texts: How to display Python script output on screen, similarly to Conky

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I use Conky as a desktop monitoring software. I also use it to monitor stock prices and portfolio net worth through a Python script.

Basically, I fetch the stock prices from Yahoo Finance using curl.

  $ curl -s 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=vwrl.as&f=l1'

Then I input that to a python script that returns a float.

  $ python /yada/yada/myunoriginalscript.py

  42.0

Conky handles this quite easily and displays it on screen. I know that curl can be made available for Android and I've ran Python scripts in the past.

Is there any widget/app/technique to display the output of said python script on screen continuously and not only on the terminal, whenever I run it manually?


texts: No Root: How to delete 0 byte in root storage of internal storage?

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This is the same to this question:
Can't delete file in download folder

But for me the answer is not clear, as per the OP's answer 'he turned on the SD Maid app' but did not stated what option in SD Maid resolved the issue. The OP stated as well 'he deleted the whole directory' but not specified if using SD Maid or PC.

We have the same scenario where I redownloaded the same file and after copying it to the exact location where I'm having issue it made two identical files and what I tried so far:

Highlighted both items and deleted it using SD Maid, it says success but after refresh it retain the other file with 0 byte.
Connected my phone to PC as MTP and tried to delete it from there and what I noticed it only shows one file unlike looking in the any Android file manager. It says success but checking it again in the phone it retain still the file with 0 byte.
Tried apps in playstore that says secure delete that uses different algorithm but still after it says yes the same scenario occur above.
Perform wipe cache partition in the stock recovery

Clear data and cache of stock file manager

I know my last resort would be complete factory reset, but is there any other way?


texts: How to improve visibility of Android Nougat quick setting tiles?

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Android Nougat introduces Quick Setting tiles that are available from pulling down the status bar on the top of the screen.

Unfortunately, on many devices, the tiles are light gray icons on a white background, which makes them very hard to see.

Furthermore, when they are enabled, the icons switch to cyan on white.  This makes differentiating between the on and off states challenging in good lighting, and nearly impossible in bright light.

For non-rooted devices, how can the quick setting tiles be changed to use a dark background, or at least, implement a higher contrast?


texts: How to manually upgrade rooted Lenovo Vibe X2 to Lollipop?

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I have Lenovo Vibe X2-CU edition that was come rooted and has Android 4.4.2, how I can manually upgrade the device to latest official ROM and where I can get this ROM ?

I am new to this process so please give full details.


texts: Can anyone explain all these Developer Options?

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Can anyone explain these developer options?

Force GPU rendering
Disable non-rectangular clip ops
Force 4X MSAA
Disable HW overlays

What are the possible effects that can be seen in my device by disabling/enabling them? [Note: I've found other options by Google-ing but not these.]

Do the developer settings affect battery life by using lower animation speeds (all to 2x precisely) or higher animation speeds (0.5x precisely) at the expense of user experience?


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One thing I miss about HTC Sense is that their launcher button had an elongated middle button for the dialer. Is there a launcher or dock that replicates this kind of UI?

(I'm using CM 7.1 RC1 on an HTC Desire.)


texts: How to update GTalk to feature video chat?

texts: I would like to know if it is possible to 'force update' the Talk app. I have Nexus S and I have the video chat in my Talk, but my girlfriend with S Galaxy II (2.3.4) doesn't. I read somewhere on the internet that Talk should feature videochatting from 2.3.4 on, but well... It doesn't so far.


texts: Possibility of monitoring internet traffic in case where galaxy tab is used as a mobile access point?

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My employer gave me the Galaxy Tab. I am using it as a mobile access point (Wi-Fi) connection for my home computer. I do not have other internet access.

I would like to know if my employer can monitor my internet activity (see my email, visit sites I have visited, etc.) ?


texts: Lock screen notifications rearrange themselves for seemingly no reason

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Ok, I'm going to try and describe this and I hope it makes sense.

When I turn on my screen (while my phone is locked), I see all my notifications. For example, I will have some gmail notifications, some text message notifications, some calendar notifications.

While I'm looking at these notifications, or about to swipe them away, they rearrange themselves. It's not because I get a new email/text message. It's seemingly for no reason. While I'm looking at an email notification which is originally below my calendar notification, or about to swipe it away, maybe it'll shift locations to be above the calendar notification. And then it'll switch back. This behavior is especially prevalent when I "expand" a notification such as an email so that I can read part of the message from the lock screen. It happens seemingly randomly, and can cause me to swipe away a message that I don't mean to because it swaps locations when I'm not expecting. It's also terribly annoying to be reading a message and have other notifications going above and below it intermittently.

Does anyone know how to keep notifications from rotating positions on the lock screen? (when no new notifications are even appearing)
Is this a bug or is this the desired behavior? If it is the desired behavior, what purpose would this be for?

Does anyone else notice this happening to them? I wish I could capture a gif of this behavior to make it explicitly clear what I'm talking about.

I'm using Android 7.1.1 on a Pixel.


texts: Unable to open links in new tab on Dolphin

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I am running Andrond 2.2 on HTC Desire.

I was using Dolphin HD til recently. All was well until I upgraded the browser to the current version, which is 10.2.3. It says previous Dolphin Browser HD in brackets.

Since then, the long press doesn't work like it used to. The menu just has select text, find on page, and close tab. I can't open links in new tabs. I am finding it extremely hard to browse. The stock browser is worse.

Reinstalling didn't help.

What is wrong? How to fix this?


texts: Can I turn my Android tv box into a NAS server?

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I've got a MXQ Pro 4k TV Box and a 4TB hard drive that I rarely use and I was wondering if there was any software I can use to make it a server.

The MXQ box has 1GB RAM, a 2.0GHz quadcore chip and ethernet, usb and hdmi ports.

Do you think it would be easier for me to put linux on the box and run it from there? Also would there be a way for me to set up a segment of this drive as a time capsule?

Thanks :D


texts: Can we stop Gmail from calling home to google before resolving a url?

texts: When you click on a link in gmail on your phone, it first queries www.google.com with the url of your query, and then redirects to the destination URL. Is there a way to stop this "feature" of google knowing about all the URLs you click on? I've switching from chrome to firefox as a default browser, but this functionality is in the gmail app itself.


texts: My Samsung Galaxy S doesn't recognize when it is plugged in to USB

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When I plug in my Samsung Galaxy S (Model SAMSUNG-SGH-I897, Firmware 2.2, Kernel 2.6.32.9, Build FROYO.UCKB2) to a computer, it starts charging, but does not recognize the USB connection for data.  I have tried toggling debugging, mass storage, and ask on connection, but all that happens is that it draws power.  I've tried both Windows 7 32bit and Ubuntu 11.04 32bit.  It was working yesterday.

Additional note: dmesg, lsusb, and adb do not recognize the device at all under ubuntu

Thanks


texts: Can not copy files from PC to Galaxy SIII

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I have a Galaxy SIII GT-I9300 and 32-bit Windows 7 PC.

When I connect the SIII to the PC it gets detected and I can browse phone and memory card. But I am not able to copy files from PC to SIII neither using Windows Explorer nor Kies: The copy window starts and is stuck there only with little bit progress bar progress.

My PC can detect my other device (Samsung Galaxy Pop) and copy files fine.

I checked for updated drivers etc but everything is latest, USB debugging is turned on.

Any idea what I could try to solve this issue?


texts: Getting my data off of a G2 with a broken screen

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I have a T-mobile G2 (aka HTC desire Z) with a broken screen. I have not rooted it or ever enabled debugging.

I would like to get the data off of this phone and onto my replacement. Is there any way to do that? The phone doesn't even show up when I run adb devices.

(My pictures are on the sdcard, so they're okay. I'd like to get my other application data off though. Especially SMS history and some notes from a memo application.)

Is there any method I can go about to do this?


texts: Cannot individually delete phone number from contact list

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I have one or two contacts on the People app's list with two or more duplicated phone numbers.

How do I delete them individually, without deleting the whole contact ?

I don't see this option on the edit button on the top right corner

Screenshot:
http://1drv.ms/1RkfK8K

Android 4.4.4


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How do I enable language button in samsung keyboard
I upgraded to android 7 in my samsung galaxy and the language switch button was gone

I brought it back through enabling all accessibility services but i can't do that
how can i have it without enabling accessibility apps


texts: Why does 4.4 support infinite Bluetooth visibility duration, but previous versions don't?

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I'm building an app that forms a network using Bluetooth. However, Android versions less than 4.4 do not support infinite Bluetooth visibility duration. Every x amount of time (usually an hour), the app has to prompt the user to enable Bluetooth visibility. In 4.4, you can go into the Bluetooth settings and select "Never timeout" for Bluetooth visibility.

What changed between Android 4.3 and 4.4? Why didn't Android 4.3 support infinite visibility? Why does 4.4 and higher support infinite visibility now?


texts: Nexus 4 GPS uses mobile data even when data is turned off

texts: My Nexus 4 running on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) uses mobile data even when the mobile data is turned off, and I turn on the GPS. When the GPS is turned on I get the carrier message that data is used and the balance is reduced. Why is this happening?


texts: Home button, Notification Bar, and Recent Tabs not working

texts: I have an Asus Zenfone 4 Max with Android 7.1.1 OS and the home button doesn't seem to be reacting with the software (probably ZenUI Launcher) because it doesn't work or go back to the home screen but it does vivrate and make the fingerprint sensor work, the Notification Bar is not working because i can't drag it down totally only partially. I only know it was turned off and charged and then when it was turned on those things didn't work.(friend's phone so i don't have much info) As to what I have tried is the following: Updating phone, Forcing stop ZenUI Launcher, clearing cache date, clearing cache partition(i believe, only took a second so not sure) and that's about it. Im trying to look for an alternative solution from Factory Reseting it so that wouldbn't be an option unless it's the only solution. Sorry for little info but any idea on how to fix this will be appreciated. Thx


texts: how to fix extreme slowness of android 8.1.0 on "twist mini s431" hardware?

