoy

This seems like a solid way to make sure the device is completely wiped out... except for the boot loader. I'm not sure how the comes into play, or if this method even makes that big of a difference. The process I outlined isn't difficult, it just takes a few hours.

Is it worth it?
Can it be improved?
What about the boot loader?


texts: Can I recover a soft-bricked Galaxy A5 without voiding the warranty?

texts:
I have a newly purchased Samsung Galaxy A5, which, after attempting to install Marshmallow eventually got stuck on the "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" screen. Just before this happened I briefly saw a message that said "error" beside a picture of a little android lying on its back (presumably suffering from an error).

I tried leaving it there on that "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" screen but after 8 hours I gave up, took the charging cable out, and let the batter die (the A5 has an internal battery so removing it was not an option).

I can restart by charging the phone for a bit and then holding down Power + VolumeDown + Home, which takes me to a screen with 2 options:

VolumeUp: Continue
VolumeDown: Cancel (restart phone)

both options take me back to the "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" screen. I can restart with Power + VolumeUp + Home, which seems to make the phone attempt to reinstall the update. I get a screen saying "Installing system update...", which gets to about 90% before showing me the little dead android and the "Error" message. After that, it's back to the "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" screen.

My first option was to return the phone but the vendor is giving me the run-around and my credit-card company will take up to 80 days to revert the payment, so I was hoping to fix this myself, but not at the cost of voiding the warranty, as this could jeopardize my chances of getting a refund / repair. I have contacted the Fair Trading body in my state (in Australia) who will mediate and probably get me a refund but, again, this will take a while.

So, do I have any options, or do I just need to wait this out?


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My wife's Nexus 5 recently started behaving very weirdly.

For notifications, it always think that it's in silent mode (i.e. it vibrates and doesn't play a sound). This happens regardless of the actual volume settings. All other sounds seem to work properly (ringtones, in-call volume, etc.)

Also, when she presses volume up or down, it adjusts the in-call volume instead ringtone volume.

I have tried rebooting, and I even tried deleting the cache (as described here - https://android.stackexchange.com/a/139739/165076) but nothing seems to help.


texts:
I've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-I9100 running Android 2.3.5.

I love the "Swype" keyboard except I really want arrow keys. Is there please a way to add them or switch them on?

(Background)
I know I can tap the text entry box and a little pointer appears, but that's just not usable. Often, the vertical bar is always several characters off from where I drag the pointer to. If I want to insert text somewhere outside the visible area, its near impossible to get it to scroll to the right point.


texts: Both failed rooting LG G6 Nougat 7.0 on one-click root and PC

texts: I have been trying to root my LG G6 with Nougat 7.0 on. On the one click method it reaches 90% then fails with an error code: 0x172E55. I can never get past that. Then I tried with the PC version. I turned usb debugging on and use the original wire. It keeps on prompting me to turn on usb debugging and flashes on and off the connecting image. How do I fix this?


texts: Fequency at which location history gets my location?

texts: I've noticed that Google Location History tracks my position much more frequently and accurately when having Google Maps actively running, compared to when it is not. Is this the case for any app – whenever the GPS is on – or just when Google apps tracks my position?


texts: Stuck in boot loop after doing a factory reset, uploading custom firmware (via Odin), rebooting and doing another factory reset

texts:
I have the same issue as descibed here. I got the firmware file from here.

My phone isn't recognized by my computer when I connect it to USB ports that other devices work with while connected to the same ports. (The error popup notification from Windows Explorer is "This device malfunctioned and Windows can't connect to it".) The phone shows charging icon when connected by cable to a power socket. So while I tried to follow the following steps, I got stuck. Since there does not seem to be a connection between the phone and the computer, the flash won't complete.

Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.12.3
Extract Odin ZIP file
Open Odin v3.12.3
Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes

This is a screen shot of my interaction with Odin.

Other than getting a new phone, do you have any tips on how to fix this?

I tested a cable with another device, and it worked with that device.

I then tried again with that cable and the same port.

OK I got Odin to pass. I just had to make sure that it was connected properly and the MD5 file was added by clicking in the AP box and opening the file rather than dragging and dropping it into the box. Once I did that it started to download.

However, the phone is still stuck in a boot loop.

I am now able to connect to PC (Odin) but not able to make it boot.

I did a factory reset and rebooted, but I still get the same thing—it won't get past the boot screen.


texts: How to list all major partitions with their labels?

texts:
I want to figure out all partitions on my device together with their resp. mount points or labels (i.e. to know which partition is holding system, recovery, boot, etc.). This needs to be device independent (as I have multiple devices). Goal is to dd them and know which image is what.

