texts: If I upgrade from Android 2.x to Android 4.x should I re-partition to make use of MTP?

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Original article: Please explain the android partition structure to me?

  This partitioning scheme as become somewhat less common since Android migrated to Media Transfer Protocol for providing access to the storage from a PC. The reason the separate partitions were originally necessary is because Android used UMS in the earlier versions (anything <3.0), which requires block-level access to the storage space, meaning Android had to unmount the storage space that it provided to the PC. A consequence of this was that the entire partition could not be given to the PC because Android would basically cease to function until you unplugged your phone if it did.

If I now upgrade my ROM from Android v2.x to Android 4.x should I do something to take advantage of Media Transfer Protocol? (I'm talking about custom ROMs and rooted phones).


texts: Is it possible to run multiple instances of Skype?

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In windows I'm using multiple accounts of Skype simultaneously using MultiSkype Launcher. Is there any way that I can use multiple Skype accounts or at least two accounts simultaneously without switching between them. I'm using unrooted Xperia L with Android Jellybean. I can't root my phone. Is there any solution?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Does the processor speed have any bearing on the time taken to charge?

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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 running the default Sammy Android 2.3.3 on the Siyah Kernel 2.0

I use SetCPU to change my processor speeds to conserve battery life during the day.

Will there be any difference in time taken to charge my phone to 100% depending on the core processor(s) speed / governor? Will a change in processor speed increase/decrease charging time?

Will a phone charge faster if it's completely powered down? Or is charging solely based on the output of the AC power adapter ?


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My Samsung  Galaxy S6 Edge (7.0 Nougat), cannot send basic sms messages, I have to add a Subject to every text. this makes having a conversation with anyone impossible. How can I restore this messaging app. This may have began with the last update to (7.0 Nougat), it was sudden. Samsung has been no help and I cannot afford a new phone. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Rick.


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I have recently format(not just wiping) userdata partition on Note 2 N7100 and Tab 7.7 P6800.

I also restore /data using nandroid and restore internal sdcard by manually copying files.
I notice that my devices become much snappier. App installs and opens are much faster.
It used to lag a lot when it gets connected to internet, triggering apps to run by Autoruns. After formatting, it just doesn't lag when connected to internet. I noticed that mmcqd0, kworker, system_server now use much less CPU than before formatting. I also do TRIM a lot, and it didn't help the device to become any faster. Both devices were heavily used, stored a lot of files to almost full capacity, cleaned up some space, and stored new files(app and internal sd) again, installed custom ROMs more than 10 times and always install without wiping data/media/, only wiping /data/.

So is it possible that files on those device gets fragmented and slow down everything?
I'm just curious why a format with restore of everything fix lags on my device very much.


texts: Recover a deleted file from phone memory without USB Mass Storage class?

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I just deleted a picture file from the internal phone memory. I actually deleted the entire Pictures folder. But the app said that 1 file was deleted. Not more than that? I take it this means that the phone camera is using the SD card to store pictures I take. It was stored in /storage/emulated/0 on Galaxy S4 plus.

I'm not sure what picture that was. Is there a way I can recover it? I noticed there's no USB Mass Storage option in Galaxy S4 Plus. Can I still use a recovery software such as PhotoRec or Recuva to restore it?

Update: I only have a long list of local disk volumes (partitions) when I start Recuva. There's no way to select my phone – which is connected as an MTP device (Microsoft protocol for media players) – or any of its partitiions. I have the same problem in PhotoRec. It is however detected by the computer and I can browse its contents in Windows Explorer.


texts: My Samsumg s2 locked. How can I enble the USB debugging?

texts: My phone is locked (I forgot the PIN number). I want to back up my files. So I need to enable the USB debugging.


texts: How do I enable haptic feedback in Android 6.0?

texts: I got the OTA Android 6.0 update today for my Nexus 5, but it seems that haptic feedback for the navigation buttons (back, home, app switcher) was disabled by the update. How do I enable it? I can't find anything in the settings for it.


texts: Android Application fundamentals Process Virtual Machine

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I just started on application development and wanted to learn properly everything about how Android works.

I came across four bullet points (https://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals) that explain that Android sets each app as a different Linux user and that each process has its own virtual machine (VM). Here's the part confusing me, one of the bullet points (third one) doesn’t specify which process are encompassed in a virtual machine.

  • Each process has its own virtual machine (VM), so an app's code runs in isolation from other apps.

This is the first time on the page it mentions a process which is why I am confused.

My question is which processes are running in a virtual machine?
- Is it the main Linux process only?
- is it ALL of the processes within the Linux process?

If so, how can processes communicate between each other if each one of them are running in isolation (in VM)?

Thank you for your time.


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USB device not recognized. The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it. This is Windows 10

Originally my Windows 10 was working just fine and my pictures were imported with no issues. However, we had switched to Lenux (ms) and did not like it so we went to Best Buy Geek Squad and had Lenux removed and Windows 10 restored. Now I get the message I put above and I have no idea why or what to do and I need to get my pictures off my Samsung Galaxy s6 phone. Help?


texts: Is there a way to hide the ugly SIM Tool Kit icon from the launcher?

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The SIM Tool Kit icon is ugly and app is one that I never used. Unfortunately, I've read that it is one of those system apps that cannot be removed so I'd like to simply hide the icon from my launcher.

I'm using the Google Launcher and not running any XPosed mods.


texts: Most apps crashing after Galaxy S4 update to 4.4.2 (with SQLite exceptions)

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I just updated my (stock firmware) Galaxy S4 from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 using Kies and now most apps crash when I start them.

When I look into the stack trace, the reason for all apps is the same: an SQLiteException with the message: "Could not open the database in read/write mode"

Is anybody else getting this, or know a fix?


texts: With my Sony Xperia Z1, I can use NFC to "pair" it to Sony TVs to broadcast what is being displayed on my phone on the TV screen as well. I would like to do this however I don't have a Sony TV. Is it possible to use an app or set up streaming so I can view my screen on my TV? I have a typical "dumb" tv connected to a Western Digital Live Hub which can access the videos/media stored on my phone without issues (supports DLNA) over my wireless network.


texts: How can battery usage of Android be at 79%?

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Till last night everything was kinda balanced.....most of the different parts of the usage were in between 20-35 %, but this morning after having activated the internet from my network provider, it all got unbalanced.

Now Android usage is at 79% and the rest of the things are at a very low usage (between 3 and 7%).

What can be causing this? GPS is off


texts: How can I set a custom per-person ringtones, but for texts and not calls?

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I know how to set a custom ringtone for a given caller on my phone: pull up the person's entry under People, open the menu and select "Set ringtone." However, this only applies to regular voice phone calls.

Is there a way to do a similar thing for the sound that plays when a "text" — by which I mean either SMS or MMS — is received? If so, what is it? The Messaging app's settings only seem to let me choose a single notification sound, but I'm hoping there's something I'm overlooking.


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Every once in a while my device get "stuck" - I send an SMS or Email, and they are received only after 10 minutes or later. The device can be "stuck" even when the phone is on, and running other apps.

I tried installing Push Notification Fixer apps, but they do not help.

When I send the test and the phone is not "stuck", I get a notification after about 10 seconds.

However, I do receive notifications for Google Voice and WhatsApp when phone is in "stuck" phase, so it does seem app specific issue. Also I have noticed that these 2 apps have permission receive data from Internet , which the Gmail app does not. Seems to be related to what type of push notification is used. see documentation.

Also I noticed the Google Play Store is unable to install/uninstall apps in this "stuck" phase.


texts: Is there a way to extend or stop the expiration limit of Offline Maps provided in Google Maps?

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I was wondering if there's a way to either completely turn off or extend the time frame of expiration for Google Maps - Offline feature.

I tried to search about it, but almost all blogs suggests that these offline stored maps expire in 30 days. The notification for their expiration reads "Offline maps expiring  You won't be able to use them after they expire."

Now, this a little too frequent and I'm unable to access the Stored Maps (without internet) post this time frame without an update.


texts: Restore Firefox icon removed by mistake from the screen

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I don't know how I did removed the firefox app icon from the main scren

How can I restore it?

My phone is using Android 5.1 and it is a TPLink Neffos C5

Edit:
The icon is not present in the app drawer

But at the applications section


texts: How can I know the hostname of an Android phone for use in SSH connection?

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When setting up public key authentication on SimpleSSHD server on my Android phone, by http://www.galexander.org/software/simplesshd/

  Quick start

  Install SimpleSSHD.
  On any computer which will connect to your Android device, set the port to 2222.  With OpenSSH, this can be done by putting these lines in ~/.ssh/config:

Host myphone
Port 2222

  Launch SimpleSSHD, and in Settings enable "Start on Boot", then manually start it for the first time.
  Create authorized_keys in the home directory (do not use ssh-copy-id)
  Optionally make .profile

how can I find out the hostname myphone for my android phone?

My phone is assigned different IP addresses from time to time. For example, I can move my laptop and phone to different LANs, and my phone can reconnect to the same LAN.

Some attempts from my laptop:

First attempt (fail):

$ ssh -p 2222 192.168.1.87
user@C6730:/data/data/org.galexander.sshd/files $ hostname
sh: hostname: not found

Second attempt (fail):

user@C6730:/data/data/org.galexander.sshd/files $ ^D
Connection to 192.168.1.87 closed.
t@ocean:/home/t$ ssh -p 2222 C6730
ssh: Could not resolve hostname c6730: No address associated with hostname

Third attempt (succeed with some luck by guessing):

I find all the hosts in the LAN by  sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24, and guess which host in the output is most likely the phone. it is something like android-c0f659b6548c28b2 (not the real host name)

Will android-c0f659b6548c28b2 change under some cases, for example, when the phone is restarted, moved to a different LAN, assigned a different IP address, ...?
Does anyone know what c0f659b6548c28b2 means? It is not the Mac address of the phone.
Can I customize the hostname of the Android phone?

