texts: mounting an app folder to external storage fails for Write access on Android Q but will work in Android Pie

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I could mount my partitions holding whatsapp (exFat) and titanium  ( ext4 ) backup data on android Pie  but right now on Q  it will not let a RW operation be performed after mounting
I understand /sdcard is a virtual emulated FS and the fact that there are app specific views etc. But after going through all that perplexing stuff, I couldn't crystallize on a working solution.
I've gone through a related Q on stack but none of these approaches work for me.
So lemme explain a bit where I come from :

{} I can successfully bind mount /storage/emulated/0/WhatsApp to exFat /storage/[UUID]/WhatsApp for RW. Obviously because exFat is Permission unaware file system. Did a regular mount and it will mount to /mnt/media/runtime/[Read & Write & Full &  Default] with 3 separate 'mask' options mask==6 , 7 and 23 ( BTW that mask option isn't quite your umask . Its 'decimalized' umask -convert that 7 to binary to get real umask ). So in fact it invokes the same path as mentioned in the article behind the covers viz  /mnt/media/runtime/[Read & Write & Full &  Default]

{} I need to similarly mount  an ext4 partition with Titanium backup. Here are the issues.
If I mount  /storage/emulated/0/Titanium to ext4 /storage/[UUID]/Titanium  ( like I mentioned in fact it mounts to /mnt/media/runtime/[Read & Write & Full &  Default] with 3 separate 'mask' options  underneath. With this mount. I can  Restore Apps but cant backup Apps. So R is allowed RW is not and I granted Titanium Root access. Maybe the explorer components of that apps are not using Root level access.
Somewhere i read - mount using correct options of sdcardfs and 'fuse`. My question is precisely How ?

{} I found somewhere a bindfs binary but it does not work with my  CPU Architecture

{} Now with everything the same I Could RW using above approach in Android Pie . This is an issue with Android Q ...what changed ? how do I work around ?


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Why are applications lost when rebooting?

In every reboot this happens

Note: The LG G4 suffers from other problems such as the sudden stop of the Power button and also the high brightness ratio at reboot, which requires manually resetting the automatic light

Divce name : LG G4 H818P

Processor : Snapdragon 808

Version year : 2015

Version system : 6.0 marshmallow


texts: Moto G 2nd Generation - Mobile Data is not working after the upgrade to Lollipop

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I have Moto G 2nd Generation phone. After upgrading to Lollipop, my mobile data is not working. It was previously working in KitKat.

I contacted network providers and made sure everything is configured correctly. I also searched for a solution and couldn't find a solution for this.

Is anyone else facing this issue? Is there a possible solution for this? Do I need to contact Motorola for a solution?


texts: SD card "damaged" after every reboot / power off

texts: When I turn off my phone, next time it says SD card is damaged and all data is gone, I can only reformat it. The phone is "gionee iq275" (also known as "Fly" in Russia), Android version is 2.3.4. What can be the source of problem? How can I get rid of it? I know, the phone is crap, but at the moment just throwing it away and buying another is not a solution.


texts: Droid X: What are the pros/cons of upgrading to Gingerbread 2.3?

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I have a Droid X running Android 2.2.1 (system version 2.3.340.MB810.Verizon.en.US).  I want to upgrade to Gingerbread 2.3 but so far I've read one positive thread where people were happy with gingerbread and the rest is doom and gloom.

I'm not really interested in doing any kind of rooting or custom ROM stuff I just want to know about the plain vanilla OTA update from Verizon (which my phone is currently asking me about).

So should I upgrade?  Or, to put it another way, what are the pros and cons of upgrading?

EDIT
A good answer would be like a bullet list of 5 or so negatives about Gingerbread and 5 or so positives.  A great answer would be an extensive list of the negatives and positives.  An amazing answer would add to that extensive list some anecdotal experience about the upgrade and whether they wish didn't upgrade or are glad they did and why.

I originally title this question "Droid X: Should I upgrade to Gingerbread 2.3?" but in an effort to be less subjective I've reframed the question.


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Well, I have a htc onexl at&t (evita) bootloader unlock and custom recovery TWRP
when i try to turn on my phone he just boot in recovery, i can go to bootloader but i cant boot in system, is not a boot loop, he just go directly to recovery

This is what i did:

Unlock bootloader
Install custom recovery TWRP 2.6.3.0
Then I try to restart the phone and when he turn on he go directly to
recovery


texts: Why does Android have antivirus apps while iOS does not?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and my friend has an iPhone.

I have downloaded and installed the Norton Anti Virus app. I am at a loss to understand why iOS seemingly does not need protection as such. A smartphone, I have been told, is no less than a computer (even better, faster etc.), so need to be safeguarded.

Or is there another reason why iOS has no AntiVirus apps while Android does?


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I'm looking for a way to reduce the real brightness (the backlight) of my lcd. I'm using android 4.2.1 on a Star b94m/b943.

I search for apps, and i found RootDim, which can decrease the light below the minimum 30/255 (default by android).
I found another great app, Velis Auto Brightness, which allows to control the brightness in function of the light sensor. It can't go below the 30/255.
So i thought if there were a method to reduce the default android brightness i could use Velis Auto Brightness (so auto brightness) AND use lower than 30/255 levels.

I tried this tweak of build.prop

How can I reduce screen brightness below the minimum without an app?

but it didn't work. Any other ideas?

Thank you!


texts: Can anyone explain Android storage space?

texts:
My Hannspree tablet running Android 4.4.2 has 3 distinct storage locations:

Internal storage - 1GB,
Internal SD card - 12GB,
Removable SD card - 32GB.

What's the point of the internal SD card if all the apps insist on using the Internal storage of 1GB? Most of that 1GB is occupied by Google apps I can't delete.

More information:

I thought I had moved all the apps that were possible, but I found a few more. Available space has now increased from 119MB to 190MB. With one exception, all the Google apps do not have that option and also many of the others including many of the real space hogs.

There's a trick I have found useful but its effects are temporary. What I do is uninstall all the Google app updates and that free up around 400MB. When the updates are reapplied, there is still an increase in space. Uninstalling and reinstalling apps like Firefox also has a useful result.

There seems to be some sort of software level sensor which says that space cannot be allowed to fall below about 100MB. Installing a new app with size 2MB or updating an existing one can fail when space left is 100MB. Perhaps you are familiar with Zinio. It quotes available space as 12GB and then puts data into the 1GB partition?


texts: Is there a way to determine what mobile network frequency band is in use?

texts: I use a Nexus 5X on T-Mobile's network in the United States. Is there a way to tell what frequency band is in use when using LTE? A Sony Xperia Z3 compact also on T-Mobile is unable to use LTE in many situations where the Nexus 5X can use LTE. I suspect it may be that the Nexus 5X has support for frequencies that are not supported by the Z3 compact, but I would like to see what is in use.


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I have a Redmi Note 7 (lavender)
As I was updating between custom ROM versions (Android 11) and the stock ROM (MIUI), I messed up a few things and ended up with broken encryption. The internal storage is showing up as 0MB, possibly due to this. I know the password, and when I enter it into TWRP's password scren, it shows it as being successful, but I'm getting the error: Unable to mount storage
Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: Apps on SD showing as not installed, phone is constantly rebooting

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I've had the apps on SD card not showing issue a few times, but in the last few days anytime I use the stock camera app no apps show on the screen and when rebooting I get "no service", "service disabled" and the apps on the SD card show as not installed. My phone is now rebooting and in a reboot loop until I pull the battery.

Phone LS470 running 4.4.2


texts: Should the sdcard support case-sensitive files?

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I've been testing one of my apps to see how it handles filenames in UPPER-CASE. I thought the Android libraries and system was case sensitive for filenames, however I eventually discovered that files on the SD card are matched without case-sensitivity.

Here's an example taken from a Samsung Ace phone (my Nexus 4 behaves similarly)

adb shell

$ pwd
/mnt/sdcard/testDaisyReader/casesensitivebook

$ echo "" > NCC.HTML
$ ls -l
-rwxrwxr-x system   sdcard_rw        1 2013-11-19 18:57 NCC.HTML
$ ls -l NCC.HTML
-rwxrwxr-x system   sdcard_rw        1 2013-11-19 18:57 NCC.HTML
$ ls -l ncc.html
-rwxrwxr-x system   sdcard_rw        1 2013-11-19 18:57 ncc.html
$ ls -l
-rwxrwxr-x system   sdcard_rw        1 2013-11-19 18:57 NCC.HTML
$

I would have expected the commands ls -l ncc.html wouldn't find the file I created, however it seems to do so. My Android app also matches files without case-sensitivity.

Do any of you have any counter-examples? I'd like to know whether it's safe to assume filenames are matched on the SD-Card in Android, like Windows, without case-sensitivity.

Notes:
1. the filesystem on the SD-Cards are FAT32
2. I've found 2 related posts that imply files on the sdcard are case-sensitive:

How can I open an HTML file I have copied from PC to SD Card of Phone?