I have seen Command to list partition mount points? – however, there the goal was just a partition list of mounted partitions. I need them all, and e.g. /recovery is not mounted when booting into "normal work mode".

So far, my recherche has brought up a bunch of approaches – but none of them works on any of the devices I've tested:

cat /proc/mtd: this is empty or non-existing
cat /proc/emmc: this is empty or non-existing
cat /proc/dumchar_info: non existing (MTK/MediaTek)
ls -al /dev/block/platform/*/by-name: either non-existing, or not having the wanted details

Any idea of what I could have missed? Of course I could walk all the /dev/block/mmcblk0p* devices, dump them, and sort them out later – but then I had to repeat that investigation for every of my devices (and again when someone turns up with another one), so that's no solution.

EDIT: Please note the command-line tag to this question. I'll have to access that information via ADB, and do not want to install some app on a device handed to me for investigation. Consider it "forensics background" (no changes to the device), though that's not exactly true ;)

Also apologies for my initial mis-phrasing: the "mount points" are only interesting in so far they reveal the purpose of the partition. I don't want to mount/remount them :)


texts: How to mount an ext3 partition from an external sd card on android

texts:
I'm trying to run Debian on the Android 4.4 (modded with cyanogenmod) that's installed on my nexus 10 to external sdcard. I'm reading this tutorial :

http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian

I've attached the Leef microSD microUSB Connector to the mini usb port of my nexus 10 as you can see here :

I've created two partitions on the sd card,as explained on the tutorial. The first is formatted with fat fs and the second one with ext3 file system. This is what I did when I've prepared the sd card partitions on the desktop computer :

Disk /dev/sdf: 64.0 GB, 64021856256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders, total 125042688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0004504c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdf1            2048    32767999    16382976    b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sdf2        32768000   125042687    46137344   83  Linux

When I attach the leef connector,only the fat32 partition is recognized by android,but not the ext3. This is the mount points that I see :

To proceed with the tutorial I need to mount the second partition where should be installed the debian OS. How can I do this ? thanks.


texts: "Priority only" notifications not turning off

texts:
My OnePlus One with Cyanogen OS 13.1.2 has for some reason refused to shut off its "priority only" notification status, pressing on the notification icon in the dashboard doesn't do anything, nor does restarting the phone.

However, the phone doesn't seem to act like it's only priority only mode, but it's preventing me from switching to do not disturb mode or the actual priority only mode.

Does anyone have any idea how to deal with this?


texts:
I updated my honor 9 to oreo few days ago and I'm trying to root it but i can't find a twrp version for it or another method to root it
I tried an alpha version of twrp and flashed it using fastboot but when i boot into recovery mode i find the stock recovery instead of twrp


texts: Disable syncing of contact that belongs to multiple groups

texts:
I have few Contact Groups.

Friends
Coworkers
Schoolmates

With someone whom I haven't communicated in many years, I add an additional group called Archived.
So, for example, a person can be in multiple groups like Friends and Archived. Is there a way I disable syncing contacts to the Android device, which has the Archived group, but sync all other entries?

What I see is:
if the contact has only the Archived group attached to it,
=== then I can disable syncing that contact.
But if the contact has any other group present, along with the Archived group,
=== then I do not know how to disable it.


texts: Am I blind or is there no share button so I cannot easily send somebody a link to some app from my phone? On a PC, I can copy a browser URL. I am pretty sure there was this share icon somewhere on the phone, but seems like it is no longer present.


texts: Insufficient space on Android 6 with SD-Card mouted as internal storage

texts:
I've got a Motorola Moto G 3 with Android 6.0
I installed a 32 GB SD-Card and I mounted it as Internal Storage (the new feature in Android 6). After installing some apps I get the error 'Insufficient memory' in the play store. Looking in the memory tab in the settings menu I saw that the internal storage is nearly full but with a filemanager I see that I have 25 GiB of storage left.
I have enabled the device encryption and I have enabled remote debugging in the developers setting.
(UI-tweaker is enabled too)

Has anyone an idea?
Thanks for your help!

