texts: Phone is finding every wireless access point except mine!

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S using the default firmware (version 2.2).

Unfortunately, it can't seem to find the wireless at work.  When I click "Scan" on the list of WAPs, it continues to appear as a "Remembered" access point rather than connecting.

The laptop is finding the SSID with full bars, so it's just the phone being tetchy.

I've tried rebooting the phone and the router with no change.


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OK I'm about to buy an Android phone for development, but I will try to keep this question from becoming a shopping recommendation.

I want to have vanilla Android on my phone (i.e. not Sense or TouchWiz or something similar). Can I just buy a random phone and somehow revert it back to vanilla Android? Is there any risk of compatibility problems or hardware problems when doing that?

An easier option is to buy a phone that comes with vanilla Android, but the options are limited. As far as I know (i.e. not much), the only phones with pure Android are Nexus One, Nexus S, ADP and ADP2. Is that really it?


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I have a Motorola Moto X Play with 16GB of internal storage and and additional micro SD card (64 GB), formatted as extended internal storage. I am trying to free up the internal storage, so I went through a manual excercise to move Apps to the SD card. However, the internal storage I should have freed is leaked in some way.

In Storage & USB / Internal Storage I have 10.32GB used out of 11.00GB, Apps take 5.54GB, other stuff <50MB. Where is my missing 5GB? How can I recover it?

What I am missing is the ~5GB of internal storage that is not used by Apps and not attributed to anything on Storage & USB / Internal Storage – I'm not speaking of the difference between 16GB (device nominal size) and 11 GB (total internal storage), which certainly is used by other partitions like /system.

The phone is not rooted.


texts: Why does terminating the default messaging app close the task manager?

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Whenever I close my default messaging app using my "task manager," the "task manager" closes immediately afterwards.  This does not occur when I close any other app.

I currently use Signal, but this also occurred with both the stock Samsung Messaging app and the Android Messaging app.

I'm not sure if this is specific to Samsung devices

Is this a feature?  Can I turn it off?


texts: It is possible recover a deleted contact?

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By mistake, I deleted a contact in my phone. The contact was not synchronised with Gmail so I can't recover it.

Is there some method, software or technique to recover?
What's the maximum time to recover deleted data?

I was reading there is sofware that can recover it. An other option to do that  is with my phone "rooted". What could be better option?


texts: Protector for camera lens window on HTC Desire Z? (protect from scratches)

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Given that this phone provides no protection against scratches on the window for the camera lens, unlike for example, the Nokia N82 (great cameraphone which I also own), are there any adhesive transparent protectors that can be placed over this window but which would not affect image quality?

I've bought the screen and body protector from zagg.com by recommendation and am pleased with that but this offers no protector for the camera itself. (see: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2935/best-screen-protector-htc-desire-z )

I would think that protecting the camera lens window on this phone (and many others) would be more of a priority as this is actually functionality of the phone that needs to be protected - i.e. clear photos and video, rather than cosmetic - which most screen protectors do a good job of but fall short on the camera protection, it seems.


texts: Cannot connect to internet within WhatsApp in Android emulator

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I want to use WhatsApp in PC within Android emulator. I am using the official emulator.exe within an Android Virtual Device of Android 2.3.

My PC is behind a proxy so I set the proxy in the setting of the Android emulator. I can access Google with the default browser.

I tried to use WhatsApp but after I had submit my mobile phone number, it said cannot connect.

Please dont't recommend other 3rd party Android emulator to me because I planned to use other app with this emulator.


texts: Gmail app - cancel notification but see number of unread

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I have two problems with the Gmail app:

I'm using LauncherPro and have the Gmail app icon in the down task-bar, but I don't see the unread mail count. How can I make the unread number appear there?
I've found out that the fact that every incoming new mail appears in my notification screen makes me lose concentration with what I'm doing and answer without thinking properly.

How can I stop the notifications about new mail?


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When in lock-screen, I have to move the middle circle over the "lock" on right hand side. The device vibrates 3x during it - is it possible to disable all the vibrations?

(Using ICS)


texts: Android 4.4.3 update, dialer add 2 second pause - what is it?

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THe new dialer for android 4.4.3 has an option for "add 2 second pause" and "add wait". What do these options do?

I'll add a screenshot soon.


texts: How can I know whether the TWRP has been installed in "read only" mode?

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I have Nexus 5 D820 running Android 6.0.1 (MMB29K). I flashed TWRP (v2.8.7.x) and while doing so I vaguely remember that I opted for a read-only installation so that the future updates will work. I also rooted without flashing any kernel.

When I tried to install the update MMB29S, I get an error in TWRP console:

The purpose of the above steps is to allow system updates to work and I wonder whether I had installed TWRP in read-only mode or not.

Is there any way for me to find out in a non-destructive way?

Update contents of /data/media/0/TWRP/.twrps:

tw_action_vibrate  160
tw_backup_list   /boot;/efs1;
tw_brightness  255
tw_brightness_pct  100
tw_button_vibrate  80
tw_color_theme  0
tw_force_md5_check  0
tw_gui_sort_order  1
tw_inject_after_zip  0
tw_keyboard_vibrate  40
tw_military_time  0
tw_mount_system_ro  0
tw_mtp_debug  0
tw_mtp_enabled  1
tw_never_show_system_ro_page  0
tw_no_screen_timeout  0
tw_reboot_after_flash_option  0
tw_rm_rf 0
tw_screen_timeout_secs  60
tw_sdext_size  512
tw_sdpart_file_system  ext3
tw_show_spam  0
tw_signed_zip_verify  0
tw_simulate_actions  0
tw_simulate_fail  0
tw_skip_md5_check  0
tw_skip_md5_generate  0
tw_sort_files_by_date  0
tw_storage_path  /data/media/0
tw_swap_size  32
tw_time_zone  CST6CDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0
tw_time_zone_guidst  1
tw_time_zone_guioffset  0
tw_time_zone_guisel  CST6;CDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0
tw_use_compression  0
tw_zip_location  /sdcard


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When I am online, I get always when I unlock the screen a browser popup with a specified address: adcash.com/...
It is just a blank page, but very annoying.
I have tried all the Play offers and highly recommended apps, but it is still there.


texts: How to pull files from almost bricked android device? (Common suggestions didn't work)

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I'm new to super user, so please be nice.

My mom has an Odys Rise 10 android (lollipop) tablet, which now fails to boot. All it is doing now is to boot into recovery mode. Before I try to do a factory reset I want to pull all her photos from the device (Yes, I told her about regular backups, but... you know.).

I can use the ADB to connect via USB to the tablet, status is 'recovery'. I can send command to reboot, but I can neither start the shell nor pull files from the tablet. The error says no such file / file does not exist. I assume that the USB debugging is disabled. The device is not accessible via fastboot. Installing custom recovery (e.g. CWM) did not work since I couldn't find a build for the Odys tablet.

But: I can push files into the /system/ folder, so an option could be to push in an altered build.prop with debugging enabled. Unfortunately, I have no original build.prop as a template.

Is it possible to write a kind of minimum build.prop from scratch that could do the job? Or could I just use a build.prop from a arbitrary android device?

Any other ideas are also welcome.

Thanks for any suggestion.

Update 1:
I pulled a build.prop from another android 5 device (actually a Sony Xperia, since the Odys Rise is apparently a rare kind) to get an impression of the content. Much stuff in there. Has anybody an idea which settings are crucial during recovery mode and thus have to be correct for the bricked tablet? And which build.prop entries are not crucial and can be wrong as long as the recovery mode still works? Before  I start playing with the build-prop I want be be sure that I don not make things worse.

Update 2:
I learned that it might be a bad idea to simply replace the build.prop with a random variant, especially when the build number and model number is wrong. But with a lot of searching and begging I got a full update rom file, which should contain a propper build.prop. The problem now is that I cannot access the rom yet. The img-file is not a zip, and cannot be opened via ext4-unpacker or ext2-explorer. Any suggestions on this issue? Anyone?


texts: Files and folders in USB drive lost after connecting to Android phone!

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I have been using a Kingston 32GB OTG USB device (pic-1) on my Samsung J1 Ace, for some time now. Today I plugged it to the phone and moved several folders to the USB drive. Then I plugged it to my laptop. But all the old files and folders in the USB were lost, except for those folders that were moved from the phone.

I have posted a screenshot (pic-2) of how the folder looks like when the USB pen drive is opened from the laptop (it’s the same when opened from the phone as well).

Can someone please explain what happened and how to recover the folders (hopefully)?

pic-1

pic-2


texts: How to create without sparse flashable.img through adb shell?

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Created an image  of /system/ by the command

dd  bs=4k conv=sync,noerror if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/sdcard/system.img

it created a 2.2 GB file

when i flashed it by command

fastboot -S 500M flash system mysystem.img

it gave error

  invalid sparse file format at header magi

and it stucked for there hours responding nothing

i tried  to  repack system.img to make it ext4

make_ext4fs \-l 2048M /external_sd/mysystem.img/system.img systemt/

then i converted it through sparse converter
mysystem.img_sparsechunk1

then tried to  flash  this chunked file

fastboot -S 500M flash system mysystem.img_sparsechunk1

but all in vain  still the flashing continues for hours even showing any sending or progress

at last i  recovered it with

dd  bs=4k conv=sync,noerror if=/external_sd/system.img of=/dev/block/platform/7824900.sdhci/by-name/system

i flashed boot.img recovery.img they were small files and  it happened fast

Now i want to know that is there any command   or option in dd or e2image  through which  i can  create directly ext4 sparse free image file or  pull sparse free image.