How can I determine the SD card's path?


texts: How can i get past the samsung account "abnormal reset" on a samsung galaxy s6?

texts: I done a factory reset on my samsung galaxy s6...well now I'm stuck on a page that wants the samsung account the phone was set up in due to an "abnormal reset" but I dont know that information...is there another way to get by it?


texts: How do I get my picture to appear in message threads?

texts:
In the stock messaging app, the contact I'm messaging has their picture next to their replies, but mine is just a grey box; how do I get my picture there? I have a contact called 'me' with my picture and phone number, but it's not making the link.

I'm running Gingerbread 2.3.4 on Nexus S.


texts: Troubleshooting my WiFi - can't get an IP-address

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Gio (Android 2.3). And I can't get a WiFi connection. My brother has the exact some phone and can get a connection.

When I enable WiFi, it tries to connect to the router. It then says it's trying to get an IP-address. But fails to do so and closes the connection.

When going to *#*#4636#*#* and into the WiFi Status menu it tells me the following:

WiFi state: On
Network State: connection lost
Supplicant State: DISCONNECTED
RSSI: -200
BSSID:
SSID:
Hidden SSID: False
IP-adress: 0.0.0.0
Mac-Address: /censored/
Network ID: -1
Link Speed: 1 Mbps

What should I try to fix my WiFi connection?


texts: My whatsapp says im offline, and will not let me access it

texts: I have gone on to my Whatsapp but all of a sudden my chats and messages are not showing up. I looked in settings and tapped on all the options, i went on privacy settings and it says 'you can not change privacy settings when you are offline' how do i get back online? Thank you in advanced :) (I've rebooted my phone multiple times)


texts: Google+ sync automatically being enabled

texts:
I have setup my phone to to backup all my photos to Google drive. Under the Google sync settings there are three items

Google+
Google+ Photos
Google+ Uploads

I keep only Google+ photos checked so that sync can happen. But if I check the settings after sometime, I find Google+ and Google+ Uploads automatically being checked.

Why does this happen? Is there a way to turn off syncing of Google+ but keep photo backup enabled?


texts: How do I disable|reset the fingerprint scanner on the nexus 6p?

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It doesn't work properly since I restored my twrp backup from my old 6p (this one is a replacement). I'd like to remove the fingerprints so I can reset the whole thing, how can I do that?

When I turn on my screen, I also get a litte message which says:

Fingerprint hardware not available

P.S. I'm rooted in case that helps.

edit: To clarify, I can get past the lockscreen, but deleting the fingerprints in the settings doesn't do anything, they're not being deleted.


texts: The GPS on my Galaxy Note IV is often wrong

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While I'm at work the GPS location on my Galaxy Note IV is very poor, taking a long time to pinpoint a location, and often being off by a few streets when it does.

I have less issues while in a densely populated zone.

I understand why that is, the GPS itself doesn't get a strong signal from the satellites, so the phone uses celltowers or wifi access points to guess my location to the best of its abilities, and since there aren't a lot of those around me its guess is wrong.

My question is : Is there a way to fix this situation ? Can I indicate to Google that my location is wrong, or configure my phone to adjust for that error ?


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As I am not using an official version of cyanogenmod, I cannot restore my Data partition, that I was forced to wipe. I did the backup with TWRP thus, it is in the nandroid form. However, when I try to restore the Data partition, CM does not boot. As a workaround, I could mount (or extract) data from the nandroid, and place it in the storage/emulated/0/ directory.

The TWRP backup consists of files named data.ext4.win000 to win003, with a data.info and a recovery.log.

I already tried extracting the backup with Titanium, but it needs the donator's version to do that.

If it is necessary, I do have root access. I am on OS X, and my phone is SM-G800F kminilte. Since ext4 is compatible with Debian, I can use that as I do own one too.

A very tedious workaround would be to revert to stock ROM, flash the Data backup, get data and reflash CMmod, but that is something I want to avoid to do at all circumstances, unless there is no other way to do.


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My question is quite simple. I've been digging around in the subject for quite a while now, but I can't really get a hang of how it works.

Scenario: I use Facebook on my phone to chat with some friend of mine.

The question is: How does network security in Android work? Is there any equivalent to a firewall on a computer?
I want to know how the data is transported from the phone to the destination, which ports are used (if any), if not what is used instead. But also which protocols are used.

My intention with this question is to learn how my android phone communicate with other devices on Internet.

I don't mind getting redirected to a forum or site where I can read about these things. But as I mentioned before, I can't really find anything about it.


texts:
How do you remove a custom word from SlideIT?

(hint: the User dictionary list in Language & keyboard settings, is, quite obviously, not the answer)


texts: Why can't my phone write to external USB drive?

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I bought a new 3TB USB3.0 external harddisk for storing and transferring large files (mainly hd movies from my camera) between my Android phone (Galaxy S7 edge) and my PC (Win10).

Using windows, I...

formatted the disk as exFAT
transferred (moved) some folders with files to the drive
created some new folders and transferred some files into those

Now when I plug this drive into my phone, it:

can read and copy the moved directories and files
can see the newly created directories
can not see any files into the newly created directories
can not create a directory anywhere on the USB drive
can not edit or rename any files on the drive

My Phone

is running Android 7.0
is not rooted
is using the default "My files" app

What do I need to do to give my phone full access to all files on the drive?


texts: I need to send a message to all my contacts via WhatsApp

texts: I need to send a message to all my contacts (4255 phone numbers) via WhatsApp, and broadcasting isn't an option for sure, what can i do?


texts: Google assistant is not responding to OK Google

texts:
Google assistant is not enabled on my One Plus  5T  when I say "OK Google ". I have to open google assistant app and then it starts working.

I am not able to figure the reason. How to fix this?

(Tap to enlarge)


texts: How do I change Android screen orientation via simulating acceleration?

texts:
I have developed an app and I need to test it. I have borrowed some devices from my friends and bought a few. Now problem is that I want to test it in both landscape mode and portrait mode but I don't want to  keep on changing the orientation of phones every 5 minutes manually by myself.

Is there any adb command or anything else by which I can tell the phone to change its orientation? Can I fool it by simulating acceleration or any other alternative?

I am open to rooting but I prefer any solution which works on non-rooted phones.


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We connect to the WhatsApp web by scanning the QR code. When scanning like this, WhatsApp is transferring some data between the mobile and the web. So if a data transfer is going on,
what will that data be?
How is that data taken?
Can't we use that data to use the web without QR code scanning?
There is a reason to ask this, the camera on my phone does not work, so I can't scan the QR code and use the WhatsApp web. If there is an answer to this, please let me know.


texts: Google Navigation, screen doesn't rotate when in walking mode?

texts:
I'm having a problem using Google Navigation.

I select a destination, click the "walking button" and rotate my phone, yet the display remains portrait.

If I select "by car" - then it rotates as it should.

I'm using the phone mainly as a cycle GPS, and my bike mount is fixed to landscape orientation. So is there anything I can do about this?

If there is no way to "edit a config file?", if not, is there a way to force the app (using a widget) maybe to rotate?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Samsung S21 where is enable auto space after period setting

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I cannot find the setting for auto space after period when I'm typing a message on my Samsung S21.
Anybody knows where it is?
*hope it's not part of the autocorrect, because I have that turned off, because it's making a mess in my language


texts: Can I fastboot flash a factory image without flashing the recovery?

texts:
Factory Images

Using Nexus 9 as an example, the flash-all.bat contains:

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-flounder-3.43.0.0114.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul
fastboot -w update image-volantis-lrx21l.zip

image-volantis-lrx21l.zip contains recovery.img and the other images. Can I remove the recovery.img to avoid having to re-flash TWRP?

Do I need to use a different parameter for fastboot? ie. not update or -w?


texts: Any way I could use a USB monitor with my Droid?

texts: The Droid doesn't support video out but I'd like to have a bigger screen sometimes.  The Mimo would be cool but their they don't seem to have Android drivers (or even linux drivers).  Any way to do this?  (Note: I do not want to have to run it through an existing computer)


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I have a custom Rom For Samsung GT-S7582.
When I try to install it through CWM recovery it gives status 7 error.
So I followed this thread To remove status 7 error on XDA

But still it won't install. Can someone help me how to edit this this file.
My file is as follows

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "kyleprods" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "kyleprods" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "S7582" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "S7582" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-S7582" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-S7582" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "hawaii" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "hawaii" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "kylexx" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "kylexx" || abort("This package is for device: kyleprods,S7582,GT-S7582,hawaii,kylexx; this device is "   getprop("ro.product.device")   "."););
ifelse(is_mounted("/system"), unmount("/system"));
package_extract_dir("install", "/tmp/install");
set_metadata_recursive("/tmp/install", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0644);
set_metadata_recursive("/tmp/install/bin", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0755);
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/system", "/system", "");
run_program("/tmp/install/bin/backuptool.sh", "backup");
unmount("/system");
if is_mounted("/data") then
package_extract_file("META-INF/org/cyanogenmod/releasekey", "/tmp/releasekey");
run_program("/tmp/install/bin/otasigcheck.sh") != "31744" || abort("Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. Please try another package or run a factory reset");
else
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/userdata", "/data", "");
package_extract_file("META-INF/org/cyanogenmod/releasekey", "/tmp/releasekey");
run_program("/tmp/install/bin/otasigcheck.sh") != "31744" || abort("Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. Please try another package or run a factory reset");
unmount("/data");
endif;
show_progress(0.750000, 0);
ui_print("Patching system image unconditionally...");
block_image_update("/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/system", package_extract_file("system.transfer.list"), "system.new.dat", "system.patch.dat");
show_progress(0.020000, 10);
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/system", "/system", "");
run_program("/tmp/install/bin/backuptool.sh", "restore");
unmount("/system");
show_progress(0.050000, 5);
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci.1/by-name/KERNEL");
show_progress(0.200000, 10);


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So one of my apps gives the following message:

  your device isn't compatible with this version

to a Huawei 8 user even though it is marked supported in the google play console.

