texts: Picture always appears on Facebook as "on line"

texts: My picture is constantly being displayed as "on line" in Facebook even when I am not.  I have completely uninstalled the Facebook app from my Droid 3 and all related apps yet my picture continues to show me as available on Facebook through mobile.  How can I get my picture off.  I am already "off line" on the actual Facebook program - I can't see anyone, but everyone can still see me.  Please help...


texts: Can I root my Samsung Galaxy s5 900V running lollipop?

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I'm running lollipop on my Samsung Galaxy s5 900V Verizon model. I can't find a way to root. Anyone have any ideas? Also, I'm running a mac so any instructions there would be great. Thanks!

Also, Im worried about trying to root without a full backup. Ironically, getting full backup by rooting my phone is one of the reasons I want to do it. Any way I can do a full backup of my phone without root before I try?


texts: How do I Install TWRP recovery in HTC 10

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Many people already did it but there are still who don't know how to do it and I am one of those. Am I able to do it by myself ??? Is it a long process ???
So please help me out.


texts: Why is Gmail taking so long to fetch new e-mails?

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Mobile Gmail in my Moto Z2 / Android 7 needs ten times longer time to fetch / show new e-mails in my mailbox than it happens in web version on my PC.

Is there anything I can do about this?

For years using mobile Gmail (now with Motorola Moto Z2 Play / Android 7.x) it was clear to me that mobile Gmail needs much, much more time to fetch e-mails that its PC / web counterpart.

But now this went far beyond the level that I can accept. My Gmail needs literally 15-30 minutes or sometimes even more since e-mails is sent till it appears in my Inbox. While PC counterpart needs 2-3 minutes in the very same scenario.

Just an hour ago I wanted to sign-up to some service and I wasn't able to do this, because my mobile Gmail was fetching account verification e-mails after 30+ minutes since sending them. Which was too long, because service -- that I was trying to sign-up for -- allows only 30 minutes long account verification tokens and each time was showing an error that the token that I am trying to verify account with has already expired.

After three such unsuccessful attempts I opened up my laptop, used web Gmail and managed to complete the process within 3 minutes, because that was the time needed by Gmail to show up verification e-mail.

fast.com shows 30 Mbps for mobile phone and 60 Mbps for laptop, so network speed shouldn't be a problem here.

On contrary to other mail clients, Gmail doesn't have any frequency setting for checking e-mail and mails are checked with as often as Google thinks they should.

So, is there anything I can do about this?
Any thing to speed up my mobile version of Gmail?


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I am with Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Android 4.2.2 JB which has to be upgradable up to 4.4.3 KK.
However the software actualization keep fails due to a lack of free memory in the phone and SD card.

It shouldn't fail since I have 1GB of free space on the phone (actualization is /500mb/) and 14 GB of free space on the SD card.

What am I supposed to do to solve this?


texts: Where are the battery capacity files located?

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Background
My current device Huawei Honor 6 comes with a 3100 mAh battery. I was therefore surprised to see 3C Toolbox Pro report the capacity as 4000 mAh.
I mailed the developer of the app and his reply was on these lines

In Android, one can get the stock hard-coded battery capacity from battery profiles, an hidden API in Android. That’s the one of the 2 sources the app uses.
The other source is in the kernel, usually under /sys/devices/power_supply/battery/charge_full_design

( To know the path on your device, from 3C Toolbox, tap request support from Help and support menu. An email will be generated to the developer having information about your device, including battery_info.txt. This file amongst other things specifies the path of second source )
So, the battery capacity and state of battery as reported in percentage depends on from which of these two sources it is being read and the two sources could hold different values (In my case, it was the stock ROM shipped with wrong capacity in the battery profiles)
This explanation fits in well with battery capacity being  reported differently by apps as also mismatched battery readings using an extended battery (Note: These two questions are of '14 vintage and based on the location of battery files as mentioned, I have answered)
Question
I have been scouring the net, various forums, Android Developers etc to get an authoritative source for this rather than a mail communication. This would help me understand better and also answer such questions with a good reference
Can someone point to an authoritative source that supports or offers an alternative explanation ?
Edit: I am looking for generic information , not specific to my device


texts: why my nexus 6 dosn't open as a folder on my laptop

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three month ago I have bought a phone Nexus 6. Firstly when I connected it to my laptop all its folders appeared on a window on my laptop.
Some time later on I tried to move some files out of the phone to laptop but all of a sudden on the window appeared a script 'This folder is empty'.
Today I reset my phone but no any difference.
My question is why my Nexus 6 couldn't be open as a folder on my laptop?
Now I can't remove files from the phone or to place file in it.
Any clues?


texts: I have a FDE enabled on my Android. However on JellyBean when device restarts I never get a boot password prompt,just regular unlock screen. I remember on 4.0 ICS, after reboot Android would ask me for decryption key so it can mount the /data filesystem. My device is Moto Droid 4. I verified from command line that /data mounted with encryption, however I cant figure out where it gets the key from,if I never have to enter it on boot.


texts: How can I save a thread from Go SMS Pro to my SD card?

texts: I have tried several things, but haven't found one that works. How can I save a message thread from Go SMS Pro to my SD card?


texts: Need for Secondary Contact Storage Space accessible only for CallerId

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The contacts storage in android is pretty much standardised and is unified among all apps, and accessible depending on the permission level.

However, I need a way to store some contacts which should not be in the standard contact storage space, because it is accessible by all the messaging apps and there is no way to hide contacts from selectively appearing in them, other that deleting the contact.

But, deleting them altogether makes it difficult to identify them during an incoming call.

So, I want to have a way to save contacts that can be avoided from being accessed by all apps, but I should be able to identify them on an incoming call.

How can this be done? Any app or storing in csv file... Any suggestion please?

Please note that any caller identification apps which are cloud based, is not the option I am looking for. I want to accomplish this for contacts I know and have saved only.


texts: How do I disable all vibrations on a Samsung A51 running One UI 2.1?

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I've got a Samsung A51 running Android 10 / One UI 2.1 and updated to latest available security patch (1st September 2020).
Other users report being able to globally turn vibrations off, and this appears to have been available in stock Android since 2018 (although it was available on Windows Phones in 2016...). I don't have the same options in my Accessibility menu - have Samsung moved this, or have they disabled the functionality completely?


texts: Do odexed programs have any runtime (vs load time) performance gains?

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From my understanding, odexed programs are programs that are pre-compiled for specific architecture.

It is obvious that this process would help decrease the startup time for the program.

Am I correct in thinking that odexing would have NO effect on the performance of the program once it is already loaded in memory? What about memory footprint?


texts:
Like lots of us, I guess, I discovered Tango today (one the greatest app !)
As I own a Galaxy S, I wonder if we can use the front camera while talking.
I know we can do that using the builtin visiocall app.

Does anybody know the hack ?

http://www.appbrain.com/app/tango-video-calls/com.sgiggle.production

Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to permanently turn off Google Maps until needed?

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Google maps seems to have an insane amount of Intents registered for it, as well as other ways of being started.

Since this is a pretty resource hungry app (especially memory wise), I would very much want it permanently not running unless/until I actually need it. However, Android keeps starting it all the time - for example, when the connectivity status changes (which for me happens pretty frequently indoors), or GPS/network location changes.

Is there some way of ensuring that Google Maps doesn't start ANY processes, guaranteed, until I click on an icon to deliberately launch it?

Environment: Droid X, running rooted stock Froyo 2.2; I have Autostarts. and Advanced Task Killer, as well as Pro version of Titanium Backup installed.

I'm fairly open to almost any method as long as

It's reliable.
It lets me use Google Maps with 100% intended functionality once I DO need it, without requiring 5 minutes of work to re-configure.
Ideally, doesn't require me to reboot to use it, but this one is not a deal killer.
I would STRONGLY prefer a generic method which would be applicable to other applications, NOT just Google Maps.
I'm a software developer with a hefty dose of Unix/Linux system administration experience. In other words, solutions which require shell prompt or writing/running shell scripts (or Perl in Android Scripting Environment) are extremely welcome.

Solutions involving writing my own Java Android app are acceptable as long as they are detailed enough than a total Android development newbie can get at least some work done without being 100% lost.

Things I tried:

Killing the processes via Task Killer is NOT working - they come back up, either immediately or in a little while. Probably via Intents but not 100% certain.
Standard methods of getting rid of GMaps issues (log out of Latitude/shut down GPS and network locator). This seems to help a lot BUT I find the need to permanently shut down GPS/locator to be unacceptable - e.g. it won't let me run Locale app or locale-based Tasker things.
Freeze via Titanium Backup Pro. This requires a reboot and generally not very pleasant.

Possible approaches I thought of (but don't know how to do) are:

Somehow FULLY eliminate (turn off) all Intents registered by Google Maps when not needed.

Problems: First, I don't know what ALL the Intents Google Maps uses.

Second, the only practical way of doing that that I know of is Autostarts app which is NOT a workable solution - it takes ~5-10 mins to find and re-enable all the intents I am aware of (Autostarts is really poor at per-app intent management - it's centered on per-intent), never mind possible intents that Autostarts does NOT know about (it's a black box, I don't know which intents are missed if any.
Have a script which will rename the JARs or whatever the executable files on Android are (entire .APK?) from say GoogleMaps.apk to GoogleMaps.disabled.apk and back.

Problem: I don't know if this is possible to do on a rooted Froyo. Also, Google Maps was pre-installed on DroidX, so would renaming somehow ONLY affect the update but not the original app?
Have a script which will go into the APK and rename/move/empty out manifest file to remove any intents for that app.

Problem: Would this require a recompile? It definitely requires a reboot which is a minus


texts: I updated to Nougat on my Nexus 5X. Can't seem to connect to some WiFi networks, as the connect button stays greyed out after entering credentials. What could be wrong?


texts: Instagram Stories not Loading on Samsung S8

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This is a new Galaxy S8 with Android 8.0.0 and the up to date version of Instagram installed. When I click on one of the stories, they just don't load. I get this screen:

When I click the reload button, nothing happens.

I find it rather unlikely that this is really a bug in the app.

I already tried rebooting the phone and reinstalling the app, both to no avail.


texts: What exactly happens after rooting a smartphone?