Thanks.


texts: I had lot of private and group conversations over an year through whatsapp, but all of a sudden the space it takes seems to be  on a high.I was able to delete private messages by long pressing the person's file and deleted the entire conversation but when I long press the group chats I didnt quite find an option to delete the conversation all at once.Is there any way to delete private messages all at once rather than doing them individually.


texts: i recently flashed my Samsung Galaxy S4 with Resurrection Remix rom.My phone now doesnt support any of the official Google apps.Whenever i open any such app, it says that 'Google Play Services is not working'


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Earliert this month, I forgot my Huawei tablet (MediaPad T3) at an airport on a different continent. While I did submit a lost property notice, I didn’t think of checking my Google account’s mail address. Initially, I heard nothing, so I presumed it was gone and bought a new one (same model, same size memory card), logged on with my Google account—and then received the mail to that account that my device has been found.

The airport’s lost and found office told me that shipping it my way would cost around €100, while sending it domestically would cost €50. Picking it up at the office would cost €20. I have friends who live in that country, so needless to say I won’t let the tablet get shipped across the globe.

However, I am wondering if there is any way to clone the tablet’s data from the old (lost) one to the new one I bought the other day. I’m mainly interested in apps and app data (i.e. transfer savegame status and login status); the only files on there were videos that I have backups of.

I heard of Huawei’s PhoneClone app which seems to be the easiest/quickest/dirtiest option, but naturally the descriptions assume that both devices are in the same room. I was unable to confirm whether data transfer works across the internet. Of course, if there are other (better?) options, I might be interested in those, too.

So in short:

Can I use Huawei’s PhoneClone app to clone my tablet’s contents via internet connection only?
Are there other, potentially better options to clone the app data on my tablet without the two being physically close to each other?

As I mentioned, they are logged into the same Google account. Furthermore, I could send images of any QR codes or the likes to whichever friend I ask to pick it up for me so that should not pose any inherent problem either.


texts: How to see what applications do some actions when I power on my phone?

texts: I believe there's some set of “hooks”, which get executed when I power on the phone. I want to see it to figure out the reason why my phone sometimes doesn't wake up properly (wakes with black screen).


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Possible duplicates:

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/60139/ice-cream-sandwich-cant-obtain-ip-address-what-do-i-need-to-delete-to-reset-wi
Device stuck on "obtaining IP address", then sets network to "disabled"

I have a Sony Ericcson Mini Pro (Codename “Mango” at CyanogenMod) with CyanogenMod 9.1.0-mango. This is Android 4.0.4.
The problem
When trying to connect to a wireless network, it will be stuck in an “Optaining IP Address” loop for a while, until it shows “Bad Connection”. This is what it looks like in the wireless network system settings:

My tablet with CyanogenMod 10.2, Android 4.3, can connect to that wireless network without any problems, so can my Kubuntu 13.10 laptop with an Intel wireless card.
Tried so far
While looking for the cause and a fix for the problem, I found numerous posts that suggest to use a static IP address. This is a legitamate workaround, and I might resort to that, but I would like to fix this in general.

The first thing I tried was to change permissions of /system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks to 555. This did not have any effect, though.

Then I downloaded the WiFix app and ran it in automatic mode. Did not do anything either.

Last thing I tried was deleting /data/misc/dhcp/*. No effect at all.

Update 2014-02-21: As you can see in the screenshot, the signal strength is really weak, although the phone is one meter apart from the router with a desk in between. Now it connected while being on the table. The signal strength is full now. I read in a different question that the issue might be caused by a weak signal. Could that the be underlying issue?
My router does not have an external antenna, therefore, it might be a little unpredictable where the signal is strongest. I set the phone onto the router, and it still had the problem. So signal strength should not be the issue.

Update 2014-03-04: I installed the latest nightly build of Cyanogen Mod on the device using their instructions. This installed Android 4.1.3, which had a severe problem with the wireless. It was turned off when I started the device, and it got stuck at activating wifi. So I reverted to the latest stable version which still has this endless loop.

Update 2014-03-04: For my home network, I set up a static IP address, although I really do not like it. However, the internet connection works now.

Update 2014-03-06: Checked for /system/bin/sh -> mksh, and it is present. This does not seem to cause the issue.

How could I fix this apparent DHCP issue?


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I'm using an Android application utilizing system WebView. After Android OTA upgrade up to 6.0.1, WebView's major version was 47. As far as I have had some issues with this version (specifically, webview sporadically hangs, and there is a similar issue logged - Android WebView stops loading pages), I decided to look for a fix.

According to WebView beta community, there was available more recent release of 47 major version (47.0.2526.99) than I have had (I do not remember my former minor version exactly, but it was older than 47.0.2526.99). Then I decided to try to update webview in Google Play. Indeed it shown me that an update is available for System WebView and I made the update.

As a result I received "newer" WebView with major version 46! This is just illogical to me. So I'd like to know: how is it possible to receive version updates which are downgrades in reality?

Unfortunately, in this "new" version I encountered another bug similar to what described in this issue ('javascript:' urls not working). So I'd like to make a rollback to my previous version. I noticed a menu in Google Play that says something about uninstalling the update for the webview. I clicked it, and as a result, I'm currently have webview with version 44!

Isn't this a mess? Shouldn't they prompt the user about exact version he will receive?

So the main question is: how one can ensure upgrade to the latest stable (or, at least, specified) version? If Google Play can provide outdated versions and even do not check if the device's already installed version is newer and overwrites it silently, then I just don't know what to think. Specifically I'd like to get the mentioned latest stable major version 47.

The 3-rd and the last question about the beta channel is voided now. It was absolutely unclear from the WebView Beta Community site, if stable WebView and beta WebView can live on the same device side by side, and if it is so, then how to embed one or another into an application. The answer is that installation of beta version means that the stable WebView will be replaced completely with the beta. This affects all applications using WebView, and this is definitely not how Chrome beta channel works (Chrome beta can work in parallel with stable versions and they do not interfere each other).


texts: How to add Google Play support in Anbox?

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Anbox doesn't come with Google Services as Google Services can't be installed on an unregistered device / firmware, but there are ways to achieve that in Custom ROMs or even emulators. If you want to use Android to its fullest then Google Play Services is a must.

What have I tried so far?

I've tried to install Google Play Services x86 apk, which successfully got installed and also appears in Settings -> Apps.

I've also tried to install Google Play Store which also got successfully installed and appears in the App Drawer of Anbox (also in GNOME), but it doesn't work as expected. For example, the YouTube app loads content but can't play videos and Google Play Store doesn't even load content, I think maybe because Google Play Services isn't installed as system app or maybe because there are some other Google apps that these things depend on which I'm missing.


texts: How much power does a Galaxy Tab 10.1 charger need to supply?

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with a special charger which (I'm assuming) provides a higher current output than the USB standard.  Without it, the device can actually die, even if the USB cord is plugged in to a USB port (albeit a little less quickly).

I'm looking for other (cheaper) AC and car adapters, but I don't know the minimum power they need to provide to power the device.  Does anyone know the minimum current needed for a 5V USB connection for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, or perhaps a link that provides this information?


texts: How can I prevent the signal and 3G icon from turning it to white icon when my connection to Google server is lost?

texts: I have a limited plan for mobile data usage(only 100MB per mounth) so I use mobile data for sending/recieving MMSes and for browsing only. I have mobile data turned off 99% of time. White signal bars are hard to see, so I would like to know, if there is any way to turn the "icons goes white while not connected to Google servers" funtcion off?


texts: Understand new icon in Android 11 call logs

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In the phone call log, what does the green network icon mean after I upgraded to Android 11?
Does that mean that the phone call went through the Wi-FI network instead of 4G/5G ?


texts: Play store - Wishlist server error DF-DFERH-01 - ZTE Blade III

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My android was working fine until one day, i saw

  Error retrieving information from server. [DF-DFERH-01]

with a RETRY button.

This is happening only in the "My wishlist" menu. No errors before.

I have ZTE Blade III with android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich.

SCREENSHOT:


texts: How to install apps into android device without internet connection?

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I have:

A Windows XP with internet connection.
The .apk file in the computer.
A USB cable.
A rooted android device with sdcard.

I do not have:

WiFi connection for my android device.
Any file explorer app in android device.


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My problem is that I messed up some binaries in the ROM on my Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360L). Specifically, most of the binaries in /system/bin are gone, thanks to Busybox Installer. This means I can still use my phone for basic things (calling, texting, music), but advanced things like connecting to wifi, turning on "find my mobile," etc, are now broken. Naturally, I got Samsung Kies, put my phone into download mode, and tried to reflash the firmware. The only problem is, after Kies downloads the firmware, gives the appropriate warnings and disclaimers, and says "preparing firmware," it gives me a random error in Chinese. (I can't read Chinese, sadly.) I rebooted my phone, its the same deal, nothing has been changed. (Luckily, my phone has not been hard bricked.)
I have already tried flashing with Kies again, same problem. I tried connecting the USBcable to another port, and using a different USB cable, nothing worked.

Why doesn't a firmware upgrade with Kies work like it should? All help is greatly appreciated.


texts: Previously Rooted Nexus 5 is not recognized via USB after stock 5.0 OTA update

texts: I have a previously rooted Nexus 5 on 4.4 and updated it recently with the Lollipop OTA. I am trying to re-root it again but it is not recognized using my Windows 7, Windows 8 or Ubuntu 14.04 machines. I have tried the WUG toolkit on windows by installing and reinstalling the drivers and adb on linux, turning on/off the Developer-usb-debugging mode, turning on-off the MTP mode. I was previously using TWRP. Now when I go to recovery mode, the phone shows "No command" with the green droid.


texts: How unlock S6 Edge When The Finger Print Scanner is Not Working?

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My S6 edge was locked by finger print. It was working fine, but today while I was on bath my child was playing with my mobile and by mistake they tried finger print scanner, now my device is locked out.

Now my device asking for backup password but as the password was alphanumeric (12 digit long), I had also forgot it. I have searched a lot on Google and found that either Google account or resetting the device is only solution.

But I can't even use my Google account as my WiFi and/or mobile data was off when my phone was in lock mode. Now because of Google's security system I can't even enable WiFi or mobile data?

So, my question is:
1. Is there a way to make my device to ask for my finger print once again?
2. or is there a way to on my WiFi or mobile data on lock screen?

Because I don't want to reset my device, as I have unsaved data.