I am using  android lolipop 5.1.1 version


texts: I have recently taken interest in digital forensics.  What is the best tool, or set of tools to obtain and analyze images of android phones?


texts: How to Use Camera in ICS to store images on internal memory?

texts: The SD card slot on my HTC Dezire Z is broken and a replacement is not available. How can I use my camera without an SD Card? I am using ICS.


texts: samsung xcover 4, has no internet access while connected to a specific wifi network

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It seems I'm facing a strange problem with my smartphone.
After the last update, I can't connect to my office's wifi. All the other devices connect normally. However, I tried resetting the router many times.
On the other hand, my phone connects perfectly to all other networks. I think I did everything possible, even a hard reset, but the problem insists.
 I've tried changing the IP settings to static and typing my IP etc, but nothing worked.
Any other ideas are welcome.

thanx

Update : When I walk 15 meters away from my desk to another office and try to connect again, my phone connects normally to the same network but from a different router. So, I suppose the problem is between my nearby router and my phone. Is there any way to fix this? It worked till last Friday, so there's no chance of incompatibility.


texts: How can I programmatically backup Android phone's settings?

texts: I was wondering if I could programmatically backup my Android phone's settings. The "PHONE"'s settings and not application settings.


texts: Can Google Daydream View function as a Cardboard for unsupported phones?

texts: I have the $79 I need to buy a Daydream View, but not the $650 to buy a Pixel to go along with it. My current phone is a Galaxy S7. (Don't tell me to just get a Gear VR. That's not what I'm asking.) If I get a Daydream View for my Galaxy S7, or any other phone that doesn't come with built-in Daydream support, will I be able to just use it like a really fancy Cardboard?


texts: When i restart my mobile Samsung j5 2016  Or  shutdown so when i switch on my mobile. It start like from begning like when we by new phone . All that app doesnt work before restarting or before switching off i have. Please help me


texts: SD is force allowed, but play store still tries to install on phone, not on SD

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I have a Nokia 5.1 with Andoroid 10 (start screen says "Android one") and I would like to have the default storage place of my apps to be the sd card. I followed successfully the instructions of using the developer mode to force allow to move apps to the SD, as shown here. But I would also like to have any new app automatically installed on the SD, not on the phone. I can't find a way to achieve this. When I try to install a new app from the google play store, even a very small and simple one, I get a message that first I have to delete some apps stored on the phone. This is even more surprising considering that I have 4.5GB free out of 16GB in the internal storage.
Any idea how to make the SD, not the phone my default storage place? Additionally, any ideas why I get the message that I need to delete apps when trying to install new ones? Tnx


texts: Tapping the screen to bring back from screen dimming without registering the tap

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I had been an iOS user for the past 10 years. Now I have switched to LG G6 Android phone.

There are quite a few quirks that I somehow find very disturbing.
For example this:

I have set the screen dimming at 1 minute. When I tap the screen after it has dimmed after 1 minute inactivity, it registers the a tab on the screen. In iOS you could touch anywhere on the screen, it would just remove the dimming effect but it wouldn't register a tap.

I am not trying to wake the device from sleep. I am trying to wake from the dimmed state.

Is it possible solve this problem?


texts: USB internet option for tethering greyed out. How to fix it?

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Under Settings → Wireless and networks, USB internet will not highlight nor will it let me activate it. Therefore, I can't connect my smartphone to the PC.
Is there an alternate way to check why this is occurring and fix it?


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Is there any android app to monitor the time you have worked with another app in the android device?
I want to see how many hours I use an app in a day.


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My 1GB data pack (3G) was running out a bit faster than normal, so I started investigating using the Data Usage tool (Android 4.1.2 Nexus S).
That's when I found out the Google+ app had used 300 MB in 3 days, and all of it was background data.
Here's the graph:

Graph (click to enlarge)

I don't remember using the app much at all, yet it almost burned through my data pack. I've set the Instant Upload settings to only upload when connected to Wi-fi, and roaming uploads are disabled too. I disabled background as soon as I figured it out, but I still don't know how and why it used up so much data. Any pointers?


texts: SuperUser Installation -> PIE executables only

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I have a phone in development mode (not just the tap 5 times thing, I have the ro.debuggable=1 etc.), and I need to install a SuperUser. I have Android 5.1 (Stagefright update). I have access to /system through adb remount. Is there a su binary that PIE-only devices support?  SuperSU does not work, I get this error:

  127|root@j6010_blu_82:/data/local # ./su error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported

I am a (web) dev ("Ha you can't compile :("), I know how my phone's warranty is gonna be invalid, and how if the phone blows up it's not your fault :)


texts: How can I keep my clock widget work in background?

texts: I use clock widgets. The problem is that when I lock the phone, all applications are killed (except some system applications) including clock widgets. When I unlock my phone then I see that clock widget is stuck on time when I locked phone. I have to restart widget. Please tell me that how can I keep my clock widgets work in background without being killed when the phone is locked.


texts: Delete search history from android settings app

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In Android, it's possible to search for a specific setting by tapping the magnifying glass icon at the top right corner of the Settings app and typing. However, I haven't found a way to remove earlier search queries.

There is a question how to clear this but it only works until android 6 marshmallow.

Is there a way to clear the search history, or, better, to remove a specific search in android 7 nougat?

I can't find search_index.db in the data folder of settings app. Where is this located now? I know it can be fixed by clearing data of settings app but I want to find the location of the search_index.db


texts: Nougat: Possible to set all notifications from the Gmail app to not make any sound?:

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On Nougat is it possible to set all notifications from Gmail to not make any sound?

I want the notifications to appear just that they are not so urgent that they keep making sounds when they arrive. i.e. Immediate attention is not needed.

For Whatsapp it has internal settings where I've turned the sound off. But Gmail doesn't seem to offer such options so far as I can tell.

But is there an external way via Nougat to set what alerts / sounds a particular app's notifications will produce?


texts: How do I change vibrate settings on Android

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to customize vibrate patterns?

Hi guys, wonder if any of you can help?

I am trying to find out how to change the default vibrate pattern for incoming calls, SMS etc. I know how to create my own custom vibration and have it vibrate onClick() or in my own notifications but do not know where to override the system wide settings. I thought AudioManager.setVibrateSetting would have been it, but that only allows on, off or silent only.

Is there any system wide setting I can change so that I can use my own vibration pattern?

Thanks.


texts: I clicked on an anti virus scanner pop up on my android?

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I was browsing Google when a message popped up saying something along the lines of me having a virus. Okay, I'm not stupid. I've seen these on a computer before. I also saw the word yahoo somewhere on the pop up? But, in my frenzy, I forgot to carefully inspect the thing. Anyways, I clicked "no thanks" instead of "scan now" or something, but thinking back, if this was some kind of virus pop up, clicking on either option would have been a bad idea.

After clicking no thanks, I closed the app and turned my phone off. So far, I haven't seen anything wrong, but I am still quite concerned. I have been thinking about backing my phone up onto my computer, and then restarting my phone, however, I'm not sure if that's a good idea. In the case that my phone has been infected, would it be possible for the virus to transfer over to my computer? Should I even be concerned? Has this happened to anyone else? Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I'd like to take as little chances as possible. Thanks.


texts: 3G/Wi-Fi Vs Wi-Fi Only Enabled Android Tablets: Pros & Cons to the Consumer?

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Having never owned an Android Tablet I am thinking of purchasing one at some point during 2013. From what I gather in terms of connectivity, they either come as:

Wi-Fi Only
3G & Wi-Fi

Is it true that most tablets are Wi-Fi only enabled ?
 - Those people who purchase them can therefore connect where ever there is Wi-Fi or a Wi-Fi Hotspot ?

3G/Wi-Fi tablets might be less common (or perhaps more appropriate to say popular) because they require a SIM card to be purchased and inserted (which leads to greater monthly expense....I assume), however they can therefore use the tablet anywhere they like because they are connected to a mobile, cellular network.(In the same manner that a SmartPhone is 3G/Wifi Enabled I guess)

Anyone who can comment on the above, would be much appreciated...


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I have been trying to update the system apps on my android phone, where in I get an error mentioning that the application which I'm downloading can't be installed. (Error code :- 104)

When I searched this problem on the internet, most solutions say "You have to root your cell phone and then try to update/install the respective application on your phone."

As I don't want to root my phone, is there any better solution to solve this problem instead of rooting my phone ?

And when I tried to install updated .apk file externally it shows error


texts: Galaxy S I-9000 v2.2 contacts disappeared and home screen blank

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Yesterday, I picked up my phone and saw that the screen was black and unresponsive, also the lights on the two soft keys in the bottom were lit up. I tried tapping those keys and also the lock key but nothing changed so I took the battery out and restarted the phone. Then I saw that all my homescreens were blank except the first one which had google search widget(wasn't there before) and some other default widgets.Also the contacts stored on the phone were gone (google contacts and sim contacts are there).

In addition to those, my lock animation (the one that says "slide the glass") is gone. Now the phone opens up directly to home screen when I press the lock button. Also, the home button does open the screen light when the screen goes dark, but it won't get me to my home screen. One more problem, the menu which is displayed when you press and hold the lock button used to have 4 items (power off, data network open/close, silent mode open/close and flight mode open/close) but now it only has 1 item (power off). The last one, my phone seems to be giving the busy tone to anyone that calls me. I can call anyone with no problem but I can't receive calls. Text messages are fine too.

What can be the cause of this? Has anyone had any similar problem. btw I never messed with the roms or root or anything. I've been using it with the stock rom since I bought it.

The most important thing is the contacts that are stored in the phone. Can I recover those? If so how?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Possible to export layout of applications on the home screens and import it into another phone?

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I would like to know whether it is possible to export layout of applications on the home screens and import it into another phone.

Thanks.


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I've recently updated my Moto G5 to Android Oreo and since then my lock screen automatically changed from pattern to swipe..
When the phone boots up it still asks me to "enter your pattern to start android device" but after the device boots up it never asks me the pattern again..

I've tried changing the lock screen but as soon as I click on change lock type I get an error "settings has stopped".
I've cleared setting app's cache, data and force stopped it, but no use.
I've cleared my security credentials
I've booted into safe mode to see if any app is causing the problem, nothing happened.

I don't want to hard reset my phone as it has a huge amount of data and taking a backup will be a huge headache


texts: Ubuntu font cannot display latin extended characters

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I changed the system font (by Font Changer) to Ubuntu font (0.8). This font has Latin-Extended support and can display Vietnamese just fine (I tested this on http://font.ubuntu.com/).
However, after I changed to this font, Vietnamese chars are replaced by boxes.

Can anyone explain this for me? Any idea on how to fix this?


texts: Can't switch/close tabs in the Chrome browser on my Android tablet

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I just recently purchased a cheap tablet (DigiLand DL701Q 8gb), as my first foray into Android.