All I have in mind is that the google play filter this app because of one of my permissions.

the permissions are: android.permission.CAMERA, android.permission.FLASHLIGHT.

the features are: android.hardware.camera, android.hardware.faketouch, android.hardware.screen.portrait.

So... what can the problem be?
In addition, how can I check if the user can download the app? (beside asking him to download every now and then)


texts: How can I determine the hostname of another machine on the local network?

texts:
I am trying to set up an Android SSH client to connect to another machine on my local network. I can connect if I use the IP address, but the IP address can change. How can I determine the hostname that my Android device assigns to the other machine, so that I can connect using that instead?

(Right now the specifics happen to be using JuiceSSH to connect to an Ubuntu 13.10 laptop running sshd and mosh-server, but I'd like to learn a general approach that is not client or target specific. Ideally, a system-level Android command.)


texts: How do I recover contact from android phone(one plus one) after touchscreen stopped working?

texts:
I dropped my phone, and the touch screen stopped working. So, I can't access the phone. The phone is practically useless besides looking at the time. Is there a dongle that I can use to control the phone externally like a pc? Or any other way to recover my contacts from the cellphone, besides actually fixing it?

I want to get a new phone, and don't want to spend money on fixing it.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4 broken screen ADB autharization

texts:
I have an SGS4 i9500 device with totally screen broken. So, I can't see or touch anything. But device works. I had flashed it with Odin using this firmware: I9500XXUGNJ1_I9500SERGNJ1_SER.
Then I rooted it same way and flashed CWM revovery v6.0.3.3.
Now I need to install some software on it (VNC server and more and more).
So, I need to have ADB shell enabled in main system.
I connected via ADB in recovery, mounted main /system directory like this:

~ # cat /etc/fstab

/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 /cache ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 /data ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 /system ext4 rw
/dev/null /sdcard datamedia rw
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /external_sd vfat rw

~ # mount -o rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p20 /system

Then, like described here I appended /defaul.prop and /system/build.prop:

echo "persist.service.adb.enable=1" >> default.prop
echo "persist.service.debuggable=1" >> default.prop
echo "persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb" >> default.prop
echo "persist.service.adb.enable=1" >> /system/build.prop
echo "persist.service.debuggable=1" >> /system/build.prop
echo "persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb" >> /system/build.prop

So, ADB enabled in main system. But it still shows UNAUTHARIZED device status. At same link we see the solution:

cd ~/.android
adb push adbkey.pub /data/misc/adb/adb_keys

(from C:\User\user_name directory in my case)

Then restarted ADB daemon.
But it still have UNAUTHARIZED device status when rebooted to the system.
How this happens? Also, /data in recovery is same as /data in fstab when the /system isn't.
I checked multiple times: /data/misc/adb/adb_keys is same as my public key. What I missed up? Any suggestions?
Also may be there is another way to disable ADB auth? May be more options in .prop files?

UPD: It's seems like /data/misc/adb/adb_keys for recovery and for the system are different. But everything points that's not true:

cd /etc
/etc # ls
ls
fstab           mtab            recovery.fstab
/etc # cat recovery.fstab
cat recovery.fstab

# mount point   fstype          device                                  device2
/efs                    ext4            /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
/boot                   emmc            /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
/recovery               emmc            /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
/cache                  ext4            /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
/system                 ext4            /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/data                   ext4            /dev/block/mmcblk0p21   length=-16384
/preload                ext4            /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
/modem                  emmc            /dev/block/mmcblk0p13

/sdcard                 datamedia   /dev/null
/external_sd    vfat            /dev/block/mmcblk1p1

/etc # cat fstab
cat fstab
/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 /cache ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 /data ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 /system ext4 rw
/dev/null /sdcard datamedia rw
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /external_sd vfat rw

Thanks in advance.
Pavel.


texts:
On some Android devices, in the data folder (within user storage), there is a file called .push_deviceid

For example, on one Android device, I found it at storage/emulated/0/data/.push_deviceid

It is a text file that contains a 32-byte hexadecimal value.

Searching the internet has not resulted in helpful results.

Does anyone know the purpose of this file, or what created it?

If not, besides deleting it (or renaming it) and then running every app to see what recreates it, is there a way to find what process created the file?


texts: Does Android (4.0 +) automatically sense what time zone the device is in and change the time display accordingly?

texts:
The title pretty much states my question but mainly I want to know if I say hope a flight in NY to California will android pick up on the time difference between the time zones? Or do I Manually need to set this?

The reason I am asking is for an app I am developing and the way I see it adding duplicate code of something that android already has is pretty much re-inventing the wheel.


texts: In-app purchase (in my app) says: Google Play account not authenticated

texts:
I created an Android app and it has the in-app purchase workflow.

My question is not about programming but instead about the Google Play user account handling on Android devices.

When the purchase starts I get an error about the account having not been authenticated, and it says to sign in (this is a system message, it is not from my app).

My app has been previously tested with one single account and it worked. This version is not the same but nothing important has changed.

When I go to Google Play it seems that the account is already selected and working.

So what's the issue?


texts:
I've hidden contact in hangouts' dialog for opening new hangout, by clicking on one of icons of most frequent contacts, then in "Contact options"->"Hide contact":

Now I wonder how to "unhide" it?

(Notes: Currently using "Hangouts Version 2.1.100 (1151589-30)")


texts: How to enable Google Play on the Gionee M3S Android phone?

texts: I recently purchased a Gionee M3S Android phone. It came with Google play on the home screen, but when clicked, that just pops up a white box briefly. How do I enable Google play on this phone?


texts: Nexus 7: Assert failed: device == grouper when trying to install some roms

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So I have Nexus 7 (not the 2013 one), Wi-Fi version, with TWRP recovery, version 2.6.3.1 installed.

When trying to install some roms, for example, SmoothRom, or PAC, installation fails with following message:

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "grouper" || getprop ("ro.build.product") == "grouper"

the problem is, I'm 100% sure nexus 7 wi-fi is grouper.
Some other roms, like cyanogenmod install OK, but I'd like to try something else.

So, what's the problem, and how can it be fixed?


texts: Disable Google Play Ads in Notification Area?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?

I'm not sure if everyone has experienced this annoying behavior, I often see ads in my notification area pointing to games in the market.
Is there any way to avoid this annoying feature I never asked for?

Here is what the ad looks like:


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I have a one year old Nexus 7 and recently my tablet acts on its own. It starts to action commands without me doing anything. The only way I manage to recover control is to power it off and on again. This problem has become much more frequent in the past few days.

I've a Kaspersky license and it hasn't brought to my attention any threats.
Prior to having Kaspersky installed, I had McAfee Security, but I was never able to uninstall it because I can't deactivate its device administrator status. I don't understand why.

What can I do to overcome these issues?


texts: hidden pictures in Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 are gone

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (Kitkat)
I hidden some pictures then it just says "unable to hide item" but it will be gone on the gallery so I tried to look for it on "My Files" but I still cannot see the pictures. I tried to click settings>show hidden files but i still cannot view my files. Please help. Thanks!


texts: Transfer of data from PC to Samsung Note 8 GT N 5100 using USB cable is very very slow.Have changed cables as well. Same Issue


texts:
I've been using Google Listen for podcast catching and playing. Seems to work just fine. I'd like to be able to play my podcasts over my Bluetooth headset. Alas, it seems that is only an option for A2DP bluetooth headsets(?) so I'm on a quest.

Can anyone offer suggestions? Seems like I have two options (but maybe there are others).

Find a podcast catcher/player that will play over a non-A2DP headset
Find a way to "fake" the Android into using a bluetooth headset even when not A2DP

Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

[edit]
I should mention that I'm running stock 2.1 and have no real desire to root/mod the phone.


texts: Can I stop installed apps adding their icon to my homescreen?

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Currently every app I install adds a launcher icon to the homescreen.  As my default homescreens are nicely arranged and as a result full, it creates another home screen 'page' to put the icons on.

This is really very annoying as I have to remove both the icon and the newly created screen on every install.

Is there any way to stop apps adding a launcher to the home screen by default?


texts: Has anyone found out why some BIONICs won't charge fully on non-BIONIC wall chargers?

texts:
This seems to be a fairly common issue.

Upon attempting to charge my Motorola DROID BIONIC with two non-Motorola microUSB wall chargers, I couldn't get the phone past 40%. With the Moto charger, it charges fully (though apparently pretty slowly).

I know the BIONIC's battery is a 3.8v, and my chargers are all 3.7, but the voltage difference doesn't seem large enough to cause a problem. Is is possible the BIONIC can read the difference in the voltage, even if it is small, and is coded not to fully charge on these non-Moto chargers?

