texts: Unable to flash TWRP on a LG G4 (LG H815)

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I own an international LG G4 LG H815 and running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. For the whole day I am unable to flash TWRP on the phone. First I unlocked the bootloader with succes. Now I am trying to flash TWRP on the phone, commands that I used are :

mark@Mark-PC:~/Bureaublad/LG_G4_unlock/Root$ adb reboot bootloader
@Mark-PC:~/Bureaublad/LG_G4_unlock/Root$ sudo fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.6.0-hima.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (35928 KB)...
OKAY [  1.440s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.353s]
finished. total time: 1.793s

After flashing I immidiately turned of the phone by pulling out the battery to prevent normal booting. Every time I boot in the normal stock recovery that offers my to perform a factory reset.

I was reading the question flashing twrp on lg g4 no error, but no twrp but tries were also not succesfull. Chosing yes in the stock recovery wiped the data instead of booting to TWRP. I tried the same with different versions of TWRP for the LG H815 and of them gave the same result. My LG G4 is running Android 5.1 stock ROM without root.

I was also unable to find a file to flash by using fastboot that offers root access to flash a recovery from Android. All of the methods to root requires a working TWRP recovery.

mark@Mark-PC:~/Bureaublad/LG_G4_unlock/Root$ sudo fastboot boot twrp-2.8.6.0-hima.img

Booting of the image directly did also not work

I will be very happy when I am able to salve this problem.

Now I tried this manual on another Windows laptop : https://techbeasts.com/2015/06/16/install-twrp-recovery-on-lg-g4-root-it/

but after the commands

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.710s]
booting...
OKAY [  0.400s]
finished. total time: 1.117s

unfortunately it boots normal after 20 seconds and stays unaffected.


texts: Determine which app is drawing on top of other apps?

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Is there a way to determine which application is drawing on top of other applications?

For example, Facebook Messenger app can draw the chat bubbles on top of everything, but how do I know which app is doing this?

My problem:

I have an app which is drawing ads on top of everything and I wanna know which app is doing this. Not just to uninstall it, but to warn everyone that uses this app. (I didn't install any application recently and I already verified the recent updates.)

I tried to use the Dump View Hierarchy for UI Automator from the Android Studio, but it seems that the applications that draw on top can't be selected this way.

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texts: rooting galaxy s4 GT-I9505 with android 4.4.2 kitkat

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I tried to root phone according to instruction.

And it was ok. It seemed that my phone successfully rooted.

But when I run root checker it showed that I don't have root access.


texts: How to do a clone / backup & restore between identical devices via USB and broken screen

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I have a Nexus 4 with a recently broken screen, and another Nexus 4 that works. I would like to copy all of the data, apps, etc, from the broken Nexus 4 to the working Nexus 4.  The broken phone still powers on and I can access it via USB cable, I just can't use the screen.

Is there any way to do this entirely via the USB cable, adb, etc? The methods I've seen for copying data all require installing and controlling software (such as Titanium backup, or other third-party cloning software) on the source phone. I can't very well do that, since that phone isn't fully functional.

This question is almost exactly what I want, except for the part where I must authorize the backup on my source device, which is not possible without a functioning screen.


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I've got a Samsung S3, and on my old SGS I could mark a spam as not spam.

How do I do this in my ICS GMail? The feature seems to have healed up.

Others have seen this also:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525799


texts: Can I connect a pendrive to samsung galaxy core?

texts: I want to connect a pendrive to my device Samsung Galaxy Core with an OTG cable. Can you explain how I can do this?


texts: Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) causing a 100ms latency overhead on Android device

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So the issue is that I have a Samsung M01 (Android 10) which is having a 100ms overhead latency.
Basically pinging the router gives me a average of 110ms of latency.
So after going around tweaking many settings I finally isolated the problem to the WMM setting.
The lag only happens when WMM is enabled so disabling it fixes the problem.
The problem with disabling WMM is that after that my router only goes at a extremely slow 14Mbps Disabling WMM causes Wi-Fi Speeds to drop to 14Mbps
Also another thing I noticed is that this latency overhead only happens when I am connected to a mobile tower (tested by enabling airplane mode )
The latency was monitored while I was playing a game, Downloading some files on a Wi-Fi call and it doesn't go below 100ms. But there are some random times when it starts behaving properly and gives me a latency of 2 to 5ms
Note : The ping monitoring was done by pinging in the local network.
This problem only occurs on my Samsung android device (It also occurs on another Samsung device (Samsung On7 Pro Android 5) but not on the Lenovo device I own). This doesn't occur on any PC/Laptops I have access to.
So does anyone have any suggestion on how to fix this issue?
Thanks in advance.


texts: My Lenovo A6000 is not working when I try booting it. It shows me a blank screen. When I press the power button multiple times, it keeps blinking showing me a white screen then black afterwards. I tried to remove the battery, and waited for a couple of minutes and tried it again. I tried charging it, but it keeps blinking.


texts: Connect to a device with WiFi, but use 4G for Internet

texts: As the title states, is there a way to connect to a WiFi device (my drone), yet use another app on 4G? Right now when I'm connected to my drone using WiFi, I can't use 4G, but is there a work around?


texts: How can I get ViewRanger to keep recording my track on my tablet even when the cover is closed?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 running Android 7.0 and have ViewRanger 9.0.6 (3rd September 2018 update) installed.  The tablet is in a (3rd party) cover.

ViewRanger has no problem showing me where I am as I wander around, but recently I've gotten interested in having it record my track.  However even in track recording mode it seems that as soon as I close the tablet's case ViewRanger stops tracking my position.  It'll re-find me again when I reopen the case, "Swipe screen to unlock" and enter my PIN to get back to the app... but it has no information on where I've been while the tablet has been closed up and ViewRanger will consequently just show a not very useful straight line between the points it knows about.  I'd like it to keep recording the track my position even when the device is closed up.

I've read ViewRanger's documentation here and here.

In ViewRanger's GPS settings I have "GPS Mode: Continuous" and "GPS Auto Disconnect: 30s" (although docs claim this is ignored while recording a track).

In the device settings, Location is ON with method "High accuracy" and in the Device Maintenance’s Battery section Viewranger is in the list of "Unmonitored apps" which won't be put to sleep.  Power saving mode is OFF.

I'm puzzled as apps like the BBC Radio Player seem to have no problems continuing to stream and play audio while the tablet is closed up.  What do I need to do to get ViewRanger to keep accurately record a track while the tablet is closed?

Bear in mind I'm pretty much an Android n00b.  Lots of desktop/laptop/server experience but mobile platforms are relatively new to me (and I'm probably missing something obvious).

Update:

I queried ViewRanger's support about this and got a swift response:

  This will be some form of power saving setting on the tablet,
  affecting either ViewRanger or Location services.  The power saving
  varies quite a bit between devices, versions and manufacturers, which
  is why I can't be more specific than that.

  Also check for any power / task management apps — these used to be a
  common problem, but are not so common now that manufacturers have
  power saving in their main Settings apps.

Investigations continue (although it's quite hard to research this one sitting indoors at a desk... after you change something you have to go out and walk around a bit to see if it's made a difference!)


texts: What is the difference between the Linux Kernel and the Android Kernel?

texts: What are the modifications done in linux kernel to make it an android kernel ? By this question I mean what are the differences between linux kernel and android kernel ?


texts: How can I open an epub+zip file on my S3?

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I got some files that say "epub+zip" undrr Properties and I wanted to know how can I open it?

OS: 4.1.1


texts: Does Google Nexus 5 has arm or armX86 or armX64 processor?

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I am trying to install Xposed module on my rooted Nexus 5 running stock  Android 5.1.1. In that process I am trying to download the files from [this XDA page. I am unable to find whether my Nexus 5 is an arm or armX86 or armX64.

Sure, I can try one after the other as I have a nandroid backup, and I can also Google it and find it in pages like this.  But, how can I be sure of myself? I can rely on any app that might say so after installing in my phone or some reputed sites say it so. What would be the best and authentic way for me to find the same?


texts: How do I Restore a ClockworkMod backup with a busted power button or through ADB?

texts: I was trying to flash a new ROM, but can't get it to boot. Usually, I would have just booted into my recovery and restored my last backup. But I can't do that now as my power button is broken and it is impossible to select the "backup and recover" option after booting into the recovery.


texts: What is CSC Fastboot Mode, and how to get rid of it?

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I am trying to access my Zenfone Go's fastboot in order to unlock its bootloader, but it seems to have been replaced with something called "CSC Fastboot mode".

In this mode, I just see the ASUS logo, a "CSC Fastboot Mode!" text, and I am unable to enter any input. It looks like this:

Since I cannot enter any input, most communication with fastboot.exe is impossible. I somehow managed to have fastboot.exe correctly detect the device, but any command that requires confirmation on the phone is impossible (ex: fastboot flashing unlock), fastboot.exe just waits forever. I tried inputting the commands on the phone anyway, in case there was an invisible menu or something, but didn't work.

What I tried:

Turning off my phone, then "Power Button + Volume Up Button" until it restarts. It goes directly to CSC Fastboot Mode.
Turning off my phone, then "Power Button + Volume Down Button" until it restarts. It goes into Recovery Mode. Then I select "reboot to bootloader". It goes to CSC Fastboot Mode.
Accessing my phone through adb, and using the "reboot-bootloader" command. It goes to CSC Fastboot Mode.

What is CSC Fastboot mode? What is it caused by? And how to reach a usable fastboot menu?

Model Number: ASUS_X013DB

Android Version: 5.1.1

Build Number: LMY47V.JP_Phone-13.0209.1705.116-20170621044040677_2015122901270020000400001


texts: Forcing apps on Marshmallow to use external sdcard (not internal /sdcard)

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There seems to be quite a bit of discussion about this but no real resolution. I've been trying to find a way to mount directories on my external SD card onto the internal /sdcard directories to force apps that only can write data to /sdcard internally (that is, they have that directory path hardwired) to actually write to directories created on the external card (e.g. /storage/xxxx-xxxx/whatever). What a mess. I've tried symbolic links, battled the FUSE mounts, experimented with "mount -o bind" -- on and on. FolderMount claims to do such things, but bricks some phones. Adaptable storage doesn't solve this problem and creates new ones of its own in terms of control.

I can do the bind mounts -- and when I look at them with adb they appear to be correct. But the apps continue to write to the internal /sdcard dirs. I've also turned off SuperSu mount namespace separation in testing.