I've been using the pre-installed Chrome browser but I can't figure out how to switch tabs or close them. I've searched for hours and all I could find was that the little square icon with numbers in the top right is the tool for tabs, but tapping it does nothing.

I've tried double/triple tapping and swiping, but it still does nothing. Tapping and holding on it opens a popup message with the phrase "open tabs" but tapping that also has no function. I've tried every combination and method I can think of, but nothing works. Only one time did I manage to switch to a different tab and then quickly close it, but this was a result of me desperately mashing the square icon in frustration and I haven't been able to replicate it.

I currently have 7 tabs open and I have no idea what they are or how to view them or how to close them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Why is there :nopm: in some photo file names?

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I was looking at some of the pictures taken with my camera (Google Camera) and there are some that have :nopm: in the file name. The format of the file names are the same, just some contain this after the timestamp, before the extension.

When I use MTP on windows to copy them to my PC they copy fine, because it removes the : from the file name.

What is the meaning of the :nopm:?

I have added a more detailed picture that shows :nopm: does not have anything to do with if it was taken in the morning. This wouldn't make sense anyhow, as the timestamp is already in 24 hour format. 231314 = 11:13PM, there is no need for an AM/PM indicator.


texts: Is it possible to clone phone to anohter phone with same model using TWRP?

texts: I have Samsung S7 and I have made whole backup of it to my sdcard - system, data, chache, etc. One day that phone broke and I am going to buy new one with same model. Will it work if I restore backup from sdcard to a new phone? I don't know if the new phone have same ROM, but if it needed then I can install it because I still have it on my computer.


texts: Equivalent of CTRL + C (break) in android console

texts: Recently I discovered, that via QPython console I can execute android (linux) commands. Ping works. Question is: how to interrupt it's output on smartphone? CTRL + C obviously isn't the answer.


texts: How to clean app cache using script every time the phone boot?

texts:
I know there's many app that clean cache every boot but I would like to use init.d/script to save storage.
Dalvik-cache is /data/dalvik-cache/arm/ as I can just rm -rf *
But, app cache is located at /data/data/app_name/cache and don't know how to automate it, because cache folder is a sub-directory
I'm new to bash scripting and this would help me significantly in programming overall
Phone is magisk'ed Android 10.


texts: Some applications seem to always stay open, even after I exit them. How do I close these?

texts: When I hold the Home icon down, several apps appear that I thought I exited - how do I actually close these?


texts: Google Authenticator on two devices showing different codes after scanning the same QR code

texts:
When I scan my QR code to enable my 2FA security on some of my trading accounts, I do it on 2 devices (my old phone, and new phone) for safety in case I lose my new phone. My issue is that the two devices then show two different codes and only one of them is correct/works.
I have updated all the apps on both so that should not be the issue.
Has anyone else encountered this problem or got any advice on it?


texts: Listing partitions names and mount points

texts:
I'm trying to get list of partitions and their mount points in terminal, but I'm not so succesfull.

"ls -l /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name/” (found this path by using "cat /proc/mounts" but it return me a 'permission denied, I guess I need root, but I don't have one.
So how to get partitions names and mount points without root?
Also there is one weird thing: when I go with Total commander in /dev folder there isn't /block folder inside just file named 'block' with size 0 and not readable (becase lack of root). How is that possible?


texts: Replacing the system partition without touching the kernel?

texts:
So I have an android phone that I'd like to put a clean rom onto, but it looks like there aren't any good kernels ported to it yet. I've done some reading into the android architecture, and come to the conclusion that it could be possible to simply leave the kernel as-is, and flash a new (standard) system on the device.

Is this idea at all viable, or am I missing something? And if it is viable, does anyone have any tips to how I might go about it?


texts: LG G3 (d855) Lollipop: cannot set custom ringtone

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I'm having a weird situation: I cannot add a custom ringtone to my LG G3.

I made an MP3 file with Audacity, I uploaded it using AirDroid and set it as default ringtone (like I used to do on my GT-I9300 with CyanogenMod) but it won't take it, when I receive a phone call the default LG ringt one is used.
But apparently everything is set up correctly, after setting the ringtone with AirDroid if I go on the phone settings I see the correct file seleced, not LG's one.
I tried playing the audio from there and it works.

To make sure it wasn't a problem with the mp3 file itself I tried:

cutting down the size of the file: from a full song (3M) I tried stripping it to something like 30s (1M)
changing format: the short file, saved as OGG instead of mp3
manually uploading in a different directory (instead of using AirDroid)

All tests have the same result: LG's ringtone!

What works is using one of the other default ringtones provided by vendor. If I choose one of the existing tones the setting is correctly honored.

I'm getting mad, I don't understand what I am doing wrong.
I'm now running the latest version available for my phone (V20h-EUR-XX). I had Android 4.4 for a week or two, and as far as I can remember (it wasn't my priority) this wasn't working with that version either.

I found a popular AE question about ringtones and Lollipop, but sadly I cannot find the Clear cached data option on my LG.


texts: Remove OS from Multirom & install ubuntu touch properly

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I have Nexus 7 2012 model. I have installed MultiRom Manager & tried to install Ubuntu Touch Saucy. I tried twice & both failed. As a result now I have 3 options at boot including two Ubuntu, none of which works.

The error I face in running

Path /realdata//media/0/multirom/roms/ubuntu_sauc1/data.img not found
Failed to find boot file: /realdata/media/0/multirom/roms/ubuntu_sauc1

I guess the problem lies with the fact that, TWRP stops in the middle of some finishing work, when I reboot from android just after installation through manager & as I press power button it starts with MultiRom choices. TWRP crashes as soon as any button is touched. That's probably the reason its failing.

I assume its a lot of questions at a time, but any sort of help is highly appreciated.


texts: Installing Firefox on Android 2.3.6 failed

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I trid to install the Firefox browser on Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). After downloading, in installing progress, it failed with this message:

  Application not installed.

I have enough memory. I also tried older versions of Firefox up to version 20, but they failed too.

Is Firefox not compatible with Android 2.3.6 or is there another problem that may cause this?
If it is compatible, how can I debug this problem?

I see the question Will Firefox work on my mobile device?. This article mentions the minimum requirements:

  Firefox is compatible with
  Android 2.2 and above devices. Installation requires about 24 MB
  internal storage, 384 MB of RAM and a display that is at least 320
  pixels high and 240 pixels wide.

In my device:

RAM: 768 MB
Android version: 2.3.6
Size:   320 x 480 pixels


texts: Project Fi - Calling Through Hangouts Compared to Calling Through Phone

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I use Project Fi for my Nexus 6P running Android version 6.0.1.

I noticed that calling through the Hangouts app leads to much clearer audio than calling through the Phone App.

I have been using Hangouts for outgoing calls, but incoming calls automatically use the Phone app, and, moreover, it's much more convenient to use the dialer in the Phone app than to type the number in Hangouts.

Apart from the desire to figure out what's going on here, is it possible to set the Hangout app as the default Phone app?


texts: Can applications be downloaded without a Google Account and without disabling security features?

texts: If I wish to install applications such as Skype, DropBox, etc however without registering for a Google account, is that possible? If so, how do I install them without a Google account?


texts:
I have a Samsung tablet and bought a cover with a Bluetooth keyboard. The problem I have is that the @ key and the " key are swapped around.

How do I resolve this?


texts:
My Objective:
I want to change/modify my input audio to any application(a social app where we can talk). Is there any other application or setting which can help me with this?


texts:
Recently i factory reset my LG Tribute HD. As soon as setup compleated. I got a message from a random number.
Any clue what this is? It reminds me if stagefright.


texts: How to make rooted android phone faster and avoid battery drain

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I have rooted by Samsung S dous s7562 (645 RAM single core 1ghz processor)phone using Kingo Android root desktop App.

I decided to root my phone as it was very slow .

I have already done the following to speed up the phone :

Uninstalled unnecessary system apps.
Frozen bloatware
Using RAMBooster App
Tried overclocking a bit using CPU Adjuster app

Problem :

  I don't have any idea regarding how much should I overclock based on
  my device specification.

  I changed min CPU speed from 245Mhz to 320Mhz .

  But since I have overclocked it the battery is drain too fast although
  the performance is a little better(but still lagging a bit).

Please suggest what should I do to speed up my phone without damaging it and without battery drain(battery is weak already as its an 1.25 year old phone)

Also please let me know How can I move apps to sdcard as even movetosd apps for rooted android devices are not working , (as my internal memory is read as sdcard)

Thanks!


texts: How do I enter the Safe Mode on a HTC Desire?

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This is for those of you who need to enter what is known as "safe mode" on HTC Desire. There may be several reasons why one needs to enter this mode. It is usually because the phone is not working properly.

One such reason can be that you have flashed your phone with a custom ROM and you are stuck in what is known as a "boot loop". If you manage to boot into safe mode you may be able to backup your data to a safe place before you attempt to rescue the phone by data destructive methods such a re-flash.


texts: Add a new laguage (Bengali) in my Huawei Honor 3C phone not having this language

texts:
How to add a new language "Bengali of India" in my Huawei Honor 3C phone not having this language.

I have checked SETTINGS -> Language / Input and my language is not listed here.

I saw Samsung Phones has Bengali Language in Languages List as I have Samsung Tab311.

So how to add this new language in my honor 3C Android Phone 4.2.2 JellyBeans


texts: I do not know English so I don't know very specific nouns for things. My question is how's the highlighted message box called. I want to implement similar message in my application, but I can't without even knowing its name. In case this is not the correct website for a question like this, I'm sorry, but I have no idea where to ask this.


texts: How to make phone play a custom sound after pressing physical button?

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I have LG G2 Mini with Lollipop.

In Settings there is an option that allows the phone to quickly launch apps at the locked screen. So when you press and hold volume down it can open the Camera, and with volume up it can run QuickNote.

I want to replace this volume up gesture. Instead of running QuickNote I want it to play a custom sound.


texts:
I edited my Android phone's APN Settings. I did not have a back up of my APN Settings file [/system/etc/apns-conf.xml]as mentioned in this post.

I deleted the Proxy and Port fields from my APN Settings. Currently, my device is showing "Not Set" for those two fields as I deleted those 2.

Is there a way I can get my earlier APN settings back? Will remove and adding the SIM Card solve the issue?