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I have a twist mini s431 (512MB RAM, MediaTek MT6580 1.3GHz Quadcore) running Android 8.1. It seems this model is only sold on Brazil.
I was extremely unsatisfied because of it's slowness.
I read a lot of complaints about it but no solution.
I found a generic way that I will answer here.
Pt-br Keywords to help ppl here find this post: lento, trava, demora muito (other suggestions?)


texts: Old emails from 2011 showing up in email

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In the stock email app, I've suddenly had old emails showing up for no reason.  I haven't changed any settings or linked my account to anything new.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

As the picture shows, there's emails from today and then there's a header that says "older" and then emails from 2011.

I've cleared the data in app info already and then signed back in and the same problem persists.  I've tried simply deleted the header "older" and it comes back.


texts: After updating to 5.1, phone wont get past black "Google" screen

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Last night I upgraded to 5.1 via the built-in update functionality. This phone is not rooted.

Well, now my phone won't get past the black screen with the white "Google" logo when I try and boot it up. I can get into fastboot mode though.

However, fastboot is not showing the phone as a device in windows, so I can't just re-flash the stock 5.1 android rom.

Also, when I try and go into recovery mode I get an android icon with a red exclamation point in a triangle that says "No command."

Is my phone screwed?


texts: How do you type Unicode characters using hexadecimal codes on an Android phone?

texts: The title says it all. I want to be able to type special characters from all over the unicode range into web pages, but don't know how to. Is there an app or plugin or whatever that allows me to bring up an option while in Firefox or Chrome on my Android phone?


texts: In Android 8, during video recording, how the data is saved to disk?

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In Android 8, during long video recording,
1) how often does the recorded video data is written to internal storage?
2) What is the size of each piece of data written?
3) Is the data stored contiguously in the internal storage or each piece of data is stored independent of each other?


texts: How can I block the traffic outside the VPN, even if the VPN is down?

texts: I would like to direct all the traffic through my VPN connection on my Android based phone (HTC Desire). The VPN works great, but problem is that when the VPN disconnects, the traffic is redirected through my regular internet, something I don't want to happen. How can I block the traffic outside the VPN?


texts: Remove all contacts in phone that don't have a phone number

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My mother just upgraded from a simple flip phone to a android motorola atrix 2.  It's her first smart phone and she is having a very hard time adjusting.  She added her email and Facebook accounts onto the phone, as soon as she did so, however, it added all the contact information from both into her phone contacts.  She already had the contacts imported in from her last phone and is now dealing with duplicate contacts (such as "Mike Smith and "Micheal Smith").  The worst problem is, she is having a hard time finding a contact that actually has a phone number.  She'll search for "Jane Doe" in the phone when trying to call her and only find her email there.

My Questions:

Why does the phone (app?) show contacts that don't contain a phone number?
How can I delete the duplicates (or merge them)?
What is the best way to make this work as smoothly as possible?


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I bought my kiddo a Kindle Fire HD 7 Kids Edition for a present. I've set it up with a child profile and an adult profile. My problem is that no matter what settings I change, it always asks for the adult password when we tap the Wifi button when using the kids profile. Since the device is fairly non-functional without wifi, this is going to be a big problem when kiddo visits the other parent.

Settings I've tried:

Parental Controls -> Off and On makes no difference
Parental Controls -> Password Protect Wifi -> (Off) makes no difference, always asks anyway

I'm at a loss for what other settings to try changing, or if there is a way to make it ask for the parental controls password instead. It seems like it should ask for it by default, but it only accepts the lockscreen password for the adult profile. Which is really not in any way ok when she visits the other parent.


texts: Android Emulator: Failed to sync vcpu reg Error

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Machine: HP ZBook 15 G3
Processor:   Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz, 2712 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
System: Windows 10.0.16299 Build 16299
Android: Studio: Android Studio 3.1.4
Haxm version: 7.3.0
Hardware Virtualization enabled in Bios: Yes

Brand new install of Android Studio.

I cannot run any X86/X86_64 Android emulators. They terminate as soon as I start them with the error "Failed to sync vcpu reg". I have restarted several times and use no other virtualisation tools, although I believe the latest Haxm has solved that issue, so previous answers all suggest this.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to get my Note 9 to read aloud incoming email ONLY from one specific Gmail account?

texts: Any way to do this? Tried various apps but they read out all email accounts. Want to setup my phone to read incoming emails out loud from one specific user too if possible.


texts: My Android is Freezing after Factory reset

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I am using a Galaxy Note Lte (SHV-E160S) it was working slowly lately so decided to root it to improved it performance. After rooting i Installed an application called SYSTEM APPS REMOVER which help me remove some unwanted apps on my phone because i am not using them and they keep on using my data.
After going through this process i decided to Factory Reset.
Now comes the problem after successfully factory reset it. Went i got to the configuration of language stage the phone keep on freezing and the screen won't respond but the back and menu keys are all working perfectly.
Guys i just wanted to ask is the anyway i can skip that stage or any help will be appreciated.
Thank you


texts: Why does Dalvik virtual machine need to run in every process?

texts:
JVM and DVM both provide virtual environment.
JVM doesn't need to be in every process.
why DVM need to be in every process?
Thanks.


texts: I sometimes installed apps with the same name. Checking their info doesn't help me distinguish between them,because i think the only way is to find out the authors, and app info doesn't provide that. How can we distinguish samename apps installed? Can we fi d out their authors? Thanks!


texts: Automate WhatsApp backup to Google Drive on demand /schedule

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Daily backup offered by app isn't an option since the device needs to be connected to Wifi at night time, which is a waste of battery. I have Titanium Backup schedule running but I would like to automate cloud backup too.
I am sure it can be done but I lack the knowledge to do it.
I am looking for a solution that preferably does not use gesture automation. But if that is the only way, I am fine with it.
Setup

Oneplus-7, rooted with stock Android 10.

EdXposed installed with Xposed EdgePro and Gravitybox.

MacroDroid automation app is the preferred choice.

Note that "launch shortcut" action in MacroDroid requires fingerprint gesture accessibility permission, which is not possible with Oxygen OS. My guess is that one would need to use Xposed Edge Pro to trigger a bunch of actions.


texts: How to get rid off annoying android pop ups

texts: Purchased LG Stylus 2 Plus 10 days back. Have got frustated with annoying pop up ads by android. Have started hating Google Play store due to these ads..


texts: How to disable alerts for email in subfolders?

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The base Android email app on my honor 7 displays alerts for all mail regardless of folder. I don't want to see any of the high volume subfolders i have, just stuff sent straight to my top level inbox would be fine.

I'm sure this is a common use case. Get alerts about one-off top level mails, don't get anything for routine stuff that goes into subfolders. How to set it up?


texts: Is it possible to corrupt the bootloader from within the System / ROM?

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I had a previously working Pixel 3XL, running Dirty Unicorns (flashed in December).  I hadn't touched the bootloader / fastboot since then, but just a couple of days ago, I rebooted the phone and it refused to boot after that.
The issue is that fastboot cannot determine the locked status of the phone (Device-State: error!), and therefore behaves as if it's locked (and therefore cannot continue with AVB).
I was curious if something in the system / boot / userspace was able to corrupt the bootloader, or if it was simply a failing battery / emmc.  It seems that other people have been struck with this issue, some of them with stock ROM.  (I've tried the battery method.  It didn't work for me)
(More details in the XDA post linked above.  Also any data recovery help would be nice)


texts: SQLite database operation from Android terminal

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I want to do SQLite command like sqlite3 myDb.db, or do other SQLite command from Android shell, like Terminal Emulator or something else.

I have tried googling for these, but no luck. Is it possible to do that? If it is, how to do it?

I'm using locally-made Android phone in my country, based on Jelly Bean OS.


texts: How to change location of AVD (Android Virtual Devices) files to external SSD?

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I have limited SSD on my Mac.

I have an external SSD.

I would like to store multiple virtual devices, far beyond the capacity of the Mac internal storage.

How to configure location of AVD?

Attempt 1

I tried using: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30614524/775359

ln -s /Volumes/1TB/.android .android

The files are stored on SSD but when I try to launch, it keep bouncing in the dock

Attempt 2

https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/variables.html

  ANDROID_AVD_HOME: Sets the path to the directory that contains all AVD-specific files, which mostly consist of very large disk images. The default location is $ANDROID_EMULATOR_HOME/avd/. You might want to specify a new location if the default location is low on disk space.

This should be exactly what I need, trying this solution again:

export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="/Volumes/1TB/Android/"
export ANDROID_EMULATOR_HOME="/Volumes/1TB/emulator/"
export ANDROID_AVD_HOME="/Volumes/1TB/emulator/avd/"

23 seconds video: https://youtu.be/8bPv85RnzP4

Attempt 3

Formatted and partitioned the external SSD.

It doesn't start, see the split-second popup

Handy answer to go nuclear: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45669617/775359

rm -Rf /Applications/Android\ Studio.app
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio*
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.android.studio.plist
rm -Rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Logs/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/AndroidStudioProjects
rm -Rf ~/.gradle
rm -Rf ~/.android
rm -Rf ~/Library/Android*


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On my Lava mobile, I run Android 4.2.2 as it came installed.

However, I want to remove Google completely. FWIW, I am not too pleased with the ToS and Privacy Policy of Google. Moreover, I almost don't use any Google services.

So, is there any way in which I can completely remove Google from Android?

I am a newbie. So, step-by-step instructions would be useful.


texts: Way to access Samsung Galaxy S4 as USB device without Rooting the phone

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How I can connect my Samsung Galaxy S4 to my PC as a USB device.

I tried the Build Number shortcut and it did not work. Enabling USB debugging does not fix the problem. The reason behind this is to recover some deleted videos and all the apps require the phone to be connect as a USB device.


texts: Can I play a game on a second device with the same profile with out starting over?

texts: I have been playing boom beach on an android tablet. The tablet is no longer accessible to me. Can I play the game on another android tablet without starting over?


texts:
I have a weather window that keeps popping up. It occurs randomly & wants permission to install. Problem is, it looks me out of doing anything but installing. Only way to not install is restart device.

Galaxy note7 w/ current updates

Screenshot (click to enlarge)


texts: How to block all wakelock and wakeup events of Google Play Services running Android 4+?

texts: Android 4+. With some apps as betterbatterystats, I identified that many wakelock of Google Play Service is eating my battery when my device is in deep sleep. I already study this phenomena further, with many tests and apps. There is no doubt on the root cause. Now, and I wish to block all wakeup / wakelock events of Google Play Service. How to do this on rooted device ?


texts: Unlocking Samsung Galaxy S7 with broken screen plugged into computer

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The screen on my phone is broken, and there are a few files I'd like to get off of it. I don't care about the phone at all, just the files. I know the password, I just can't enter it on the broken screen.