Thanks in advance

Best regards


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I have a brand new ASUS Transformer Prime tablet running ICS which I have been using for the first time over the last few days.

I can access the internet without issue using the email, Gmail, browser, YouTube apps, but not Google Play. When I try to use the Google Play Store app it shows a "loading..." message for a few minutes and then stops with a "No Connection" message.

Any ideas how I can fix this?


texts: Will charging a phone with a different USB *cable* affect the battery life?

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I recently realized that I've been using the wrong USB cable to charge my Moto X Play(2015) for probably a couple weeks. The phone is specifically designed to charge very quickly with its' default charger, and I've been feeling like the battery life has dropped slightly over the past week or two (roughly the duration of time that I would have been using the wrong cable.)

I was using the correct wall-plug, but the wrong USB cable. I'm hoping that the chip to control fast-charging is in the wall-plug and that the cable wouldn't matter, but again I feel like the battery is dropping faster now than when I got it only a few weeks ago. Not by any great margin, but enough to be frustrating, considering it's my own stupid fault.

If anyone has any idea whether this would cause any damage to the battery, I would really just like to know for the future. Feel really stupid, the only reason I got this phone was for the large battery capacity it has.


texts: Galaxy S3 (Jellybean 4.1.2) is blocking callers on Allowed list while in Blocking Mode

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I discovered last night that my phone is blocking callers who are on my approved list. I couldn't find my phone and asked my husband to call it... but it went straight to voicemail. When I finally found my phone it showed a missed call from my husband, with an indication that the call was [blocked].

I fiddled with the Blocking Mode settings - I switched from Custom List to Favorites to All Contacts - but his calls only came through when Blocking Mode was off. What could be the cause for the erroneous blocking? Am I just S.O.L. here or is there a fix?


texts: I want to automate backups on an encrypted device; how can I soft reboot into TWRP so I don't have to enter my password?

texts: I've recently been exploring my options for automating backups, and I noticed FlashFire soft reboots into its environment, thereby eliminating the need to enter an encryption password. FlashFire has been extremely unreliable on my device, however, so I wonder: Is there any sort of command-line wizardry I can use to soft reboot into TWRP instead?


texts: how to uninstall apps installed on non existing sdcard

texts: I've moved some apps on my lollipop to sdcard after I formated the sdcard I cannot uninstall those apps from the device they appears like this :


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There is another question that asks How to open gmail message links in Gmail Android app?.  I don't know how to how to answer the question, but I know of an app that can do this: Google Tasks.

These steps show how to open an email in the Gmail app from Google Tasks.

Open an email in Gmail
Select "Add to Tasks"
Open Google Tasks in Android
Locate the task that was created in step 2
Locate the button on that task with a picture of an envelope
Tap that button
Observe that the corresponding email is opened in the Gmail app

How does Google Tasks open an email in the Gmail app?  Is it possible to do this in custom app (as the linked question asks) or is Google achieving this behavior in Google Tasks using a private API?


texts: Can not recognise wifi if the device is far from router

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My phone connect when device is close to router but signal is weak.In some routers it connect to wifi and works fine. My mobile data works fine. When i have my mobile data open and activate the hotspot option, other devices recognises the signal but won't connect.
My device it is Samsung S4 and android version is 5.0.1.
Thanks!


texts: Connecting my calendar (s) to Google mini?

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∆ Huawei p20 lite nova e
∆ Bundled calendar
∆ Google calendar which is set default
∆ Calendar Widget (have given access to G)

I ask my Google mini to tell me what's on my calendar or read out my agenda and it just says I'm sorry I don't understand or something like that and I've looked on a couple of websites and they all have this step-by-step that seems really outdated because my Google activity page looks very different I'm assuming it's the latest.

so folks I would like to have access to my calendar while talking to Google mini home which is a set on the same wifi and and I've tried it with VPN on and off and it still the same.

So there's no confusion I'm asking Google mini to read my calendar which it doesn't.
Thanks


texts: Nexus 5 can't connect to Bluetooth Headphones

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My headphones (Philips SHB9150BK) used to work properly with my Nexus 5 until version 6.0.0. Since the last update to 6.0.1, it isn't even discoverable anymore. I still can connect the headphones to other devices, though, and it's working as always.

Has anyone experienced this before? How can I troubleshoot this?


texts: Disable calls and SMS and use only mobile data with active SIM card

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I have a Sony Xperia Z1 packed with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. I'm interested if it's possible to setup my phone to not receive any phone calls or SMS.

I would like to use my Internet connection only, and I don't mean WiFi - my mobile ISP connection from the SIM card.

Is this possible? If so, how?


texts: I'm looking for a way to control other apps opening: Before opening an app, I would receive a dialog box before asking me if I would really open the application then I can say no and I'm less addict. I'm not looking for something that will block other application usage, only show a pop up with a dialog.


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I got an Android 9 TV Box with root access connected via LAN.
Now I want to use the WLAN as an access point/bridge with same SSID/password and after the handover the IP should stay the same.
The basic hotspot feature works but without the requirement that the IP on e.g. smartphone stays the same.

So basically I want that the Router/Gateway is the only DHCP in the network.
Is there any app or method to do this?
All devices in my network got reserved gateway IPs and I need static IPs because of my "smart" home...

Since English isn't my first language I used my paint skills and made a little picture of the situation:


texts: Possible to recover app data from .asec file (SD card in Samsung) and move to new device (OnePlus)?

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I have been using an Android app since 2014. Recently, I switched to a new device (OnePlus) and realized that the data backup was only till 2018. It was narrowed down to the data being stored in the old device's (Samsung) SD card. That is a challenge as the new device doesn't have an SD card slot. Now, I got a memory card reader, connected with my laptop, and transferred all the data but this.
New challenge:

There is no ".pc" file (default extension for the backup file) in the SD card's folder. This folder is empty and I couldn't identify any hidden files - \Android\data\com.popularapp.appName.
In .android_secure folder, we have this ".asec" file, which may or may not be useful.

Here are my questions:

W.r.t. #1 above, am I missing something? Should I look for the backup/data somewhere else ?
W.r.t. #2 above, since it is .asec file and the app needs .pc file for the backup (otherwise it throws error code 2116), is there a way to use this file to get the data for the missing time period ?

The app name is Period Tracker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.popularapp.periodcalendar)
If this is not the correct platform to ask the question, please direct me to the right one.
Any help would be appreciated. Let me know if further information is required. Thanks!


texts: Connecting Android to PC so I can talk from PC?

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Can I connect Nexus 5 to PC using wires, so I can talk from PC?

I have a 3.5mm-1-TRS(3ring)-female to 2-TRRS(4rings)-male-cable. (Don't know how to call it, sorry.)

After connecting LINE-in and Speakers port to the phone, I can hear sound from headphone on PC.

but my voice doesn't seem to go into Android.


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Can anybody help me with enabling the multiple user feature like stock Android without rooting. I've tried getting the default.prop through adb and changing some properties and then replacing the copy on the phone with that but it wouldn't let me, cause my phone is not rooted and it's telling that I don't have permission. I don't wanna try rooting the phone just yet, cause it's a relatively new unit.So there's probably no stable root guide for it yet and so I don't wanna accidentally hard brick my phone.

Please somebody help me with this.If you have any suggestions and thank you in advance.


texts: Swapping External SD Card Memory with Internal Memory on Android Lollipop

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I own an Xperia M2 D2303, and I'm on the latest Lollipop build (see footnote).

I've followed this tutorial but to no success since it'd seem Sony has changed the memory address (previously on Kitkat it was 179:33). For some reason after entering as per the guide:

mount -t vfat -o umask:0000,uid=1000,gid=1023 /dev/block/vold/179:33 /storage/sdcard0

it is returning me with this error:
No such file or directory.
I would appreciate for help on the swapping memory.

Rooted Sony Xperia M2 D2303
OS: Android Lollipop 5.1.1
OS Build: 18.6.A.0.182
Bootloader, ROM etc.: Stock


texts: Unbrick Lenovo ZUK Z1, after every partition was formatted

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Bricked my phone trying to install Cyanogenmod on it. Formatted every partition, including /boot and /recovery.

The phone can't:

Boot into home screen.
Be reached by ADB.
Have it's bootloader rebooted.
Flash a new recovery.

The phone can:

Get stuck in a boot loop.
Enter ZUK Recovery.
Enter Download Mode.

Additionally, using adb to look for devices while the phone is in Download Mode returns this:

????????????    no permissions

Any idea on how to solve this? Or am I stuck with a brick from now on?


texts: Rooting a regularly used Droid Incredible

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I remember when I jailbroke an iPhone one time I had to use iTunes to restore the default system because there were a lot of applications installed on the phone already (which apparently increases the chances of a brick).

Is this the case with Android phones, specifically the Droid Incredible? I have been using it regularly for a period of two or more weeks and I would like to root it but I want to make sure it is safe to do so with a lot of applications already installed.


texts: What is the difference between a Restricted Profile and a User in Android 4.3?

texts: Android 4.3 introduced a new feature called Restricted Profiles. What is a restricted profile, and how is it different from a User?


texts: Where to find webview-command-line for retrieving netlogs

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I need to get netlogs for the Android webview used by my application.
The chromium describes few steps to do so. It required userdebug build for which I am using emulator.
But the commandline flags need to set using webview-command-line . The path /data/local/tmp/webview-command-line doesn't exists.
There is nothing inside. /data/local/tmp folder.
Can someone please guide me to how set the commandline flags.
Regards


texts: Looking for some way to share images and other media to Facebook (without having the Facebook app installed)

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I've removed the Facebook app from my phone due to it's high drain on the battery (Facebook and Messenger were consuming over 18% of the battery just based on background activity)

Is there some way or method that can provide "share to" functionality to Facebook without having Facebook installed. I'd be fine with it only supporting images, but other media would be great. I know I can use Facebook in Chrome and that might be the answer, but I was hoping for a better solution.

Thanks in advance for your help!


texts: insufficient storage error while updating installed apps

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Possible Duplicate:
  What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage?

I recently purchased a new Android mobile (Samsung Galaxy Y duos), running on Android 2.3.6. It have 8 GB microSD as external memory.