Android Device: Samsung Tab 2 running 4.1 and Mobile carrier: Idea Network (Country:India)


texts: Which files do malware reside in after visiting a malicious site

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I've been really on edge about accidently visiting a malicious site in the the past month, so please excuse how badly explained this question may be.
About twenty minutes ago I was visiting a site to help me with something when I was redirected to one of those scam sites which say "You've won a free phone!" Along with two other sites that I did not take the time to check. Imdetiently I left the sites, and went to remove them from my browsing history which seemed to lag a bit while doing so, so I ended up clearing my cache.
My phone began to run alower than usual which from what I've read is a sign of malware installed (?) Currently I haven't seen any new applications installed though I double checked folders and saw one which seemed kinda suspicious which was title ".1VRecord" which had a ton of strange file combination inside. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to double check for malware or what files they would tend to hide in? Thanks!


texts: How to ensure a factory reset wipes /data/media?

texts:
Now, those who use custom recoveries often know that a factory reset tends to keep a good deal of data in /data/media/.  However, I would like to ensure that this location gets wiped so that all of my storage (besides the actual Android system of course) becomes available again.  Is there a way to do this?

I'm using TWRP 2.8.7.0 on a Samsung Tab 2 running Android 5.1.1, if that helps.


texts: Why can't I use light theme on non-oled screens when battery saver is on?

texts:
This is what I see in display settings when battery saver is on

How does this matter on non-oled screens? I'm using a nokia device


texts: Google Assistant voice search is slightly modifying my search queries

texts:
Has anyone else noticed when voice searching with Google Assistant it'll sometimes change your query slightly but to a question you didn't ask?
This is not a simple case of mis-hearing spoken words; Google is trying to be smarter than me by changing my search query to idiot-proof it.
One example of many I've experienced:

Asked google: "How to disable 'Application X' from starting with  MacOS Boot"
Search field populated with and results showing for: "'Application X' will not start."

Not what I asked, and this happens frequently.
Is this a preference, is there any way to turn this off?
Any thoughts appreciated.


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I'm looking for a way to force audio output when i call someone :

I have a galaxy S7 connected to a bluetooth earphone and a bluetooth smartswatch.
When I call someone with the smartswatch, the output is the smartswatch, but i'd like to have the sound automatically on the earphone without having to switch it on the phone.

Any solution ?


texts: Is there a way to eliminate Google Play Books / Newsstand?

texts:
I've never used Books or Newsstand, and I'm continually running out of space. Is there a way to just delete these apps?

Android 4.1.2
Kernel 3.0.31-889555


texts: import pem file containing multiple CA certs

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Using Samsung S4, Android 5.0.1, not rooted.
Recently I have found at least two websites that the Chrome browser on Android 5.0.1 reports https is not secure. This is because the phone does not have the root CA cert required installed. I know how to load individual CA certificate pem files into the user list using the Security menu and "Install from device storage". I wanted to load all the current ones. I had to get "SectigoRSADVBundle.pem" from Sectigo.com as this CA is used by one of the local government websites which must be newer than Oreo release but and the other pem I found in the Oreo pem files
I tried concatenating more than one pem file but it only loads the first entry in file. I tried making a pem file using the Oreo pem files so it had this layout:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

but only the first pem is loaded. I most likely do not need all of them but I have no idea which files are newer than my Android built in system list.
Is there a list of new CA created since Android 5.0.1 (or a way to build the list) if I have to load them individually?
There are 137 pem files is there a way to load all CA certs using just one file?
Whenever you put a cert in User Certificates section when the phone reboots the is a warning message, so my next task will be investigating moving it to system list


texts: Get all users by Organization name in People app of HTC One X

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I have HTC One X and I have stored my contacts in the People app. I have put Organization name  in their details. I want to view all the users belonging to a particular organization. I am unable to find a way to do that.

Is there a way to view all my contacts in People app by Organization name or at least search by it?


texts: How to manually remove wifi connection details

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I have a problem with my rom where it does not successfully "forget" wifi connection details and so I find myself connected to the wrong unwanted network.

I had a look at this thread which showed the location of the setting but I'm unsure if it's just safe to delete it, or I need to edit it.

I do not mind having to remove all wifi settings if that's the case.

Thanks.


texts: How do I hide reviews on Play Store made by my phone contacts?

texts:
Consider a random app on Play Store. When I visit its page, the reviews shown to me at the top of the list are mostly by my phone contacts (not Google+ contacts).

I do not follow anyone on Google+, although some people might follow me.
I have hundreds of phone numbers in my phone's contacts app which syncs with Google.

I do not wish to see reviews about an app posted by my phone contacts unless they're actually worth seeing there, I want to see reviews based on their usefulness or upvotes and I want to see reviews from total strangers mostly.

How can I achieve this?

OnePlus One, Cyanogen OS 13.1 non-rooted, stock, up to date so far.
Apps including Store, Services, Google+ and everything up to date so far.


texts: Stop Spotify from finishing session due to lack of activity

texts:
I am a premium user, have my whole playlist downloaded to the phone and daily play it in offline mode. Either in offline and online mode after several songs or minutes all music stops, songs stop loading, the queue shows as empty and I have to return to the playlist view and click a new song for the session to restart.

Is there any way to bypass this timeout restriction?


texts: I tried oneplus 8 pro with ubuntu: no lsusb/adb output

texts:
I have oneplus 8 pro connected to my ubuntu 20.04 box and installed:

vendor driver
android sdk
adb/fastboot

But different USB cables show no output in

lsusb
adb devices
fastboot devices

I have already reset usb-debugging and according authorization! I faintly remember having struggled with debugging authentication before...
What can I try next?


texts: How would I filter the Youtube app on Android? I am trying to whitelist certain channels and only allow a select few. Is there also a way where I can filter certain categories? Thanks in advance


texts: Backup/Restore SMS/MMS via ADB on a non-rooted device?

texts:
Is there any way to backup/restore SMS and MMS messages using ADB, when the device is not rooted?

adb pull won't work here, as the corresponding database (/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db) cannot be read by ADB if it's not running in insecure (root) mode
adb shell "cat /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db > /sdcard/mmssms.db doesn't work either without root access
adb backup for some reason doesn't cover this database on the device I've checked with (empty backup – just the 41 bytes of the backup header in the resulting file)

I especially wonder why adb backup doesn't cover this. If it's for "privacy reasons", then the same should apply to the contacts database – which clearly is backed up.

References:

Can adb be used to recover SMS messages while in permanent “Safe Mode”? covers the same topic – but other than there, I'm not restricted to safe-mode
backup full sms/mms contents via adb (on our developers sister-site) is for a "rooted solution" (and, apart from that, a bit of age: question and answers are more than 3 years old)

So: Any solution on a non-rooted device? Note that I'm NOT asking for an app-based solution. I'm fully aware there are several apps available for this. I specifically want a "shell based solution", to be used via ADB.


texts: Can USB host ports be dangerous in uncontrolled environments? Virus etc?

texts:
We have an Android device with 2 external USB host ports. Now I wonder what harm can be accomplished by an attacker with malicous intentions, provided that:

The user can not access settings or any App that we do not control (love an example of apps we would need to prevent access to)
USB debugging is turned off
Our device is rooted (just to mention)

Could you give me an example what harm an attacker could do, considered the above conditions.

As I understand it, if a USB is mounted, then for something to be dangerous, it has to be executed. However execution must come from "the inside", no?
If we control the inside, then there shouldn't be a problem, right?


texts: Can I connect Android device (Galaxy Tab) to my iPhone to use its 3G data plan?

texts:
I have two devices:

iPhone with sim card, including data option
Galaxy tab without sim card

As the iPhone always has an internet connection, I want to use it for the Galaxy Tab as well. Of course I could just swap the sim card, but I'm looking for a more elegant solution.

Beginning with IOS 4.3, the IPhone also has an option to create a personal hotspot to allow other devices to use its internet connection.
Unfortunately, this only seems to work over Bluetooth or USB.

As USB is out of question, it looks like Bluetooth is my only hope. Therefore my question:

Is there any way to convince my Galaxy Tab to use a Bluetooth as "Internet connection" ? If not, is there any other way to achieve what I'm trying to do here?


texts: Android battery usage for a specific app

texts: Recently, I developed a mobile application which significantly consumes the smartphone battery due to some of the functions of the application. I want to have a precise measurement about the battery consumption for this specific app (say for a given time period). Is there any third party application or any other option available to achieve this? Thank you.


texts: MMS images do not work in Google Messenger

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I am using Google Messenger application as my default text messenger application. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S4.

When I get text messages that have images, the image stays frozen at "downloading..." and will not complete. After a period of time, the image just fails.

When I change to the Samsung Messaging application, text images will properly arrive.

I have tried clearing defaults, and doing a factory reset, the reinstalling Google Messenger.

EDIT:

This is the app I am referring to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en


texts: Samsung Galaxy S - Problem obtaining IP address. "NAK in request"

texts:
I can't obtain an ip address to my Android smartphone from my wifi router.
Observations:

The smartphone connection to other routers or thru cellular data is ok.

My router's wifi connection to my PC is ok.

Wifi link to the smartphone was ok till recently.

Security on or off doesn't make a change.

Router is TPink WR541 v7. Firmware upgrade did't help.

Problem persists with 802.11g or b.

Message on the Smartphone:
"Obtaining IP address from [My Router'a Name]". Then "Disconnected"

Message on the router's syslog: "0334:DHCPS: 1:[PHONE's MAC ADDRESS], NAK in request."
Would be grateful to receive your help.
Best Regards,
Joseph.


texts: Does Odin wipe system image when flashing a new Rom?

texts:
I wanted to know when flashing a new ROM by using Odin does it wipe and clean the contents of the partitions(system, boot, ..) and then add the new content or just use some kind of replace over files?

The reason for asking the question is that I had my phone which was functioning normally but I decided to flash the new and updated stock ROM for my phone. So I went on with the process of flashing and after it finished and booted successfully, I noticed that stock apps are updated with some new apps but my previously installed apps and settings, contacts, ... all are there too! so I did a factory reset to have a clean start. (Note: I used a stock '.tar.md5' file which had everything in it; system,boot,recovery,...)

