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On my Motorola One and under Android 10, whenever I exit Call app during an active call, a picture-in-picture mode for this app is enabled:

This is super-annoying. How can I disable or turn-off this behavior?
I tried the usual way, i.e. by disabling this feature in Picture-in-picture section of Settings. But there is no sign of Call app there.

Is there any other way to achieve this?


texts: Marking email as unread issue in Outlook app

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If I want to mark an email as unread in my Outlook app, I have to do it twice, because after the first time it changes back to the 'read' status (after a few seconds).

The problems occurs on a OnePlus 5T phone running Android 8.0.0 and I haven't found anyone else online reporting this small but annoying issue. It looks like a bug to me, but maybe someone else has encountered this as well or has some ideas to solve this?


texts: Persistently or aggressively enabling Battery Saver

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I love the Battery Saver feature. When I'm travelling or in other situations where reliable communication is more important than user experience, I want to always have it enabled, sometimes for days at a time.

However, Android automatically turns it off after the phone has been charged, requiring me to remember to go in and re-enable it after unplugging my phone. I occasionally forget.

Is there any way (including via third-party apps, excluding via rooting or jailbreaking the device) for me to automatically or persistently enable the Battery Saver, aside from the system's built-in options to enable it at 15% or 5% charge remaining? Alternatively, is there a way to leave it on indefinitely, or a way to have it automatically activate earlier (such as at 50% charge), or a way to activate it based on a schedule?

If there's no user-accessible way to do this yet, I would also be interested in knowing if there are any mechanisms in the operating system (URL schemes, framework APIs, relevant permission settings) that could potentially be used to control Battery Saver.


texts: Galaxy S2 9100 Apps Sms download or not notification in China

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I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 in China. It is a great phone for apps, but I constantly get notifications via sms for new apps mostly in Chinese.

If I click on it, it says install or cancel. Now I don't mind doing this 20 times a day, but the real annoying thing is it keeps making my SMS notification noise, so I dash to my phone, only to realise that it is another app, which I don't want.

Can anyone help me stop receiving these app request sms things? I am starting to question whether or not it is because I live in China, as my Sony Ericsson Xperia is the 1st version, which I bought in the UK, doesn't do this. Maybe because it was the early days of Android?


texts: Will a stylus work with my HTC Sensation?

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I'm interested in buying a stylus pen for my HTC Sensation.

Do these work on the HTC Sensation?


texts: Mount encrypted emulated avd userdata-qemu.img.qcow2

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I'm trying to make a backup of my AVD. To speed things up, I like to make incremental backups. Backing up the *.img.qcow2 file(s) is inefficient. I'd like to be able to mount the filesystem that resides on the virtual block device and then back up its contents.

My device is an emulated Nexus 5X running the Android Oreo 8.1 x86 system image with Google services and Play Store. There is no option not to full-disk encrypt the userdata partition. Using adbfs is buggy on recent Android versions, not to mention terribly slow.

cryptsetup appears not to know what to do with the block device. Perhaps there's some sort of magic invocation that will expose the underlying ext4 filesystem for me?

$ file userdata.img
userdata.img: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data, UUID=XXXXXX, volume name "data" (extents) (large files)
$ file userdata-qemu.img
userdata-qemu.img: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data, UUID=XXXXXX (extents) (large files)
$ file userdata-qemu.img.qcow2
userdata-qemu.img.qcow2: QEMU QCOW Image (v3), has backing file (path userdata-qemu.img), XXXXXX bytes

# qemu-nbd --format qcow2 --connect=/dev/nbd0 userdata-qemu.img.qcow2
# mount -t ext4 /dev/nbd0 /mnt/phone
mount: /mnt/phone: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/nbd0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.


texts: Does installing CyanogenMod lock device's network?

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today after almost one year using the stock Android version on my Xperia Mini (ST15i, I was on Gingerbread) I decided to flash an official CyanogenMod ROM (CM7).

So I first unlocked the bootloader of the phone following the procedure detailed by Sony and then flashed the ROM following the default procedure explained in the CyanogenMod wiki page of the Xperia Mini.

Everything went alright but now when I turn my phone on after I input the SIM password I'm asked for a network lock, when I wasn't before.

I tried reverting back to the stock Gingerbread and things worked properly again. Trying a different version (CM9, also official) got me the same problem.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is there any step not documented in that wiki page I should know about?

Thanks for everything in advance.


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I know that the Nexus S has an unlockable bootloader and that flashing a custom ROM to it is officially supported, easy and pretty much fail-safe. However, what's the warranty like? Does it get voided if I do this? I'm especially interested if I'm covered in the following situations:

I software-brick my device;
I successfully flash a custom ROM, but then something else fails (that renders me unable to flash the "stock" ROM before taking it to warranty)


texts:
I noticed 3 devices all featuring same Android ver.

What is the most advanced device of these 3? Are their features overlapping each other, or they are three devices that are meant to serve different needs?

Galaxy Player 4 (YP-G1)
Galaxy Player 5 (YP-G70)
Galaxy Player 50 (YP-G50)

Any other versions missing in that page?
I wanna buy the latest and most advanced Android version that has the most features of that device.


texts: How to disable sounds on messages sent in various apps?

texts: A lot of apps have annoying sounds on various actions that I personally don't care about. For example WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger make a sound when you send a message. I can't figure out how this sound is classified, and how to disable it.


texts: Bluetooth Keyboard + Facebook Messenger loses focus constantly

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With a Galaxy Note 8, Android version 8, latest of Facebook Messenger. I am trying to use my Keyboard K780 in Messenger and the focus is lost constantly after typing one letter.

The only way I got it working is by putting focus in the textbox on Android, switch to another computer (F1), switch back to Android (F2) then the focus stays in the box.
Not quite the best experience to start typing on Android. Any clues? settings?


texts: What's the security implication of having an unlocked boot loader?

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Nexus devices can be unlocked using the fastboot command fastboot oem unlock to install a custom firmware. For security reasons, the phone is wiped when this command is executed. However after this is done, most people leave the boot loader unlocked.

Devices that support unlocking the boot loader: SonyEricsson (now Sony), Sony, newer HTC devices, ??

Is there a security problem with an unlocked bootloader?
If this is the case, what can be done?


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I have at least one alarm set to go off daily so the "alarm clock" icon on my notification bar is really pointless.

Is there a way to make this icon hidden in Android Froyo or Android Gingerbread?


texts: Google Maps - download ONLY country (without surroundings)

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Google Maps for mobile (android) has a feature that you can download offline map, however it seems to me that you can only select area with fixed ratio, therefore you are selecting a huge area that you actually don't want.

Is there a way to change this select frame or to download some specific "country"? (But not anything from the surrounding countries? :)


texts: CM 11 Link volumes when toggling through (Silent, Vibrate, Noise)

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I have a question about CM 11 volumes.  I have a Sprint Galaxy Note II, running cm-11-20140226-NIGHTLY, and this is referring to the volume toggle that you can add when you pull down the right side of the notification bar (quick access tiles).

Basically, for the sound tile, is there a way to force all three of the phone volumes (ringer, media, and alarm) to go to zero when I am in silent or vibrate mode (well, the ringer volume would be set to vibrate for vibrate mode, but you get the point)?


texts: How can I share a post from Facebook on Android with other apps?

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Facebook for Android doesn't seem to have any ability to provide a permalink for a post, or a share possibility for other apps. It only allows to send via Facebook Messenger, which obviously is useless. Also Facebook's save feature is useless if I want to use for example Pocket.

Did I miss something? Is there any hack? Alternative application?


texts: How the data on SD are encrypted in 4.0?

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I've got phone with android 4.0, and, for sync with Exchange, I encrypted SD card using android's built-in encryption. However, the phone starts telling me that the card is damaged and needs formatting.

I just want to take the data (photos) out before formatting, I've got the phone, and remember my PIN. (I can also do the bitwise copy of the card). How are the data encrypted? What do I need for decrypting? I assume that the card is encrypted whole, not only files on the filesystem, so when I decrypt it I may be able to dig the data out.

Thanks


texts: How to disable GPU rendering on Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8"

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You're reading it right, I'm trying to do the oposite as others. I want to use CPU for rendering.
The reason is simple. My tablet is freezing very frequently. I have no warranty, so I'm trying to solve problem by lowering performance of device.
I isolated a problem and I'm sure freezing is caused by GPU. It freezes on gfx intese moments(few seconds of video playback), or on overlay (Eg. opening search dialog in google play causes almost instant freeze).
So the question stands:
How can I disable GPU rendering on my device(I have terminal with root access if it helps)?
What I already tried:
1. Underclocking CPU has no effect on freezing. I tried powersave mode with 200MHz, with no impact on problem.
2. Underclocking GPU has also no effect on freezing.


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I have a soft-or-hard bricked Samsung Note 8, n5110 and now would like to rebuild it to a somewhat workable state.  The device has a flaky power-charging system and may not be worth repairing.

I use an ubuntu 14.04 system with adb to talk to the Samsung and can get to the apply update from ADB dialog.

from the ubuntu side I use

    adb sideload filename

where some filename is a small text file.  The file is copied to the Android device. But of course this fails.

The devices expects an update file.  And this is where I am stuck.  What is this file and where do I download the correct version?

And, is this what I need to do to rebuild the system?


texts: Cannot ping Android devices on same wifi network

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I have a Nexus 7 running CyanogenMod 10.1. For some reason I cannot reach it from my laptop on the same wifi network. I cannot ping in either direction. In the past i have been only able to ping one way.

Just tried out on my HTC Sensation and haven't the same issue. Also the Nexus and HTC cant reach each other either.

I have had similar problems with other Android devices. In the past I was developing an app and I could not establish a socket connection from the Android device to my computer. Once I was able to successfully ping the laptop from my device everything worked.

Don't know if it is clear this isn't persistent. In the past I fiddled around and they eventually talked but there was no consistent solution.