I installed quite a few application and unfortunately now I'm facing memory issue. While updating Facebook app (around 13 MB) or installing any other app with 10mb+ memory requirement, I got error message Insufficient storage.

I checked available storage, which is as follow:

SD card
Total space: 7.39 GB
Available space: 6.90 GB

System storage
Available space: 22.47 MB

There is lot of space on SD Card but yes system space is low. What is the efficient tricks/best practices to make sure system utilize more SD Card storage and less system storage so that I can install few more apps.

Is there any way to shift few installed apps from system storage to SD Card storage, un-installing and installing is also acceptable for few apps.


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

I have the LG Optimus One p500. It comes with LG PC Suite IV which is great.
It allows me to download my sms messages to/from the computer fine.

However I must manually check if there are new messages.

Is there any program (for windows) which can listen for sms messages in android and download them to the computer automatically then alert you?


texts: I have been looking every where for an answer to this.  I had a Razor MAX with an encrypted card in it.  Well I dropped that phone and it died on the spot.  I now have a SG3 and the micro sd card works fine but the files that were encrypted are still that way and I can't open them.  Any ideas on how to decrypt just those files??


texts:
I'm new Android user. I just found that I have "Launcher3 4.4.4-9" on my Moto G 2-gen.

It has permissions to make calls. I cannot uninstall it.

Is this normal? This is system app/service?


texts: How to change fonts in motrola moto X XT-1060?

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My phone is Moto X, verizon running 5.1 and I am unable to figure out how to change font for my phone as there exist no font settings under Settings > Display.

Previously I was using Samsung galaxy J5 and there were font settings under display but for my Moto, there is no such option even in applications from Playstore for this purpose. They won't just do not do the job as they redirect me to settings page and prompting me to navigate through Display > Fonts but as I already mentioned there exist no font settings.

Moreover I cannot root my phone as it just do not connect to PC due to some driver issues. So my question is that:

Is there any way I can change font of my device without my PC getting involved?


texts: thanks for reading my question.so i recently bought a contact trigger for my mobile to play pubg with it, when i set the triggers up they work just fine as long as my fingers contacting the touch screen,that means if i take my fingers up after 10 seconds the trigger stop working and i have to replace them,so it's a screen problem or something in software is preventing the triggers to stop working? any tips and helps will be appreciated


texts:
I followed the instructions found in this StackExchange post to disable the YouTube app on my phone.

Everything seemed to go well at first; the updates were uninstalled and the icon was hidden away to oblivion. However, a couple minutes later, I saw a notification that the YouTube app was being updated from the Google Play Store. Lo and behold, the app reinstalled itself and returned to its former place in my app drawer.

No matter how many times I try to disable the YouTube app, it just keeps coming back. Is there any way to permanently disable it?

I'm running Android 5.1.1 on an Xperia Z1 Compact.


texts: Every minute my phone seizes and "unfortunately, measure has stopped" pops up. It makes my phone slow. Under application manager in settings, the app is there but I can't update it.


texts: How to host a public website with my domain name on Android?

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I have my own domain name, richardbrowning.cf, and I want to host my own website (using this domain name) on my Android phone. My Android isn't connected to Wi-Fi (I am using Mobile Data).
I started locally hosting my website on my Android, (and it was available at http://mylocalipaddress:myport. Then I went to my registrar and added an A DNS Record setting the target to my local IP Address. Now if I go to richardbrowning.cf:myport, I can view my website. But it is still only local.
So I have two issues. I want to make my website public, not just local (so everyone can view my website) and I want to remove the need for putting :port at the end of the domain/website.
By the way, an end note is that I tried putting my external IP Address into my DNS Record instead of my local IP Address, but this doesn't work because there is nothing being hosted to this external IP Address. So if I could maybe host my website to my external IP Address and then put this external IP Address into my DNS Record, then that would work. But I can't find a way to host my website to my external IP Address. I only see ways to host my website to my local IP Address (locally). Thanks in advance.


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I recently got nexus 5 16GB, but I have weird storage problem. The OS should take about ~3.5GB, so I should have 12.55GB left for apps and stuff. BUT:

Screenshot (click image to enlarge)

4.66GB + 2.95GB + ~0.5GB IS NOT 12.55, but ~8GB. Where is the remaining 4GB space?


texts: Add deeplink shortcut to YouTube playlist

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My Dad is in a nursing home and I'm trying to make his days a bit more interesting. He's unable to do much more than sit still so operating technology is out of the question. The carers are too busy and generally not interested in technology. So I need a really simple solution to play some Youtube content.

I've put a Nexus7 tablet in the room which is running Lollipop with the stock Google launcher and a Chromecast in the TV. I've removed all icons from the homescreen except the YouTube one so the carers don't accidently get lost. I've created a Youtube playlist that would brighten up his days (old comedy FTW!). However, to get to the playlist the carer needs to tap the user icon and then scroll down to the correct one (possibly too much).

I'd like to make it even simpler so that a deep link to the actual playlist appears on the homescreen.

I'm happy to try anything (custom widget, launcher, 3rd party app etc) but after a lot of searching I haven't been able to find anything that is as simple for the user as I need. Does anyone know how I might be able to achieve this on Lollipop?


texts: Internal SD-card hardware erros. Is there a way to move partitions to external sdcard?

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I have a device with hardware errors in the internal sd card and want to move /data entirely to the external sd card.
I was thinking that it should be possible to create a partition in external sd-card and use it instead of the default partition for /data/ so that only system partition (which is read only ) will remain on the internal SD-card and this will reduce the chance of errors.

How can I change the initial mount options to make android mount /data from external SD card. ?

EDIT:
One solution is fstab modification,In Linux PC it's quite simple,  modifying /etc/fstab. will it work on the equivalent fstab for android ?


texts: Can I remove the .nomedia file from Google Music downloaded music folder?

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I'm running version 4.1.511 of the Google Music app.
When it downloads songs for offline use they are stored in

  /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music

This folder has a .nomedia file in it which prevents the media scanner from scanning the files. This means other music apps that I run don't see the songs?

Is there any problem with removing the .nomedia file from this directory so that the files can be scanned and picked up by other media players?


texts: How to interrupt Android boot sequence to force it boot to Linux kernel only

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I am trying to do some low level performance testing related to device processor cores through adb which I feel it is affected by Android background services and system stuff.

As I know that the Android boot sequence stages are as follow:

Execute Boot ROM code.
Execute the boot loader.
Load the Linux kernel.
Launch Zygote, which initializes the Dalvik VM.
System server which loads the Android system.

So my question is how can I interrupt this sequence to force it stop on stage 3 to load Linux kernel. This can help me implement my intermediary performance testings before loading again Android system.

Does Fastboot or Clockworkmod recovery can help here and load my device to a kind of Linux kernel?

Any hint will be appreciated.
Thanks.


texts: "Internet not available" error while trying to connect to wifi

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I have a samsung galaxy chat B5330 device.

Whenever I try to connect it to wifi, I get various errors as follows,

Using DHCP :- Here it shows a "obtaining IP address" message but never connects.
Using Static IP :- It connects to wifi but then shows a "internet not available" error. I'm sure that internet is available as many others use it successfully using other android devices/laptops etc.

EDIT:
I found out that not all are able to use the wifi. Some do not get connected(stuck in "obtaining ip address"), some get the "internet not available" error, some connect and get internet but at very slow speeds(10 KBps download speed) while some lucky dudes get blazing speed(10MBps download speed)

Could this occur due to to many signals at same place? At any given place in campus, we get at least 2 strong and 1/2 weak wifi signals, not to mention some secured portable wifi hotspots from androids.

How do I solve this error.

Note that I don't own the router/wifi, it's open(No security, accessible by any student.)


texts: Problem upgrading Samsung S5302 from 2.3.6 to 4.0

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Device: Samsung S5302

Somebody gave me a link to upgrade my Gingerbread phone - from 2.3.6 to 4.0. I heard that some features won't work in my phone like GPS, dual SIM, and camera.

How do I upgrade this phone?


texts: What permissions I shouldn't block with my Privacy Guard?

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I have installed LineageOS with "stock" version of Open GApps. I noticed Privacy Guard can control which apps have access to which information. I have changed nearly every permission to "ask me" and my system refused to cooperate (was freezing immediately after booting, see similar problem).

Therefore, there must be a critical set of permissions that must be enabled (in Privacy Guard) in order for the system to work properly. What are those permissions?

I am using LineageOS v14.1 (Android 7.1.2).

Note: I do not want to troubleshoot my problem. I need an answer saying "if you block this information for that app or that information for that app your system will stop working". I have solved my problem by flashing the phone again, so I'm safe.


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Android Nougat 7.0 on Motox Pure 2015 -- rooted

I can't save shortcuts to home-screen anymore. None of the installed browsers save to home-screen. Google maps doesn't save to home-screen.

I just tried to save a directions shortcut from Google maps and it said that the shortcut was saved, but it is not.

Added edit:
Here is a log entry while saving the Google maps shortcut:

[10-06 09:18:46.584 1146:1179 W/BroadcastQueue]
Background execution not allowed: receiving Intent { act=com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT flg=0x10 (has extras) } to com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.android.launcher3.InstallShortcutReceiver

I'm starting to think this has to do with one of my battery app background restricter apps.  I am testing that out now.


texts: Personal data (contacts, sms, phone logs, settings, etc) gone after moving apps to a new microSD

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I've just bought a 16gb Sandisk microSD and I moved some apps to that by using the functionality available under Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. I went through the list and I moved some apps to the microSD when the button was available. I also moved the Music folder to the new microSD.

Then I left my phone for a while and when I came back it was asking me for the PIN code as it had restarted. Then the Android configuration wizard popped up, like when you first boot the device (so asking me to choose the language and set other configuration things). After this I found out that my previous data was gone including contacts, text messages, settings, etc. Similar to when you do a hard reset. Some things remained like pictures and music files.

Unfortunately there's no sync with Google or similar. I should have done that or at least made a backup before moving things to the new storage.

I believe my data is still there somehow. I'd like to know if my things are completely gone or maybe they are just not loaded for some weird reason. Can you help me?