So what should I do if I want to have a completely fresh ROM just after flashing? (any options in Odin maybe, what about 'Nand Erase All' option?)


texts: Cyanogenmod 10.1 becomes unstable with usage?

texts: Does CM 10.1 become more and more unstable with usage? I have a Galaxy Mini S5570 running CM 10.1. After flashing the ROM my phone works fine for one or two weeks. But soon my phone starts crashing more often. The phone starts rebooting every now and then. Apps (especially Camera.apk) start crashing often even though I haven't installed any new apps. This doesn't happen for the for the first few days after flashing the ROM. Is there any fix for this? Any patch available so that my phone can run smoothly even after 2 weeks?


texts: Can't boot into recovery mode after flashing TWRP on Samsung Galaxy S5

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Problem

I can not boot my Samsung Galaxy S5 into recovery mode after flashing TWRP.

Background

I am trying to install LineageOS on my Samsung Galaxy S5.

What I tried

I followed the install guide on the LineageOS wiki:
1. Installing heimdall, which I built from source to get v1.4.2, since the previous version could not complete the handshake with my phone (other people had the same error)
2. Checking if heimdall works by using heimdall print-pit, which it did
3. Flashing TWRP by using heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-x.x.x-x-klte.img --no-reboot. Keeping their disclaimer in mind I tried both the current version as well as two older ones. Heimdall outputs RECOVERY upload successful, and I disconnect the phone (after the device has been released).
4. Booting into recovery mode -> FAIL

Error

The device boots into download mode instead (and no, I did not accidentally switch the volume buttons). There is no error message.

Edit

I originally (and wrongfully) assumed the device to be Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE. It was, however, a Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus (at least this is how I explain the error).


texts: How to give an app permission to write to external SD on a rooted phone

texts: I have a rooted Galaxy S7.  I'd like to give permission to an app that does not request it to write to the external SD card storage.  How can I do this?


texts: How to install android from my Computer terminal?

texts:
I have a HTC M7 without any OS on it (it goes to black screen when I boot it).

It doesn't have any memory card.

I am however able to have a root shell with "adb shell" when connecting it with USB.

How can I reinstall android from my computer?


texts: How to manually activate download manager process via adb or terminal emulator?

texts: Playstore relies on a process called download manager embedded in Android OS, yet it cannot be manually activate resulting in prolong wait time when using secure proxy to download playstore apps. What would be a good way to manually activate download manager via adb or terminal emulator?


texts: Apps whitelisted in AFWall+ without my knowledge

texts:
I've installed a firewall (AFWall+) on my phone, and I've manually whitelisted every app I wanted to allow accessing the Internet, including system apps. So everything is blocked by default, and I add apps to the whitelist as necessary until what I need works and nothing beyond that.

I've just discovered some apps in the whitelist that I never whitelisted myself and don't even remember ever seeing before to be honest. These are:

"Intent Filter Verification Service"
"Market Feedback Agent"
"Print Service Recommendation Service"
"Google Partner Set Up"

From what I can see, these are from Google, although I'm not clear on what they do (except the Feedback Agent).

How could this happen?

System details:

Device: Samsung Galaxy S5 Duos (SM-G900FD)
OS: LineageOS 14.1
Android version: 7.1.2
The phone is rooted with SuperSU.


texts: How can I syncronize android time with machine via ADB

texts:
How can I update android time via ADB?

I know I can run this comand via windows cmd:

adb shell date -s 20140414.130000

But I need to synchronize the time with my windows machine.

Is this possible to accomplish?


texts: What does ROM Manager consume so much internal storage for

texts: My Nexus S is running out of internal storage. I looked at the space consumed by individual apps in Titanium Backup. ROM Manager is consuming over 200Mb internal storage for "data". That is pretty much from 1Gb of storage. Is there any way to reduce the space consumed by it?


texts: 'Rear Camera' and 'Flash light' Not Working in Lenovo k6 Note (Custom Rom)

texts:
I am not able to use Rear Camera and Flash Light in My Lenovo K6 Note. Front Camera Works Well.
When I open Camera App, by default it Opens with Front Camera. Rear Camera Option is Not Found. (Front Camera works Perfectly Fine)

Even when i opened WhatsApp and Take a pic, only front camera is shown. No Button to switch To Rear Camera. (Front Camera works Perfectly Fine)

When i swipe Down the status Bar and try to switch on 'Flash Torch light'. it is not working.

In Stock Rom, Front and Rear Camera Works Fine even Flash Light Works Fine.

Solutions Tried

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71423852&postcount=112 Tried But Not Working (Both Solution not Working)
Download libmmcamera2_sensor_modules.so from my github, override /system/vendor/lib/libmmcamera2_sensor_modules.so in your phone, take care file permission, then reboot your phone. Even This Is not Working
Used Rom lineage-14.1-20180319-UNOFFICIAL-karate . Not working
Used Validus_Karate.zip still not working same Problem As above

Device:

Device : Lenovo K6 Note

Android Version : 7.1.2

Os : lineage-14.1-20180319-UNOFFICIAL-karate (Flashed Using TWRP)

Rooted : Yes

Just a Doubt

I downloaded 'karate' and there is a rom with name 'karateP' . I have a no idea what is it, Im a noob. Am i facing problem because of this ? I am Not sure.!


texts: Why can't my Galaxy s4 load my email inbox after I changed the password?

texts: I changed the password for my gmail account a couple days ago.  Since changing it, my galaxy s4 cannot load the webpage.  Whenever I try to load gmail in the web browser, it gets stuck loading and reloading the webpage, though no content ever resolves.  I've been trying to load the page daily for about a week now with no success.  I thought it may have the old password saved on my phone, but I enter the new password on the step before loading the page. Tips?


texts: Google Play asking 100 TIMES the real size of the app

texts: So... i wanted to download this app "ZenUI marshmallow theme" it was 2 megabytes. It prompted me - there isn't enough space to install this app. 207MB needed. YES! TWO HUNDRED FREAKING MEGABYTES! It's 100 times the size! Why i this happening?!


texts: External SD card no longer able to be read on CM11

texts:
I successfully installed CM11-M2 snapshot on my Razr Maxx (xt912, spyder). I was able to use my camera successfully on the device after install. However, now a few weeks in, I am experiencing a few issues related to my external SD card.

My camera no longer works with an error "Insert an SD card before using the camera"
When attempting to download a file through the browser I get an error stating that an "SD card is required" to download the file
I use the app EBookDroid, which allows opening files from the filesystem, while I have an entry for sdcard1 (my external SD card), I cannot view any files inside of it
With root permissions on my File Manager, I can navigate through and view files in my external SD card, but cannot open them in any other applications

After a little investigating, I see the path /mnt/media_rw/ which contains two mounted partitions of sdcard0 and sdcard1. These paths belong to the user and group named media_rw. My best guess is that this issue is related to these permissions. Here is output of ls -la on /mnt/media_rw

drwx------ media_rw media_rw             2014-03-06 12:47 sdcard0
drwxrwx--- media_rw media_rw             1969-12-31 19:00 sdcard1

Is there an fstab file I can verify (I dont see one in /etc/fstab). Or am I barking up the wrong tree with media_rw. Can anyone assist?


texts: Is there any way to force market to update and install apps one at a time?

texts:
I'm having problems with my Samsung galaxy Captivate where whenever I attempt to update all the apps in market, every single app begins downloading and installing all at the same time and the result is always the same, it crashes (20+ simultaneous downloads and installs would definably overrun any system!).

Is there any way to set it such that android is only allowed to download and install a single app at a time? I want to be able to run the batch updates but I want them to be queued up as opposed to all running at once and overwhelming my system.


texts: How to delete app remnants without root privileges?

texts:
I installed Chrooma Keyboard on an Android Nougat device.  It worked fine, including swiping to enter text.

After adjusting Chrooma's settings several times, it started to have a problem where keyboard swiping always resulted in an exclamation point instead of a word.

No problem, I thought.  I cleared Chrooma's cache and data, and tried it again.  The swiping error persisted.  I then uninstalled Chrooma, cleaned the device using SD Maid Pro and CCleaner, and rebooted.  I thought for sure those steps would clear everything out in order to reset Chrooma to its initial state (and fix the bug).

But alas, even after taking all those steps, the bug in Chrooma (which was not present when it was first installed) persisted.  This indicates that it likely wrote some sort of configuration file to a storage location that was not cleared by clearing the app's data and cache, and even by uninstalling it.

Without root privileges, how do you completely delete remnants of an app?

Note: I only use Chrooma Keyboard as an example in this question... the question applies to any app.


texts: Phone is rooted but has no SU application and can't access SU command on adb shell?

texts:
All this time, I thought that once I've rooted my phone, it means that I will also have SU access to it. This is true for the first device I rooted. When I rooted it, a SuperUser application appeared on my phone. I was also able to use the command su on the adb shell.

However, just recently, I tried to root a different phone. After rooting the phone, I check my applications for the SuperUser app but it's not in the applications. And so I downloaded the SuperUser app on the market. But when I opened it, it says, there is no SU binaries installed on the phone. Also, when I inputted su on the adb shell, it can't determine what is su.

What could be the problem?
How can I gain SU privilege?
I thought that once a phone is rooted, it is automatic to have an SU application or at least access to the su command. Am I wrong with my assumption?
How can I use the su command?
What is the real state of the phone I rooted? Does it mean the phone is not really rooted? Or is it still rooted?

Thanks!


texts: Stuck on the 'Android is updating' screen after flashing CM13 on LG G3

texts: I did a wipe, and fresh install of CM 13. I did not install gapps. The phone boots fine but gets stuck on the updating white prompt. Restarting the phone by removing the battery gets it stuck on the boot animation. I believe I have the right modem flashed. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Where are OneDrive offline files stored on galaxy s8?

texts: I offlined synced a folder using OneDrive, trying to find it's physical location on the device storage. I wasn't able to locate it browsing through the dozens of folders on the device.


texts: Visiting site using Chrome restarts device

texts:
I came across an unusual behaviour in Chrome (50.0.2661.89), running on a Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F)/Android 6.0.1 . The behaviour seems to be repeatable, causing my device to restart every time I scroll through a particular page.

Start from a standard boot, no other apps run since startup.
Open Chrome.
Navigate to
http://www.fieryflavors.com/spicy-food-hiccups/
Swipe down the page
(haven't managed to pin down a specific point of trouble yet).
Device
restarts.

