texts: Cannot connect to Samsung Galaxy S4 wifi hotspot from laptop

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My friend and I are trying to figure out why we can't connect his laptop to his Samsung Galaxy S4's wifi hotspot.

Laptop running Windows 7 Enteprise edition and his Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android Lollipop.

So far, we can connect other devices such as iPad, other phones, but not his laptop. Also the phone has no trouble connecting to WiFi itself, and the laptop has no trouble connecting to any other wifi network. Also, we tested a tethered connection, and that worked fine, but we can't get it to work over wifi.

We also tried updating the wifi drivers for his computer and that didn't seem to help.

Any ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.


texts: Is it a viable option to modify ROM image directly instead of compiling?

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I have an archive of my stock ROM with partition images inside and I have combined sparsechunks into a single images (this specific because it seems that there are various formats with ambiguous naming).
Now I am able to mount combined images of ext2 partitions and make modifications to the files/directories.
Main goal is to remove google and various other bloat, I know how to manually remove applications from android.
But I read that this is not correct way and that this might make device unstable or create various problems and that I should modify and compile AOSP/lineageos insted. (source of information is XDA though...)
Only compilation of AOSP/lineageos requires too much knowledge thought, not to mention attempting to make modifications to the project which takes hundreds of gigabytes of storage.
Will 'debloating'/'degoogeleing' ROM image make my device unstable or possibly raise other problems and something I should not do?
Or does it depend and I should maybe try and see for myself?
I know of custom android distributions like lineageos - I have this official POS (piece of software) installed currently and it has too many bugs for my taste, phone being just a tool and not a way of life for me, I don't find it appealing to wait and hope for possible resolution.


texts: OS X Yosemite - Nexus 5 - ADB Device Offline

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I've been trying to initiate ADB commands on my Nexus 5 using my MacBook Air. However, when I type adb devices into Terminal, my Nexus 5 is listed as offline.

I've tried disabling/enabling USB Debugging on my Nexus 5, rebooting both my computer as well as my phone, and reinstalling Android SDK - the problem remains. Any suggestions? Thanks.


texts: I have android 7 but i cant locate factory reset protection(FRP)

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I have android 7 on my device but i am cant find how i can enable FRP.

I was thinking that all devices above 5 have FRP protection app as the settings ought to have cloud and accounts menu that i can find the FRP support.

Is this to be expected?.


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I have an android device that has no internet connection.

Is there a way to download a google map for a certain region from my PC, and then copy this map to my android device so that I can use it offline there?

Specifically, I want the full map of Cuba, with all zoom levels.


texts: My Gmail app recently stopped working.  I'm on a SGS Captivate running this custom ROM -- while I realize there might be some ROM-specific glitch, I thought I could ask here for general troubleshooting tips.  I stopped getting new emails last week, so I cleared the app cache, toggled sync off and back on, then finally uninstalled and re-installed the app.  Nothing seems to make any difference -- mail will not sync, sitting at the "Waiting for sync" message with a blue spinner for hours.  Am I missing anything?  Is there any way to get a handle on what exactly is going wrong here?


texts: adb does not reboot my Samsung Galaxy SIII I9300 to bootloader (download) mode!

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My device is Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 and I did a complete factory reset. Device is NOT rooted yet. It works properly. I can do all of following with my device:

Power off using device keys.
Start in recovery mode and download mode using device keys.
device is detected properly in normal mode and recovery mode by adb when is connected to PC through USB cable
I am able to reboot device using adb reboot command
adb reboot recovery works well.

The problem is that if I run adb reboot bootloader or adb reboot-bootloader commands, device is booted in normal mode, NOT in download mode. The only way to reboot the device in download mode is to use Power + Volume Down + Home keys


texts: Power button is not responsive when being hold on LG Optimus F3

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I have an LG Optimus F3. Last night, I wanted to screenshot something, but holding the power button didn't do anything. I can press it and the screen would turn on/off, but there's no response when holding it.

I tried holding it for a good 1 minute, but it still isn't working.

How to fix this?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530T1) and I would like to install a version of LineageOS onto it. This is the first time I have ever attempted something like this. I did manage to install TWRP v. 3.1.1 onto my recovery partition. It is able to "boot" into this, but when I go to install the LineageOS .zip file, TWRP says:

Updating partition details...
...done
Installing zip file '/external_sd/rr-oreo-j30_20180804_NIGHTLY-gprimelte.zip'
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Warning: No file_contexts
E3004: This package is for device: gprimelte,
gprimeltecan,gprimeltetmo,gprimeltetr,gprimeltevl; this device is .
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/rr-oreo_j30_20180804_NIGHTLY-gprimelte.zip'
Updating partition details...
...done

I have tried Googling everything, and everything I see says to install a newer version of TWRP, but there is none released (that I can find). What should I do?


texts: Unable to see all folders on Moto G using FTP

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I have set up an FTP server on my Moto G, and I'm trying to copy (music) files from my laptop (running Ubuntu 12.04) using FileZilla.

I understand that user data appears in the /data folder, but when I try to open this folder, FileZilla says

Response:   150 Directory listing for data/
Response:   550 Requested action not taken.  does not exist, not a directory or insufficient rights
Error:  Failed to retrieve directory listing


texts: How can I continuously measure mobile network coverage on a particular journey?

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Every day I spend almost 2 hours on a train to my job and back. My current cellular provider gives me a terrible service most of the time within the train. I'd like to buy/borrow SIM cards of all available providers and measure the network performance while I'm traveling, and then compare the results afterwards to see which one performed best.

How can I record and compare the network coverage on a journey like this?


texts: Can the Play Store (in /system/priv-app/) be reinstalled with a newer version?

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Tapping on the build number in the Play Store doesn't really update it anymore on my device; I have no idea why.
I've been trying to sideload the apk which just installs the newer version into /data/app/ but after several reboots i still don't see the newer version.

So yes, is it possible that I just delete the one from the /system/priv-app/ and push the newer version in it?

Strangely, other Google apps that didn't come preinstalled just fails to install through the rom's old Play Store (version 5.5.12)and just comes up with a "-504" error. The same happens when trying to update preinstalled ones.

My phone is on stock Android 5.0 from the manufacturer rooted with SuperSU 2.82.


texts: Why does video screen get brighter and how to prevent it?

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This happens on Nexus 7 2013 (Google stock 5.0.2) and also happens on Galaxy Note 12.2 tablet (Samsung stock 4.4.2). I am in a dark room. I have set the system brightness to the minimum (let us call this brightness MIN). To change brightness I use swiping up/down on the left screen area.

With MX Player, when the video starts playing, even the minimum brightness (which is 0) makes the screen brighter than MIN. There seems to be no way to set the brightness to MIN. I can clearly notice that the screen has been brightened, by pressing the home button or the task switch button. I can see that the screen remains bright for about 1 second then changes back to MIN.

With VLC, when the video starts playing, if its previous brightness was 0, the brightness does not change and remains MIN. But if I change brightness once, changing it to 0 does not lower the brightness to MIN. At this point, VLC acts just like MX Player.

Is this a bug of Android? It seems as if the system passes a false minimum brightness of the hardware to the software. Is this an intended behaviour to make video brighter? Anyways, is there any way to prevent this brightness change? This hurts my eyes when I watch videos in a dark room.

==PS==

This behaviour is also happening in CyanogenMod 12 (Android 5.0.2).


texts: Battery quickly discharged after installation of Lollipop

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I have Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. Recently I've updated it to Lollipop 5.0.2 through Odin. Then problem with battery have arisen: charge falls on one percent each three minutes when brightness is medium, 3G is on, screen is always on and music is enabled.

Does this problem really relate to possible confrontation with Lollipop?


texts: How many people can use the same card on Google Wallet?

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A company of 120 developers would like to purchase one credit card, deposit some money on it and give it to their employees on usage.

Employees will use it solely on Google Play to purchase applications.

Does anyone know what is the max number of accounts that can use the same credit card?


texts: Change maximum number of notification icons?

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My phone shows only three app notification icons in the status bar at most, but there is space for six (most of the time).

How can I increase/change the maximum number of notifications shown at once?

I don’t care if they end up overlapping with system indicators on the right.

I run CyanogenMod 7.1 (rooted, s-off, adb available, compiler as well...) and editing the source is acceptable.


texts: Desk home screen display appears randomly even when disabled

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and every so often, without any apparent reason, while my phone is idle sitting on my desk (no dock or anything; it's just laying on my desk) the screen will light up and display the time and the icons of my any current notifications appear.

I have disabled daydream and unchecked "Desk home screen display"

It appears to happen randomly after device has been idle for some time. It's not a huge deal, but it's annoying and rather distracting.

My device  is a rooted Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 running android 4.2.2 on baseband VUAME7.


texts: Install TWRP/Lineage on Huawei 10 Mate Lite (RNE-L21) Oreo

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I'm trying to install TWRP to be able to get LineageOS running.
But I'm stuck at the very first step:

$ adb reboot bootloader
$ fastboot flash recovery twrp8.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (18296 KB)...
OKAY [  0.757s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.763s

It seemed to be the issue that "OEM-Unlock active" had to be activated. Is done on my phone. I'm getting a white screen with some message, at the bottom written:

PHONE Locked (in green)
FRP Unlock (in red)

I've been trying to figure out how to unlock the phone and apparently there are ways to do that with fastboot flashing lock. The command fails.
Seems there was a time Huawei used to give away codes which allowed to unlock it.

I'm stuck now, are there options I forgot to enable? Or other ways?

I'm using using Linux and as stated in the Title:
Model: RNE-L21
EMUI: 8.0
Android: 8.0


texts: Files not copied to laptop when transferred via USB from Nexus 5

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I have downloaded a 3 gb folder of android tutorials from torrent on my nexus 5.Now I am trying to copy that folder through USB to my laptop but unfortunately everytime I try to copy it I get a blank folder.When I try separately to copy those media files I am unable to copy them.Please help me fix this.
 P.S. My phone is connected as a media device via usb and recently I upgraded it to lollipop.


texts: Is there a media player which doesn't lose current track when mounting/unmounting the SD card?

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I've got an Xperia X10.

I listen to audio books, so I'd like to keep my position in the playlist.