Regards Microgamer


texts: How to know I am interacting with a fragment?

texts:
How do I identify that I'm interacting with a fragment? My understanding about fragments is not quite clear and I presume that they are about UI, always requires an Activity to be shown with it and are supposed to be modular in nature. They do not come with their own View unlike a full blown Activity.
Anyhow, here's the problem: the app My Android Tools offers UI that appears to be multi-pane and multi-window. For example: if I launch the app and choose Database, the activity remains the same i.e. cn.wq.myandroidtools/.MainActivity but the view on the UI changes. If I choose SharedPreferences the Activity still remains the same yet the view on the UI changes.
(Click an image to enlarge it)

Here's what I've tried:

I've closely monitored logcat and it didn't reveal anything useful.
I've tried dumpsys activity window windows and other than the same activity I didn't find anything of use to me.
I've tried dumpsys activity activities and dumpsys activity -p cn.wq.myandroidtools. Former didn't yield anything significant and the latter provided output which multiple mentions of the term fragments, yet I couldn't understand what I was dealing with.
I've already checked the manifest and there is no Activity that points to the entry Database would cause to open.

Assuming a fragment may be misinterpretation but then how would I verify I'm wrong?
There's more: this is not an XY problem. Yes, I can look for an app that offers the same feature which the said app provides under Database entry. I already found two alternatives and I don't want to use them.
Why? Because I want to learn since fragments are not limited to the said app but are used heavily by Settings app and many other apps out in the wild. If only I get to understand what particular fragment I'm dealing with, I may be able to use this answer to always have the said app show the UI meant for Database entry, whenever launched from app drawer.
In short

I'm looking for a way to realize that I'm interacting with a fragment;
What about that fragment do I need to use in this answer to show it?

If it is of importance: I'm using Nexus 6 with stock and rooted Android 6.0.1. It would be fine if you provide answers tested on stock Android 5.0.x or 5.1.x.


texts:
I've installed Nova Launcher on an old phone (1st Gen MotoX). I'm trying to child-proof it by disabling most of the default apps and clearing the home screens with nothing that a child shouldn't be getting into. After updating some Nova Settings, going back to home screen rendered the App Drawer icon missing (the one in the middle of the dock at the bottom of the screen).

Interested in a fix and how to prevent this from happening in the future.


texts: What is this feature and how is it better than the " Direct Share" feature, which was present in earlier versions?


texts: Is it possible to hook up a sim card through a USB adapter, to plug into the micro USB port of my galaxy tab e? I received it as a gift, and there is no sim card slot, WiFi only. If it exists, where would I be able to find one?


texts: Creating and enabling an internal storage swap partition on rooted Android Kitkat

texts:
System: Rooted Android 4.4 phone (actual rom: CM 11 Milestone 6) with 1GB ram, plenty of internal storage, but no sdcard slot. My phone's partition scheme is unmodified CyanogenMod 11.

Problem: lowmemorykiller/OOM handler on my phone keeps killing vital system processes such as the lockscreen, or incallui, or acore, causing at best long freezes, and more often soft and hard system lockups. I'm probably running apps that push RAM beyond system minimum, and it's making a suboptimal choice of background process to kill. I looked into fine-tuning lowmemkiller but got nowhere.

As ram and not CPU is the issue, I want to try enabling internal storage based swap instead of zRAM as a workaround, which the phone should handle. But I can't find clear instructions how to do so.  Every instructional page I found is either desktop not Android specific, external (SDcard) storage specific ("partition using USB+windows"), assumes you want file not partition based swap, or suggests a Google Play app to use. None explain step by step how to actually do it.

Assuming I've read the warnings and know the risks, and want to go ahead anyway, how do I do it? I really just want to get a list of the example console commands for using partition-based swap. I assume it goes something like this:

Resize existing partition(s) or subpartition(s) to create spare space for a dedicated fixed-size swap partition.
Create or define a new partition in the free space, and ensure it's formatted as swap, or the OS will format or use it as swap on boot.
Edit some other system files to ensure swap will be mounted and enabled appropriately on boot, so the OS can recognise and use it. (fstab, or something else?)
Disable or deprioritise zRAM, and edit swappiness to about 20-30.
Reboot, cross fingers, and hope I did it right.

My current *nix experience level: I know Linux uses partitions and subpartitions, that new partitions and partition changes probably need me to manually edit fstab or other files, and manual edits may also be needed to ensure partitions will be mounted/enabled/used at boot. I'm haven't used the actual commands or changed the actual files so I don't know what to expect. I'm comfortable with console, but this is a bit of a new area for me.

How do I do this, step by step, and what are the commands I'd use if they aren't obvious. I can figure the rest from that.


texts:
I have two devices - a Samsung Galaxy S3 and a Nexus 7 (2012 version) - that I'm trying to mirror to a Chromecast. It looks like neither device supports screen mirroring on Chromecast with the default app. I also installed EZCast on the Nexus 7 but the EZMirror is not enabled on it.