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I want to root a tiny cheap smartphone that my 6-year-old grandson uses.

He's a real techie, but he's always changing his password and then forgets to tell me so that I can store it in LastPass. So I want to install a parent protection app, where I'm the Admin, and he's a normal user (as on Windows 10). I already have Kaspersky Safe Kids on the phone, plus he has downloaded a lot of games.

There's no space for a parent protection app, and he's not allowed to use stuff like Chrome, so I want to root the phone to allow me to remove pre-installed stuff.

Here's my question: What exactly happens after rooting?

Is a password still needed for the first login after rooting - because I'm sure he's forgotten it.

Will every app have disappeared? (That would be OK.)

Thanks.


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I'm trying to install DroidExplorer, and before finishing the installation the program asks me for the "Android SDK path". I have created the folders and downloaded the the Android SDK from Android.com (only the SDK) but the installation program keeps asking me for that sdk path.

How can I resolve this?


texts: Can WiFi be turned on without user interaction?

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If my phone's WiFI is off, can it be turned in without me doing anything?

EDIT: Using Stock Samsung Android on a Samsung Galaxy Tab E.


texts: How to backup files from a phone that's constantly freezing 20 seconds after turning it on

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So I have a Huawei P Smart that's freezing 20 seconds after I open it and type its password for the first time. And after that, 2 minutes later, it's restarting.
I would like to save the photos and files from it before I factory reset it, but the computer simply doesn't have the time to save anything before the phone freezes. I have the time to enable USB debugging and data to access tho'.
I have tried opening it in safe mode, I googled and watched videos on youtube, but I couldn't retrieve anything.


texts: LG G2 GPS works only when screen is off!

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I have the weirdest problem in my LG G2 - the GPS works only when I'm turning my screen OFF!

Running Kitkat
Problem reproduces with both Waze and Google Maps Navigation
Tried a factory reset, didn't help the problem


texts: Chrome Remote Debugging: Inspect fails, flashes new window momentarily

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I'm trying to use Chrome Remote Debugging, and seem to be having a different problem from most folks.  The chrome://inspect window lists tabs ok, and the "open" and "reload" functions work properly.  But when I try to inspect, my Mac briefly flashes open a new window, then closes it a fraction of a second later.

Any thoughts on how to debug this or what's causing it?  Any logs I should be looking at?  I'm not trying to use port forwarding or localhost.  Gear:

Phone: Verizon Samsung S5, Android 5.0, Chrome 49
Mac: OSX El Capitan, Chrome 48


texts: how to upgrade operating system of micromax E311 device for a novice user

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I have Micromax E311 phone.

For some reason the settings of phone have become unreachable. So on the display I see com.android.settings. Setting icon with a mechanical gear on it but when I tap it then I get a pop up

  Unfortunately, Settings has stopped.

I clicked Ok.

Then again the same message pops up within a fraction of second this keeps happening then I restart the phone somehow and if I touch settings then same thing happens. If I don't touch the setting's icon, there is no problem I can keep using the phone.

So I am not sure what is the OS in this phone. My guess is that it has been formatted to the factory settings, so it's having Android 4.4.2. I read many tutorials about rooting the phone and installing custom ROM on it. Like

  After rooting an Android phone, you can switch the operating system
  ROM whenever you want. The rooting process removes the preinstalled
  operating system on the Android phone, replacing it with a rooted
  Android OS.

as given on https://smallbusiness.chron.com/change-roms-rooted-android-30006.html

How to root any device
https://www.xda-developers.com/root/

How to install custom rom
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-custom-rom-android/
For my device flash rom
https://www.gogorapid.com/flash-stock-rom-on-micromax-e311/

What I am confused with is to upgrade my device OS to android 10, first I should replace the ROM and then do "something"  as mentioned on lot of forums or what exactly I should to to upgrade the OS of my phone.
I am very confused with all the tutorials available on internet.
I want to know simple steps in bullet points like

Step 1 change ROM
Step 2 change this
Step 3 change that
Step 4 boot phone.

Meaning such a guideline will help me when I read tutorials, and I was getting confused with them.I am not sure if with android 4 OS I can directly upgrade to some thing like android 9 or so.


texts: LG G5 stuck with screen showing a picture as if the battery is not attached

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My LG G5 is stuck with a screen showing a picture as if the battery is not attached. I don't know what is the reason.

If I remove the battery for a while and reattach it, it works.
I tried to search about it online, but could not find any information.
What does this mean and how to fix it?


texts: What is USB debugging? Can I keep it ON forever?

texts: Sometimes I need to transfer some music from my PC to my Galaxy S2 and must always activate USB debugging. Then I think, can I keep it ON forever? I mean, Keep it ON for ever can give me a problem (cost battery?) ? And what's USB debugging?


texts: Galaxy S2 through USB won't connect to my Mac?

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I have an Android Evo, and it connects to my Mac just fine when connecting the USB cable. I can access the entire phone data.

However, my wife's Samsung Galaxy 2's data can't be accessed on my Mac, even though the Mac recognizes the USB connection. How do I fix this?


texts: OTA Update Error - "Package expects build fingerprint of ..."

texts:
I unrooted and re-installed stock recovery from CWM on my Nvidia Shield Tablet. But when I tried to install an OTA, I got However when I tried to install the update, I got a red triangle error. After checking the log I got an error saying "Package expects build fingerprint of ... or ..., this device has ...."

I can't remember what the fingerprints were, but the first one was something that began with "nvidia/", had a bunch of numbers in the middle followed by an underscore, then it ended with "/release-keys".

However the device's current build fingerprint was exactly the same as the first, except that it cut off halfway through, right after the numbers and the underscore.

Resetting the cache didn't work. How was this error caused, and how can I fix this without wiping my data?


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I would like to open two PDF files at the same time. However, it seems like "doing more than one thing at once" is a concept which has yet to be invented in the tablet world. Is there a way to do it?

Ideally I'd like some sort of MDI interface where I can view files side-by-side. The next best thing (option 2) is a tabbed interface where I can see the files one at a time but switch between them. The next after that (option 3) would simply be to have two files open but use the app switcher to jump back and forth between them.

At first I thought that I'd be able to use Firefox as a container and could make option 3 work - but Adobe don't seem to have released their NSAPI plug-in for Android. So files are opened in their standalone "Reader" app.

The next failed idea was to use Firefox and PDF.js. This actually works, but PDF.js is so ridiculously slow that this is not a viable option.

Then I heard about "Dolphin" which supposedly has a PDF plugin, but after trying the browser out, before even getting to the stage of downloading the plugin, it's clear that this app is buggy and useless.

Frankly, I'm not in love with the idea of using a web browser for this task anyway.

The other idea is to install several different reader apps, but this is a horrible, ugly solution, and I assume I'll have to either pay up or accept ads.

Are there any simple ideas that I've missed? Is there some way to get "Reader" to not close the current file when I want to open another PDF?


texts:
I have used several one-click methods but none of them worked for me.

Can anyone tell me the correct process?

Android version: 2.3.7
model number: st25i
build number: 6.0.B.3.184


texts: System UI won't load at all. (Huawei Vision 2)

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So I was on an application and my phone ended up freezing, so I took the battery out to restart it since it was not responding at all. When it restarted however, the system wasn't loading, the screen was black and the only thing onscreen was the little status bar that had the time, signal and battery. I tried holding the far right button on the bottom, and the only thing popping up was the "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped."
Is there a way to fix this at all? I just got this phone about a month ago. I never downloaded any modifications or iffy files onto it either.


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Without using a market app, how can I set a custom MP3 file as ringtone?
I've tried placing the MP3 in media/audio/ringtones and variations (e.g. media/ringtones), but the MP3 does not show in Settings->Sound->Ringtone.

Thank you.


texts: how to pass google play games data to another user

texts: My son is playing games on a tablet configured with my gmail. He is now old enough to get an account of his own. The only problem is that he plays a lot of games via google play games and I wouldn't like all his data to be deleted. Is there a way to transfer all the data to the new account?


texts: I would like to use NewzDroid for usenet, but I'm not sure if I need root for it to work.


texts:
So I've rooted my Galaxy S10 Exynos using Magisk and now I wish to install Twrp for easier updates flashing.
Will installing TWRP on my magisk rooted device wipe my data?
Thanks


texts: How can I view my phone's screen on a computer in real time?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation?
  How to capture video stream from Android phone screen and show it on laptop?

I have made a demo app and it's installed on my phone. I want to be able to show the app in action from my phone using a projector.

The way I see this happening is if I can share my phone's screen with my laptop. Is there an app to help me do that?

Note: The main reason for me not to use the Android device emulator is that it runs extremely slow and at 100% of CPU usage which I don't think is good for my laptop. I have a moderately spec-ed machine, and I need to find a why to do.


texts: Keeping Tasker Plugin Alive in Background

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I'm experiencing a little difficulty in keeping a Tasker plugin alive in background. The name of the plugin is called Tasker Process Running (KC) and it gets killed from background by Android's LMK once the RAM gets too busy.

I am planning to use Tasker to keep it alive in the background using an "If" - "Else" loop. What are the proper step-by-step method to do this?


texts: Can't access internet in Chrome, Internet Browser

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The problem is little weird, I'm unable to access internet via Chrome and Samsung's default internet browser.

The error that appears is : Connection Refused. Whereas I can easily access from other Apps like Opera and UC Browser. Everything else is working fine.

For example -  When I open facebook in app it works fine whereas when I try to open in Chrome/Browser. I get this error. This happens both on WiFi and mobile data.

Please help.

Device Information -  Samsung Galaxy S4 - I9500, Ozcan ROM, 4.4.2.


texts: How to know if an app is ICS compatible?

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I am thinking to upgrade my phone with Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) to 4.0.3 (Icre Cream Sandwich), but I would like to know first, if the applications I normally use are available and working on ICS.