I have observed this on 2 different wifi networks.


texts: YouTube app on Android "signing in" forever

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I use my Nexus 4 with a Google Apps account outside USA. There's no YouTube option in my GApps dashboard, as confirmed by this support page:

  YouTube is not an available service for Google Apps in countries where YouTube has not yet launched. If you're a domain administrator in one of these countries, you will not see the option to enable YouTube as a service with Google Apps for your domain in your Google Apps Control Panel.
  http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1074205

I can visit YouTube in the web browser and that works fine, although I can't sign in. (I might be able to sign in with a dummy Gmail address but that would defeat having a Google Apps account.)

When I launch YouTube app on my Nexus 4, it promptly shows a banner "signing in..." but for the reason I just mentioned, this never finishes.

Does this mean I will never be able to use the YouTube app?! Does this really cause me to be completely locked out of YouTube on Android? That can't be right!


texts: Galaxy S3 Tmobile - Can't boot into Clockword Recover?

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I hold down power up + home + power and it brings me to a screen that says Android System Recovery - I can't get the Clockwork Recovery.
What could be the problem?


texts: Okay Google option to open from lock screen using Moto G 3rd Gen

texts: Can anyone help me? On my Moto g 3rd Gen I cannot open by saying OK Google from the lock screen. In fact it doesn't even give me that option. The only option that i have when i go to my OK Google detection in the settings is "FROM THE GOOGLE APP"-Say OK Google to start a voice search from the Google app or any Home screen in the Google Now Launcher. That's it. I have tried everything. I have spoken to Motorola a number of times and they are, to say the least, clueless. I also contacted Google and they understood what I was saying but had no idea's on how to fix it. If anyone can help me - Please, I'm taking suggestions.


texts: Will Google Navigation work without WiFi on Android tablet

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I have a Toshiba Excite tablet with android ice cream that has WiFi only (no cellular) that has Google Navigation (Beta) app on it and also Google map (Beta) app. I want to use the tablet in London England and Paris France. Will it work while walking around the city if I can't stay connected to WiFi?

If you think it won't work, what app can I use offline that will?


texts: S7 Edge stuck on loading screen with Samsung logo

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I have used my S7 since 2017. Then I got another phone. After three months of being in a box, I tried to power up the S7 Edge. I got surprised as it now is stuck on Samsung logo screen.

Phone was charged and was working before I put it in a box. When I took it out, it would not respond at all, battery was dried totally. Even being charged 100% does not fix the issue.
These are the steps I tried:
1. Wipe cache partition
2. Master reset
3. Safe mode
4. Reboot to bootloader

All of them do not work, phone is always stuck with Samsung splash screen. When I enter the Volume DOWN, Home and Power key menu, I see the message:
Installing System Update (stays for several seconds), then it shows error. After that I enter Android recovery.

Phone responds to charging normally. It has that animation showing power percentage when its turned off.

Any advice as what program and what I need to do to restore the phone so it can boot is more then welcome :).


texts: How to delete photos ONLY from google photos backup?

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I backed up some photos in my android device to Google Photos.
I want to un-backup them. I want them to stay only internally on my device.
But if I delete photos from the app it deletes them also from my device.
Is there a way to delete individual photos from the backup and let them stay on my device?

I can of course download them from Google Photos, then delete them from Google Photos, and then transfer them to my device. But I need them to be in the same directories they were in in the beginning.


texts: Is there a way in android to view the disk usages of apps as they are running?  I currently suspect that one of my applications is writing to the disk a lot which is slowing my phone down.  I am looking for something similar to the windows performance monitor that can show disk reads and writes by programs.


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I haven't used my Galaxy Tab 3 in ages and would like to use it again, but it's not working as it used to. I would like to perform full system restore, but I'm having real problems.

Last month:

I press the On / Volume up / Start buttons to get to MANUAL MODE.

It gives me an option to do a factory reset, and says to use the volume buttons to get to this option.

I press to go down and it skips over the reset option, meaning I can't do it.

Today:

I press the On / Volume up / Start buttons and it crashes on MANUAL MODE saying:

-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Applied the CSC-code : BTU
Successfully appled multi-CSC.

How do I do a factory reset in another way?


texts: How to get my lost pics from my vaulty of samsung s5360?

texts: I'm user of samsung galaxy y s5360.I suddenly lost my vaulty app from my phone.I have kept my backup.When i tried to install it again,it is showing a parase error.how to get back my pics from vaulty?


texts: How can I root Remix OS running in Virtual Box?

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I have Remix OS beta running in Virtual Box. I've made a virtual drive which I've formatted as ext4 and installed Remix OS on.

How can I get root access?


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I would like to root my Amazon FireTV so I can sideload applications on it. Like XBMC (Kodi), Google Play, Google Play Movies.

My FireTV OS version is 51.1.1.0_user_511070220. Can I root it? What are the steps to root it?


texts: 3g network connection Problem while using data

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For last two months or so, the situation in my two years old international HTC One X is that the data is not connecting when it is on 3g network but it is working absolutely fine with 2g network. when its connected to 3g, the mobile network fluctuates, data works with 3g speed for only few minutes and signal drops out. In simple terms, on 3g it fluctuates in data access and network access whereas on 2g it works absolutely fine.

I have changed two 3g enabled sim of different carriers they are also performing the same way in my HTC one x. I have changed the location of the phone, the problem persists. My sim also works fine with another handset in 3g as well as in 2g. So the conclusion is that there is fault with my HTC one x but the question remains what is the fault. Whether software or hardware. I have also done the factory reset but to no avail and I have also switched to custom rom but the problem is still there.

Any solution would be of great help.


texts: Does a device with no physical SIM slot have an IMEI?

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In telephony, an IMSI identifies a SIM card and, hence, a user. An IMEI identifies the device itself.

If an Android device does not physically have a SIM card slot, does it still have an IMEI? The documentation is not clear on this.

[Update] Since I don't have access to such a device, would someoen be so kind as to test it programatically? Just add call to GetDeviceId() into the code of an existing app. Thanks a 1,000,.000


texts: Replace camera input and mic input with static image and prerecorded audio and/or prerecorded video (similar to OBS and Voicemeeter on PC/Mac)

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Use case:
When accessing websites or applications that pull video from the front or rear camera and sound from the onboard microphone (for example, group chat applications) I would like to be able to provide instead:

A static JPG or PNG image -and- prerecorded audio sourced either from on the device or streaming from a website -OR-
A prerecorded video in any Android-compatible format including the associated audio stream.

This would be used to provide a "virtual DJ" to a group chat (static image plus local music files or music streaming to the Chrome browser) or provide prerecorded video for viewing in the group chat.
The desired functionality is similar to that provided by using OBS-VirtualCam plus VoiceMeeter (or similar applications) on a PC or Mac.
The solution would need to:

Function entirely on the mobile device
Source static images from the Gallery or another directory on the mobile device
Source video from from the Gallery or another directory on the mobile device
Source audio from a directory on the mobile device -or- streaming to the device via the Chrome browser

The "fake camera" apps I have been able to find do not appear to have the requisite functionality.
Any thoughts on where to look for something that will fit the bill?
Thanks!


texts: why there are so many tty files in the dev directory?

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it is confusing that there are so many tty files in the directory...

by the way, what each file in /dev stands for, do they stand for physical devices which are part of my android device? for example, which file stands for the raw storage device in /dev directory?


texts: Galaxy S2 ICS 4.0.3 Wi-Fi connecting but not able to browse

texts: In my new Galaxy GT-I9100 Android version 4.0.3 everything expect WI-Fi is  working fine. When I am connecting my wireless it's getting connected, but not able to browse the internet. I tried changing from DHCP to Static IP Address, restarted mobile/Wi-Fi router, removed the battery and checked, it's working for only a few minutes and again the same issue.


texts: Nexus 9, no recovery, no USB debugging, OEM locked in Settings

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I've got a pretty complex problem.

At the moment:

Nexus 9 WiFi Tablet, USB Debugging not enabled
Normal Startup: Android laying on the floor
Startup with Power+Volume Down:

Fastboot Bootloader LOCKED
Recovery doesn't start
Factory Reset crashes as well

fastboot oem unlock → permission denied

Question

I want to know whether I can completely reset/wipe my device through fastboot or whatever I can use to do it.

I am not able to fastboot boot boot.img or something similar because USB Debugging and OEM unlocking aren't enabled and I can't start the device to do so.

The device has no microSD card slot.

EDIT:
When I choose HBOOT → RECOVERY I get the Android laying on the floor with a red triangle.

It is the device of a colleague of mine. He restarted the tablet and it happened. Don't have more information.

[SOLUTION]:

I could find a solution for my problem.

adb.exe sideload volantis-ota....zip

With the help of an OTA-Image, I could reset and recover the tablet.


texts: Need to give away Milestone that's rooted, what happens if I do Factory Data Reset?

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In Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset?

I don't mind giving it away rooted, but if it wipes out the Superuser application (hence allowing any app to enter root mode unchecked) would be very very bad.

If it erases that app while leaving it rooted, can I just re-download the .apk and reinstall it afterwards? Or does that procedure unroot the phone? That would be OK too.

It's a Milestone 1 with Motorola's official 2.2 update. I just rooted it so I could use the ClockSync and Screenshot apps.


texts: How to prioritize a 802.11ac over 802.11n?

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I have (at the office and at home) WiFi APs which serve 802.11n and 802.11ac over the same SSID.

My Galaxy S9+ never connects to the 5 GHz network on these SSIDs. I thought that this may be because the signal strength which is too low on the 5 GHz network and the 2 GHz looks more promising.

I created a 802.11ac-only SSID and connected my phone and tested for bandwidth which was ~90 Mbps, even in the most remote part of my home.

This probably means that the algorithm which selects the standard to use is less than optimal and I would like to help it by prioritizing the 802.11ac signal on a dual-standard SSID. Is this something which is configurable a way or another on Android (specifically Oreo on an S9+)?


texts: I have an Lollipop EDC. That Android has battery with 6 pinouts. How to get information about battery pin-out via ADB?


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I have a Moto G4 plus, and I don't see a way to Deactivate the Google app in my home screen (far-left screen).

I have the last Android update installed.