I can plug the device into my computer, and it recognizes it, but I can't unlock it, so my computer cannot copy files off of it.

lsusb lists it as Bus 001 Device 097: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd Galaxy (MTP).

adb devices unfortunately doesn't recognize my phone, presumably since it's locked.

It's possible there's more damage to my phone than just the screen, not sure though since it won't turn on.

Any advice would be appreciated, I don't even really know where to start.


texts: Where is Telegram for Android developed? (Or: is it really free software?)

texts:
Telegram is supposed to be free/libre software, but where is Telegram for Android developed?

Copy of the code: I can't find recent code. https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram claims to be the official repository but was last updated 2 months ago at 3.10.1, while 3.11.2 is currently being distributed. Is there a way to get the actual code in use?
Patching the code: as far as I can see, pull requests are never merged, even when they aren't explicitly rejected. (Perhaps some of them get merged in another repository and the recent code is sometimes published to this repository?) How to send a patch?
According to https://core.telegram.org/tsi/bugs, Telegram uses Trello as issue tracker, but no link is provided and auchry says the issue tracker was just between 2014 and 2015. How to send bug reports? Should one use https://telegram.org/support?

In short: is Telegram really free software? Is it even open source?


texts: Is it possible to simulate touch without root?

texts:
Is there any way to simulate a touch (anywhere) on the screen without root?

If not, is there any other way I can perform a cardboard 'select' action without magnet support, or opening up my cardboard every time?

Background

I am trying to get cardboard apps to work to work with a 5.1 phone which doesn't support the magnet 'button'.

Most apps seem to use the button to select or advance, so without it working, it is difficult to use. I have found that a touch anywhere on the screen also works as a select, so what I'm doing at the moment is opening the back, touching the screen and then closing it up again, but obviously that quickly gets tedious.

What I have tried:

Using my ipega 9017 gamepad (in Gamepad, Keyboard and iCade modes) no mode maps any key to anything which performs a select action in cardboard (though some modes map the B button to back, which works to exit a cardboard app at least).
I have tried Tincore Keymapper, but that requires root in order to simulate touch, and I cannot root my device.
Looking on here, custom keymapping for games?, Can I use USB gamepad without any setup? and Mouse to touch? looked most promising, but none of them answer this question.


texts: One Plus One Boot Loop - Marshmallow Update

texts:
today I updated my OnePlus One to Android 6.0.1 Cyanogenmod. It is now stuck in a boot loop, it turns on, runs for approximately two minutes, freezes, then restarts.

My phone is not rooted.

Here are my phones details.

Model: A0001

6.0.1

Cyanogen Version: 13.0-ZNH0EAS2JK

Cyanogen API: Dragon Fruit (4)

Kernel: 3.4.110

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to block YouTube in general on my daughter's phone while allowing her to follow her favourite YouTubers?

texts:
While YouTube Kids app is allowed on my daughter's Android phone, YouTube app is blocked. Recently I realised she still accesses youtube.com through her web browser so she can follow her favourite gaming YouTubers (on YouTube Kids app she can't follow their channels, she can only find their videos one by one through a general search, which is extremely annoying and unsatisfying).

Is there a way to either follow a channel in YouTube kids or to allow the following of a channel in YouTube app or in web youtube.com while blocking YouTube in general?


texts: Go into recovery mode in Sony Live With Walkman

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Does anyone know how to get into recovery mode for Sony Live With Walkman phone?

These key combination not working

Volume Up / Down
Volume Up / Down + Power Button
Power Button + Home button

Is there something I'm missing? I am finding solution for this question, Sony Live With The Walkman : Phone is restarting continuously


texts: How do alarms work with Period Battery Optimization?

texts:
My G4 just got delivered an OTC update (V30c-FEB-11-2016, not sure why I just got it now), that contains the troubling text:

  The battery will now be optimized automatically when the phone or apps
  are not in use for a certain period of time. Alarms may not sound and
  notifications from apps that are not updated to the latest OS version
  may not be received during battery optimization.

What exactly is the alarm behavior if it happens to fall on a battery optimization? How long does a battery optimization session take, and will the alarm sound after the optimization finishes?


texts: Endless loading for emulator on low-end netbook

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I'm trying to develop on my old netbook but the emulator never completely loads. It keeps working and sometimes it freezes but then it doesn't finish booting.

I'm not really skilled in Android development and I would like to know if I can tweak the emulator to require less computational power. I'm learning new stuff so I don't have to run big stuff, I just need to start the emulator and launch a simple application


texts:
my nexus 4 cell phone upgraded to android 5.0 lollipop, and now it doesn't want to download my POP3 or IMAP emails (used to work fine in Android 4.4)
It just gets stuck in "getting your messages" - even for 2 hours.

It does download my GMAIL accounts and Hotmail account properly.

I setup the accounts manually (as I always did in previous upgrades..it worked fine).


texts: Is it possible to always map volume buttons to media volume?

texts:
I don't use alarm or ring volume. I use vibrations for those, their sound is always always muted, unless I unmuted them by accident.

Sometimes I do want to control media volume when I'm not actually playing any media.

I am aware the same question exists for another phone, but it's 5 years old. A lot has changed since then.

Since I use a Nexus 6P running stock Android (Nougat), I'm willing to accept answers that apply only to this specific situation as well.

I haven't rooted my device, so I won't accept any answers requiring that. I do encourage to post answers specificly for rooted devices, so others can find it anyway.


texts: How do I assign cover art to songs? (Archos 43)

texts:
I have an Archos 43 Internet Tablet running Android 2.2.
Has anyone figured out how to assign cover art to songs in the Music player?  Some of my songs work just fine, others don't.  What should I be doing to ensure that cover art displays properly in the music player?


texts: How to remove/disable Voice Talk on Ace 2?

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Regular (not rooted) Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.

How to disable or remove Voice Talk application? By disable I mean I don't want to see it ever again when I press double home button or anything like that.


texts: Get rid of "welcome to your new inbox" in gmail

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The message and graphics for "welcome to your new inbox" has been in my gmail app since priority inbox showed up,  and I can't get rid of it.

What to do?

I am on Lollipop, but the problem was also there before I upgraded both OS and the GMail app.


texts: Nexus 4 Red Notification light with full battery

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I have a problem with my Nexus 4.

About once in a week it goes in the "deep hibernation mode" and shows this behavior: Red notification light on Nexus 4, won't power on, device unresponsive

My problem is, that this seems not to be a battery problem. Because this happens with 100% of battery, sometimes even when it is plugged to the power supply.

It is very annoying for me, because when this happens I always have to do this procedure to "solve" it:

Unplug the phone from the charger)
Press and hold the volume DOWN button plus POWER Button for 15 seconds
Plug it into the wall-charger (while still holding both Buttons) -> the red light should start to blink.
After 4-5 blinks release the buttons
Wait some seconds and then press the Power Button and it should boot

After that procedure it works without any problems for a week or so, and after the reboot I often have 70-100% battery.

Because the battery works then for a week I don't think it happens because of battery drain. Now has anyone another idea, why this is happening?


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I've seen this - Where can I find a good comparison of available custom ROMs?

However the release matrix linked to doesn't really do what it could do.

Is there an objective comparison somewhere that details the ROMs available by feature?

I'd like to find a ROM that's good for battery life and speed.

The phone model is a Galaxy S I9000.


texts: SD card cannot be mounted as /storage/sdcard0

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My problem is, that my Vodafone Smart Prime 6 (VF-895N) with Android 5.0.2 mounts external sd-cards as /storage/sdcard1.
On other devices with "settings" - "storage" there is a menu to change the default write disk.
This menu is missing on this device.
Is there any possibility to mount my external sd-card as /storage/sdcard0 and the internal storage as /storage/sdcard1 without rooting?


texts: Play Store keep crashing while updating apps on Nexus 5

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Ok so, I have a Nexus 5, stock, updated to last Android version.

When I update apps, some of them, while downloading the update, make the Google Play Store crash to home.
I start again the play store and I start updating them again: this time, no problem.

It's not a big deal, but the randomness is kinda annoying me.

Anyone has any idea on why this could happen?


texts: Pattern unlock required when starting phone

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AFAIK on Android 7 Nougat, when you set pattern unlock, the user is not required to enter the pattern to power up the phone. However, on Android 8.1 Oreo (I'm running a Wiko VIEW MAX Android 8.1 phone), you cannot power up the phone unless you enter the pattern. Why was this feature introduced in Oreo?

Why require it? After all, once the bootup is complete you will have to enter the pattern again to unlock the phone.

Thanks.


texts: Google assistant found a bill I need to pay from my email but I've lost the notification. Where can I find the full list?

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On my pixel there's an app called "google". From there, More -> Settings -> Notifications -> Bills. I can toggle this option on and off but can't find a list of bills it actually found. Is this available somewhere?

The obvious answer is to go trawling through gmail, but I'd like to recover the specific notification and see what google found.


texts: How do you move a contact in address book tied to an email to different one?

texts: Have multiple accounts that I am logged in on my phone. Since the last one is my work Android assumes it is my default. I added a contact which was saved to the wrong address book and I need to move them is there a way to easily do that without having to delete and recreate them.


texts: any way to read DATA/ directory's CONTACTS.DB?

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Suddenly my HUAWEI (Android  4.2.2) bricked. It stucks at BOOT LOGO.
However,when i connect to USB, ADB is able to read phone memory (shell and ls), But the /data directory is not readable (permision denied)

I need contacts (people say it is located in /data/com.android.providers.contacts, but ia m not sure).
What to do? i had no backup of contacts, I cant loose them, they are important?
WHat's solution ? How to get custom ADBD to do that?


texts: How can you display a Unicode character on Android that otherwise appears as ☒?

texts: I want to display the character ⮚ on my phone. However, whenever I open any app containing this character, it is displayed as ☒. I am aware that this is due to the font limitations of Android. Is there any way to resolve this?


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I've seen a lot of apps that have media / files permission access requested when installing from Play Store.
Does that mean they can go at my personal photos and send it back to themselves?