Does exist a way to know it?


texts: Contact is showing weird name but shows propperly in Contacts

texts: I noticed on whatsApp that my Moto Z4 Play is showing only for this contact a really strange name that doesn't match at all with the contact name, I go to the Contacts App and try to edit it, but it is showing the rigth name.  So... What could that be ?


texts: Moto X (2nd generation) international travel

texts: I want to get a motorola moto x (2nd generation) but I am unsure if the phone can work in other countries outside of the United States, specifically China.


texts: Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone?

texts: I usually disconnect my cellphone from the charger some time after it's fully charged because I'm afraid the battery could lose capacity over time if I don't. However, I believe modern electronics should be able to handle this kind of scenario and automatically stop charging the battery once it's full. Does this apply to modern Android phones? Or do I need to continue disconnecting it all the time?


texts: Why can't I delete pictures I've sent in Google Hangouts in my gallery?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note III(3) and when I open my gallery there is a folder for each hangout conversation that contains images I have sent.

Is there a way to delete the pictures or folders from the gallery or at least have the gallery not synced with the Hangouts application?


texts: Can an intent to open the camera specify a prefix to the names of any photo's taken?

texts: I understand that there are apps that make renaming easy but would it be possible to specify the photo name actually before taking the photo? If so would this also work with an app that allows the user to take multiple photo's before returning to the app, rather than the one photo most apps allow. Sorry for the newb question!


texts: How to use Tasker to kill apps on/after device boot?

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I have several apps auto start at boot, and it's really not necessary. So I'm trying to use Tasker to kill them on/after device boot.

Tasker has a "Event - Device Boot" option, but it seems that does not work. Tasker just cannot catch this event.

I'v also tried to trigger the profile when another app (which starts after Tasker) starts. It works but the problem is that each time the app starts, Taker performs the action, but I only need the task to be performed once.

Can anyone think of any trick to do this?

PS: please no recommendation on third-party apps or permission change method


texts: Clear popup/push notification of an app without getting it removed from Notification drawer

texts:
I'm currently using an LG G3 with Lollipop 5.0.1.

The problem I'm having is that when I'm using an app (or just doing something general on my phone) and I receive a text or similar notification a pop-up shows up on my screen explaining what the notification is. For example, the first sentence of a text, or a snippet of a Facebook post. I know this is normal but the issue is that if I'm currently doing something important and I want to clear the pop-up, if I swipe right (or press the "X") to dismiss the notification it clears it entirely i.e. from the Notification drawer too.

See the example of a situation where this happens, in order to clear up any confusion with my issue:

I'm sending an important email to a coworker when my friend texts me. I don't want to read my friend's text right now but the pop-up still blocks a portion of the screen. In such a situation my options are:

Wait about 5 seconds for the pop-up to disappear.
Clear the pop-up so I can resume emailing my coworker (preferred because it allows me to resume typing the email immediately).

The problem with option 2 is that if I clear the pop-up notification all other indications that I received a text are also cleared (meaning the top bar notification & the little red "1" on the messaging app). So if I happened to send a really long email to my coworker, there's a chance I'll completely forget to respond to my friend once I'm done.

So, is there a way to clear a pop-up notification without clearing all other signs of the notification?


texts: Why can't I see Google Play "Staff Picks"?

texts:
I used to see the Staff Picks section in Google Play, both on the website and on my device.

Recently, I can't find it - I can see only the "Editor's Choice", this seems to be the only lists of apps that are featured by Google.

Did they remove it, or is it some sort of bug?


texts: Change status of "view only" contact in Google contacts

texts:
Nexus 5x (yes, still running)
Oreo 8.1
Google Contacts 3.2.5.222172751

I had a friend's name misspelled in my contact list and wanted to fix it. Ordinarily (and on all my other contacts) there is a blue edit button in the bottom right of the interface that displays contact info, but for this contact it's missing.

When I open the contact from the Google search bar (Google app) it shows the words "read only" at the top.

I think I created the contact in the normal way (rather than through another app).

Yes, I could delete the contact and create a new one. That would be quite easy, but that's not the answer I'm looking for.

How do I fix the contact settings? Or if somehow not possible, what in the world? What is a "view only" contact?


texts: how do I connect an android phone to a Linux wifi?

texts:
I am using my Debian Linux computer (called 'theresia') as a wifi access point.  I can use the network from iOS, Meego and Maemo, and from my other Debian machine obviously, but none of my Android devices even sees the signal.

from Debian, the icon for the signal is different than the access point produced by an Android phone (here, the nozhatu signal):

any clue?


texts:
I have just flashed a Europe firmware meant for H815 to H815T. In doing so I have upgraded from lollipop to marshmallow. The firmware is so smooth and fast except that there is a big problem. NO SIM signal. I know that this is because of some base band problem. Can you guys please guide me on what to do?

Thank You


texts: Google play store is missing after installing Cyanogenmod 12.1

texts:
I installed CyanogenMod 12.1 to my galaxy S2(GT-I9100) along with gapps. (Later I tried the same with different gapps too) and everything went good, I successfully installed both zip from CWM 6.0.4.x.

But after I switch on my phone, after all initial steps, I noticed Google Play app is missing, all other gapps are present.

I have used same gapps file for installing in Galaxy note (GT-N7000) along with CyanogenMod 12.1 and Google play store is present

This is first time I'm facing these kind of issue with CyanogenMod installation.

Anybody can help on this issue?


texts: I have multiple Google accounts on my phone. How can I delete some of them?

texts: I have an annoying problem with this Samsung Epic 4G touch. I set up a new Gmail account, which I use for Google Talk and the Android Market. However, I logged in to YouTube under two usernames at various points. I am not logged in and when I click Market it defaults to one of the YouTube accounts instead of my Gmail account. Under accounts, it shows all three. How do I delete the two YouTube accounts? I don't want them to access the Market and it does every time even though I no longer log into YouTube.


texts: Redmi 2014818 says "unfortunately com.android.systemui has stopped"

texts:
I have Xiaomi HM2 LTE IN. Also called Redmi 2014818. Every time I try to open any MI app the phone says "unfortunately process com.android.systemui has stopped".

Then when I tap "view summary" the lock screen appears.

So it has made using the phone difficult.

Luckily this error message doesn't appear when I open any non MI app like WhatsApp, Chrome.


texts: Why does my sound randomly stop working?

texts:
I have a rather old Motorola Droid Razr Maxx.  A week or so ago it was having some serious problems which rendered it fairly useless, so I installed CyanogenMod on it.

Since then, sound will randomly completely stop from all sources.  Various apps, music, even phone calls.  Nada.

I'm fairly certain this is a software issue as the sound worked fine before flashing CyanogenMod and a reboot temporarily fixes the problem (and is so far the only solution I've found).

I'm fairly sure it doesn't have to do with the headphone state as neither speaker nor headphones works when the sound is broken, yet both work immediately after a reboot.

Constantly rebooting my phone so I can actually receive calls is rather sub-optimal.  What can I do?


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I've been trying for a few weeks to root my android device. I'm running a ZTE Whirl 2 (Z667G) and none of the 25 one-click root programs have worked on it. I've given up on that path.

So I started researching rooting with ADB but I've had so many different problems there. Here are all the different methods I've tried, and their error messages:

psneuter: 'Failed to set prot mask: inappropriate ioctl for device'

zergRush: does nothing at all

adb root: 'adbd cannot run as root in production builds'

adb remount: 'remount failed: operation not permitted'

mount -o remount,rw /system: 'mount: operation not permitted'

All I'm trying to do here is remove the useless system apps from /system/app. I'd like to root my phone but the main reason I'm doing so is to get that crap off my device. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!


texts: Google Now "time to leave" notifications are late

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When I first got my Nexus 4, the "time to leave" notifications from Google Now were reasonable. I'd get a notification at 9:30am saying that I should leave at 9:45am for a calendar appointment.

After a few weeks, however, the notifications stopped arriving at a sensible time. The best case scenario is that I'll need to leave at 1pm for an appointment and get a reminder at 1:15pm (after I'm already on the road) saying that I should leave at 1:15pm to arrive on time given current traffic. I may also get a notification at 1:15pm saying that I need to leave at 1pm. Since I don't own a time machine, this isn't very helpful. This happens for all of my calendar entries that have an address. The late notifications are rather consistently 10-15 minutes after the time that I think I should leave for a destination.

I found this question which might be related, but my notifications are showing up late rather than displaying absurd times.

Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround?

Update
The alt-text for today's XKCD is

  It ships with a version of Google Now that alerts you when it's too late to leave for your appointments.

That seems to confirm that this is a bug other people are experiencing, but I haven't had much luck finding bug reports about it since the search terms are too common.


texts: Kedacom USB Device doesnt work with fastboot Nexus 5x

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Trying to flash TWRP and root my Nexus 5X.

I'm running the N 7.1.1 preview.

I've got the adb and fastboot files downloaded and allegedly working

adb devices

and

adb reboot bootloader

work as they should.

The Android bootloader info shows that I'm in FASTBOOT MODE, SECURE BOOT is enabled, and DEVICE STATE is unlocked.

But

fastboot devices

doesn't list anything at all.

I'm running windows 10, and when viewing Device Manager, it shows my bootloader-ed nexus 5x as a "Kedacom USB Device" and "Android Bootloader Interface" in the sub list.

But, it won't allow me to replace the drivers with the Google USB Driver, it doesn't even recognize the driver files in the extracted google driver files I downloaded from the Android Studio software.

Not sure what the issue is, but I'm thinking it's an issue with the driver on my end, but then why did the adb half of this work by default?


texts: Work account disable automatic home screen shortcuts

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(LG v30+ android 8.0.0, app drawer enabled)
I found out how to use work accounts to get another version of apps without needing app cloner (I don't need the fancy things it does and it's kinda shady). But the play store it has automatically adds apps to my home screen. The personal play store doesn't. Here's why this is weird: the setting was moved from Play Store to home screen settings (I've checked both places and can't find the setting but that's what I read). This means the two should behave the exact same in this regard. Any thoughts?


texts: Magisk issue :Device rooted but Magisk not installed

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Device: OnePlus7, Android 10
What happened

Device was rooted with October security patch updated, custom kernel installed and Magisk Manager hidden (to prevent root detection by an app). All working fine. No problem.

Updated Magisk Manager to 8.0.3 successfully but it shows Magisk not installed

But device is properly rooted and all rooted apps work fine.

I can see the hidden Magisk Manager in app drawer but tapping it doesn't help. Nothing happens. It tries to open, shows Magisk logo and disappears.