Also, it would be great if I also could get rid of the Google search bar (in order to use duck duck go, for example).


texts: What does it mean if my HTC Incredible's notification light flashes between green and amber?

texts: I was driving today and my phone was in its holder. At the time, I was using it for GPS and Pandora, and it was plugged in using my car charger. At one point, the notification LED began to flash in what looked like a regular pattern (but since I was driving, I can't be 100% sure), alternating between green and amber. I've never seen this before, and I had no notifications. What does it mean?


texts:
My phone (a Moto G 2nd Gen running Android 5.0.2) says I currently have 441MB of free space on my phone. I am trying to download an app that is 27MB. My phone refuses to let me, because it says I don't have enough space. I've moved everything I possibly can to the SD card (apps, pictures, etc) and have deleted my cached files.

There's obviously enough space for this app to be downloaded. Why does my phone think that it's not got enough space?


texts: RQT_CLOSE when flashing TWRP into Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) with Odin

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I am trying to flash TWRP into my Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) based on official instructions from:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a8-2018/samsung-galaxy-a8-2018-roms-kernels-recoveries--other-development/recovery-twrp-3-2-2-0-galaxy-a8-2018-t3818201
I have followed the instructions carefully and repeated several times. I initially tried things on linux with adb and heimdall, however heimdall was failing to flash, so I returned back to the exact Windows instructions using Odin3 v3.13.1. When I try to flash twrp-3.4.0-0-jackpotlte.img.tar into my Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) aka SM-A530F, Odin fails consistently with this log:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> Total Binary size: 35 M
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/006> recovery.img
<ID:0/006> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/006>
<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/006> Removed!!

I believe my phone is not RMM locked because I see Developer Options in my settings. I tried the process with OEM unlocking enabled and disabled in my phone Dev Options. No success yet.
I googled the issue for a few hours, however people mostly report seeing RQT_CLOSE when phone is RMM locked, which I believe is not my case. Maybe this is related to the recent Android update I installed yesterday.
Phone software:
Android 9
Baseband version: A530FXXUECTH1
Kernel version:
 - 4.4.111-19323942
 - #1 Mon Aug 3 15:36:52 KST 2020
Build number: PPR1.180610.011.A530FXXUECTH2
Security patch level: August 1,2020
Security software verion:
 - ASKS v3.1.1 Rlease 20200120
 - ADP v3.0 Releasae 20191001
 - SMR Aug-2020 Release 1

What does RQT_CLOSE actually mean? Could you please help investigate?


texts: Disable auto-screen-on feature in Moto G Play

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tl;dr When picking up Moto G Play out of shelf or out of pocket (or doing any other sudden move) phone automatically turns on screen to about 50% of brightness, showing unlock icon and recent reminders even though I haven't toucher Power button so far. How can I disable this feature?

Shortly after purchasing Moto E3 (for private use) I decided to purchase another child from this family -- Moto G Play (for company use). I have replicated configuration setting of Moto E3 under Moto G Play. I was more than sure that I will be able to use both phones in exactly the same way.

To my surprise, Moto G Play comes with a feature that causes phone to automatically turn on screen to about half of its regular brightness, showing reminders and unlock icon every time phone's accelerometer detects any sudden move of the phone (like picking it out of pocket, moving quickly on the shelf or desk etc.), even though Power button is not pressed at all.

I'm very found of the idea that you must actually press Power button to turn screen on and find this feature of Moto G Play quite very annoying. I wanted to disable it, but I can't find proper options in configuration. Since I replicated configuration of Moto E3 which doesn't have this feature I might miss something. Is there any way to disable this feature or do I have to get used to it?


texts: How to get contact from stolen Android phone?

texts:
I already read Recover contacts and images from stolen phone. And that answer did not work for me. I have explained it on the question.

My android phone was stolen. I need to get all contact of my phone. I had enable sync in that phone.

When I visit https://contacts.google.com/, it has only a very few contacts (only if contact has an email ). How can I get all contacts?


texts: Unfortunately Google Play Services stopped won't go away

texts: A pop-up that says 'Unfortunately, Google Play services stopped' won't go away on my phone. Everything I've read says to go to settings and then apps but I physically can't, the pop up doesn't go away when I tap the Ok button, it just flickers a little. When I go into settings I can't do anything because the pop up basically shuts down the whole screen and I can't open anything. Is there anything at all I can do to fix this, or is my phone just permanently broken because of this?


texts: Whatsapp friends profile image not showing

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It's been a few days now since my friends contact images started to disappear on my Samsung Galaxy Sii. Whatsapp up to date. Android is 4.1.2.

I've already tried:

Turn off/on the phone;
Add/remove the contact from the address book of the phone (my contacts are on the gmail account);
Clear the phone cache (under App Management). Just the cache. I don't want to loose conversations;
Checked whatsapp space usage (under App Managent). It's like 23MBytes total. Some apps use much more;

Some facts:

Some friends (few of them) are still showing the profile images. They are from the same source (Gmail Addr Book);
If I delete/recreate those friends with profile images, their image is re-downloaded correctly. I also deleted the profile image in the "Profile Pictures" folder and whatsapp downloads it again;

My guess: Users that are changing their profile image recently are being set as "no profile photo" (in the server). This propagates to everyone else who refreshes their address book for any reason.

Can somebody check my findings?


texts: Moving default folder Termux with content to downloads in Android 7

texts:
This is what I need;
Termux - How do I create a directory of files accessible outside of Termux?

I have my Tiddlywiki running on node.js in Termux. My problem is that Termux stores all files in the default folder. This way I can not let Dropbox backup. Can someone help me moving the default folder (with content) to, for example, Downloads? Or what is the best directory in my case? I spent years working on my Wiki and I'm afraid of making mistakes.

Android 7 (Nougat)

I installed my Tiddlywiki to this example: http://tiddlywiki.com/static/Installing%2520TiddlyWiki%2520on%2520Node.js.html


texts: Can the new Galaxy Note 10.1 make and receive phone calls?

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I know that Galaxy Note 10.1 has multiple editions (one of them is LTE chip).

Can it make and receive ordinary phone calls? Like using ordinary signals, instead of the Internet ones.

I couldn't find any information on this.


texts: How to install a fresh Android 2.3 to my Spice Mi280?

texts: I want to install fresh 2.3 Android OS on my Spice Mi280 over my previous installation. How can I do that?


texts: Google Apps won't flash on HTC Desire (Cyanogenmod)

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One of my co-workers has a HTC Desire CDMA phone and is having a problem with flashing CM7 with Google Apps.  It flashes CM7 just fine, and it even says that it installs the Google Apps zip (the GB version) just fine, but in reality, it isn't flashing any of the Google applications. I can try manually flashing the gapps zip file and it will still say it installs successfully, but there are still no Google Apps on the phone.

What else can I try to get Google Apps installed on his phone?


texts: Android locked MicroSD card (all files read-only)

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I own a Wiko Rainbow with Android 4.2.2. Out of the blue my MicroSD card got locked and I can neither create nor delete any files on my phone (such as photos). At first, I did not even understand why, until I checked the file permissions in the AndroZip file manager. All files and folders have been set to read-only.

I tried restarting my phone, but nothing changed. I also unmounted and reattached the MicroSD card in the Android settings. I opened my phone, removed and checked the card, but it did not help. The card has no mechanical write lock.

How come that Android locks my MicroSD card? I did not install any new software, my phone is unrooted and all I do is update my apps occasionally. I read that Android 4.4 had some issues with memory cards. Did Google maybe lock the MicroSD card with an update?

How can I fix the problem and make the card writable again (and prevent future locks). I do not own any MicroSD card reader, so the only solution is creating a backup of the card's content and reformatting it in Android, right?

Do Android or my apps store any data on the SD card (such as user settings or contacts)?


texts: I can't receive SMS when I have low storage

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From the time the "low storage" warning appears no synchronization is done at all, including receiving SMS.

Can I do anything about it? Can I "force" my Motorola Milestone Froyo to receive SMS somehow?

This is really annoying. Especially because the user doesn't informed in detail. I missed a lot of SMS... I hope that gets fixed in Froyo.


texts: Cyanogenmod: How to prevent the "Add to blacklist" popup when the End call button is long-pressed?

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I'm using CyanogenMod-7.2.0-passion on my Nexus One, and there's a feature in CM7 that's bothering me. During a call, if the large red-colored "End call" button is long-pressed, it gives a popup asking "Add to blacklist". I do not want this feature, but it gets unintentionally activated by my cheek (which manages to press the "Yes" button of the popup too!) when I'm on calls. I've missed several calls from friends and relatives due to this.

So, is there a way to disable this feature? I've googled a lot, but there are only posts about how to remove people from blacklist after they get added there, nothing about how to prevent this whole mess. I don't want to be checking the blacklist every day to make sure someone new hasn't gotten added that day, so I hope there's some setting somewhere to disable this function.


texts: Scroll problem with mouse and my tablet android

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I  have a HUAWEI MediaPad M5 Lite 10 tablet I use it with a mouse connected to USB thanks to this adapter.
For some time with my mouse, I can no longer scroll through the pages of browsers like Firefox or Chrome.
Rather than scrolling the text from top to bottom or vice versa, it selects the text for me!
I can no longer also do a copy / paste in the web pages, it selects but without displaying "copy / paste" I reset my tablet but it doesn't change anything.
I have tried with a bluetooth mouse and have the same problem.
The funny thing is that when I take control of my tablet with my computer and with teamviewer I use my computer mouse! Well it works.
I can scroll web pages through my computer. An idea ? Thank you


texts: "Avoided poor internet connection" LG G5

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Every time I try to connect to a wifi network my phone will obtain the ip address for a while and eventually not connect because it "Avoided poor internet connection". This only started happening a few days after I downloaded a software update.

Model Number: LG-H831
Android version: 7.0
Kernel version: 3.18.31
Software version: H83120b


texts: My son has a Skytex Primer Pocket, which he put a pattern unlock on. He has completely forgotten it. I've been trying to figure out what I might do. There is nothing of any importance on the device, I'm perfectly willing to do a factory reflash if possible, but I just can't figure out how to do anything. Anyone out there know what to do?


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I tried installing a modded Play store using Lucky Patcher, but in the process it deleted the system app and didn't install the modded one.  I have tried installing it manually but it just can't work and crashes every time I want to download or update apps.
Can anyone help me out in installing the official Play store?


texts: LG G2 is not showing up in ADB even if I check USB debugging

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I can't find my device in ADB for my LG G2 phone running Android 4.2 ICS. I have enabled USB debugging.