Whenever I mount the SD card using USB, the standard media player, Mediascape, lose both the playlist and the position.

Do you know of an alternative media player which doesn't have this defect?  (Including paid apps.)


texts: How to disable "reject call with an SMS"?

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ICS introduced an option to reject incoming calls with an SMS.

Is there a way to disable this function. If yes, how?

Sony Xperia S handset running JB


texts: On my new tablet I installed the gmail app and also configured the builtin app. Now I get two notifications for each email. How can I get rid of the builtin email app which does not seem as good as the gmail app?


texts: Downloaded mp3 only plays for about 2 minutes. Is there a setting I have to change?

texts: I've downloaded several mp3's so I can listen to them on my Samsung Galaxy S3. When I play them either through Google Play Music or Sound Player, I hear about 2 minutes of audio then it stops playing. I've attempted this with multiple mp3's. Is there a setting I need to change?


texts: Is there any tool that tells me the min and max battery consumption rate of an app?


texts: Some secret codes not working after installing CyanogenMod

texts: I installed CyanogenMod on my Galaxy SIII I9300, There was a secret code that shows MAC address of the device: *#232338# that was working when original stock ROM was on my device. But it does not works now. Is the secret code list differs between original stock ROM and CyanogenMod? If yes, where I could find new secret code list?


texts: Android system partition image on pc or sdcard

texts: I want to take raw image of my android system partition either on sdcard or on my pc using adb or any other way.. if their is way please help


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As the title suggests, is it possible on Android N (7.0/7.1)?

I Googled around but all solution suggests that I format /data. And if I keep using the stock ROM without flashing Forced Encryption Disabler it'll be encrypted again. So I wonder if it's possible to manually decrypt /data.

I'm using OnePlus 5, whose stock system is very similar to AOSP.

Author's note: Plagiarism is allowed as long as you're shameless.


texts: Linux Elementray Os Luna not showing in my devices when I connect my Asus Zenfone 5

texts: It seems to work fine in other Windows based laptops but when I connect it to my Dell (with Elementary Luna) it doesn't show in my devices but it still charges. I have turned on MTP and also USB Debugging so what am i missing here?


texts: How can I check if busybox is working properly?

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I have Busybox installed, but I suspect that it does not work properly.
Total Commander ADB plugin invokes busybox mv -f and busybox rm -f commands, but it seems to fail silently.

Is there a reasonable way how to check?


texts: Fastboot command returns a list of question marks

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I am trying to root an Acer Iconia Tab A200 tablet using a script. I have adb working and fastboot works too, however, command fastboot devices returns a list of question marks. Eg:

???????????? fastboot

Image ilustrates the steps followed and the result:

I execute command fastboot devices in the bootloader which is already unlocked. Using Ubuntu 14.04. udev settings are already set (the file with vendors IDs).

What can I do to get the correct result? How can I make fastboot work well?

Thanks in advance!


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In the mail client of my Galaxy Tab I have three accounts. In the view "all mailboxes" there is a little line on the left for marking which mail comes from which account.

These colors seem to be defined randomly when creating the account. I can't find the setting where I can change these colors. The last thing I want to do is to delete and create a new account.

The problem is two of the colors are nearly the same.

My Galaxy Tab is rooted but I found nothing in the table "emailProvider.db".

How can I fix this?


texts: Possible to detach a system app from the Play Store?

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Is it possible to detach a system app from the Play Store, without disabling or uninstalling it?

I would prefer to leave the system app in its partition, and not move it.

Solution should be compatible with Android KitKat.  Solutions requiring root privileges are completely acceptable.

The device is rooted. I've already tried using TiBu to detach apps from playstore, but it didn't work (they don't get detached at all, so the scheduling won't help either; researching it online, it seems like it is a known problem with Titanium Backup, and has been for a long time).


texts: Restore Images from TWRP nandroid backup

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My (rooted) HTC U Ultra died, not repairable - motherboard issue. I have a Galaxy S20, but want to get photos etc that were in internal storage. I have a nandroid backup taken with TWRP a few months ago a well as Titanium Backup taken on the same day. From what I understand Titanium backup does not backup data (images etc) from internal storage, so I have been looking at how I can use the nandroid backup which is a backup the entire system at a partition level.
I consider myself a novice, but I tried to restore the Ultra backup to my old HTC One M9+ (it was worth a try), this did not work because internal storage is too small, got a Error 255 and it went to a boot loop. I read in another question the nandroid backup can be opened up using 7zip.
I searched the backup file but could not find anything that resembled the images or my data, most of the files are human unreadable. Do these files need to be compiled to make them readable? Or once opened in 7zip is there a viewer app/program to read them?
Is it possible to restore the nandroid backup into a virtual space which is not device specific, like virtual box?
Any suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How do I stop Play Store from randomly opening when I'm in other apps?

texts: Play Store is randomly opening when I'm in another app. It is simply showing me an app it thinks I would like, even though I haven't initiated any action on Play Store. I'm running Jelly Bean on a Motorola Razr Maxx.


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I was wondering if there was a way to change the sound the phone makes when a call is connected. I'm thinking there has to be a place where all the sound FX for the phone are stored, and that they can be altered.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S20+5G with Android 10.


texts: I'm thinking of buying the NVIDIA SHIELD K1 tablet. I was very impressed by the specs, especially as it's only $299. I noticed however, that it only shipped with 5.1 Lollipop. Of course, for a 2017 tablet this is appalling, especially with the recent release of Android Oreo. NVIDIA say they provide an OTA update to Marshmallow, although in South Africa, where I live, OTA updates are useless because cellular providers don't care about them. But then I realized something. The tablet doesn't have a SIM card, so it can't rely on cellular providers to send out the OTA updates, so how does it get them? And does it rely on cellular providers to give it to you?


texts: Wallpaper doesn't rotate or stretch to match the screen when in landscape mode

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I have a Samsung Stratosphere, running Android 2.3.6. My problem is that when I'm on the home screen and I slide the keyboard out (putting the device into landscape mode), the wallpaper does not change with the rest of screen. For the purposes of illustration, I've made a home screen less cluttered than my real one, and used a wallpaper whose orientation can be more easily discerned (see here for the full image). Click on the screenshots below for larger versions.

As you can see, the wallpaper doesn't rotate to match the orientation of the screen, nor does it stretch; there are just some (very silly looking) black bars.

I owned a Stratosphere for a few years, during which I never had this problem with the wallpaper; however, the wallpaper I used during this time was just an image consisting of just a solid color, so I can't say for sure whether the wallpaper was being rotated or stretched. All I know is that I never had any black bars. But I recently dropped it and had to get a replacement via my Asurion insurance policy, and now an ostensibly identical device has this problem. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How to show screen of my Android Device on a Wireless projector

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I want to project my android screen content on a wireless projector.

Can anyone help me in understand how stuff works for EZ Display?

I have a requirement to project docs/images/videos of an android device on to a Projector/TV wireless.


texts: how could my viber messagelog dissapear?

texts: i was chatting on viber and then left for a couple of hours and when i were going to write a message again i saw that all of my previous messages had been deleted except for two of the latest ones. I havent updated or anything, what happend? can it update by itself and deleting messages?


texts: LG G4 ghost touch and swipe when data is turned on

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Odd problem with my LG G4 phone, on Monday I check my whatsapp and the screen starts ghost touching itself randomly in different places?  I lock the phone to stop it and reset a couple of times, but it’s still noticeable.

At the same time that started there was a issue with my rear camera, a message kept popping up saying “unfornately the camera has stopped working”.  I eventfully got that fixed by removing the battery for a bit, no other standard troubleshooting was able to fix it?

Before I fixed the rear camera I had identified that if I switch the data connection off then the screen is fine, no ghost touches ever happen when data is off.

So I’ve been keeping my data off now until I need it, but when I turn it on the ghost touching starts near instantly.  And if it’s on, but there is no signal then it’s fine, but the moment it gets signal the ghost touches start again.

I also notice that sometimes the whole screens frame rate drops way down, almost as if I’m only viewing a remote access view of my screen??

I’m planning to do a factory reset after I get a backup setup, but looking to see if anyone has any ideas.

I haven’t installed any apps that weren’t on the play store, and I haven’t modified the OS is any way.  And it doesn’t happen when connect to WiFi


texts: Run 32-bit ARM ELF executable on 64-bit Android

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For various testing reasons, I need to run my own 32-bit ARM ELF executables on various real ARM Android devices (I can't use emulators). Because it is not easy to buy an ARMv7 device nowadays, I'd like to run the executables on 64-bit Android devices. However, all the 64-bit devices from various vendors I have access to refuse to run the executables with this message:

not executable: 32-bit ELF file

This means that the system can't run 32-bit ELF files, or it can run them but it is configured to refuse them. Is there any trick to make the 64-bit OS running 32-bit executables, just like 64-bit Windows or 64-bit Linux can run 32-bit executables?
I use the following steps to push and execute the file:
adb push printf /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 555 /data/local/tmp/printf
adb shell /data/local/tmp/printf

This returns:

/system/bin/sh: /data/local/tmp/printf: not executable: 32-bit ELF file


texts: Will I get Offcial updates after rooting my Xperia SP?

texts: I have Sony Xperia SP, I am planning to root my device. Will I get offcial updates ( Like Kitkat update in future ) after rooting?


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Actually i want to root not-branded tablet. That table is running Android Jelly bean 4.2.2, Kernel 3.0.8+.

Current my status:

From the start i have root access in adb shell
I managed update su binary from legacy to 3.1.1 (su binary located at /system/xbin/)
I also installed Superuser app as System app
And busybox already existed and i think there is no need for updating

You may think the device is rooted, but it's not. Even Superuser app can't access root permissions.

I don't want to use one click solutions and Thanks in advance.


texts: OpenGapps problem in Redmi 4X with LineageOS

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I am running LineageOS 16 on a Redmi 4X device.
I tried installing the relevant opengapps pico version selecting ARM64 and Android 9.
I booted to TWRP, selected install and clicked on the opengapps zip file. It installed successfully with absolutely NO error code whatsoever. I then cleared Dalvik/cache(TWRP menu after installing opengapps) and rebooted to system.
I ran through setup and it all finished smoothly. I can install apps from the play store and all services too are working.