I can't access the Manager menu to see if I can fix something from there.

What I tried

Flashed Magisk again from laptop. No use.

Restored stock kernel from backup made by kernel manager app. No use.

As suggested by Didgeridoohan's guide  tried these

Cleared data of Manager. Uninstalled and installed Magisk Manager. No luck.

Uninstalled manager, installed canary manager and set channel to update to canary hoping that may help. Doesn't help.

Device still properly rooted

Saw this Github issue, Not applicable.

Things to try

Flash Magisk uninstall zip and root again.

Try manual patching of boot image and flash

Dirty flash stock ROM - not possible because device is rooted and would result in boot loop.

Any other simpler option?


texts: problem in google offline speech recognition

texts: I own a Samsung galaxy grand 2. I couldn't able to use google offline speech recognition even though i have downloaded offline languages. Is there anything missing ?


texts: What .apk is missing for my htc wilfire s to be able to boot?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can't boot my Htc Wildfire S after deleting Sense

I have deleted some pre installed apps on my Htc Wildfire S.
Now I am not able to start it, does anyone know which .apk could be missing and is causing it to not boot?


texts: How can I tap once on my home screen and start composing an email to a specified contact?

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I'm looking for a widget, shortcut, etc. that will let me tap it once and the next screen I see if the compose email screen for someone.

For example, if I have a contact Joe whose email is joe@example.com, I could click one button (or contact picture, or label, etc.) on my home screen and an email to joe@example.com would be started.

If I use the contact widget, I click on Joe and then get a menu for email or call, etc.

Is there a one-click solution to start composing an email to a contact from the home screen?


texts: Power control widget auto rotate toggle issue

texts: I have Samsung Galaxy nexus running official Android version 4.2.1. Problem is that the auto rotate toggle on the power control widget is not working properly. The toggle will change state, but the auto rotate feature state is not changed. I have to go to Settings -> Display -> Auto-rotate screen checkbox to change the auto rotate feature. The toggle button on the power control widget is unable to change this checkbox status.


texts: Set the calendar display to the correct timezone on Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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How do I set the calendar display to the correct timezone on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone?

For instance, editing of a calendar entry shows 14:00 [Montreal time], but the event display time in the calendar's weekly view for the same entry is 17:00.


texts: I can't seem to find a way to root my android device. I have tried every rooting method that I can find on the Internet for the SC-O6D, everyone of them after flashing are supposed to reboot the phone back into Android with root. But everyone I flash the phone reboots and no root? Anyone think they know what is going on?


texts: How to remove the persistent 'Mobile data turned off' message on Android 7.0?

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When I turn cell data off on a Samsung Android 7.0 non-rooted phone, the Phone app always displays a notification that data is turned off.  This results in 2 issues:

The notification area gets cluttered with too many notifications.
The Phone app icon notification badge in the launcher always shows at least 1 notification.  This is an issue because it is supposed to indicate how many phone calls have been missed.  Sometimes the device has cell data turned off, and sometimes it has it turned on; thus, there is no consistency with the meaning of that important icon's notification badge.

The notification is persistent, and cannot simply be swiped away.
Is there a way to resolve these issues that are caused by the persistent unwanted 'Mobile data turned off' notification?

Related question for an older version of Android (Android Marshmallow) with a different device manufacturer: Block "Mobile Data Turned Off" Notification


texts: Broken screen/glass, turned off, pc-controll? HELP?

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I was wondering if there is any ways for me to controll my phone (Sony Xperia V) with my computer?
Half of the glass/screen is broken, so i cant write anything on the lower part of the screen! The phone is not rooted, and has also been turned off, so im kinda stuck.

So, my question is:
Is there any ways for me to controll my non-rooted, turned off, screenbroken phone with my computer?

Cheers!


texts: Why does SIM toolkit not work with most custom ROMs?

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Most custom ROMs have problems with Stk.apk (the SIM toolkit part of Android) not functioning properly. The question is not the missing application (running Oxygen, I have the app but it is not working), but something systematic (dependency on RIL?).

I'd like to know why so, and what can be made about it?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Ace (Android 2.3.5) Not working correctly

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I am new to this, I have no idea what to do, as when I went on a trip, and booted my phone, I realised it wan't supposed to be on at all. However, me being in a hurry I didn't have the time to wait until it booted and shut it down, I just removed the battery (smart thinking, I know). The trouble started. My home button is disabled, I have no lock screen, although enabled, and when I hold the power button, instead of saying "Power Off", "Silent", and "Flight Mode", it only says "Power Off". I have no idea what  I am doing wrong, I rebooted around 20 times, removed battery and sim card, plugged it in, etc. I would be REALLY happy if somebody helped.

PS: The home button works, it's just not enabled, I know this because when the screen is off and the home button is pressed, it turns un. I have no trouble with any buttons, not now, not before. Also I'm rooted for over a year now, it's ALWAYS been smooth.


texts: I need to backup my contacts & information

texts: I saved my information on gmail then lost my phone. I bought another phone but when I tried to restore my information from the lost phone I remove or delete my all information by mistake. Can you help me to please to restore my information?


texts: How to prevent Wi-Fi from turning on by itself

texts: How can I prevent/stop Wi-Fi from turning on automatically? I do not want to have the Wi-Fi on when I am just using my Android device as a phone.


texts: How to disable installing from unknown sources?

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Is there a way to disable the phone from installing apps from unknown sources?
I know that it is possible by just going to.

settings->security->unchceck "unknown resources"

But when kids install apps, a dialog appears:

By just tapping on settings, they can Enable it again and install the application.

is there a way to disable it and the dialog won't come out or make it grey so it won't be clicked/tap it again? Without putting password on my Settings.


texts:
From http://soundexpert.org/news/-/blogs/bluetooth-audio-quality-a2dp, and How do I determine which A2DP codecs my phone supports/is currently using?, I can see that when I listen to bluetooth audio from my phone to my car, I am getting sbc with these parameters:

Middle Quality Joint Stereo
Samp Freq 44.1 kHz
Bitpool value 35
Resulting Frame length 83 bytes
Resulting bit rate 229 kb/s
Block length 16
Allocation method = Loudness
Subbands 8

Can someone share an equation of how these parameters relate to each other?  Does any sbc at 44.1 KHz and bitrate 229 kb/s have to have bitpool = 35 and frame length 83 bytes?


texts: Forwarded emails with attachments showing as MIME gibberish

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Sometimes, when forwarding emails that have attachments, the recipient receives the email as plain-text base64 MIME. For example, the email is received as:

> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--_com.android.email_209062387602790"
>
> ----_com.android.email_209062387602790
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
> VGhlc2UgZ3V5cyBhcmUg...
> ...(more base64 code)...
> ...wKQmxhbmNhCsKgCgo=

It is maddening because this is happening for multiple email accounts on different servers, and on at least two devices.

Any chance there's help out there?


texts: Best way to read programming/technical/math PDFs on Android device

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I have a ton of programming/technical/math PDFs that I would like to read on my Samsung Epic 4G. I have tried Adobe's PDF reader and ThinkFree office and the reading views destroy the code snippets and images. Zooming in and out is difficult and cumbersome. I have tried converting to ePub and reading using Aldiko but I have the same problem. (Aldiko being the best application I have found for reading on Android).

What solution would you suggest for reading these books on my phone?

I have no problem with converting or buying an application.


texts: How do I set a separate launcher as default?

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I have a Huawei Y300 with Emotion UI. I want to change from the stock Huawei launcher to Holo Launcher. On launching Holo and pressing home, I do not get any options and am directly taken back to the stock home screen.

How do I set Holo as the default launcher?


texts:
Ad Block FAQ

How can I make the icon in the notification area go away?
We hear you, the icon is a bit annoying. But right now, it has to be there - otherwise > the Android system will just stop the app, and it won't be able to block ads anymore. > We have added an option to hide it - this is the best we can do.

This Question on Avast Forums says:

Android stops services that are not "necessary". The icon avoid it.

My question: With AdBlock, Avast and other "services" running, the bar remains "full". Even if you "hide" the icons (like is available in AdBlock), it results in blank spaces that sully the look (First world problem I know). You can Disable the icon with Avast but it warns you of the obviously impending doom that can possibly maybe descend on you (The icon helps Avast! protect your device better. Are you **SURE** you want to turn it off?)
I'd like to be able to disable these without the fear of Android killing said service. With 4.3 and 4.4, are there any new options to remove those icons without fear?


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I am trying to get adb working on an aarch64 board. The actual binary runs, it just always shows that the devices are always empty.

I know for a fact the device is working because I have a second, statically linked adb binary from https://github.com/hduong85/arm_adb that works (but is too large for our specs). This binary needs zero config to detect the usb device. I could delete /etc/udev/rules.d and it would still find the device.

I got a much smaller one from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/arm64/android-tools-adb

And it runs, but the devices are always empty.

I tried editing /etc/udev/rules.d/50-android.rules, 51-android.rules, 70-android.rules, ~/.android/adb_usb.ini, you name it, nothing helps.

The problem is, I have no idea if adb is even using/parsing these sources of information. It never complains about anything. How can I tell?

And what's up with the android_usb gadget that I see some places where you set configs in /sys/class/android_usb? Our board is running linux 4.4 and does not have the android usb gadget driver. Why is adb so fragmented on how to config it?

Any debug tips welcome!


