texts: Force system to always ask for wifi password

texts: I use my institutional credentials to connect to my work wifi network (using 802.1x EAP), and I don't want my password stored on my phone (i.e. I want to retype my password every time I connect). What's the best way to do this? A Google Pixel running stock 7.1, if that matters.


texts: Where do I find the minimum requirements for an app?

texts:
I was trying to install a new app from Google Play on my computer, but a message told me that the app wasn't compatible with my device. No more information was given.

Can someone please tell me where I can find the minimum requirements for any given app? I want to check what's missing on my phone. Maybe I can fix the problem, assuming it isn't a hardware problem.


texts: PIN screen and PIN have changed on Huawei P8 Lite with Android 7

texts:
When I accessed my phone yesterday, the PIN screen had changed (presumably through an automatic software update). I put in my pin and it didn't recognize it.  I have not changed my pin. Luckily, I have fingerprint control set up so I can use my phone.  My worry is that sometimes the fingerprint recognition doesn't work. If this happens, I have lost my phone!
I have searched for info on the PIN changing by itself but Android/Huawei are not admitting to this happening. It is suspicious that the PIN screen has changed at the same time as the PIN changed. Does anyone have any information on this please?


texts: add shortcut to a file say a local pdf on to the homescreen

texts:
My jelly bean phones are not rooted. I was hoping to be able to place a file, or a shortcut to a file, such as a '.pdf' on the homescreen.

I have seen suggestions that it may be done, by using file managers, but maybe that no longer applies. Both devices have 4.2.2 jelly-bean.
See for instance this question.

I have tried on an HTC desire 310 and on an Alcatel onetouch.  I get no option to add the file or shortcut to the home screen. I did install the Astro file manager, with a shortcut on the home screen but did not see any additional option for putting a pdf on the homescreen.


texts: How to change bluetooth maximum volume with mixer_paths.xml?

texts:
As question title, I want to change the bluetooth overall volume doing some changes in mixer_paths.xml (if possible). The problem is, that I don't know what variable to change.
With the same phone, but different ROMs, the output voltage of bluetooth receiver vary from 0.8Vrms to 1.1Vrms. The bluetooth device is an LDAC / AptX -> I2S -> DAC, which should be able to output a good 2Vrms of voltage, but I can't fully exploit it.


texts: Can I install GNU/Linux in text mode on android?

texts:
I want to use my old smartphone (Moto 3G) like Rassbery Pi to make some low level things with just terminal. I  want to install GNU/Linux in text mode, get access to it with SSH, get connection to Internet and have possibility to type in installed system with onscreen keyboard like in android.

Important thing is that, I want to FULLY remove android and install GNU/Linux in this place. I don't care about SMS, Phone calls etc. ( But things like camera handling, and way to see battery status, playing/recording sounds, or changing screen brightness of the screen are nice to have).

Is there any distribution that can satisfy me? And how can I install chosen system instead of android?

EDIT:
I am seraching for way to install TEXT ONLY operating system. This question Dual booting linux on android galaxy note 10.1 doesn't help me because I am trying to just make Rassbery Pi clone from my old phone.


texts: How does Samsung store pictures marked as favourite in the Gallery app?

texts:
I had marked a number of pictures as favourite on Samsung S10 Plus, I then renamed the DCIM folder to 2021_Backup (I had backed up my pictures onto a hardrive). After this I could not see any pictures in the favourites folder. I am assuming Samsung stored the list of all favourites somehwere and had a pointer to the actual image. Once I changed the folder named it lost that pointer and could not show those pictues. I have renames the fodler back to DCIM and that hasn't helped either. Something else is missing. Again, I am guessing the DCIM file got a different internal filename when I renamed it or something.
Any ideas on how I can get those favourites. I had spent a while marking them.


texts: is fully charging new phones before turning it on a must?

texts: I just got my Samsung note 5 shipped to my office. And I am wondering if I should charge it full before I turned it on


texts: Can I use the phone's mic when connected to a bluetooth speaker?

texts:
When connecting the phone to a BT speaker that includes a mic (pretty much all of them), the speaker acts like a BT headset, and the phone's mic is disabled.

Can I use the speaker for audio output only, using the phone's internal mic?

Update: Think about handling a phone call using the BT speaker, but its mic is lousy and noisy, so I want to use the internal phone mic instead.


texts: How do I turn on battery percentage in Android Lollipop?

texts: I haven't been able to find a menu option for this setting in Android Lollipop (previously known as Android-L).


texts: Nexus 7 2013 WiFi (flo) bootloader unlock fails

texts:
Update: I don't know what I did differently apart from factory resetting it a lot of times, but it finally went through and unlocked.

I'm trying to unlock the bootloader on my Nexus 7 2013 WiFi 32GB (flo). I turned it off, pressed power button + volume down, which soon greeted me with "the bootloader". I then ran fastboot oem unlock which prompted the tablet to ask me whether I really want to unlock the bootloader, and I subsequently navigated to yes using the volume keys and confirmed with the power button. Following that, this was printed to my computer's terminal:
(bootloader) Unlocking bootloader...
(bootloader) erasing userdata...
(bootloader) erasing userdata done
FAILED ()
Finished. Total time: 17.372s

As you can see, it only says FAILED (). No error code. Looking at photos of others unlocking the bootloader, it seems that the next step should be erasing cache, however it evidently does not progress there. I can still boot into Android though. First boot initially greeted me with an "erasing" screen which had an Android on it, and all user data was erased (as expected). I did try repeating the procedure once more after letting it boot Android again but the result was the same.
Other things I have tried are manually formating the userdata and cache partitions via the recovery menu and factory-resetting from within Android, however neither of these were fruitful.
I have tried 2 different computers and 2 different USB cables but they yielded the same results. How might I go about resolving this so that I can unlock the bootloader?


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When I receive notifications, plug in power, or manually turn on my phone display, the lock screen stays on forever (until battery runs out). My display timeout setting is set to 15 seconds (the lowest). The normal display times out correctly, just not the lockscreen.

A month ago I enabled developer mode, but only used it to enable usb debugging and made an adb backup of my phone. The lockscreen still timed out after that and I have made no other modification to the settings since then. The phone has not ever been rooted. Developer mode is currently off. Virus protection is on, and I've only downloaded authorized apps from the store.

I tried turning on/off gestures, smart stay, removing phone from case, cleaning screen, etc. I have no idea what is causing the lock screen to stay on and not timeout.

Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900T
android 5.0


texts: What do the different coloured bars on the 1x1 widget in Better Battery Stats app mean?

texts: I understand these are supposed to signify ratios of different phone states but I cannot get my head around which is supposed to be which.


texts: How I can reverse-tether my tablet using my phone’s mobile broadband with bluetooth DUN, without rooting?

texts:
I have a phone which run java for the J2ME platform not android ones.
When I pair it with my laptop, I can use the phone to connect internet using mobile broadband connection (I pick my provider in a list on the laptop to autocomplete the parameters).
However when I pair it on my Samsung Galaxy tab S, I don't have this option, even when there is no Wi-Fi access point.
There are lot of apps to convert you android phone into a server for this. But I own a tablet with android 5 (only Wi-Fi and bluetooth connection), and I would like to use my classic mobile phone as access point over bluetooth. I know how to configure the phone since I already use it on my Linux laptop. But I don’t know how to use my tablet as a DUN client, and I couldn’t find an app on the play store for that.
For those who still don’t what is beeing asked here, here’s a tutorial I use for a non wizard tethering on Debian (I couldn’t find a android equivalent).
So, how I can connect Samsung galaxy tab S 8.4 to internet over bluetooth with my mobile phone's connection?
Update :
Here’s my provider parameters in my case :
dial-up number value : "*99#"
APN value : "Free"
Authentication method : Store
Username value : "Free"
Password value : "Free"
DUN channel value : "0"
Connection method : GPRS
PIN method : Store
PIN value : null
Provider proxy address value : "212.27.40.225"
Provider proxy port value : "80"
But on most OS, (for laptop, including old windows) you just get a country selector, then you pick-up your mobile provider in a list and the connection parameters are filled up for you.
Note: As the device is still new I want to keep the long time warranty option.
BlueVPN+ seems to indirectly allow what I need without rooting, but the program is not free.


texts: Permission denied while installing a system app with SSH

texts:
I have the APK file for an application I want to install as a system application via SSH on rooted Android tablets. I'm able to install this application via ADB with a script but the installation fails when I do it through SSH. The SSH application installed is called QuickSSHd and I log in as root. With ADB I'm connected with the shell account that I raise as root with the su command.

Here is the installation script:

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo ">> This script must be run as root."
   exit 1
fi

echo ">> Remounting /system in write mode..."
mount -o rw,remount /system

echo ">> Installing Manager..."
wget -P /system/app http://update.esmart.net/apk/Manager.apk
chmod 777 /system/app/Manager.apk
chown system:system /system/app/Manager.apk

echo ">> Removing smanager..."
rm /system/app/smanager*

echo ">> Remounting /system in read mode..."
mount -o ro,remount /system

echo ">> Starting Manager..."
sleep 2
am start -W -n ch.esmart.managerapp/.MainActivity

echo ">> Finished !"

The application icon is not displayed and am command does not work.

After checking in logcat:

$ logcat | grep Manager
W/zipro   ( 3308): Unable to open zip '/system/app/Manager.apk': Permission denied
D/asset   ( 3308): failed to open Zip archive '/system/app/Manager.apk'
W/PackageParser( 3308): Unable to read AndroidManifest.xml of /system/app/Manager.apk

I also tried the su command in SSH but it changes nothing.

The permissions look good:

$ stat /system/app/Manager.apk
  File: "/system/app/Manager.apk"
  Size: 370990      Blocks: 728        IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 13h/19d Inode: 1448        Links: 1
Access: (0777/-rwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  system)   Gid: ( 1000/  system)
Access: 2014-10-24 12:10:05.000000000
Modify: 2014-10-24 12:10:05.000000000
Change: 2014-10-24 12:10:05.000000000

What does this error mean? Thanks a lot!


texts: Control Android with broken screen from PC

texts:
My rooted Galaxy Nexus has a broken screen. How can I use my PC (ie, via ADB) to control the phone?

androidscreencast would be the ideal solution, but its keyboard/mouse control feature does not work in Jelly Bean. Perhaps someone knows why and we can patch the code? (see: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/androidscreencast/BAeW5iG55FI/ebTFodV-BZsJ)

Installing a VNC server is another, but for the love of me I can't get it to work. Eg, using Droid VNC Server, I install the apk, and am supposed to execute /data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files/androidvncserver but there is no files directory inside org.onaips.vnc (instructions from here: https://github.com/oNaiPs/droid-VNC-server/issues/14). VMLite is another VNC server that can be started with a special Windows utility (and doesn't need root!) but it's not OSS so I can't get the apk in order to install (Google Play is not pushing apps to my phone prob because I disabled some service--let me know if I can force Google Play to update itself from ADB or install the app). fastdroid-vnc is a binary (not apk) and it runs fine via shell, but something is broken and it shows nothing.