What did I miss?


texts: Can I setup & use a google play account for free & paid items only using gift cards?

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Is it possible to setup a google play account without a credit card, using only gift cards (this is possible on apple), which will allow me to download free and paid apps & music from the play store?

I'm in the uk if that helps,

Thanks


texts: Micro SD not being found on phone or pc after replacing

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My micro SD card filled up from pictures on my Galaxy S3 and previous phone. I went out and bought a larger capacity card to replace it. When I put the full card in my laptop to transfer the pictures, at first it worked. When I went to open the card, I could not find it anywhere on my laptop. I removed it and put it back in my phone and it is now saying the card is damaged. I have tried both multiple times, even in my camera, and still have not been able to find my pictures.

What can I do to find my pictures again and safely?


texts: I just got the new Samsung Galaxy S5 and I was texting and I accidentally held down one of the words that pops up when I start texting and this box popped up saying that whatever word will be removed from learned words. So now every time I type the word "the" it changes it to their or them or anything similar and its really annoying. Because this is a new phone I have no idea where to go or what to look for. Please help!


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I track app usage?

If you're not familiar with the late Wakoopa app for desktop, it's a small utility that runs in the background and monitors what application / website I go to along with a graph of how long I've spent using said apps / websites. I have found it a valuable asset to monitoring my app usage behavior. It also helps me trim down on the applications that I hardly ever use.

Is there something like this for Android? Root-needed answers are all welcome. There was supposedly something like this already before at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.muzikant.MyTopApps but as you can tell, it's no longer available on the market. Plus, it didn't have the monitoring of frequent visited websites.

It doesn't matter if it enters the log onto the cloud (like Wakoopa did) but I would honestly prefer if it stored them offline so that I keep my data private.


texts: Error deleting Google account from Samsung Galaxy S4

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I recently upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android Lollipop (5.0.01).
I created a new Google account and then added it to the device; when I triee to delete the old Google Account from the device I didn’t succeed to access to the google account. I went into settings>accounts>google account, and an error popped up: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." Is there any other way to delete the Google account from my phone?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Galaxy A5: How to set power button to reject calls (no root)

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I've found in Settings/Answering and ending calls how to answer by pressing Home key and how to end a call by pressing the Power key. Is there any other possibility to assign the power key in order to reject calls?
Galaxy A5 (2016) Lollipop 5.1.1

Thanks,


texts: Corrupt files in microSD - How to know if files are damaged?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 with a 4GB Kingston microSD.

This microSD has only a few files (that I can remember) - visible both in PC and in file manager (default app) in the smartphone:

Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force 5.iso (1.6 GB - for PPSSPP Emulator).
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force 5.cso (1.5 GB - for PPSSPP Emulator).
Folder "DIR" - 0 files in it.
Folder "Music" - 73 .mp3 files.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.iso (495 mb - for ePSXe Emulator).

Background

In previous ocassions, the PPSSPP emulator didn't read the .ISO file (and I though it was the .ISO file), so, I compress the .ISO file in a .CSO file which I read in formus that is recongized by the PPSSPP emulator, however, the .CSO file was also not recognized and the app freezes.

Trying discarging both files, I used the emulator in my PC and all works well, so, I decided to move all my Music "73 .mp3 files" to the "microSD". After the music files where there, I use the default music player, but most of the files (when trying to play "random") says: not supported and skips until it finds a .mp3 file "apparentely" not corrupted or ends playing abruptly.

Even some .mp3 files plays for a few minutes, ends abruptly and search other random .mp3 file.

What have I tried?

Scan for viruses the microSD.
Download from other sites the ISO files.
Format the microSD "via the available option in the Samsung Galaxy and vía PC (right click > Format device)".
Following this answer I downloaded (SD Card Formatter 5.0.1), but the formatting process failed for both format options (quick and overwrite).

For me, it this weird how this microSD can corrupt files (most of them) and not others. Also, my goal is use the microSD for storage games that I can use with the PPSSPP emulator "mostly, Yu-Gi-Oh! games".

I'll replace my microSD, but, before to do that, I want to know:

Is there a way to activate a log file in Android for check wheter are files corrupted or missing?
What resources or what else can I do for save the 4GB microSD for use as I intend to do?


texts: Only use pattern lock instead of swipe screen and pattern lock

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On my first Android phone, the Droid (running stock Android OS), when the pattern lock was enabled, that would be the only lock screen I was presented with when turning on the screen.

Now I'm using a Droid 3 and it has a "2-stage" lock screen when the pattern lock is enabled. So when I turn on the screen, I have to first swipe to unlock and then enter the pattern after that. Is there any way to go back to the original Droid experience of a single lock screen, even with the pattern lock enabled?


texts: How can I change the default browser on MIUI 10.x?

texts:
I've read this question:

How can I change the default browser?

but the instructions there don't fit my Xiaomi phone, which has the MIUI 10 interface. How can I change the default browser there?


texts: How can I buy an app that isn't supported on my (current) device?

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As you may know, the official Android Market is in the process of having a sale, charging only 10 cents for a bunch of apps for 10 days. They're going to pick 10 new apps each day, so the apps for sale today won't be on sale tomorrow.

I am an OG Droid owner, and I'm one of the many who is waiting to pounce on the moment the Galaxy Nexus shows up in Verizon stores. I could have upgraded my phone weeks ago, but .. well.. you know how it is.

One of the apps on sale today (Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD) won't let me purchase it, because the Droid doesn't support it. But (hopefully) within a week I will have a phone that definitely supports this game. I don't even care if the game sucks; it's only 10 cents!

Is there any way I can buy the app anyway, so I can install it at a later date?


texts: Cannot sign-in Google account on Samsung Galaxy S with 2-step authentication

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I recently use 2-step verification to sign-in my Google account.

But after turning this on, I cannot sign-in my phone since no SMS is sent to my phone.

What can I do to sign in now?


texts: How uninstall SAP Afaria from Android device?

texts: I am testing the SAP Afaria in my tablet and I am no longer want use. I try uninstall the app but its locked for uninstall. In the administrator page from SAP, I didn't find how remove the enrollment.


texts:
I recently got an Android Polaroid tablet and I noticed it was incredibly slow so I disabled and force stopped a lot of the apps that were pre-downloaded onto the device because I knew I'd never need them. That seemed to help and for a few weeks everything was cool and way faster until I started getting this notification every two seconds that said, "Unfortunately, Android Keyboard has stopped."

A little bit after that, I went back to college and I tried to connect to my school's WiFi and it wouldn't work because you need to type in a username and password to connect, and you can't type without a keyboard. So, I know you can install keyboards onto your tablet to replace the old one, but

I can't connect to WiFi without typing,
I can't connect to Google Play without WiFi, and
Even if I could, how would I search for keyboard apps without being able to type them in?


texts: How do I enable Google Now on my Galaxy Note 2 (NT-7100)?

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I go to Google Search app but no Google Now "cards" are showing.

I do the ff:

Long-press Menu soft-key to bring up Google Search
Press Menu -> Settings
Under settings, I only get 3 entries: Voice, Phone search and Privacy & accounts (no Google Now)

My friend, who uses an HTC Sensation with MIUI ROM, and Google Now works nicely.

Question is, how do I enable it on my Note 2?

*I am suspecting that this has to do with my Privacy settings or Location settings but I still haven't gotten it to work despite changing those settings...


texts: Not all media files discovered by media apps

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I have folder on my sd card called podcasts. It contains  subfolders of podcasts. My problem is the media players I have tried only display some of the podcast files as being available to play.

There doesn't seem to be any reason why the displayed files should be playable and the others not. I have tried clearing the data of the "media storage" app as well as running a "rescan sd card" app, to no avail.

So, any ideas as to how I can get all of my podcasts to be playable in a media player?

UPDATE: The problem seemed be caused by Winamp not playing wma format files, even though it's meant to support them. Have converted them to mp3 and they now appear in Winamp and can be played


texts:
As I've moved from phone to phone over the years I've built up a fairly unmanageable contact list.

I'm trying to delete old contacts that I no longer need, but I hate having text messages with no name associated with them so that's why I haven't bulk-deleted contacts so far.

Is there any way to find out which contacts are unused - as in contacts for which I have not received any text messages from?


texts:
Is it possible to use an Android device (like a smartphone) as an USB ramdisk?

Basically i'd like to have the PC accessing a tmpfs on the smartphone as a (virtual) USB mass storage device, so data gets written on the smartphone RAM instead of the flash memory.

This could have many use cases:

emergency swap space for PCs with low RAM
temporary storage for privacy sensitive-data
fast storage for temporary files (alternative to a native ramdisk wasting PC RAM)
PC USB interface benchmarking


texts: Not able to send media on Whatsapp...Moto X

texts: I just upgraded to Moto X from Motorola Photon. I am not being able to send/receive any picture or media files. The settings for media is turned on but still the media button in mot highlighting.


texts: Bluetooth scanner app don't yield results

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I have a OnePlus One with Cyanogen based on Android 6.0.1 as well as an old Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 with stock Android 4.x.
In addition, there is a TV with Bluetooth, and one of this modern Bluetooth speakers.
Both of my Android devices list the three other devices in its Bluetooth menu.
Now, I've tried out several bluetooth scanner apps like

BLE Scanner
Bluetooth LE Scanner
Bluetooth Scanner
Bluetooth 4.0 Scanner

but none of them lists any bluetooth devices. The last one crashes my phone...
May be, the first two scan for BLE devices only, but the last two seem to scan for both.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
(I'd like to get the RSSI to evaluate if it is suitable for a special problem at work, and naively thought each scanner could simply provide it.)

EDIT:
The phone is running Cyanogen 13.1.2.
GPS is on, and the apps have granted permission to access bluetooth and GPS.
I also thought there may be a problem with my phone, but it's exactly the same with my tablet.
And as said, the phone as well as the tablet do list the TV and the speaker in their menu, can connect to them, and play music etc. It's just that the BT scanner apps just list nothing.
(By the way: Many scanners want GPS to link bluetooth devices to position, but why is GPS needed to detect bluetooth devices?)