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I own a Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0 (M2-01AL). It was rooted since long.
I wanted to try to install Magisk, so I did it from Magisk Manager. I don't exactly remember what I exactly did, but eventually I screw up the tablet entirely that it entered a boot loop at the Huawei logo.
I just want to reflash it from stock, or something that boots
I have tried several fastboot flashing, but eventually got my hands, thanks to XDA, on what look like official stock firmwares by Huawei. File names:

Huawei_MediaPad%20M2%2010.0%20LTE_Firmware_M2-A01L_V100R001C178B003CUSTC178D001_Android%205.1.1_EMUI%203.1_Finland.rar
HUAWEI_MediaPad_M2_10.0_Firmware_M2-A01L_Android%205.1.1_EMUI%203.1_V100R001C209B005CUSTC458D001_Malaysia_Channel-Others.rar
HUAWEI_MediaPad+M2+10.0_M2-A01L_Firmware_Android+5.1.1_EMUI+3.1_V100R001C100B010CUSTC100D001_Germany_Spain_Belgium.rar

These archives contain the magic update.app to be put into SD card and then boot the tablet with all keys pressed.
The firmware flashes the entire contents of the archive into the ROM. However such a flashing stops at around 90% with a generic failure message and request to reboot.
The tablet won't boot.
This is entirely a software problem with the device.
Also tried extracting the .img from the .app with Huawei Extractor and flashing system via fastboot, no result. Phone is still unlocked and FRP is unlocked, as the bootloader reports. I can flash recovery successfully, but I haven't yet found an English TWRP, only luck Chinese and Russian.
Question is: how do I restore this tablet to at least a bootable state? I would like to try this alone before going to a repair shop in my city, there are plenties of it.
Updates
I have successfully installed TWRP in a language I understand. I can see that the system partition is damaged because TWRP, on reboot, says that no OS is installed. This is a first step. I also reflashed stock boot just to make sure, because I found that in order to uninstall Magisk one has to flash the backup Magisk makes. Unfortunately I had no time to fetch that backup, I was too lazy. Anyway I extracted system from the update.app and flashed it via fastboot. No result, the tablet is still in boot loop


texts: I don't have any software on my laptop for my Nexus 4 drivers. Where can I get the driver software to download it for my Nexus 4 for Windows XP?


texts: I have a Android 5.1 system a few day ago my wifi started turning it self off now it will not stay on for more than 5 minutes. I been through setting up and down I can find anything wrong accept one thing in the wifi advanced settings the web certificate section is totally empty. First advice I tried from online was infected with malware So I downloaded the the tool to check and remove. After the scan it came up clean.


texts: Can I charge my battery in another phone?

texts: My phone made a weird noise yesterday when I had it on a connector to my schools computer to charge it. I plugged it in last night but it wouldn't charge. My sister has a phone of the same model. Would I be able to charge my battery in her phone? I think that the cord that I was charging with melted or something and I believe that there is not damage to the battery itself. Would it harm her phone at all if I put mine in to hers and charged it?


texts: Where is the link to the exe file? I find text "jar of beans.exe" and beneath it, a note saying wait for the emulator to load and enjoy, or a statement of similar meaning. The text "jar of beans.exe" is, however, not a hyperlink! I need the link.


texts: How to bypass an app's ability to know is being run on an emulator rather than a real device.

texts:
I would like to install an app called entrust (from the play store) and be able to use it. My last try was to use an emulator called "Genymotion", but the app can detect that the app is being run on an emulator because I get this error:

"Error: Manual Activation is not supported on an unsecured device."

which I don't get if I'm running the app on a real device. Are there any ideas about how can I bypass this check and be able to run it using an emulator?

Thank you!


texts: How to unlock pattern on Nexus 4 [Developer Option: ON]

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Even I have seen duplicated thread as in: Can not unlock my Android device as have no internet connection?

But Here's my situation:

I have wifi/data turned off.
I have the developer option turned on and my laptop does recognized the device with usb plugged in. (As I'm android developer)
I'm using unrooted Nexus 4 .

Is there any way of unlock the screen using adb way, i.e: turn on the wifi? If no luck I would probably go with hard reset.


texts: Why is built-in call recording such a rare feature on Android devices?

texts:
As the title says.
I find it really weird to see it this way, as I know the OS itself do support it.
Even Nexus devices don't have it built in.

On some Android devices, you would even need to root them in order to have call recording.

I know the laws of call recording are different between countries, but still, how could some devices (and even Nokia devices) have this feature, while most Android devices don't?


texts: How can I export all my open Firefox Tabs to a text file?

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I've been trying to find a method to export all my currently open tabs in the Android Firefox browser. Unfortunately this seem impossible from default browser installation and very hard to do from command line as the SQLite3 database that Firefox is using, contains too many tables and hard to find the right query.

Apparently this is possible for Google Chrome using THESE hacks.

I would like to have each URL on a separate line in a text file.


texts: How can I use a CyanogenMod theme with a stock rooted Galaxy S III?

texts:
I'd like to make this my phone theme https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ramazor.theme.freedea&feature=more_from_developer

But it seems to require me changing my phone over to Cyanomod or something of the like. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that, but I do already have root access via SuperSU and was wondering if there might be another way to go about using this theme.

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-T999.


texts: I have google play and app gallery (from Huawei). but whenever i need to download an app through a link it brings me directly to the Huawei Gallery and of course it is telling me the app is not available in my region. how can I solve the problem, I have a google account on my phone and the Huawei cloud account.


texts: Do the ROM files contain some information about themselves?

texts:
I have downloaded so many custom ROMs to try, but I did not organize them. One of the zip files is called "ODEXED.zip".

Is there any way to determine what it's name is just by inspecting the files in the zip file? Or maybe some other information about it?

This is just curiosity, I know I can just flash it and see its info in "Settings>About Phone".


texts: How can we trick an android device that the device does not get our real location?

texts: Is it possible to make the Android Operating System  receive false location data or not receive any data about our geolocation at all. And how we can do it in the  maximal clean way so that the third-party applications that are installed on the phone could't even suspect about it?


texts: How to decrypt files from SD card on android phone?

texts: sorry if this is a repost. I am using a  Gionee P5L with Android 5.1. This system allows files on the SD card (mounted in the phone) to be encrypted. The whole SD card is not encrypted. And it does not ask for password to encrypt a file. If I hold my finger on a file name in the explorer, some menu appears at the bottom of the screen. The last one is "more".  Under the "more" option there are other options,  and the first one being "encrypt". If I select that, no password is asked,  and the file disappears from the explorer. My question is, is there any way I can get it back?


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I am unable to move files to my memory card from phone.

Htc 620g
Android 4.4.2
Memory card 32 Gb
Please let me know what to do in this situation.there is 31 Gb free space in memory card.


texts:
When I connect my LineageOS 16 (Android 9) device to my computer, USB debugging turns on by default. Even when locked. That doesn't seem safe, so I searched through my settings to change that. I turned off 'Android debugging' and revoked USB debugging authorizations, which seemed to be the end of it. But then I rebooted and the 'Tap to turn off USB debugging' notification comes on again immediately after reconnecting!

How do I disable USB debugging by default?


texts:
Can you charge the Asus Transformer (or the newer Prime) without the keyboard dock?

Since the tablet itself does not have any USB ports, I don't see how you could charge the tablet without the dock or a very clunky proprietary charging cable. However, It seems insane to manufacture and market a high-end tablet that can't charge without a giant peripheral (and sell/price the thing independently too).

Am I missing something? Or, is Asus just insane?


texts:
I recently encountered a problem using Threema on LineageOS 15.1: I noticed that whenever I want to download a picture posted by someone else in a conversation, I get the message "Could not download message". A logcat reveals, that an excepction is thrown when opening the file:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ch.threema.app/files/data.blob/017c31a18e3325c75d3564fd3565b144

I used adb shell (as root) to create an empty file:

# whoami
root
# echo "" > /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ch.threema.app/files/data.blob/017c31a18e3325c75d3564fd3565b144
sh: can't create /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ch.threema.app/files/data.blob/017c31a18e3325c75d3564fd3565b144: Invalid argument

So the same error occurs in the shell, even if I am logged in as root.
Apparently, once the file is created, it can't be written to:

# echo "asd" > 017c31a18e3325c75d3564fd3565b
# echo "asd" > 017c31a18e3325c75d3564fd3565b
sh: can't create 017c31a18e3325c75d3564fd3565b: Invalid argument

The permissions of newly created files are set to

-rw-rw---- 1 u0_a71 sdcard_rw 4 2018-12-31 13:45 017c31a18e3325c75d3564fd3565b

Any ideas what is causing this? Is this a misconfiguration / permission issue? Or is this a problem with the file system (I used both f2fs and fat32)?


texts: Cannot use Android phone in fastboot mode

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I have a Samsung Galaxy On7, Android 6.0.1.

On my computer (Windows 7, 32-bit), I have adb and fastboot installed. I can work on my phone properly from adb. But the problem starts in fastboot mode.

When I put my phone in bootloader mode, the computer takes the phone to be a modem. There are several videos that show how the driver problems can be solved, but once my computer identifies the device as modem, I cannot do anything else, as it is reluctant to install the Android Bootloader Interface drivers for my phone, saying they are the ones meant for a modem.

I have even tried to stop auto installation of drivers, but even then the device is recognised as a modem.

Is there any way I can stop my computer from recognising the device as a modem?


texts: How can I update my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) from Android 2.3.3 to a newer version?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy SII (GT-I9100). OS version-2.3.3. Whenever I connect it to Kies, it cannot find an available software upgrade. Is there any other way to upgrade my OS?


texts: Is there a way to grant myself MANAGE_USERS permission while inside the adb shell?

texts:
The thing is that I'm fed up of some stock adware apps on my Micromax phone and want to disable them for good. So, as per this answer, I used adb shell to disable the app, but I'm getting the following error:

shell@Q4260:/ $ pm hide com.micromax.trendingapps
Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 2000 nor current process has android.permission.MANAGE_USERS.
1|shell@Q4260:/ $

The error message indicates that I need android.permission.MANAGE_USERS to achieve that. So I even tried granting that permission to the shell app, but no use!

shell@Q4260:/ $ pm grant com.android.shell android.permission.MANAGE_USERS
Operation not allowed: java.lang.SecurityException: Package com.android.shell has not requested permission android.permission.MANAGE_USERS
1|shell@Q4260:/ $

Is there any other way to get myself that permission?

Finally, the smart-phone is Micromax Q4260 running Marshmallow if that matters. This could probably be solved by rooting, but I don't have any intention of rooting as it could be risky on this little known model.


texts: Clear a whatsapp conversation but keep the media

texts: I have got a group conversation with a lot of messages. I want to clear the messages but want to keep the pictures and videos.


texts: How to prevent external USB HID devices enable without confirmation

texts:
Android support USB HID devices like keyboard and mouse.

If you have a USB-C keyboard, or connect via a USB hub. The USB keyboard will have control to the system, without on-screen confirmation.