What are my options? Let's make this a community wiki, to help anyone who's broken their screen!


texts: how to transfer google contacts on S3 to phone memory for car syncing

texts: new car has mobile sync which recognises samsung SIII, the old car didn't. Unfortunately all the contacts on my phone are in "google" contacts rather than the phone which the car system syncs with. How can I transfer the google contacts to the phone?


texts: How to put Android phone into "deep sleep" using Tasker?

texts:
I have a Sony Xperia Z running factory Android 5.1.1 I'd like to use in my car for navigation/ music.

I've installed Tasker & configured it to start Spotify playing on power & turn off Spotify when power is switched off.

However this still leaves the phone active & using it's battery while the car is not being used. We don't use our car that much so the battery runs flat over a couple of days.

What I'd really like to do is have Tasker shut down as much of the phone as possible - wireless, mobile data, location services. Ideally I'd like the phone doing absolutely nothing & waiting for power to start playing Spotify again.

Options for "Airplane Mode", "Mobile Data" & "Power Mode" are all unavailable/ red in Tasker. The phone is not rooted but am I correct that these aren't available in Android 5.1?

The Sony Xperia Z has got Ultra Stamina mode that would be perfect. But I can't work out how to activate Ultra Stamina via Tasker (I don't think it's possible) & the phone might need a reboot to come out of Ultra Stamina - which isn't great if I've just stopped the car/ turned off the phone for 5 minutes.

What is the best way to put the phone into "deep sleep" while the phone isn't receiving power where it uses as little services/ battery as possible in Tasker?


texts: App Web Links asking for Chrome TOS despite Firefox being default browser

texts:
Short version:

When I click links in the Reddit Android app, it brings up Chrome. I want it to bring up Firefox, but it doesn't give me the option.

Long version:

I just bought a phone and installed Reddit and Firefox on it. When I click on links in the Reddit web app it brings up Chrome, asking me to accept the Google Chrome Terms of Service. But I haven't used Chrome, I've been using Firefox as my default browser.

I've tried to follow Mozilla's instructions on setting the default browser on my phone, which includes clicking a Clear defaults button, but none of my apps have any defaults to clear. Of my browsers, none has an enabled Clear defaults button. I've painstakingly gone through every app in the phone looking for an app with an enabled button (just in case it was hidden in some "com.blah.blah" app) and found none. The app simply never asks me which browser I'd like to use. It may be the Reddit app itself making a false assumption about the browser availability... anyone care to verify? :)


texts:
I ordered a Pandigital SuperNova and I own a 1080p LED TV.

The Pandigital SuperNova has a Micro HDMI port on it. My TV has a regular HDMI port.

If I connect an HDMI cable with regular HDMI on one end to my TV with Micro HDMI on the other into my SuperNova, will I be able to have 1080p output onto my TV?

I've read from this pcmag.com article:

  The SuperNova plays 1080p videos, although it doesn't display them anywhere in 1080p. You get 800-by-600 on the main screen, and 720p HD on a TV, all perfectly smoothly.

But I was hoping for more confirmation on this. (actually hoping the statement to be disproven lol)

I'm not ready to accept it as a fact until more people who have tested this can reply.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab-2 USB connection issue

texts:
I am working on Android application development, I want to run my application on Samsung Galaxy Tab-2 GT-P3100 but whenever I connect it with USB to the computer then it is not detecting.

snapshot -

EDIT:

I searched over internet about this problem I got same problem which is on the Microsoft Community MTP USB driver failed -Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.

When I follows all steps still is shows dialog as follows -

EDIT:

  I got solution and also posted all the steps which I follow to resolve
  the problem. This is very helpful to me and hope you too.


texts: How can I get wired tethering on the Galaxy Rush to a WinXP?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy rush that I would like to tether. I assume that it does not support wireless tethering, but it should do wired. Will I need to root the device? How would I do that?


texts: Cracked screen, menu buttons non-responsive, need to wipe my phone! Ideas? HELP!

texts:
Like so many of us, I have dropped my phone and cracked the screen on my LG optimus ls970... which, In my very special situation, makes the menu buttons stop working. However, unlike other posters, I can still SEE the screen. I even managed to somehow (and I have NO idea how) to get into the boot options. But I CAN'T CLICK THE OPTION TO WIPE THE PHONE OR CONFIRM. I can press my glass at a million angles and make the equivalent of a pretty, pretty light show, but the only portion of my screen that ever responds to touch now is the top-right corner.

I work for a security company and have customer-sensitive information on that device. I too have already received a replacement and need to send the old device back. ...I even have an old microwave and have SERIOUSLY considered both using it and "dropping" the phone in a lake before I send it back (as it is covered for water damage), but I have seen phones recover even from water damage. I have NO idea how I'm going to solve this. ...Thoughts?


texts: Disable buttons for emergency call and volume control in lock screen

texts:
When you see Android's lock screen, there are still some controls available that may be used without unlocking the phone. For me (Android 2.3.3 - LG version) it's the volume control and the button for emergency calls.

Unfortunately, it has happened a number of times now that, when the phone was in my pocket, it somehow automatically started an emergency call or increased the volume. I don't know how this could happen but ...

The only solution I can imagine is to disable those controls. Is this (easily) possible? If yes, how?


texts: ADB error: insufficient permissions for device: verify udev rules

texts:
When I run adb shell, I get the following error
$> adb shell
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
error: insufficient permissions for device: user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong?
See [http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html] for more information

The connection gets thus rejected without me getting any prompt on the phone's side. I have enabled the "USB debugging" option on the phone, which when connected correctly says "USB debugging connected".


texts: How to invert and tweak the Android sensors like gyroscope, accelerometer, etc.?

texts: I am experimenting some VR stuff and I need to know how to invert the gyro sensor and other sensors like accelerometer. Is there any kind of app that can do this? I would like to find an app that can invert the gyroscope so when you turn the phone left with a VR thing, it will turn the opposite direction. Also need to invert the sensor so it displays the information inverted or some sort of program to tweak it without rooting.


texts: What does /mnt/asec directory contain in Android? Can someone explain in brief?


texts: Can anyone resolve this issue? i just tried every thing..I'm not professional, a niewbie


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 - after AT&T over the wire update - google search doesn't find installed apps

texts:
I just purchased a Galaxy S III from AT&T, and only after a few days, I got a pushed, forced update from AT&T (not stating what it does, just "AT&T Software update" version: "V3_1205_2_2")

I didn't notice any change for a few hours, until I wanted to search for an app (menu - search)

Up until the update (still innocent till proven guilty, but looks more than circumstantial evidence) as in any android phone, the built in google search would search and find all installed apps,

However after that update (and again, it could be something else, but I can't think what it is) it stopped working. Google search (which is the built in device search) only shows web results and bookmarks

Am I the only one experiencing it? if so I'll just return it to AT&T and get another, as much as re-installing everything gives me a headache just thinking about it.

If I'm not the only one, then is it indeed a bug in AT&T's anonymous, rude, forcing itself on you, update?


texts: Is there any known full device/disk encryption software for android 2.2?

texts:
I have not found anything in the app store or other stores, Is there any known full device/disk encryption software for android 2.2, that you have test on your device? if so what is the device?

FYI:I know honeycomb supports this natively, but my device does not support HC.


texts: Google Calendar Sync issue in Xiaomi Max 2 (Android N 7.1.1 NMF267), doesn't ask for "storage" access

texts:
I'm on a Xiaomi Max 2, MIUI 8 (Android N 7.1.1 NMF267).

Google Calendar sync works when I choose "Refresh" from the top right inside the Google Calendar app. But a few hours later, the calendar shows up empty. When I click "Refresh" again, it works again. And so on.

This seems to be a widespread problem judging from online complaints. I'm savvy with computers and phones, and have tried every fix mentioned online. Including clearing cache in the Google Calendar app, uninstalling it, clearing cache in Google Play Services, and re-installing the Google Calendar app.

The Google Calendar Sync Android Docs say to "make sure that Calendar storage is turned on"

HOWEVER, on my phone, Google Calendar doesn't even ask for App storage permission. It doesn't show up below in the list of apps asking for "storage permissions" (Note: the "Calendar" below is MIUI's internal Calendar app, not Google Calendar. MIUI is Xiaomi's Android skin):

I'd appreciate any suggestions on resolving this issue.


texts: Why "System Update" app of "android 6.0" is draining battery

texts:
I am using Yu Yunicorn (5530) android phone. It has android marshmallow update. Recently I noticed when I put the phone on charging it takes long time to charge and never goes to 100%, also during the charging when I looked into the "Settings > battery" it shows "awake" green line throughout the period of charging.

Yesterday when I saw in the battery usage I found that "System Update" app is using 190% of battery and phone battery was draining very fast. When I forced stop the "System Update" it increased the battery life and also lets the charging up to 100%. When I put the phone on charging the "System Update" app starts and that slows down the charging. Also when I remove the phone from the charging it again starts "System Update" app. So every time I have to forced stop this app.
Now I would like your help to solve the problem, why my "System update" is using all of the battery and why it is running all the time, How can I solve the problem without factory reset? I already tried running phone in "safe mode" and "wipe cache partition" which did not help.

Thank you.


texts: How can I download email attachments only when requested?

texts:
The default email application seems to be downloading email attachments when I try to read an email.

I don't want to download attachment by default, it should on request. I should be able to read the mail body text without needing to download the attachment.

I am using my own POP3 server and not GMail.

Is there any way to enable this or another application which I can use for this?