Is there any way, (third party apps, rooting?) wherein I can cast my screen from any of the above two devices to Chromecast?


texts:
Why does the Google Authenticator app have "obsolete" in its title on Play Store?

Does it work? Can I still use it for two-factor authentication? Is there a preferred method?


texts: Tethering options for the laptop and the phone

texts:
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S3.

I am about to go abroad and will need to connect my laptop
to the Internet without having someone come and install a
DSL or cable router (as the waiting time to install these is
quite long I would be gone before the internet technicians drop by).

So what I have decided is to purchase a SIM card and connect my laptop
to my android phone to do internet browsing. My understanding is that with tethering I can transform this phone into a router or wireless hotspot.

What are tethering options (settings or apps) for this phone?
Is it better to connect the PC to the phone wirelessly, via a USB
cable to use tethering, or via Bluetooth tethering? In terms of speed, I guess Wi-Fi tethering would be superior here.


texts: Why is meet attendance icon not enabled in Google meet?

texts:
I (seem to) have installed the meet attendance chrome extension for Google Meet by clayCodes.Org from Chrome Web store from my android phone. The site responded by messaging that it has been added to desktop.
But I find that the feature is not enabled when I start Google Meet on my android phone, because I can not see the checkbox icon representing meet attendance during Google Meet session.
Can I have this feature enabled so that I can use it in my android phone ?


texts: Device says bootloader unlocked but OEM unlock option can enabled and disabled?

texts:
I have a Redmi Note 3 (INDIAN VARIANT Kenzo/Snapdragon variant running on Marshmellow 6.0.1 with MIUI Global 10.2) on which I performed an bootloader unlocking procedure via the tool XiaoMiTool V2 from xda since the official method kept denying me for some reason
I also want to let you know that during the procedure i left the oem unlocking option disabled and ran the tool
So after the device's bootloader was unlocked (ss attached)

I noticed that the OEM unlocking option was still active (meaning I can flip the button and it will just ask for the pass and warn me and enable the option: again ss attached)

So my question is is my device properly unlocked? OR Did I mess up with procedure ?
I know i could dial *#*#7378423#*#* (which doesn't work in miui devices) or using fastboot method mentioned here- but the problem is that my device's usb port is damaged in a way that charging works but MTP or any other option doesn't (Yeah I tried multiple usb cables, brought a brand new from official store and multiple devices) or is there any app to do that ?
EDIT :
Okay now I tried by adjusting the chord into the port and running fastboot getvar unlocked(ss attached)

Now what does this mean ? Is it still locked ?
I would really thankful if someone can help


texts:
Possible Duplicates:
  An app to locate my Android device around the house?
  My phone was just stolen an hour or so ago. Are there any options for tracking?

Ok so i lost my Samsung Galaxy player 4.0 somewhere in my house. It was connected to Wi-Fi. And i've heard that i can track devices that are connected to my router, how do i do so?
Router- Belkin Play N600. Please Help!


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I would like to download the RUU for my phone but I can't figure out which one to get. There are several options on sites like shipped-roms.com. Can you help me figure this out?

The phone is a HTC Desire (GSM). Here is some additional information.

Android version
2.2

Baseband version
32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

Build number
2.29.405.2 CL263770 release-keys

Software number
2.29.405.2

And here's some info from the HBOOT menu.

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27

First of all, do I pick the Bravo or the Desire link at the website? I know that Bravo was the codename of HTC Desire before it was released, but then why are there two categories? And why does it say BRAVO in the HBOOT menu?

Bravo: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo

Desire: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Desire

If I look at the baseband version in the Desire group I find these two.

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_ARA_2.32.415.3_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_157343_signed.exe

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.14_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_224699_signed.exe

What's the difference between ARA and WWE? Is that Arabic and World Wide English? What about European sold devices with Scandinavian (and English) localization?

Also the 2.29.405.14 seems to be a too high number, or highly developed version that may not be available in my region. The highest update number I have been offered to install is 2.29.405.5 and it was 4.82 MB (incremental update?).

There are many more options in the Bravo group. There are special versions for Vodafone and other operator specific versions. My phone is not re-branded and is not locked to any network operator.

The ones that I most likely would need (in the Bravo group) are these two:

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe

Do I really have to match the baseband version and the build number? Can I get a higher build number even if it is a different radio version? Will it work? Is radio version something you can upgrade?...

Long version short...

Do I have a Desire or a Bravo?
Do I have to match the baseband version and the build number?
Will the WWE releases include Scandinavian languages or only English?


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