Sorry if it's a bit paranoid but I don't like people stealing my photos.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 running Android 9 and One UI. Google Photos will not back up anything.

All I am getting as a Getting ready to back up and 185 items left perpetual spinner at the top of the app. When I attempt to manually back up a single photo or a group of photos, I receive the message Will upload when connected to Wi-Fi.

I have unlimited data and am perfectly happy with it backing up over my cellular data connection. However, going into Settings->Back up & sync->Cellular Data Back Up, I see that both Photos and Videos are enabled. So it should be backing up over cellular data. But it's not.

What am I missing?


texts: Whatsapp's "WhatsApp Video" folder not visible from my PC

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I'm using Whatsapp on Nexus 5 (Android 6.0.1) and several folders used by Whatsapp are not visible when accessed from a Windows 10 PC (connected through USB in MTP, file transfer mode).
From my PC "Whatsapp/Media" shows:  while when accessed from the phone itself using my storage explorer I see 4 additional items:

.Statuses
Whatsapp Animated Gifs
Whatsapp Audio
Whatsapp Video

No .nomedia files inside those directories. Any suggestions?


texts: How to find out my Galaxy Nexus' version? (maguro, toro or toroplus)

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I have a Galaxy Nexus phone.

I want to install JellyBean manually, but I don't know which one of these I should download. How do I know if my phone is maguro, toro or toroplus?


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I have rooted devices before: an A3 2016 and a Note 3 Neo. I don't remember the exact procedure, but it was quite effortless.
Now I have an S8, the SM-G950F variant to be precise, and everyone states different things.

Do I need TWRP recovery that everyone is talking about to root the phone? Can I do it in a more simple way without 80 downloads and 50 programs? Also I'd like to use a rather reliable method to do it because not losing my data would be an added bonus.

I am using Android 8.0 Oreo.


texts: LG G5 Clear individual app cache when using "Home with app drawer"

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I recently purchased an LG G5 phone. I am using the "Home with app drawer" home mode because I like having the app drawer.

I need to clear the data cache for an individual app. I know that you normally access this via the App Manager, selecting the desired app, and then clicking the "Clear Cache" button. However, when I go into Settings on my phone, I can't find "App Manager". The closest that I can find in Settings is "Apps". This screen lists all of my apps, but when I select one, there is no "Clear Cache" button.

How am I supposed to do this?


texts: How to disable Data Usage Cycle's autoreset

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I'm using a prepaid card and there's no billing cycle.

How can I disable the data usage tracker from auto-resetting?


texts: Where do the exact locations of the phone buttons combinations stored?

texts: Where do the exact location of the phone button combinations like power reset while holding Volume down + Power, booting to recovery by holding Volume up + Power + Home (if there is a Home button) is it on the system, system partition, boot partition, any other partition, etc.


texts: Repartition Internal Storage of SGH-I717

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I've come across some variations of this question, but I'm unable to find a definitive solution.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717, currently running Android 4.1.2. The phone is advertised as 16GB, of which 1.97GB is "device memory" and 10.84GB is "USB storage".

How can I increase the "device memory" partition at the expense of the "USB storage" partition?

My understanding is that I will need a PIT file, but I'm not sure where I can get this. Ideally, I would want the internal storage divided into 2 equal partitions.

2GB for app storage is not nearly enough, and I don't know why Samsung imposes such arbitrary limits.

I'm open to other suggestions as well. Would installing Cyanogenmod allow for a modification of these partitions, or is this controlled at an even lower layer?

Thanks.


texts: Custom Launcher that supports Google Now integration?

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I just upgraded to a Nexus 5 and am setting up my launcher + icons.  Right now I'm using Nova Launcher, and a like a lot of things about it, but it's lacking in Google Now integration. Two things in particular I miss:

Having Google Now start listening when I say, "Okay Google" without pressing a button - this still works once I'm in Google Now, but not on the Nova Launcher homescreen (as it does with the stock launcher).
Being able to swipe over to the left from the homescreen to get the Now screen

Are there any launchers that support these features, especially the first one?


texts: I installed bad android ROM now phone is screwed over :( any help?

texts: Some time ago now I installed an unstable android ROM which I thought was a stock ROM (but it wasn't) so now that I have this crappy ROM on my phone, my camera doesn't work, I can't access all my storage, most apps crash when opening and overall its just a real annoyance. If anyone knows anyway to fix this it would be greatly appreciated if you could tell me! Thanks :)


texts: How to boot in to recovery on Xperia XA Ultra F3213 (single Sim)?

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I have gone through the process of doing the OEM Unlock.  I have debugger on.  I have attempted to boot into recovery using the following command.

C:\adb>fastboot boot recovery.img
response:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  858s]
FAILED remote: oem unlock is false
finished. total time: 0.874s

If I attempt to Oem Unlock again is says its not needed.

I'm trying to root so I can remove bloat and free up some internal memory.


texts: Migrating WhatsApp to new phone and new number

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So, this is my scenario:

Phone A (Old phone):
Handles WCDMA sim only. Old number is in this phone and whatsapp is associated to this number. I have the number and the phone. Number is still active. Has Android Jellybean

Phone B (New phone):
Handles microSIM only. New number is on this phone. Has Android KitKat.

I want to migrate my WhatsAPP account from my old phone to the new one! Only problem is, I can't insert old sim in the new phone or the new sim in the old one because they are different types (WCDMA and microSIM).

So how can I do this?

Thanks


texts: Cannot uninstall an application in Samsung Galaxy A5 (2015 edition)

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I have developed an application and installed the app by running the code on my device. The problem is, only this application cannot be uninstalled. I have tried both the settings>Application Manager>App>Uninstall and Uninstall by dragging from Home.

Every time I try to uninstall by dragging, it shows package installed has stopped. From Settings, when I click on the application, it shows Settings has stopped and throws me out of the Application manager.

Can anyone tell me, what is the possible cause of it and how can I get rid of that specific application? Or at least, what are the ways to do that?

I have tried adb uninstall "package name" which shows failure [Delete_failed_Internal_Error]

N.B: My phone is not rooted.So better if suggested without rooting.


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I have an iPhone, and while in my car, I can connect to the radio through my AUX jack and use the phone that way. The iPhone microphone picks up just fine and I hear the person through the car speakers. While I don't think Apple intended for it to be used this way, it works just fine.

My mom has the Samsung Moment, and when we tried that in her car, I couldn't hear her at all. Does Android disable the microphone when an aux cable is plugged into the headphone jack? If so, is there any way around it? Has anyone had success with using an Android phone in a vehicle radio like this?

Thanks!
Thomas


texts: Using emulator as a monitor to my phone?

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The screen of my Google Pixel burned out the other day. The phone still works, but the screen doesn't turn on. Is it possible to connect to my phone via adb and use an emulator to see what the phone is doing (essentially, use an emulator as an external monitor)?

I can connect to the phone via adb and use shell, but what I need to do is access my Google Authenticator to get two factor authentication codes.


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Is Android based upon Linux?
Is Android based upon Linux?


texts: Screenshots taken in the work profile are saved in the personal profile

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When taking a screenshot of any app in my work profile, the picture is saved to my personal profile.

Is this the default/expected behaviour ?


texts: Video downloaded from twitter not playing or showing in gallery

texts: I've tried downloading videos from Twitter multiple times and they're just not playing and i also tried sharing them butbit says "file format not supported", I've tried the downloading apps and sites but nothing is working, what I've noticed is the videos not playing duration is always unknown in details but the type is mp4 which plays normally


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I cant take it anymore and even with a full insurance plan, Sprint is not willing to replace my phone with a brand new identical phone. It has had this issue from day one. I think it rebooted itself on its first ride home from the Sprint store when I got it almost a year ago. I have just put up with it over the last few months because besides this issue, I love my phone. I'm worried if I reset it I will lose everything. So first question, what can I expect from a factory reset? What will be saved (via Google profile) and what will be lost?

Ok that question aside, let me now explain exactly what it does. It is completly random. The phone will just freeze on any screen for about 5 to 10 seconds, then reboot. It seems to be a pretty fast reboot. Here is the weird part. There is no logical pattern to when the reboot will happen. It could be during streaming netflix, or browsing a website. It could be when the phone is just sitting on table not being used. It can even freeze right after it just rebooted, ie, the phone reboots due to this issue, then as soob as the unlock screen apears, it could freeze again.

Its different everyday too. On a good day, it may never freeze and reboot ( or at least I dont see it happen). On a bad day, it may freezw and reboot 10 times within 30 minutes. It seems to come in cycles. I wont see it for awhile, then a few days later it will be really bad.

I have recently loaded a ram utilization widget to try to see if I notice a pattern, but so far I havent managed to see the ram usage prior to a freeze. At first it kinda seems like an app could have a memory leak issue. That might explain the randomness of the reboot, but at same time, this hypothesis does not account for the immediate freeze after reboot. RAM utilization would not be an issue immediately after a fresh reboot.

I have also tried installing a log viewer,but so far it has not been much help. I need a recomendation on an app to view the correct log file that might give me a clue as to whats going on. I dont know which log file to view though. I know android is based off Linux, but the log structure may be a little different. Even if it is the same, there may not be any useful info in log right at the freeze point. What I probably really need is to look at some sort of crash/dump file. I get the feeling that may be over my head though.

I need help with this please. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!


texts: D855 CM13 Nightly to Lineage 14.1 Nightly Upgrade

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I have the latest nightly build of CM13(cm-13.0-20161108-NIGHTLY-d855.zip) installed on my LG G3(d855). And I want to upgrade it to Lineage OS 14.1 nightly builds(for example latest right now: lineage-14.1-20170529-nightly-d855-signed.zip).

Is it possible to upgrade without wiping the data?


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I tried to connect Whatsapp on chrome. But when I go to https://web.whatsapp.com, QR code doesn't load. Rather it shows a continuously moving circle.

What might be the reason for this?


texts: Nexus 5 only emergency calls call are allowed by device owner

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I am new to Android and I am not the owner of the current device (LG Nexus 5) I use. I come across this problem: I am not the owner of the device. Instead, I am the second user. When I want to call someone, it prompts an alert box saying that

  only emergency calls are allowed by the owner.