It's a shame that something that really should be so simple is such a PITA. Any new ideas? Thanks!


texts: USB OTG not showing WiFi network even after drivers are installed in Android kernel

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I am trying to connect to WiFi using a USB WiFi stick by making use of OTG on my Android Nexus 6. The USB WiFi stick has a separate AP. However, I am unable to see this AP in the list of available WiFi networks on my android phone.

I have installed a CROM with a custom kernel including the drivers of the WiFi stick. I can see the drivers and firmware being loaded using dmesg:

[ 3480.147186] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd
[ 3480.161788] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2ef5, idProduct=0008
[ 3480.161807] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 3480.161819] usb 3-1: Product: Dongle
[ 3480.161829] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: WiFi
[ 3480.161838] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: AB1018S052
[ 3480.174615] wifi 3-1:1.0: Firmware Version: 10441, $Revision: 13790 $
[ 3480.176511] ieee80211 phy9: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 3480.180991] ueventd: firmware: loading 'wifi/wifi_x/fpga_xc.bit' for '/devices/f9200000.ssusb/f9200000.dwc3/xhci-hcd.0.auto/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/firmware/wifi!wifi_x!fpga_xc.bit'
[ 3480.195460] ueventd: loading /devices/f9200000.ssusb/f9200000.dwc3/xhci-hcd.0.auto/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/firmware/wifi!wifi_x!fpga_xc.bit took 14ms
[ 3481.666134] wifi 3-1:1.0: probe::FPGA download success.

Also, there is a light on the stick that turns green when the drivers are recognized. So, I can say with surety that the drivers are loaded and the device is recognized. However, the WiFi AP for USB stick is not appearing.

When I do the same thing on my Ubuntu laptop, after loading drivers I can connect to two different WiFi networks at the same time, one with built-in WiFi card and the other with USB stick. But I believe this cannot be done with Android, where you can connect to one WiFi at a time.

I suspect that even after the drivers are loaded, Android is only scanning WiFi networks available to built-in WiFi card. Is there a possibility to disable the built-in WiFi in Android and make the Android OS scan WiFi networks available to USB WiFi stick as well?

Thank you.


texts: Any recommendations regarding flashing a particular rom on a Nexus One?

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I was wondering and hoping that someone might point me in the direction of a nice and stable rom for a Nexus One.

Currently I'm running the Rodriguezstyle v2.42 which is pretty stable but I just don't like the iPhoneiness of it too much. And it came bundled with too much stuff that I don't need.

Prior to this one I've had the Cyanogenmod 6.1.1-N1 which I had to remove because I could not get the Market application to run for the life of me.

So, what I'm looking for (ordered by most important first)

robustness/reliability
speed/performance
no bloatware - less is more :)
the sense ui (not required but i'd like it if available)


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I was changing the ROM on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S5 SM G900P) when I deleted the OS. Now I know I can flash a new one by adding a zip file to the SD card or Internal storage.

The problem is that I can access either one of those since all i can go into is recovery and download which doesn't enable the usage of File transfers via USB. I need to know some way for me to get access to the storage, any help is welcomed.


texts: Why does my Xperia X10 spontaneously reboot?

texts: Several times a day I find out that my Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is waiting for PIN entry, probably because of a soft reboot. It annoys me to no end, and I end up missing calls beacuse of this. Is there a tool or another way to help me find out what actually happened, when, and what caused that?


texts: Use a bluetooth headset for media audio on a Nexus 7 running Android 4.2

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I have a Jawbone Bluetooth headset paired to my new Nexus 7 tablet. In the paired Bluetooth devices section, it show that it is paired under the Phone Audio profile. I just want all the audio to go through the Jawbone earpiece, when it is connected. So far even though it is connected I can't get any sound out of the ear piece and the tablet still uses it's built in microphone.

So is there a way to change the Jawbone's Bluetooth profile from Phone Audio to all, or media, etc? I don't know how to change this, and I'm not even sure what the Phone Audio profile is for, since I'm new to Android and this isn't really a phone.


texts: Find out which bluetooth version a given connection is using?

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Android 10, non-rooted phone, multiple Bluetooth devices connected.
I would like to find out which Bluetooth version (4, 4.1, 4.2, 5) a given BT-LE device is using. All I can see in adb logcat is that BT-LE is being used, but no further information is (readily ;) given:
mm-dd hh:mm:ss.ms 11033 11090 D BluetoothAdapter: isLeEnabled(): ON
(plus a few others stating "Le" or "LE".
Is there a flag or some info i can pull out of adb logcat to find this info about my given BT connection?


texts: How to connect android device to projector?

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I have galaxy note 2 ( N7100). I want to know is there any way I can give phone output to the projector.

I don't know even, if it is possible.


texts: Sync to my own server for contacts, sms and notes?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol?

Does anyone know any effort on Android which can sync contacts, sms or even notes/todos to my own server? I saw similar function on Samsung GS3 "Add account" settings page but not sure how it works.

All advice are appreciated. Preferably open source projects. Thanks!


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I've noticed that several of my applications have 2 apk files (different versions).  Why are there two?  And is it safe for me to delete the older one?
For example, on my phone I see:
"Google Play services for Instant Apps_1.13-release-159715800.apk" and
"Google Play services for Instant Apps_1.14-release-161844041.apk"
also:
"YouTube_12.25.54.apk" and "YouTube_12.23.60.apk"
also
"Chrome_58.0.3029.83.apk" and "Chrome_50.0.2661.89.apk"
also
"Amazon Kindle_7.15.0.73.apk" and "Amazon Kindle_7.14.0.18.apk"
and more ...
I'd like to delete the older ones.  Certainly, combined, they are taking up a lot of space on my phone.

One more question.  Not every app has 2 apk files like this.  Is there a setting to limit them all to one file?  Thanks.

Hey all, thanks for the comments.  Very good point to look where the files are.  Just some background how I got here: I usb'd my phone to my PC and searched *.* and sorted by size to find what was taking so much space on my phone's internal storage (will check my sd card next).  Saw these APK files coming up and noticed the duplicates, so I asked this question.

At any rate I've gone back now and checked where they are located and it appears that most of them are in /storage/emulated/0/SmsContactsBackup/apks/.  Based on the term "Backup" being part of the location, I'm going to assume that I can delete both copies of the apk files when both are in that directory.

Again, Thanks for the comments.  I definitely should have thought to take note of where the files were located from the start.  Any additional comments or answers as to how the apks got into that directory would be appreciated.  I'm guessing that either the install put them there, or once upon a time I ran some backup program on my phone (not something I do regularly since my most important stuff syncs to google anyway).


texts: enable usb debugging via ADB from recovery?

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Since ADB debugging is not ON, I keep it off unless I need to do something, I now cant use even Vysor to view whats on screen since my screen died with just some color dots and lines seen on screen. I can only see it in ADB in recovery and funfact - I can still view its files when it connects to computer.
Can anyone tell me how to 'see'the device in regular state via ADB? Like on vysor, I need to see it in adb devices first.
Can I enable USB debugging using adb?
how similar
Now problem is: I get
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 on /data failed: Device or resource busy

when I try to do the idea listed there,
persist.sys.usb.config, yes done, I even tried ptp and put back there
persist.service.adb.enable=1
persist.service.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb
in /system/build.prop  - I dont have this file in system... I have default.prop (I added such lines there then pushed the edited file back) btw having installed TWRP and Magisk. TWRP is my recovery  I cant see anything on screen.
Then I try to adb reboot but even if it goes on, empty list of adb devices. I tried making a build.prop with these and pushing it but no change
Is it because the phone goes in lock screen and you cant see the device listed if not unlocked?
Starting TWRP 3.2.3-0-840f04f7 on Sun Dec  6 11:47:42 2020
 (pid 151)
BOARD_HAS_NO_REAL_SDCARD := true
TW_NO_REBOOT_BOOTLOADER := true
RECOVERY_SDCARD_ON_DATA := true
I:Lun file '/sys/devices/f9200000.ssusb/f9200000.dwc3/gadget/lun0/file' does not exist, USB storage mode disabled
TW_HAS_DOWNLOAD_MODE := true
TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO := true
I:TW_BRIGHTNESS_PATH := /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness
I:Found brightness file at '/sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness'
I:TWFunc::Set_Brightness: Setting brightness control to 162
I:LANG: en
Starting the UI...
Skipping adf graphics because TW_TARGET_USES_QCOM_BSP := true
cannot find/open a drm device: No such file or directory
fb0 reports (possibly inaccurate):
  vi.bits_per_pixel = 32
  vi.red.offset   =  24   .length =   8
  vi.green.offset =  16   .length =   8
  vi.blue.offset  =   8   .length =   8
setting GGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBX_8888
double buffered
framebuffer: 3 (540 x 960)
Using fbdev graphics.
I:TWFunc::Set_Brightness: Setting brightness control to 162
I:Loading package: splash (/twres/splash.xml)
I:Load XML directly
I:PageManager::LoadFileToBuffer loading filename: '/twres/splash.xml' directly
I:Checking resolution...
I:Scaling theme width 0.500000x and height 0.500000x, offsets x: 0 y: 0 w: 0 h: 0
I:Loading resources...
I:Loading variables...
I:Loading mouse cursor...
I:Loading pages...
I:Loading page splash
I:Switching packages (splash)
=> Linking mtab
=> Processing /etc/recovery.fstab
I:Reading /etc/recovery.fstab
I:Processing '/cache'
I:Processing '/data'
I:Processing '/system'
I:Processing '/boot'
I:Processing '/recovery'
I:Processing '/firmware'
I:Processing '/efs'
I:Created '/efs' folder.
I:Processing '/persist'
I:Created '/persist' folder.
I:Attempt to load settings from /persist settings file...
I:InfoManager loading from '/persist/.twrps'.
I:TWFunc::Set_Brightness: Setting brightness control to 162
I:TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Pre-fix date and time: 2020-12-06--05-47-43
I:TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Setting time offset from file /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch
I:TWFunc::Fixup_Time: Date and time corrected: 2020-12-06--05-47-44
I:Processing '/preload'


texts: Can you reset a password for a restricted profile?

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I have a restricted profile that is asking for a password, and it is not taking it. As the owner, I would like to be able to reset this password.