I see it is a security risk that public USB charger might have potential access. Even the USB connection mode is "charge-only".

A hacker might have a USB hub, and add a HID to control your phone with a idle delay.

Back to by question.

It there a way to disable that at all at OS level?
If there is no way to have a "pairing confirmation" like BT devices have.


texts: Missing "Easy Mode" from Samsung Galaxy Core Prime

texts:
I bought this phone for my grandparents. The salesman at the store told me that this phone would be great for old people who are new to smart phones. Any idea where to find this "Easy Mode" or "Simple Mode" option? There's no such option under Settings.

Model: SM-G361F

Android version: 5.1.1


texts: Is there a way to enable Hotspot when connected to a specific Bluetooth source?

texts:
I'd like to enable hotspot when my phone connects to the bluetooth in my car (basically turn it on when I start my car).

It would be nice if there was a way to do this in Android 8.0 (Pixel XL), but i'll assume that isn't possible.

Couldn't find a way to do it in IFTTT. Is there another third party app that will let me do this?

I'm not against coding my own script to do this, but I get the feeling that attempting this on a non-rooted device will be quite difficult (if not impossible).

Any suggestions are appreciated!


texts: Call history not showing when expanding the contact details

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Hellow all, I am not able to see the call history under the contact details. It used to display the most recent call history when opening the individual contacts. I am using Nexus 6P with Andriod 8.2.1 OS. Below is the screenshot that I used to see the contact's recent call history (Highlighted with green rectangle).

Assuming that I am not having few permissions on contacts App but not sure what kind of permissions I should be granting!

So far I have tried clearing the cache of Phone App & contacts App. Also ensuring that the Contact App & Phone App has storage access.

Pl. help me here and let me know if you need any more info to answer my question.


texts: Prevent entering PIN code before lockscreen

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini. I'd like to know if it is possible to prevent the user from entering the PIN code before unlocking the normal pattern, since it recently happened to me that someone got access to my phone while it was charging and almost locked up my SIM completely by entering incorrect PIN and PUK codes.

Thanks


texts: Is the MAC address stored in software or hardware?

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I'm trying out a ROM.  It seems to be flashing the whole system.  It claims it is a total wipe.

However, the MAC address seems to never change.  So my question is, is the mac address for an Android stored in the ROM or is stored somewhere in the hardware?


texts: Permission denied on /system/xbin/su when trying to unroot Sony Xperia L

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I'm trying to root my Sony XPeria L reading this tutorial The firmaware is 15.0.А.2.17, model C2105, and my Android version est 4.1.2

Everything was good until step 9, where I get the following error :
/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/su: Permission denied

So I ran adb.exe from my computer and try to grant my permissions on this file. I tried some chmod 777 su but this is a "Read-only file system"...

I'm a C# developper and I always used Windows, so Android world is totally new for me. Can anyone help me to avoid this error message ?

Thanks you !


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I've searched high and low and cannot find a solution to this problem. The other day I wiped my phone for various reasons. Ever since I did the wipe the gallery does not display any of the images that are already stored on the device. If I take a new picture it will go right into the /sdcard/DCIM/Camera directory and it will display in the gallery. Same thing happens if I download a picture it will go into /sdcard/Download and will display in the gallery.

However, any of the images that are already in any of the folders on my sdcard do not show up in the gallery. Is there a way to force the gallery to scan the sdcard or something? Thanks in advance.


texts: Applications lost permissions after flashing Marshmallow

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I upgraded my Nexus 5 from Android 6 preview 3 to the 6.0 final version by manualy flashing image files from google factory image.
All my applications lost permissions and crashing. I am unable to give permissions through settings too. The only solution I found so far is to reinstall applications. However I don't want to reinstall all of them for obvious reasons.

Please advise how to fix it.


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Is it possible to install android on a tablet and then restrict its use case scenario? What i mean is can i make it so that no apps can be installed (Not even by using an external apk) except the one I pre-install on it?
Something like how normal users/ guest users can't install software on windows without admin password if they don't have the necessary permissions?


texts: How can I remove from “previously installed apps” list in the PlayStore the applications that are already installed on my phone?

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How can I remove from "previously installed apps" list in the PlayStore the applications that are already installed on my phone?
For example, the application anyconnect shows up in the "previously installed apps" list:

Even though it is already installed on my phone:

I use Android 9  on Samsung Galaxy S9 with PlayStore 17.8.14.


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So when I updated my Android to 4.4.2, the default Samsung Gallery app disappeared. Now, I decided to dig into the files of the Android 4.4.2 update and extracted the system.img and found the application, named SecGallery2013.apk I copied it to my SD Card and tried to install it normally, it gave the error "Application not installed" So I tried to install it via ADB, but it gave an error "INSTALL_FAILED_UID_CHANGED" so I digged into my phone and found the same APK in system/priv-app and I deleted it and after that, I tried again but this time it gave the error: "INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT" Things I've tried:

I got a logcat and this was the result, hope someone can understand:

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 W/SELinuxMMAC ]

assignSeinfoValue, matching key found

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 W/SELinuxMMAC ]

assignSeinfoValue , step 2, pkgName:com.sec.android.gallery3d, seinfo:platform

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 W/SELinuxMMAC ]

assignSeinfoValue, step 4, pkgName:com.sec.android.gallery3d, seinfo:platform

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 I/SELinuxMMAC ]

com.sec.android.gallery3d registered as an RCP File Copier App.

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 D/PackageManager ]

Time to scan apk: 0.638 seconds

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 W/PackageManager ]

Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/com.sec.android.gallery3d-1.apk

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 D/PackageManager ]

doPostInstall for uid{-1}

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 D/PackageManager ]

delete sourFile :

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 D/PackageManager ]

delete native library directory:

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 D/PackageManager ]

+ starting rerstore round-trip 1

[ 05-19 20:02:46.951  1604: 1728 D/PackageManager ]

No resotre for backup - queue post-install for 1

I checked another place and it said error code -24, I've did every suggestion on this site and none of them worked (except for factory resetting)
Deleted all remaining files from gallery data, didn't work

Samsung Galaxy Note II, running rooted stock android 4.4.2.

Thanks!


texts: Proper use of encryption in CyanogenMod 13?

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I'm running CM13 on Nexus 5 and I want to know what the best practices are for encryption.

It appears that encryption was enabled by default when I installed CM13 early this year, but I don't know how to verify if that's the case.
Many guides use a command-line tool called vdc but I can't find documentation on that tool (even man vdc doesn't work in the shell).
The android docs say that the encryption password is set by default to default_password and many forum posts note that this is the case on CM13 as well.

How do I ensure that my CM13 is encrypted and make sure that it has a strong password?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S6 touchscreen sensitivity

texts: Is there a way to adjust the touchscreen sensitivity on the Samsung Galaxy S6? I feel like I am going to damage the screen with how hard I have to press to accomplish anything. Typing takes forever and is frustrating. TIA.


texts: Ok.. here is where I stand. I have a STB that has an old version(12.4) of Ubuntu on it. I was told that it previously had Android 5 on it but it was overwritten when Linux was installed. What I would like to do is wipe the device and re-install Android. The problem is I'm not sure where to start. I've done a fair bit of Googling but have not found anything on how to do a fresh install of Android. Is there an image somewhere that I can put on a SD card? Could someone point me in the right direction here? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!


texts: want amazon prime video on android tablet

texts: I HAVE a Toshiba wt10-a tablet and want to access my amazon prime video account to download and watch movies.   I am not a techie, .  All other devices are iPhones and kindles and want the Toshiba to connect to them if possible.  Thank you!


texts: Will a CDMA carrier's LTE work on a GSM-only phone?

texts: More specifically, I'd like to know if a Sprint-based carrier (Tello) will work on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 (M1908C3JG).


texts: Some Android contacts with phone numbers are missing after update

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After I updated my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro from Gingerbread to ICS some of my contacts went missing. The strange thing is when these people call me, the phone recognizes them and displays their name, but I still can't view the contact. When I touch-and-hold on a name in the call log and choose "View contact" nothing happens. Touching once though calls them right away.

Also in the contacts list ("Contacts with phone numbers" is checked), where the rest of my contacts are listed, nothing happens when I touch a name. It should open up the contact. So now I can only call people who are in the call log.

Can anyone help me?


texts: Sometimes, I'm getting popups on my Samsung S8 with promotions. Especially it is annoying during navigation with Google Maps. How to disable popups? How to know which application is responsible on that?


texts: Macrodroid: I want a repeating alert when battery is less than/over than x%

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I want a repeating alert when battery is less than/over than x%.

I have a pair of alerts (Using MacroDroid) that are triggered by a battery level change. One of less than 35%, and one of more than 85%.

It nicely runs a media sound file to alert me. (Ding!)

I want them to repeatedly alert me while they are above/below the limit. Currently it only seems to do it once: at the moment that the percentage level drops or increases past each limit. How could I make it sound every (say 5 minutes) when it is above or below the limits?

I'm becoming obsessed with battery levels ever since I replaced my battery and I found it to be swollen like a rotten grapefruit! :)

Edit:
I've found some info that accessing the root (whatever that means) can give you access to the sys folder that can actuate the ability of the phone to either charge or not do so. I have done similar things with windows and the registry and feel confident doing these things with the Win OS in the Registry, but not with Android OS. If I access the sys folder and try to save changes it won't let me.


texts: Saving pix from Google camera to SD card

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I have tried all the suggestions in the forum, but to no avail...

What I have:
Galaxy S4, 8GB internal, 64GB SD card, Omega ROM with Android 4.3 (TouchWiz); has Samsung camera AND Google camera (with Photosphere) which I prefer much more than the Samsung camera.

Samsung camera makes it easy to store pix on ext. SD card. Cannot find any setting or way to do the same with Google camera. Even tried deleting DCIM on internal SD card, hoping I would be asked where I wanted to store pix. But DCIM and subfolders were just recreated on the internal SD card.

With only 8GB internal, I need to clear more space out. That's why this is so important. Any help?


texts: How do I disable smooth scrolling system-wide?