Both HTC chargers I've tried were 200mA. It seems maybe the amperage is too low to charge the phone. I'll try and find a higher power one to test.


texts: HTC One M9 google pixel launcher experience app removel

texts: My HTC One M9 with Android 7.0 will not allow me to uninstall an app which is flashed by TWRP Recovery. Actually its a google pixel launcher experience app by XDA forum.


texts: Is this notification that keeps coming up on my phone a virus?

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This notification keeps coming up, and i'm not sure if it's real or a virus, or how to stop it coming up.
It says 'Android system warning! Google has found serious bugs in your Battery Module!Click on [OK] to view details.'

Screenshot (click for larger variant)

Any help appreciated, thanks.
Lauren.


texts: Is there a way to permanently clear all notifications and mark them as "read" from the lock screen or notification menu?

texts:
Background: I often get no signal on my phone, so use apps like Airdroid and O2 TuGo which allow for texting and calling over wifi and from multiple devices.

The problem is, when I get my signal back, I suddenly get a flood of text messages which take a long time to individually mark as read. I also get message/call notifications from apps like TuGo even if I've already read the message from another device such as a desktop PC or tablet.

Is there a way I can permanently clear the notifications, preferably from the lock screen and/or the notifications bar?

A search leads to this question but it only applies to SMS messages, not other notifications.

Android's own "clear all" button does not mark notifications as read, it only temporarily removes them which is pretty useless.


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Bottom area of my phone is not responding to touches. I was wondering if there's anyway I can only use a part of my screen.

I haven't been able to find any good solutions, other than for floating virtual buttons.

The phone in question is a Nexus 4, can be rooted or flashed with a custom ROM if required. I feel comfortable with compiling a ROM if there's an easy modification that allows this.

Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to make a full backup of my device?

texts:
When I say full, I mean full. Like, everything. Boot partition. System stuff. Every single file and byte. Something I can flash back through odin or otherwise, if I mess up while experimenting with the wrong ROM. Something that can put my mind at ease while experimenting so I don't fear ending up with an expensive paperweight.

I'm basically looking for the android equivalent of what dd would do to back up a disk. dd creates a full image, including every last byte, that you can write right back. Hell, it even includes the MBR if you point it at a raw device instead of a partition.


texts:
I want to monitor the https traffic of an Android app downloaded from google play.
This app can only be run at Android N and above.
So I use Charles proxy and follow this document to modify the apk file.
Here's what I have done:

Download the app from google play.

Use apk extractor to get the apk file of the app.

Run apktool d the_app.apk to extract the apk file.

Modify res/xml/network_security_config.xml and AndroidManifest.xml based on the description of Charles Proxy document.

Run apktool b the_app to package the files back to an apk file.

Install the apk on my Android phone, whose version is 8.

My phone says "App not installed".

Why can't I install the modified apk on my phone?
I've disabled Google Play Protect on my phone.
The apktool is installed by following the description here.
Is there anything I missed?


texts: How do I enable the keyboard in android auto

texts:
I'm sure this must have been asked before, but I can't find it anywhere.
I'd like to enable the on-screen keyboard in Android auto while the car is in motion. Google sensibly disables it, but this is really annoying when I have a passenger in the car (which is basically always if I'm using navigation).
So, this safety "feature" ends up meaning I have to faff with trying to make the voice work, instead of my passenger just using a keyboard without distracting me :(
Is there any way to bypass this feature so we can use the keyboard in android auto?


texts: Why is root access required for a custom ROM?

texts:
I'd like to be clear, and as my question indicates, I'm very ignorant of mobile devices in general so my apologies if this is common knowledge.

Say I want to install a custom ROM onto a device, then it would appear I need root access. I'm able to find out from every web page on how I can root a device, but I'm unable to find how why I need to root a device. I understand that rooting a device simply gives me root access on the device, but why is this needed? If I connect the phone to a PC then doesn't that give me access to the entire file system of the device? If so, then why can't I just overwrite the relevant parts of the FS with whatever ROM I want?

Also, why would rooting and using a custom ROM cause a device to be bricked? Couldn't I just overwrite the ROM that was causing the issue with the original one (that I'd thought on to back up! ;)).


texts: Why do i get "Insufficient storage" when the so called "usb storage" is almost empty?

texts:
Samsung Galaxy S2 is the model
I get no free space error msg when i try to install application from Google Play.
So i navigate to Settings->Storage and i see 3 sections:

Device memory - 200MB Free
USB Storage - 11.1GB FREE
SD Card - 413MB FREE

Why cant the phone install it on the usb storage?


texts: Where can I find a widget to enable or disable GPRS in my Spice Mi-270 Android handset?

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I have a Spice Mi-270 Android phone. There is no touch gadget to enable or disable the GPRS connection. Every time I have to select settings -> wireless & networks -> data communication sim and have to select a SIM to turn GPRS off.

How can I do this in one touch?


texts: Why doesn't Chrome recognize mobile Blogger templates on the Nexus 7?

texts:
I use Chrome on a Nexus S and a Nexus 7, both with Jelly Bean 4.1.1. When I visit Blogger blogs that use mobile-optimized templates provided by Blogger, Chrome on the phone correctly displays the mobile version of the site, while on the Nexus 7 it apparently doesn't recognize the mobile option and displays the desktop version. To force the visualization of the mobile version I have to append ?m=1 to the blog's URL.

Why doesn't Chrome display the mobile version on the Nexus 7 by default? Is this a Chrome/Nexus 7 issue or a Blogger one?

Here is an example Blogger blog exhibiting the issue:

  http://avventureplanetarie.blogspot.com

It's my blog and uses a Blogger-provided template, with very little customization. All such Blogger blogs I tried behave the same with the Nexus 7, i.e. the desktop version is displayed by default.


texts: Most google related apps stopped working

texts: My phone was doing perfectly fine until the browser app stopped working. I thought it wouldn't affect other apps as well. But then most of my google related apps: chrome, youtube and google play cannot be accessed. I've tried clearing caches, force stop, disabling those apps. Didn't work either. Last resort I came up with was the factory reset. Became worse. Now I just don't know how to handle it. I've lost so many important information in the phone. :( Please help.


texts: How can I make an Google Talk voice call without hands-free mode?

texts: When you call someone who is online via Google Talk, it use the back speaker in loud mode. Is there a way to use GTalk for calling like a regular phone call?


texts: Is there a quicker way to turn on WiFi Hotspot?

texts:
is there a way to automate (or at least reduce the number of steps) to turn on or turn off the WiFi hotspot on my Galaxy 3.

I have to

unlock
press the menu button
press settings
press More Settings
Tethering and portable hotspot
Slide portable hotspot on.


texts: How can I connect a keyboard to HTC Evo 3D?

texts:
I have HTC Evo 3D, unrooted, with stock Android 4.0.3. I need to connect a keyboard to it so that I can type quickly to the phone.

If required, I can root the phone. If required, I can also install a custom ROM to it, although I'd prefer avoiding this. If required, I can pay for an android application.

I'd like to connect a wired keyboard to it, but I can also use wireless, if necessary.

I tried this already with my logitech wired keyboard + USB female -> micro USB adapter and nothing really happened. I don't know how to proceed.


texts:
I used to have a HTC Hero with had it's own search button. When being in the application selection menu I could press the button and then search for an app by typing it's name.
Is there similar way to access apps in Android 4.x without a specific search button?


texts:
My kids love playing with my Android. However, they don't always understand what they are doing, and occasionally I find that they have deleted some of my apps (strangely, never the ones they play).

Is there any app that can make uninstall more difficult, or make access to the apps menu more difficult (e.g. require a password)?


texts: How do I make my phone play a ringtone over my headphones despite being on "silent"?

texts:
I'm running Cyanogenmod 7.1RC1 on my Desire.

When my phone is not on silent, I can hear the ringtone on my headphones when someone calls me, which is great. However, when my phone is on silent and my headphones are plugged in, an incoming call will not produce a ringtone over the headphones. I would prefer it if my phone, despite being on silent, would play a ringtone over my headphones if they are plugged in. Is there any way to make this happen?


texts: How to stop embarassing images showing on my phone's screen when I try to tweet?

texts: I have downloaded some images of an adult nature onto my phone. My problem is, they show up as preview images whenever I try to compose a new tweet in the official Twitter app. I can't find any setting to turn this behaviour off.


texts: Limit on Android version on an Android device

texts: I'm trying to make changes to the Android framework as a part of a project. As ambitious as it sounds, I want to flash a Nexus S with an Android 5 image. Can this be done, or is there a limit to the Android version supported by a device?


texts: I am unable to paste. Is there a solution to this bug that doesn't involve rooting or factory-resetting the phone?

texts:
I recently updated my S3 to Jelly Bean (v4.1.1) and now cannot paste.

Example steps to reproduce my bug:
Compose message

Compose SMS
Type "hello" in body
Long press "hello"
Click copy icon
Click after "hello" to bring cursor / blue handle
Clicking "clipboard" does nothing (just dismisses handle)

If you're not having the bug, everything will work fine, I know. Please don't answer "it works for me". I know what should happen, but for some reason it doesn't work on mine.