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S Plus (GT-I9001) / Android version: 2.3.5

EDIT: After completely reformatting the microSD as also suggested by official SanDisk tecnical support for general problems, I didn't experienced another hard reset so far after moving files.


texts: Choose to Forget internal storage, how to recover

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I'm using Moto G 2nd Gen with Android version 6.0.

I was using external SD Card as Internal storage and I guess it has encrypted the card.

Recently, my phone started to work abnormally. It randomly fails to recognize the storage. After a device reboot, it would work for sometime and fail again.

In the "Storage & USB" settings menu, I clicked "Forget" on the external SD card.

Then I realize I cannot access the data from my computer using SD card reader.

How can I re-plug the SD card back as Internal Storage without formatting again?


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Any keyboard shortcuts comparable to their windows counterparts on the note 3?  Ex. Copy and paste ctrl-c and ctrl-p.  Looking for a alternate way despite pressing and holding a field of text.

Any assistance appreciated.


texts: How to Check if Script is run once device is booted?

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I have a script I need to run once, and only once the phone is booted.

I have attempted init.qcom.post_boot.sh, init.sec.boot.sh, debuggerd, and finally mkshrc

While my script ran with debuggerd, I found that it ran every time debuggerd ran, which is not something I need to happen...  thus when I stumbled upon /system/etc/mkshrc   (the other 2 simply did not work)

What I found was, the script runs that one time, on boot... however, it also seems to run every time adb shell runs, along with (I assume) everytime shell is fired up... which is also undersireable.

So, what can I do in /system/etc/mkshrc to ensure my call to my script runs only the one time... at boot?

I thought about running a while loop to check for the getprop sys.boot_completed if it == 1 then dump a file somewhere, and through an if statement inside the looop to check for that file, if exists then exit, if not then run the next command...   however, everywhere I am allowed to dump that file, it persists between boots, so that next command never runs again.

NOTE
Does not need root to do this, nor does my script need root to run (yes, I have confirmed)

CODE

BB=/system/xbin/busybox
MYPID=/mnt/sdcard/.kev-run

while [ `getprop init.svc.bootanim` == "stopped" ] ; do
    # if the run file does not exist, and we are stopped
    if [ ! -e $MYPID ]; then
        # run the scripts, then create the run file
        LOG=/mnt/sdcard/Download/kevs-scripts.log
        $BB rm -f $LOG;
        $BB echo "Launching Kevs Scripts" >> $LOG;
        MY_SCRIPT
        # write the run file so we aren't running this everytime this file runs
        touch $MYPID;
        sleep 1;
    fi
done

# if we are still booting, delete the run file
while [ `getprop init.svc.bootanim` != "stopped" ] ; do
    # we're not done booting, remove our makeshift pid file and sleep a second
    $BB rm -f $MYPID;
    sleep 1;
done

Seems to be off to me


texts: whatsapp backup from different phone number but same gmail account

texts: How can I restore my old chats on whatapp from different phone number but same gmail account?


texts: How do I test to see if a battery is good?

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I have had such a nightmare with sprint.

I'm not going into all the details but I ordered a battery for my htc 3d phone. I just want to get it up and running. I lost 10 days worth of texts and voicemails.

I took both my old and new batteries to Sprint and they told me they were bad, or that they weren't sure if they were bad. I then took them to a battery place that told me they were good. All they did was hook a voltmeter up to them and they all tested between 3.7 and 4.2 volts. But that doesn't tell me if they're good or not. I told the battery guy that it needs to be load tested. I'm not interested if a voltage is present and I had already done that at home.

I needed to know if there was current present. He said it would take 24 hours to load test a cell phone batter but my motorcycle battery would take 5 minutes to load test. It all sounded like a racket to me at both places who just wanted me to buy stuff.

Does anybody know how I can load test my battery at home to see if there's any current flowing through the battery? Thanks.


texts: Why don't I have a "users" setting? How to enable?

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I've been fighting with this for over a year now.  I keep finding instructions that say to go to Settings and click Users.  I read that this setting is available on ALL 4.2+ tablets, but not some phones.  Well... it isn't on mine!  I've tried rooting and installing Xposed Installer's Multi Users module thinking "aha! that oughta do it!"... but no, even then it says to go to the Settings->Users, which isn't there.

Why in the world is my menu different than everyone elses'?

It is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0
Model number is SM-T210R
Android version is 4.2.2


texts: Pushing to TWRP, adb shows "adb: error: connect failed: no devices/emulators found"

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When I try to push my rom to /sdcard/ with TWRP, I get

adb push myRom.zip /sdcard/
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
adb: error: connect failed: no devices/emulators found

How do I resolve this error. Things seem to work with  adb sideload but the rom doesn't boot. The LineageOS install instructions say specifically to use with adb push.


texts: Tasker double WiFi activation with 'or' statement

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I have a Tasker app on my tablet, I want to make a profile which will trigger silent mode when 2 conditions are met: Connection with WiFi Network A is lost and either network B or C is connected. I want this profile to be turned off when network A is connected again. I assume that some sort of variable has to be used for the 'B or C' function.

How can I do this? Also can please walk me through how to assign variables if any.


texts: "Couldn't move app. Not enough storage space." I have factory reset my phone, inserted & formated a new 64GB MicroSD Card

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As my wife bought an Android Phone last year, she has been using an 8GB MicroSD card, recently she wanted to increase more storage space due to having more music and photograph files. As such, I bought a new SanDisk 64GB MicroSD card Class10.

I have successfully formatted the 64GB MicroSD card using the phone's Format function and copied all her photos and music files into the card, I can view all the photos and play the mp3 with no problem. I can also successfully install Apps from PlayStore.

The problem comes when I start to move Apps from Internal to SD using the "Move to SD" function, which will prompt me "Couldn't move app. Not enough storage space."

So I thought there might be some residual apps data somewhere in the phone memory, hence, I factory reset the phone, reformat the 64GB MicroSD, and copy all the photos (folder name: Pictures) and mp3 (folder name: Music) back into the MicroSD. Although I have nearly 50GB of free space in the MicroSD, unfortunately, I am getting the same error again.

Details of the phone:
Model number: e1901_v77gq2008
Android Version: 4.1.1
Build Number: e1901_v77_gq2008_20130131

Appreciate advice for any kind soul.


texts: Calendar Agenda view won't stay on today

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I have the Optimus V.  I use Google calendar for all my calendaring needs.  I'm using the standard Calendar app that came with my phone, build 2.2.1.

I start the Calendar app, and go to Agenda view.  It's scrolled so that yesterday is the top.  Weird, I don't know why I'd care about my agenda for yesterday.  Any normal person would want to see today's agenda plus however much of tomorrow that fits.  So I go to menu->Today.  Now Today is at the top.  So far so good.

Now I go to menu->More->Settings, look at my settings and hit the back button.  Grrrr.  Yesterday is at the top again.  So I go to menu->Today.  Now Today is at the top again.

Now I hit the phone's power button.  Then I hit the power button again and unlock my phone.  Now the top entry in agenda is TWO DAYS ago, and today isn't shown at all.

Is there any way to prevent this extraordinarily irritating behavior?
I want "Today" to always be at the top of agenda view.  Not some completely random day.  Today.  Always Today.


texts: How to install core GMS packages to use Google Play Store?

texts:
I am having an issue with my brand new phone Huawei Mate 9 EMUI 5.0 from China. Somehow, when I want to install WhatsApp on it, I get the following message

Install core GMS packages to use Google Play Store

Here is the screenshot

What can I do to solve this? I just got the phone and I am lost.


texts: After unlocking a boot loader, is rooting different among phones?

texts: After unlocking a boot loader, is the process of rooting different  among phones?


texts: I want to host a game on the same network to play with my friends. I want to use Wi-Fi Direct and Terraria for Android (of course) but when they connect to me I can join their servers but they can't join mine. Is there some sort of firewall blocking the game? I have an OnePlus 2. I also had this problem with my old phone (Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini LTE) Any ideas?


texts:
Having had the "activate auto-sync" checkmark off for about a week (not that i expected this time-out to matter in any case), i've recently tried to find a manually-driven option, but without success. My 2.3.4 Gingerbread (Level 10) doesn't even animate the curved arrows anymore. After giving up, i've even activated the auto-sync, but it still did not kick in. :-|

Then i tried to look into other options, and got to the Contacts app, where in the Menu there's an "Import" option, but this one fails to even start -- with a silly error message "Memory full. Could not import contacts." My internal storage still has 16 MB free, though, so i suspect it's the number of contacts that's causing the issue? So, anyway, how do i check what's wrong and is there any workaround for this SNAFU?


texts: How to enable Face Unlock on Samsung Note 3

texts:
For some reason, the Note 3 doesn't have the Face Unlock feature listed under Smart Lock (see screenshots below).

Click on image to enlarge
Do I have to download the APKs seperately?


texts: What's a secure way to message/talk to someone in CM9?

texts:
I'm using CM9 nightly (20120712 i.e. today).

I need to talk securely, without the chance of eavesdropping, to someone who also has CM9 nightly (not sure how up-to-date but not more than 1 month old).

What apps/webapps can I use to do this? Ideally I would like to be able to talk but messaging/email would be fine.

Are apps like Twitter/Gmail/Gtalk secure end-to-end? I do have HTTPS set up on my account but don't know how far it applies to the mobile version.

But really I am willing to use anything as long as it known to be secure enough to prevent MITM attacks and eavesdropping by unwanted parties.


texts:
I have samsung galaxy note 3(sm900)
Recently i updated my note 3 from kikat (4.4.2) to lollipop (5.0) via ota
Due to this my phone became very laggy and slow and often app crashes
I wish to downgrade my phone from lollipop to kitkat
How can i downgrade it


texts: Can I receive text messages when mobile data turned off

texts: If I have my mobile data function turned off, will I be able to receive text messages?  If so, how can I retrieve them?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S5 died suddenly and without reason

texts:
Less than a month old my Samsung Galaxy S5 has completely died.

I was listening to music on my Galaxy S5 (<1 month old) when it cut out. The phone had 50% charge, but had suddenly turned itself off.