However this keeps happening and android says that setup keeps crashing.
I then redownloaded the opengapps zip again,rebooted to TWRP and installed it again. There was no error message. This time I booted to system without clearing Dalvik/Cache.
I ran through setup again. Everything happened properly, all my google stuff is working but again this setup screen keeps reappearing and Android keeps saying that setup keeps crashing.

It crashes right after this screen when I click not now.

Even now this notification is always present in the notification bar.

Surprisingly all my google apps are still working perfectly including play store,gmail,classroom. I can also call, get messages and do everything else a phone is supposed to do.
This thread talks about bootloop which is definitely NOT my issue. I didn't find any other thread related to santoni+lineageos16.
This is how I went about rooting my device.
I don't know how to obtain android system logs/logs relevant to opengapps so I am unable to post any of them. I will really appreciate any help I get since this is becoming quite annoying.


texts: I accidentally uninstalled viber but I cant now re install it on the same device

texts: I accidentally uninstalled viber but I reinstalled it again. Now I cannot setup the old account on the same device. The viber version used by me is 5.3-the latest version. I previously used viber on samsung galaxy tab 2 with os jeally bean -4.0.4.  I send email to the viber forum but that did not solve my problem. I previously used the same version on my tablet. Every time I enter my phone number error message pops up. I was tninking of activating my viber account on another device and deactivate my account . And then using the same number and device I wish to setup the viber account once again. Will that help???


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I'm on Android 4.2.1.

During a call, tapping 'Add call', automatically mutes the current call. I find it very annoying, mostly because usually when I want to add a call it's because I want to make a conference call.
Further more, sometimes I'm asking someone for a friend's number, when starting to type the number I'm muted, and the first one goes "hey, you're writing?". Very annoying.

Anyway is there a way to disable this annoying behavior?


texts: Gboard doesn't save new words and use my personal dictionary?

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I have both swedish and english activated in GBoard, but I'm using the swedish layout so I get easy access to the letter  å ä ö.

My problem is that Gboard doesn't seem to "learn" some new words. A specific example is when I'm swiping hon (swedish for her), it never suggests hon, instead it autocorrects it to jobb (swedish for work) every single time. I've erased the suggestion, I've typed h o n manually and clicked it in the top bar - I even added hon to my personal dictionary in the Gboard settings, but nothing seems to help.

It's gotten so ridiculous that I just stopped erasing and correcting it when texting some of my friends, I just informed them that if they see an oddly placed jobb, just assume I mean hon :)

On a side note - both me and one of my friends (who's using Sony's built in keyboard) seem to experience periods of our predictions going haywire and suggesting completely wrong words, or in my case often weird acronyms like DF, DT, DGV etc. This seems to last for a few days and then it gets better for few weeks. Might just be coincidental, but I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing something similar?


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I use this app on SM-J7 with Android 8 to check my internet connectivity. I hardly use this app as I get to see what I require in the notification bar. But every day, I am forced to manually open it to make it work.
I also face the same issue with this but this one works fine, although both of them run in the background.
I have installed the same apps on another device (SM-M30 with Android 10) but there the apps start working on their own after the phone is switched on.
What is causing this? Any remedy?


texts: I have a Xiaomi redmi note 4, last week, I flash super su with TWRP, I change the sd mount to EXT4 because I have a problem, but is solved, and I wipe data. When I reboot the phone to system, all is OK, but I can't install any apk from play store, I get the error 903. I try to wipe data, wipe play store cache, uninstall the updates, reinstall play store, wipe data of google play services, etc... But nothing works. Right now im using Aptoide, please help, thanks you.


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My android device is 4.4.2 and it’s rooted.

To manage auto-start app, I installed Clean Master and allowed it for root access. Also I stopped many apps that start automatically.

To manage start-up app, I installed Boot Manager Xposed.  Apart from these I installed other apps also for controlling auto-start and start-up app.

However, I see many unwanted background running apps and auto-start app.

Please go for screenshot. Whenever I close any apps, I remove them from Recent Apps also. And I keep Recent Apps empty/clean. However, most of time I see closed apps are still in Running Apps.

I do End Process for all unwanted apps manually every time from Running Apps which is ridicules for me.

In screenshot, some apps like My Airtel, Clean Master, Facebook, OneDrive, ET News, Practo for health, Fox News, Hindustan Times News, Flipkart Shopping, SuperBattery, Outlook Email start automatically and very frequently. There are other user apps also that run in background automatically without tapping them.

Till the time, I don’t call/tap any apps, I don’t want see them in Running Apps and once I close any app, I don’t want to see them again in Running Apps.

Please let me know to control them.

Regards
GNS


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I admit, I watch porn now and then on my android phone. But I never, ever, download something or click any adds or links. But here's the weird thing, sometimes when I visit such a website, an automatic download starts. I thought I removed them but when I installed an antivirus it detected 5 threats, all from that site. And the weirdest is, when I installed an other antivirus, it detected 4 more threats! Are these the same threats or did the first antivirus fail on me?
And do android devices get severe viruses?


texts: Cannot add Google accounts on Huawei U8825D/G330D

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This is a Huawei U8825D/G330D running Android 4.0.4 on a contract with China Unicom. I have used two Android phones in the past, and was always able to sync all my Google services by logging into a Google account on my Android, but I haven't been able to add a Google account on this Huawei phone.

I tried going to Settings > Accounts and Sync > Add an Account, but the only types of accounts available for adding in the menu are Huawei Cloud+, Company, Email, and Wandoujia (an app store service popular in China). There is no option to add a Google account. This doesn't only create the problem of not being able to sync Google services - without a Google account enabled on this phone, I cannot even open Google Play store, Gmail, and the like. I am able to install these apps on the phone, but when I click on them, a screen (of the background frame of, say, the Play store) would briefly show up before the app closing itself in a moment. I tried restoring the phone to factory settings but it has not worked.


texts: Rooting and run adbd service automatically

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I try to use create root package that run adbd service automatically,so:

I download root package for gti9300 from autoroot.chainfire.eu
I extract package multiple times to get recovery.img and cache.img
Unpack it
So I opened and edited default.prop like this:

  ro.secure=0

  ro.debuggable=1

  persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb

Pack recovery ...
Going mobile to download mode
Upload it with odin

It roots completely OK but it's not running adb service.

How can I root and run adb server at the same time? (I want avoid going to download mode one time)


texts: Please help, soft bricked my [US] [Sprint] Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920P

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After around 5-6 hours this morning/afternoon, I've officially given up on fixing this on my own, and I've all but accepted my device to be an expensive paperweight.
I decided to make one last attempt at saving it by posting for help.
Problem: My phone has a feature called "FRP" (Factory Restore Protection), which is tied to one's Google account. Basically, if you have a Google Account on the phone, it locks the phone to any custom binary/custom OS/whatever.
Once I realized this, in order to root my phone, I went in and removed my Google accounts. Sure enough, this disabled the FRP Lock, and I was able to root my device.
After rooting my device, I re-added my Google accounts and went about my business for the next couple of weeks or so.
Just this morning, my phone was having issues charging, so I decided it'd be a good idea to give my phone a reboot. Big problem. It turns out I simply haven't ever turned off my phone since I rooted it. On top of that, I didn't think the FRP Lock would apply to booting the phone, I thought it only affected flashing new firmware. I was wrong.
After my phone turned off, red text appears at the top of the screen: "Custom binary blocked by FRP Lock".
This is the problem. It simply cannot boot. Because it cannot boot, I cannot remove the Google accounts to disable the lock and resolve the problem. Because the lock can't be disabled, I can't flash the phone's original firmware, because FRP Lock will stop anything and everything I try to do.
tl;dr: Soft bricked phone due to FRP Lock. Not able to restore original firmware, factory restore, or boot into phone's operating system.
Important: The phone turns on, and I have access to the recovery menu as well as "Download Mode"
What I have tried:

Factory restoring through the recovery menu, doesn't have any effect
Flashing stock firmware through Odin (Nand write failure)
Flashing a custom recovery environment (TWRP) through Odin (FRP Lock blocked this flash)
ADB and Fastboot cannot recognize the device
Tried to use Kies 3 and Smart Switch to "re-initialize" my OS or something. Both failed, saying that my phone wasn't compatible, and that my serial number was invalid (it was, in fact, correct)

The point here is that I've done everything, and literally everything has failed for one reason or another.
I feel like it is a possibility that if I attempted another stock ROM, then I might be able to avoid the Nand Write Failure. But again, I don't know.


texts: Kies is not working after flashing cyanogenmod on my Samsung Android phone

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I have flashed my samsung android phone(GT-I5510) to CM7 and everything is fine with it exept that kies has stopped working with it..i.e when I connect my phone to laptop, it doesn't show the option for kies mode.
Please help me with how to enable it.


texts: How to download an app from another region/country?

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I've found duplicate posts, but they are outdated.  The solutions no longer work as some of the apps have been deprecated, and things have changed since 2013.  My phone is NOT rooted, I have a HTC ONE M8, running Android 6.0.

I'm in the Middle East (but my Google account is based in the USA since I live there), and I'm trying to download an app that is only available here in the Middle East.  However, when I search for the app in my play store, I'm finding only the USA equivalent, which doesn't have the features I need while I'm here.  I'm physically not in the USA though, and my sim card is a local one from the Middle East so when I access the play store its weird how I'm still getting US based apps.

I've tried changing my country in payments.google.com > settings, and erased all data of my play store and play services, went back in and its still showing me results for the USA.  The only thing that makes sense to me is that somewhere in my google account it still has my country/region as USA.  How can I change this?  Would creating another account be a good idea?  I just don't want to have to sign out of my google account, but if its the only way I guess I'll try that.

If the best solution is creating a google account, I've actually gone ahead and done that, but how do I switch accounts?  I don't want to lose any data in the process of switching accounts.


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The screen is still way to bright at it's dimmest setting at night. I don't want to use an app that places a filter with an opacity setting over the screen because it just makes the screen look crappy and just makes everything bright grey instead of actually lowering brightness very much.