Notes:

The bug is present everywhere you would input text (for example, in the gmail app, or pasting in an address bar etc.).
Pasting by using the options when long-pressing the cog in the keyboard doesn't work either.
Restarting the phone doesn't help.
The phone is not rooted.

Any other ideas?


texts: Can I personalize the size of my screen?

texts:
So I dropped my phone. The top right corner blacked out to a fifth of the height, it still supports touch, but I can't really see what I'm touching.
Is there a way to resize my display so that it only uses the bottom 4/5 of the screen? Like, force the whole display to use a smaller part of the screen, hopefully one I can personalise.


texts:
I am live booting the Asus laptop version of Android-x86 4.0 on my Acer Laptop from my USB Pendrive. Everything is working fine, however I want to install the OS on the USB drive instead of live booting it. The USB drive is 16GB in size.

I want to live boot the system and then install on the same drive without using any other drives. If possible, later on, I would want to mount some part of the USB drive as the SD Card. How can I do this?


texts:
How can I root my tablet, the yarvik tab411? I tried to find information on the internet, but had no success.

The tab runs Android 4.1.11 2.3.3.

1 according to the link, this device currently ships with Android 4.1.1. Marrssel has an older version, running 2.3.3. (comment by Izzy)


texts: Lg optimus L 70 system update won't work

texts: I had checked my system update file and there is a file with 200 mb to download. I click on it and that annoying little message comes up: Insufficient storage available to download......I have 765 mb available. I google it and it's a pretty common but solutions put on absolute garbage and the *#9900# thing won't because it only works for Samsung. Another thing, should I even update or it doesn't matter and I can leave it how it is. Please help because I can't find anyone with my phone type and in my same situation. App updates and downloads work fine, just this stupid thing. Please help, anyone.


texts: Automatically load a text file a few minutes after the alarm goes off - is there an app for that?

texts: Is there a way (presumably via a 3rd party app) that I can set a particular text file to open at a set time, i.e. something I need to read on a daily basis can be set to load at 6.03 after the alarm has finished going off?


texts: incorrect mapping from brightness slider to real system values

texts:
Sorry in advance for bad english and also for a noob question.

I have a problem with brightness on my tablet Supra M94BG. There is a system brightness slider, the range is 0% -- 100% (as usual), and the problem is that 0% corresponds 0 value in /sys/devices/platform/leds-mt65xx/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness , and 100% corresponds 90 value, and not 255, as expected. Manual setting of value in /sys/.../brightness to 255 gives really maximum level of brightness (as desired), but this value resets to 90 after screen is locked.

How can I correct the mapping?


texts:
I'm attempting to connect to my SSH server via Tor on my rooted Android.

I couldn't find an SSH client for Android that supports the use of a SOCKS proxy, so I tried to use transparent proxying with Orbot for a number of SSH clients.

So far I've tested JuiceSSH and Serverauditor.

JuiceSSH seemed to have issues with my private key for SSH and Serverauditor just reported that the connection failed.

SSH via Tor works fine on my computer.

edit: I've manged to get the private/public key thing working with JuiceSSH and I've also tried to use ProxyDroid (can't hyperlink due to low reputation) to proxy all system traffic through Tor (SOCKS5, 127.0.0.1:9050).

JuiceSSH now keeps trying to connect but doesn't get much further. Serverauditor still just very briefly tries, then reports that the connection failed.

How can I connect to my SSH server via Tor, using private/public key authentication?


texts: Is it possible to transfer an apk from my mac to my android phone via Bluetooth?

texts:
I only want to transfer from mac to android, not reverse and also achieve this via Bluetooth. Open to install any app on android

Thanks


texts: How can I activate the new Chrome tab management tools tab groups & grid layout?

texts:
I make heavy use of my tablet for research & typically have 200 to 500 tabs open. So I have been looking forward to the alternate grid layout and to Chrome Tab Groups for Android, which would make my life a lot easier.
However these features, which I understood to be activated by default as of Chrome 88, do not seem to be available from my instance of Chrome (version 89). I have the file folder-style row of tabs across the top. I have neither a switch to grid mode button nor the hollow square with the number of open tabs inside. I have enabled the flags for tab grid layout, tab groups, tab group continuation, and tab group UI improvements, and restarted Chrome several times, all with no change I can see.
I couldn't find anything on the Google help site that offered any glimmer of hope -- nor of discouragement.  I can not even think of anything else to try. Help!
I am running Chrome under Android 10 on a Galaxy Tab A.
Oh, one more thing. I doubt this is relevant,  but when I first got this tablet from Amazon, it took some work to convince it that its home was not in Mexico. Maybe there are still some Mexico-base settings causing a problem? Just a long shot.


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My son had an old Moto G running KitKat. On that phone, I set up an app locker to block the Google app because there was no way to restrict the "safe image search" on that app. Instead of him potentially being exposed to explicit images, I just blocked the app entirely.

That phone broke last week, and I just bought him the new Moto G (2015). Evidently, in Lollipop, you cannot block the Google search app using an app blocker. Accordingly, there is no way to keep my son from searching for and finding explicit images using the Google search app.

I have searched the internet for a solution, but cannot find one. Does anyone know whether there is any way to block the Google search app on Lollipop?


texts: Deactivate Viber account on different device

texts: As I lost the access code that Viber sent to me, I cannot sign in my Viber account. I signed in on another device. Now, I want to deactivate the account, so that the device holder cannot get my messages and conversations.


texts: How to exit fullscreen in android chrome?

texts:
I've added one of my regular news websites to my homescreen in android chrome (android 4.4, phone). This works great, it now even opens the site fullscreen to give an 'app experience'.

How can I exit this fullscreen mode? For instance so I get access to the menu so I can share articles.

The 'add to home screen' feature is described here


texts: How to connect more than 1 device using tcp connection with ADB over wifi

texts:
I have 5 devices.No one is rooted. I want to connect 2 devices using USB and 3 using tcp over wifi with ADB at same time. Please help me.

Thanks


texts: How to edit id3-tags (MP3 tags) in Marshmallow?

texts:
Ok, so I'm not got to act like I know what I'm talking about, but I've done a fair bit of googling and stuff like 'write permissions' have come up over and over again when searching id3 tag editors.

My question is, how do I edit my music titles? ie album name and song title. Some of my songs have unknown artist or album.

I have a LG G4 with marshmallow 6.0, my old G4 had lollipop and I could edit my music with an app. That phone got run over, my new G4 now has marshmallow. I bought it a few weeks ago.

The apps that claimed to work don't, black music player had a built in editor and it looked promising, it let me edit my music but after exiting the app and going back in, it had changed back to the original title.(two hours of my life I can't get back.)

So is there anyway around this with a simple fix? Nothing too technical please like 'rooting' whatever that is....or I've read you can convert your external sd card to become an extension of your internal storage somehow...and I've heard bad things about that too, like lag and storage issues.

I just want to organise my music....something I enjoy doing.

So any ideas would be great
Thanks,
Beck.


texts: Does Youtube app playback not work with wifi?

texts:
On an HTC Evo with Sprint, when trying to playback a video, the Youtube app regularly (always?) reports it can't play a video when I'm connected to a reliable wifi network.  If I immediately turn off wifi and use only the Sprint network, it works fine.

Is this really the case?  If so, why?


texts: Using slow dns a VPN Over DNS Tunnel android app

texts: I'm looking for similar apps that i can use for free, setting dns and start the vpn to get unlimited internet without the silly 25mb of slowdns. thanks in advance for your help.


texts: Unable to do factory reset on my vivo mobile without password

texts:
My mobile model is vivo y95. I forgot my new pattern which i have changed recently and im unable to unlock my mobile. So i tried to do factory reset on my mobile.

But when i click on Wipe data option it is asking pattern again.

Please let me know any option to unlock my phone (With factory reset also fine).


texts: How do I prevent my GPS-tracking app from stopping?

texts:
I'm running a very simple open-source Android GPS tracker:

https://github.com/herverenault/Self-Hosted-GPS-Tracker

I have it set to post GPS coordinates from my phone to my server every 30 seconds.  The problem is: it sometimes works, and sometimes sleeps for 3 minutes, or 8 minutes, or sometimes seems like it is completely stopped.

What might be causing this and is there anyway to prevent it from happening?

This is not a "secret" app or malicious in anyway; the person running it knows they are running it.  I just don't want to make the user re-launch the app every 5 minutes, or even whenever they restart their device (which the code says it supports already).


texts: Google Play Store disappeared from my phone

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Google play disappeared from my phone

My google play store is not showing on my home page and it's not in the app drawer and it's not in All Apps under settings. My phone is not rooted, and is running the stock HTC rom. I have an EVO 4G phone.

Could anyone tell me what is happening and how I can recover it? I would download an .apk or something, but I don't have a file manager currently installed.

I would rather not reset my whole phone.


texts: How to install a web certificate on an Android device?

texts:
To gain access to WIFI at university I have to login with my user/pass credentials.

The certificate of their website (the local home page that asks for the credentials) is not recognized as a trusted certificate, so we install it separately on our computers.