I have Samsung Galaxy Ace Model GT-S5830.


texts:
I am from Philippines, and using European firmware for my Samsung Galaxy S2. Does that affect the accuracy of my GPS? For example, my location is usually off (at the wrong location) when I use Foursquare. But sometimes, it's usually right in Google Maps.

Should I be using firmware for Philippines instead?


texts:
After updating my UK HTC Sensation to Android 4.0 I was keen to try out Face Unlock.  I'm happy to say that it works reasonably well, however the setup process has led to me having a query.

When setting up face lock, after your face has been captured for the first time and setting up your backup access, you are given the following prompt:

  You've Finished!

  To unlock your phone, just look at it.

  Tip: Improve face matching by having your face captured in different conditions

The tip sounds good, however it doesn't actually tell you how to have your face captured in different conditions! After clicking OK to the prompt you are returned to the security menu and any attempt to re-set-up face unlock just seems to over-write your previous settings (or at least I assume it does as it asks you to set up a new backup system).

How can I recapture my face multiple times to improve face recognition?


texts:
When does Lollipop hit AT&T Note 4?
I have read many articles that the Note 4 was going to receive Lollipop late January. But still no updates. I believe the Galaxy S5 AT&T has Lollipop.
Any one have any ideas what the release date is?


texts: Android 4.4.2 - How to not dismiss notification while checking the detail

texts:
I recently upgraded my phone to Galaxy S5. This phone has 4.4.2. One big inconvenience I have encountered so far is the way the event and notification work - the system automatically dismisses a notification when I tap on the notification to check the detail. Usually, I can only prioritize what I am doing and the upcoming events after seeing the event detail. But by tapping on the notification, the notification is dismissed and will not show up later, should I decide to ignore the notification for now.

Previously on 4.0, unless I mark a notification and tap on a dismiss button, the notification stays. I would like to keep the old behavior if possible.


texts: Permission to make and manage phone calls

texts:
I just bought a second hand phone (my first device running android). I'm surprised by the fact that three times I've been asked for permission to make and manage phone calls. This is a very scary thing to allow and it's even for things that don't seem to need it. I first noticed it when I wanted to run Diagnostics. It asks to Allow Support to make and manage phone calls. This is already strange but perhaps could be justified in the process of running diagnostics. But I tried some other things to check the permissions that they would ask and also the pre-installed Xperia File Transfer Mobile and even the FM radio ask for it. All of these are pre-installed and system apps.

Is this normal? Would you give these permissions? Or is there something wrong with the phone (malware?)?

(For now there is no sim in the phone so the damage that it can do is very limited.)

I already did a factory reset and the issue persists.


texts:
I have my screen timeout set to 30 seconds, which is a good interval normally.
However, when i am in a browser reading or Adobe Reader or ThinkFree or whichever other reader, I would like the timeout to be larger or never.

Is there anyway of doing this in Froyo without manually setting it to 30 mins and after I'm done reading all I wanted to read, set it back to 30 seconds?

Thank you.


texts: How can I prevent the Google+ app from showing the wrong thumbnail before I share a photo?

texts:
When I go to the Google+ app to share a picture I've taken on my phone, it shows the wrong thumbnail.  I select the thumbnail anyway because experience has taught me that I can trust the date, and I when I share the picture the correct picture is shared.  This is incredibly frustrating, however, as I'm effectively "flying blind" when I share photos with the Google+ app.

I've developed various coping mechanisms for dealing with this problem.  I go into the Gallery app and delete all but pictures I want to share on Google+ and count the number of pictures I want to share.  Then I select the first few pictures (say, four) and share them on Google+.  Even though the thumbnails are wrong because I've already done the legwork to know which picture is which.

I've sent feedback to Google about this multiple times (it bothers me that there is no public record of this) and have been updating the Google+ app regularly, but the problem persists.  As of this writing I'm using version 2.3.0.240337 of the Google+ app on Android 2.2.

I don't think this has anything to do with how I manage pictures on my Android phone, but I'll describe that anyway.  Every so often I put my phone in USB mode and import my photos into iPhoto.  Then (after safely ejecting the device), from the phone I do a "select all" and "delete all" of all the pictures.


texts: Talk to Android Device via UDP via a wired connection (on Windows) - UDP port forwarding & port mirroring (like midimux)

texts:
This is a continuation of an already asked question, where the "solution was simple", using a shell cmd in terminal...

android.stackexchange.com/a/60727

  This was WAY simpler than I thought it was. I was trying to get this
  working for days now but it's actually really simple.

  After you did that, open a terminal emulator window on the device or
  open an adb shell session with the command adb shell. Enter netcfg to
  print out all the IPs and look for a device named rndis0 or usb0 or
  maybe another name, depending on your ROM or device. Simply look at
  all the devices that are "UP" and make sure its not Wifi or Mobile
  data connection, you can recognize them by the device name.

  If you think you found the correct adapter (it shouldn't show more
  than 2-3 devices that are listed as  UP and have an valid IP next to
  it) simply send your OSC messages to that IP adress and it will work
  just fine. This should work with about any network protocol.

Terminal isn't on play store, so guess that referred to configuring the device at the (linux/mac?) computer end.

My question pertains to windows, re [Mach's question @ hexler]
hexler.net / forum / viewthread / 1116

[failed attempt 1]
docs.google.com/document/d/1zAnWDs34aO9QRbICYQUlklJlK7ZqiENc5d9SIsxr9v0/edit?usp=sharing

OSC is an 'encoding', not a protocol (the co-author* tells us)

  OSC is an encoding not a protocol. Some OSC libraries and apps only
  support UDP for some reason but from the beginning it has been run
  over serial, TCP/IP and UDP. I have tunneled over MIDI too. oscuino
  shows you how to separate the encoding from the protocol.

  Because some applications only listen for OSC over UDP there is an
  advantage making the Teensy appear to be a source and sink of UDP
  packets.

SO, it seems it can be done. Just haven't yet worked out how, on either Android OR USB...

I have no rep for commenting, but I hope to ascertain HOW to config usb tethering on droid,and port mirroring - I simply want clear instructions.

imgur.com/G7GC2wX

https://forum.pjrc.com/threads/18849-Open-Sound-Control?p=27630&viewfull=1#post27630
https://i.stack.imgur.com/bnesS.png

*forum.pjrc.com/threads/18849-Open-Sound-Control?p=27630&viewfull=1#post27630

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texts: Lock location services (off) on android 5.1.1

texts: Is there a way to lock location services (keep it off) on android 5.1.1? Like with restrictions on iphone for example. I'm looking for a simple way to do this. A way to disable it permanently is also fine. Thanks


texts: How to limit car speed with a ELM327 converter?

texts:
There are plenty third party devices which allows to never go faster than speed limits.

But when having already a ELM327 ᴏʙᴅ2 converter, why not using it directly through an android tablet instead of purschasing a separate device ?


texts: How to place replies in the same folder as the original message on the IMAP email app?

texts: Messages that I reply to from my phone are placed in the "Sent" folder. Is it possible to configure the Email App to place replies in the same folder as the original message. Using galaxy S3, Android 4.0.4.


texts: What are the risks involved in unlocking the bootloader?

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A locked bootloader is one that will only boot an OS and recovery that it "approves" of. Vendors digitally sign the recovery, kernel and kernel modules and unsigned binaries are refused to flash and boot. This is same as Secure Boot provided by UEFI.

In PC, one can simply disable the Secure boot by choice if one wants to boot unsigned binaries. But on Android devices, every vendor has its own lengthy process to unlock the bootloader like providing unlock tool, unlock code and device registration. Vendors are making it even harder like HMD initially refuses to unlock Nokia bootloaders and Huawei will stop providing bootloader unlocking for all new devices.

So how does a locked bootloader strengthens the security and privacy of end user or  does it serve some other purposes too?


texts: Cant see device with lastest adb.exe version but I can see it with an old adb version in Windows

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My device is a Wolder Manhattan 7" Android tablet which is a clone copy of BQ Pascal 2.

In order to get root and use adb, most guides use the BQ Pascal 2 Windows drivers for Wolder Manhattan:

http://www.htcmania.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=110451&d=1334723079

My system:
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
- Latest version of the Android SDK installed (adt-bundle-windows-x86\sdk\platform-tools).

Driver setup:
I have followed the guide to install the drivers and they have been installed perfectly in Windows.
The device is shown in Windows Hardware Devices Manager as: "Android Phone - Android ADB Interface."
"USB Debugging" and "Mass Storage" is enabled and Im already "root" in my device.

Tests with adb versions:

Using adb.exe version  1.0.31 (from the latest SDK) (796kb) doesn't show any connected devices:

...\adt-bundle-windows-x8\sdk\platform-tools>adb.exe devices
List of devices attached

Using and old adb.exe version 1.0.29 from 2012 (158kb), which is in the BQ Pascal 2 drivers, the device is shown:

...\Root Pascal 2\RooT\files>adb.exe devices adb server is out of date. killing...
daemon started successfully
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF        device

Question:

Why does the old adb.exe version from 01/11/12 work and shows the device, and the lastest one from the Android sdk doesn't show anything?

I have also tested with other drivers but I get the same result, the device is only shown using the old adb.exe.


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My Galaxy S3-alpha runs Android version 4.1.1. Recently I uninstalled some of the apps I didn't use. But when I go into the "Apps" page, with all the apps lined up, the places of the old apps (that were un-installed) is still empty! So there is a lot of empty space between the apps that make navigation between them hard. I have also tried restarting the phone several times, the OS has also been updated once, but the empty space in the apps page remains! I wanted to see if there is a way that once an app is un-installed its place won't be left empty in the apps window.

Or more generally, is there a way I can sort the apps in the apps page so for example they can be sorted by their name or date installed?

Thank you very much in advance,


texts: How to get your data(Photo's/Video's) from your broken phone?

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Last week my Samsung Galaxy Fame broke, everything still works only the screen doesn't work anymore. It won't react if you touch it but it still works when you unlock it, so basically you can't do anything. Does anyone know how to restore my photo's to my PC, when I plug it into my computer it shows me that there aren't any files, but I have done it before and there should be files. Can anyone PLEASE HELP ME?!

THANKS A BUNCH


texts: How can I find obb folder in a rooted device to copy a game's sd data files and play game?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2. Before I rooted my phone and I played games like Modern Combat 4, Virtue Tennis, Need for Speed Most Wanted and The Dark Knight Rises. These are games' sd data, I copied in obb folder.