Is it possible?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S5 AT&T - Stop 5.0 Lollipop update mid-download

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I received an alert for a software update the other day that I kept putting off until today. Unbeknownst to me when I started the download, it was Android 5.0 Lollipop. I've read around that it still has some issues that need to be worked out and I'd like to avoid updating until I see better reviews and updates as Kit-Kat is running beautifully.

Unfortunately, I can't find a way to stop the download. I've tried restarting my device, looking for an option to stop it, etc. The only thing I've found that works is disabling wi-fi which, while it works, isn't a permanent solution.

Is there a way to stop the download and not install Lollipop?


texts: What's the difference between a Wi-Fi conection and a Wi-Fi Hotspot?

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I just bought a 9" d2 android tablet and it has both. When I turn on the hot spot it shares my connection with other tablet -- but doesn't give me a conection.

So I guess my question is: why have a wifi and be able to have a wifi hot-spot only to be able to share my conection -- in which, I don't have on my tablet that I'm using to share that -spot?!?!?!


texts: Tethering Droid 2 Global with Wireless Tether after 2.3 Gingerbread update

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My D2G updated to 2.3 today, and I'm no longer able to tether.

Prevously, I had no problem using Wireless Tether 2.0.7 with Android 2.2.

Now that I'm on 2.3:

Wireless Tether 2.0.7 will start up and I'm able to connect my laptop to its WiFi network, but Verizon redirects me to the self-provisioning page; I have no internet access.
Wireless Tether 3.1-beta6 doesn't work.  It says tethering is enabled, but the WiFi network does not show up on any other devices.

How can I fix this?

Edit: This appears to be a reported issue.


texts: Bug Report and Power-Bug Report Functions not working on Nexus 7 Android 4.3

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I need to gather log info for QA testing.  The settings menu "Bug Report" and the power menu "Bug Report" functions don't work for me on my Nexus 7 running Jellybean 4.3 (don't know if it ever worked because I just found out about the function).  I get a popup saying "this will take a while..." and after that nothing.  Scanning the file system, I don't see anything that looks like a screen capture and no mail is sent out.

(I can't get the magic {power/sound up/sound down} button combo to work either). The only way I can collect app logging info is by tethering the nexus 7 and using ADB.

ANy idea how to get the new bug report mechanism working or why its not working would be appreciated.


texts: Can my phone act as a WiFi access point without mobile data?

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I have an old (Galaxy S1-class) phone running a custom ICS ROM.  It has a pay-as-you-go mobile SIM without data.

I also have a bunch of kids with iPads that want to play Minecraft together.  As far as I can tell, I can't get the iPad to make an ad-hoc wifi network on its own.  If I had mobile data, I could turn on the Mobile Hotspot feature, connect all the iPads to the phone.  I think if I did this now, though, my SIM would be charged for any stray Internet requests that are accidentally made.

Is there a simple way to do this?


texts: Cable from charging port on Samsung S4 to full HDMI in car

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I bought new Honda Civic 2015 and could not afford the model with GPS so dealer told me no problem, just hook up the android phone to the HDMI cable and use the phone GPS. I need to know

If the normal charging cable (see attached) is a micro cable
If so, is the micro cable to full HDMI cable called MHL

eBay micro to full HDMI
If the cable available on eBay work (see the website) and
Will my Sygic app work on my video screen in the car.


texts: Getting rid of "X Google enrollment" in Android 11? since I don't use Assistant

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Since I have a new phone with Android 11, every now and then I see a notification about "X Google enrollment" whatever that may be.
Upon searching around I see it's nothing to worry about, it's just part of Google Assistant.
However I don't use Google Assistent, I have turned it off completely. Yet this "X Google enrollment" is still happening.
Is there I way to get rid of it? And I mean not just the notification (sure, I can disable that) but the thing itself. I'd rather not want any unnecessary processes to start or run at all.


texts: Accidently deleted the device calender? Can I recover or add new?

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My device is an Xperia Z2 D6503 running Android 4.4.4. I was using iCal Import/Export CalDAV to import .ical files into my device calendar.

Using this same app, I accidently deleted my device calendar. I cannot see the 'device calendar' anymore in the list of calendars in my phone's default calendar app.

Can I recover this calendar or add a new device calendar? I am guessing iCal app has deleted com.android.calender.


texts: I've recently upgraded from a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone to a desire, and there is one feature that I miss and that's the ability to sync tasks with my exchange server.  What are other people's, low cost solutions to this problem?


texts: How to modify possible values screen timeout on rooted devices?

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I've managed to root my device.
I wanted to keep my screen awake forever. However when I looked around the Settings, the maximum value is 1 hour in the Display settings. There's a 'never' in Developer settings, but only when device is being charged. I used Tasker to set the timeout to Never, but it gets changed back when I click the  Display Settings. I used Android wakelocks but they stop working when they're removed from the memory.

I know those settings are practical enough, but as a geek I would like to know how to get 'Never' appear in my Display Settings.

EDIT: To repeat again, I DO NOT want to use an app or a wakelock to accomplish this. I just would like to have my ROM (/system partition) modifed so that 'Screen timeout: Never' appears in my Settings.


texts: "Your Phone Companion" only works on unlocked phone

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I do not know if this is a bug or a feature, but it does not make much sense.
I have a Samsung S9, and I managed to connect it to my Windows 10 laptop. I can only start apps when my phone is unlocked, and this is annoying:

If I need to pick up my phone anyway to unlock it, I might as well just use that, instead of my laptop
Why should I waste electricity on two screens?

Is there any solution?


texts: How to disable amazon **pop up** notification

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I am using the new Moto One fusion plus.
The notification only appears as a pop up and doesn't not appear in the notification bar. I have been annoyed by the notification and have even uninstalled the amazon app from my phone, yet the notification appears very frequently. (The notification is something an Amazon ad but other times it is something else but an ad)
It did not appear in the first 2 weeks of me using the new phone, but has been constantly bugging me from the past few days.
Any help in knowledge of how to disable it will be highly appreciated.
ps: the most annoying this is the loud sound and vibration the phone makes when kept on my table  when I am focusing on something else


texts: Is it possible to get Android on a Nokia e65?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

Does anybody know if it is possible to get android on a nokia e65?

Thanks for your time


texts: How do you save a contact onto the home screen?

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I can't figure out how to save a contact shortcut on the home screen for easy dialing (Ice Cream Sandwich on Galaxy Nexus).

Long-pressing on the home screen prompts me to choose a wallpaper. Long-pressing on a contact in the People app has no effect. I can't find any menu option to do it.

How do you do it?


texts: Reset Galaxy tab without losing apps in SD Card

texts: I have an old Samsung Galaxy Tab, it keeps on lagging and has delays. I want to reset it, if I do will the newly reset Tab still acknowledge the apps stored in the SD Card? Thank you.


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I just got an lg smart tv and I'm wondering if I load apps that i have on my phone would it work on a smart tv?

ex. I have the game cut the rope on my phone can i just move that to the smart tv and start playing it?


texts: How to change Google Play country without adding payment method

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I live in European Union in country where some apps like Cortana and Google assistant are not avaiable. Now I am in Italy, and I will stay for few weeks if that is relevant,  so how can I change my country without adding payment method. I really do not whant to share some data with Google.

So, I deleted cache and data of Google Play and Play Services. And now I am unable to install any app in Play store, because  Google is forcing me to add payment method.


texts: Using Gboard's phone layout on a tablet (or vice versa)

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I use Gboard on a phone and a tablet. My preferred language is Maltese. With exactly the same settings, I get two different layouts. In particular, there's a missing button on the tablet that comes very handy when typing Maltese.

Here's the difference between the two layouts:

How to get the same keyboard layout on the tablet as on the phone?


texts: How do I download an app from the market that is restricted in my location?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I use the Android Paid Market from a region where it's not available yet?

I want to download the Kindle for Android app, but it is not available in my region. I tried to mock my GPS location to be inside the United States, but I still cannot find the Kindle app in the Android market.

How do I download an app form the market that is restricted in my locatioon?   Also, how does the android market know where I am? Does it using the GPS location?


texts: Exchange ActiveSync device agent strings for Android OS version

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I am creating reports based off of our Exchange ActiveSync logs. One of the fields in the EAS logs is "Device Agent" which tells me the device type and what version of Android the device is on. An example string from this field is:

SAMSUNG-GT-N7000/100.20306

where the first part before the "/" is the device and the second part is the Android version.

I am sure the version number maps to the Android version since these strings are different than the EAS client strings. An example of and EAS client string is "Android-EAS/2.0" where the number is the version of the ActiveSync client. Devices with those strings report the Android version in another column.

Here are some additional examples of the Android version numbers: 100.202, 100.20303, 100.20304, 100.20305, 100.20306, 100.40003, 100.40004

I was able to leverage this resource for the iOS devices: http://www.onesimplescript.com/2012/06/reporting-on-apple-ios-activesync.html

What I can't figure out is a mapping of the Android versions from these strings to their "friendly" names (KitKat, Ice Cream Sandwich, etc). Are there any resources available that map these numeric OS versions to the OS name?


texts: Camera keeps crashing on Google Nexus 5 with 6.0 Marshmallow

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I have a Google Nexus 5 with Kernel 3.4.0-g2aa165e and build number MRA58N. (Android 6 Marshmallow)

Its not rooted or modified.

Just recently the camera keeps crashing. I click the camera button and get "can't connect to camera" message. The only way to start up the camera is to switch it off and on again. I'm travelling and take a lot of photos - Its incredibly frustrating when I just want to take a quick snap. By the time the camera comes back on, the moment has passed.

Any ideas?


texts: Edit phone number associated with device / SIM

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On my device, when I check the phone number through Settings > About Phone > Status > SIM Status, the phone number is incorrect. I ported my number over when I took out a new contract so I guess this is the number originally associated with the SIM. Is there any way to change this?

EDIT: Device is a Nexus 6P running M 6.0.1, no root.


texts: Why do apps stop supporting older Android versions after some time?

texts: My mother had a shopping app on her old smartphone which runs Android v6. Recently I noticed that the app on her phone was no longer supported. I've seen such things happen on old phones generally with many apps. I just wanted to know, why do companies drop their support to older OS versions after few years? Does it cost them a lot to continue the support to older OS versions as well? Does it require a whole team to be hired to just keep managing the support for older OS? Just being curious about this. Thanks.