Long Story: The restricted profile is my son's. Since it was setup we have always used a pattern to unlock. I made the mistake of locking his tablet remotely using Android Device Manger, and setting a password. That password did not work on his profile. I switched to my owner account, and it worked fine. Now, however, his profile is asking for a password to be typed, and nothing works. I assume he set it to something he has forgotten since he has used pattern lock for a long time. ADM seems to have reset the screen lock to password instead of pattern on the profile without resetting the password itself.

So, any way to fix this short of deleting and creating a new restricted profile?


texts: How to troubleshoot overheating and high battery drain in an Android Device?

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Device info:

Model  : Micromax Canvas Nitro A310
Android Version : 4.4.2
Kernel Version  : 3.4.67
Device Status : Rooted, Philz touch recovery, Xposed Framework installed

Issue:

My(relative's) device is getting overheated (avg temperature ~ 48 deg Celsius, max reached ~ 65 deg Celsius) and the battery drains (100% to ~9% in less than 7 hours with usage of attending few calls only) very quickly even when its idle.

About Overheating :

I used CPU Temperature for profiling the apps with respect to temperature. Based on that, I auto-hibernated those apps in Greenify(all experimental features enabled except Telephony Wakeup, working in Boost Mode).

One main culprit I noticed is the Runkeeper app which requires high-accuracy (more battery consumption) location mode for smooth working. If I put this app in Greenify then it can't possibly be used (will get hibernated) for its intended purpose if the device screen turns off or goes to sleep.
Other culprit noticed was Google Play Services and Gmail (both updated to latest version) which I don't have any option to hibernate the former in Greenify and I'm not supposed to disable the former because of Runkeeper's demand for Maps and location.

About Battery Drain:

Battery usage from Settings didn't reveal anything useful at all. At the time of writing this question, I've put to test three apps:

BetterBatteryStats and Battery Stats Plus for profiling battery usage;
DS Battery Saver(free) for keeping the drain low.

This profiling will take at least 1-2 days and I'm not having high hopes from DS Battery Saver. Another point, my relative keeps GPS Off when not using Runkeeper. Usage of Runkeeper is for around 1-1.5 hour roughly in the morning.

About Device:

The device is only six months old with 2500mAh battery. The surrounding environment temperature isn't much more than 34 deg Celsius to corroborate any additional heating. Furthermore, no new apps were installed before when these issues came into my relative's attention. I take it as some new update in Google Services or other app could be a reason for this. But that is just a wild guess.

Question:

I need to know how should I proceed to troubleshoot both of these issues effectively? Is there a guide here or elsewhere for such, to do this in a sound manner rather than being haphazard? I aim to pinpoint the culprits here.

Note:

Although I have already made Nandroid and ADB backup, I don't want to reset my device. That is left if all else fails.


texts: UDP Ports used by an Android Application

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I am trying to figure out how to get a complete list of UDP ports opened by a specific PID within a given time interval, on and Android Device. In my current solution I am using a combination of busybox lsof and the /proc/net files.

While /proc/net/tcp, /proc/net/tcp6, /proc/net/udp6 are populated by the kernel, /proc/net/udp is always empty. Is there any reliable alternatives to find UDP sockets opened on Android?

Device: Nexus 5 - Rooted

Android: 4.4.4

Kernel: 3.4.0-gd59db4e android-build@vpbs1.mtv.corp.google.com #1


texts: Import 300 vCard files into LG v35 thinq

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Is there an easy way to import 250+ vCard (vcf) files into my LGv35 thinq phone running Android 8.0.0, Kernel version 4.9.65 and Security patch level July 1, 2018?

Firstly, the contacts app on my phone has no option to import contacts. Most examples I found online show how to use this "import contacts" that appears when you press the three dots on the top right after launching the Contacts app. The app, however, lets me browse through google contacts. Again, I don't see any options to import these into my phone.

A related question: Is there a way to import multiple .vcf files into gmail at once?
The browser only lets me choose one file at a time.

The Phone app has a settings field and it too, doesn't have any options to import contacts.

I downloaded Coolmuster Android assistant and the option to import contacts requires me to buy the software.

I've successfully managed to download all the .vcf files into a folder on my phone. Is there a way to import all of them, at once, into my phone's memory?


texts: Clone android phone storage without root

texts: Is there any way to clone the internal storage of a phone (huawei honor v10, android 8.0) if the phone is not rooted and USB debugging is disabled? I am currently locked out of the phone, but I want to preserve it's state (so I can recover photos in the future) and make the phone usable in the meantime.


texts: Authentication Problem: Even after typing the correct passoword

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I have Digisol router in my home. My phone was connected to it for a time, but then suddenly it started showing no internet. So I tried to reconnect by Forgot password. But since then I am facing the *Authentication Problem** every time I tried to connect.
Some points:

It is connected to a PC by LAN and two phones by WiFi. It is working fine in all of them.
I have tried to clear Google Services Framework cache and restart. Still nothing happened.
Also I tried to turn Airplane mode on and off.

Please help...


texts: Sync contacts on android device with G+ information

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I have a contact on my phone that doesn't show anything but a phone number.  When I review that contact on my Gmail Contacts on the G+ section it shows their address, work address, phone, work phone, etc.

Is there a setting in Android or Gmail I need to adjust in order to get this to sync with my phone?


texts: In which version of Android was encryption of /data made available?

texts:
These docs suggest that it has been available (only) since Android 3.0 Honeycomb. By contrast, conversation on discussion boards suggests it was available in 2.3.4 Gingerbread.

So, what is the answer to the titular question?

Bonus points if your answer clarifies the following. Are the official docs misleading? Or were those Gingerbread devices instead released after Honeycomb, and loaded with some kind of backported encryption feature? Or were those Gingerbread devices instead loaded with some kind of encryption feature added by the device manufacturers, that wasn't part of Android? In short, what gives?


texts: Does the myTouch 4g Slide require a data plan?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Smartphone without the expensive data plan

I was wondering because I was going to get it but I can not afford the data plan and needed to know. Thank you in advance!


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Device: Samsung mystyle m340s

My phone is made in Korea. The Korean software keeps restarting from boot screen.

I tried factory reset from Android system recovery, but it didn't help. The local Samsung Service Center says they do not have foreign software for it. So, they cant re-install Android.

How do I fix it?


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I want to upload video files to server and compress before uploading. I'm using ffmpeg libx264. I have seen viber can upload 30 second video file of size 32MB within a minute [reduce it's down to 2.3MB]. I want to know how do they do it so fast?

What I have tried so far -

FFMPEG version :  n2.4.2
Built with gcc 4.8

Build Configuraiton : --target-os=linux --cross-prefix=/home/sb/Source-Code/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- --arch=arm --cpu=cortex-a8 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --sysroot=/home/sb/Source-Code/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/sysroot --enable-pic --enable-libx264 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-fontconfig --enable-pthreads --disable-debug --disable-ffserver --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --enable-gpl --enable-yasm --disable-doc --disable-shared --enable-static --pkg-config=/home/sb/Source-Code/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg-pkg-config --prefix=/home/sb/Source-Code/ffmpeg-android/build/armeabi-v7a-neon --extra-cflags='-I/home/sb/Source-Code/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/include -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-strict-overflow -fstack-protector-all -mfpu=neon' --extra-ldflags='-L/home/sb/Source-Code/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/lib -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie' --extra-libs='-lpng -lexpat -lm' --extra-cxxflags=

Command:

ffmpeg -y -i /storage/emulated/0/main.mp4 -s 480x320 -r 20 -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -c:a copy -me_method zero -tune fastdecode -tune zerolatency -strict -2 -b:v 1000k -pix_fmt yuv420p /storage/emulated/0/output.mp4

The result so far is, a 30second 78MB file gets compressed to 4.3MB which takes around 1min 28seconds. Here is the console dump - http://pastebin.com/rn81acGx . I mainly want to reduce the time it takes to compress. How can I achieve this?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I recover my Angry Birds progress!

texts: I'm using Cyanogen and had some issues so in recovery I had to "wipe data". Before I did that I did a backup. How can I get back my Angry Birds save data? I thought for sure it was stored on Google's servers since I've done this sort of thing 50 times before and never lost my save games.


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I'm using Tasker and have a step of List Files. I grab that result and stuff it into %files. I then go into a For loop reading %files and under items %files(). However, this is giving me the full path to the files such as /storage/emulated/0/Tasker. All I'd really like is the file name. Is there a step I can do before I enter this loop to truncate the variable results?

Goal would be to just get a list of file names and not the full path.


texts: Latest Motorola update burns more battery on RAZR phone idle?

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I had my Droid Razr tuned pretty well to give me 10-12 hours of use without going below 70-80% of battery life. Since the update to 6.12.181.XT912Verizon.en.US (GB 2.3.6), I'm now down to 40% in the same time period.

Cell standby is the big culprit. It's sucking down huge amounts of battery now. My question is this: Is there anything I can do about this short of rolling back to the previous (flawed) update?


texts: Configure storage of WhatsApp media files

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I want to configure whether WhatsApp stores media in my phone.
I found many links like
this
and
this
which point to
Main Chat Screen -> Three dots -> Settings -> Chats -> Media auto-download,
 or the like.
But I do not have such menu.
I see what is shown in the image below.

What can I do to select WhatsApp media storage?

PS: I am currently dealing with a WhatsApp account setup in Parallel Space. I have no main WhatsApp account setup, and I cannot set it up now to test it. But I doubt this affects the menus available in WhatsApp.


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I have an Android phone and imported all my contacts from Gmail. Most of my old contacts weren't in Gmail, but on the iPhone 3GS.  Now getting the iPhone contacts into Gmail is proving to be a huge pain, there is a ton of information about this on the web but a lot of it must be outdated and none of the methods have worked for me yet.

How can I get contacts of iOS 5 iphone 3GS, and into Gmail so that they can be visible on my new Android phone (Galaxy Nexus)?

I've been trying for 4 hours and it's very frustrating.


texts: Clickable phone number with pauses and bridge/extension in calendar event

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What's the proper way (if any) to format a phone number when entering it as the "Location" of a calendar event under ICS (4.0.4, Samsung Galaxy S3, AT&T) so it can be clicked and auto-entered into the dialer... including pauses and subsequent digits to dial an extension, conference bridge, PIN code, etc?