I restarted it and it showed only 10% battery life, so I turned it off--thinking this might be a battery calibration issue and I'd charge it when I got home and all would be dandy.

I charged it to 100% once home and began using it, and suddenly, the battery life began dropping 99, 97, 96, 95 probably once every second (the phone was also very hot) it died completely and will not turn on, will not charge, will not show any signs up life. Zero.

I've taken it out of the Otterbox case, taken out the battery, removed the SIM and micro SD card and still zero signs of life. Any idea what could have caused this of how to fix it?


texts: Rename camera images from exif data using tasker

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I apologize if this is a duplicate, I can't find anything up-to-date that really helps answer my question.

I know this is nitpicky, but it's been a long battle and I am losing it.

For some time, I have been annoyed with the fact that you can't customize the android camera app's naming convention. My workaround, since the dawn of Dropbox camera upload, has been to use dropbox to upload and rename my photos (yyyy-mm-dd HH.nn.ss.jpg) and then use dropsync to overwrite the original file in my camera photo.

The problem I'm facing at the moment is that the camera in the hangouts app does not follow the same rules as the default camera app for my phone (Sony Xperia z3) so I end up with duplicates in my gallery of any image I happened to capture using hangouts instead of the camera. I could use the camera to take a picture and then share it using hangouts, but I decided instead to play around with Tasker and try to automate consolidating my images. (Another gripe I have is that Dropbox won't let me exclude folders, so I'd like to get rid of Camera Upload altogether and not have every screenshot I've ever taken backed up forever).

The directory for the default camera is [internal storage]/DCIM/100ANDRO and for hangouts it is [internal storage]/DCIM/Camera

I have a profile (below) triggered by the "file modified" event that will move the new file in the "Camera" folder into the "DCIM" folder. However, there is often a race condition, so Dropbox will upload the image before it is moved and again after. So my problem of duplicate images is not yet solved.

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I'd like to forgo the Dropbox/Dropsync combo and instead use Tasker to rename a file as it is added to either of the camera folders. I'd like to use the same naming convention that Dropbox uses, but I can't figure out how Tasker can access the EXIF data from the image to rename the photo to something like "2014-12-30 10.23.56.jpg".

So, as a tl;dr: I am using Tasker to move images captured from different apps into a common folder. Can anyone help me add a step to rename the file I am moving based on the date and time the image was captured?


texts: Create a dd image of a Android 4.4.4 for forensics?

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I'm a little new to the Android file system, I'm doing a project for a digital forensics class and I want to create a bit-for-bit image of my Nexus 5 running 4.4.4 stock, rooted. The normal way I would do this on a Linux system would be with dd like so.

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb

As I have no removable SD card, I was planning on doing this with a terminal emulator and writing to a flash drive over the micro USB port. I need to be able to mount the image and browse the files from the device once the image is created. I'm specifically looking at GPS data and where it is stored, or unknowingly stored, from apps or the system. I'll sort that out myself once I have an image, I have some scripts I've written that will search through all directories and files looking for latitude and longitude strings. Although those probably won't find anything in the databases for android, I'll have to find another way to script/look through those.

Is there a good way to create the type of image I'm describing?

Thanks for any help!


texts: Why would the Netflix App want to "read sensitive log data" on my device?

texts:
I just noticed that that Netflix App wants the "Read Sensitive Log Data" permission to run.

What exactly does this permission allow? (besides the fairly generic/scary sounding description in the market)
Why do you think the Netflix app might need it?


texts: Trying to find Game App installation folder

texts:
I used to play this Bingo Blitz game and was trying to find where the installation folder is. I couldn't find it under Data folder, even searching the
keyword "bingo blitz" does not yield anything.

Any experts able to install the game and try to figure out where it is?
My device is not rooted.


texts: Where do I get Android L iso for x86 environment?

texts:
My question is much similar to this question: Download location for Android 4.4 x86 (64bit)

Basically, I want to get Android L(a.k.a Lollipop, 5.0) iso for x86 architecture, so as to run it in VM. But I can't find anything newer than 4.3 anywhere on the web, so how do I get it?


texts: Battery percentage going down while charging!

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(device: Samsung Galaxy S 3)

I've just witnessed something rather strange: while tethering to my laptop, with the phone being plugged in a power source (the charger I got with the device) - the battery percentage started going down.

Now, I'm in an area where the signal is pretty bad, and my phone is constantly switching between 3G and some H+ network. It's normal for the battery life to suck.

However, isn't the phone supposed to power itself directly from the charger?

I thought that the charger was both powering the phone and recharging the battery.

Now it seems that the battery is powering the phone - while the charger is only recharging the battery (and failing).

Is this correct?

Even more importantly: will this hurt my battery?

And another question: could I simply take my battery out and keep the phone alive only on the charger (e.g. this is possible with a laptop)?


texts: Root hboot 2.18.0001 without computer (HTC EVO 4G)

texts: My EVO 4G's charging port is broken and I am trying to gain root access on my device. Is there anyway to do so without using the USB port to connect to the computer?


texts: Removable drive connected over OTG disconnects when screen turns off

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I own a tablet with Jelly Bean installed. I usually connect a pen drive to it using an OTG cable and it works fine (except for NTFS file system and the below problem too). The issue is when the screen turns off after the time out while the storage device is connected, it disconnects itself. If I turn the screen on, it will be mounted automatically.

It is annoying to change the time-out now-and-then and keeping it on for a long time by touching the display.

Is there any solution to this?


texts: How to make Google Keyboard use word usage in predictions

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I use the word "smash" a lot as a short version of Super Smash Bros. Yet, every time I try to type smash, Google Keyboard turns it into "snag". Doesn't Google Keyboard use word usage in word prediction? How do I turn it on?

P.S. I'm using the swipe feature.


texts: Opening docx files in Google Drive viewer when other apps capture intent

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I'd like to open docx files directly into Google Drive viewer.
When another application like Epson iPrint or Termux is installed, I don't have other choice than those apps. When they're not installed, it opens in Google Drive viewer like a charm.
I think it is related with intent-filters.
When examining manifest files :

Termux has a VIEW intent-fiter on application/*.
Epson iPrint has a VIEW intent-fiter on application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document (and others) which is the mime type of docx document.
Google Drive has a VIEW intent-filter on */* so should be able to open anything.

Is there a workaround for this problem ? (appart from uninstalling other apps of course)
Is this a bug or on purpose (thanks in advance to android devs here) ?
I already tried "Open with" type apps with no chances...


texts: Where do i found file manager in SONY Xperia?

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I owned SONY Xperia smart phone and i inserted SD card into it with some files but i didn't found those file anywhere in my phone.No file manager in Xperia?

Also when i download anything it goes to phone internal memory, no chance to change it to SD card?


texts: I have connected my phone (Nexus) to my windows 10 computer. I have entered the pin number on the phone and the driver for the phone is installed on the computer. The device shows up on Windows Explorer but the folder is empty so I can not access my photos. Any ideas?


texts: Play store uninstalled, Reinstalled not working

texts: I rooted my phone I accidentally deleted something that made my playstore shut down immediately. I tried everything I have found on the internet. Clear data / clear cache. Factory reset. Uninstalled and reinstalled. Im still getting unfortunately google has stopped. Looking for help. I did several back up nandriod titanium but I dont know how to install back ups. Please any help will be appreciated.


texts: FakeGGSearch.a - Lookout found a virus on my Android Phone

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I use Android 2.1update1 and installed Lookout, and now Lookout says that: "FakeGGSearch.a" is a trojan, but I can't uninstall it!

Now what? What can I do about this? Google didn't returned any results..


texts: Is there a way to play music from an android phone in a from an ipod/iphone dock

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There are many devices on the market that have a docking station for iphones, ipods and ipads that allow to play the music from the ipod through their speakers, and many time also to control the ipod through the docking station. For me, it's the stereo of my car.

Is there some way (obviously with an adapter) to use those docks to play music stored on an android device?


texts: Can I create a contact in a particular contact group on Android 2.2?

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Is there a way to add a new contact into a particular contact group which I have in my Google contacts? Similarly, is there any way to move contacts from one group to another?

It seems as of now, I can only create contacts on Android but cannot put them in any specific group. To do that, I've to use the web interface of Google contacts.


texts: Why file managers badly recognizes SD cards

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If I am understanding well...file managers mostly title some part of file system as "SD card" despite the fact that it is not SD card, or even sometimes when the phone doesn't have a slot for SD card at all (this happens for example on Nexus 5x). It's not just one or two file manager, but lots, so I think it is more Android like "problem".
So I am asking: What is the reason?


texts: Disable meta+[letter] keyboard shortcuts

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Relay with a built-in keyboard running CM11. I am trying to edit the keyboard layout, but some existing shortcuts are interfering with the new ones I am trying to add. For example:

/system/usr/keychars/sec_keypad.kcm:

key L {
    label:           'L'
    base:            'l'
    shift, capslock: 'L'
    meta:            '\''
    meta+shift:      '"'
}

key K {
    label:           'K'
    base:            'k'
    shift, capslock: 'K'
    meta:            ';'
    meta+shift:      ':'
}

When I press meta+K, I get a semicolon as expected. However, meta+L mysteriously opens the Calendar app instead. Several other keys+meta open other apps as well. How can I disable these shortcuts?


texts: Force GPU rendering in ICS. How does this affect system performance?

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I thankfully discovered the option to force GPU rendering of apps in the system settings of ICS.

So far, I did only notice a difference with one app: Twitter for Android was very annoying to use before, since the fps were very low. Now it's almost perfectly smooth.

I've heard that the RAM usage is higher with GPU rendering activated.

How much is the difference?
What other effects does GPU rendering have on the performance of ICS?


texts: I need to control samsung Duos s 2 phone like my earlier nokia phone using pc suite

texts: I need to control samsung Duos s 2(GT 7582) phone with my PC like I am having now with nokia phone using Nokia pc suite


texts:
Whenever I use Spotify over bluetooth and try to use my car's controls it, simply pauses the Spotify music and launches the default music player.
The Spotify music plays just fine, however, when there comes input from the Bluetooth, it pauses and starts the default music player.