Similarly, when I open the Messenger app, another alert box prompted:

  this app isn't allowed by the device owner

so I set Hangouts as the default SMS app, but SMS is disabled and not be able to enable.

Other features work fine. The reception is full. Cellular data works. I can even accept calls, just not be able to calling out or sending SMS. Do I have to contact the owner, for them to unlock the calling and texting features?


texts: How to customize which camera app is launched when double tapping the power button?

texts: I have a Galaxy S7 Edge with the latest lineage nightly. How to customize which camera app to launch when double pressing the power button? The original one causes issues for me.


texts: How can i fix the pop up spam of Unfortunately,GPS speed has stopped working

texts: It keeps spamming the pop up.When i press OK,it keeps popping up again and again i tried factory reset but it didn't work!also my device keeps making shortcuts of things.


texts: Some apps automatically uninstalled after android phone restart

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After restarting my phone I noticed that some apps are totally uninstalled, first I thought that they're still being loaded because they are installed on the external SD card but when I searched for them in the Settings\Manage Apps I couldn't find no trace of them. Uninstalled apps include ES File Explorer/Manager PRO and a few dictionary apps. One weird thing I found out is not only the ES File Explorer is uninstalled but all the files encrypted with it are moved to .android_secure folder on the SD card!
Also a few couple of megabytes has been freed on the SD card. I should note that after suspecting virus infections, I've already installed Bitdefender free antivirus and done a full scan which revealed two adwares and a riskware app that has been installed on this phone for a long time so I don't think that they are the culprit.
BTW, not all the apps on the SD card have been uninstalled.
I'm out of ideas. What could be the problem?

Android phone: Huawei G730-U10, Android version: 4.2.2


texts: How to change the home dock icons on TouchWiz?

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Similar to How to edit the home dock icons (shortcuts) on TouchWiz 4.0 ICS

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 with Android 4.0.4. I can't for the life of me figure out how to edit the home screen dock icons on the default launcher (Touchwiz).

I've tried:

Long pressing on a home dock icon (nothing happens).
Long pressing an app in the home screen to drag onto the home dock. (Home dock icons disappear and are replaced by a Delete bar across the bottom of the screen)
On the home screen, press Menu -> Edit. (Home dock icons disappear and are replaced by 4 icons: Create folder, Create page, App info, Delete).
In the Apps list with a Customizable grid view, press Menu -> Edit. This is the answer to the linked question. (Allows editing of the Apps listing, but doesn't bring the home dock icons onto the screen so I cannot modify them)

Before I updated to 4.0.4 I could change the shortcuts in the home screen dock, and I put Google Chrome there to replace the default browser. After updating I now want to replace it with Firefox.

I am in Australia. I have friends with grey imports of the same phone from Hong Kong that don't exhibit this behaviour on 4.0.4.


texts: Move playlist from one application to another in android

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So I have Google's Play Music application that I used till now. But since couple of days I'm facing issues with this app, it hangs a lot, doesn't respond to the commands, and I even updated it few times and currently its updated to the latest version.

Now I have another inbuilt music app of Asus and I am wondering if there's a way to transfer the playlists that I have in Play Music to the Asus Music player app? I mean, idk, is there some playlist file which if I'll transfer will create the playlists in the Asus Music player app. (I know it sounds kinda lame, but would be very helpful)

Also, the playlists that I currently have, has too many songs in it. So creating these playlists altogether from the beginning in the other app (Asus one) wouldn't be a proper solution here.

Thanks!


texts: Is is possible to sync my Samsung Galaxy S with an exchange account, but only the calendar, not the emails?

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I managed to sync my Galaxy Samsung S running Froyo with an exchange server.

But I am really only interested in the calender data, not the emails.

Someone knows how to do this ?


texts: The UI sounds on my Galaxy Nexus no longer play - how can I re-enable them?

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I kind of like the touch sounds and unlock sound on my Galaxy Nexus, so I typically leave them enabled. Today I noticed that both of these sound effects had simply stopped playing, possibly after I unplugged my phone from my car stereo (using a standard 3.5mm stereo headphone plug). For that matter, it appears that all of the UI sounds (camera click, screenshot, etc) have stopped playing of their own accord.

I have tried:

Silencing and unsilencing my phone, as well as adjusting the available volume sliders in my phone settings
Disabling and re-enabling the settings for touch sounds and unlock sounds
Rebooting my device

None of these methods has fixed the problem. My GNex is running CyanogenMod9 (built May 10, 2012) and Franco Kernel r107. Is there any way for me to re-enable these sound effects?


texts: I installed Adblock Plus on my Galaxy Tab 3 and it doesn't work. It keeps saying "Waiting for traffic on port 2020". I tried following these instructions and setting up the internet connection to use proxy local host and port 2020. My device is rooted. By the way, is there a simple website I can use to test to see if Adblock plus is working?


texts: why any android office software can not play ppt properly

texts: I am having hard time to play ppt in android device, although many applications boasts for it, but on playing either they show blank slides or skip some parts ex:- title etc for some slide so any one know why this happen and how can I get rid of it ? Although I know easiest way is to make video from ppt and show on android device but for that we need acccess to pc.


texts: External SD card problems - how do I go back to device storage?

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On a new phone with Android One/10 I mounted a 256GB sd card. I formatted is and added it to the system as internal memory (device storage), which is 128GB. Now the system reports a 512GB SD card. I let the system move data to the sd card, and that data is now gone. I can see thumbnails of photos and videos, but can't open or play them. I have a backup, so can restore, but I need to know what is happening and find a way to undo this mess.

After unmounting the card I cannot make photos anymore. It reports too little memory, with about 100GB free on the internal storage. Reformatting the sd card results in a message to choose what to do with it. Choosing external storage and formatting gave the 256GB card back, but internal storage (/sdcard) is gone. In Total Commander, I cannot open it and get an error. The camera app won't open anymore. Evernote refuses to work. Etc etc...

There are hundreds of websites with instructions on how to add internal storage, but none about undoing it.

How can I get the system to use the device storage again?


texts: Google Search Bar Widget is gone from Galaxy S5, it is not in the widgets section anymore

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My Google Search Bar went missing (I did not delete it). Every fix says to hold down the home screen and re-add it, however, it is NOT in the widgets section anymore. It is completely missing.

I've tried finding it in Play Store (not there), I've tried using a different launcher other than Touchwiz (Nova), etc. I just want the bar back and have it Google Voice enabled.


texts: Installing Android on VMware Workstation

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I downloaded iso file of Android Kitkat, Android Marshmallow and Android Nougat from android-x86.org/download and followed steps from tactig.com/install-android-nougat-vmware/ for installing all iso on VMware Workstation.

After successful installation of all these android, no android is loading successfully.

Please let me know, how to resolve it?

With Regards

FewL


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so yes: today i was trying to test my own zip (yes, twrp) but when i tried it thrown me error
updater process ended with ERROR:255
error installing zip file '/emmc/recovery.zip'
is it because i messed up that zip, i dont have many space on phone or another thing?
my device is lg l65 d280n and zip is there : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GbHeXDbs1Dh9G-FPw82hNJY9kc03hOBb/view?usp=drivesdk .
PS: i know that here is a few similar questions but no, i dont have that second error "createtarfork()" but yes - i have cyanogenmod 14 which is nearby lineage, which is buggy as i heard.


texts: Reply to an SMS and send it to someone else

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Sometimes when I reply to an SMS, I also want to send that same SMS to another person. On my previous non-android phones this was easy, every SMS was a single message, as opposed to the threads in Android. I could just add another receiver there.

When I answer an SMS in Android, I do not have the option to add another receiver. Is there any workaround?

(Android 2.3 on a Samsung Galaxy Gio)


texts: How can I prevent unrecoverable photo deletions on Android without a cloud service?

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I don't want to set up Google photos to back up to the cloud for privacy reasons.

Recently I noticed that with the default Android camera app, and the default Google Photos app, the "Trash" is only used if you have the app set up to sync with your cloud service.

This means that any photo that's deleted from the camera roll—for example, by swiping from the camera to view the photos just taken, and then swiping down—is immediately unrecoverable.  (There is an "undo" button briefly visible, and that's all.)

By contrast, in iOS (which my family members are more used to), any photo that you delete will go to the "Trash" where it will only be actually removed after 30 days, giving plenty of time to recover from any accidents or mistakes.  (And in iOS, this feature doesn't require iCloud use at all.)

How can I set up my Android devices to mimic this functionality, so that photos deleted from the camera roll, or from the photos app, are still preserved for an additional 30 days unless special action is taken?

(I'm running a Nexus 7 with Android 6.0.1, but we have a couple other Android devices in the house that I would probably apply the answers to if I can.)


texts: Is it possible to change the settings in android so that data is saved to the external SD card instead of the the phone's internal memory?

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This problem has been annoying me for a while. When I download and install an app to my phone it defaults to the phone's internal memory. Not too big of a deal since I can move it afterwards. The problem comes after when the app has additional data it needs to install on to the device. That additional data always installs to the phone memory and I can't move it to the SD card.

For example: I install an app that is in total 1mb in size that I can move to the SD card. But the app downloads 300mb of data that stays on the internal memory that the app uses.

Is there a way to change it so that the data is downloaded to the SD?
I know that it's possible to re-partition the SD card and internal memory to make the internal memory bigger but I want to do that as a last resort.


texts: How to open a message database(.db) file from Sony Xperia phone in computer?

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So I had backed up my files and messages from sony xperia phone and saved all files in the computer....

Now I need to open the messages file in the backup folder which has the format of .bk...

I tried to use 7 zip to extract the .db file...

But when I opened the .db file in Notepad it appeared haphazardly with many characters and the messages were there but were jumbled in between the characters...

So I want to view them in a proper format..... Any suggestion or advice?


texts: SM-T320 randomly fatal crashes then bootloops for a bit

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 Wi-Fi (SM-T320 or mondrianwifiue)
Rooted with cf auto root using superSu v2.82
custom recovery TWRP 3.1.1-0
Android version stock 4.4.2
Kernel version 3.4.0-4441590

Within android OS the tablet randomly crashes and then bootloops when disconnected from the charger. Intrestingly though during the bootloop sometimes the screen flickers before shutting down and rebooting.