The problem is that I don't take my laptop with me often to university, so I usually want to connect using my HTC Magic, but I have no clue on how to install the certificate separately on Android, it is always rejected.

This is what is stated in their website

> Need for installation of official certificates CyberTrust validated by the CRU (http://www.cru.fr/wiki/scs/)

  The certificates contain information
  certified to generate encryption keys
  for data exchange, called "sensitive"
  as the password of a user.

  By connecting to CanalIP-UPMC, for
  example, the user must validate the
  identity of the server accepting the
  certificate appears on the screen in a
  "popup window". In reality, the user
  is unable to validate a certificate
  knowing, because a simple visual check
  of the license is impossible.

  Therefore, the certificates of the
  certification authority
  (CRU-Cybertrust Educationnal-ca.ca Cybertrust and-global-root-ca.ca)
  must be installed prior to the browser
  for the validity of the certificate
  server can be controlled
  automatically.

  Before you connect to the network-UPMC
  CanalIP you must register in your
  browser through the certification
  authority
  Cybertrust-Educationnal-ca.ca Download the
  Cybertrust-Educationnal-ca.ca,
  depending on your browser and select
  the link below :

  With Internet Explorer, click on the link following.

  With Firefox, click on the link following.

  With Safari, click the link following.

  If this procedure
  is not respected, a real risk is
  incurred by the user: that of being
  robbed password LDAP directory UPMC. A
  malicious server may in fact try very
  easily attack type "man-in-the-middle"
  by posing as the legitimate server at
  UPMC.

  The theft of a password allows the
  attacker to steal an identity for
  transactions over the Internet can
  engage the responsibility of the user
  trapped ...

This is their website : http://www.canalip.upmc.fr/doc/Default.htm (in French, Google-translate it :))

Anyone knows how to install a web certificate on Android?


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Android 5.1.1

Whenever I open Play Store, I recieve the message "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped.". I can't seem to make it go away, I've tried restarting my tablet and clearing cache and data of Play Store.

Disabling and uninstalling Google+ doesn't solve it.


texts: What app is showing these fix now messages on galaxy s6?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy s6 that sometimes will pop up a message suggesting that some apps are consuming too much ram or cpu. And the following screen. I haven't been able to figure out what app it is though that seems to be acting like good samaritan on my phone.

It doesn't show on recent apps list and once I tell it to perform the fix, i can't interact with app or go back to it.


texts: How to install Opera Mini without internet connection?

texts:
I'd like to know how to install Opera Mini without internet connection, because I'm going to test an application in my tablet, but it needs a browser that support proxy configuration and I don't have wi-fi to install Opera Mini.

I already downloaded the apk, but to install Opera Mini it needs connection to download itself. There is anyway I can install it without internet connection on my tablet? There is a full apk? If you have can you post the link for download or upload by yourself?

Thanks in advance.


texts:
The following question is irrelevant. While MDM is problematic in many other ways, it is not responsible for the kernel panics.

I also learned that Motorola mistakenly cites that its drivers must be installed to use ADB, this is not the case for OS X, which is the OS in question.

I have a Motorola X 2013 Developers edition. The ADB drivers for the phone are part of another software provided by Motorola called the Motorola Device Manager, and it caused 3 kernel panics on my laptop today, and more than I can count over the last week before I isolated the responsible package. I linked 2 kernel panic logs below, but this is the last line in the console before the crash every time.

12/22/16 8:13:16.000 PM kernel[0]: stalling for detach from Motorola ADB Interface

Then all hell breaks loose. It appears that the driver crashes when the computer enters sleep mode while the phone is plugged in. And no, it doesn't matter if the ADB is activated or not.

I've contacted Motorola about it and they said that they have never heard of this happening before, but they'd look into it. I have no expectations of them fixing it any time soon.

http://pastebin.com/yBHzWK2E

My question is, is there any alternative that would allow me to use the Android Debug Bridge with my phone?

Thank you in advance.


texts: New, created contacts sync, but imported contacts do not, towards exchange

texts:
The phone is a sony xperia V with android 4.1.2.

I have some contacts from my old phones imported trough google, next to that is my business contacts who are all from our company exchange system. Creating a new contact under my exchange account works well, that contact will sync nicely and show up in outlook within a few short minutes, but the contacts that I've imported from my google account will not sync. I tried to "cheese it" by backing the contacts up on the SD card, and then import them back in under the exchange account, but they will still not sync. I've toasted all my knowledge as well as google for answers, but no dice. I've also attempted to see if a recreation of the exchange account would do anything, but no.

I do suspect that either there is something with the contacts, or there is something with the exchange client on the phone, but I have no clue how to test this properly. While I did try to set the scenario on my samsung galaxy SIII, the results came out the same. Newly added contacts sync, imported contacts do not.

So my pleas ask for a hero who can give me a final answer to this mysterious behavior, so that I can finally put this silly issue behind me...

EDIT: The contacts are listed as exchange contacts after import. All sync options are on, and I've even performed a forced sync to make sure that the phone had actually synced after the importing of the contacts. Imported contacts will still not sync towards the exchange server.


texts: One of the very useful feature of Android version 5.0 Lollipop is that it shows how much time is left for the charging to be completed. How is the time for the device to get fully charged determined?


texts: How to know which applications are using the Internet?

texts:
I use a lot of applications on my Android phone, and I'd like to know which applications are using the Internet at a given point of time, and also the bandwidth consumed by each one of them. This question from 2010 suggested OS Monitor, but it's not currently available for download.

Is there a way to accomplish this?


texts: "Sorry, something went wrong" when trying to "Set up nearby device"

texts:
I have a new Google Nexus 5X model LH-H790, that's meant to replace an also new Nexus 5X LG-H791.

When I try to transfer the account from phone to phone ("Set up nearby device") I see the confirmation code as expected on both phones.  Pressing next gives the unhelpful error message "Sorry, something went wrong".

The devices are next to each other, or nearby, or touching, both connected to the same WiFi, and both machines are virtually new.  What could cause "Sorry, something went wrong"?


texts:
I'm doing my first steps with Android. I'm using a Mac, and no Eclipse.

I've installed my first toy application with

adb install bin/*.apk

and verified that it existed in the emulator. Then I made some changes, reran the build, and tried to install again, which brought the error message

   pkg: /data/local/tmp/DefaultActivity-debug.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

Fine, so I have to uninstall first. So I tried the following:

adb uninstall DefaultActivity
adb uninstall de.rf.DefaultActivity
adb uninstall DefaultActivity-debug
adb uninstall /data/local/tmp/DefaultActivity-debug.apk
adb uninstall de.rf

but all of them just brought the error message "Failure", with no further explanation.

It's not a really big problem, because I can simply restart the emulator and use "adb install ....", but I'm curious: How do I correctly use the "uninstall" command?

My activity looks like this:

package de.rf;
...
public class DefaultActivity extends Activity
{
  ...
}


texts: How to find my device's CSC (Country Specific Code)

texts:
I bought a Samsung Galaxy on an auction website, with no clear indication of where it comes from.

Now, to root the device or restore it, I need its Country Specific Code.

Question: How do I find the CSC of my device?

What I tried

Installed the Phone Info SAM app by vndnguyen.
Ran it (works even without root).
Opened the CSC CODE tab.

Product Code ends with TPA (Panama)
Firmware's CSC Code is DBT (Germany)
Active CSC Code is TPA
Available CSC Codes lists about a hundred codes.

Some website claims to find your CSC from your IMEI number by taking the 7th and 8th digits, which for me are 10, which supposedly means Finland.

That's many different codes, so I am not sure which one I should use. Or maybe both of these methods are actually completely wrong?


texts:
I'm using the standard MP3 player on Android 4.3. Whenever I listen to long pieces of music and I pause for several minutes and/or unplug the headphones (not sure of the exact cause), the playlist will just reset itself. This causes

the active track to reset, which is very annoying for long tracks, and
the shuffled playlist to reset, so that many tracks will be played twice.

Is there a way to make the player just remember the shuffled playlist as well as the active track position, no matter how long I don't use it?

I could not find a setting in the standard player to prevent it from resetting. This question indicates that for more memory capacity I would need a different player than the standard one, but I don't need it to keep track of several audiobooks or something.

Can this be achieved with the standard player, or do I really need another player, and if so, which one could it be? Another question deals with the logging of timestamps (which could solve that aspect), but it doesn't have an answer yet.