I tried creating an event with a Location in the form:

1-999-999-9999,,,123456789#

but when the event reminder actually came up and I clicked it, the only thing that ended up in the dialer was 123456789

Does ICS and/or Samsung use a different character for 'pause', do I have to somehow escape it with extra characters (quotes? parentheses? etc), or did Samsung and/or the ICS calendar/dialer team just screw it up (number+pause+moredigits is something that roughly half the calendar-dialer implementations I've seen just can't ever seem to get right for some crazy reason)


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I hope I do not say silly things, or discounted, but I'm a newbie, at least for vpn.

I want use my browser to connect on my corporate intranet via VPN connection, but I'm not able to do it.

Someone can help me?

Some information:
I tried 2 way to confgure OpenVPN:

I've configured OpenVPN via openvpn-settings apps (using pre-created cert files located on /openvpn ). The .ovpn config files sound like

 port yyyy
dev tun
\#dev-node ovpn
proto tcp-client
remote xxx1.xxxx.it yyyy
remote xxx2.xxxx.it yyyy
remote xxx3.xxxx.it jjj
remote xxx4.xxxx.it jjj
ping 30

persist-tun persist-key

tls-client
ca xxx.ca.crt
cert xxx.aaaa.bbbb.crt
key xxx.aaaa.bbbb.key

ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
pull
verb 5

I connect to VPN with no problems, and I can use for example ssh to connect on my corporate Linux server.

I've created a VPN from Menu->Settings-> Wireless & network-> VPN settings -> add VPN-> add VPN OpenVPN and set parameters according with the previous .ovpn config file
I connect also to VPN with no problems, and I can use for example ssh to connect on my corporate linux server.

On both cases I'm not able to browse intranet. So I checked the IP address I go out with, pointing to http://m.showip.net/, and it displayed my provider IP, not the assigned VPN IP!
Is it possible that VPN don't tunnel all traffic? Maybe I need to change the default gateway somehow?

My O.S. is

Android 2.3.7
kernel 2.6.35.14-nFinity
ROM Cyanogenmod 7.1.0.1 stable
Phone HTC Wildfire (Buzz)


texts: Is it possible to copy Android OS from my friend's device and install it on my tablet?

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After encountering a serious problem in my Android tablet, I need to reinstall my android. There is no OS available for my tablet on the the internet. My friend has the same Android tablet.

So I was thinking if it is possible to 'copy' the Android OS from his device and put it on mine. I have a Porto 9" tablet running android 4.2 and is rooted.


texts: ANDROID apps installed on my phone without my permission- i think my flatmate is controlling my phone?

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Can someone you live with install android permissions to your apps on your phone and control your phone. Strange things are happening on my phone and I can't change permissions on apps and other apps are installed and and I never installed them and I can't uninstall them.
It's making me paranoid and I just want proof who installed them- can anyone help?
I have a Samsung s21 ultra and a Google account which sometimes I get logged out of and password changed. I did factory settings but the same thing happened again. I'm really stressed. Wifi and Bluetooth get turned on and data is being used. Once wifi calling was on when I switched my phone on and sim 2 was in use- I don't have a sim 2! Help me please.


texts: How can I restore app data from file folder?

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S6, not rooted.

I used adb backup before factory reset as well as copying all the files afterwards just in case. I am trying to restore my memos as well as data for a game and adb restore did nothing; I used android backup extractor to take a look inside the .tar and didn't see either folder. I tried copying them through file transfer but that didn't do anything. How can I make them readable by the system?


texts: Can I expect samsung mhl adapter to work on my htc?

texts: Mine is HTC One X and I am going to buy a mhl to hdmi adapter in our local store. Can I expect samsung or other random mhl adapters to work on my HTC One X in case Stock adapters are out of stock or too expensive?


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So I want to use bindfs that require the mounted directory to be empty. Then I'm trying to move WhatsApp (Internal storage) contents to external SD card
sdcard="/mnt/media_rw/6DE8-1BC6/"
mv /data/media/0/WhatsApp/* /data/media/0/WhatsApp/.* $sdcard/WhatsApp/

But then mv outputting this
mv: can't remove '/data/media/0/WhatsApp/.Shared': Is a directory
mv: can't remove '/data/media/0/WhatsApp/.StickerThumbs': Is a directory
mv: can't remove '/data/media/0/WhatsApp/.Thumbs': Is a directory
mv: can't remove '/data/media/0/WhatsApp/.trash': Is a directory
mv: can't remove '/data/media/0/WhatsApp/Backups': Is a directory
mv: can't remove '/data/media/0/WhatsApp/Databases': Is a directory
mv: can't remove '/data/media/0/WhatsApp/Media': Is a directory

What is happening here?
Maybe I should use this instead?
cp -r /data/media/0/WhatsApp/* $sdcard/WhatsApp/
cp -r /data/media/0/WhatsApp/.* $sdcard/WhatsApp/
rm -rf /data/media/0/WhatsApp/

I'm running this using init.d


texts: How do I resize the phone's screenshot size without using an image resizer?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, running a pre-rooted stock ROM.

Using the Home + Power combo, I can take a screenshot that is 1080x1920 by default. Is there any setting where I could change this fixed size, without having to use a 3rd-party image app to resize it?


texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy S5. Is there a way to lock the screen but keep YouTube videos playing?

For example, a particular browser app or add-on that would allow for the audio to continue playing while the screen is off.


texts: CM 10.2 with Google Apps version 20130813 won't download from Play Store

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I have a Galaxy S3 I9300 from Telcel, Mexico running CyanogenMod 10.2.0, upgraded from 10.1.3 with the upgrade feature and using TWRP for this purpose. I am unable to download anything from the Play Store, the store loads but the apps won't download. I have flashed the gapps-20130813 package, cleared data and uninstalled updates from Play Store and Google Play Services, and it won't download yet. After googling around, I already cleared data on Google Play, Google Framework and Google Play Services, every single cache with Titanium Backup, cleaned up Dalvik cache, and removed and re-added my Google account. Still no luck.

I also noticed the download notification briefly appearing for a split second when I tap Download on Google Play.

Is there anything I can't do? I don't want to go through the hassle of backing everything up, deleting the entire data partition and restoring everything.


texts: Recover wiped NANdroid backup - is it possible?

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Before wiping after a long time I moved the TWRP folder on my PC. I realized only later that the backup was an older - a lot older - one, because now it seems the backups are hidden in the normal USB Storage mode.
Is it possible to recover the most recent, but wiped, NANDroid backups, or at least part of the data pre-wipe?

Thanks for any answer.


texts: How do I disable full-screen mode in Chrome for Android?

texts:
Some time ago, both Chrome and Chrome Beta started going full-screen. That is, I no longer see my status bar. This is a deal breaker for me, as I can no longer see what time it is or if I have notifications.

I have browsed chrome://flags and didn't see anything related to this.

Is it possible to disable this full-screen mode?

Chrome versions:

Chrome (30.0.1599.92)
Chrome Beta (31.0.1650.32)

My phone:

Galaxy Note 2
Android 4.1.2
Verizon
no custom rom or root


texts: Is it possible to configure the built-in mail or Gmail clients to always display images?


texts: How can I view a TLS 1.2 only website on an outdated tablet?

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I have a tablet from 2011 (Prestigio MultiPad PMP3384B) with Android 2.3 which I use occasionally. I’ve experienced recently that I cannot view some webpages (https://www.nytimes.com/, for example) as they force using HTTPS (even if they provide public information mostly…). Presumably, it’s caused by a TLS version the device does not know.

On the contrary, https://www.google.com loads and http://www.google.com also works well (no redirection).

I checked the TLS version supported by www.nytimes.com (by following the article How to check what SSL/TLS versions are available for a website?):

$ nmap --script ssl-enum-ciphers -p 443 www.nytimes.com | grep TLSv
|   TLSv1.2:

The output for Google is:

$ nmap --script ssl-enum-ciphers -p 443 www.google.com | grep TLSv
|   TLSv1.0:
|   TLSv1.1:
|   TLSv1.2:

What I’ve also tried:

I’ve found the article Working with TLS 1.2 on Android 4.4 and Lower but the solution only supports Android 4.1 and newer.
I’ve checked Connect to an https service using an http-only client but the solutions don’t seem to be applicable on a tablet It could be achieved with a PC in LAN but I’d prefer solutions not requiring other LAN devices.

Is there any way to view TLS 1.2 only websites on such a device?


texts: Switch play store account without accepting ToS?

texts: I accidentally swapped accounts(to Account2) on the play store and now I cannot switch back to the original account(Account1) without accepting the ToS for Account2. Is there any way to switch back to Account1 or is Google forcing me to accept the play store ToS for Account2 in order to get back to Account1?


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I recently installed ICS(Android 4) on my Samsung Galaxy S, and it seems that in the process my superuser app broke. Everything went fine, my phone is working better than ever, but when an app requires superuser permissions, it gets denied and I never get a prompt. Checked the settings, cleared superuser's cache and data, restarted it, tried to put it on automatically allow, nothing works.

How do I fix this?

P.S.
superuser has no problem prompting for itself(when updated it prompts "superuser asked for permissions"), but doesn't work for other apps.


texts: Why do my browser's contents disappear each time I leave the page

texts:
So for example, I am looking at a web page on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and the phone rings.  After I am done with the call, I go back to the browser app.  I even go through the menu view where you see a mini version of the rendered web page.

But when I click on it all I get is an empty page...

Do any of yall have ideas?  Thanks in advance for the help.


texts:
I've recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S6 and I've noticed that in the contacts there is a section with information taken from Linkedin, even though I haven't let the Linkedin app sync its contacts or download contacts.

It doesn't bother me much to have someone's company and position listed there, but with some contacts I get a list of empty boxes, that keeps growing with time (I guess it has to do with those people's privacy setting in Linkedin):

So, is there any way to remove this info, other than uninstalling the Linkedin app?


texts:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

So basically i'm trying to find any info what SD cards does Lenovo yoga 3 supports.
Would it support SAMSUNG 32GB MICRO SDHC EVO PLUS CLASS 10

Thanks


texts: Problems to get keycodes from fitness bike Android console

texts:
I've been working on an Android powered fitness bike for a while now, to basically pull the workout information generated by the bike in realtime, to use it with other applications running in a remote PC.

The problem I'm facing now, is that I need to trigger specific key stokes in the Android system programatically, but I'm having trouble reading the Key Codes of some hard buttons of the console in the first place, as they apparently don´t leave any trace in the Android OS.