The bootloop stops after being shutdown for a while or if the charger get's plugged into the tablet.

Oddly however, when booted into the custom recovery TWRP there is no issue. Even if entering TWRP during the bootloop. The bootloop stop until trying to boot back into the system.

I recorded a logcat of an initial crash.
As far as kernel logs here is the Dmesg after the bootloop. The last_kmsg was blank.

I suspect the battery connection is the culprit but I do not know why there is no issues within TWRP.

Does this look like a software issue or a hardware issue?

Thank you


texts:
My Samsung Galaxy tab A6 shows the correct time on the home screen. However when it's locked it shows the time one hour ahead. So 10:30 instead of 9:30 for example.
How do I get the lock screen clock to show the same time as the home screen clock?


texts: Is it possible to use MadWifi on Android given the proper chipsets?

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So, a friend and I were going back and forth about our phones (iPhone vs Android), and somehow landed on the topic of MadWifi. Given the right hardware with root access, could one use MadWifi on their device?

Using my phone as per example:

I have a Sony Xperia Play which uses the Snapdragon chipset. The chipset developer, Qualcom, also owns the Atheros chipset (wifi adapter) which I believe is included with this particular phone. However, due to my difficulties and getting root access, I have no way of testing this theory.


texts: how to change the lock screen clock style?

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I know we have "LockBot" and "WidgetLock" to change the style of the lock screen. But they are not free and it seems they do not allow me to change the clock styles either. I do want to change the lock screen style, only the clock style on the lock screen. Do we have apps like this?

P.S. my Android phone is HTC G1, with CM6 mod; and I expect the clock on my lock screen looks like this.


texts: View & control screen of broken screen android phone?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 and need to control the phone. The display is totally messed up, its flashing about 20 different colours every 5 seconds.

I can't use touch screen as I can't see what I'm doing. USB debugging is not enabled and I want to view my screen, control it, respond to texts etc until I get my screen fixed at a store.

Is this possible? I have a really important text I need to respond to and my screen has broke?


texts: I want to root Micromax Canvas 2 A110 having Android ICS 4.0.4. How do I root it?


texts: How to fix my clock app from running fast?

texts:
I recently had an issue with my Samsung Galaxy S5 and sent it back. Verizon sent me a new one, which I presume is a refurbished model.

It seems to work okay except for a fatal flaw: the clock runs fast. Here's the details I've learned about the problem:

It doesn't run steadily fast. It will jump ahead several minutes at a time.
It also affects the timer and stopwatch.
Pinging the network via a text, phone call, or toggling airplane mode, will reset the clock to the correct network time.
In airplane mode, it will just continually increment.
If plugged in and the screen set to stay on, the clock keeps the correct time.
All other clock apps I found just use the same network time variable, so are also therefore incorrect.
Alarms will only sound if the clock actually reports the time for the alarm, but not if it happens to jump past the set alarm time. (I experienced the reverse condition where the same alarm sounded twice, first when the clock was fast by a few minutes, then a few minutes later after a network ping and clock time adjustment.)

I've looked around on various forums and could not find anything useful. I did at least find a clock app, ClockSync, that pings a server for it's time (supposedly an atomic time) not the network, and will give notifications when the stock clock app is incorrect past a threshold. If you have root permissions, you can set ClockSync to correct the Clock app at certain intervals. I'd rather not do that, and I suspect it would just waste battery.

What is causing this issue? How can I fix it?

Additional issues that are likely related to this issue is that text messages and emails originally show in the correct order or under the correct time heading, but after a sync with the network, they get jumbled up. The Calendar app seems to miss alerts occasionally. Pretty much any app that uses the system time is suspect to run incorrectly.


texts:
I was wondering, is there any better keyboard for me to type to following '?' symbol. Now, using stock android keyboard, to type '?', I need to

Press and hold ',' key, a list of symbol choices will shown.
Hold and move my finger to '?'.
Release.

I feel not comfortable on step 2, as most of the time, my finger is quite dry. I found it is difficult for me to hold and move my dry finger on the screen. Is there any way I can.

Press ',' key, a list of choices will shown.
Click on '?'.


texts: Can't view contacts while call in progress

texts:
While a phone call is in progress, the phone is always on the "call in progress" screen (with options to access the keypad, just in case I need to key in something, but that's about it), without any way to access Contacts or Favorites tabs of the phone's Dialer.

If press Home I get the home screen and I can select (run) any app there, but as soon as I select the Contacts app, all I get is the Dialer screen back! (call in progress...)

Is this the standard behavior of every dialer/contacts app on Android smartphones?

Is there any way or workaround to access my contact information while call is in progress? (e.g. while talking with someone who asks me for a phone number of someone else in my Contacts list).


texts: Replaced /system/bin/toolbox. How to I revert that?

texts:
I renamed the original /system/bin/toolbox" to "toolbox_alt".
I replaced the file /system/bin/toolbox with a file that was supposed to work, but doesn't work at all.
My filemanagers and the most terminal comands have stopped working and I apparently lost root access.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N9005) (International) running the newest Cyanogenmod nightly.
Can anyone help me deleting the current toolbox and renaming the "toolbox_alt" back to "toolbox" ?

Thanks ahead

XXY


texts: Is it possible to stop notifications of an OTA update?

texts:
I rooted and modded my Samsung Prevail (Gingerbread) a couple weeks ago, and all is going well there.

However, I am now getting notices about an OTA system update, which I have no intention of installing. I will wait for the makers of my mod to produce a parallel version.

In the meantime, is there any way to kill the constant notices about the update?


texts: Auto-rotate only for YouTube app, disabled otherwise

texts:
I find auto-rotate really annoying so I generally have it turned off.

Unfortunately, when I'm playing a YouTube video, it's equally annoying when I try to tilt the screen and then remember I have it turned off  :)

I would like a way to have auto-rotate working as usual when a YouTube video is playing, otherwise disabled.

Is that possible? I would like it all handled automatically, I'm not really interested in apps or widgets where I have to toggle a setting manually.

P.S. My phone is a Galaxy Nexus.


texts: Wifi won't turn on after rooting, still won't turn on after factory reset

texts: After rooting my phone the wifi wouldn't turn on. I decided that I would just reflash the stock os to remove the root. Wifi still wouldn't turn on. Then I decided to do a factory reset. It still won't turn on. When I say it won't turn on I mean it won't toggle on at all, I cannot flip the switch to put it in the on position. I don't care about losing anything I just want to be able to turn the wifi on.


texts: How to change time on Android 6 (Nexus 5x) with display off (adb?)

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I need to change time on my phone while screen is powered off (because of some notifications I need to test).

On other devices I did this in adb shell as root by typing:

    date -s "YYYYMMDD.hhmmss"

But on this device my command has no effect (just printing out current time).

Do you have any advices?


texts:
Im using a rooted Samsung Galaxy ACE with 2.3.4.
I installed link2sd and I have a 1Gb ext2 (I tried with fat32 also with the same result) partition. After starting the app and selecting the partition I get this error:

MOUNT SCRIPT ERROR
Mount Script cannot be created
Mount: Invalid argument

Any ideas?


texts: LG Nexus 4's Internal Storage Dilemma & its Apparent Lack of Support for USB OTG Connectivity?

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As my contract on my current android phone is soon ending, I am considering purchasing the LG Nexus 4 (if it ever becomes available again on the Google Play Store) as my next phone, as it supposedly is in the top league but "without the price tag" so i'm informed.

I am aware that many people are disappointed that a microSD card slot is unavailable on these devices (I believe the same to be true of the Nexus 7 & 10, if I am not mistaken), and this may detract them from buying such a device.

From what I understand Google's reason for not including microSD support (unlike other manufacturers) is that they want people to know exactly what is on the internal memory of the phone, as many people "get confused" between what is on the internal memory and the microSD card, and therefore people can choose the required storage space ie 8 or 16GB (and therefore they know exactly what they have beforehand and accommodate their apps etc accordingly). Another reason is that Google want people to move away from internal storage & use Cloud storage more and more (and integrate with its other "services" eg Google Music) - a clever ploy on Google's part

This put me off from buying the device until a few weeks ago when I heard about USB OTG (On The Go) Cables, which are essentially USB Cables having a micro usb connector at one end which fits into the Nexus 4 and a USB connector at othe other (which opens up a whole world of opportunities - more so for tablets rather than smartphones I think).

This being the case I thought joy, storage is no longer a "problem". However I have heard reports that USB OTG connectivity despite apparently being supported cannot be enabled on the device.

Is this the case, have people therefore found a solution like rooting the device and flashing with a Custom ROM ie CyanogenMOD Jellybean 4.1  to achieve USB OTG Connectivity ?

Have people been unable to get hold of the phone in the first instance to comment or have Nexus 7 or 10 owners experienced USB OTG connectivity issues ?

If this is unachieveable i'm sure it is premature as Google are bound to provide an update at a future date (that is of course if they can supply the phone, or was the LG Nexus 4 simply a one time purchase wonder, when it hit the Play Store a few weeks ago)

Excuse the long(ish) post, but I believe the relevance of it


texts:
I recently flashed the dev preview of android L on my Nexus 5, however, I did what is called a "dirty flash" - I just used TWRP and flashed the image as if it was a normal ROM. The result is that it's pretty bugged right now - many apps just crash or don't work correctly.

I'd like to do a proper install now, but the problem is that fastboot doesn't see my device, though adb does. Typing any fastboot commands just result in a "waiting for device" message. On 4.4.4 I didn't have any issues with fastboot. What might be the reason?


texts:
We have four different WiFi networks in our home which we use for different things. What I'm doing and where I am in the house dictates the one I want to use.

Android always tries to automatically connect to the network with the strongest signal strength, which is not necessarily the one I want to use. It becomes very annoying to have to keep switching it back to the one that I want.

Is there a way to make Android stay connected to the wifi network I select, until I either change it or go out of range of that network?


texts: How do I resize/change resolution of pictures easily?

texts: I just tried to make a post on another StackExchange site, but unfortunately, when I tried to take a picture of the problem, I got an error that the image must be less than 2 MB to upload it to StackExchange! The edit button on my Android photos app lets me draw over, crop, change tint/brightness/contrast, and add lots of WACKY EFFECTS to my pictures, but I can't figure out how to shrink the resolution! Thanks in advance.


texts:
In my case, my tecno n3 keeps rebooting even with the sd card removed. What can I do? Pls help.