Spotify is not listed in Settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Music, only Google Play Music and the default music player is listed on my Huawei P7.
I've tried using several softwares including Default App Manager, Better Open With, A2DP Volume and Bluetooth Connect and Play - however none work.

It would seem like when I click on the car's input it transmits it to the phone over BT, however, since the default music player is the default player it starts that app instead of Spotify.


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I am able to find the pid of System server using ps. And I can find info about the system server process through /proc/pidof system_server. But I dont see (or unable to find) the pid of the other Android System Services like Battery Service, etc..

Is there any way to find the pid of Android System Services ?


texts: How to Import/Export Group field in Contacts via VCF?

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OS: 2.1
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant)

When exporting or emailing a VCF file from the Contacts app, the Group data (e.g. Family, Friends) does not get exported.  Similarly, the CATEGORIES property is ignored when importing a VCF file.  Does anyone know how to get this data into/out of the Contacts app via VCF?  Thanks!


texts:
Is it possible to add app shortcuts to the Glass Launcher on the Google Glass (Glass Enterprise Edition 2 in my case)? If so, how?

To be clear, I mean I've developed an app and I'd like to add its icon to this screen (currently, the only way I know how to start the app is manually via adb):


texts: How could I fix google play store with new gmail account?

texts: I was using google play store with gmail. But when I remove that mail account from the google play both the Google play and gmail apps stop working. How could I fix this?


texts: Tasker: How to disable profile while phone is locked

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guys, I have started using Tasker,and I absolutely love it.

I figured out I could write a recipe for me to start Google Now bt simply shaking the phone, and it worked.

One problem, though. If the phone is locked and the display is off, shaking the phone won't start the app, obviously, but if the phone is locked but the display is on - in lock screen -  if I shake the device, it won't unlock, fortunately, but I hear the Google Now beep,and as soon as I unlock my phone, Google Now is there, open, and I have to cope with constant beeping while I'm running listening to music,or receiving a whatsapp text (what makes the display on while it's locked sometimes), and I always have to close the Google Now app, cause it will launch as soon as I unlock my phone, even if I accidentally shook the device even when it's locked.

What I want to do is have this profile disabled when the phone is locked, regardless of wether the screen is on our not. I have explored all the apparent solutions, and I have come to a conclusion that it can probably only be solved with a var (which I can't write).

Any ideas?


texts: Wondershare MobileGo connect from PC behind NAT

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I have noticed that that both PC and Android phone need to be in the same network to connect  using Wondershare MobileGo by wifi.

Which ports are using by Wondershare MobileGo to connect and data transfer? Maybe simple port forwarding can be set in Router configuration and fix the problem.


texts:
I am using Android 4.0.3 and I can no longer find package name for some app. If I recall, I used to go to Applications and has been able to see it there.

So, how can I see full package name of some app? Like, the app's name is "Test" and I need to see its package com.test.mytest.


texts: Can't view certain PDF documents on galaxy s7 Marshmallow 6.0.1

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There are certain pdf files I cannot view on my phone no matter what pdf viewer I use. I'll get an error message saying that it's an invalid document (the message varies slightly from application to application) even though it's a pdf. I can view these files on my desktop and on an older phone I have. There are some pdf files I CAN view on my current phone, but I don't know what is different about those.

Why can't I view these files on my phone? How can I view these files on my phone?


texts: How to properly factory-reset a Samsung Galaxy S2?

texts:
I did a factory reset on a Samsung Galaxy S2 like this:

switch off phone
hold down buttons Volume Up, Home and Power until phone boots into "Android System Recovery" mode
select wipe/factory reset and confirm all questions

As expected, after the factory reset, all apps were not installed anymore.

But this does not seem to have worked for the file system: On the file system of the internal USB memory (/storage/sdcard0), I see many folders of previously installed apps and also some which I had manually created before the factory reset. I think that a factory reset should delete all these folders, because e.g. the WhatsApp folder contains all my personal messages. I think that if a function is called a factory reset, then afterwards personal messages should be deleted. So what's wrong here?


texts: How do I see battery usage after a complete drain?

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I'm having the classic problem of sudden battery drain, but the twist is that I can never catch it in the act. I just find my phone dead when I pick it up to use. When I go to the Battery section of Settings, I discover that apparently a complete drain resets the battery usage statistics, rendering them useless. What to do?

I'm running CyanogenMod 11 milestone build (Android 4.4.4) on Galaxy S2 without Google Apps.


texts:
Before I spoil my new HTC One.

I needed a little help with the following

Create a backup of the recovery
Create a backup of the system
Create a backup of anything that maybe required to bring the device to factory defaults

I am not interested in backing up SMS, Call Logs, and any user data.

The phone is not rooted. It has literally been taken out of the box and I walked thru the setup wizard to turn on USB debugging.


texts: Get data/data/com.android.browser/databases/webview.db from backup.ab

texts:
I followed Nikolay Elenkov's method of unpacking backup.ab.

Is it possible to get data/data/com.android.browser/databases/webview.db from backup.ab?


texts: Boot loop after updating to official Android 6.0 Marshmallow on my Nexus 5

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Last day I got the notification to download and install official Android 6.0 Marshmallow in my Nexus 5, which is not rooted, was running Android 5.1.1 and no custom ROM. As I downloaded and installed it, from that point its gone to boot loop state (the four dot animation is endlessly running).

I have already searched the web for solution like Boot loop after flashing Android 6.0 Marshmallow on my Nexus 5, Boot loop after flashing android 6.0 marshmallow on nexus 5 follow up and many more, but not tried. Because all those help seekers had tried to manually OS install or phone was rooted or already had custom ROM, but my Nexus 5 did not have any of those.

I had tried "wipe cache partition" and reboot, but it did not helped. As I don't had any data backup of my phone storage, the last thing I will be willing to do is "wipe data/factory reset". As my phone's usb debugging was enabled and I had adb in my desktop, so I have also tried to copy data from my phone using the "adb pull" command in boot looped mood. But also did not got any luck, may be "adp pull" command don't work in booting mood or I am doing something wrong with the command.

Any help to backup/recover the data or solution of the boot loop problem without "wipe data/factory reset" is appreciated. Thanks in advance.....


texts: Connecting to a network that blocks non-computer devices with Galaxy S4

texts: I would like to connect my Galaxy S4 to my school's WiFi network in order to cut down on expensive data usage. The problem is that some mobile devices (including my phone) can't connect, so I can't access the internet. I have the same problem at my house, where every 24 hours anything that isn't a computer gets kicked off and I need to reset the router. I am trying to find a way to fix this with all networks that have this issue (from my phone, as I can't modify the servers at my school). Since my phone is rooted, I can edit system files, so if I could modify my phone so that the signals sent to the network I am trying to connect to appear to be coming from a computer, I could be able to connect. Are there system files that I could modify to achieve this, or is it more hardwired into my phone? Note: I would only like to modify my phone's files, so that it is detected as a computer and not a phone. Mobile features may need to be disabled for this, so that it can technically be considered as a computer by the network.


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I am currently using SMemo on my Galaxy S3, I am about to get the Galaxy S7 Edge.  How would I transfer the notes from my SMemo app from my 3 to my 7?

(And I don't see a tag for the samsung-galaxy-s-7-edge so I could only tag the S3)


texts:
For the last day or two I have had trouble in the default Market application.

When I try to scroll in the "Just In" area the application just stops working. I get a black screen for while then I get an error that process com.android.vending has crashed.

My device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab and I get crashes in all "Just In" sections such as "Just In" in games, apps/tool etc.

What it could be?


texts: Hope y'all doing fine, My question may be so lame sorry but wanted to know the answer.. how to root a android device I have mobile of Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini (ST15i) I bought that before 3 years, still use the thing it's still good working condition but on the latest update of the software which it sucked all my internal memory now i have only 100 MB to usable and latest update of Facebook alone is 25 MB + extra data 30 + cache 10 MB and total is 65 MB (rough calculation) so thought of removing the unwanted default apps which came with the update which were uninstallable searched for removing, XDA Developers  said that the best bid is to root our device and so can you guys please guide me how to root I checked with SuperOneClick it never worked


texts: Unlock bootloader of Samsung Tab A 9.7 SM-T555

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Here it comes a long intro of what I want to achieve and what I tried. You can jump to the end for the actual questions.

The internal storage of my Tab is full, so I bought an SD card. Unfortunately, Samsung does not allow me to format it as internal storage. So I tried to do it via adb shell, but it did not work. I checked whether I could instruct Whatsapp to store media files on the external SD card, but did not find a way. I also moved Whatsapp to the SD card, but it continued to store media files on the internal storage. So I decided to root the Tab in order to move the whatsapp folder to the SD card and create a soft link to it. I decided to use Odin and CF Auto Root for that, since it seems the simplest and less intrusive way to achieve what I want. But then I saw the bootloader should be unlocked. I did not find a way to check the status of the bootloader (tried the dialing trick and going into "downloading" mod). And I do not have an "OEM unlocking" option under "Developer options". I tried doing the trick of changing the date to make the OEM-unlock option visible, but it did not work. Then I read some people say that if I do not have that option, my bootloader should be unlocked. But I do not know if I can trust that information. I also saw it might be possible to unlock the bootloader with Superboot, but it seems to be a very old tool, so I cannot find a working link to download it and, moreover, I do not know if I can trust it to work with my Tab.

Can someone please confirm that my bootloader should indeed be unlocked if I do not have the OEM-unlocking option visible? Or could someone tell me how can I unlock my bootloader or ultimately achieve what I want to do (i.e., fool Whatsapp into storing media files on the external sd card)?
Thanks!


texts: Google Hangouts is still goes into phone storage

texts: Recently I have changed my android device default app storage location as SD card by changing adb shell. My android version is 4.42 Kitkat. After doing this, it's working well with most apps that correctly going into External storage. But Google hangouts is still going to phone storage. Why Hangouts go to phone storage. Can i solve that?


texts: How to prevent Android from creating Android and Lost.dir folders on external otg storage?

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If I either connect my Camera using a USB cable via OTG or inserting the SD card in a OTG reader connected to the phone Android creates automatically two folders: an Android folder an a Lost.Dir folder.