Now I've rooted my phone and I want to install those games but I cant find obb folder in my device. Where do I copy the game's sd data? Can I play these kind of games in a rooted device?


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Unfortuantely I lost mails on my Desktop and I'm now trying to restore them from my phone. k9-mail shows them all, but I can't find an mbox file or something similar to reimport them into Thundebird.

Does anyone know where exactly k9-mail stores its local mails?


texts: Android 8.0 | How to show the day of the week on my widget (HTC CLOCK) or Notifications area at the top

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so I have this problem of not knowing the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday,...) and having it on my HTC 10's home screen or the notifications pane would help a lot. I remember that one of the above-mentioned items showed the day of the week along with the date, but I don't know why it is gone. Any help will be much appreciated.

P. S. Priority is to avoid installing third-party apps for this simple thing.


texts: How has USB File Transfer changed in Android changed over the years?

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In Windows

I remember many years ago when I got my first android that USB connection seemed to work more like a flash drive. You could do multiple things at once without it saying the device was busy.

In all newer android versions I've seen I get an error saying the device is busy if I'm copying something and trying to browse files at the same time. Also I've noticed newer android devices seem to be slower with file transfers or even generating all the files in a folder.

So my question is what changed exactly and why was it implemented?

Bonus question: Can you give a detailed history on what happened with android USB and with what versions of android did it change with?


texts: How to get access to whole internal memory from computer

texts: Is there a way to access a whole internal memory (with apks, apps data and others)? Because I must backup it, but a state of free space doesn't allow me to install any apps.


texts: Can Google services be firewall-filtered (market yes, sync no)?

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I recently asked about the availability of calendars with limited sandbox permissions, since I felt that most of them ask for access that is too wide, and hence are not as secure as I'd like. I also explored in that question what options were available to sync only to local computers, and to definitively prevent the device from syncing private data (calendar, contacts, todos) to Google. I plan to do my own backups locally.

Side note: not syncing private data with Google is a little trickier than a new user would expect. This is because a Google account is required to use the marketplace, and once the phone has that account, it cannot be removed without a factory reset (at least in version 2.2). The sync to it can be disabled, but if one accidentally turns it on - easily done momentarily, in my view - contacts and calendar are likely to whoosh to the cloud in short order.

One of course has to balance security requirements with usability, and my favourite calendars thus far (Business Calendar, aCalendar) do not offer their own private calendar repositories (they just work with any calendar sync provider). Ergo, they are equally at risk of accidental cloud synching as the stock Calendar application.

So, I am wondering if rooting the device and installing a firewall would be the way to go? I was originally of the view that I could grant application permissions to Market/Play to contact Google, but not Calendar. However I see in the DroidWall FAQ, if one wishes to continue using the market after installing the firewall:

  Enable the following applications:

  "Market";
  "Media Storage, DRM Protected Content Storage, Download Manager" and
  "Calendar Sync Adapter, Google Services Framework, Contacts Sync Adapter"

It seems odd that, to use the market one needs to grant permissions to the latter, but would be entirely in keeping with Google's policy of making it hard to avoid their services. Any root owners here have thoughts as to whether it is possible? I'm hoping I can filter+block on calendar.google.com etc whilst permitting play.google.com - or similar.

(I suppose the easiest answer to this Q is "try it!", but I'm looking for expertise before I risk rooting my phone).


texts: I keep getting storage errors but I have plenty of free space, what is safe to remove from internal storage?

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I keep getting these errors:

Screenshot #1: install errors (click image to enlarge)

But according to the storage settings I should have plenty of free space:

Screenshot #2: free space (click image to enlarge)

I'm assuming, from reading similar questions, that it needs more space to perform the install even though I've moved every app possible to the sd card. I have cleared the browser cache and went through and cleared the cache of every other app, bringing me up to ~15MB. I used Ti to integrate 2 updates into the ROM, and that freed up enough space to update Dropbox. I installed the DiskUsage app, and this is what it looks like:

Screenshot #3: disk usage (click image to enlarge)

Is there anything else that I can do about the 160+MiB of Data or 80+MiB of Applications? (I misunderstood how the app works, it looks like the data for Dialer Storage is 12.7MiB and Browser is 11.9MiB, what would I lose by deleting those?)

Update: Here's a screenshot from App2SD:

Screenshot #4: app2sd (click image to enlarge)

Update #2: here are screenshots showing the Browser app and its caches cleared:

Screenshot #5: browser cache: cleared, #6: settings: browser cache cleared (click images to enlarge)

Update #3: As a long term update, I think this is partially a permissions issue with apps that I've moved to the SD card. I can move an app at a time back to the phone, and the update will succeed and then I can move it back to SD. Is there some sort of recursive chmod I can run to allow it? Here's a snippet of the ddms log when updating an app:

01-29 10:50:18.420: I/PackageHelper(16890): Size of container 2 MB 400941 bytes
01-29 10:50:18.428: D/VoldCmdListener(1156): asec create smdl2tmp1 2 fat {} 10096
01-29 10:50:18.428: E/Vold(1156): ASEC file '/mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec' currently exists - destroy it first! (No such device or address)
01-29 10:50:18.428: W/Vold(1156): Returning OperationFailed - no handler for errno 98
01-29 10:50:18.436: E/PackageHelper(16890): Failed to create secure container smdl2tmp1
01-29 10:50:18.436: E/DefContainer(16890): Failed to create container smdl2tmp1
01-29 10:50:18.631: D/dalvikvm(1298): GC_EXPLICIT freed 15097 objects / 741152 bytes in 173ms
01-29 10:50:18.662: D/Finsky(16687): [25] 1.packageInstalled: Package install status for "null" is -18
01-29 10:50:18.694: D/Finsky(16687): [1] InstallerTask.cancelCleanup: Cancel running installation of jackpal.androidterm

Update #4: After going through a somewhat tedious process of partitioning the SD for Link2SD, then moving items to phone, and linking them to the new SD partition, the Google Play store was finally able to update the apps. I'm still really low on space though, I'll have to try clearing the browser data and the MMS messages again.


texts: ADB pull internal storage data from custom recovery

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My smartphone display hardware driver in motherboard is not working. Repair this would cost me loss of data.
My phone is actually starting but can't see anything.
I can see listed device in fastboot devices
Then I booted into custom twrp recovery fastboot boot twrp.img
As at this point I am pretty sure that I entered into recovery mode showing adb devices listed my device there
Then the problem occuring is when I try to pull internal storage data it is showing as adb pull /sdcard/dcim/camera showing error

remote object '/sdcard/dcim/camera' does not exist


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Is there a reason budget phones for android contain so many default applications?  Maybe this is required by Google?
I find YouTube, play books,play games, etc. to not be needed and redundant when you have a web browser especially on 16 gb phones.


texts: Sending an application (apk) through NFC

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Is it possible to install the application to another device using NFC? The application is not in Google Play store.

If it is possible, how can I do this?


texts: Help! Lg v10 OS update erased entire calendar

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All past events, all scheduled events, gone. Also, google calendar is not available in list of calendars to sync/enable. It's not that I just failed to check a box, it's that it isn't even listed as an option to choose.

Searched for hours for reports of similar problems with solutions, found nothing. Well, I found lots of other people who also lost entire calendars, but none with solutions that worked.

Absolutely nothing I have tried has helped: reboots, resets, adding/deleting accounts, etc.
Really, what good is a "smart" phone that won't keep a basic calendar? How many people absolutely REQUIRE an adequate appointment/schedule app on their devices?

I hated my iphone, but I'll tell ya - it never deleted a single calendar event without me expressly telling it to do so... For that matter, neither did my ancient blackberry...
Not sure whether this is an Android issue or an Lg v10 issue, but outrageously expensive phones should not be this much hassle.


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I'm using an MK802 android device with 4.0.4 and an RC12 2.4ghz keyboard mouse combo.  I'm wondering if there is any way to bind specific keys on the keyboard to actions in android?

Specifically it'd be great if I could have a home key, and an application key.  Escape seems to perform the back function nicely, but if I could have hardware keys for the rest of the main android functions this setup would feel a lot more comfortable.


texts: Set default "Add" calendar for google now

texts: How do I make Google now add events (when I say "Add event for monday at 2") to my work calendar instead of my personal gmail one?


texts: How to convert mmssms.db from android to ios database

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My generell task was to transfer all my sms & mms from my old windows phone to my new iphone.
I found some solution but I'm stuck half way now. It's workaround via android as there seems to be no solution for direct transfer between windows and ios.

What I already got to manage by now using a virtual android device:
transferring all sms and mms via "contacts and message backup" from the windows phone and "sms backup & restore" to the virtual android device.

But now I'd like to transfer the messages from the virtual android to my iphone.
I wanted to use "backuptrans" to do this, but therefor the virtual android has to be plugged to my mac as a usb device. Somehow this seems to be intricate and I didn't manage to do this.

To bypass this problem I tried to copy the mmssms.db or the backup-xml (from sms backup & restore) from the virtual android to my computer and tried to use this as database-file for "backuptrans" directly but this also doesnt seam to work.

My questions:

Is there any workaround to make my virtual android device connect to my mac and appear as a working device so that "backuptrans" can use it?
Is there a way to transfer the copied mmssms.db-file or the xml-file to a fileformat either backuptrans or my iphone can read as a database file?

I'm using VMware Fusion in macos 10.8 for the virtualization, Android 4.4 in the vm, macos 10.8 or 10.12 for accessing the iphone.


texts: I have a new Pipo M8 pro max tablet. I accidentally deleted the launchers when I tried to get rid of a few apps. I now realise that launchers are a necessary part of the android o/s. I have tried the Pipo website but it will not load. I know very little about adding upgrades and firmware but I might need to go down that road. Could anyone offer me any help or advice so that I can use my excellent tablet to its full potential?


texts: Installing USB driver for XIAOMI Android Studio

texts: I read the Using Hardware Devices page that describes how to connect your device to Android Studio that allows you to install and run your apps on your device. But I have a Xiaomi RedMi 2, and the link that they provide that allows you to download the OEM USB Driver for my device is all in Chinese. How do I install the required driver?


texts: OnePlus X (OxygenOS): Screen auto-rotating in wrong direction

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I have an unrooted OnePlus X phone with the stock recovery and stock OxygenOS 2.2.0-X operating system (based on Android 5.1.1) installed.