The page in question doesn't seem to have anything tremendously nefarious happening in its source code (still poking it a bit, will update if anything turns up). I haven't come across this particular issue with Chrome on Android in the past.

Is this common? Is there a particular HTML/CSS/javascript/etc. string that's known to cause device restarts?

UPDATE

I'm not sure that it's an 'official' Chromium bug yet, but it certainly looks like I'm not alone:

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=614422#c28

The problem appears to be specific to the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge and is likely triggered by video embedded within adverts (the issue is intermittent, disappearing when new ads rotate into each problematic page). As such it's perhaps less likely that the issue lies within Android, and more that it's a Samsung problem or a very specific incompatibility between Android/Chrome/Samsung hardware.


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I backed up my calendar and contacts with Samsung Kies and switched then to cyanogen mod.
The problem is now that I can't transfer the data back via Kies.

Is there a converter for the samsung calendar format? (ssc)
I do also have a full adb backup of the phone, maybe the internal data of the phone is more useful?

I don't want to install old android again just to get my calendar back.


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Safari to Go stores offline bag files in \data\com.safaribooksonline\files\zips. Each book has it's own directory with files that make up the entire book (xhtml, metadata, etc). Has anyone tried converting these files into ePub?

Safari to Go cuts off the bottom of the pages (i.e. cannot read full content). That's why I want to convert it to ePub instead. If not, is there any other way to read Safari to Go content?


texts: Magnify (zoom) part of image application

texts: I'd like to edit an image to add a "magnifying glass" ring with a magnified region inside, like in the screenshot below. The standard Gallery editing tools can't do that, and I've tried a few other apps with the same result. Is there any way to add this effect (zoom certain part of image) using any kind of Android app?


texts: How much RAM should I allow an app to use, and how much should I always leave free?

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I have a chess app on my 2012 Nexus 7 (running stock Android 4.3, with a few small background services) that allows me to set the size of an internal hash table used by the chess engine.  Larger hash tables increase the performance of the chess engine, but it is ultimately limited by the RAM available on the tablet.  Typically, the Settings app indicates that around 450-500 MB of RAM is free.

How much memory should I allow the app to use, and how much should I leave free for the system?  As I don't want to change this setting too often, can I rely on this amount of memory being available every time I use the app?  (Note that the amount of memory used must always be a power of 2.)

The other questions and answers I've read haven't really answered this question, so I don't believe this is a duplicate.


texts: How to add Chinese Input Method to English Android 2.2 Phone

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I have an HTC Legend with Android 2.2. I can switch between the standard input method (on-screen qwerty) and Graffiti by a long press in an input field.

I would like to be able to type chinese characters (for a dictionary app etc) without using pinyin. For example using wubi, ckc or some similar method.

Is it possible to add a new input method of this sort or to enable it if already built-in?


texts: Micro USB MHL To HDMI Adapter HDTV - not working on my Galaxy S5

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I have bought a Micro USB MHL To HDMI Adapter HDTV Cable For Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 Note2 N7100 from eBay, and just assumed backward compability (yes I know...)

So know I have this thing, and a Galaxy S5, and it's not working. On my sisters   LG G3 it's also not working.

Anything I can do beside giving it away to the next person who has a S3?


texts: How to remotely turn mobile data on if phone is missing

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In the event that I loose my phone, like what happened today, when I left it at a store, I want my mobile data to be switched on. This is primarily for two reasons:

Lockwatch will send photographs  of anyone who tries to open my phone and enters the wrong PIN.
Android Device Manager and Prey can locate the phone via GPS.

But for both these services to work, I need mobile data to be switched on. But it will usually be off and is there a way I can turn it on remotely, maybe by SMS?


texts: How can I automatically delete the oldest Photos which are uploaded to the Cloud (Google+, Dropbox, …)?

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When I was shooting photos mostly on my offline point and shoot camera, there was one obvious way to manage the pictures: copy them to desktop via USB, then delete from camera. This was typically automated using picasa out similar.

Then came the smartphones. You can still use the same technique, but Google+ and dropbox offer instant upload for backup purposes. So everything I shoot is copied to the cloud, but I still keep it in my phone. I can delete, but that's not automated at all. And I have to be sure not to delete stuff that wasn't yet uploaded.

Am I missing something here? Is there an obvious solution to this problem? Or is everyone fine with using USB like with regular cameras?


texts: How can I record phone calls on Motorola Atrix 4G?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to easily record a phone conversation in-progress?

I'm using a Moto Atrix 4G (MB860) running Android 2.3.6 bought from AT&T, and have tried a wide range of call recording apps but have yet to find one that actually works on my device. I notice that some apps explicitly explain that they don't work on Moto phones. Is this a hardware problem? Can I do anything to make it work?

I would like my phone to automatically record all incoming and outgoing calls, and save them in a common audio file type in the SD card or internal storage of the phone.

I've search the website, but the posts I found about call recording are neither specific to Atrix nor Motorola, which I believe are the key to the problem I currently have.

(Despite that I bought the phone from the U.S., I live in a country where call recording is perfectly legal to the best of my knowledge.)


texts: Hide patterns when unlocking protected apps?

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Protected App Pattern http://virtualthoughts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cyanogenmod-protected-apps-2.png

Is there any way to hide pattern in Protected Apps App in CM11 ?


texts: Problem answering calls on with Moto G (2nd generation) with Lollipop

texts: When I receive a call I am not able to answer the call. When I try to move answer option to right it moves but call is not getting received. After that it just shows there is missed call and on other device it shows my phone is still ringing. But when there call for second time I am able to receive it without any interruption. What can I do?


texts: Show current SSID under WiFi indicator in Notification panel

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I tried searching for a solution but this seems so stupidly trivial I can't even find any posts about it, not even a hint in those Android tips 'n tricks articles. The closest I could find is Add wifi network name in notification?, but it wasn't really applicable to my issue here.

I'd like to show my current WiFi SSID below the WiFi indicator in the Notification panel. See image below for example, I've marked where it should be with a red border.

Reason for asking is because a friend of mine with the exact same phone shows the SSID below the WiFi indicator, I saw it with my very own eyes. His phone was not rooted, just to be clear.

Phone details:

Model: Samsung SM-G900F
Android version: 6.0.1
Kernel: 3.4.0
Home screen: Google Now Launcher.
Rooted: no

I just tried changing Home screen to Samsung's TouchWiz, but it made no difference for the SSID indicator.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated, or please let me know if I didn't provide enough information. The fact it's such a small issue is bothering me even more.


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Many banks and video streaming services don't allow root on Android devices.

My question is

Is it the app itself that detects root and refuses to work at some stage  (for     example by refusing to call the associated internet service)?
Is it the internet service that somehow directly or indirectly probes your device to see if it is rooted and if so instructs the app to disconnect or display some error message?

I guess this might interest people for which the app Hide Root doesn't work with some service providers.


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A couple days ago I noticed a problem who is starting to frustrate me.
My LG G Flex (LG-D958) is having laggy navigation buttons.
If I open text messages, and my keyboard pops out to write, if I click "Home" button it wont react. It's the same with other two buttons "Back" and "Properties".
I tried to click it multiple times in a row, but nothing. But after i get out from the messages or any application where I need to use keyboard(viber,whatsapp), it's still almost the same. I also tried on the home screen clicking the home button for multiple times and it only reacts on only second-third click.
There are no dead pixels or any kid of problems on the display, the touch on any other part of the display is fine and works correctly.
Android version 4.4.2

Update 2#
I downloaded MultiTouch tester on Google Play, and by what I see the display is okay, but I cant test the navigation buttons...

Update 3

Okay, Ia managed to test the touch where the buttons are. I hid them and then started the application for multi-touch testing. And it seems that the touch doesn't react on a small part of the display where the nav. buttons are.Below is the picture of the phone. If i got more down the touch signs will disappear.


texts: Why can't I change the Google Calendar on an event after it's been sync'd?

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Galaxy-S (Vibrant), Android 2.1

If I create an event with the stock Calendar app, I can freely change which Google Calendar the event is associated with.  Once it sync's with Google Calendar, however, I can no longer change which Calendar the event is associated with.  I can do change any other aspect of the event, and even delete the event, but I can't move it to a different calendar.  I can change the calendar from the Google Calendar web page, though.

Thanks!


texts: How can I delete a draft message when it is an attachment and not text?

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I accidentally selected the wrong contact initially. I'm not seeing a way to delete the draft. There isn't any text to delete.

I am using Message+ 6.7.12 on a Samsung Galaxy S8.


texts: How can I update the fastboot driver for my Sony Xperia device

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I Need to unlock the bootloader of my Sony xperia m2 dual. It's currently in stock. As soon as I connected my device in fastboot mode by pressing volume up button and connecting the USB cable my device illuminates with blue light which indicates that the device is connected in fastboot mode  When I tried to update the fastboot driver by right clicking the s1 Boot fastboot and clicking the update driver option and by selecting the browser my computer option and when I select the usb-driver from google folder , it's showing error that Windows found the driver but encountered an error while installing the driver. Its also showing error that the hash for the file is not presented at the specified location or the file is appear to be victim of tampering.
My system is
Lenovo IdeaPad 300 with Windows 10 64 bit
My device is Sony xperia m2 dual.
Kindly help me friends.,
Thank you.


texts: I cant delete a google drive archive (pd: sorry for my bad english)

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Ok so long time ago my google drive account was like ban so of course i cant use it but for some reason when i enter the google drive mobile app its appears some wierd photos i tried to delete but obviouly my account was banned so it pop up a message saying unable to open the menu of the archive

If there another way to delete this fotos


texts: Stop a mailbox syncing between 9am and 5pm

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I have my work emails set up on my LG G3, but when I'm at work I don't want to be getting notifications on it whilst getting them on my laptop as well.

Is there a way to stop a mailbox from syncing for a particular period? E.g., from 9am to 5pm?
I still want my other accounts to sync and notify me though, like my personal/other work email addresses.

Is there an app that can handle this? I've just come from an iPhone 4s (yesterday) so I'm still getting my head around the Android ecosystem.


texts: After programmatically setting the resolution through an app, how can I make the device remember the new setting?