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I'm looking for a way for my HTC Hero (Android 2.1) so I can share the contents of my SD card and phone memory over the WiFi network like a regular Windows file share. I'd like one that does not require me to root my phone, and am willing to pay for the right app so it doesn't have to be free.

I'm thinking of using SMB server and all I've found so far are:

SambaAndroid which requires root access.
androidsmb which is a "Java implementation of the SMB/CIFS network file and printer share server for Android devices" hosted on Google Code that has no documentation and has not released any files.

Is it even technically possible to develop an SMB Server on Android that can be installed without root access?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to clear the keyboard autocomplete suggestions

I want to clear the learned words on my Android 2.3.4 phone. They are not found on the User Dictionary but I can see them being suggested whenever I'm typing.


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I just upgraded to Lollipop on my Nexus 5 and I use Connectbot a lot. There used to be a menu button, with things like "URL scan" and "Paste".  But with Lollipop that menu button is replaced with a button where I can change my keyboard. Totally redundant, since there is already a button for that on the keyboard (or at least, there is with Hackers Keyboard).

So the question is, does anyone know how to get the menu button back?


texts:
I was looking to install an Android app on the Chromebook and this device pops up:

And no, it's not on my signed-in devices.

How can I remove it?


texts: How can I easily backup data from external card on Android 4.0.4 to a new external card?

texts: I intend to buy a new external card of larger capacity for Android 4.0.4 phone and would like to backup and restore data from currently installed external card to a new card so I can restore the data and apps on the new phone. Is there a cloud backup and restore!? Easy Backup app or other solution?


texts: Changed my LG L70 (MS323) runtime from Dalvik to ART and my phone's not working properly. Help?

texts: I switched my LG L70 (MS323)'s runtime from Dalvik to ART, after it restarted and said "Android is upgrading..." and it optimized my 64 apps. After it finishes, I get an error message saying something like Unfortunately the system ui has stopped and then my phone restarts and the whole process starts over again. Please help.


texts: Alarm clock won't ring when in messenger group call

texts: So I have a problem, when, if I am in a messenger group call, my alarm clock does not have any sound. The situation is like me and a group of friend got used to sleep while being in a messenger call. If I need to get up early in the morning, the alarm clock does not have any sound, so it does not wake me up. Is there any setting, or any app that works? I'm having a Samsung Galaxy S20+, if that matters.


texts: How to detect if bootloader is unlocked when fastboot doesn't work?

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I have this tablet that runs on RK3168 (Rockchip) SoC.  The problem is that fastboot doesn't recognize the device, but after so much toil, I managed to find Finless' flashing tool and flashed CM Recovery image unto the device.  The flashing worked because when I rebooted to recovery mode, it showed CM recovery screen instead of the stock recovery screen.

The flashing tool is a windows GUI.  It doesn't have an unlock bootloader function.  But since I was able to flash the recovery image successfully, my question is, does this mean that my device bootloader is already unlocked?

Edit: (more details)
Using Finless' flashing tool, I backed up all the NAND partitions and named them accordingly, e.g. backup.img, kernel.img, etc.  Then I reflashed them all back into the device but reflashed a different recovery.img.  I reflashed a generic CM that I got from this site instead: http://androtab.info/clockworkmod/rockchip/

I did all this with the assumption that the flashing tool actually works.  After all, I used it to make the backup as it was the only tool that detected the device in fastboot mode because fastboot just doesn't detect it.  (It could be that the bootloader interface driver doesn't work properly for fastboot on Win x64, but I don't have the luxury of setting up a 32-bit OS.)

When I rebooted the device, everything was fine.  Rebooted into recovery mode and CM recovery screen showed up.

I'm still new to all this android flashing stuff, I don't really know what an unlocked bootloader means, and I just read from other guides that in order to flash a custom recovery, I need an unlocked bootloader first.  So I'm presuming that if I was able to flash images, that my bootloader is already unlocked?  But I'm not sure, so that's why I'm asking (albeit a very naive question...)


texts: Any converter available to connect my android phone to an iPod/iPhone car dock?

texts: I have a iPod/iPhone car dock, which integrates into the back of my stereo as if it were a CD changer.  I'd like to hook my android phone up to it, but the only input is an iPod/iPhone cable (technically it is from pre-iPhone-3GS days, but I was using another adapter so my iPhone 3GS would charge on it).


texts: E-mails sent from Android not syncing to IMAP "Sent" folder

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I'm using the stock e-mail app of Android 4.1 (Motorola razr i), and when I send a mail from the phone, the mail app afterwards shows the sent mail in the "Sent" folder, but it seems that folder is not synchronized via IMAP. Thus, I cannot see those mails from my PC e-mail client.

Is there any configuration for this, or will I have to use K9 or some other app?


texts: Installing Android 4.1 or higher on Sony Tipo with permanently locked bootloader

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My operator (Telecom HU) has disabled unlocking the bootloader of my Sony Tipo. I would like to get Android 4.1 or higher on my device, but so far this seems impossible. I successfully installed ParadoxRom, but I found out that it is just a re-skin of the same android version I had before. My choice would be installing Cyanogenmod 10, but every tutorial I've seen so far relies on unlocking the bootloader, and as I found out from the service menu, this is impossible in my case.

If this doesn't prevent me from upgrading to 4.1 or higher, I would like to know what rom(s) can I use that are actually a newer operating system rather than a heavily edited ICS.


texts: Using LauncherPro lost usb connection notification

texts: In HTC Sense you get a little widget that indicates that you have USB connectivity to a computer and lets you change the mode (charge/storage/etc) is there a similar tool that is not part of HTC Sense which can run in LauncherPro?


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I have a Phone and a Router with WLAN n-Technology, but i never get more Speed than 2MB/s (Only in Speedtests, not from Computer to Phone) I tried SSH, FTP and MyPhoneExplorer.

Any Ideas what i could do / check?


texts: Your friend is on Instagram notification

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I have installed Instagram and now it notifies me:

  Your friend bob is on Instagram as bob123.

I don't remember giving it permissions to access my contacts and when I go to Android Settings > Applications > Instagram it does not have any permissions enabled.

How does it know my contacts and how can I disable it?

Note: I do not have Facebook connected. In fact it has a banner across the top of the app asking if I want to connect Facebook


texts: Bluetooth dual pairing. Mic and speakers. App?

texts:
I would like to run a https://www.headwave.de/
speaker on my motorbike helmet and a separate Bluetooth mic.
The speaker is only for music but will play phone call audio.

The question is: Is there an app that will let me separate the in and out channels within Bluetooth so I can connect two individual Bluetooth devices at the same time?

I am using an HTC1 android.
They have it on the turtle beach headsets for PlayStation and Xbox.


texts: Is it possible to have a higher level of lock-screen security only on boot up?

texts:
Many of my apps are protected by an lock app ('Smart Applock' - asking for a pattern unlock before access to gMail, install/uninstall, etc). As most of my apps are thus locked individually, I would like to have the convenience of a swipe-only unlock during normal use ... however, none of the app-locking apps I have tried offer protection just after boot-up! While the various bits of the system are loading, one can still access, say, gMail, and other functions for ~ 30 seconds.

To get around this problem of reduced security during the startup process, I was wondering if it would be possible to have a pattern or password unlock requested by the system once only, after boot?

Edit: one suggestion is to disable the 'power button instantly locks' and the automatic lock after sleep, which would mean that a password/pattern is asked on startup only and never thereafter. However, for the lock after sleep all one can do is select a time up to 30 minutes, not disable the auto-lock after sleep entirely. Is there a hack to extend or remove that limit?


texts: Device in fastboot mode not recognized at all as USB device

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My LG G5 does not get recognized as an USB Device at all when it is connected to the PC in fastboot mode.
While it is recognized just fine as an adb device, after rebooting into fastboot mode via
adb reboot bootloader it is not recognized as an USB Device in Windows (The device manager does not show any device with wrong drivers and does not react to replugging the device). I also tried it on a different machine with the same results.
Ubuntu also does not recognize the device at all, lsusb does not output the device anywhere. It also does get recognized as an adb device when booted up normally.
I installed the necessary (I tried LG and Google) drivers and tried different USB ports (2.0 and 3.0) and cables. The phone just is not noticed as an usb device at all when in fastboot mode.
Could this be due to a broken usb port? Which seems odd because the phone is recognized when not in fastboot mode.
What else could cause this weird behaviour?
Thank You


texts: Is there tool or application that can set the brightness of the screen below the system minimum?


texts: Enable usage of mobile data while connected to a WiFi without internet connection

texts:
It is possible to allow my device to use mobile data while connected to a WiFi hotspot?
The reason being is that the WiFi hotspot I connect to does not have an internet connection. So I want to be able to access the internet while still being connected to this WiFi network.
I can see that after Android 10, there is a feature called dual acceleration which allows this for certain app like Instagram, Chrome and Facebook. I want to be able to do it for any app. Is there a way of accomplishing this?


texts: How do I turn off geolocation when taking photos?

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Is there a way to turn the geolocation feature for photos off? Is this per application or phone-wide?

edit I have a Droid X. I would like to have geolocation off even if my gps is on. Is there a way to do that?


texts: I recently downloaded an app off of an unknown site because it was too large to install off of Google Play. It downloaded as an apk and now I do not know how to access it.


texts: What is the difference between aboot and boot?

texts: I'm looking through my device and I noticed within /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name that there is boot and aboot partitions. What is the difference between them? Mainly what is aboot?


texts: Add contact to ActiveSync on Samsung phone

texts:
I have two Samsung phones connect to my Exchange email using ActiveSync.

When I manually add a contact they are stored on the phone and not ActiveSync, how can I set the default storage mechanism to be ActiveSync?

Thank you


texts: redsocks on android emulator: getting error "not executable: magic 7F45"

texts:
I'm trying to get proxydroid or redsocks to run on genymotion android emulator (x86).
Adb shell into the device, run redsocks and I get "not executable: magic 7F45".
I know it means that the version doesnt comply with the cpu. however, on Genymotion I'm able to run a bunch of Arm packages, with no problem (having installed the genymotion arm translation files).