EDIT 2:
Because my problem drives me nuts, I just wrote my own Android Bluetooth scanner. Before giving it GPS access, it doesn't list anything, but after, it just works.
It's quite interesting, from the apps listed above only two want GPS access...
Oh, and no idea yet why exactly GPS is needed, but the API just requests it.


texts: How can I easily restrict all apps EXCEPT specific apps from using data?

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Let's say I have 100 apps on my Nexus 4.

I want to limit all but 2 of them from running on my data plan (I have 30MB a month).

How can I easily exclude all apps except specific applications from using data (both fore/background)?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro - as we know, a USB 3 port can output at least 900mA at 5V for 4.5 Watts.
However, when I plug in my S7, it only draws 500mA. What is the trick to allowing a device to draw 1A? Is it shorting the data pins, or is it a move by Apple to only provide extra current to their own products?

Many Thanks.


texts: Contacts shows truecaller and paytm links

texts: I use LETV with marshmallow. I use PAytm and truecaller. recently these apps started to show up their pay for the friend and send money links and it's irritating. I don't want to uninstall these apps but I want contacts to show only call option.


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I'm currently looking into buying an Android smartphone. Naturally, I'd like to keep using it until the hardware becomes technologically obsolete -- which, according to my prior experience with PCs (and some figures online), currently happens in something around 7 years. Just as expectedly, an official support span for a device is much, much shorter. Which in case of an always-on Internet-facing device is a showstopper because security fixes for components directly facing the network are a must here (unless I don't care about hackers stealing my online/banking credentials and/or making the device a bot in a botnet).

So, I'm interested in figuring out a way to determine a device's potential life span more productively than googling each model (which proved ineffective). Below is the information I have. Could you check my estimates and fill in the missing bits?

Hardware:

reliability/physical wear: unknown. Assumed flagship products to survive for at least 5 years but see some others' devices (like Sony Xperia Z3) already start breaking after 2 years.

Not planning to subject the device to hostile environments except occasionally getting into rain.

repairability: estimated by http://ifixit.org

the main distinction is how much it can be taken apart, i.e. how much will need to be replaced when any one part breaks

spares: taking "while supplies last" into account, my estimate is ~5 years for major models and 0-2 years for obscure ones
warranty: 1 year, didn't see anything longer

Software:

A new major version1 of Android is currently published once a year
Blobs

assume published/bundled blobs to be compatible with at most one major version.
Google supports two years' worth of new versions for its brands + 1 more year of security fixes
other manufacturers: unknown, assumed 1-2 years
With Google having standardized the 3D API in 7.1, proprietary video libraries should stop being an issue

Manufacturer-customized firmware

blobs are likely to be binary incompatible with anything but stock firmware, so this automatically writes a device off as soon as the manufacturer ends support (?)

OSS firmware

Open drivers

Unknown. Some manufacturers are/have been rumored to provide these but the information I found is fragmental and contradictory

Reversed drivers

I've found evidence of a number of efforts but too, fragmental and contradictory
The likeliness of a successful effort is proportional to the 1)combined popularity of models with the hardware and 2)availability of specs for it. The number of the building blocks should be at least two orders of magnitude less than the number of models, so it should be possible to gets some stats. Anyone gathering such statistics out there?

3rd-party firmware

Strives to support devices for as long as practical.
Has to use bundled/published blobs, so the support is limited to as long as the blobs are usable (don't know whether Cyanogenmod resorts to compatibility layers for them). Those who don't use blobs lose major parts of functionality (e.g. Replicator doesn't support 3D graphics and Wi-fi).
By necessity, only support high-profile models

Roadblocks for firmware burning

all over the place, even the same manufacturer doesn't stay consistent. Any database?

I do see that overall, the Nexus line enjoys the best software support but I don't like its ditching of external storage (and didn't buy the excuses), so I'm evaluating other options.

1looks like the code name rather than numbers define which versions belong to the same "major version"


texts: Connecting two android devices without a router

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myself and a friend want to play a multiplayer game that only works on the local network, and in work, there is no open WiFi network that we can both connect. Is there anyway that we can link up both our phones with wifi to play the game, without an extra router?

Maybe if I open the portable hotspot, it would work?

Thanks


texts:
So I'm using Android 7.0 (build nr. NRD90M.G935FXXU1DQH5) on a Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge.

Whenever I update an app that I've moved to SD card, I need to move it back to SD card after the update.

This is very annoying (and been for a while). Any way I can resolve this without downgrading or rooting the device? Because I could have sworn there was a time apps moved to the SD card STAYED there.

(Personally, I would have no issue with rooting the phone, but certain apps - like for example used by my bank to authorise e-banking transactions - won't work on rooted devices, so let's not.)


texts: How to update Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus phone apps via USB cable connection?

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I cant seem to be able to connect to the software update server for some reason by using my basic 3G connection (which works by the way).

The error message goes as follows:
"Failed to update software. Network or server error occurred. Try later or try using PC Kies.". I tried several times with same error.

So I was thinking if it could be possible to update my Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus phone apps via USB connection through my computer network?

I tried Samsung Kies, but couldn't find any feature to support this.

My PC has Windows 7 installed on it if that matters.


texts:
I am trying to understand the rooting procedure in general.
I see that 1st stage involves what it termed as
"unlock bootloader".

It is described as a method which makes the bootloader capable for using non-manufacture images.
If I understand correctly the bootloader, shall not boot non-manufacture kernel/ROM unless it is unlocked.

Yet, many rooting are done by just programming the recovery image.
But the bootloader is not the recovery image.

So, how can it be that root is gained with just the recover if 1st stage is unlocking bootrom ?

Thanks,
ranran


texts: Forward WhatsApp messages to e-mail or SMS

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Some friends of mine want to use WhatsApp to send me messages from time to time. But, I don't want to install the app (or I don't want to have it running all the time). Can I configure something within WhatsApp or another service to forward the messages from WhatsApp to an e-mail address via SMS?

Even a solution that requires me to configure a program on my own server would suffice.


texts: What is the mobile provisioning website supposed to do?

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When I go to Settings → More... → Mobile plan it gives me a message "{mobile operator} has no known provisioning website".

Digging into Android source code for WirelessSettings.java I found how URL gets populated (it was later moved to IConnectionManager but I guess it have similar implementation):

private String getProvisioningUrl() {
    String url = getActivity().getResources()
            .getString(com.android.internal.R.string.mobile_provisioning_url);
    log("getProvisioningUrl: mobile_provisioning_url=" + url);

    // populate the iccid, imei and phone number in the provisioning url.
    if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(url)) {
        String phoneNumber = mTm.getLine1Number();
        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(phoneNumber)) {
            phoneNumber = "0000000000";
        }
        url = String.format(url,
                mTm.getSimSerialNumber() /* ICCID */,
                mTm.getDeviceId() /* IMEI */,
                phoneNumber /* Phone number */);
    }

    return url;
}

So potentially it can create an URL like:

https:\\operator\provisioning.aspx?ICCID=8991101200003204510&IMEI=49015420323751&number=008801552341588

My question is, what such a provisioning site supposed let me do?

Is information passed to URL is sufficiently secure for a network operator to identify a customer so it can skip authentication?


texts:
How can I track the file level changes done by an application during execution on an Android device. Specifically I am interested in file level changes done by a malware - create, delete, save a file on the device.

While searching this forum I found one way is - /proc//fd. Is there any other way ? using logcat,Frida or any other way ?


texts: If ROM and firmware and OS are the same thing, can one be upgraded without the other?

texts:
These terms still confuse me: operating system (Android), firmware and ROM.

From CyanogenMod's website:

  Whether you call CyanogenMod a "ROM" or a "firmware" or an "operating
  system" or a "distribution", it all means in this case the same thing.

Does that mean you can't upgrade your firmware without simultaneously upgrading the ROM and operating system? For example my device has CM but says it's Android 5.02 and I was wondering if it's possible to update the OS without losing CM? Also, the firmware is out of date, so should I be searching for the update to the firmware or CM (since the above quote claims it's the same thing)?


texts: How can I flash my Galaxy 5 (GT-I5500) via Linux?

texts: I like to know if there's a way to flash my Galaxy 5 (I5500) via Linux. I found Heimdall, but it only works with Samsung's Galaxy S.


texts:
I'm trying to find a way to root my phone so I can delete these factory installed apps, make my phone faster etc.

Can someone tell step by step on how to achieve this? Do I need to download something? Etc


texts: Is it safe to charge Galaxy j7 using Galaxy A5 charger?

texts:
A5 has 2900mA battery and a charger with fast charging capability and j7 has 3000mA battery with normal charging.

Can I use that to fast charge the Galaxy j7?


texts: How to flash Cubot r11 stock rom on bricked phone?

texts:
I am using Ubuntu and while attempting to root my phone using fastboot I ended up on a boot-loop cycle. Also power+volume-up to enter recovery mode isn't working.

How can I fix this issue(Linux tools preferred)?


texts: Cannot play videos in any browser only in player

texts:
I use Opera for Android but the same problem exists in the stock browser as well as Mozilla.
Until about a week ago I could play videos from the web in the browser but now when I click on the video instead of starting to play I get the option to use the stock video player, SoapCast or the browser to open it and if I chose the browser it downloads it instead of playing it.

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thank you.
I want to play videos in Opera again.
I have Android 2.3.4 running on an Xperia Ray.


texts: Need a media subdirectory inside a nomedia folder

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As the title says, I have been searching for a way to show pictures from a nomedia folder subdirectory...the files have to be in that directory and can't be moved.

My messaging app stores it's background images  from themes into it's own directory. I have that directory hidden with .nomedia. However, it also stores any downloaded pictures into a media subdirectory and doesn't have the option to change that. I need the downloads to show in the gallery but not all the themes, if there's any way to do this


texts: how to sort my contacts from pc on google account to most frequently used. not including the default email list

texts:
How can I sort my contact list from my PC to show the most-used contacts or most-recently-used from my Google account without my Android in hand? This does not include the default 20-most-contacted email addresses that Google has.