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So I'm setting the resolution by editing system files. This has been the only way that works for me. More preciesly I issue this command:

echo 1080p60hz > sys/class/display/mode

to the device's termninal. This succesfully changes the resolution to 1080p60hz or to a different value if it's issued. However after restart the device returns to its previous resolution.

Does nayone know how to make it remember the new resolution? Probably another file needs to be edited but I haven't found out which.


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I have an old Samsung Galaxy Note II. Rooted.

One day it went off. When I restarted it, it went to a somehow hybrid state between factory and the status it had before crashing, i.e. I had to reinstall everything, everything on mobile sd was gone, BUT it retained root.

Now everything eksr is working (besides some problems due to the old battery, it freeze or shut off every time battery level is about 80%) except for the fact that it does NOT recognise Sim cards (which are ok when mounted to different devices). Messages are "not registered on network" and "insert a SIM card".

I am still using the phone for everything it does not directly require a network registration (photography, reading, games, surfing on WiFi ecc).

Is there a way to correct whatever got corrupted? A number? In fact the phone does receive some signal from the provider (3 to 4 bars) selected - which is that of the unrecognised Sim.

With a new battery it could be a nice device. I love note 2.

Thanks.


texts: Can I use an external touchscreen with the Nexus 4?

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I've seen a few videos of folk connecting their Nexus to an external monitor with a SlimPort HDMI cable. Would a 10 or 7 inch touchscreen work the same way? Or would it need a different cable connection?

If this is possible I can extend my Nexus 4 to a tablet :)


texts: Rooted, cyanogenmod. How to get back Sense UI from Titanium Backups?

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Similar to Rooted the phone and installed cyanogenmod. How to get back Sense UI? but with the addition of full backups of the old Sense UI packages.

I am running Cyanogenmod 7 on a rooted HTC Incredible 2. I have Titanium Backup copies of all the original HTC Sense UI packages. When I try to restore some of them, Titanium Backup brings up the "Restoring  ..." dialog but it just sits there with the message up. It never goes away, Android does not try to Force Close it, and the message also stays in the Notification bar until the app is manually closed via a task killer. (The system still responds; just Titanium Backup that seems to hang.)

How do I restore these system packages to get the Sense UI and widgets back?


texts: Android Phone connected as ttyUSB device

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I need to connect my Android phone or tablet to my Ubuntu 16.04 and use smstools or minicom for reciving/sending sms for further data processing. In all tutorials about minicon or smstools they discribe connected Android device as ttyUSB*, whereas in my case every time I connect my Samsung S6 (stock Android 6.0.1) or Samsung Tab S2 device (stock Android 6.0.1) it shows up in dev directory as libmtp-1-2. not as tty device.

When I point in minicon to /dev/libmtp nothing is happening.

Are my devices incompatible to run such software or do I need to root my devices to deal with stock system limitations?

Thanks in advanced


texts: How to stop web browser offering to sign into Google account

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This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.

On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and "sign in". Simply selecting an account and tapping "sign in" gives unchallenged access to my account via the web; no password is required.

This bothers me, since any malicious person who picks up my phone when I'm not looking can access my email, Google Drive, etc without knowing my password.

Let's assume that my screen-lock hasn't had time to kick in.... or we could assume it's easy to circumvent.

Enabling 2-stage sign in wouldn't help, since if someone has unauthorised access to my phone, they's receive the one-time token.

I've tried looking through all phone and browser settings to no avail. I've hunted through Google Dashboard, and cannot see how to disable this. I've signed out, but the yellow pop-up always appears, always giving unchallenged access.

An app-lock app might be an option, but is inconvenient, especially since friends often use each other's mobile browsers.

Installing a different browser may be an option, although again that's inconvenient, and would mean disabling the stock browser, which my come with other issues.

I'd really like to disable the yellow pop-up permanently, but i cannot seem to find out how to do this. Apologies if this has been answered already.

I'm running Android 4.0.4 Cyanogen mod 9.1.0 on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000.

I'm specifically looking for a way to prevent the yellow authentication pop-up in the stock web browser. I'm not bothered about other apps. I'm also not really bothered about why Google has chosen to do this. The lock screen isn't an issue either.

One scenario might be: an acquaintance asks to borrow my phone to use the web browser. Being a little cheeky, they go to Google and sign in, without a password being required. I wish to prevent this. If they were using a web browser on my laptop, they'd need a password. I'm not happy that they don't require it on my phone.

Other apps can be trivially protected by an app-lock. I prefer not to use an app-lock for the web browser. And anyway, unlocking it for a friend to use just leaves the same problem.


texts: Device stuck on "obtaining IP address", then sets network to "disabled"

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I've just arrived at some place which offers wireless internet. When I try to connect my computer, it sends me to some specific URL in which I need to accept some terms of use, and then the Internet works fine. When I try to connect to that network with my Android, however, it's stuck on the "obtaining IP address" stage of the connection for long minutes.

After a few tries, it just gives up and moves that SSID to a "disabled" status - which I haven't seen until now - in which it is remembered but it doesn't attempt to connect to it.

I can't navigate to any special address on the device's browser because it outright refuses to connect to the network.

How can I solve this issue?


texts: How do I get rid of "System Data" that takes up half my hard drive?

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So since I updated my phone, there seems to be a mysterious 3-4GB of "System Data" on my phone's hard drive that I can't get rid of.
Here are some screenshots of this:

I have an LG Leon running Android version 5.1.1

Is this a known issue with updating Android or is this a new thing?


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I need 6 serial ports on my POS device & Android-x86 only has 4.
I can get extra ports by downloading the source code & building a modified kernel with CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4, CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4, Changed from 4 to 6
But on Linux I can do this from GRUB with "8250.nr_uarts=6"
This doesn't seem to work with Android-x86, does anyone know an equivalent?


texts: Spontaneously deleting e-mails from Galaxy III

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I've had a new galaxy S3 (from Verizon) that spontaneously deletes the contents of my e-mail (Comcast) without my input at random times during the day.  Exchanged for another phone - same issue.  Does not affect my gmail or Yahoo accounts.  Verified by Comcast that POP3 is necessary.  My Droid X nor HTC Incredible nor HTC Incredible 2 never did this.

Ideas?  Maybe the S3 isn't so good after all.  Samsung tech support ( 4 calls) don't seem to care.  Verizon Tech support is stumped.


texts: Cannot install unsigned APK file on my phone

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I developed an app in Eclipse, and emailed to me the .apk file. It correctly downloads to my phone, then I go in Downloads and tap it. I choose "Install" and I'm getting App not installed message.

What's the problem?

I have a Nexus 4 phone, and "Unknown sources" option is selected. I can successfully install the app through Eclipse. The .apk file was exported in Eclipse from Android tools -> Export unsigned application package.


texts: Space problem in Samsung Galaxy Pocket GT-S5300

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I've seen many questions on this site asking about the famous space problems in Android phones. None of those I've seen helped me and since none of them asked about my phone, I'd like to present a new case.

I have three memories, and this is a table showing the usage:

What's most bothering is how an advanced phone like this would have such basic problems. I've tried:

setting the default installing path to the SD card: No such setting.
moving apps to the SD Card using apps like App2SD: Some cannot be moved.

I really don't know what else to do. Am I really forced to delete apps? I don't want to delete any of those I've installed (they are 14), why should I do that with over 9 GB of free space available? I'm just hoping there's an option I missed.


texts: Backup memos from Samsung Galaxy S and restore it on a Nexus 5

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I just bought a Nexus 5 and I'm in the process of backing up and restore all the things I need from my old Galaxy S to my new Nexus 5.
One of the thing I need the most is restoring the hundreds of memos from the memo app in the Galaxy S which I belive was developed by Samsung. There's no such app in the Nexus 5 so I'm looking for a way to restore those memos on the Google Keep app but with no luck.
I backed up my memos using Kies and I got a Memo.smm file.
Is there a way to do restore it on the Nexus 5? Any other way?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Why is it that Android still can’t be installed as regular OS?

I have been looking around, and was wondering is it not possible to download android 4.2 out of the box (non-phone specific)?

I thought that I could just get Google's version of Android and slap it on my phone, but their is no Android rom that I can download (At least not that I can find).


texts: How can I permanently disable (not uninstall) a stock app?

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I want to disable some of the stock apps that I don't use (e.g. Drive, Keep). These are stock Android/Google apps, not third-party apps. When I attempt to disable them:

I get a warning that disabling them may break things (I accept)
I get a request asking if I want to install the factory version (I accept, because if I don't, they are not disabled)
they are removed from the apps menu
when I restart the device, the newer version is downloaded and the app is no longer disabled

As a side note, other users on the same device (with their own accounts) may want use some of these apps. Can I disable them for my account only?

If it matters, I'm running KitKat on a Nexus 7 (2012).

Disambiguation: I have not found a duplicate of this question because it is:

a) about stock Android apps, not so-called stock apps from a third-party vendor

b) about disabling these apps, which the system at first permits me to do, not uninstalling them


texts: theme chooser for cm 12 broken/disappeared after update?

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On my Xperia Z1 compact and cm 12 I used the Dark Material theme. Then after a recent update it was disabled 'after too many app crashes'. I tried to set it again but now every time I go to settings->themes it exits with the error 'unfortunately, settings has stopped'.

Some posts on the web suggest that in settings->apps, clearing the data for the Theme Chooser app (under All Apps) will solve it. But there is no Theme Chooser app in my app list.

Is it possible to (re)install Theme Chooser somehow? Or another way to be able to switch Themes in cm 12?

phone: Sony Xperia Z1 compact (amami)
OS: cm 12.1 update 20160110
android: 5.1.1

EDIT

I tried (re)installing the Themes APK generously provided by the author of this post, but when I open the APK it first says "Do you want to install an update to this built-in application? Your existing data will not be lost. The updated application will get access to New|All", and when I choose either of those it exits with "App not installed."

That means that Theme Chooser is still on the phone. But why does it then not appear in the "All Apps" list (which would allow me to Clear Data)?

EDIT II

I dirty flashed the latest image (15/1) from the cyanogedmod website. Still no theme chooser that works.