With auto-rotation enabled, whenever I turn the device into landscape mode, the screen rotates in the wrong direction. I.e. when I turn it clockwise the screen contents are rotated counterclockwise, and the other way round. This leads to the screen contents always being upside down in landscape mode.

Does anyone have an idea how I could go about fixing this problem? Is there a way to check whether this is a software or a sensor problem?

Update: In the GSensor section of the developer-type manual test menu accessible via *#808#, the phone reports an angle of 270 when I turn it 90° clockwise and it reports 90 when I turn it 90° counterclockwise. I assume it's supposed to be the other way round?

Update 2: After flashing TWRP recovery, rooting the device and installing a custom ROM, the problem persists. Is it fair to conclude that it's definitely a hardware issue now?


texts: How to delete my personal files retained by an app?

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I'm using Android Excel and Word apps on a non-rooted Galaxy Note 8. Over the past months I've opened a couple of files from external sources (email and SD card), but was shocked to find these files could still be opened after the source was gone.

It appears the files reside "somewhere" in /data/user/0. When I launch the app, it displays a file list including the path. I tried to delete these files and get a prompt saying I don't have permission.

This is crazy! If I ever lost my phone, these sensitive files would be compromised!


texts: Lockdown pro suddenly stopped working. Is there anyway to un/reinstall?

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I had Lockdown pro app installed and everything was working fine until the latest update from Samsung which brought some new features such as battery app optimizing.

Now the Lockdown pro no longer works and can never be accessed by the dialing code as well. I also have the option to hide the app icon with disable the uninstalling option for it.

So my question is how can i uninstall this app?


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Situation
Device: HTC One M9
Recovery: TWRP
Custom ROM: Android Revolution HD (Android 6.0)

Problem
I want to flash the stock rom without wiping anything (I don't want to lose anything). I can flash the stock recovery. I have extracted the system.img and boot.img from the official RUU in order to flash the system image to get rid of the Custom ROM.
When I use fastboot to flash the boot image everything seems fine.
However, when I flash the system image which is about 4.5 gigs big, it again says OK but it only takes around 30 seconds to flash.
When I try to boot after flashing the images, the htc logo appears but nothing more happens. Trying to install an OTA with the stock recovery fails with
"system partition has unexpected contents".
I assume that the flashing process wasn't really successful.

How can I correctly flash the system partition?
Or is there any other way to get back to the stock rom without wiping userdata?
And NO, it's not acceptable in any way to wipe (I know that aprox. 98% of android enthusiasts would answer: "Just wipe".)

Btw. the reason for all of this is that the custom rom might not be updated to android 7 so i want to install the ota.

[edit]:
I use htc's fastboot version since the system image is 4.5g big and it cannot be flashed with normal fastboot.


texts: LG Volt (Virgin Mobile) Stuck in Bootloop

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So I've been trying unsuccessfully for a number of hours to fix my brother's phone. It's a Virgin Mobile LG Volt. It's not rooted.

He was complaining of it freezing and not responding. I told him to just take the battery out and restart it which has always worked before. He did this several times apparently and it is now stuck in the LG/Virgin Mobile animation loop.

He said it wasn't updating and he hadn't uninstalled or installed any new apps from the play store. The only thing he said he could think of that he'd done was he had cleared the data from Google Play Services which I don't think would have caused this problem?

I've tried taking the battery out. I even let it die at one point. I tried unsuccessfully to get it to reboot into safe mode. I finally managed to get it into recovery mode and cleared the cache and rebooted it from there. No luck. I finally gave up and factory reset it from the recovery menu. It's still stuck in the loop.

Any ideas on what I can do, short of telling him to just get a new phone?


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I need to root my huawei mediapad s7-301u android tablet. Currently it is running android 4.0.3. My development PC is on 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I tried so many sites about rooting this tablet but getting so many issues here. I am explaining the issues below I faced while rooting.

Currently there is no google-play,CWM-recovery in my tablet so please consider this situation also when answering.

So I downloaded android-sdk on my PC and got the adb and fastboot.
then I downloaded a zip file and put it on my tablet and tried to reboot into recovery but I can't see anything like "install zip from sdcard". Only I can see 4 menu items reboot fastboot,reboot,recovery and power off.
I tried the recovery one when I do that one android logo with some setting icon animation appears in green and the tablet goes to normal boot process and starts normally.
When I press the power button and volume down button also nothing happens at boot time.
Then I downloaded boot.img to flash it using fastboot. But here also fail. The fastboot lists my devices with command "fastboot devices" but when i try to flash, it stucks at "waiting for devices".

Now feel confused and messed up with tablet for rooting. Can anybody please guide me step by step process to check and root this tablet.

I will be so much grateful to get the answer.


texts: How to fix - SD card works intermittently, rest of the time checks for errors

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I bought a new 16GB micro SD card for my HTC Desire to replace the 4GB one it came with. I copied the contents of the old SD card to the new one and my phone loaded just fine.

Then, every few hours, the SD card would unmount saying the SD card was damaged. Turning the phone on and off a few times would result in SD card either saying "checking for errors" permanently or, occasionally, working just fine for a while.

I read a little about it and saw that perhaps I should format the card on the phone itself. So I did that (via ClockworkMod Recovery and then again in the OS itself) and recopied the files. It seemed to work for a while longer, but has now again started saying the SD card is damaged.

The SD card works fine when I put it into an adaptor and into my laptop.

Could the SD card really be damaged? Is there some other formatting I should try? Should I try making multiple partitions or something? Any ideas?

My phone runs CyanogenMod 7.2 (based on Android 2.3.7).


texts: How do I change the time zone (which is disabled) in Honeycomb on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?

texts: When I first turned on my Galaxy Tab 10.1, I told it to automatically set the time.  Unfortunately now the time zone is set to GMT+00:00 in the Date & time settings, and is disabled (so I can't change it).  How do I enable the time zone setting so I can change it?


texts: WiFi Error: “Failed to connect to network” - Google Pixel 3xl, Android 11

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My Google Pixel 3XL was working perfectly fine and now it refuses to connect to wifi. It just says "Failed to connect to network" whenever and however I try.
I'm not running a custom ROM.
I have not installed anything new since it was working - it was working fine and then it wasn't
I haven't physically damaged my phone, wifi seems to be the only thing effected, all other functions are normal as far as I can see
Here is everything I've tried:
I've checked that the wifi router works by testing it with other devices.
I've tried connecting to new SSIDs that the phone has never met before
I've tried conneting in safe mode
I've installed the latest updates to my phone and tried again
This old question suggests that I delete a wifi config file: WiFi Error: "Failed to connect to network" I cant access that file, probably because I'm not root. So that is probably not going to happen.
The next thing to try is a factory reset. But I really really want to avoid that.
Do any of you have anything else I can try?


texts: 8-digit password prompt only when SIM is in device (it's not the PUK)

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My HTC A9 phone is asking me for an 8-digits password only when a SIM is in the device. I already tried it with the PUK of the SIM what does not work. If there is no SIM in the device, there is no password prompt and I can use the phone normally. With no SIM in the device, I did a factory reset of the phone, but nothing changed.

The password prompt says: "Network locked". Is this a SIM-locked phone?

What is going on here?


texts: Viewing sleep pattern when there are more than one sleep period in one day in Fitbit app

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How can I view my sleep pattern when there are more than one sleep period in one day in Fitbit app?

E.g. below I only managed to see the 6h25 sleep period, but I can't see the 1h37 one.


texts:
I try to add a contact using the adb shell:

content insert --uri content://com.android.contacts/raw_contacts --bind deleted:i:0  --bind data1:s:'Bla Fffff' --bind data2:s:'Bla' --bind data3:s:'Fffff' --bind mimetype:s:'vnd.android.cursor.item/name' --bind contact_id:i:1 --bind raw_contact_id:i:1

The console does not show any error, but the command returns no output. Nevertheless,
content query --uri content://com.android.contacts/raw_contacts
returns No result found.

Not specifying the contact id or raw contact id does not help either.

I am trying to mimik the insertContact method from https://www.dev2qa.com/how-to-add-contact-in-android-programmatically/ using the adb shell.

How can I properly add a contact using the content tool? I am aware that contacts can be added via sending an intent, but I'd rather not use the UI for this purpose.


texts: Removing a device from Android Device Manager for a specific account

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I work at a small phone repair chain. When I'm logged into the Gmail or Inbox apps with the company's shared Google e-mail account on my private phone, my phone is listed in Android Device Manager for the work account. This allows any and all of my colleagues to Lock or Erase my phone. No thank you.
My phone is an LG G4 running Marshmallow.

How can I remove (not hide) my phone from the Android Device manager for my work account and still receive e-mail on it?


texts:
About a week or two ago I started having font rendering issues in Chrome on my Note 4 (SM-N910V). It's not always, but frequent enough that it's driving me crazy. I have cleared the cache, uninstalled/reinstalled Chrome and still the same issue. When it happens, it's like only part of the text characters are displayed or even complete words are missing, but they're still there because if I highlight and select the blank areas around the partial displayed text, the remaining text will usually finally display. Sometimes they will correct themselves if I scroll down a few. Also, sometimes the text on a page may render perfectly and appear fine, and then while I'm reading it, suddenly just change to the distorted text as I mentioned above. It seems to be specific to Chrome and Chrome Beta, because I installed Firefox, and so far, no issue with text rendering in Firefox. I hope someone more knowledgeable than me can explain what is happening.

I have pictures which should help a lot.
1st pic shows the text at its worst, 2nd shows after I select a word and how it clears up the text in that section, 3rd shows when I select more than one word, how the remaining text area corrects itself also. Then an extra one for another example.


texts:
I encrypted my cell phone with my SD card in it. Recently my phone was stolen I managed to get it back but they stole my SD card. So I was wondering even though they stole my SD card would my files still be encrypted or will they be able to see them.

Thanks


texts: After moving App data to SD card, the data still occupy space in internal SD

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I moved all application data to the SD card but, while I was navigating the internal storage files I came across a folder of the millionaire game, holding a huge amount of data and consuming my limited internal storage.
App info
Millionaire
Total                            173 MB
App                              0.93 MB
USB storage app       23.41 MB
Data                             60 KB
SD card                       149 MB


texts: I have a LG android and I bought a sd card because I would always end up with insufficient space. I have gone through all apps and moved to sd card when it would allow. I still have so much space on the sd card and my phone will continue to say insufficient space! I have cleared cache several times and still have tons of storage on sd card! Help!


texts: Android app for decorating destination numbers

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I have set up a IP-PBX with a GSM gateway. This lets me call into my PBX. At this point I reach a IVR. One option lets me forward a call over VOIP by sending a destination.