The problem is that as long as these two folders are on the camera (a Pentax K50), this latter thinks that the SD is not properly formatted and asks me if I want to format it or otherwise I cannot use it again. And indeed if I delete the two folders using my PC I can then start using the card again. Obviously I cannot format it.

The problem is that I cannot delete these folders on the phone without reliably preventing android from recreating them. Also the two folders remain on the SD even if I properly eject the OTG storage.

The problem is that I am going on a trip and I won't be having a pc with me. How can I then transfer the photos from my camera to the smartphone?


texts: Are there any downsides to using a nandroid recovery?

texts:
A nandroid backup is designed to provide a backup for an Android device.

Are there any downsides to restoring a nandroid backup (besides losing any changes since the nandroid was created)?

In other words, as an experiment, let's say you take a perfectly functioning Android device (yes, a mythical beast, but I digress...), then create a nandroid, and then immediately perform a restore from that nandroid.  After the restore is finished, are you back exactly how things were before you performed the restore?  Or are there subtle internal differences?  Any affect on root?


texts: Reboot Android 5.x with no user apps (Facebook etc.) opened

texts:
I have a Google Nexus 7 tablet of the first generation. I just use it occasionally and turn it off, when unused.

With Android 4.x I always got a cleanly booted system, without any user app opened (like Facebook, Stack Exchange App, News Apps etc.).
It increases booting time immense and bothers me a lot.

Is there any way to get the old starting behavior of Android 4.x back?

On a desktop PC I'd say I'd like to have a Shut down, but my tablet behaves like sleep since Android 5.0, even when turning it off.


texts: Tasker Shortcut Icons & Names Revert Back to Default After Every Reboot

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All my custom Tasker shortcut icons get changed to the default Tasker icon and all the shortcuts' names got renamed to "Tasker" after every reboot no matter how many times I got them changed.

I have a rooted S3 running on Android 4.3 TouchWiz.

What should I do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.


texts: What is the easiest way to create a wifi bridge from wifi router to PC through USB?

texts:
I have a router with WiFi capability. The IP address of it is 192.168.1.1. Also the accepted IPs are in the range of 192.168.1.100-200. Now let's assume that I have no WiFi USB antenna for my PC. But I really want to be in the IP range of my WiFi router (e.g. the PC would have the address 192.168.1.110).

On my Android phone (in this case a older one, with Android 4.4.2 from HTC) I have the possibility to create USB tethering. (I also have root access on my phone). But the problem is, that the IP range from my phone through USB tethering is 192.168.42.x.

I could use something like this, but I really want a solution with an Android phone!

I have an indirect solution to this:
For example my mobile phone has the IP address to the wifi router 192.168.1.100, and my PC has the IP address to my mobile phone through USB tethering 102.168.42.111. Now to connect to my PC, e.g. with the port 22 for an ssh connection, I must have a app for port forwarding on my phone. But this is too complicated.

Now my question: What can I do to achieve my goal? Or are there any Android apps which can do this automatically for me? (root or no root, it does not matter)

There is this question, but it does not answer my question.

Edit: added the indirect solution to this.


texts: Can't flash custom TWRP recovery image on Motorola Moto G7 Power phone

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I've got a brand new Motorola Moto G7 Power running Android 9.

I also have Ubuntu 19.04 running on my desktop.

I want to root the phone.

I've managed to unlock the bootloader using Motorola's online instructions and the adb and fastboot utilities that come with Linux.

The next step is to flash a custom recovery application on the recovery partition.

I'm trying to flash twrp-3.3.0-0-river.img, a new image that I grabbed from here.

When I tried to use fastboot to flash the image, I got this error:

After this failed attempt, I attempted to put my phone into recovery just to see what would happen.

What I got was a screen displaying the Android mascot on its back with its chest plate opened and a black exclamation point inside a red triangle.

The words "No Command" were displayed underneath the graphic.

After waiting a few minutes, the phone, on its own, booted normally.

My phone's OS seems to operate perfectly fine.

I can only surmise that whatever was originally on my recovery partition from the manufacturer has been wiped and there is now nothing on the recovery partition at all.

So, I decided to see if I could boot into the TWRP image directly without flashing it.

So, I ran this in the terminal window: fastboot boot twrp-3.3.0-0-river.img

I received this as a response:

There didn't seem to be any errors.

The phone, however, switched from the bootloader screen to the Motorola splash screen, and then just shut off with no further response.

So, what am I missing?

How can I flash this image onto the recovery partition of my phone?


texts: Introspy: trace file (introspy.db) is not created

texts: I am trying to use Introspy tool in Android device, but the trace file (introspy.db) is not being created. Kindly any help if you have tried using this.


texts: Remove Screen Record and Screen Shot from Quick Settings

texts:
On a Chinese Tablet running on Kitkat 4.4.2 there's 2 options "Screen Shot" and "Screen Record" on the Quick Settings Swipe Down. I'm struggling to find a way so I can disable or remove those functions.

I've attached an image to further explain what I'm looking for.


texts: I recently bought a japanese cellphone (Fujitsu F-06e NX). It came with some really cool apps but most of them have limited functionality due to network work restrictions (Phone must be on docomo ntt network). I was wonder if there was a way to bypass this restriction. Thanks :)


texts: Google Play Services High Internet Consumption

texts:
I've been using CyanogenMod (version 12.1-20150901) on my Nexus 5 for around a year and things were running perfectly until last month, when my data plan had been completely used up after a couple days.

At the beginning I blamed it on activating my phone's wi-fi hotspot and downloading some files. So I waited the rest of the month for the plan to reset. Once it reseted, I decided to activate the 3G and while I left my phone unattended, in less than 12 hours, my phone had consumed +400MB!!!

Taking a closer look the Android OS had been used more than 10GB of wi-fi over the last month (I don't have any games, web browser nor audio/video application for this to be possible!). Looking back, this behaviour seems to have started between the 7th and 14th of May.

So as some android forums suggested, I decided to install "Onavo Count" to find the culprit. It turned out to be Google Apps/Google Play Services:

Onavo registered that Google Play Services had consumed 189MB of my data plan just a couple of hours I had it installed! I turned off the 3G immediately, but still after 3 days, Onavo registered it consumed 1.8 GB of Wi-Fi...

I've looked through many forums, yet none has been able to provide a solution that works for me.

Some suggest one should restrict the app's background data, but that doesn't solve the high Wi-Fi consumption problem...
Others suggest upgrading CyanogenMod to the lastest stable build (v 13.0-20160418), but that broke completely the functionality of all Google Apps (constant crashes that make the phone unusable... luckily I did make a backup... backups are good).
There are suggestions of removing permissions and functionality, but I've played with every setting and removing all Google Play services functionality to no avail...

Has anybody encountered this problem and has been able to solve it?


texts: Photo Sphere and Panorama are not available in Google Camera app

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Recently Google launched a new camera app named Google Camera. Looking it's features, I found it has Photo Sphere and Panorama options. But when I installed it on my Moto G device it doesn't have both of those options. Only Lens Blur, (normal) Camera and Video options are available. See this:

What is the reason behind it? Or is there any setting I have to activate?


texts: How do I recalibrate the battery of my phone?

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After a year using my phone, I noticed the battery drains too fast, but after shutting down I manage to make it work again for a couple of minutes before it shuts down automatically.

I read that to recalibrate the battery, you should fully charge it and by various means  delete the batterystats.bin file. (examples with clockworkmod or using an app)

The thing is...

  "When you follow the steps to recalibrate your battery and delete the batterystats.bin file from your phone, you are getting rid of more than what you think… Stored inside that batterystats.bin file, your phone keeps detailed logs of the capacity of your battery and uses it on how it can be utilized more efficiently." Read Full

or oppositely, quoting Dianne Hackborn

  "It (refering batterystats.bin) has no impact on your battery life."

I know it's not possible to make it as good as new, but at least reset it in a way it would read that last bit of energy accurately?


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Android sometimes has this strange habit of not automatically reconnecting, when it looses connection to the router.
I have an Android tablet running 24/7 using a bot to do stuff on the Internet.
But sometimes, the connection breaks, and i have to manually click on the wlan symbol in the dropdown thingy the force android to reconnect the the router. This is annoying, because I have to check multple times a day, whether the bot is still working and reconnect if not.

This happens approximatly once/twice a week. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Tab SM-T230, Android 4.4.2

Does anyone know how to fix the problem/why android does that?


texts: Moto E Not Starting Properly After Changing runtime to ART

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I have recently bought a MOTO E and it's working cool. Then I have enabled Developer options and changed my runtime from Dalvik to ART. Afterwards I restarted my device. I got the message saying Android is upgraging. After completeing the process I got exceptions like

unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped

Please help me how to get out of this problem. I am getting that message for around 10 times and mobile restarting once again.


texts: Samsung logo has gone and was replaced by "Welcome" message

texts: Yesterday my phone's Samsung logo has gone and was replaced by "WELCOME" message each time I've booted my phone. I don't know why it happened. Also the Samsung shutdown logo was replaced by "BYEBYE" message. I search for the solution and this is what I've did: I've rooted my phone and I went to System/media and looked for the file that contain Welcome and Byebye messages, I found them in bootanimation2.zip and shutdownanimation2.zip so I delete them including their bootaudio.mp3' and shutdownaudip.mp3. No more left in the System/media except for samsunganimation and samsung shutdown animation So when I rebooted my phone the Samsung logo has been restored including the Samsung shutdown logo, the BYEBYE message has disappeared but the "Welcome" logo continued to showed up each time I started my phone. ...Where can I find the exact location of this logo? I know it is no longer in System/Media because I could not find it there anymore Any help will be appreciated Thanks


texts: Google Voice stopped transcribing messages after switching to a different carrier

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. I recently changed cellular carrier from Verizon to Consumer Cellular and I kept my phone & my number, so it was "ported" over.

Prior to this change, I was using Google Voice, because it types transcripts of voice mails received in to emails.  I have a Google Voice number, but never used it to make calls.

Google Voice stopped transcribing messages on the day I changed carrier. The Voice mail setting on my phone is set to Google Voice, but I am retrieving voice mails through Consumer Cellular.

How do I fix this issue?