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I'm running a triple-boot between Android, Ubuntu, and Windows. My computer has a bad touchscreen that is randomly clicking certain areas of the screen, and I want to know if it's possible to disable the touchscreen driver. I have Android set up to boot via grub2. (Note that I never attempted to install Android on the machine itself, I installed it to a USB drive on virtualbox then copied the android system folder to Ubuntu's partition, then modified my 40_custom file so I can boot Android.)

The Android version I'm running is 5.1. I installed this because Android 6 didn't seem to boot in Virtualbox so I thought it probably wouldn't boot on my PC. (Apparently it seemed to softlock on boot inside Virtualbox.)


texts: Verifying device integrity. Galaxy Tab S2 9.7"

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I wanted to root my Galaxy Tab S2 9.7" LTE (SM-T815Y) and I have spent the better part of my night doing the following. (I have never rooted anything before)

Got a img of autoroot from some site and flashed it via ODIN.
ODIN application showed success, but the tablet refused to boot after that with red text at the top of the screen at boot logo RECOVERY NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Download mode shows KNOX flag has been set to 1 and the warranty is void.
After a few hours of trying things, I managed to install TWRP 3.0
While the error stayed, I could now boot to TWRP
Scoured the internet for stock or samsung images that can work.
Found the cyanogenmod for my device (Nighty 2016-08-31 05:00:43 version as there nothing on the release channel)
Attempted flashing it using TWRP.
It noted that the image fully supports SE ANDROID (or SELinux, or device supports one of those.. Can't remember, the text scrolled so fast)
Then it failed to install.
I rebooted the device and it looks fine and the SE ANDROID error is gone.
Seems like everything is where I left them. Data was not gone, even my homescreen shortcuts are there.
(Took a full backup using TWRP. Coz... lessons learned.)
Ran a few apps to check root status, and they all show the device isn't rooted.

So, since I barely understand what I did, my question is,

Can I go back to the factory recovery? (remove TWRP and put back samsung one. Also, where to look to find the factory recovery? Samsung doesn't seem to publish it)
Is the device still using the Samsung OS image? Or is it a combination of the factory image + whatever my CM flash attempt did?
I Assume SEANDROID issue is part of KNOX? If so, should I disable KNOX (how?) before attempting to root again?


texts: com.android.providers.settings does not exists

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I am using Lineage OS 14.1-20171111_14ß556-UNOFFICIAL-cedric on my Motorola G5
Android 7.1.2 and i am not able to locate the file/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

i tried ES File Explorer(with root) , adb shell (with root) and also SQLite Editor from the Play Store does not seem to find that file.


texts: how to get option as install zip from sdcard in recovery system?

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In recovery system there are many  option as
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
backup and restore

but I cant find install zip from sdcard for installing zip file.


texts: Pulling dbdata file with not rooted device

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The screen of my Galaxy S is broken, so I can't see anything and the touchscreen doesn't work. After a while, I managed to get everything I needed from the /sdcard folder with adb.

Now I have some very important things in my Memo app that I would like to save, but the problem is that my phone is not rooted, so I can't pull anything from dbdata folder.

So, long story short: I need to pull a file from /dbdata but I have no root permissions on my phone, and the data I need to save is not from a debuggable app (it's the .ab data of the original Memo app). Is there any way to do it? If not, is there any way to root my phone without having to interact with it, since my touchscreen doesn't work anymore?
(I already tried with run-as but as I already told, the app is not debuggable)


texts: I am trying to clear some internal storage i have in the emulated directory two identical folders one /0 and one /legacy both have exact same files can i delete one?


texts: Switching data and apps between 2 Nexus phones

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Is there any fast or easy way to switch apps and data between 2 Nexus phones?

First is Nexus 5 running Android 6.0.1 MOB30Y, second one is Nexus 4 running Android 5.1.1 LMY48T


texts: How can I customize what notifications show up on my notifications bar (RAZR MAXX running ICS)?

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I want to customize what I see in the notifications bar/shade. (eg. I don't want notifications for facebook messages, I don't want to see my weather app in the notification bar).

I looked in the apps' setup areas, but didn't see any way to change this, specifically for the weather channel app.

Thanks!


texts: Set up alarm clock in llama based on location

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Is there a way to set up an alarm clock based on your location using llama? I am using a HTC Desire X with Android 4.1.1.

I guess that I will need to use Alarm clock app somehow, I am just not sure how to do this.


texts: My phone is sending messages to international number

texts: My phone is automatically sending sms to number 6592324290 and i have been charged heavily by my service provider. I don't remember that i have installed any app which can send such sms. please advice so that at lest further sms can be stopped.


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I have SM-G900F on Lineage Oreo. I installed Linux Deploy and left the path to ${EXTERNAL_STORAGE}/linux.img, and I removed the app for a second time. Now, I still have the linux.img in my memory, but I can't delete it because I don't know the path to where was it created, while in the installer app can't find it.

Going to Settings -> Storage and tapping on Linux Deploy doesn't work, I can't see more than 50 MB used for it.

What can I do?


texts: An FB Contact name not displaying while calling, Only number shows up

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I have a couple of contacts in my Samsung Galaxy S i9003 which runs Android 2.3.6, which are retrieved from my FB contact list. That means, those names and contact numbers are not saved in my SIM/Phone, they are only in FB. Since I have synchronized FB account, I can see those contacts from my contact-list. Whenever I call them or they call me, their names are not showing up and only numbers as if they are not in my contact list (And I don't have a clue on who is calling). But if I check my call logs later, I can see their number along with their name.

I want to see their names while they are calling. How do I do it in my case? Thanks a lot for your help.


texts: How often is Google Location History updated?

texts: How often does Android Location Reporting send an update to Google Location History? Is the reporting interval customizable?


texts: File transfer between Windows 8 and Nexus 7

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I'm struggling with it for ages and I can't seem to get it working. Every solution on the internet just lets me to install ADB drivers. But besides of developing I'd also like to use my Nexus as a regular user, for example send some files from my Win8 PC to the tablet. Soe I'm enabling MTP.

But this is no-go. Nexus7 is displayed with conflict on the device manager. Automatic install won't install nothing. Drivers from asus website won't install (these are just ADB drivers). Basically no drivers I found over the internet won't install.

For god sake, it's world most popular Android tablet. Is it Windows 8 which is so retared?

MTP not recognized, PTP aswell. No drivers found anywhere.

EDIT:
I found a "solution" - it's called "Sell the bloody Windows machine and buy a Mac" - works like a charm. There is also another one I tested: "get back to Win7" worked too...


texts: Asus memopad7 170C, unlocking bootloader fails

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I'm trying too root my Asus memo pad 7 (170C), I've tried EVERY method, using KingoRoot, SuperOneClick, Frameroot, motochopper. None of them worked.

So I decided to do the rooting stuff myself, first I tried on Windows 8, the fastboot driver was not recognized, I installed the PdaNet, It recognizes the device now, the problem is when I run "fastboot oem unlock" or "fastboot oem unlock0x0b05" (ASUS VendorID), it returns : "FAILED (remote: unknown OEM command)"

I enter bootloader with "adb reboot bootloader" or by pressing Volume Up and Power.

I have also tried in Ubuntu 14.04, It doesn't even recognize the device in fastboot, and yes  I run fastboot as root, still no chance :-(
"fastboot devices" returns nothing, and "fastboot oem unlock" returns "Waiting for device"

I did run "usbls" command, and it was clear that the OS has recognized the tablet, but why the fastboot does not?

Here is some information of my specs:
ASUS MemoPad 7 (170C)
Windows 8.1 64bit AND/OR Ubuntu 14.04

Bootloader: DroidBoot Provision Os, DroidBoot Ver: WW_MeMO_Pad-11.2.3.28-20141230
IFWI Version: 64.25

PLEASE somebody save my life as I'm stuck with it for a very long time!


texts: Unix domain sockets between host and emulator

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I am trying get Android and my Linux host talk to each other on Unix domain sockets.

I have my server on the host while the client is part of a library that emulator's software stack will make use of. The Android stack is not able to find the socket stream file that I have specified which happens to be on the host's filesystem.

Now, before you say "port forward", I have tried that and this is what I have tried based on my understanding of the abd forward command. I have not had success in this. Could you guys please point out the mistake and help me?

adb forward localfilesystem:/tmp/android_socket localfilesystem:android_socket

The path used in the host is /tmp/android_socket and that in the Android emulator is "android_socket"


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I recently discovered that all my photos on my phone has disappeared from the Gallery application. I connected my phone to my computer, and the images are still present in DCIM/100MEDIA/ directory.

I did a backup of my photos, tried stopping the phone, the app (gallery), removing the cache from that app but no luck.

While searching for a solution online, I found that some people also had the same problem with the music app. I have albums that used to work, so I was sure to find them. But now they also have disappeared.

So Gallery and Music is empty despite having files in the correct folder.

Regarding Gallery, if I take a new photo, it will correctly be added to the DCIM/100MEDIA/ folder, with the name IMAG001332.jpg (for example), but with 1332 being a correct incremental number (not starting from 0), which is even weirder.

I don't know what to do to fix it! Does anyone can help me?

(Note: I have an HTC One S)

Update: I did a reset of my phone (http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-s-t-mobile/howto/315367.html) without any luck.


texts: Include in-app browsing history in Chrome sync

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On Android, in-app browsing is facilitated using an in-app version of Chrome (1, 2, 3). This means there are actually 3 versions of Chrome:

Chrome Desktop
Chrome Mobile
Chrome Custom Tabs (in-app browsing)

When logged into Chrome, the mobile and dekstop versions sync their history, settings, bookmarks etc. (4, 5).

In certain apps, like Facebook, an in-app version of Chrome launches when clicking on links. The pages visited there are also recorded in the history of the Chrome Mobile. However, they are not synced with Chrome Desktop.

Is it possible to sync the browser history of the in-app Chrome Custom Tabs with both Chrome Mobile and Chrome Desktop?


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I installed a custom ROM and flashed Open Gapps Aroma. I was excited by the options to remove or exclude various features I never use (such as Google's calculator, Google Books, Google's clock, stock wallpaper etc) but unfortunately the installer had a bug and would only work if I installed everything.

How do I completely remove google apps that I don't need?


texts: Google play store app installation history

texts: What would cause the Google history to show certain apps installed, but then uninstalled, all at the same exact time or within one minute of each other?