Basically, how do I sort by most-frequently-used contacts?


texts: Key layout for only turning off the display?

texts:
According to this website:

# This is an example of a key layout file for basic system controls,
# such as volume and power keys which are typically implemented as GPIO pins
# the device decodes into key presses.

key 114   VOLUME_DOWN
key 115   VOLUME_UP
key 116   POWER

POWER turns off the display and makes the phone go to sleep.  Is there a key layout for just turning off the display (without putting the phone to sleep)? If not, can I create one?


texts: PC-less, direct backup? (ADB apps+data, call logs, SMS, contacts, AndroidManifest, app metadata, settings, etc.)

texts:
How can these data be backed up directly in the phone itself (i.e. MicroSD, USB-OTG) without needing a PC? Is it also possible without Root?

All SMS messages.
Call logs.
All contacts and phonebooks.
Calendar
Applications and data. (either all or manually selected applications)
(lesser relevant) Battery statistics. (I have ccc.bmw71.pro (does stand for battery monitor widget, not for Bayerisches MotorWerk this time.) for that purpose. But it overwrote bmw_history.txt.)
App Metadata (AndroidManifest.xml, installation date, store, usage statistic, etc.)
Settings, other metadata and usage statistics if possible, but that is lesser relevant.
Anything else. (NANDROID would require rooting.).

Data by third-party messaging applications is usually included into application data.


texts: TWRP showing error 7 even when the rom is correct

texts:
Hey I was trying to flash resurrection remix 8.6.0 on my Redmi 5A(riva) but twrp showed error 7.
Then I tried flashing Pixel Experience but still error 7 i tried reflasing the recovery also tried orange fox but still nothing is working. I was able to flash rr 7.0.2. So can someone help me update it to 8.6.0.
Now whenever I boot into recovery /data is not mounting
Thanks in advance


texts: How do I get play store to stop asking me to auto-update on wifi?

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I have an Acer Iconia A200 running Android 4.0.3. Lately whenever I update an app, the Play Store asks me (via a pop-up dialog) if I want to automatically update apps on Wi-Fi. The only answers I can give are 'yes' and 'not now'.

What I really want is 'No, and don't ask again', because I happen to like being involved in updates.

In Play Store->settings->auto update, automatic update is turned off, and has no setting for 'Wi-Fi only'.

Is there any way to turn this annoying message off? I'm very afraid I'm going accidentally answer yes one day and thus lose control of my updates.

Updated: Play store says build 4.0.27 in it's 'Build Version' in the play store settings.

Updated again: It's back. The exact message is 'Update Apps automatically when on Wi-Fi?' and the two options to the dialog are 'Not now' and 'OK'. Interestingly this happened when I updated 'GOdroid' directly from the page, but did NOT happen when I updated 5 other apps at once later that day. I'm wondering if it's only asking once per app or something?


texts: Volume Button does not work during Recovery Mode

texts: Hello I am trying to update my samsung Ace into 4.1 and for this reason I need to run Recovery Mode. I am able to open Recovery Mode but I cannot move using my Volume Button. Is there a way to solve this issue? Thanks in advance


texts:
I am using samsung galaxy y. I have installed a custom kernel and that kernel  has a custom recovery that boots automatically when i boot into recovery. I want to change custom recovery present in the kernel.

I unpacked boot.img and found zimage file & ramdisk.cpio.gz. Then unpacked ramdisk.cpio.gz and found many files. But I have no idea where is that custom recovery.

Please guide me its location and procedure to do so.


texts: Do I Need a Super User app on a rooted phone?

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Our company uses a few devices for in house tasks.
I have the SU binary flashed to my devices. I have proprieteary apps installed that access the SU through hardcoded shell commands. My devices are completeley locked and cannot install new apps (no package installer, custom recovery, and re-engineered USB ports) so I don't really have any security concerns.
At the present we rely on a 3rd party SuperUser app to grant privaleges to our own apps. Is there a way to Automatically grant SU priveleage to all the apps on the device (we trust them all - because we wrote them) without prompting the user?
Understanding that a few SU apps do have a feature to "allow all" I still ask because I would like to avoid using 3rd party software completely.

Can I just remove the SU app, or do I need to write a replacement?


texts: Digital magazines on google play/android Market: does it work like Apple newsstand?

texts:
I apologize if I may seem a bit confused but actually I need some direction to make up my mind about digital magazines publication on google play /android markets.

I'm comparing to the Apple store/ Apple newsstand just because I already know the general work flow on iOS devices.

I'm from Italy and I see the google play magazines has been enabled lately in for my country. Last week it wasn't  available.

So questions are:
If i have a Android device where am I supposed to search for digital publications?
(I ask the above since I can't find the same famous publications I find on Apple Store)
Is there a counterpart of newsstand?


texts: Enable notification badges on the Galaxy S III

texts: Is there a way to enable notification badges on the Galaxy S III?  For example, when I have 5 unread emails, the email app shows a red circle with a 5 in it.  Can other apps that I install do this as well?


texts: Reading a QR code from an image instead of a camera

texts:
My device does not have a camera, so all those QR code scanners are useless to me.

Is there a way to read a QR code from an image, possibly like an app registering itself as a QR code scanner and it (also) opens image files to scan the QR codes?

I prefer not to use online solutions since those online sites cannot be registered as a scanner.


texts: How can I move application user data (user specific settings, savegames, ...) to a different user?

texts: I have a tablet with Android 4.2 and would like to copy/move the application user data (savegames, ...) from one user to another. I have root. Which directory do I need to move/copy. And do I have to care about the permissions?


texts: ART has better performance and better battery life on paper at least.  Should I consider switching to it on my moto g? What are the results I can expect? What precautions should I take? Is it easy to turn back to dalvik?


texts:
I installed kitkat 4.4.2, via clockwork mod and the install went smooth, no issues.

I rebooted, and now all I can is my bootloader and recovery, whenever I try to normal boot.  It simply takes me to recovery.

The bootloader states my phone is

*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***

Which seems fine, it was the same with a previous rom I've used.

I tried a few things, clearing cache, factory resetting the phone etc, no change.

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?


texts:
My girlfriend recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 which, after paying over 500 bucks for it, turned out to be a counterfeit s5.

Obviously the scammer didn't get back to us and as much as this is a good lesson to learn (don't be cheap and rely on Kijiji!), we want to make the most out of the phone as well. As such I am hoping to port one of the custom OS on it as the OS that came with the machine is pretty old (Android 4.2 I believe).

The problem is all the hardware signatures were obviously obscured and there is no way (at least I am aware of) to know the exact hardware pieces. My only hope is to somehow being able to extract the drivers out of the existing ROM and see where I can go.

Is there any way I can do that? If not, is there anyway you would recommend to make compiling of custom ROM possible without knowing the exact configuration of the phone (other than having a original factory ROM on hand and obviously the physical unit as well)?


texts: Where is the current_now measurement generated

texts:
If you go into the adb shell, you can check what the amount of current the battery is discharging by using the following command

cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/current_now

When the current is discharged it shows it as a negative value. I am wondering where in the kernel this current_now file is generated. I am using a nexus 7(flo) and I am using 4.3 jelly bean.

An app I am using (trepn) doesn't like negative measurements. So it shows current values as 0. I am trying to find where the current now file is generated and replace the sign


texts: Bought my friend's Samsung S6 but can't restore with new Google account

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Title pretty much sums it up - I bought my friend's old Samsung S6, did a factory restore but when I try to set up the phone for myself, it won't let me. It says "This device was reset. To Continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device".

How do I bypass this and start fresh with a new google account? Do I need them to log into the phone themselves to do something?

Please note I'm planning on using this without a sim card, just as a portable video device.

Thank you!


texts: Google Play authentication required error

texts:
I'm using Android on a Samsung S3. I was initially trying to upgrade WorldMate, but was getting authentication errors. Then I tried to purchase something via Google play, and was given an authentication required error.

I have removed my Google account and re-added it, deleted updates and tried to stop apps being updated automatically but they do no matter what setting I use. I have created a new account and tried via that, but no luck.

How can I stop apps being updated? Is there a service I can stop and put on manual?
Or is there another way to purchase apps/music? All I want  to do is upgrade WorldMate but their support staff have been useless so far...


texts:
I am trying to connect my Samsung galaxy S4 to Samsung Kies, yet it says it is not compatible and to download Kies 3 - which I did and then it says the device isn't supported - so both versions of Kies won't work - any ideas its driving me mad :( I have uninstalled and re-installed several times.

thank you


texts: LG5 call interrupted with cheek touching "hold"

texts:
LG G5 accidentally touching "Hold" button with cheek during phone calls, thereby unintentionally put the call on "hold".
How to prevent this from happening?


texts: How to get root access on Android 2.2 with HTC Magic?

texts: I'm using an HTC Magic and upgraded the OS to 2.2. Build number of the phone is FRF91. How can I get root access to the phone?


texts: Lava V2 s stuck on company logo after deleting Launcher 3 and System UI

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I have rooted Lava V2 s running on Android 5.1 and mistakenly deleted some system apps: Launcher 3, and System UI. The phone is starting up but cannot go into the home screen. Instead, it directly goes to power off and has stuck on the company logo while booting up.

How to fix the boot issue?


texts: Is there a browser that will display Armenian letters?

texts:
I have just got a an HTC Desire as a present and I want to view www.mathnet.am which is an Armenian site. But insted of Armenian letters I see squares. I have read some advices in some forums, but could not solve the problem. Please help.

By the way I can't see www.Google.am (this is the Armenian variant of it) letters too. The same squares :(


texts: How to fix lock screen stuck at "Tap to speak" when entering password?

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I can’t access my phone. When I try to enter my password to unlock my phone it displays "Tap to speak" with microphone and the word "Google". There is also sign of setting and "X" but they are not responding.

This thing blocks me from using my phone and I don't know how it got into my phone. I am not familiar with it. How do I unlock my phone?


texts: How to encrypt data on Android on per-file basis before backup to a cloud storage

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I would like to automate file encryption on my Android device before sending them to a cloud storage.

I don't want to have a container encryption (like Truecrypt or VeraCrypt) since it will require a lot of data to be transmitted on each update, lots of resources to check changed blocks, and I don't see this is a good way approach to automation for such a task. So it will be better to have encrypted version of each file.

Moreover, I would prefer public-key encryption (asymmetric), not based on password strength. And most important - I would like to be able to work with files on different platforms (not only on Android).