So far, I tried with Android KeyEvent Display App to see if there was any trace of a keycode after pressing these buttons. The results were negative.

NOTE: The weird thing is that there are a "Menu" and "Back" hard buttons implemented in the bike console that actually leave a trace (Code 82 + ScanCode 229 for NAV_BACK, and Code 4 + ScanCode 158 for NAV_MENU)...so, for some reason the "other" special buttons are treated differently by the OS (BTW, these buttons are used to increase the resistance of the bike while riding).
...as if they would only work when the main workout application is running...the same thing happens with volume buttons, which is even more strange, as they are standard implementation in almost every Android phone.

Good news is that the fitness app included in the console, has a maintenance function that tells you the actual KeyCodes (that's how they are called) of the console when you press them, but in that application, all the console keys produce a different output than in the Android KeyEvent app. For example:

NAV_BACK = 101
NAV_MENU = 100
INCREASE_POWER = 6
DECREASE_POWER = 5

...and also none of those codes seem to work or do anything visible, when used with input and/or sendevent commands.

So, in summary:

a) I was wondering if there was another "lower level" or alternative way to intercept these key strokes that I might be missing...I already tried to "tail" the Serial 0 and Serial 1 ports, but once again, they only showed activity when the Menu and Back buttons were hit (and the codes are the same as the ones I see with the Android KeyEvent app).

b) and...is it possible that half of the keyboard is connected via serial and the other half is not? How are those other keys connected then?

Thanks a lot in advance.
Dan.


texts: shoutcast not working in android 2.2 - not even in latest winamp

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I have spent for 30 hours searching for a solution,  however, I need help.  I want to provide live stream on an android phone with a user having to download an app.

I have used shoutcast but that does not help and when i go to m.mysite.com and click play from android browser it gives unsupported format.

however, this site:  http://stream.radiojavan.com/radiojavan if I go to it, and then from android browser it plays the stream.

Any help will be a great help.


texts: How to modify /system/priv-app in Android 10?

texts:
I use ES File Explorer to modify /system/priv-app in the past with root permission given via magisk.

After upgrading to Android 10, ES File Explorer can no longer modify the /system/priv-app giving me an error message saying "operation failed."

What alternatives do I have if I like to modify /system/priv-app?

The output of running set -x; exec >>/sdcard/mount.log 2>&1; id; mount -o rw,remount /system; mount | grep 'on /system '; touch /system/test_file; cat /sys/block/dm-*/dm/name:

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) context=u:r:magisk:s0
mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts
touch: '/system/test_file': Read-only file system
vendor-verity

It turns out:

  On some system-as-root (SAR) devices you can no longer mount the system partition as read-write and doing systemless modifications through Magisk is the only way. If you do want to do actual edits of the system, and if it is even possible (from Android 10 it's actually impossible on some devices), you need to mount the root directory, /, as rw and not /system. You can also try editing the partition mirrors that Magisk keeps in /sbin/.magisk/mirror.

So all I needed to do is to:

mount -o rw,remount /


texts: Should Factory Reset return the phone to the original version Android installed on it?

texts:
I tried factory resetting a Samsung Galaxy S6.  To my surprise, it left Android 7.0 on it, and didn't reset it to Android 5, which is what was originally installed from the factory.

Is this normal?  Is there a way to make factory reset force the phone to return to the original factory ROM?

UPDATE

For those curious as to why I would want to return to the original factory ROM, it's because when I take photos (even after a Factory Reset), I sometimes get a "Server Error".  I'm thinking that perhaps a bad ROM update is causing this issue, as I've already had the camera replaced by Samsung.

So I was interested in returning to the original factory ROM, and then upgrading it again to the latest version.


texts: How to take Motorola Photon 4g out of the grave?

texts:
Recently I ordered Motorola 4g from US.... It was with stock Sprint Sunfire OS.

OS       : Sunfire-2.3.5
Baseband : 4.5.1A (I am not sure about this whether its baseband or revision)
Build    : 1_SUN-254_4

NOW ITS DEAD.... running in RSD Mode

So what I did, I was trying to install custom rom on that. Steps I had taken

Rooted phone via installing SuperUser and various rooting methods like ClickOnce, Photon -Torpedo but no one seems successful , while executing I got errors everytime. But after day or two I came to know about that my phone is rooted. As I was getting SuperUser popups on root operations. Then I installed CWM and tried to install the ROM from there but everytime I got stucked at Yellow Triangular icon (recovery mode).
Repeated step on rooting process and unlocking the bootloader by applying pudding.rar and fastboot commands and every time i got the error and Starting RSD Screens, but anyhow my phone recovers itself to its original boot state afetr pulling out battery and manually restrating.
Finally one day I use some other Recovery Tool , i am unable to recall the name. It installed and rebooted successfully in the recovery mode. I then wipe the dalvik cache, wipe factory reset and then tried to installl the custom rom that MIUI 2.68 i think . I was happy to see some designer screens on my phone and then it said rom installed successfully.
I then reboot my phone and found it in the Failed To Start2 , Starting RSD mode

I tried various way to restore...

Installing pudding.rar using RSD lite but everytime I got sec_exception : sec_exception : b655, eddc,eb
I then tried reinstalling SBF : 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf and sunfire-2.3.5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_4 but while enumerating phone
I got error  sec_exception febe 4e 4e

I have also tried nopudding4u.sbf but the same result.

Please,, help me and my phone out .. as its going to be more than a week... i feel handicaaped...

Please guide me through the step by step  , which file and when and please do provide the links of the files to download.

**Update OTA with 2.3.5 before murdering.....**


texts: How do I disable the Market App Fast Web Install feature in my android phone settings?

texts:
I do not quite like the Fast Web Install idea of Market app.

I use AppBrain for my app installs and it lets me manually select if-and-when I would like to install or update an app selected from my AppBrain account to my phone.

That is (I noticed) not the case with the Market app. So, if I (or someone gaining access to my google account) were to select an install from Market, it would just get installed on my phone shortly -- no questions asked.

Similarly, I prefer to install apps when the phone has a Pass-Through or WiFi data connection. But, this auto-triggered install can happen any time -- I don't like that either.

I could not find any settings in my Market app that will make it ask before it downloads and installs an app. I would like to control this at the phone (rather than from my Market account login).


texts: How can I arrange the applications on each page of my app drawer?

texts:
I have recently bought a Samsung ACE S5830 smartphone and downloaded several applications like astrology, live wallpapers, games, and some daily usage applications.

When I open my application drawer, I see all these applications mixed up and are spread across 5 pages. This is very confusing and makes it cumbersome to find an application I want to use.

How can I arrange the applications on each page? For example, I want astrology related applications on page 1 of the applications page, games on page 2 and the default applications (like Internet, calculator, clock, etc) on page 3.

Is this possible? I have tried folder organizers and app organizers from the Android market but none of them meets my requirement.


texts: No "Use system certificates" when trying to connect to WiFi

texts:
I am having a problem connecting to my university Eduroam WiFi.

If I understand correctly, in CA certificate I am supposed to select CA certificate if it is there or Use system certificate and input my university domain.

But, I only have: Select certificate or Don't validate. And if I click Select certificate, nothing is changing, there is not a Domain field appearing like I think it should (and where I could the domain name) (see screenshot).

Can you help?


texts: Will changing password of a Google account revoke access to it on a lost device?

texts:
I had a Samsung Galaxy Star Pro Duos with my Google account logged in to the apps (Google+, Gmail...). Now it is lost. I can remotely remove all my accounts from the web browser, but I do not know how to remove it from the device without having it turned on and sync enabled, as sync was disabled and it is currently switched off .

I was thinking if I change my password, my account on that phone would stop syncing and request for the password to be re-entered. Once someone turns it on, and tries to sync, the account must stop.

Will this plan work?


texts:
So basically I haven't been able to verify my whatsapp number.
I reinstalled the app, I vwrified my number, I tried everything. I contacted support and all, they didnt help me at all and now they arent replying to me
Nothing is working! And viber wont activate either so I believe it's a problem on my side.
Please help me.
Thanks!
Galaxy S5


texts:
I have found that TLS1.1 and TLS1.2 is supported from API level 16 and on by default from API level 20. This corresponds to Android 4.1 (supported) and Android 4.4W (wearable) or Android 5.0 (on by default)

From a server perspective this means that you will only support clients using 4.4W or higher, since you can't rely clients to turn on TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 support.

Now the real question comes:

Do you even need to care about the Android version?

Hu, what do you mean? Well, should you look at the version of Android OR at the version of the browser being used. For example, Chrome on a desktop has OpenSSL libraries compiled into it (if I'm not mistaking). So couldn't a new version of Chrome on an old version of Android, support TLS1.1 and TLS1.2?

The same story goes for other browsers. I know this is an Android StackExchange, but does anyone know what the deal is on iOS? Will the browser use the system libraries for SSL or will it use it's own? Do I need to look at the browser or the OS for TLS support?

Kind regards,

Roel


texts: How can I replace stock download manager that Google Play uses?

texts:
Yesterday I upgraded my rooted LG Optimus One (P500) running v20g 2.3.3 to CM10 (unofficial) 4.1.1 through this post.

Since the new ROM is unofficial and is in alpha/beta stage there are few known problems. I am able to live up with those problems just to enjoy the new Jelly Bean.  However one undocumented problem about download manager was discovered yesterday, which proved to me nasty.

When I attempt to install any app from Google Play Store, a progress bar appears saying "Downloading..." and the numerical progress indicator 'x/y Kb done' does not come up. At first I thought it should be problem with my WiFi, but other application seems to access Internet correctly.  In concurrence to this behavior, the LEDs in my WiFi modem does not blink, which it usually does when there is a WiFi activity.  Even small apps in the order of 150 Kb takes long time and eventually ends with error.  However, I accidentally noticed that a combination of simultaneous downloads of more than one app, cancelling and starting again etc, made FEW of the downloads to actually progress while other still linger.  So, it is clear that the download manager that Google Play Store relies on is trouble some in my case.

My question is how can I replace that download manager? Installing other download manager does not help as Google Play still uses the troublesome native one only.

Any ideas on how I can use some other download manager for Google Play or to mend the troublesome one?