I'm not very skilled with Android, so please tell me in case I forgot to mention something.

edit: One reason why I use the standard player is that it's capable of playing very many formats which other players cannot, such as .flac, .wma, .m4a, .mka


texts: Ringtone volume automatic set to zero in Samsung Galaxy S5

texts: I am using Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G00H Android 5.0. It's ringing volume set to zero after restarting it. Does anyone have solution for this issue?


texts:
My Phone is SonyErcisson Xperia Ray ST18i

I have Super Jelly Bean http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135918 ROM installed, with kernel (from Status after I tried installing KK) 2.6.32.0-SuperFusioN-kk

I tried to install KitKat AORP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579054

I flashed boot.img from KitKat from zip,
When I tried to install KitKat ROM from recovery, I got this message:

  this package is for "ST18i,ST18a,urushi" devices; this is a "haida"


texts: Clearing all the app data on an Android tablet without using factory reset?

texts: In Android, is there a way to clear all the app data at the same time without using the factory reset? I work at a library and we have Android Tablets for checkout for patrons to use and after the patron is done using the tablet we want to delete the username off any and all apps the patron may have used so that their username is not left on the app. I know the "Clear Data" button in Application Manager will clear the username but we would have to do this for every app and would rather do this in one instance rather then one at a time. Any help will be greatly appreciated.


texts: Book library management solutions, that allows adding titles with a upc reader?

texts: What would be a good easy way to catalog my physical book library with a UPC reader on android? Would you have suggestions for a simple individual library management solutions?


texts: How to get mobile site in Firefox to be displayed as in Chrome for Android if spoofing doesn't help?

texts:
On my Android device, while using Internet, Dolphin, and Firefox (left), I see the same version of http://m.chase.com that my desktop browser (right) sees:

On Chrome for Android (left), it's different, being similar to what opens iOS browser (right):

I want to understand why/how, and then see if I can get Mobile Firefox to load the blue version. I don't think it's the user agent string - I've tried spoofing it already.


texts: Is there a way to root a locked Motorola phone?

texts: Someone gave me their locked phone and I want to install a custom rom on it but it's not rooted and developer options aren't enabled. The phone model is Motorola Moto G6 Play.


texts: Is it possible to manage filters from Gmail app?

texts: Is it possible to manage filters directly from the Gmail Android app?


texts: What does it mean when I unlock my phone and the GPS icon shows active when I'm not running any apps that use GPS? After a second or two, it goes away.


texts: How to NANDroid a phone without ClockWorkMod?

texts:
I'm almost sure that there is no ClockWorkMod Recovery for my phone (I've been reading some questions and answer in the forum and also google it with this result. So when I installed ROM Manager the first thing I was asked to do was selecting my phone model which wasn't in the offered list.
I want to do a NANDroid but I'm not sure how. In the question I read here I saw Odin, Amon-Ra and Heimdal. I really have no idea what this three tools / apps are and how to use them. What is each one of them? How can I make a NANDroid?
If it helps I have a Samsung Galaxy I551
Thanks!


texts: Mirroring application screen using Miracast

texts: How do I cast only an application and not whole screen when connected to miracast?


texts:
On my Galaxy S5 Android 6.0.1 I've installed Rockscout and Vanilla music to play music with my mirrorlink car infotainment. If I run Vanilla Music, it reads all files on the internal memory and the external microsd, but inside Rockscout, it "sees" only audio files on the internal memory.
How can I play all music with with Vanilla inside Rockscout?
Thanks


texts: Can Google Pixel C tablet Android OS update every version?

texts:
If there releases a new android version, can google pixel c tablet update that soon by user himself from system control tool?

Is it the same as iOS update?


texts: Translation of RIL_PreferredNetworkType terminology to human speak?

texts:
In Android's source code, I see

typedef enum {
    PREF_NET_TYPE_GSM_WCDMA                = 0, /* GSM/WCDMA (WCDMA preferred) */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_GSM_ONLY                 = 1, /* GSM only */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_WCDMA                    = 2, /* WCDMA  */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_GSM_WCDMA_AUTO           = 3, /* GSM/WCDMA (auto mode, according to PRL) */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_CDMA_EVDO_AUTO           = 4, /* CDMA and EvDo (auto mode, according to PRL) */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_CDMA_ONLY                = 5, /* CDMA only */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_EVDO_ONLY                = 6, /* EvDo only */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_GSM_WCDMA_CDMA_EVDO_AUTO = 7, /* GSM/WCDMA, CDMA, and EvDo (auto mode, according to PRL) */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_LTE_CDMA_EVDO            = 8, /* LTE, CDMA and EvDo */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_LTE_GSM_WCDMA            = 9, /* LTE, GSM/WCDMA */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_LTE_CMDA_EVDO_GSM_WCDMA  = 10, /* LTE, CDMA, EvDo, GSM/WCDMA */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_LTE_ONLY                 = 11, /* LTE only */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_LTE_WCDMA                = 12,  /* LTE/WCDMA */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_ONLY            = 13, /* TD-SCDMA only */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_WCDMA           = 14, /* TD-SCDMA and WCDMA */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_LTE             = 15, /* TD-SCDMA and LTE */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_GSM             = 16, /* TD-SCDMA and GSM */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_GSM_LTE         = 17, /* TD-SCDMA,GSM and LTE */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_GSM_WCDMA       = 18, /* TD-SCDMA, GSM/WCDMA */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_WCDMA_LTE       = 19, /* TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and LTE */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_GSM_WCDMA_LTE   = 20, /* TD-SCDMA, GSM/WCDMA and LTE */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_GSM_WCDMA_CDMA_EVDO_AUTO  = 21, /* TD-SCDMA, GSM/WCDMA, CDMA and EvDo */
    PREF_NET_TYPE_TD_SCDMA_LTE_CDMA_EVDO_GSM_WCDMA   = 22  /* TD-SCDMA, LTE, CDMA, EvDo GSM/WCDMA */
} RIL_PreferredNetworkType;

The problem is, I don't know what the terminology maps to.

"LTE" is obviously just 4G LTE, but what are TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, and EvDo?

I'm assuming at least some of them must map to 2G (GPRS), 2G (EDGE), 3G, "3.9G" (HSPA+), but which is which? And which ones are actually CDMA (Sprint, Verizon, etc.) rather than GSM?
(I'm a little confused because it seems GSM LTE phones also have modes like WCDMA?)


texts: unable to see music files in any player app

texts:
This is a seemingly common problem and I viewed the dozen suggested posts before posting this but none of that helped since it was mainly things I already tried.
50 GB worth of MP3s in /sdcard/Music
I can see all those files in various file browsing apps and terminal emulators but no music player app can see them. I tried three different players already. They can see music files in Download directory but not in Music. There was a .nomedia file in there but I deleted it days ago and re-scanned media multiple times and rebooted multiple times.
I had all this music in the same location on my last phone Pixel 3 Android 9 but then got a new phone Pixel 5 Android 11, moved all the files onto it, just via file copy from Windows, but player apps can't see them. It's almost as if that .nomedia file was still in there, totally invisible to me.


texts:
I have a Nexus 7 2013 LTE device and I want to go back from TWRP to stock recovery. I've downloaded the factory-image lmy47o and extracted recovery.img and boot.img but I can't flash them:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (7806 KB)...
OKAY [  0.250s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image is not a boot image)
finished. total time: 0.253s

I get the same error with boot.img. What am I doing wrong?
(I can flash any other recovery or kernel, just the stock ones doesn't work)


texts: How can I copy SMSes from Nokia N8 to Android for free?

texts:
How can I copy SMSes from Nokia N8 (Symbian) to Android for free ? It is for my very important. I have found MobileTrans application, but it is paid and I wanna not pay 39 $.

Thanks in advance !

SOLVED

I solved my problem my exporting SMS to CSV by Nokia Suite and then importing it to my device using SMS Tools - All in One  application.


texts: I've had my Moto X (first gen) for a while, I think almost a year Noe, the whole experience has been great but lately every time I open my messaging app I get a "Two messages could not be sent" notification I can swipe it away but it will just return if I'm in the messaging app or whenever I open the app back up. This is the stock messages app I'm talking about too, so I don't have a clue why it itself would be buggy.. I've tried deleting all my messages, restarting my phone, clearing the data/cache and so far nothing has worked it continues to haunt me everytime the app is opened and its really starting to get on my nerves how do I get rid of this??


texts: Samsung Galaxy Ace - Disconnects from some networks

texts:
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830L with Android 2.3.4, with factory ROM. It works pretty well with most WEP/WPA2 wifi hotspots. When I try to connect to an open one, no matter the signal intensity, it connects for a couple of seconds then disconnects and keeps doing so. I can't state for a fact that this is only restricted to open hotspots but so far thats the pattern I have identified.

I have heard that Galaxy phones have some wireless issues but I'm not sure how to deal with mine.

Any ideas?

This might be related to: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/20921/why-smartphone-disconnects-from-certain-hotspots-sometimes


texts: Is there a way to enable USB debugging from fastboot?

texts:
I have a Nvidia Shield Tablet that froze on me. After powering down it hangs on the nvidia boot up screen when I try to boot it up. Nvidia support says it is a 'soft-brick', as I can't get into recovery mode from fastboot. I am trying to get a recovery image on the tablet. However, the bootloader is locked and I'm pretty sure USB debugging was not enabled ahead of time. Therefore, I can't perform an unlock using adb, and so can't flash a recovery image. When trying to access through a platform-tools terminal, it doesn't show in a list of adb devices.

I'm pretty confident I have the correct drivers installed on my windows PC, which is connected to the tablet via USB.

Nvidia Shield Tablet Wifi (2014 version)

Any help is appreciated at this point, I can't think of anything else to try. Sorry in advance for mixing up terms etc. I've just been researching the past few nights and trying to find a solution. I'm far from an expert.

I've tried these links, here and here but they seem to require USB debugging enabled or ability to access recovery mode from fastboot.