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Current browsers (Chrome, Firefox at least) have a hidden feature to disable smooth scrolling. How do I do this in Android system-wide? Smooth scrolling on modern displays gives me a headache. I don't seem to have the same problem with CRT's. Some kind of page up / page down or choppy scroll would be better for me.

As a side note, conventional page up / page down alone is not adequate as floating headers on modern websites almost always break this functionality. At a PC, I often use Page Up / Down in conjunction with the up and down arrow keys to compensate for the floating headers.


texts: Is it possible to run rm -rf / without root access?

texts: I see videos of people running rm -rf / on their android but they always run it with root access that is running su first so I tried doing the same on my unrooted phone by running rm -r -i / but then it 'promoted 'examine files in directory /?'  so I got scared because I was not sure whether it will erase my files or not so I would like to know if rm -rf / without root  erase OS files and brick my device?


texts: factory reset a device having no volume keys or home button

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I got a device that I have to reset to factory settings because the owner of the device has forgotten its password. I checked Debugging is not enabled.

I have seen various suggestions on how to reset a device but all suggestion involve volume keys. Unfortunately this device doesn't have any volume or other key, there is just only one power key.

Device: QMobile E885

How do it reset it ? or unlock the device. any suggestions?


texts: how to by pass google account on my itel 1556

texts: My phone is bringing me tó write the google account which was previously synced into the phone but this was not mine í just bought it from someone.how can í do?


texts: What is the difference in 64bits TWRP and 32bits TWRP?

texts:
I am new to android.
Can someone tell me what is the difference between 32bits TWRP and 64bits TWRP?
What would happen if I mixed up both TWRP?


texts: What all does ADB backup and how do I restore part of it?

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I am soon going to unlock bootloader and root my Nexus 5, but I didn't wanted to wipe all the data so I thought of using the ADB backup function to restore after rooting is done.

adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|nosystem] [<packages...>]

So, I made a full backup, with apk, with shared, all.

First of all, what all does this command backup? I suppose everything. Does it include the system, that is, Android files, like the main ROM files including kernel and stuff? Will the ROM get restored after I restore this backup?

Also, after I have rooted the device (which I have still not done), will I be able to restore just the apps, app data and shared storage from the backup? Or should I just backup the apk with shared data backup and that will do it?

Is it possible with a third-party app, root/non-root? (Titanium Backup, maybe?)

I need to know more.


texts: How to manage a screencast with two Android devices?

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I need to do an oral presentation which involves demoing an Android application that requires showing two devices at the same time. I know about the Android Screencast as a way to capture the Android screen to my computer output but don't know how to manage two devices.

Any idea?


texts:
I might buy Nexus 7. But how are the apps configured with this larger screen? It's in between a regular tablet 10" and a phone 4" so how, for example, will apps like

notational acceleration
MyLifeOrganized

and others work with this enlarged screen?


texts: TWRP, can't uncheck "Mount system partition read-only"

texts: I installed this Twrp on my Samsung a40 using Heimdall, worked well but I can't uncheck the option "Mount system partition read-only" in Mount. So, I can't flash Magisk, it fails to mount /system. I get the following error "unable to find partition for path /system" when I try to write to the /system. Any ideas, how I can fix it ?


texts: Can I change what the button on my earphone does?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Young with Gingerbread. I also have a pair of Samsung earphones. Is there any way I can change the pause button so that it functions as a previous track button?


texts: Can I use (via wifi only) my original VZW Droid without a voice or data plan?

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I have a situation similar to Can I use an Android phone without an Internet access plan? but with one key difference, I don't even want to use it as a phone. Just a PDA.

I have an original VZW droid, the phone powers up and I can start apps etc; however, I cannot even connect to WiFi (it tries and fails with an error that just says unable to connect, try again). Is this a limitation of the phone being not activated? I used to use this phone as my every day driver, but I've since upgraded to a new phone, but would still like to use this droid as a wifi web browser around the house.


texts: Does a non-owner user profile have rights to wipe an Android phone?

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My work is pushing the use of Sophos Mobile Control (SMC) for MDM purposes so we can sync our email to our personal devices. I have a Nexus 5 with Android 6.0 (stock) and my intention is to create a separate non-owner user profile for work. My concern is that if I install Sophos Mobile Control on that profile it will have rights to wipe my phone if lost. It's a nice option if I had control over it but I don't like the idea of anyone else having the ability to do so even for work-security purposes.

Also I found this article regarding permissions required by SMC:
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/116995.aspx

Will those permissions only be available to the profile the app is installed on? Or can it read my SMS messages on my owner non-work profile for example?

Thanks!


texts: Google Assistant won't read notifications

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So I've recently gotten a Google Pixel and have been putting the new Google Assistant through its paces. I was driving and got a notification of a text message. I was expecting a message from my wife, so I said:

  OK Google. Read notifications.

And got nothing.

On my first-gen Moto X I had used "read notifications" or "what's up?" many times. Is that a feature specific to the Moto X (or, at least, to Motorola devices)? If not, how can I get Google Assistant to read back my phone notifications?


texts: Accelerometer/gyroscope not used by apps LG L70

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When I tried to watch a 360 youtube video, I noticed I couldn't look around using my accelerometer. So I installed an app to debug accelerometer information, and it seemed to work just fine.

I do have a custom rom (unofficial cyanogenmod 12.1) on my LG L70 but this was also a problem with the stock LG rom.

Any tips on fixing this?


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Bonjour,
Tout à l'heure j'ai ressortis ma tablette samsung a6 pour tester une nouvelle fonctionnalité de steam. En voulant l'allumer, j'ai eu un écran bleu avec écris "downloading". J'ai vu sur plusieurs forum qu'il fallait la mettre en mode recovery jusqu'au redémarrage de l'appareil, ce que j'ai fait. Seulement, j'ai malencontreusement relâché les boutons. Ce qui fait que mon appareil est bloqué, je n'arrive pas à le redémarrer. Est-ce un problème de chargeur? Ou un problème de l'appareil ?
Merci de m'aider,
Ziscko.

Hello !
I try to retart my tablet samsung a6, but a blue screen apears with "downlading".
I learn in others forums that i have to restar my tablet in recovery mode, but i failed it and sneeze at bad moment: i didn't recovery mode until restaring.
Sorry for ma very bad english..
Can somebody help me ?

Translated using Google Translate:

Hello, Just now I came out my Samsung A6 tablet to test a new feature of steam. Wanting to turn it on, I had a blue screen with "downloading". I saw on several forums that it was necessary to put in recovery mode until restarting the device, which I did. Only, I accidentally released the buttons. What makes my device is blocked, I can not restart it. Is it a charger problem? Or a problem of the device? Thanks for helping me, Ziscko.


texts: Possible to remap `Esc` key to `Caps Lock` on a bluetooth keyboard

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 with any old bluetooth keyboard. How do I remap the Esc key to Caps Lock? And remap the Caps Lock key to Esc. Swap them basically.

I need this to make it easier to use Vim on Android. I prefer not to root.


texts: Why restarting the phone fixes the problem of Google Keep of not syncing the notes?

texts:
That was the question only, because that happens to me a lot.
I work with keep in pc and android, and sometimes even if a have an Internet connection the notes are not syncing. And I wonder why this problem is fixed only by restarting the phone. Or better explained...
Why the process of restarting the device fix the syncing error?, so what's happening internally in the phone that's fixing the problem
Is this an app related issue?


texts: Samsung USB Driver for Windows 10 - Android Studio

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I've got an issue setting up the AVD in my Android Studio as Intel HAXM is not working with my Windows 10. So, I am trying to debug and run my projects with my Android device. However, after trying to download the Google USB driver and replacing it with the standard driver that comes with Windows, I find I am not able to:

By the way, I am trying to replace this driver with the Google driver or the driver offered by Samsung - both turned up with this error.

But when I check the Android Device Monitor, my phone is not listed as it did in the tutorial I watched. (My device is a Samsung W GT-I8150 - Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread)

Any help or advice will be most appreciated.

Raihaan


texts:
I have Blu studio 5.0 on Android 4.1. When I open the tab viewer in Chrome, all I get is a list of open tabs and no preview of them. Does anyone know why?

I have this problem on the beta and regular version.


texts: App that can import google maps saved route to use as turn-by-turn navigation

texts:
I built a driving path containing several destination points using google maps and would like to use it in a turn-by-turn GPS navigation app such as iGo.
Any existing app/s that can achieve that?

Thanks.


texts: I flashed a couple of custom ROMs on my Moto G XT1033. Now I restored it to the stock version again. But ever since the first custom ROM, after I restore my WhatsApp chat history from backup (the messages were restored properly, no problem there) on my default screen where your recent chats are displayed, when I want to search a chat using the search button, as soon as I start typing in the search bar an error message pops up saying 'Something went wrong with your chat history.' and tells me to restore. Everytime I wanna search for a contact I have to go through all that and I lose my most recent messages. It's pretty frustrating. Anyone else faced this problem? How do I fix it?


texts:
How can I get email Notification on my Huawei Mate 9 Pro? Used to have it but now it has disappeared. No sound is heard and no icon shows up for incoming emails.
Any comments appreciated.


texts: How to infer battery consumption on a non owned app

texts:
I am a back-office system developer, and am struggling to deal with a problem.

I am addicted to podcasts (in fact I use the Podcast Addict app), but I am interested in all kinds of subjects and there are a lot of podcasters to provide me a bunch of options. This addiction means that I have more podcasts to listen to than hours in a week. So I listen with accelerated audio.

But, podcast addicted implementation of accelerated audio is very power hungry, and I am wondering if it should.

My goal is to get any information about CPU/GPU usage of every podcast player when playing in accelerated playback.

Any advice? Tools? Procedures? Anyone has made this analysis before?


texts: Transfer all Contacts in Phone and Sim to Google Contacts

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to move phone contacts to Google?

I am using my New Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone.
In My Contacts, I see that some are in SIM Memory, Some are in Phone Memory while others are in Google Accounts.
In the Import/Export Option, I see Import/Export to SD card and Import/Export to SIM Card.

I want to copy all my contacts in phone and sim memory to my Google Account. How do I do that? Is there any way to do it rather than doing it manually?


texts: Galaxy Nexus charges but is never seen by a PC when connected via USB

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I run Linux (Ubuntu 12.04), and I have a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0.4. (Purchased in December 2011.) When I plug the phone in to the PC via USB there is no detection whatsoever. Tailing /var/log/syslog when plugging or unplugging the phone there is ZERO activity in the logs.