To automate this I decorated the destination with the gateway number and pauses. As described about.com.

So I end up having to enter a number for each of my contacts like so:

#gatewayNR#,,6,*pass*,#destinationNR#

Anybody knows an app who let me do that for Android?


texts: Stuck on detecting COM port when trying to upgrade Android using Smart Phone Flash Tool

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I have Goophone i5c (iPhone 5C clone, MTK6572 chipset, non-removable battery), and I'm trying to upgrade my Android.

I have installed:

Smart Phone Flash Tool
adb-setup.exe
MT65xx USB VCOM drivers

I still can't upgrade my Android. Most guides require to remove the battery, and I can't remove my battery as it's stick like the original iPhone battery. I also watched this video on YouTube and tried it and nothing happens, it's still stuck on detecting COM port.

As per checking my adb devices, it seems my device is detected.


texts: How do I remove a custom MIUI lockscreen via adb or other means?

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So I downloaded a lockscreen for MIUI from the themes app but apparently it doesn't go well with my phone and it just displays the wallpaper without the actual lockscreen. The problem is, now, I can't unlock the phone as there is nothing to drag on the screen. My phone is also secured by a pattern. How do I remove this problematic custom lockscreen and revert to the stock one?

Obviously I'd either have to do it via ADB or something. Can anyone help me out? I can restart the phone and all but that's really all I can do since everything else is behind the lockscreen.


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Well, I have a Galaxy Ace with 2.3.3, build XWKPY and Samsung Kies doesn't show an update to 2.3.4 yet.

I'm thinking of manually updating it through Odin and I need to know if I can just download any Gingerbread 2.3.4 update file or is there anything else that I need to be worried about?


texts: Sony Xperia E1 D2005 Custom Recovery&CustomROM Flashing?

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I want to flash a custom ROM and install custom recovery; but when I enter ROMmanager (my device is rooted) and try to install CRW or TWRP it says "custom recovery does not support D2005 (sony xperia e1).

I want to flash a custom rom safely (well if I brick it I can drop it in water and say I dropped it accidentally in water; I know it's dirty trick but I don't want to be with no phone either, so let's say I have 2 lifes). My bootloader is locked, I don't know how to unlock it so I'll need help for that.

So what if my phone can flash a custom ROM, which ROM? I want the ROM to be performant and good at 3D gaming (I want to play Despicable Me but now with the "stock" ROM I'm getting 15 fps and 20 in clear areas).


texts: I have Alcatel 5054D with Lollipop (5.1.1) on board. I tried to move some apps to SDcard by pressing "Move to SDcard". Some of these apps moved successfully and some stuck in "Moving" state. I tried to reinstall these stuck apps, but they still show "Moving" instead of "Move to SDcard/telephone". I do not understand if they still in the phone memory or on the card. Any suggestions?


texts: USB reverse tethering - netcfg not found (marshmallow CM13)

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I have been attempting to get reverse tethering working on my phone. I have a Galaxy S5 (g900t), running cyanogenmod 13 (marshmallow)...rooted, and with busybox.

*Edit: I've made some progress. I ran this on my ubuntu machine:

sudo ip addr flush dev eth0
sudo ip addr flush dev usb0
sudo brctl addbr br0
sudo brctl addif br0 eth0 usb0
sudo ip link set dev br0 up
sudo dhclient br0

And then I ran this in the adb shell:

dhcptool rndis0

After doing this, I seem to have internet.

I can do wget -s google.com. However, it only works as su.

root@klte:/ # wget -s google.com
Connecting to google.com (4.59.40.99:80)
Connecting to www.google.com (4.59.40.99:80)

2000@klte:/ $ wget -s google.com
wget: bad address 'google.com'

I verified that I can do wget as a regular user when I am connected through cell network or wifi.

So my question is:

Why would I be able to apparently access the internet as su, but not as a regular user? I've checked my ifconfig and route settings, and they all look the same either as su or regular user. Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Config setting printouts

These settings are all the same, whether I run them as su or not.
Here is my ifconfig:

1|root@klte:/ # ifconfig rndis0
rndis0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 62:91:0C:85:FD:6B
          inet addr:192.168.22.6  Bcast:192.168.22.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::6091:cff:fe85:fd6b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:582 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:62495 (61.0 KiB)  TX bytes:15839 (15.4 KiB)

And here is my route table:

root@klte:/ # route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
default         192.168.22.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 rndis0
192.168.22.0    *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 rndis0

And it appears that my DNS servers are set correctly:

root@klte:/ # cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.4.4
nameserver 8.8.8.8


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recently i installed a custom rom on my phone, then i decided to expand my phone memory on a trick i saw on youtube, where i had to go into twrp, unfortunately i clicked on delete system. afterwise when i then tried to boot my phone it was stucked on the logo screen and somehow the twrp is replaced with the android one, when try to open the recovery mode. I was wondering if there's any possible ways to fix this?

EDIT: Curently i'm using a chinese phone called "Cubot S308"


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While I never had problems before with my Android phone, suddenly one day when I was connecting my phone to the PC via USB it stopped working. Both my PC and my phone didn't detect each other. Strangely enough, it can still charge with the USB cable connected.

I tried the following with no results:

I supposed the cable was wrong so I bought a brand new one, but still both the PC and the Android phone refused to detect each other.
Checked in every port of my PC (I tested the functionality of the ports with a normal USB stick, and they work perfectly).
Enabled USB debugging option in the phone.
Tried to update USB drivers through Device Manager. The problem here is that it doesn't even show any Android device or at least an unknown device connected to the USB port, so I can't even force the search for new drivers.

I also tested both cables with two other Android phones I have (suspecting it was the fault of the phone), but still no results.

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, and my phone has Android 5.0. I tested with a Samsung, and LG, and a Huawei but neither worked.

Do you have any idea or advice on how to solve this?


texts: Is there an option to remove the "administrative" messages from a whatsapp chat?

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I'm in a whatsapp group chat that has a fairly large amount of messages, as well as a lot of traffic (people joining and leaving the chat). To help me keep only the messages I actually need I delete all the unneeded messages, but then I get a situation where I have pages on pages filled with administrative messages about people leaving and joining. Is there a way to delete those messages to clear up the chat?

The screen shot is from the web app, but I use it primarily on Android devices.


texts: How can I remotely control my mobile without rooting it?

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I have my mobile Android, iPad, typing on the small keyboards takes too long, so remotely using my keyboard is the best way for me when it comes to type something in mobile devices.

I have so far tried to use a VNC server, but they all require root, which I don't like to do.

Are there any free tools that will allow me to use my laptop to browse my Android device and type on my laptop keyboard and it will type on the Android mobile?


texts: How to get Google Play Games achievements on games purchased from Amazon AppStore?

texts: I recently purchased Monument Valley from Amazon Appstore, there was a discount. Well, now I want to get achievements in the game, but Play Games achievements are not there because it was not a purchase from Play Store. Is there a way to integrate Play Games achievements to this game ?


texts: I have two apps: informacje and Czasoumilacz which I cant remove through Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. What's that and how do I handle the problem?


texts: Android - How to make a contacts group invisible to whatsapp

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is it possible to create a contacts group in my Android that wouldn't be visible even to whatsapp "show inivisible contacts" ?

I mean, I don't want that group to appears in whatsapp what-so-ever

If not, is there any app that can easily hide (ie, remove a group from Android contacts) and unhide whenever you want?


texts: Battery draining extremely quickly Galaxy S7

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My phones battery was draining extremely quickly a few moments ago, around 1% per 2 seconds. It's been doing this fairly often but when I go to device management and clean everything it usually stops draining.

This time though, the battery kept on being chugged and I couldn't find any explanation as to why it would get drained like that, everything was asleep or off. Even after turning off and on my device, the battery kept going down and the phone kept getting hotter and hotter.

Would any one know what else I could do? I feel as though I tried everything possible.

(in case this happens again since it randomly decided to stop chugging.)

Thanks,

to note:

Device software is up to date.
Device is 1 1/2 years old.


texts: What is the significance of icons below the name of an app in play store?

texts: When i search for snapseed app on play store, I see an icon displaying (3+) inside a square box. And when I search for Google Earth  then it shows ("3 PEGI 3") in the icon. What is the significance of this icon?


texts: How can I turn songs from Google Play Music into ringtones?

texts: Is there a way to easily use music from Google Play Music as ringtones on my phone?


texts: Can I disable geotagging and delete prior geotag information in photos?

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My phone is a rooted Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) running a 2.2.1-based ROM.  Another question touched on this, but I want to do 2 things

Be able to take pictures that are not geotagged.  According to the referenced post above, "it turns out Froyo made GeoTracking default and unchangeable in Galaxy S".  Yay.  So, I can either use another camera app that doesn't use geotagging, or some other solution.  I may have more options since the phone is rooted.  I would prefer not to disable GPS altogether.
Clear previous geotag information from my photos, either on the phone or through my desktop computer (Windows XP or Linux).


texts: Why do I get the message "device connection disrupted" when I connect my phone to the computer?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy mini gt-55570. When I try connecting my phone to the computer, I get the message "device connection disrupted" and " Kies has stopped working". What is the problem and how can I fix it?


texts: I don't want my Whatsapp Media to restore (Google Drive BackUp)!

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I recently uninstalled and installed whatsapp on my samsung galaxy s2; and it started to restore my chats. I'm fine with my chats but after being done with the chats, it automatically started to restore the old media too, which would cause my phone to download a data of 2 gb. I want to stop it, but i cant find how to stop it. (It used to restore only messages before having the google drive backup)!!!

Thanks for any answer.


texts: If I can flash a ROM using adb or SP Flash Tool, is CWM (ClockWorkMod) Recovery really needed?

texts:
I have a general question about flashing ROMs and recovery. I've flashed stock ROM on my Asus Fonepad before using adb & fastboot when their last OTA update had issues. Similarly, I've used the SP Flash Tool too to backup and flash ROMs on my MTK6572 based mobile in the past.