BTW, I had tried: Turbo Download Manager, Download Manager for Android. They do not detect the download when i press "install" button in Google Play Store for an app. Trying other download manager is still a big pain as I have to download APK from other sites and transfer to my SD card to install.


texts: USB connection mode options no longer showing in notifications drawer

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My phone is plugged into my computer via USB - it is charging, but I do not see any options to change the USB connection mode in the notifications drawer. I have seen and used these options in the past, but it is not showing now for some reason. They looked similar to this - https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/usb2.png.

For context, I had the phone in 'USB Debugging' mode earlier on, but I've since turned it off - adb devices was not listing my phone anyway, although that also has worked in the past.

I am running Android 8.1 on a Nexus 5X.


texts: How do I fix pwd (print working directory) on Cyanogenmod 7?

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I want to use WinSCP to transfer data to my phone over wireless. I've enabled dropbear on my phone.  WinSCP connects, but crashes after trying pwd.  Logging in with PuTTy, I can see that pwd is returning a blank line:

/data/dropbear # pwd

/data/dropbear # which pwd
/system/xbin/pwd
/data/dropbear # busybox pwd
/data/dropbear
/data/dropbear # ls -l /system/xbin/pwd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             7 Apr  1 23:30 pwd -> busybox

Coming from an OpenWrt background, that dropbear setup seems normal to me.  Why is this shell printing blank lines?  My device is a Motorola Droid running Cyanogenmod 7 RC4.


texts: Is there a way (app, configuration, etc) that will allow me to accept e-mail calendar requests sent to a POP3 account?  The request could be iCal or could originate from Exchange or Outlook.  Once accepted, I would like them to be added to my calendar.


texts: How to turn off the sound for the "Wi-Fi has no internet access" notification on Android 7.0?

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I currently have an unstable internet connection at home, therefore the router keeps on reconnecting. I am currently trying to fix this.

However, the most annoying thing about this situation is that my phone (Moto G5 Plus, Android 7.0) keeps on spamming the "Wi-Fi has no internet access" notification, including a notification sound and a vibration.

This is especially annoying if this happens at night. I know, that I can turn off all notifications, but I want to stay available for some important ones.

So how do I turn off the sound/vibration for this kind of system notification?


texts: Can I remotely control an Android device using TeamViewer?

texts: I have installed TeamViewer on my PC and mobile. I can operate/remotely control my PC on my mobile, but can I do the opposite and operate/remotely control my Android device from my PC?


texts: Unable to connect to network after factory reset

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Today I did a factory reset on my phone (Galaxy y GT-S5360T) to attempt to free up some space (it worked, thankfully) and now I can't seem to connect to any wifi network. I am currently running the stock ROM which is Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread and I am also rooted.

I also noticed after the reset the Google Play store had been replaced by the Android Market. I don't have anything against the Android Market, but I do prefer Google Play.

Does anyone know how to fix these problems?
Thanks in advance

Edit: When my phone tries to connect to a wifi network, the status reports that it is 'Obtaining IP Address" and it just ends there. Nothing else happens. I have heard in more than one place that I can create a static IP address and that will fix the problem but I have no idea how I can do this. It would be much appreciated if someone could point me towards a tutorial on how to do this, as I have no idea. I have also tried a factory reset again again and this still did not fix the problem.


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How can I tell my number of uploads in Google Play Books?
I have a bunch of books in my Google books.  It seems like I cannot add any more unless I delete some.  I found out that the limit is 1000 but I cannot figure out how to find how many I have already uploaded on to Google Books.


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Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) with Android 4.1.1 (unrooted).

I seem to be having unusually frequent reboots of my phone; sometimes multiple times in a day. Certainly much more frequent than with Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.4).

Additionally, my battery life seems to be lower since the upgrade from 4.0.4. (It might be my imagination, but it might be running hotter than I remember, too.)

I've been looking for some common denominator but I'm baffled.

What can I do to try to find out what is causing these crashes?

(No suggestions that require rooting, please.)


texts: Getting BT Notifier application to link U8 Smart Watch with No Carrier Nexus 7

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I have a Google Nexus 7, no SIM card, tablet. I recently acquired a U8 Smart Watch. The app that the watch recommends to download to link the two devices, "BT Notifier", apparently no longer exists. The replacement app, as found here, is marked as incompatible with my tablet, with some poking around online suggesting that they've labeled it as only able to be used with Android phones.

How do I get this application to work? Since I don't do phone calls, I have no real need for things like viewing call logs on my phone, but it would be nice to be able to use my watch to change things on my tablet, such as the currently playing song, when jogging (as otherwise, I'd have to pull my backpack around, unearth the tablet, etc).

I am working on a rooted Nexus 7 with OS of 5.1.1.


texts: In superuser app what does force user do and what are there meanings

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy tab Pro 10.1

I have rooted my device and I have general knowledge  but I am not an expert on tablet settings and controls so I would like to ask the following question's.

In the Superuser Pro App, what is "Force user" and the following actions mean.-  :  Nobody, Net_BT, Net_Raw, Net_BT_Admin, Inet, Root, Radio, cache, shell, Media, Install, ADB, Compass, Graphics, Camera, Mount.

What are they used for, or does it depend on what app the superuser is granting access to? Some of the abbreviations I know, like Install means Install an app, or Camera means use camera, but the rest I don't know there meaning and what they do,or when they should be enabled in " Force User "

Could anyone please explain what the meanings are and when you should use these actions in "Force user"?


texts: How to root Android Jelly Bean from terminal inside Android

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I have installed the Android Terminal Emulator inside Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2).
The device being used is http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/mini-pcs/rk3188-android-mini-pc.
This device has problems connecting over adb to my computer. Am also unable to enter the recovery mode/download mode on this device. Hence I cannot use any of the standard tools for rooting my device.
However, I have been able to install the Android Terminal Emulator app inside Android Jelly Bean. Is it possible to root my device from the Android Terminal Emulator. Please guide me.

Is it possible to root a device via some custom system update file put in an SD? Even this could work out for me.


texts: No more badge notifications on Google Pixel?

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I just replaced my Verizon Galaxy S4 (Android 5) with a Pixel from the Google Store. On my old phone, Snapchat and Facebook, for example, had badge notifications on their home screen icons.

My Pixel doesn't have that though, it appears that no apps have badge notifications anymore and so if I clear out my notifications from the pull down bar I have to open each app to see if they have new items.

Is there a way to change this? I'm aware gmail never supported badge notifications with the default launcher, but what about the other apps? What happened?

Facebook's options just list vibrate, LED (which LED? On the back?), or sound. Snapchat has similar options.

Or is this just a Android 7 change?


texts: Help to understand working of powerbutton and volume rockers

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I want to understand the workings of power button and volume rockers in Android devices, which are associated with the kernel driver of these keys.

What happens in the kernel driver and boot loader when I press a physical key on a device?


texts: link 2sd working but apps not move to sd card

texts: I created second partition on sd card. But when I mood apps to sd it's showing insufficient storage available on sd card. But my sd card total blank


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Sometimes my motorola milestone camera goes crazy and starts out to take photos half dark.

I noticed that it only happens when flash is on. Also, I've seem this happening when the battery is low (~20%), or the system is slow.

As an example, this is a photo I took minutes ago: http://twitpic.com/2q65bs


texts: My google play store is not working. Every time I go to download an app, it says no connectivity. I was told that I would have to reset my phone, but I'm scared that it will delete everything. I can't download backup apps because I can't even get on google play. I'm really sad and frustrated because I don't know what to do. Please help! Thanks. (:


texts: What are the differences between ClockworkMod and Team Win Recovery for the Nexus 7?

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My Nexus 7 is running on 4.2.1 and has the latest build version. According to the Nexus 7 Root Toolkit, it is giving me an option to flash one of the following recovery menus:

CWM Touch
TWRP Touch

What is the difference between them? How can I determine which would be most suitable for me?


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I'm choosing a new phone, been using my Lumia for ages, so I'm a bit off about the whole thing. What I've discovered so far is that android devices are mostly much superior to their iOS counterparts in terms of hardware and extensibility, however the system of permissions seems to be insane.

Permissions are grouped by the android itself in a way that mixes read access with write access and combines different scopes. At the same it it does not provide a way to select/deselect individual permissions in a group - you either go "all-in" or "leave".

E.g. Skype asks for so many permissions, it effectively would be able to read my contact list, content of sd card, call history, get list of other running applications and more. While Microsoft claims that they do not gather this kind of info, I don't have any means to check it.

This seems insane to me, because linux itself provides a granular level configuration of permissions.

As I've read, in the latest Android aka Marshmallow permissions are being asked for during run-time, only when first needed, also they can be revoked by the user at any moment.

But are these permissions still the same badly configured broad groups? If I tap "Allow" will the permission be saved, can allow "only for this time" - until the app is closed? Can I constrain the list of permissions available when the app runs in background?

Probably there are other possibilities/apps to control privacy settings in android?


texts: Android large empty storage marked as full (new phone)

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So I purchased this brand new X27 Plus with 64Gb storage, the phone shows 63Gb of free space when checking but I keep getting "your storage is full" errors.

When I plug it as MTP on my computer it actually shows the 64Gb disk as used space while it's empty. When I plug it as USB storage, it divides it as a full 1.25Go G: disk and an unreachable H: disk. I tried to access it with "DIR/A h:-s" and get "the device is not ready".

Any ideas of what's going on and how to get this working ?


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This phone seriously hates roms and alterations. It seems like everything I do screws something up. So I eventually got a custom rom installed and working perfectly. Then I backed up my phone with TWRP and tried to install Jishnu's camera mod apk. Well, my phone is now stuck in a bootloop. It shows "LG" then "Google" Then the kitkat four circles boot animation forever. I can't get to TWRP with power+down but I can get to download mode.

I just tried the hard reset thing where you hold the power button until the notification light blinks and then let go and quickly hold volume down. I did this 5 times, still no luck. I really need help with this.

I just followed the boot-loop tag-wiki and none of it worked. I'm not able to get into safe mode or my bootloader. It just keeps booting no matter what button combo I do. Except, I can get into download mode, but I don't know how to fix it with that. I have the Canadian LG G2 D803.