The phone however will charge.

Plugging the phone into a Windows 7 machine, same deal. Phone charges off USB but Windows never prompts to say the device has been detected. Also same on MAC.

Using the same micro USB cable, and an HTC One X. Linux, Windows and Mac all detect the HTC phone AND the phone charges.

I have been to Settings -> Storage and changed the phone from PTP to MTP, still no change.

From memory this is the first time I have ever wanted to plug the phone into the PC. So it may have never worked.

Is there something I am missing (like a setting or something?) or can I assume that the phone is faulty?


texts: How to downgrade LG L90 D410 from Lollipop 5.0.2 to KitKat 4.4.2?

texts: I have LG L90 D410 smartphone. It had KitKat 4.4.2 OS when I purchased it. It was working pretty fine. After a couple of months I upgraded it to Lollipop 5.0.2. But after using this latest Android version, I realized that my phone went too slower. Along with this hanging, my phone started encountering various other issues too. On top of that I didn't like this latest android version too. Then i started searching how we can downgrade from Lollipop to Kitkat but I didn't find any relevant resource for my phone. Though I saw some tutorials regarding LG G2, G3 etc. but main problem was that I couldn't fine any appropriate stock firmware of KitKat 4.4.2 for my phone. I searched a lot and though I downloaded a couple of stock firmwares of Kitkat but when I started downgrading my phone with the help of LG flash tool, the process couldn't completed; even it didn't start at all. Also i saw the language list was empty in the LG flash tool when i selected a different country other than korea. So please tell me first where can i download original official KitKat 4.4.2 for my phone that was pre-installed when i bought this phone and secondly how can I downgrade it back to KitKat? I will be really very thankful to all who would help me to solve this serious problem.


texts: ADB over wifi goes away after unplugging usb

texts:
connect the usb to your phone open the cmd and type:

adb devices
Huawie Mate 8                   device

and it gives something like this. This is the device connected over usb.Now type

adb tcpip 5555
adb connect 192.168.43.1:5555

type adb devices again
    adb devices
    Huawie Mate 8                   device
    192.168.43.1:5555               device
and it works perfectly.

The problem is:
as soon as the usb is plugged out.
and after typing:
adb devices
List of attached devices

and the list is empty
try:

adb connect 192.168.43.1

unable to connect to 192.168.43.1:5555 cannot connect to `192.168.43.1:5555 : No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.(10061)`

I dont know what to do tried revoke usb from developer settings.


texts: Notification for edited Google Keep shared note?

texts:
I see no notices on my screen when a friend has edited a shared note. So I get no hint, and I don't read it until it's too late.

Is there any solution?


texts: How to fix S7 edge performance degrade after Oreo update?

texts:
My S7 edge (G9350) upgraded to Oreo for a month and the performance really degraded. I did factory reset to my S7 but  nothing improved.

I want to flash my S7 edge G9350 from Oreo to Nougat/Marshmallow but did not succeed  because of FRP .I don't understand why I got locked by FRP even  when I entered correct Google account ( now my S7 working is functional except the performance )

Are there any possible ways to flash my ROM to Marshmallow ?


texts: Can you reprogram the motorola-droid-razr-m screen buttons? Does it require Rooting?

texts:
I'm not a big fan of the Droid-Razr-M's screen buttons (missing the menu and search buttons, but includes a Programs button (which is a waste b/c you can long hold the Home button for that).

Since those buttons are actually on the screen, can you reprogram them?
Would it require rooting the phone?


texts: Is it safe to disable system google apps

texts:
I am looking on to using some of the applications provided from the manufacturer and was wondering if it is safe to disable some google applications.

I am looking to disable:

GMail (this is my biggest concern ATM)
Chrome
G+ (that annoying 'photos' app)
Play News, Music, Newsstand (I believe these are safe)

If you know any applications which are totally not safe (excluding the core ones, like Google Play Services, etc.)

My device is:

stock HTC One (M9)
 Android 5.0.2


texts: How to find date a bluetooth connection was first paired

texts: I have a rooted samsung Galaxy grand 4.1.2 with full file access, That has a paired bluetooth connection with another phone. Is there any simple way/app (non programmer) to see the actual date the original pairing request was made. I need to find it out exactly for a legal issue and am struggling to find out if its possible. thanks


texts:
I bought an Xperia t two weeks ago.
When I plugged it today, I've been asked to update Android, what I did..

Now the sms "chat" changed color and display format.. many other things changed color and format too.

How can I put it back like it was before? I tryed changing the theme, it didn't work.

Is it a change from Android or is it a configuration problem?

Does android always change colors and everything? Everything had a dark/black background before, it's now all white, blue and purple...... I liked it dark

Thank you!


texts: Xperia V New SD Card, can't make it recognize it as external

texts:
SEARCHED FIRST, WANT TO ASK MYSELF!

So I just bought a new Micro SDHC card, 32gb Samsung, placed it in the turned off phone, then turned it on, the sd card is recognized, but it doesn't appear in the Applciations directory in Settings as External Memory, and if I try to move some app to external memory, it only appears as Move to INternal memory, and if I click it it changes to Move to Phone.
With Root Explorer there are 2 sdcard folders, sdcard and sdcard1, also a folder storage which contains sdcard0, sdcard1 and usbdisk.
What can I do to make the phone recognize the sd card completely and not use emulated sd card anymore?


texts: Is there a way to do Nandroid backup directly to pc and then restore it directly from pc also?

texts: My phone doesn't have enough space to store backup files so I wonder if there is a way to do Nandroid backup and restore with files stored on pc.


texts: how to Install an app and afterwards have the initial configuration screen (as a new phone)?

texts: How may i install an app, and have the "startup configuration screen" (where the user selects his language, google accounts, etc) without doing a factory reset?


texts: Is there a way to speak to your phone mic and be heared in a bluetooth paired?

texts:
The idea is to speak to the phone but someone using a bluetooth headset  paired, be able of , at least, hear what is been said, like some sort of broadcast.
I have been trying but the phone only hears the headset.


texts: Flash_image clockworkmod recovery for Samsung Fascinate

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I have a Samsung Fascinate for a while that I've wanted to flash a new rom to, but the USB port simply will not work on any PC. I've tried it on 6 different PC's with a mixture of XP / 7 along with numerous installations and reinstallations of the Fascinate drivers. It charges but will not be recognized by the Windows, Odin or Heimdall, so I've given up in that respect.

However, the phone IS rooted. I know this because I can give su permissions and I'm seeing the # in the terminal emulator. So I would like to know if I can get clockworkmod recovery onto it through the "flash_image" command - I've seen tutorials for other phones that are able to do this.

However another problem is that I can find no .img Clockwork recovery files for the Fascinate anywhere. I can find the .zip that's provided on Rom Manager's website (and also the .zip downloaded by Rom Manager itself), but I'm not sure if that's the same thing as a .img.

So my question is, can I flash a .zip as a recovery image? If not, is there some kind of directory of official Clockworkmod recovery .img files, or at least one for the Fascinate somewhere? If not, can I take a .tar or a .bin and somehow mess with those files on the Fascinate without having to utilize Odin / Heimdall?

Thanks a ton!


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If I'm seeing a video on YouTube app, a website in Chrome, Firefox or checking some thread in Stack Exchange app and I minimize the app to open another app or go to home, then I return to previous app happens that automatically is refreshing the app (Youtube, Chrome, Stack Exchange or any other).

For example, if I'm seeing a video for 5 minutes, go to another app and then return to YouTube, automatically loads the same video but from the beginning, not in minute I stopped it.

The phone where this undesired refreshing happens is Huawei and has Android 9 and EMUI 9.1.0.

Another phone with Android 7.1 that is not Huawei and doesn't have EMUI, for example, doesn't make this kind of refreshing.

Is there a configuration option to stop this refreshing? Thanks in advance.


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I have a Note 2 running a custom Android 6 ROM and it's stuck in safe mode.  It got stuck in safe mode once before, but I don't recall what I did to fix it.  I did have a sticky power button then, so I might have just cleaned it with alcohol pads.  At the time, I looked for a way to disable it.  Now I am stuck, due to the hubris of some programmers, which seems to be the norm for software nowadays /rant.
Articles online look like keyword stuffed AI generated articles, and simply are press releases for the feature, telling you how wonderful it is, how to enter it, and in Android 10, how you can exit it from a persistent notification.  Even the answers here are very similar.
I don't think I have a stuck button this time.  I've wiped cache in TWRP.  TWRP can't shutdown though, it just reboots into itself, which I think is odd.
The phone was having an issue where the power button was working for a double press, but not a single press or long press, and when I rebooted it to clear the issue, now I have a larger issue.
I have rebooted (many times), pulled the battery and let it sit (up to 8 hours), changed the battery, done a software reboot, cleared the Dalvik cache in TWRP, and searched online for some way to exit safe mode.
I can't just reformat and reinstall because I have apps with settings I would need to back up, like my contacts, and some secure apps that need to be backed up within the app.

How can I forcibly exit safe mode?
How can I disable safe mode permanently?


texts: Lg G4 email verification bypass cant do anything

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I recently got an LG G4 phone from a friend and I was really excited until I got to the screen where it said enter the account previously any get. I was so frustrated and thought they set me up but they had also gotten it from a friend.

I did everything the YouTube told me to do except the unknown sources option is grey and it won't let me select it at all (so basically I'm stuck at step 4 of this advice given in a related question here).

My parents don't necessarily know I have it. I don't have any money or time to send it into the Lg company and I want to get it working so I can stay in touch with my friends when I go on my trip.

What should I do ? I can't install files because it's blocked and can't add an account because every time I do it goes right back to enter the previously synced email. Would putting a SIM card in help ?? How do I completely wipe the system. My trip is in about a week help please.


texts: What podcast app supports podcasts that require basic authentication?

texts: I subscribe to podcasts that require paid subscriptions.  It works fine on iTunes, but I can't find a (free) Android app that supports Podcasts that require basic authentication.  Does anyone know of one?