However, I've been hearing a lot about CWM recovery. Of what use it really is? Is it just another flashing tool like the others?

edit

As explained in comments, I know what CWM Recovery is and is used for. I specifically want to know what extra benefit it offers that others like adb/fastboot and SP_Flash_Tool don't?


texts: "Insufficient Storage Space" problem with Titanium Root, preventing backup

texts: I'm in a pickle I have no idea how to fix. I turned off the often suggested "Mount Namespace Separation" option in SU, and it doesn't work with this issue. I uninstalled/ reinstalled Titanium Root, no luck. Restarted the device after toggling off the namespace option, no dice. I have no idea what to do. It's not entirely a loss, as some games will backup just fine, just one brand is being stubborn. The Flutter series, where you collect butterflies and such. They're huge files, and it backs them up for a long while before hitting the memory space issue. It is confirmed and set to the Titanium Backup file on my SD card, where I backed up other games. Any suggestions?


texts: Recover photos and/or bypass lock screen on Android 5.0

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 which I dropped on the ground so the screen broke. I had a swipe lock enabled. To be able to unlock it before it was repaired I locked it through Android Device Manager and tried to send commands to it from ADB. I was unsuccessful. The phone was repaired but wasn't wiped but now I can't access it. It keeps saying incorrect pin even though I know I've entered the pin I set through Android Device Manager.

I can't seem to set a new pin through ADM it says it's not needed since it is already protected by a pin.

Is there any way I can access my phone? Either:

Backup my pictures and then reset the phone
Bypass the lock somehow (I have ADB access and debug mode enabled)

I've tried all sorts of guides with ADB shell to remove *.key files but they don't work either because I don't have permission or because su or sqlite3 doesn't exist.

I'd prefer if I could keep the stock android image on the phone.


texts: I have Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (4.4.4 and rooted) ... I have some dictionaries Apps... I installed the main App.. when we want to use.. we should download dictionaries package for each language we want... I tried to move the folder to SD Card ... it's ok!! But the files dont belong more to App so it doesnt recognize them (as if one should download them again).. if we move back the folder to internal memory... it's ok again.... is there a method?!!


texts: Which program allows remote management of Android devices?

texts:
I have 50 Android tablets. I want to be able to control from a central place the following things on the devices:

General settings like date-time, unlock method, display sleep time etc;
Chrome specific things like clearing the history and cookies, saving bookmarks, setting the homepage etc;
The ability to install or uninstall apps on particular device or all of them.

So I need a mini SCCM for Android. Is there such a thing?


texts: How to remotely control Windows PC with Android?

texts:
Is there a way to remotely access my Windows PC with Android Phone and able to control it.

System Config: Windows 10, Model Lenovo

Android Config: Android 10, Poco X2

I want to access the PC by connecting different networks(I mean both are not connected to the same network)


texts: Connect Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 to Acer projector

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I bought a Samsung Tab 4 8.0 16GB. I want display some videos and documents on the screen through an Acer projector. It has no wifi. How do I display my files?

Is there any possibility?  Tab has no HDMI port. There is a VGA cable for the projector.


texts: Can you change the options when long pressing the .com button?

texts:
When you longpress the .com button on the keyboard, (on my 2.2 htc legend anyway) it gives you the options to select .net .com .org .edu.

Is it possible to change these to other options?


texts: NFC battery draining through constant use

texts: Does putting a device that constantly checks/uses NFC affect/drain the battery? One example is Dimple IO which puts NFC buttons on the back of your phone.


texts:
I have rooted android phone running android 10. I have one ext4 partition created using :
  #  dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/ext1.img bs=1M count=1024
  #  mkfs.ext4 -F /sdcard/ext1.img

which I mount using below commands:
  #  mknod    /dev/block/loop52  b 7 0
  #  losetup  /dev/block/loop52  /sdcard/ext1.img
  #  mkdir /mnt/ext
  #  mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime  /dev/block/loop52  /mnt/ext

ext1.img file gets mounted successfully but when I create another ext4 file and try to mount in /mnt/ext2 using following commands. It gets mounted but the contents of ext1.img are shown in /mnt/ext2.
  #  mknod    /dev/block/loop62  b 7 0
  #  losetup  /dev/block/loop62  /sdcard/ext2.img
  #  mkdir /mnt/ext2
  #  mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime  /dev/block/loop62  /mnt/ext2

What changes do I need to make to mount multiple ext4 files in android ?


texts: I want to prevent Google Market from upgrading to Google Play store

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my HTC desire HD wont download from the Google Play Store , but will from the Google Market.
How do I stop the phone from automatically upgrading ?


texts: I want to downgrade my Kindle Fire from 5.3.2.1 so that I can root it. Can someone please help?


texts: Message Sender in Lock Screen only Saying 'Message"

texts:
Hi i have just changed over to a Galaxy S4 from an iphone5 and it is really frustrating me when i get a text message it shows on the lock screen but all it says is "Message"  and not who its from.

The 'preview message' option doesnt change it, is there any way of having this switched on?

a widget maybe?

Thanks in advance.


texts: I use a Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 10, and plan to enter Mexico from the US via the land border. How can I force my phone to connect to US-based cell towers only? (I believe my data usage will get way more expensive for non-US data use)


texts: Titanium Backup - Restoring manually backed up apps (TB, Google Drive)

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I recently had to format my OnePlus 2 and backed up a few apps, namely Authenticator and two games. First, I did a normal backup, then I used "send latest backup" in the "special features" tab to put the backup into my Google Drive (I didn't know about the sync feature then). Now, TB won't restore the apps after I 1) manually copied the .TIBKP files from my Google Drive to the detected (!) folder on my OP2's internal storage and 2) linked my Drive and used the Sync button in the schedules list to download all backups. The backups don't show up in "Backup/Restore", it says "no backup yet".

I've tried clearing the App's cache which didn't help unfortunately.

I went through all steps on the technical FAQ site numerous times without success.

I am running Linage OS 14.1 (August 31), rooted using their suaddon. F2FS on data and cache.

These backups are very important to me, I have about a dozen accounts linked with my Authenticator which would all be lost. I greatly appreciate all attempts at helping me.


texts: Use Android device as a barcode reader for PC

texts: Is there an app that allows your Android device to act as a barcode reader, in such a way that it can send something like keyboard inputs to a computer in real-time?


texts: How can I disable the little preview on Youtube (to save mobile data)?

texts: I am running on mobile data on my Galaxy S7 Edge on Oreo, and was wondering if you can disable the little previews. They take a lot of data, and I only get 3GB of data before it slows down to 2G. The reason they take a lot of data is cause they play at highest quality, but I watch Youtube at 144p on mobile data to save. Does anyone know how to disable them?


texts: AC-USB Charging Device Makes Sounds when Device Fully Charged

texts:
This might not be the right place to ask this question, as it falls under the purview of electronics, however that SE is not about consumer electronics. And this phenomena has only happened with Android devices, at least with the Droid 1 and Droid 3. So Android is where I stuck it. Sorry if that's wrong :(

This has happened with both the MicroUSB-to-USB (with AC adapter attachment) OEM wall charger and MicroUSB-to-AC-only wall charger.

Basically, when my phone is charging, the AC plug is completely quiet, but once my phone hits 100%, sporadically the plug portion of the charging apparatus will begin to make squealing noises. It stops once I unplug the phone and will begin again if I were to re-plug it in immediately.

Here's the thing, two other people I've asked cannot hear it. I promise you I am not going crazy and imagining things -- but I have been known to have very sensitive hearing -- hearing buzzing from old TVs and monitors and so forth.

My question, mostly out of curiosity, why is this happening and how can I get it to stop, as it is rather irritating.

This issue seems unique to my old Droid 1 and Droid 3. My laptop or similar high-power chargable device does not suffer from this issue.


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Which utility is Android-x86 using for partitions?  Is it gdisk?  The prompt is to use GPT.  What are the risks with regards to formatting a disk with this tool, and installing Android-x86?  Under which circumstances can this result in bricking a laptop?  Deleting partitions will result in bricking the laptop??

GPT seems to operate a bit differently from the last time I formatted a HD by hand, which involved the MBR.  (There's no data on the hdd.)

The official documentation glosses over the install process with sentences like "if you are lucky" so it's a bit unclear.


texts: How can I get heads-up notifications for WhatsApp?

texts:
I really love the new heads-up notifications in Lollipop because they look much cleaner now, but it's really weird some apps use them or not.

I would really want them to work with WhatsApp, but I just don't find out how, or if it is possible.

Any suggestion?


texts: Adding 'Subscriptions' as default page in YouTube app

texts:
I use YouTube a lot in my phone, and specific in what I watch. I control this mainly using 'subscribing' channels what I really wanted to watch.

Now the problem is YouTube app has it's own default page called 'Home' which I totally hate it since it pollutes the feed by adding their own 'suggested' videos and I'm lost into videos that I wouldn't have watched otherwise.

Is there a way/app to set 'Subscription' page as the default?

Or is it possible to create a deep-link into my desktop so that that page opens directly !?

Or what are the better alternate to the official YouTube app ?


texts: How to set HTTP proxy and proxy authentication credentials in wifi?

texts: I have set up wifi, I installed HTTP proxy and configured it, but where I put the proxy authentication credentials?


texts: Are IPv6 Privacy Extensions supported and how can they be enabled/disabled?

texts:
I just read about a potential privacy issue with IPv6 addresses on phones. While the article mainly talks about Apple devices, Android is mentioned so I wonder:

Does Android support IPv6 privacy extensions and how can they be enabled/disabled?

According to this question, Android currently has partial support for IPv6.


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My Phone is locked, and I forgot the pin code. I tried to reset password using Android device manager, but it failed, I can't unlock device with new changed password. But when sending Ring using ADM (Just to make sure it detects phone) it works fine.

I cannot remote wipe or hard reset because I want the data. Please suggest the way to recover the Phone storage?

PS: Phone isn't rooted, and is connected to WIFI.

Thanks.


texts: How do I stop Maps and Street View from auto updating?

texts:
I'm on Froyo.

My phone internal memory is nearly full, so I've stopped updating my apps and uninstalled updates from the preinstalled apps.

However, every few days, my phone keeps auto updating the Maps and Street View apps, filling up the internal memory and I have to uninstall them.

Is there any way I can disable the auto update? As far as I can tell there's no entry for these apps in the Store.


texts:
I bought a new Asus Fonepad 8 for a friend. It works great, and the sound is crystal clear.