Didn't install any new apps recently.
Only followed Barca_Ac Milan commentary online.

Also, how do I hard reset the phone?


texts: How can I see my notifications only every hour?

texts:
Let me apologize in advance for the bad title, but I didn't quite know how to describe it. What I want is a way for my phone to only show me the notifications from time to time instead of showing them to me as soon as they pop up.

So instead of showing me the notifications from every app as soon as they appear (which is the default) I want a way for Android to keep them hidden and just show, for example, all the notifications for the last hour at once. Then an hour from then it would show me all the notification from that hour, and so on.

I have looked at ways to do this using Android settings itself and I've looked for apps that do that, but no luck. Is there a way to do such a thing?

Thank you.


texts:
In my project.. I needed to make multiuser enviroment.
So I declared INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL permission.

Then I also found INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS permission.
INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL and INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS, what is the difference?

what is INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL permission?


texts: ADB full backup restore command stuck on restoring app Clean Master

texts:
I have a full backup file using adb backup command. When I try to restore the full backup file using adb restore command it always displays "Unfortunately Clean Master has stopped working" while restoring the package of Clean Master app com.cleanmaster.mguard.

adb logcat - (too long to paste it here)

How can I skip the clean master app package alone while restoring the full backup?


texts: How to identify the Whatsapp sender of a media while playing it from the gallery?

texts:
When media are received through Whatsapp groups and contacts, they are stored in the storage and are available for the media scanner to list them. When I view Whatsapp videos folder in MXPlayer I see the videos that I received through Whatsapp.

Occasionally when I see such an interesting video or image I forward to some people or group, but later to realize that I received it through them. This strikes only when I open the chat history to see the same media sent by someone else?

Question:
In this situation I want to find out the sender (or the group) without opening and scanning the Whatsapp messages to avoid this embarrassment.   I guess the file naming convention only helps to find the date and time.


texts: Will a HTC hard reset also reset the firmware?

texts:
I am about to buy a second-hand HTC One S for development mucking around. The seller says it needs to have its firmware reset, but won't say why.

I intend to hard reset it anyway and wipe everything. Will doing this also reset the firmware, or is the firmware "lower level" than the factory default settings?


texts: I am using VPN Dragon and Hotspot Shield VPN. When it asks me to trust the vpn, I check the box and connect it, and it works fine. However, there is a problem which keeps bothering me: sometimes the connected vpn dialog stops showing bytes sent and received (Attached screenshot link) and the vpn stops working at that point. I can not even disconnect it using the button in the dialog. The only way to disconnect it is, reboot. I am tired of rebooting.


texts: Failed Android 7.1.2 install on LG V500 - stuck on boot screen

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I had CWM Recovery and an older cyanogenmod rom installed on my LG G Pag 8.3 (V500) and I wanted to upgrade to 7.1.2 from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...8-r16-t3476750

I copied the ROM to internal memory, rebooted into recovery, selected the rom file to install. It showed some messages about patching, then in a couple of minuted erred with smth like "Erro loki-ifying because of incompatible aboot image".

I then rebooted and now it boots and shows "ANDROID" and is stuck on it - looks like it partially updated the ROM and failed somewhere.

I am not sure what to do now - I tried to boot into recovery (Power off -> Hold Power + Vol down till menu shows) but it doesnt work - it keeps booting onto this stuck boot.

Is there a way to fix it or have I just finally bricked it?


texts: Is there an intent for telling Play Store to update all apps, or turn auto update on?

texts:
I own a Samsung Galaxy S2, running the official ICS OS. I want to use the Llama app (too poor for Tasker!) to tell my phone to update all apps whenever I am connected to certain Wi-Fi networks (but not all - my home Wi-Fi is volume-based).

Llama allows you to signal custom intents, but I don't know how intents work. Does the Play Store support an intent to either signal "update all", or to turn on automatic updating?

(Essentially, I'm trying to do something like this: How to allow auto-update of apps in Play Store only when plugged in?)


texts: How can I change the homepage in my browser?

texts:
This page shows each time i open my browser, how can i change the homepage to something else?

Click image for larger version


texts: I have a Desire HD running a custom rom: Android ICS 4.0.4. I ran USB Host Diagnostics software and connected my camera through a USB OTG cable but the phone does not detect the camera. I am thinking the ICS rom that I have on does not include the USB Host drivers. Can I install them on my phone in any other ROM or do I need to install a different ROM?


texts:
How do I get to my gmail password on Samsung Galaxy 5.  I needed to change
the password on other devices and need to change on phone
Thank you


texts: Is there a stylus-based notepad app for Android?

texts:
One of the things I assumed the Android OS could do was let me use a stylus and just record notes in my own handwriting (without handwriting recognition). The goal being that I could remove the need for a notepad and mechanical pencil on my desk.

I found that the Samsung Galaxy Tab sells a cheap stylus that does exactly what I need, but I need to know what app is out there (even if I have to pay for it) that lets me store long notes in my own handwriting. Have you heard of any?


texts: My device has files listed as other in one of my old file explorers but I could not access them they are eating my internal memory

texts: Does anyone know how to get rid of these files they will not show up at all not even to anti-virus software but they are using all internal memory I clear up within minutes


texts: Can I "clone" my credit card using the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus's NFC chip? If not, why not?

texts:
Can an android app read my credit card's NFC data, store it and then send this data to a contactless pay point (PayPass)?  Thus I would use my Nexus to pay for my coffee, conveniently.

If yes, is there an app for this? If not, why not?


texts:
Is it possible, and if so how, to lock the phone to using H+ for data and not dropping back to 3G? I suspect it isn't (firmware of the radio hardware I'm guessing) but there's times where I would be willing to take the battery hit to keep my data on H+ (specific application with data demands that doesn't like dropping back and forwards to 3G).

I'm not talking about changes in signal quality: I can be sitting in a single location, not moving, where both H+ and 3G are available. When data is being requested the phone typically goes to H+ as it is faster. Once the data demands reduce it drops back to 3G. I have read in a number of other places that this is on purpose to save battery. However my issue is that one app I use doesn't handle the transitions well so I'd like to stop the auto-fallback.

Android 4.2.2 on Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, Australian networks.


texts: Moto G3 Marshmallow SD card as Internal storage

texts: I have recently updated my Moto G3 and inserted a microSD card, formatting it for use as internal storage. I have used Solid Explorer app for file management before and I was able to manage internal & external storage separately before the OS update. Now the app cannot access the internal memory. It can access the SD card as internal storage only.When I connect my phone to my PC (Windows 8), it can also access SD card as internal storage only. Why is this happening? Is there a file management app which can access the real internal storage?


texts: sending messages off pc through phone, with only having app on phone.

texts: I want to be able to send texts through my laptop, but without having to download anything onto it. Is there any app i can download on my phone to be able to tdo that?


texts: Automatically copy calling phone number in realtime?

texts:
I was looking for an app or an API to copy currently calling phone number to the clipboard where I could paste them to PC directly.
For instance, I'm getting a phone call from (xxx-xxxx-xx) on my android phone and having an app called pigeon that automatically sends any clipboard copied content to PC.
Let's say I want the current calling phone number to be copied and sent to the connected pc to paste in a database searching for said client.
is there a way to achieve that efficiently?


texts: My HTC Tmobile - G2 wifi turns off cicle

texts:
I dont Know why when I turn on my WIFI it automaticly turn off after a few seconds!

I have HTC VISION G2, Cianogenmod, 2.3.7
VISION PVT ENG s-OFF
HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC10...)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26-02-01-15_M2
eMMc-boot
Aug 20 2010, 16:51:01

Kernel 2.6.32.17-g814e0a1 htc-kernel@and18-2 #1
Build number 1.19.531.1 CL255798 release-keys
Baseband version 12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2

It say "Unable to scan for networks"


texts: Samsung Galaxy-s blocks the app to install after download

texts: Why I can not install the app after download on galaxy s, if the app is not from the play store it blocks the app to install.  I know there is an option on new models of galaxy, if it blocks your app to download there is option to go to settings and then you click on allow app from unknown source.  But on galaxy s I can not find that option. Please help me to download and install this Hailo Taxi App, out of play store.


texts: Odin not working - Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8200

texts:
I tried to flash I8200XXUAPB1_I8200OXXAPC1_I8200XXUAPC1_HOME.tar.md 5 from Sammobile on Odin latest version and it failed... I also tried to reinstall the drivers, reboot PC and I also tried other odin versions like : 3.7 3.9 , 3.10 but still... no luck.
So I need help here
Screenshot :


texts: My Galaxy J7 phone is not connecting to the Internet without WiFi anymore, anything I can test / verify to make it work?

texts:
What would be the reasons for which my Android would not connect to the Internet using the Mobile Data mode? (that open is ON)
I don't go out much these days since there is Covid, but I'd like to have Internet once in a while and somehow the Mobile Data doesn't seem to connect, yet I can do phone calls just fine. It's it using the same connection for data?
I do have a data plan in good standing and it definitely worked before (last time I can say I tried was some time last summer, so about 6 months ago).
Any idea what I could try next?


texts: Is it possible to use one android as a remote speaker for all audio on another android, using no more hardware than an unmodified wifi access point?

texts:
I have an android phone (Sony Xperia Compact Z1 / Stock) with an "eh" speaker, and a tablet (Kindle Fire 7" HD / Cyanogen) with amazing speakers. I use the phone a lot to listen to audiobooks, but at home i'd like to be able to use the tablet so i can hear the audiobooks over other noises.

I currently use Smart Audiobook Player since it seems to be the best audiobook software on the market, but it cannot synch progress between different devices, or stream audio between them on its own.

So i would like to stream all audio that is currently playing on my phone, over to my tablet and have it play via the tablet's speakers.

I suppose this should be feasible via Bluetooth or Wifi, but:

No Bluetooth solutions seemed to work, none of them even indicated being able to connect between the two devices.
No Wifi solutions seem to exist that can work with only the two android devices and the unmodified Wifi AP.