I have compiled redsocks sources on my ubuntu box (binary works fine on my ubuntu x86), but when I copied the binary to the emulator- it still gives the same error message when I try to run it (not executable: magic 7F45). So it looks like neither the arm nor the x86 versions are working on the emulator

My question: is there a way to get redsocks run on genymotion?

UPDATE:
I have taken the redsocks binary that I compiled on my ubuntu x86 box, and pushed it to x86 avd (standard sdk) - it worked perfect.
So it appears that the "not executable: magic 7F45" error is not related to cross-cpu compilation.
Anyone know other reason to getting this error message?


texts: Why is my Galaxy S4 still not appearing as a device in Mac OS X

texts:
I am trying to solve the problem of having an empty list of devices when running adb devices. Why is it not appearing?

I have tried the following to no avail:

Installed Kies and ran Tools > Install driver; then restarted
Turned off the Mac OS X firewall in
run sudo adb devices instead of just adb devices
Read the user manual from Samsung, which simply refers me to use Kies
Attach S4 to a different macbook in case the USB input is faulty
Try both different USB inputs in my Macbook Pro

The output I see after doing a fresh restart and plugging in the S4:

./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

(with nothing more shown underneath)

Also, even after installing the drivers using Kies, the device does not appear there.

I am running OS X 10.9 on a Macbook Pro. The phone lights up and does start to charge when it is plugged in to any of the 2 USB ports on my Macbook.

What else can I try to have my brand new S4 appear in this device list?

EDIT It seems according to this thread (http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/282817-pc-cant-detect-galaxy-s4.html) that it may just be a faulty cable. I'm currently using the cable that came with the S4. I'll try other cables.


texts: Hey I have a moto g and I can't record longer then 3 mins

texts: If you can help me I have a Motorola G and I don't get paid often enough to worry about buying a actual camera and I like to record stuff with friends and I no matter what I try I can't record longer the 3 minutes now I've played around with settings and my video thing is on 720p and I still can't figure out what to do if you can help please do


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I check the OS version of an Android device?

How do I determine which version of Android operating system my HTC incredible phone is running? This is a Verizon phone.


texts: Why Taxify install error on Oneplus 3T in PlayStore website command?

texts:
I have managed to install many other applications in my new phone but not Taxify, here download page, in the PlayStore HTML pages. I get the following error.
The error message is weird because the Google account is associated with the phone, and I also have managed to install other applications such as Skype, WhatsApp, ... on the phone.
I restarted my phone, and the problem persists.
I have a stable internet connection.

Differential solution: install the application directly in the Android phone PlayStore. This indicates that there is some problem with the PlayStore HTML frontend with Oneplus 3T.
After doing the installation this way, you will get Installed sign in the PlayStore website frontend too.

Oneplus support chat proposal

  We can try to perform a clear cache via recovery mode.

Power off your device.
Press the power key + volume down for a few seconds.
Select English.
Look for Wipe data and cache
Please select Wipe Cache only.

So this proposal indicates that there might be a cache problem in the phone.

Phone: Oneplus 3T
OS: Android 7.1.1
Phone: used one but did 2x factory reset before use


texts:
I erased all my contacts in my Samsung S i9000 to import all of them from Google.
Sync has downloaded only around a half of 4500 contacts. Over and over syncing to get the rest of them I get an error 'Sync is currently experiencing problems...'. Sync Gmail and Sync Calendar work well.


texts:
I have a problem regarding S4 Video playback. I got it a few days ago. The problem is whenever I play videos from either the phone memory or from the internet the areas in the video with black or any dark color gets pixelated.
I have tried GPU options in developer mood and I am using MX player with s/w decoding. Despite that the display of the phone is perfectly fine, in wallpapers and in games but it only happens with videos. Currently I am running Kitkat 4.4 do you think that lollipop update will fix it? and either it is a hardware or a software problem? the pic is attached to show you people problem clearly.


texts: Do I have to buy or need a 3D-enabled phone to use Google Cardboard?

texts: Google cardboard comes with 3D glasses. Does that mean that we will be able to watch 3D videos using a smartphone like the Moto-G (1st edition) which is not 3D enabled?


texts: Can I downgrade my Nexus One from Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) to Android 2.2 (Froyo)?

texts: So I was wondering whether it's possible to downgrade my old Nexus One which is currently on gingerbread back to Froyo. If so, how do I go about this? I don't know much about downgrading on Android, but I think I have to root the device first and then flash a stock ROM. If that's the case, where could I find Android 2.2 ROM for my Nexus One? Any help is appreciated.


texts: i need to remotely accsess sumsung s5 through windows

texts: I'm sure you all are tired of reading this kind of question, but I'm seriously desperate. I using a Samsung Galaxy S5 sport, rooted. I've tried androidlost, lookout, where's my phone, and they don't work because they weren't installed before I lost access. I have called Samsung, google, sprint, and each numerous times. My phone is still on, I can call it and it rings. ADM says it's ringing when Im trying to locate it, but ya my phone is lost/stolen and I need help.


texts: How can I clean flash Moto C Plus (xt1723) rom?

texts:
Where can I find a legit Moto C Plus xt1723 (EU) rom and how can I make sure it's good?

Is there a way to clean flash without removing TWRP?

What's the simplest way to do it?

How can I then root it?


texts:
As I could not see SIM card contacts in my contacts app, I just imported all contacts (well over a hundred items) from my SIM card to Google account.

On my SIM, my contacts were stored as Last- First-name (for sorting). And all this was imported, but Google assumes it's in First- Lastname format.

I need some way to fix this, as this issue messes sorting contacts - some are by first, some by last name. I don't want to go and fix all of those by hand, as it is well over a hundred contacts.

I am using Cyanogen based on Lollipop 5.1 (OnePlus One)


texts: I have a smartphone that running on android 4.1.1. When I create new contact or edit existing one, I want to add field with birthday of the person. The problem is I can't choose to add new field with type 'Events', there is no such option in menu after I click button "Add another field" when I edit/create contact. So the question is: how can I enable Events to be added when I work with my Contacts (like on the image below).


texts: Movable apps restricted to be moved to SD card by manufacturer

texts: I'm a user of the RealmeC2 and really want to move an app to the sd card.The creator of the app allows it to be moved but my phone's manufacturer does not. Is there any software that can send these apps to the sd card? I'm talking about those apps where we are supposed to enable usb debugging and let them do their thing? Even powershell commands will work.Please help me! This is a new device and i really don't want to root this just because i wanted to send an app to the sd card.


texts: Is there a way to use Go Launcher icons in Folder Organizer?

texts:
I really like Mitch S.'s Flat Icons. However, they are only available on Google Play packaged for Go Launcher.

On Windows, you used to be able to extract any icon in .ico format from icon library or an .exe file and use it elsewhere.

Is there an "app for that"™ on Android?

I'm specifically interested in using with Folder Organizer.


texts: How to use USB Keyboard and USB Mouse In Android Tablet Simultaneously

texts:
My Android Tablet is having one Standard USB port and One Micro USB port I use Mini for 3G Dongle..... Tablet is not having Bluetooth. I want to know is it possible to connect mouse and keyboard from one standard USB port in Tablet ... Like we use headphone...

I am using this tablet http://bloggerplugnplay.blogspot.in/2012/12/bsnl-701c-penta-tablet-3gplay-store-not.html


texts: How to use android device as display or terminal?

texts:
I want to use an android phone as a USB terminal/display for a headless system.

The ideal user experiece would be:

Plug phone to the usb port.
System starts sending status info, phone displays it.

I prefer a solution without developer options/adb necessary.

Ideally the end user only has to install an app and open it up.

Does a solution exist?


texts: Does the latest Android release is secure against the ADB vulnerabiliy?

texts:
I have two smartphones running Android 10 and 8, The ADB is enabled for many proposes. Generally some vendors have been shipping products with Android Debug Bridge enabled. But it seems that enabling ADB have many security risks according to DoublePpulsar blog: Root Bridge — how thousands of internet connected Android devices now have no security, and are being exploited by criminals.

This is highly problematic as it allows anybody — without any password — to remotely access these devices as ‘root’* — the administrator mode — and then silently install software and execute malicious functions.

Does the latest Android releases are secure against the ADB vulnerability?


texts: how can I change the language of the keyboard of sony ericsson xperia mini pro?

texts:
my mobile keyboard is supported with Arabic alphabet but I don't know how to use it !!
I need to write a lot in arabic and I'm not used to the touch keyboard so I need to change the language of the mobile keyboard


texts:
I have an Android phone which is not rooted.

Is there any way I can obtain/export a list of all installed packages with their available activities?

ADWLauncher has an activity picker in its custom shortcut feature.
It lists things like:

Calculator
  Calculator(.Calculator)
Camera
  Camera(.Camera)
  Camcorder(.VideoCamera)
  Camera(.Camera_dual)
  Camera(.VideoCamera_dual) ...

I have apps which generate a list of installed packages, but how can I get something like this showing all the activities?


texts: Problem importing CSV/vCARD contacts to S3

texts:
I have an S3 I'm attempting to import contacts to.

I started with a list I've converted to .CSV and then used an online converter to create .VCF files from for each of the contacts.

The S3 will not import the .CSV or .VCF files. I've combined the .VCF files into 1 and it still refuses to import them.

Is there any other way to do this without creating a GMail/Google account to first import them into? (Device is setup with an IMAP account so no need for GMail).

The S3 reports "Couldn't import vCard" then within notification it reads "The format is not supported". The .VCF's I have created are version 2.1.

What versions of vCard does the S3 support?


texts: Why do I get an 'insufficient storage' error when trying to install apps when I have sufficient storage?

texts:
When I try to install anything through the Play store, I get a pop-up saying I have 'insufficient storage', with a button which takes me to view my current used storage. According to that program, I have 449mb free on my internal storage. Infuriatingly, I am not told how much each app actually requires, but 449mb should be enough to install anything, since the hungriest app I currently have installed only uses ~250mb.