I found that Encdroid is quite close to my needs (except that it is not asymmetric encryption): it is based on Encfs that works on different platforms and it is per-file encryption file system. The biggest drawback is that it requires FUSE module (filesystem in user space), which is not usually available on most Android distributions.

Another option will be to adapt GPG for that task, but it will require some scripting and probably other tasks that Android is not usually suits to. And I don't know if GPG works good on Android.

Do you know what are options to solve this task?


texts: Changing number to new phone but keeping chat history

texts: When i tried backing up my old chat from google drive to my ne number on a new phone, it didnr detacted it. Does this mean i can only trasnfer chat if its the same number? If so how can i save my old chats on a new phone with a different number?


texts: How do I reformat a fixed-state/pseudo-readonly SD card?

texts:
Alright, so this is an ongoing saga of trying to fix my broken SD card. Let me struggle to explain what's wrong with it.

When copying files to the SD card

The files are completely corrupted. For instance, have a listen to Body Talk by Robyn:

https://soundcloud.com/nobleuplift/sets/corrupted-body-talk

Some songs are mashups of other songs on my phone, or speed up to 4x speed. We Dance to the Beat takes 17 seconds to play.

When deleting files from the SD card

The files/folders will appear deleted up to the point either when the SD card is mounted/unmounted, reformatted, or the phone is restarted.

Yes, you heard me right, reformatting does not delete any data from my SD card. It is restored to the state it was in two weeks ago when I first noticed signs of corruption.

On the bright side, I can still listen to anything I copied to the SD card beforehand with no corruption.

When trying to reformat the SD card by other means

First, I tried to reformat the SD card using Windows XP. I tried both exFAT and NTFS. exFAT failed immediately, whereas NTFS took about 15 minutes before it said it couldn't do it.

I tried the exact same thing on my MacBook Pro and here are the logs from trying that:

===== Monday, 2015 June 8 at 11:43:24 PM Central Daylight Time =====
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Preparing to erase : “SD64GB”
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500:  Partition Scheme: Master Boot Record
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500:  1 volume will be created
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500:      Name        : “SD64GB”
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500:      Size        : 63.86 GB
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500:      File system : ExFAT

2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Unmounting disk
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Creating the partition map
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Waiting for the disks to reappear
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Formatting disk2s1 as ExFAT with name SD64GB
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Reformatting existing ExFAT volume
Volume name      : SD64GB
Partition offset : 0 sectors (0 bytes)
Volume size      : 124733440 sectors (63863521280 bytes)
Bytes per sector : 512
Bytes per cluster: 131072
FAT offset       : 2048 sectors (1048576 bytes)
# FAT sectors    : 4096
Number of FATs   : 1
Cluster offset   : 6144 sectors (3145728 bytes)
# Clusters       : 487216
Volume Serial #  : 5bc0a34d
Bitmap start     : 2
Bitmap file size : 60902
Upcase start     : 3
Upcase file size : 5836
Root start       : 4

2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Mounting disk
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Could not mount disk2s1 with name (null) after erase
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500: Erase complete.
2015-06-08 23:43:34 -0500:

So... yeah... Anyone have any idea on how to fix this?


texts: Automate sending messages using whatsapp?

texts:
I want to automatically send a whatsapp message to a specific number on a specific time every day. How can I accomplish this?

I toyed around with tasker but since I'm a newbie I haven't yet figured a way.

Any other way to accomplish this?


texts: How to regain access to Google after phone is found?

texts: I lost my Android phone but after a few days someone returned it to me. Unfortunately, in the mean time I had blocked my SIM, and blocked my Google and Facebook accounts from using that phone device. Is there any way I can unblock the accounts? I need a phone in which I can check my email.


texts: Is there a way to use Chrome's phone interface on a Nexus 7 instead of the tablet interface?

texts:
I don't find the tab switching on Chrome for tablets easy. I know I can swipe from the sides to move between tabs, but I prefer the version optimized for smaller screens. Is there any way I can use the phone interface on my Nexus 7?

For comparison, here's Chrome on a Galaxy Note 2:

And here's Chrome on a Nexus 7:


texts:
When I plug in an OTG cable with a flash drive attached to the other side, the system automatically mounts the drive.
How can I eject the OTG drive with a shell command? (Not Settings->Storage->Eject OTG)


texts:
Where can I access my Gmail contacts on my ICS Android Tablet (DGM T-703)? This does feel like a silly question, but I cannot find my Contacts list anywhere?! Within the Gmail app I cannot see a "Contacts" option!? When I compose an email, contact suggestions do drop down as I complete the To field.

Now I'm sure I entered some kind of contacts manager some days ago, but cannot find this again.

Under Settings > Accounts & sync, my Gmail account is set to sync for "Calendar", "Contacts", "Gmail" and "Tasks".

Also, I cannot find an icon for a "Contacts" (or "People") app, despite having "Contacts" and "Contacts Storage" listed under Settings > Apps > All. I feel as if I should be able to simply run this as a separate app?!

I'm fairly new to Android and do not have an Android phone, so I'm not too sure what should be where.


texts: will i lose my pictures during a factory reset?

texts: I accidentally deleted my app store and cant figure out how to get it back or open it again. I've read that I should do a factory reset. What will I lose if I do that? Im worried about my pictures.


texts: "Verify it's you" pop-up when I try to make a purchase through Google Play

texts: Whenever I want to make an in-app purchase, a prompt with the header "Verify it's you" with a text box and a submit button appears, but it doesn't say what i need to introduce in the text box. I tried my password, security codes etc, but it doesn't work. I couldn't take a screenshot due to security. Has anyone encountered this issue?


texts: How to access the calculator history on AOSP Android KitKat?

texts:
The native calculator app for Android has a "Clean history" option, but I have no clue on how to see this history.

I've tried swipe movements, clicked on every possible button and even to held down the menu button as described here, but I could not make the on-screen keyboard show up.

Anybody had more luck trying this? I am running Android 4.4.

Screenshot: http://m.imgur.com/LiSogE5


texts: Is it currently possible to put the default android on a Samsung S5 (Similar to the Google Play Edition of the S4)?


texts: Allow instant boot after phone with empty battery is connected to power

texts:
Let's say my phone is out of battery, and has turned itself off. I get to a charger, and connect it. Maybe I need to make an urgent call. But my phone refuses to boot until the battery is at 5%. It only takes like ten minutes to get to 5%, but still, I'd like to remove this limitation.

Some phones (and other devices) can even boot without the battery as long as they are plugged in, so I don't reckon it should be technically impossible to boot my phone with an empty battery if it's plugged in. The phone should be able to power itself from the charger alone, if nothing else.

My charger gives plenty of power, enough to use heavily and still charge at the same time.

I reckon the reason they have created this limitation is because if the user then unplugs the phone while the battery is at 1% or something, the phone may not have sufficient time to shut itself down properly. But I'm aware of that danger, and I  still want to have control of this myself.

Is it possible to remove this limitation of 5% battery before boot?

To clarify, when I'm using the phone (and it's not plugged in), it goes all the way down to 0% without automatically shutting down. So there doesn't seem to be any limitation there. But if I then connect it again, that's the limitation I'm talking about. I then have to wait until it gets up to 5% before I can boot.

My phone is an Asus Zenfone 2 running Lollipop. It's rooted and I have Xposed Framework.


texts: How do I cleanup all information backed up from my phone?

texts: i.e. I want to remove all information, that was backed up from my phone to the Google servers (sync data, etc). How can I do that?


texts: Security related concern for my android phone

texts: i purchased an android  mobile and had my google account set up but the device later went faulty and would not turn on, so now I got the same brand phone exchanged. meanwhile I have also set up my google account to delete itself if at all my faulty phone comes up as the seller took it back. Should I wait before setting up my new phone or will it cause my new phone to not setup properly. How does google's device security detect my account login from a device based on the brand or OS or based on MAC address?.


texts: moto g lollipop error: call not sent. Unable to make outcalls?

texts:
moto g lollipop upgrade from kitkat 4.4.4,
I can send SMS, receive call.

But, whenever I dial a number, try to call someone, I get this message :

Call not sent

What can I do ??


texts: I have an HTC Inspire and I'm trying to use the new Google+ auto backup. All the photos say "Backup Failed". However, it is uploading the videos.  I have checked every setting that I know of and it looks like it is setup right.  Any ideas?


texts: What bootloader/recovery firmware can it be?

texts:
I have a Wiko Jerry phone, after some bootloader install has already happened on it.

Volume down + poweron gives this:

It looks like some test firmware, but it has no name/version info.

What is that?


texts: Possible to charge device with Google Pixel phone through USB-C?

texts: Is it possible to charge an external device using Google Pixel smartphone as a battery? In other words, can I change the charging direction (reverse charge) so I can charge e.g. a laptop using my Google Pixel as power source?


texts: Does any state or settings remain after an app uninstall?

texts:
So on my primary phone, a few weeks ago, whenever I opened up instagram it crashed.  I thought my life would be better without it, and I have multiple devices so I uninstalled it.

A few weeks later, I installed it again and it immediately crashed every time.

I did a data integrity spot check of the SD card and it passed (essentially I wrote at different sectors, ran some checksums ... did a few things to convince myself that the storage system wasn't bad) so we can eliminate that.

All the other parts of the phone are "functional". Other apps don't crash and all the hardware seems to be operational.

The only thing that I can conclude is that the uninstall left something sitting around that a subsequent install is trying to use.

I can't do strace, lsof, or gdb on this thing. So here's a few ways to solve this problem, any being acceptable:

Have you seen this before and is there some place you can link me to to learn more about it?
Are there (this is just yes or no, I just thought of this now) ways to step through app-store apks that are running through say android studio, looking at things like open file handles, or the raised exceptions (beyond what adb logcat tells you of course) - or are there ways to generate a core file that can be analyzed out of band?
Is there some other storage subsystem, such as an SQLite3 database somewhere, where such settings often linger, that I can check?