The only exception is Skype - all calls sound perfect on the receiving end, but on the Fonepad everything sounds like through a phone! The audio quality is consistently awful.

We've tried different Wi-Fi networks and people to call (including the Skype test call, which sounds as bad).

Skype was the main reason for buying the tablet, so this really hurts. What can I do to try and fix this?

The Fonepad is running Android 4.4.2.


texts: In Android 4, does disabling "Show notifications" have an effect on the process priority with regards to low memory?

texts:
Android 4 has a feature where you can disable notifications for an app by going to that app's properties and unchecking a checkbox. Both temporary and ongoing notifications will be hidden.

My question relates to low memory situations. If your device is low on memory, it will selectively kill processes to regain memory. Apps not in the foreground will go first. Apps that have a persistent notification have higher priority (though they, too, may be killed in extreme cases).

Many utility apps, like tasker, llama, Juice Defender, and others have an in-app ability to disable the ongoing notification icon. They all stress, however, that hiding the icon will cause their respective app to be more likely to be killed if there is low memory.

If I select to hide the notifications within the app properties, the app (presumably) doesn't know that it is being silenced.

If I hide the notifications via app properties, does the app therefore get pushed to a lower priority when memory is low? Or does the persistent notification simply get hidden, but is still running and giving the app the higher memory priority?


texts: Is there any way to use a stylus with an Android device like Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo or HCL Me U1 Tablets?


texts: How can I extract messages from .sbf file

texts: I have backed up my messages from my Sony Xperia, and now I want to open the file and export them to excel or something more easy to read, but I can't find a program or tool to do that I just have the file and i want to open it and extract specific information. I need some help, thanks!


texts: How can I have Android automatically connect to a VPN only when on an unsecured WiFi Network?

texts: Let's say I want to connect to a WiFi hotspot, but it is unsecured. I'd like to connect to a VPN server, but only if I'm on an unsecured WiFi network. If I'm on a secured network or data, I'd like it to stay in VPN off mode.


texts: Unable to find Android WebView in Google Play store

texts:
A recent Chromium blog post contains a screenshot of a Google Play store page for the "Android System WebView".

I am unable to find this page. I have tried searching the Play Store on my Nexus 7 2013 device (which has Lollipop on it). Interestingly, this page does not seem to exist on the web at all:


texts: Can an android phone be converted to SDR using its radio hardware interfaces?

texts: I have recently been reading about SDRs and based on what I have understood so far SDR consists of a radio hardware capable of transmitting and/or receiving radio signals within a given radio spectrum range and a software backbone to control its radio operations, so I thought it should be possible to achieve similar operations using an android smartphone therefore I tried to search for projects in the internet and the closest I have found is SDR Touch which requires an external dedicated hardware. Now since a smartphone has so many radio interfaces (Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS etc.) is it somehow possible that I can make a project (using root or whatever) that utilizes smartphone's radio components and why isn't there any project that exists performing such functionalities?.


texts:
How do I find the SSID on my Samsung S6? I don't know what the Android version/variant is or how to find it. I recently updated the phone and the icons now have rounded iOS style borders

Update

I found the Android version is 7.0 under settings > about device > software info, and now know that the UX is the 'Samsung Experience'.


texts: Automatically connect to Wi-Fi nodes, but route everything through encryption

texts:
Related to my question about VPNs, is there any way to get my phone to automatically connect to unencrypted access points, but route all my traffic through my home network?

This would be kind of like an intermittent, but free, alternative to a data plan, to just sync my email and such automatically when it sees an open access point, but without the risk of apps transmitting passwords or cookies in the clear over a rogue password-scraping access point.

If I combine something like Wi-Fi Ruler with a VPN would it do this?  Are there better alternatives?

Can I have the VPN automatically disabled when I'm connected to a trusted (saved) access point for better speed?  (Maybe disabled by a Tasker profile?)  If I have the tunnel enabled, and my home network is offline, I'd like the phone to block everything until I explicitly disable the tunnel.

Wi-Fi Ruler can connect to APs automatically, Orbot and DroidVPN can capture all of a rooted phone's traffic and route it through a proxy, and VPNs and SSH tunnels allow for encrypted connections to a home or work network, so it seems possible, but how to put all this together?


texts: Do you need to run uninstallers/cleaners on Android to maintain performance levels like on Windows?

texts:
You'll have to forgive me as I'm not as familiar with the internal workings of Android/Linux as I am with Windows.

I'm curious about performance degrading on an Android device in the absence of, for lack of a better term, maintenance. When I try out a bunch of apps and then uninstall them, do I need to run any sort of cleanup? I know Android doesn't have a registry like Windows but does it have some part of the operating system that gets cluttered up and needs to be tended to/purged over time?


texts: Asus Transformer - Show Virtual Keyboard When Docked

texts:
Asus Transformer tablet provides a dock with a hardware keyboard. I can not find information on showing the virtual (on-screen) keyboard while being docked. Is it possible?
It is Android 3.2.1.


texts: I recently found the emergency call list, which can dial a number even when the screen is locked.  I added a number from my contact list to test out how it works.  After I figured out how it worked, I went to add 4 more numbers from my contact list, but I found out I could only add 3 total numbers.  I deleted the first contact from my list that I used for testing purposes, but now I can't add another number on that spot, and also can't delete that number.  When I tap the first spot, it will dial as an unknown number.  How can I fix this?  Can I get this first number to go away so I can add another number to my emergency call list?


texts: Enable USB Debugger on a phone with a broken screen

texts:
I have done my research on how to enable the debugger, but most of them seem to be useless or missleading.

Now I do not need any backup, my phone is empty and I use that broken Samsung s6 for testing my apps etc.

I had USB Debugger on but I thought I will reset the phone and I did the factory reset (stupid me) and I assume USB debugger got disabled as I can not access my phone, nor Vysor is working for me.

Simple question, is it even possible to ENABLE debugger on a phone with a broken screen (cant controll or do anything with the phone)?

If the answer is yes, please provide any proper tutorials of how to use shell.


texts: Chromecast tablet in portrait orientation to a TV in portrait orientation

texts:
While using an app in Portrait mode, I want to display it on a TV that is also in portrait (i.e., I will mount the TV on its side), so the full tablet screen will fill the full TV.

I have tried Chromecast app but there is no option to force the screen to stay horizontal. Has anyone tried this?  Does the app have to be coded to directly cast the app/screen onto the TV?


texts: SGS running CyanogenMod 10 headphone volume cap

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Is there a way to increase the max volume cap for SGS running CM10, please?

Thank you.


texts: I was curious if there is anyway to reuse an old Android phone? I have a Motorola Droid 1 that has been sitting around since I got my HTC Thunderbolt. Is there a way to use the phone as a "PDA" with the cell radio disabled? I got family member that would find it neat.


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How should I utter the comment so it can understand the end date?

The following does not work:

  OK Google, remind me to do this every day at 3 for 5 weeks.


texts: Whatsapp: Delete chat with one account from backup

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I'm trying to figure out how I can delete chat history with one account from phone and backup.
One approach would to
 1. Delete the existing backup
 2. Delete chat history on phone
 3. Create a new backup

This would've worked if I didn't have a lot of media on back-up which I don't have on the phone locally. The phone memory is almost filled to the brim.
Is there a good solution to deleting one particular chat from backup?


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I have bought a used Motorola Defy (MB525), rooted, running CyanogenMod 9 (ICS 4.0.4).

It is locked to work with only a specific carrier. I bought an unlock code, and unaware to this the previous owner got an unlock code from the carrier. Both are the same, so I suppose the code is correct.

When I insert a GSM SIM card from another carrier and turn on the phone, I get a message that roughly translates to "insert SIM network unlock PIN" (see image below).

When I insert the unlock code, it blinks a message VERY fast, I can't even read it, then it says "failed on requesting network unlock", or something like that.

I have performed this more than 3 times, does it mean my phone is locked forever?

I have also been told to remove CM9 and reinstall the stock ROM in order for the unlock to work, but (1) I have no idea if this would actually help, and (2) I have never changed a ROM before and, althouh I used CM9 to create a nandroid backup, I have no idea how to reinstall CM9 and then restore the backup.


texts: Lag fixing using OCLF - could it do any harm?

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I am wondering if the lag fix proposed by xda-developers could harm the device in anyway.
Quote from Google Code "Original use was for 'One Click Lag Fix' for the Samsung Galaxy S series, to create a loopback EXT2 device on top of Samsung's RFS in order to improve response time for applications."

Link to forum page about this: here.

How does it work exactly? What does "create loopback EXT2" mean?

I know the forum post clearly states it's been tested on a huge number of devices and it's working, but I want to understand what it does exactly and if there is any compromise by installing it?
Thank you.


texts: Unable to install an APK file downloaded from a webserver

texts: Im trying to download an apk file for a game that I cant access on Play store, but whenever I try it keeps saying APP NOT INSTALLED or there was a problem with the package, I read about a thing where sometimes it tries to install it into the SD card which I don't have a.


texts: Are there situations that a crashed Android app's task will remain running in the background?

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Quick question to help me understand how my phone's performance is affected when an app terminates "irregularly".

When an Android app crashes (or otherwise terminates irregularly), could the task keep running even though it's inaccessible?

For example, when a Windows app (like Excel) crashes either "on it's own," or because of a programmatic error on my part, and I then restart Excel, the Windows Task Manager will sometimes show 2 or more instances of the application (sucking up resources even though the extra windows aren't visible/accessible) until I manually CtrlAltDel→End Task or Reboot.

My question(s) are:

Can the same thing happen when an Android app crashes?
If multiple instances were indeed running, would multiples show in Android Task Manager?
The Clear Memory button in RAM Managerisn't exactly descriptive of what it's "clearing".  Is it doing anything helpful in cases like these?
Are the answers to these questions affected by whether or not the crash produces the standard Unfortunately, xxxxxx has stopped. Report/OK dialog (as opposed to just returning to the home screen)?
Is there a better method for keeping an eye on resource usage that might not be easily identified with builtin Android Task Manager?

A quick explanation (or a point in the right direction) would be appreciated... As a coder (but not for Android!) the info I've found is either too simplified or too advanced to answer my questions.  :)

I'm running Kitkat 4.4.4 on Samsung Galaxy 3.