Did i overlook some piece of software that can do this?


texts: When I tap on an explicit RSS link shown in a web page, I have the opportunity to complete the action using RSSDemon. But no such thing happens for hidden RSS links, whose presence is revealed via the RSS icon in the address bar. When I tap on that, I can only add the feed to Google reader. Then I have to import the link from Google reader. How can this be bypassed? I want to go straight to my preferred RSS app.


texts: How to highlight nickname instead of first name/last name?

texts:
I would like to highlight nicknames in the contact list using a bigger font and first/last name under that, in smaller font (practically opposite as implemented by default)

Is it possible?

I am running Android 2.2 (CM6.0.1)


texts: Karbonn Titanium S1 suddenly switches off

texts:
My Karbonn Titanium S1 smartphone switches off when I open the gallery, play any game, listen to music or do anything with the phone without connecting the charger. The screen starts to shrink and the phone is switched off. After restarting the phone battery is empty.

How can I solve this?


texts: I can select Hangouts to replace SMS from the contacts app, but I don't see the option to use Hangouts instead of the default dialer. Is this option available without root?


texts:
I've recently purchased a Male Micro-USB to Female USB adapter (OTG).

Now, I've connected my USB Headphones (w/ Microphone) but I can't adjust the volume.

When I try, It either mutes it completely, or plays at 100% volume.
Also, the Microphone doesn't work.

For some reason, the 'beats audio' doesn't work either.

I have a HTC Butterfly,

Android version: 4.3

HTC Sense version: 5.5

What could be the reason for not being able to adjust volume?


texts: How can I remove contacts from a phone without removing them from my Google account?

texts:
I have a 2nd phone (LG Stylo 6) that I will only use for some specific things & do not want all my contacts on it.  I hadn't realized sync was on when I entered my email. I shut sync off but when I go to remove contacts on the Stylo 6 I get a message "This contact will be removed from Google Contacts & all your synced devices."
I don't want to remove the contact from my Google contacts, I just want to remove it from this particular phone. Is this possible? Or do I have to come up with a new email for this phone so my Google contacts aren't effected?


texts:
I've tried various different Google searches on this, but can't seem to find the answer or even someone reporting the same problem.

I cannot for the life of me find the browsers back button. It's annoying enough that google decided to remove the refresh button from the address bar, but they can't seriously have completely removed the back button from the entire app could they?

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

I know under usual circumstances I can use the Android OS back button, however if I'm in the browser, then exit out to the home screen or switch to another app, and then reopen the browser, the back button no longer goes back in the browser - it goes back to the last activity I was in e.g. the home screen.

NOTE: This behaviour is not consistent. Like right now it is not happening, but a day or 2 ago, it was and I literally had no way to go back to the previous page because each time I pressed the back nav button the browser simply closed. So even if this does not always happen, I'm still puzzled as to where the browser back button has gone..and yet they leave the forward button in the menu...I almost never use the forward button.

p.s. If you too find the removal of the refresh button from the address bar ridiculous too, make sure to star the issue here so that the devs might notice and actually revert it.


texts: Android x86 version 7.1 xposed is bootlooping

texts:
Hey!

After trying to install Xposed framework on every version of Android x86 I found out that Android x86 version 7.1 is the only version that xposed is "bootlooping" (r1 & r2 & rc). Is anyone else encountered such thing?

I tried to install Xposed in two different ways that both of them worked on the other versions of Android x86 (4.4, 6.0, 8.1):

flash the Xposed zip from the terminal (unzipping the zip, giving permission to all folders and running sh META-INF/com/.../flash-script.sh)
Installing via the install option in the XposedInstaller APK

as I already wrote, this two ways of installation worked perfectly on versions 4.4, 6.0 and 8.1 of Android x86 project but not on 7.1.

Hopefully someone else in here encountered this problem of the bootlooping on Android x86 version 7.1 as well and might have a solution.

Thanks.


texts:
I'm already using LBE Privacy Guard, AdAway and Droidwall to strictly control ads and app permissions. (All of them require root to run).

Droidwall has a whitelist where only apps that actually fetch data from the internet are allowed. (Games, system apps etc are blocked)

However I find some apps that are able to show ads even when they're not on the whitelist in Droidwall. How do they do it? Are they relying on some separate core system component to do this?
My solution is to click on the ad and instantly hit 'stop' on the browser window that pops up, then adding the ad host to my hosts file.

I'd prefer a permanent solution, so that only apps requiring the internet are able to get through.

(Given a choice, I'd prefer a time bound full version or a feature restricted demo version to any form of adware, be it on Android or the desktop).

What Android system component do I block to completely disable in app ads?


texts: Why is my Android fetching http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin upon start?

texts:
I notice my HTC Desire fetches http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin when it boots (and before I enter the PIN).

What is that ?

Here's the HTTP Request sent:

GET /xtra.bin HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*, application/vnd.wap.mms-message, application/vnd.wap.sic
x-wap-profile: http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/profiles/UAPROF/ccppschema-20021212#
Host: xtra3.gpsonextra.net
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Android


texts: I found out today my cc was under my friends google wallet instead of mine. I was wondering if I delete it from his wallet; will I be able to add it under mine and be capable of using it. I ask because when I go to remove it, it says "This card will no longer be available to use online or on your device", what exactly does that mean if anyone can tell me.


texts: Can I safely install Android system updates with disabled Gapps?

texts:
On my Nexus 5x for personal choices I disabled all the Gapps (Google apps) via the Settings menu, included "Google Play Services" and "Google Services Framework". With these two apps disabled the Software Update screen is not available at all, so I'd like to install the May 2016 security patch with the Adb Sideload method.

The question is, do I risk any bootloop or any other issue if I manually update while those apps are disabled?

I would say no for several Gapps because if so they wouldn't even let me disable them, but the two mentioned above are required to get the update screen, that's why I'm worried about it. The phone has the stock ROM, no unlocked bootloader, nothing unusual.


texts: Are there cases where Android would start an app/service other than due to Intents or explicit user start?

texts:
I'm trying to understand how/why some of the processes that are running on my phone (DroidX, stock 2.2 ROM).

It's obvious that 2 likely reasons for a process to start are:

A direct action by the user/another program to start it (e.g. click on the icon of an app, or another process launches the .apk explicitly)
An Intent is registered by the app, and the event associated with that intent happens.

The question is, are there other reasons/causes/mechanisms by which a process could be started in Android? (aside from Intents or direct launch).

P.S. As a plausible theory, something could be started off of init.rc (being how Android is based off of Linux) but I don't know enough about Android internals to judge if it launches any apps via init.rc


texts: Galaxy S and Skype - Why am I getting an "Insufficient memory" error?

texts: Galaxy S running 2.2.  try to install SKYPE but get the error - "insufficient memory" when there is loads on the phone and i can install any other app quite normally.  Any help appreciated.


texts: Can I have horizontal scrolling in the installed application on the Sense 5.5?

texts:
I have an HTC One with Sense 5.5 installed. In Sense 5.5 the installed application menu have a vertical scrolling. I'd prefer to have horizontal scrolling.

Can I change this setting in some way?


texts: Desire HD: I apparently flashed the wrong pd98img.zip, how can I fix this?

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in a attempt to downgrade my Desire HD from 2.50 to 1.32 I apparently pushed the wrong pd98img.zip into my zip card. I can start the phone, but I'm greeted by some chinese characters and can't do anything but contact emergency numbers. I can't connect the phone with usb, I can't connect with adb or do anything else.

I can get into fastboot by taking out the memory card, otherwise it would try to install the wrong pd98img.zip continouesly.

Right now I have only following informations:

Ace PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.11_M2
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011,00:55:45

What are my options?


texts: HTC desire bravo sim card is always ejecting

texts: I have to hold the card in place while using the phone otherwise it pushes itself out. When troubleshooting the problem, being as gentle as possible by the way, it clicks into place but doesn't catch and is pushed out by the spring lock.


texts: How to transfer video from a smartphone (with microUSB port) to an external portable mini-DISPLAY (AV, HDMI, VGA inputs)?

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I'm looking for the best way to transfer the video from a smartphone to an external monitor (used in cars, garages) to get a bigger picture.

I find this useful for dash cameras, and for entertainment with bigger display.

May I accomplish this with a OTG cable?

Your help is welcome.


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I have got a game I play (The Simpsons Tapped Out) that is based on time. (For example every 5 hours I get a coin).

But every time something is completed (like a quest) I hear from the speakers something like ("yeaho work is done!")

I would like to disable that sound, but there is no setting for it within the game.

Because when I am working I want to hear when someone is calling, not when the app is done doing something.

Is there a way to disable the sound of one app?

Or is there a setting in my phone that can disable that sound?

I am using Android 4.1.2 on an LG Optimus L5.


texts: Is it possible to add a keyboard layout and dictionary to Swype?

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I used the official Motorola upgrade tool and updated my Motorola Defy to Froyo (French firmware). Before the update, when I held the Q key on the Swype keyboard, many languages options were offered, and among them there was the Polish language. Now I don't have that option anymore, as there are far fewer languages available.

Is there any way to have that language installed back? I have tried Manylocale2, but it does NOT what I need: it changes the locale, but it will not add any languages to the language menu...

Thanks


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I am trying to install the app as System app.
My APK works fine when I install in the normal way:
adb install apk-file-name.apk

I have reviewed the following discussion threads :

How to Install App as System App
How do I properly install a system app given its .apk?

As per the instructions, I have copied the file to the /system/app folder and changed the permissions.
In Android O (Oreo) post reboot I am able to use the App in the normal way.
In Android Q phone, post reboot, I am getting an error message "Can't load Android System". I have to do a Factory reset to get it to boot.
Could some suggest if there are any changes in the flow for Android Q?
Appreciate your help in this.


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Found a pretty interesting feature/bug from the combination of K-9 Mail and the stock Alarm app on my Galaxy S (rooted + Darky's Rom 10.2, 2.3.4). This morning, just as the alarm started to ring, I got an email. This caused the alarm to snooze and the short email notification sound I have to play. I'd think that an alarm would have preference over an email notification, and thankfully I had a regular alarm clock as a backup.

Has anybody else run into this problem or is it just me? Suggestions how to avoid in the future?


texts: I downloaded a bunch of sound booster apps now the audio is ruined. I reset it and it still sounds bad. I got a new phone and transfered data over but the bad audio moved too. How do I fix this? Thanks.