How can I fix this? Please help!


texts: Sync two gmail accounts, but only one account's contacts

texts: I have a brand-new Moto X (2014) running Lollipop.  I have two gmail accounts, me@gmail and work@gmail.  While I would like to be able to check both accounts for new messages on my phone, I only want my me@gmail contacts to sync to my phone; not the work@gmail contacts, as some are sensitive and my employer would take issue with them being available on my personal phone.  Short of manually deleting those contacts one by one (and there are several hundred), is there another solution?  Thank you so much!


texts: This looks like a Samsung theme but i'm not sure and like the look of it. What app or theme is this pop up notification from?


texts: Block calls by area code but whitelist contacts

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I've noticed a huge uptick in robo-calls using the same area code as my phone number. I no longer live in that area of the country, so I know that calls from this area code (that aren't in my contact list) are spam.

I've tried a few of the most popular call blocking apps, but have failed to find any that both let me block by area code and also let me whitelist the numbers in my contact list (so the people I know aren't blocked).

A user has asked a similar question here, but given the comment discussion below the answer, it seems that it no longer works.


texts: I have both 159 contacts and no contacts, according to different screens of the 'People' app on my new phone

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This is insanely weird.  If anyone can shed light on it, please help.

I'm migrating from CM11 on a Samsung to CM11 on a Sony Xperia (both unlocked+rooted, and without GApps installed). I've done this with Titanium Backup 6 maybe a hundred times, and also used my phones without Gapps since the start, both have been 100% straightforward so far.

This time I backed up contacts on the Samsung with Titanium and restored to the Sony, but the "People" app promptly said I have no contacts. I couldn't get it to show any of the contacts restored by Titanium. Never had that before. It let me create a contact but Titanium's restore failed.

I tried instead using "backup contacts" and restoring, with a .vcf file. That worked and showed 159 contacts imported, but when I use the 3-dots menu to "delete contacts" it insists there are no contacts. Press back key and it lists 159 contacts. Press delete option and it tells me I have no contacts.....

How can the same (standard) 'People' app tell me on one screen I have 159 contacts then when I try to delete them, tell me I don't have any contacts? I haven't done anything beyond importing contacts!


texts: Internet access from my Samsung G II through my office PC network via USB?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to set up reverse tethering over USB?

How do I connect and have internet access from my Samsung G II through my office PC network via USB?


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I recently received an HTC Desire as a gift with no SD card. It was updated to Froyo. I'd like to update it further to Gingerbread, however I cannot get any version of HTC Sync to recognize my phone.

I've tried several versions
I've disabled firewall and antivirus
I've run HTC Sync in compatibility mode and as administrator
I've rebooted both phone and PC
I'm sure I've tried other things that I forgot to list.

The standard answer to this seems to be 'install the HTC Sync version that is on your SD card', but I don't have the original card. I have been unable to find out which version of HTC Sync that was originally included.

Does anyone know which version of HTC Sync I need for my HTC Desire to connect?


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I have a Lenovo K30-W, and I installed a ROM designed for Lenovo A6000, which is virtually identical except for the smaller internal storage (16GB vs 8GB). I am happy with the ROM, but my partitions were resized, so now I have 8GB of unused space on internal storage. I am currently on Cyanogenmod 12.1 (Lollipop). As I understand, internal sdcard is no longer a separate partition, but merely a folder in data partition. Is there a way to increase data partition, without reinstalling (or alternatively, with reinstalling)?

I've seen similar questions, but the answers are mostly "don't do it, you'll screw things up". However, in this case I am sure I have unused space on the phone storage.


texts: Will the rooting method I previously used with my Nvidia Shield Tablet work with the new update?

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I'll soon be getting a replacement for my Shield Tablet due to the recall.

I used a rooting method that used ADB and Fastboot to unlock the bootloader, flash CWM, then flash SuperSU and root.

It worked with Android 5.0.1, shield update 2.2, but the new tablet will most likely be on update 3.1, Android 5.1.

So I ask - will the rooting method and all of the files linked to in the guide (which I will link to down below) work with the new setup?

Guide I used: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-root-nvidia-shield-tablet-android-5-0-lollipop-install-cwm-recovery-1481041


texts: “Unauthorized actions have been detected. Restart your phone to undo any unauthorized changes.” notification on Samsung device

texts:
I have a new Samsung Galaxy A3 that keeps on giving me a security notice saying

  Unauthorized actions have been detected. Restart your phone to undo any unauthorized changes.

How do I stop receiving these notices?


texts: My WiFi status icon on 4.1 is grey, even when the connection is working fine. Why?

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I just switched from AOKP to the latest CyanogenMod M-build, and I'm noticing that my WiFi and 3G/H+ icons never switch to blue. This is a bit annoying as usually the grey WiFi icon is an indication that the WiFi I'm connected to isn't actually letting me out onto the Internet, but now they seem to stay grey all the time.

Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this issue? Is it a known bug? What does the grey icon really mean? I've tried looking around the sync settings as there are some indications this might have something to do with the device not being able to contact the Google servers to sync, but sync is working fine and I'm having no real problems except the fact that it's annoying that the icon is indicating what I've previously interpreted as a problem.

edit It seems that there is an actual problem aside from the cosmetic one: in Google Talk I am completely offline, I get my contact list but it's greyed out. I also don't get notifications from the Gmail app when new mail arrives.

edit2 This was solved by simply removing CM10 and going back to AOKP. I did a full wipe before every install, either this is a bug in CM10 or it's an issue caused by my Titanium backups. Not sure, but the backups worked fine with AOKP.


texts: Pattern unlock not working after OS upgrade to android 6.0.1 Sansung J7

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I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy J7 device from system update menu. It was working fine after the upgrade but it is not accepting my pattern after the restart. I don't remember the PIN also.

I have tried following things to unlock the device :

I have tried logging on to Android Device Manager, but there is nothing like resetting password there in the options. It just allows you to display some message on the device.
I have tried unlock through Samsung website but looks like this is something I should have setup before the device was locked up.
I have tried pushing Aroma File Manager zip file through adb sideload and also through SD Card but through both ways it is giving same error :
E:footer is wrong E:Signature verification failed

To disable Signature verification I tried pushing CWM custom recovery but I am not able to sideload that also as I get the same error.

The recovery is only giving me option to connect to adb sideload. So, I can't delete files through adb shell.

Please tell what other methods I can try.


texts: Is there any way to stop Android from changing "I want $5.00" into "I want$ 5.00"?

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I don't even know why it does this, tbh, since pretty much everyone writes $xx.xx and not anything else, such as xx.xxUS$ or anything like that.

Note: Turning off Auto-Punctuate does not fix this problem, so this is my hail mary attempt to get rid of this "feature."  :P

(Edit: My phone is a Motorola Droid 2 Global.  The problem exists no matter if the physical or on-screen keyboard is used.)


texts: Can I create a wifi network on my WiFi-only Nexus 7?

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I have a Nexus 7 on which I'd like to create a wifi network, so that I can have my laptop connect to it. The goal is to transfer files back and forth (I have a server running on the Nexus 7).

I'm not talking about tethering — the Nexus 7 is wifi-only. I'm aware that what I'm asking for will mean that neither device will have an Internet connection.

The device is not rooted, and I'm not willing to root it. I'm looking for something that be installed from the Play Store without rooting. Thanks.

I know that I can do things the other way around (create a wifi network on my laptop and have my Nexus connect to it) but let's exclude that for the purpose of this question.


texts: Unable to install Express (of Node.js) in Android Termux using sdcard0 as directory

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I'm unable to install Express in Android Termux. I have the latest Node.js installed.
It is working perfectly when I use Private storage, but I'm using cd /storage/sdcard0/NodeJS/Test/ and getting a permission denied error. I saw the word symlink repeatedly in the terminal's error message.
Here's what I saw after commanding npm install express --save:
$ npm install express --save
npm WARN test-lab@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN test-lab@1.0.0 No repository field.

npm ERR! path ../mime/cli.js
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../mime/cli.js' -> '/storage/sdcard0/NodeJS/Test/3/node_modules/.bin/mime'
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../mime/cli.js' -> '/storage/sdcard0/NodeJS/Test/3/node_modules/.bin/mime'
npm ERR!   cause:
npm ERR!    { Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../mime/cli.js' -> '/storage/sdcard0/NodeJS/Test/3/node_modules/.bin/mime'
npm ERR!      errno: -13,
npm ERR!      code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!      syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!      path: '../mime/cli.js',
npm ERR!      dest: '/storage/sdcard0/NodeJS/Test/3/node_modules/.bin/mime' },
npm ERR!   stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink \'../mime/cli.js\' -> \'/storage/sdcard0/NodeJS/Test/3/node_modules/.bin/mime\'',
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!   path: '../mime/cli.js',
npm ERR!   dest: '/storage/sdcard0/NodeJS/Test/3/node_modules/.bin/mime',
npm ERR!   parent: 'test-lab' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.npm/_logs/2018-05-29T13_09_20_748Z-debug.log

Is it really possible to install Express while current storage is something like /storage/sdcard0/...?


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I want to change a few particular icons without giving up the look of the EMUI.

I tried IconChanger, but it leaves a water mark on the new icon. I also tried NovaLauncher; however, it doesn't support font customization and I'm not a fan of the elongated font it uses.

Is there a way to change the icon files manually? Is there a launcher that will enable icon changes without changing other aspects of the GUI? Just to be clear I'm not looking for an icon pack. I want to make use of a few specific icons that I've created.


texts: Is it possible to have a phone alarm go off if it moves a set distance away from a NFC tag?

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I have a bad habit of leaving my phone around. I want my phone to alert me if it gets to far away from me.

If this is possible how can I set this up?


texts: 'Authorization Failed' toast message at startup

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Every time I reboot my HTC One M8 Google Play Edition running 6.0 Marshmallow, there is a toast message that reads 'Authorization Failed' with no other information on what actually failed.

Any idea what is causing this so I can fix it?


texts: Contact sorting in ICS? (Galaxy S alpha version)

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I can't seem to find the sorting options in the contact list. Currently, the contacts are sorted by first name and displayed as "firstname lastname". I'd like to change it to be sorted by last name and displayed as "lastname, firstname", but the option seems to be missing.

Is this really the case in ICS or just the teamhacksung's alpha version?


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Is it possible for libraries to share memory like the shared memory in linux?
(The shared memory feature adopted in System V and later adopted to linux)

Eg: When two apps are working simultaneously and both uses the OkHttp library, is the library loaded into memory twice?


texts: I just had one of my android phones stolen, thankfully it was just a backup burner phone, but I still used my google account on it. I though I should be able to either find or wipe it from google's "Find My device" android.com/find , however it does not let me change the device like I can if I'm on the web google play store. It only shows my main device. Is there any way to get this to switch to my other device?