I managed to get enough space to install the 1.5mb 'Move to SD card' app I wanted. Now that app reports that I have 'no reason to move to SD card, since it shares the same disk with the OS'. In that case I do not just have 449mb free; I also have the 16gb free on my SD card which it should be able to use to install new apps.

Why then does it still complain that it does not have enough space?


texts: Certificate selection screen not displaying

texts:
The phone is updated to the latest version, along with all the apps.
I am trying to sign in to webex teams, but the issue I am having is, after I have entered my login details & then get taken to the SSO sign page, to which I then enter the details & enter the password, the screen goes dim for less than a second & then it just sits on SSO page & doesn't go anywhere. From what I can tell the certificate is not being displayed for me to install it.
Does anyone have any suggestions I can try to get this installed, before going to Cisco
Regards


texts: Can Scrap Booker be replaced with Evernote in Air Command on Galaxy Note 3?

texts:
Scrap Booker – save anything you encounter – such as websites, maps, and pictures – into organized scrapbook categories with accompanied notes and information for later browsing. (from Phandroid Galaxy Note 3 review).

What makes this special is that it's quick accessibility from Air Command menu that is activated via S-Pen.

But functionality wise, this seems like an equivalent of (or subset of) Evernote.

On one hand, as an Evernote user, I'd love to NOT have to have parts of my data in a separate scrapbooking application. On the other, Air Command menu and S-Pen integration is a big win.

As such: Is there any way to integrate Evernote with this scrapbooking functionality in Note 3?

I'm fine with any solution (e.g. full on replacement by Evernote, or even something as simple as a way to import 100% of my current Scrap Booker data into Evernote).


texts: Does official Gmail app use a secure connection?

texts: As simple as that, when I'm using the official Gmail app to access my email account, does it use a secure connection?


texts: SMS Only Works When Disconnected from LTE

texts:
I have a really weird issue that I can't find any information on: My SMS only works when I am disconnected from LTE.
Essentially what happens is that if I'm connected to LTE (I can be on WiFi too that doesn't matter), the little "cell bars" in the top right of the screen turns into a little stop sign and I can't send or receive SMS. I probably can't receive calls either but I can make them and when I do it turns the stop sign into cell bars.
If I go to settings -> connections -> mobile networks -> network mode and change it to anything besides "LTE/3G/2G (auto connect)" then the stop sign changes to cell bars and I get all my text messages.
My service provider is mint mobile and my phone is a galaxy note 10. I've tried going to network operators and selecting all the options for manual as well as automatic and it doesnt help. I've double checked the APN is correct according to mint and I've also tried changing it to whatever options are there.
This has happened on multiple sim cards from mint, but on one of them it "fixed itself" somehow in about a week after installing it. I haven't been able to try another service provider's sim.
I've attached some screenshots of the issue to show whats going on more clearly:


texts: Segmented triangle with up and down arrows inside triangle appears on the status bar. Can not find what this means. I have checked four different sites.


texts: I'm using Titanium Backup to automatically back up to my SD card. I also managed to get the "Sync to Dropbox " feature to work. How I can I automate "Sync To Dropbox"? I don't see it as an option when I add a schedule.


texts: SMS gone after "failed" boot due to low battery

texts:
My phone has very low battery. I powered it up and during the boot process it shuts off probably due to having no more battery.

Now I plugin the charger then I check my SMS, they're all gone.

I've been this before (being cut off during boot) no major problem and it's only now that my SMS messages are suddenly gone.

Any ideas how to fix this and what probably caused it?


texts: Android files and folder is showing wrong time and date

texts:
I've noticed that the files of my Android phone are showing the wrong time and date.
I have made a folder "New folder" and the folder was created on 3/13/21, 12:23 PM.

I renamed the folder to "New renamed folder" and the folder is showing that it was created on 3/13/21, 12:23 PM. But it should be 3/13/21, 12:32 PM.

It said it was last modified on 3/13/21, 12:23 PM. But it should be last modified on 3/13/21, 12:32 PM.

Anyone can help me to solve this problem?


texts: Problem with downloading files from play market and websites

texts:
I have nexus 5 (android 4.4.2, TeamWin Recovery Project, root). Recently, problem with downloading files from play market and websites appeared.

I see infinite downloading in the play market. I see infinite work of the donwload manager process in the action bar, when I download some stuff from website (for example, when I try to download something from my HTTP local file server).

Sometimes I can solve my problem to restart smartphone, to clear data/cache play market app and download manager procces. But the problem occurs again.

Also I tried to boot into recovery, clear cache, fix permissions, and reboot. These actions have fixed my problem, but the problem appeared again.

(Click on image to show larger preview)


texts: Atrocious battery life with Cyanogenmod 11 on Galaxy S4 mini

texts:
I love so many things about CM10, but the battery life is an absolute nightmare. I made a comparison against the stock firmware by leaving the phone unused for as long as I could. Results:

Stock: ~5.2 days standby to full discharge

CM10: ~1.7 days of standby to full discharge

Is there anything I can do about this, or is CM10 simply not supported properly on my device?

Made these screenshots on my S4 mini by leaving it unused for as long as I could. In the CM10 example it actually powered off due to low battery and I had to plug it in before it would even turn on again, so this is NOT due to any calibration; the battery was actually empty at the end of the test. But even if you take the final charge as 15%, the numbers are still atrocious.


texts: Kitkat keyboard no suggestion on text fields

texts:
I noticed that when slide-typing (does it have an official name?) into text fields (as opposed to text areas), suggestions do not appear. It just puts in the first word it guesses I was trying to type and doesn't give me any other options.

Why is this and is there a solution to it?


texts: Is there a way to replace the 4.4.2-style emoji graphics with the Google Hangouts versions?

texts: I don't use emoji very often, but I did think the Google Hangouts-style emoticons were rather adorable. Following the 4.4.2 update, the graphics set used for emoji have been enabled in the stock keyboard, but in these rather unattractive cliche-looking versions which have also overridden the ones available in Hangouts. Is there any way I can get a Google Hangouts-style icon pack or something? All of the Google Play searches I've attempted returned mostly emoji keyboards which are NOT what I am looking for.


texts: Is there a way to set a global http/https proxy on Android 8 either with root or no root?

texts:
I am interested in setting up a global proxy on a rooted android 8.1.0 device. Is there a way to configure a system-wide proxy?

I have already tried a couple of apps to achieve this but have not had success.

shadowsocks - can't remove encryption and password setting. The password can be set blank but still does not seem to work as a plain proxy setup.

Proxy manager - doesn't allow you to set proxy host/ports manually. Only seems to support preset proxies

Drony - can't click on settings tab. I can only press turn on/off

ProxyDroid - keeps crashing. Does not run.

postern - insists on having an encryption method and user login credentials.


texts: Can I use Adblock Plus for Android and still see per-app data use?

texts:
I have a rooted device and I'm interested in installing Adblock Plus for Android. The app, that is, not the Firefox extension. The FAQ says:

  To filter ads, all traffic has to pass through Adblock Plus. Android considers this to be the traffic caused by the app, while it is in reality the sum of all traffic.

Does this mean that the usage won't show against the app that really is responsible, or that it's double-counted (i.e. it shows against the originating app as well as AdBlock Plus)? If the former, is there a way I can still see each app's real data use?


texts: Is it possible to move the status / notification bar or the settings icon?

texts:
If I'm using my Smartphone with one Hand (4.3 inch display) its hard to reach the settings button in Android 4. Yes, I'm able to add an icon to the home screen but if I'm using an app this doesn't really help. I need to switch between the screens first.

My idea would be something of the following:

A) moving the status / notification bar to the bottom (lift up instead of lift down)

B) moving the settings icon to the left side of the bar

C) moving the settings icon on the bottom of the notification list

Is there an app available doing this?


texts: Could you indicate me a PDF reader for android with a fit visible feature? It's the same feature that's built in on foxit reader.


texts:
In an effort to get a WiFi adapter working I was following instructions on replacing a file called 'linker' in system/bin. Before copying the new linker file you gave I renamed my old one to linker2 because I wanted to be able to revert if needed.

After I renamed linker to linker2 my phone said I didn't have root anymore and I couldn't rename the file back.

I restarted and now am encountering an error that prevents booting. I'm in Android System Recovery with options:

reboot system now
apply update from ADB
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
reboot to bootloader
power down view
recovery logs
apply update from sdcard

If I select 'apply update via ADB' I can use ADB from my laptop, but seems the only thing I can do is sideload a file. Is it possible for me to sideload and execute a simple script to rename that file back to linker instead of linker2?

Help is greatly appreciated.


texts: What represents 'bootloader' in the possible outputs of `adb get-state`?

texts:
I recently employed the use of adb get-state and decided to know further about it. Running adb inter alia shows:

adb get-state                - prints: offline | bootloader | device

I intend to know under what circumstance(s) would that command return bootloader.

As of now I'm aware of these outputs:

device: booted into Android OS, debugging enabled and authorized
recovery: booted into recovery environment
sideload: during side-loading
unauthorized: booted into Android OS, debugging enabled but not authorized yet
offline: wireless device not in reach. (There may be other reasons.)
unknown: When adbd not detected at other side. At least that's what I understand of it. Occurs in case of debugging being disabled or device not plugged in.

I'm yet to know about the following two outputs:

host
bootloader

I found all those outputs here with no added explanation.

Before you ask,

yes, I've already ran that command when my Nexus 6 was booted into bootloader mode and I received unknown as output;
it is mere curiosity with nothing that it would solve in particular as of now.


texts:
I've installed CM11 on my Sprint Note II, and that thing suddenly won't recognize my external 64Gb SD (whereas stock ROM used to).

I've googled - seems I need to fix the partition. I've tried different options of partitioning and formating in Clockworkmod recovery, still can't see my card.

Some people suggested to fix it on computer and I don't have neither a cardreader nor a machine with Windows at my disposal. And yet even with those, I still have to know what type of partition it should be. Fat, exFat, ext3, ext4?

So, I'm wandering - is it possible to fix a partition table without taking the card out, maybe using adb shell with fdisk or parted or something else?