Thanks


texts: myTv+ app returns error code 100 when running on Android TV box

texts:
I have installed an app called myTv+ (https://mytv-plus.com/mytvws/) for Samsung A7 and it worked fine.
I tried to install it on the Android TV box (MX9 Pro 4K) but it's simply not working, just getting "Error Code: [100]".
I contacted the developer he said this app is designed only for the smartphone and "Error Code: [100]" means that your Android is rooted.
I noticed SuperSU on my Android TV box, I went for a full unrooting, yet the app still shows "Error Code: [100]".
Is there any way I can force the app to work with the Android TV box?


texts: Motorola RAZR D3 move application to memory SD

texts:
I'm trying to move the apps that I have installed in the internal memory of the smartphone but I can't because the programs that I'm using say:

The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the primary external storage is emulated.
Moving app to SD function cannot be supported by this device

I'm using AppMgr II and App2SD and both says some similar.
How can I move the apps?


texts: "App Data" Sync & "App Data" Backup both are same?

texts:
May be its silly but I'm curious to know the actual fact. I searched google and this site a lot but didn't got satisfiable result. So asking.

There is "App Data" sync in Settings->Accounts->Google
There is also Backup My Data in Settings->Backup & Reset

Are they same??

I know that if I flash my device then all apps I get by restore. how its being done??

one of my app after restoration asked me to update. "SMS Backup & Restore" if Google restores by installing from Google play why after restoring it wants to update?? last update date of that app in Google play was older than today's date. So it seems that Google installed an older version of the app though there is a new version
So do Android uploads whole binaries and app local data to the Google server from the device?? or Google tracks which apps were last installed in the device & just re installs those last installed apps according to version from Google play??


texts: How can I connect my Android KitKat to a basic TV (not smart TV) with the cable of CD player or other? Any trick or tips?


texts: How to calibrate a new Nexus 5 battery that's higher capacity than original?

texts: Just got a KBTEL battery that's 3800 mAh compared to the original 2300 mAh nexus battery. I charged it dead overnight, and now its been running for more than 7 hours and the capacity shows below 5% for an hour now but its not dying. How do i get the battery meter to show the actual range? The system still detects a 2300 mAh battery.


texts: How to disable autocomplete in Chrome for specific sites

texts:
When I visit passwords.google.com in Chrome for Android (Marshmallow) I have the option to autocomplete the password.

I would like to disable passoword autocomplete for this site only, or maybe for selected sites, leaving the autocomplete enabled for most sites.

Is it possible to do so? How?


texts: How do I prompt the user for "Device Administrator" on Tasker?

texts:
I made a Tasker app via the Tasker App Factory that locks the screen based on various occasions. My app works fine except from the initial run which would require the user to enable it as "Device Administrator". How do I prompt the user to do this instead of having to instruct them to go to Settings > Security > Device Administrators? I'm quite positive it has to be done by using Send intent (a Tasker function) but I'm not sure how to go about doing it.

Just to clarify, I want to show the user the dialog box for "Device Administrator" automatically on first open of the app.

Okay so I tried using Intent Intercept but even that, doesn't seem to intercept the Device Administrator prompt. See my video below on how the Device Administrator prompt appears when I select it to be enabled on Secure Settings (a Tasker plugin).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TprkAYoDVDI

As you can see above, Intent Intercept never prompted me and the Device Administrator dialog still popped up.


texts: I have this weird problem where all sounds while headphones are plugged in my phone is stuck in the background, but without the headphones the sound works fine. I am utterly clueless on how to fix this so any help is appreciated.


texts: ES File Explorer - Remote manager read only

texts:
I have just installed ES File Explorer on my Samsung, and started the Remote manager

I opened a FTP client on my PC and could connect to my tablet.. But I can't write files only read? Is this a bug or do I have to pay to get write access?


texts:
I Have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus which was rooted. I used an OTA Rootkeeper to keep the root after I upgraded to 4.0.4 which worked great, I was able to use root well after the OTA update. But recently the root has stopped working however the apps that I had saved permission before the mysterious removal of root still work. So I can use Sixaxis, Wifi Tether, File Explorer with root permissions, etc. They all work great however any new app I download is unable to get root access. I first noticed it trying to flash a rom.

When I go into SU app says I have a outdated binary and when I try to update it (from 3.0.3) it fails to gain root access.

Any ideas why I've lost root access and how I can get it back short of going back through the entire root process?


texts: Is there a way to customize vibrate patterns?

texts:
Like many people my phone is most of the time in silent/vibrate mode. I was wondering if there's a way to assign different vibration patterns for different notifications, just like we do for ringtones and alerts with sounds.
Maybe there's an app that allows us to do that? I couldn't find anything yet.


texts: Unable to connect my bluetooth to pc or otherphone

texts:
I am unable to connect my bluetooth with my pc and with other phone but i can connect it to bluetooth headphone and speaker. I get pair option and device get paired (after confirmation ) but it do not get connected.
Phone Samsung J7 Nxt
I tried deleting caches and files of bluetooth in apps on my phome but it does not worked.


texts: Are calls made by third-party apps logged?

texts:
For the first time I installed app that can make calls automatically (sms/call screener). What worries me is this level of permissions -- however I have to no choice really because stock screener (Android 2.3) works only for calls (not sms), and all apps I found require that permission.

So my question is this -- are such calls (made by app) at least logged? So I could check and see "oh, call to Bahamas for $100"? Or there is a catch, and the call is logged, but the app can clear the log after call as well?


texts: How do I prevent Google Search from spawning instances?

texts:
I love using the white Google search bar at the top of my home screen, but I only recently discovered that it spawns a new instance for every search I do. My phone was slowing down, and I suddenly noticed I had dozens of past searches in my app switcher. I went through and closed them all, and now my phone is happy again.

Can I have all searches share one instance? Or do I have to clean them up periodically myself? :(


texts: My android phone is asking me to update Google Play Store services, however when I hit update it will stop with the Duplicate Provider Authority error.  Ive noticed that others who had this error with game apps, etc... could just uninstall and reinstall the app, however I cant do that with Google Play Store.  Any suggestions?


texts: Rooting HTC Evo on Froyo 2.2 and installing a custom rom

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I just received the latest update from HTC. They have installed more bloatware on my phone and I've finally had enough.  I want to root.  I found this rom and this guide on how to root.  But the root guide says outdated so I'm worried.

Firstly, however, is my concern about ruining my phone.  I consider myself tech savvy, and I plan on following directions exactly, but in my experience sometimes following the directions doesn't yield expected results.  Is there a way to back out once I've started rooting/flashing?

Phone Information (HTC Evo)

Android Version: 2.2
Kernel version: 2.6.32.17
Software number: 3.70.651.1
HBoot: 2.10.0001

Is that guide going to work?  is there a better way to root?  I'm assuming the version of the HTC software doesn't matter for rooting.  How do I root and then flash in the custom rom?  Do I even need to root to flash in the custom rom (does the rom it come rooted?)  How do I flash in the custom rom?


texts: Is it possible to modify the Caller ID shown on my phone?

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I live in South Korea and receive a lot of calls from overseas.
One thing that bothers me is that because of the local regulations international caller ID always contain an international prefix as follows.

From wikipedia:

  South Korea: 001, 002, 003xx, 005, 006, 007xx, 008

Because of those prefixes reading call logs is quite unintuitive.

Is there a way to replace those prefixes with a plus sign so that I see nicely formatted numbers like +1 (352) 000-1111 instead of 00213520001111?


texts: How to auto-restart media playback when connecting the headphones

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I am looking for a way to restart media playback where it was stopped as soon as I reconnect the headphones. I know there was a media player with this feature (I cannot remember which one), but I did not like its way of managing/playing the playlists.

I am running Android 4.0.3 on an HTC One V, using the default media player that is installed on it.


texts: Is it possible to downgrade from Android version 4.0(ICS) to 3.0(Honeycomb) after upgrading to ICS? Can any one help me.


texts: How do I know which one is a stable version of Cyanogenmode on this list?'

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I am trying to install a new ROM on my phone, but I have no clue which one is the stable release:

Is it the latest release?

What's the difference between the release and release recovery?

Cheers


texts: Honor 5C Pro phone boot looping continuously. Can I atleast recover the data stored on the ROM?

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I bought a Huawei Honor 5C Pro phone 2 years back and so far it had been working well. Two nights back, the phone shut down because of empty battery and I slept without putting it on charge.
The next morning, I started to charge it but the red light started blinking continuously for some time. Then, the honor logo was repeatedly flashing on and off without it reaching the lock screen.After every two or three times of flashing honor logo, it flashes emui with reboot,factory reset and clear partition cache options but it doesn't stop for me to choose any option.
This bootloop happens continuously while it is charging and if I remove it from charging, it still bootloops and doesn't shutdown no matter what. It bootloops until all battery is drained and then shuts down.
Only one time did it open while charge was 10% but after that, it shut down and hasn't stopped bootlooping.
Please help me get back control of the phone or atleast recover the data stored on the phone's ROM
It is running on Android which came preinstalled with the phone.


texts: Battery - do they last longer if recharged when empty?

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I'm about to buy a Samsung Galaxy Ace (it's not much expensive and I think it's a pretty good phone), however everyone has been complaining with the battery life but admitting that isn't bad compared to all the other smartphones.

I read about how to save battery with tips/tricks, and I'll certainly do it; but I'd like to know whether a battery life would increase recharging it only when completely empty (some old phones used to gain life expectancy from that, I don't know if things are changed now)


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I rooted my phone and was able to delete several apps I don't need,(Touchpal, Browser (electing to use google for these) Problem though. Now I want to move the programs I do use , but are not integral to the phone, onto an external sd card.

I got a nice 32 Gig card,mounted it in the phone and still can't get the phone to transfer any files there.

Any suggestions as to how to fix this?

Thanks.


texts: Does "How will you use this SD card?" wipe data?

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There is a notification almost every time after boot saying "Issue with SD card" "Tap to Fix".
What happens when I then choose "Use as portable storage"?
I don't want any formatting to happen and it is not clear if it will format or not. ( My SD card works fine from recovery and I can mount and view it in the terminal without problem. Not sure what the notification is about. )


texts: how to get xperia m by default notification tone

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I've galaxy grand neo. I like a notification tone of xperia m. So how I will get the tone?
Already I've tried so much to download the notification from web but I didn't get.