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I have an Xperia Z5, running 7.1.1.

When I browse the web using Firefox, I keep getting requests from Firefox to record audio and take photos/videos. Both requests always happen together, in that order. I can't think of any reason why it would need to, but it does seem to happen only when I'm on pages with a lot of ads. I deny it every time, of course, but I don't tell it not to ask again, because I want to know when a request comes through.

So, my question is, is this normal? Could ads get Firefox to record video and audio, and if so, why would they? Or, could this instead be evidence of malware/a compromised device?


texts: How to stop shuffle playing audiobooks and other non-music?

texts: .nomedia hides it from the player, but I still want to be able to play it. Just not with the rest of my music.


texts: Find a list of all apps that launch at boot time

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I am using Android 5.1.1 (EDIT: 6.0.1 now) in a Samsung J7.
I want to get a list of apps that launch at boot time1.

What are the alternative clear ways of identifying such list? (preferably native from Android)

I could not find anything native. I did find other options/posts, but I am not sure how certain were the posters about the methods, with contradicting info, so I explicitly ask:

This answer gives Android Assistant as an option.
I installed it, and checked Monitoring -> Startup Manager
It shows two tabs (User, System) with lists of apps2.
The two lists total 41+83=124 apps.
AirDroid, AlarmReceiver (I could not identify this app) and Maps.Me are in the first list, e.g.
There is no mention to any permission.
This would do the job.
This answer suggests checking the list of apps that have RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission, among the list of 138 permissions.
This would list apps that are able to launch at startup (although not necessarily doing so?).
Permission Explorer shows 151 apps with this permission.
aSpotCat shows 68 apps with this permission.
App Permission Watcher shows 48 apps that can “run at startup” without specifically quoting the name of the permission; for instance, this does not list Skype, which shows up in the other two. This might be checking User apps, but then 48<>41, and AirDroid or Maps.Me are not in here.
Permission Friendly Apps also shows 48 apps that can run at startup3; it does not list Skype.

So at this point, I do not know which is a sure way, and what is each app checking...

1 At this point, I do not mean to modify the startup list, but only check it.

2 Moreover, there is a checkbox for each app to Select ítems to kill on startup.

3 I did not check if these are all the same as App Permission Watcher.


texts: I use a nifty little app called Easytether to tether my Andorid to my Macbook Pro so I can use my Macbook's browser, and get full websites.  Will the Gingerbread upgrade affect the operation of this app?


texts: How do I know I'm entering my password in the real decryption prompt?

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I have a Nexus 4 phone with full-device encryption. As I took it out of my pocket, it was displaying the "Type password to decrypt storage" screen. Presumably it had crashed in some way and rebooted, but how would I know this is the real decryption prompt and not some login spoofing malware app?

I powered off the phone and restarted, and curiously, it prompted me for my SIM card PIN first, only then for the decryption password. In any case, the power-off sequence clearly involves software (a long press of the power button invokes a touchscreen menu with only the power off option available).

This is Android 4.4.2, unrooted (as far as I know).


texts: How can I change MTP to PTP with a broken screen?

texts: I have little to no access to my phone's screen. It is a Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime and I want to transfer my files on a computer but it wont show up my files. HOwever, I'm sure its because the usb settings are at MTP. I've heard of Smart Dock and something called an OP, what are those things? I've also heard of debugging, but not sure I understand it well enough to try to use it. So could I use any of these ways and how do they work?


texts: How can I trigger an action on one Android device with another Android device?

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I recently got a new device and my old device will now be used as a music player with my bluetooth speaker. However, I wanna save battery by not having the old device's bluetooth on the whole time. What's the best way I can trigger an action to turn off bluetooth in my old device using my new device (ie. as I'm heading out)?

I'm guessing there's a way to use Tasker to detect my new phone's location and then toggle bluetooth on the old device accordingly but is there another way that would be less resource intensive? I'm thinking maybe NFC? Like as I walk out of my room I tap my new device to my old device and it turns off the bluetooth and when I get back home the same action reactivates the bluetooth.

Thanks


texts: unable to launch Google calendar ics file attachment

texts: I received an gmail from my sons baseball coach with a Google calendar ics   attachment file for the seasons schedule. When I click on the attachment in the email while on my Alcatel onetouch FierceXL it says unable to launch event.  Then when I went to gmail on my huawei union,opened the email, & clicked on the attachment it downloaded and worked. My alcatel onetouch FierceXL is my main phone I don't understand why it won't work on it? I'm not very electronically minded and am lost when it comes to trying to navigate phones & computers or understand what the meaning of things are. Is there something I need to do to  be able to open the attachment and work on my alcatel?


texts: Es File Explorer Pro Troubles accessing a smb share on ubuntu

texts: With a Windows machine I can connect with ip user and password to some Linux shares. With es file Explorer Pro I get strange "server not found" messages. This is what I do: open es file Explorer Pro. Search the lan.(the machine is listed) Access the machine (I notice it's getting all the shares listed) entering a folder gives a permission error. So I add the folder to es file Explorer server bookmarks and try to Access it again, but I get a "server not found error". Then I edit the bookmark: (and notice it's logging as anonymous user) so I set domain with the machine name, server adding smb://ip/share/ to the address , user and password. And still I get "server not found". All the other machines some linux and some Windows are accessing Just fine. Except the android devices with es file Explorer Pro. What am I missing?


texts: Get computer to mount Android phone at root directory

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I have noticed that whenever I plug my phone into a computer through USB, it gets mounted at /storage/emulated/0. Is there a way I can get it to mount at /? I am running Resurrection Remix (7.1.1) with root.

Thanks


texts: Is there a way to get currect geographical coordinates using android gps while being offline (e.g. lost in the mountains) without additional applications?


texts: Disable homescreen auto rotation on rooted stock Xperia Z2?

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My rooted Xperia Z2 has the latest stock firmware(23.4.A.1.232) and the Xposed framework. I don't know how or where, but now the homescreen also rotates when tilting the phone and I've not found any setting to change it. I have tried Xblast tools from the Xposed repository, it has an option to change home screen rotation, but that doesn't work either.

Can this be fixed?


texts: What are the required .aar files for aarddict?

texts: I checked their wikipedia english dump which is about 14GB and opening it with utorrent I saw there are 4 or 5 seperate files. Do I have to download them all to aarddict to be functional or can I download just the 2GB file alone? (or one from the bunch?)


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Possible Duplicate:
  When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?

i have Samsung galaxy s2 with android 2.3.6 and when i try update it with Kies to 4.0 (ice cream sandwhich) it shows that I9100XXKL1/I9100OXAKL1/I9100XXKL1/I9100XXKL1 (KOR) can't be updated.

This is old phone, broken android or i should wait for update?


texts: Is there any way to programmatically turn on airplane mode on non-rooted android?

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I used to use Tasker tasks to turn airplane mode on and off automatically when I needed it. Now, it seems, this requires root. But rooting my phone bans me from using Android Pay or any other SafetyNet-locked app. (The latest updates to SafetyNet even detect the new systemless root, and may even be triggered by an unlocked bootloader even on an unrooted phone.)

Is there any way I can reliably turn airplane mode on and off with Tasker or some other automated tool, without losing access to Android Pay?

(Bonus question: why on earth does Google consider turning on airplane mode to be such a dangerous feature that it's banned entirely on non-rooted devices?)


texts: I have a new Galaxy S8+ and Apple Music installed, but I don't have an SD card. Where the heck do the songs go when I click the download button in Apple Music? I'm tyring to get my music onto my (Generation 4) iPod. I have an iCloud account but there is no "Music" folder there.


texts: How to Force Stop multiple apps at once?

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My HTC One X+ with Android 4.2.2 suffers a lag pretty often and I don't like that.
Sometimes I cannot even unlock the phone because screen doesn't come up.

I noticed that when I force stops all other apps (besides the one I am using) when phone lags, it runs smooth.
I have lot of apps installed so going to Apps then selecting the app and then force closing it takes a lot of time.

I am looking for a way where I can force stop multiple apps at once.


texts: How to search Android Applications by size?

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Is there any way I can search or filter android apps by size less than 1MB or 2MB on any android app store? I have a low end android phone with less memory and installation space.

Light weight apps are mostly faster and I can install more of them therefore I want to search small apps only.


texts: I was thinking of using Linux Deploy to install Ubuntu in Nexus 9 (2014) Device. I Would be using the VNC viewer by "realvncunlimited" and Linux deploy by "meefik". My question is, how secure will the connection be between the VNC viewer and the Linux os on the device? Is there encryption or SSH, and will this get sniffed on wireless if there are none of those securities (Is the VNC even traveling outwards to a router or in the device the whole time?). I understand that a normal VNC connection will go from the device to the router (or whatever else in use) to the computer, but this connection may remain in the device. Please help, I will accept any answer pertaining to the topic of VNC security, although a definite answer will help my project very much.


texts: My son has a republic phone and I'm trying to find a way to monitor his texts without modifying anything on his phone because he's fairly tech savvy so he'd be able to remove it. I was thinking about a way to track the texts when they go over wifi. is there a possible way to do that?


texts: Disabling Verizon Galaxy S4 from sending usage data back to Verizon

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Its come to my understanding that Verizon gets information about how you use your phone reported back to it. Information such as "Amount of data used for Facebook, Snapchat, Netflix" etc. I know Verizon can always see the amount of data I used, but I'd rather keep the specific content/origination of the data private.

A friend told me that I can "root my phone and disable that reporting" but I didn't get all the information. I wanted to ask this community:

How to disable reporting back (hopefully without rooting the phone)
If rooting is required, what the most effective way of accomplishing all this is?

For some reason, googling around for this issue has given me no information! (I am a bit shocked at that as I figure it'd be a hot topic now-a-days).

FYI - In case you are curious, I do feel how I use data is a private matter and unless a company issues a warrant, should not look at the type of traffic I carry. Its just a principal I live by.

Note - Just in case, I am sure Verizon isn't specifically sniffing my packets. My concern is Verizon seeing things like:
100 Mbs on Facebook
200 Mbs on Snapchat
500 MBs on Netflix
etc
It just feels weird to me that they can see this information.
I'd like to disable that reporting.

Lastly: I'm using a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 running KitKat 4.4.2, Kernel vs 3.4.0.