UPD:

I've tried repartitioning it with fdisk. First I needed to figure out card's block device id. You can do it either by running blkid command (and in my case my card didn't even show up in the list). Or instead pull the card out and plug it back, and immediately run dmesg | grep mmc1 after that. And that gave me this:

<6>[  555.585323] c0 mmc1: new high speed SDXC card at address e624
<6>[  555.587975] c0 mmcblk1: mmc1:e624 SU64G 59.4 GiB

And then I used fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1, pressed p and that shows me this:

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk1: 63.8 GB, 63864569856 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 1948992 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes

Now based on this information I have to create partition(s), but I have no idea what kind or type. fdisk supports quite a big list. Can you guys advise what to do next?


texts: Why is the GPS Chip Not detected on ARCHOS Alba 4?

texts:
I am using Android Nougat, but there are no options for GPS in the locations menus (just battery saving >> wifi, bluetooth and cellular network only)

Other GPS apps do not even detect the chip in the first place... why?


texts: I use the adroid stock-browser and I'd like to play chess using e.g. http://www.shredderchess.de/schachproblem-des-tages.html Unfortunately you have to drag and drop the pawns. I tried several gestures, but I was not able to use the drag and drop feature. Do I have to change any options (where?) or should I use a different browser?


texts: Tasker - If at least one context is true

texts:
How do I make it run the tasks when at least one context is met?

For example, when either the phone cell or GPS context is met, it activates...and only runs the exit task when both are not met.


texts: Storing pictures on an external storage media

texts:
So, I'm new to Android but I came to the conclusion that on 4.2.2, the Camera app doesn't exist as such and is actually part of the Gallery app package.

Now my problem is it isn't possible to change the default camera location (the option just doesn't exist for some Android versions or devices, that doesn't seem to be documented anywhere) and I can't seem to find a way to move the Gallery app pictures storage location to an SD card for example.

Do I have to switch to a third party camera+gallery app which will allow this option, or is there another solution (other than copying the files via the File System Manager on a regular basis, thus making said photos disappear from the gallery)?


texts: How do I send a GIF in a text message with version7.0

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 running Android version 7.0
How do I send a GIF in a text?


texts: Fail when pull system files in twrp recovery

texts:
My phone is Xiaomi redmi note 5, already unlock bootloader, haven't ROOT.

I boot to TWRP with command:

fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-whyred.img.

Then

.\adb remount
.\adb pull /system/fonts

but it said adb: error: failed to stat remote object '/system/fonts': No such file or directory

I also can't list system folder in adb shell

.\adb shell
ls /system


texts: Some time ago the native count down timer app used to show a card with time remaining and an ability to pause/resume the timer. This card couldnt be dismissed and would stay until the timer was running. Now the running timer won't display any card or time remaining. Is there any way to get this functionality back?


texts: Transfer applications and settings from my old Android phone to my new one

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to backup an Android device?

I recently purchased a new Android device and I would like to be able to back up all of my settings/installed applications/app settings so that I can easily transfer them from the old phone to the new phone.

I know that my Gmail synced items will automatically sync, but this doesn't help me with things like bookmarks and settings on my apps.

Are there any good applications available on the market for helping me with this transfer?

I'm not sure if it will cause any problems, but the old device is running Android 1.6, and the new device will be running Android 2.x


texts: Galaxy S4 Mini not recognized by Linux in Download Mode

texts:
I'm currently trying to root my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, so to install CWM, I boot the device into download mode using my Linux Mint 17.2 laptop:

$ adb reboot bootloader

Now, as intended, my phone boots into download mode, yet fastboot doesn't recognize the device:

$ sudo fastboot devices
$ sudo fastboot continue
< waiting for device >

However, in lsusb, the phone clearly shows up:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)

As you can see above, I run fastboot as root, so it certainly isn't a permission problem.

I can't find a solution anywhere on the internet, so any help is appreciated. If you need any further information, let me know.

Let me throw some additional stuff on you, in case it helps:

My PC:

$ dpkg -s android-tools-fastboot
Package: android-tools-fastboot
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 154
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: amd64
Source: android-tools
Version: 4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu23
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.65), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4)
Conffiles:
 /etc/bash_completion.d/fastboot df71a6a847b1d7c6499ad718502b651f
Description: Android Fastboot protocol CLI tool
 Fastboot is a diagnostic protocol primarily used to update the flash
 filesystem of Android devices over USB.
 .
 This package provides the fastboot command-line tool.
Homepage: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.hu>

$ uname -a
Linux dracarys 3.16.0-38-generic #52~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 8 09:43:57 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

My phone:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9195
Android 4.4.2
Linux version: 3.4.0-3173303


texts: Changing the voice used on Nexus 7 for Google Now search

texts:
I have recently bought a Nexus 7 from the Google Play UK store and it seems to be configured as a US tablet in that the voice on the Google Now search is an american woman, whereas on my Nexus S when I search the voice that responds is a man's which I prefer for this purpose, mainly due to the accent the woman has. Is it possible to change the voice that the tablet responds with? I'd prefer solutions that didn't require rooting.

I've already tried changing the language to English (UK).


texts: What's inside the Android A/B-Update payload.bin?

texts:
I am using Android 8 for an embedded device, with Android Verified Boot 2.0 secured via HW-keys, and A/B OTA update (no streaming). I want to make sure that the software on the device is tightly secured; however, I'm having a hard time to trace the individual steps the update performs. One hint would be the metadata contained in the update payload.bin.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no documentation on the payload.bin file format and its contents. Is there an official documentation for the file format? Or is there a crisp piece of code (e.g., build tools( that I haven't found out about yet?
The tools for "dumping" payload.bin give me the contained images, but not the metadata.
What I'd like to understand is the following:

Which parts of payload.bin are signed with which key?
Are there parts that are not signed?
Which additional verification elements are contained in payload.bin, and how does the update_engine use them? For example: there are hashes to verify the target partitions following the installation
For a differential update, there must be a means to ensure that the system on the device is exactly the one used as source for the update diff. Where are those hash-values?
How about a full update - can the updater ensure that the update is installed only atop a specific version on the device?

I apologise if I have missed sources that answer these questions. The books about Android system programming I came across are outdated by now. Any pointers to relevant documentation beyond the basic Android docs would be highly appreciated.


texts: My Navigation Keys and Status Bar are lost!

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I'm using Nexus 5, Lollipop 5.0.1 (rooted), no custom ROM, and Franco Kernel. I was changing my Nav Keys by an app. By mistake, I hit restore and then after the reboot I found that my nav bars are gone and even the status bar!

Now I literally have to reboot to switch in apps. Please help!


texts: How can I view title text for a web image (xkcd.com) on an Android based browser?

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How can I see the title alt text for website images on an HTC Desire?

I'm currently using the Dolphin HD browser but I can't see a way of getting the alt text.


texts: How to make root-created files accessible to normal users?

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My device is running Android 8.0, rooted using Magisk as the su manager. I log into it using SimpleSSHD.

I'm trying to do some actions which require root access, and in the process I'm creating some files to be later used by normal users. But for some reason what I'm used to in "classical" Linux distributions doesn't appear to work: root-created files can't be read by normal users, whatever chown/chgrp/chmod actions I try. See the following session:

$ su -c "echo hello > file.txt; chown $(whoami) file.txt; chgrp $(whoami) file.txt; chmod a+r file.txt"
$ cat file.txt
cat: file.txt: Permission denied
$ echo readable > my.txt
$ su -c 'cp -a my.txt my-copy.txt'
$ cat my-copy.txt
cat: my-copy.txt: Permission denied
$ ls -l *.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 u0_a182 u0_a182 6 2018-08-20 15:21 file.txt
-rw------- 1 u0_a182 u0_a182 9 2018-08-20 15:23 my-copy.txt
-rw------- 1 u0_a182 u0_a182 9 2018-08-20 15:22 my.txt
$ whoami
u0_a182

What's happening here? Why are permission bits, owner and group ignored for files I created as root? How to properly change owner to normal user?


texts: Is it possible to install Docker using Termux?

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I'm just tinkering with my Android tablet and was wondering
if I can get Docker running on it.
I've tried dkg install docker and also apt install docker both gave me
unable to locate package Docker
I probably need to add Docker's repo into list of repositories.
Have you ever done it ?


texts: How can I clear the cache of the Android Facebook app?

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My phone (T-Mobile Pulse/Huawei U8220 with Android 1.5) doesn't have much on board space, so I quite often run into the low disk space warning. Looking through the list of apps, I see the facebook app has about 2.5 MB of user data. I suspect most of this is a photo album I looked at recently. But I can't seem to find any option to clear that cache ...

Does anyone know how to? I'm happy to use a file manager and go into the filesystem to delete stuff if I can find it and someone can reassure me that I'm not going to stuff up the facebook app at the same time.

And I don't want to uninstall and reinstall because nothing will install any more.


texts: Read access to /data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/profile on a Nexus 10

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How's this for a catch 22 - I would like to make a copy of the full folder structure starting at the path above. I have explored:

Finding ways to move the app onto the internet data storage (SD card equivalent), before realising that it would likely still leave the app data in the protected /data directory
Looking for ways to root the device, without wiping the storage, as I have read is possible for a few other mobile devices (Nexus 7 for one)
"Temporary rooting" the device - This looks to be most promising, but I cannot find how to do this for the Nexus 10

In my desperation, have also tried to export the Chrome for Android history (least preferable solution), but:

Chrome for Android provides no way of saving chrome://history
The Google based sync is missing many pages, even whole days of pages, when viewing in Portable Chrome on the desktop
The press-and-hold clicking of individual links on chrome://history page, would take too long.
chrome:history doesn't display the full URL's, so the screenshots (Power + Volume down, concurrently) I took are only semi-useful

Then there is the open tabs:

chrome:sessions, chrome:tasks present a "Web page not found" error, which I presume means that they are not available on the Android version.

Does anyone have something else for me to try??

EDIT:

After Dan Hulme's pointing out that there is already a workaround to this, I would like to change this question to ask if there is any way to mount the back file adb backup produces, instead of having to recover it to a like device, in order to work with the files contained with the archive.


texts: How to change the modified date of a file without root?

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How do I change the modified date of a file, specifically PNGs, on Android without root?

Total Commander failed to do it with a permission error Access Denied.