Thanks,


texts:
I have a galaxy note 4 that isn't rooted but has TWRP 2.8.5 installed. I wanted to factory data reset the device, however, I was getting the error that it was unable to mount /data. I read on XDA that I had to format data. I clicked on format data and typed in yes.

I got the message "Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function. You may need to reboot recovery to be able to use /data again. Updating partition details ... done". I see the status as "Data Format Complete Successful".

I rebooted the device, and I know the OS loaded, but I was greeted with the error "Encryption failed, cannot decrypt your device storage. You need to reset your device to factory default settings". And a reset device button. I click on the reset device button, it boots me to recovery and runs a script and again reboots to the previous error.

I tried to factory data reset it now, although it showed as successful, I was directed to the same error.
Can you please advise what should be done?

Thank you


texts:
For some reason I am unable to enable / use NFC on my Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300).

When I got the phone, it did work. A month ago, I wanted to use it again and it did not work. I am currently using a non-original battery in my phone, but I swapped the battery with one I've tested NFC with, and it still didn't work, and NFC with my battery in another S3 does work, so it can't be because of the non-original battery.

When the issue first appeared, I was using stock firmware (Android 4.3). After I flashed my phone to Cyanogenmod 13 (including wiping all caches, system, data, ...), I tried again and NFC still does not work. When I flip the NFC switch from off to on, it stays in the 'on' position, but it is disabled (gray), I can't switch it off or on again until I restart the phone, and any app trying to use NFC is telling me to enable it.

There is no warranty on the phone any more, first, because it's too old, second, because there is root+CM on it.

Is there any way I could get NFC to work again? Any "NFC reset" or whatever? Or would I have to buy a new phone? Could this be any software issue or is my NFC module probably broken?

EDIT: logcat says 2952  5203 E NFC-HCI : Could not open /vendor/firmware/libpn544_fw.so. But that file does exist ...


texts: How do I set a lock screen wallpaper on the OnePlus One with the latest Android Update?

texts: Okay so previously on the home screen ,I'd press the menu button- wallpapers- lock screen wallpaper and select my image to set as the lockscreen wallpaper.I can't do that anymore after the lollipop update. And also battery has been draining out like crazy after I updated it. This needs to be fixed.


texts: How to transfer the data from my current sd-card to my new sd-card?

texts:
I got my Samsung Galaxy J3 crown in December and put my previous 64 GB card in it and used it for about 4 months. Then I got a 128 GB card and put it in my phone.

I am unsure how to transfer everything from the old to the new card especially because the default download location is there. I cant find it in the settings and really need some help.


texts: Nexus 7 2013 WiFi (flo) freezes and/or bootloops when booting TWRP

texts:
I unlocked my Nexus 7 2013 WiFi (flo)'s bootloader and flashed the latest TWRP (3.5.1_9-0 at the time of writing), but now it freezes on the boot/splash screen and reboots after waiting. I can use adb shell to access it, in there I see errors like this repeated over and over:
<3>[  305.099060] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p30): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem
<5>[  305.158416] type=1400 audit(1620032012.811:24): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=172 co
<5>[  305.158416] type=1400 audit(1620032012.811:24): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=172 comm="recovery" scontext=u:r:recovery:s0 tcontext=u:r:recovery:s0 tclass=netlink_kobject_uevent_socket permissive=1

What might I do to get TWRP working?


texts: Cannot install Google Camera on Nexus 5 running CM 12, neither from Play Store, nor with ADB

texts:
I need to reinstall Google Camera, and I tried to remove it via Settings -> Applications. Everything went fine, but when I tried to install it back via Play Store, it said:

  Unknown error code during application install: -505.

I've then attempted to install it's APK via ADB. It showed the error  INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS. But I'm pretty sure it's removed, I've checked /system/app, /data/app, and /data/data for any residual files, but there's none.

Installing APK with -r key yields INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE.

Package manager  pm list packages doesn't list Google Camera, which is only logical, since it's removed. But then how could it "already exist"? I wonder what to do and how to bring Google Camera back.


texts: Why is the Verizon Cloud app generating Instabug text files in my File Manager Documents folder every time I start up my phone?

texts:
I am getting a lot of text files in my File Manager's Documents folder. I used the Properties option on the file to see that it is an Instabug file. The path shows VCast.

After searching for various terms, I discovered that VCast is from Verizon, which is my carrier. But, I cannot find an App on phone for VCast or any information online about it or why I am getting these text files.

Additional information:

After using the online chat option at Verizon I found out this information:

VChat is used in streaming videos and music. I use the Hoopla app to play TV shows. It seems like these text files are generated when I play a TV show.

The Verizon rep I chatted with suggested to scan with an antivirus app. I already use one. I tried another. That didn't work.

Additional information:

There were two more text files in my Documents folder this morning. So, this is not resolved. I didn't run any videos or play any music last night or this morning. The text file's date and time were for last night when I had my phone on briefly and for today with the time I started up my phone.


texts: Bought Samsung Galaxy II in China, need to change alerts, etc. to English

texts:
I just bought my phone here in China and have changed the language settings to English.  I get all my alerts, error messages, ets. in Chinese characters.  Wish I could read them, but since I can't, how do I make my phone communicate to me in English?  I am a total Android newbie having dumped my iPhone and it's lackluster battery for this phone.  As soon as I tweak it a bit, I'll be thrilled.
By the way, pretend I am in kindergarten when explaining what to do, otherwise I'll have to ask my son to help and I really don't want to give him more tech power over me than he already has.

Thanks in advance for the help!


texts: Android "google play music app". How force it play ONLY local songs on my phone

texts:
How to force "google play music app" play ONLY songs I paid for and downloaded to my phone.
In other words how to restrict it from contacting the web and using my data allocation.
thank you


texts: Get rid of the "wireless charging" announcement

texts:
Is there any way to get rid of the useless little toast announcement informing me that I have put the device in range of the charger?

I would prefer a solution that works with the stock ROM (JB 4.1).  I do have root.


texts: How to access forgot-password option when you forgot the PIN of your Android Device?

texts:
I have this Huawei Nova 3i, I forgot the PIN but there's no "forgot password" or "forgot PIN" option. I noticed that my Huawei Nova 2i doesn't have that option too, and I'm stuck on "Try again after 24 hours".
Normally, when I forgot my password or pin, I just click on the "Forgot Password" option, input the Google Account Password that is bound to the device, and viola, password or pin successfully reset.
Is there a workaround here to use that option?


texts:
My new Nexus 6 isn't giving me an LTE icon in my cell service - I get the same old H that was showing on my Nexus 4 before I upgraded.

I'd expect to see LTE here :

I talked to my carrier, who said that my data plan includes LTE, so I don't think that's a problem.

I've tried to set LTE as my preferred network, but it won't take. I go to:

Settings -> Wireless/More -> Cellular networks -> Preferred network type

choose LTE (recommended)

But the Preferred network type remains on 3G after I make the change.

Is there some other setting I'm missing that will enable LTE? I've power cycled the phone several times and run through every fix I can imagine. I'm on Android 5.0.1 with AT&T.


texts: How to increase the download speed of Torrent on Android Mobile?

texts:
I own Xperia Mini Pro. Recently I came to know that there are some Torrents Clients available on Android Market. So I installed aDownloader to download some movies from Torrent server. I want to know if there are any tricks to speed up the Download on Android mobile. And I am using 2.75G(Edge) data connection to download. I found the average download speed on this connection is 25kB/sec.

Pl let me know the same on WiFi connection. The average download speed using WiFi connection is around 50kB/sec.


texts:
For security reasons, I want to be able to specify two lock passwords (or patterns) as follows :

One for normal unlocking the device.

Another one if entered, the device will factory reset itself (and maybe format the SD)

I want this to happen from the main Android lock screen, but with two passwords.


texts: I need help with rooting my new honor bee, I have tried all methods, but none of them work inshort doesn't support my phone, I need help inorder to be able to connect to internet using cable.


texts:
I recently read a lot of articles about changing the google play account but all of them are about add new and delete old one. But it doesn't suit.

I have an old oldmail@gmail.com where I have bought some apps. I also have the newmail@gmail.com which I'm using for all purposes. Now I want my apps and so on to be linked to newmail@gmail.com and being unlinked from the old one so I can remove this account at all and use all my bought applications.

Can I do it? If I can, how to?

Here is the similar issue, however, it's unanswered...


texts: My HTC Desire Keeps Overheating, what can I do to stop this?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I prevent my HTC Desire from overheating?

I've just purchase a HTC Desire and after about 10mins of using it, it will overheat and crash onto the opening green HTC logo which you get when you turn the phone on. What can I do to prevent the phone from overheating?


texts: UDP communication between PC and Android via ethernet

texts:
1. I am testing with a rooted nexus 5 operating on lollipop 5.1.

2. This is all with no wifi connection.

I am trying to send UDP packets between a PC and an android device with an otg cable and ethernet dongle. When connected the PC thinks the android is an unidentified network(No internet access) and the android recognizes the device as eth0 with an IP of 0.0.0.0.

eth0   UP   0.0.0.0

I add an IP to the eth0 by running the following unix script:

#!/bin/sh
netcfg eth0 up
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.200 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0
ping -c 1 192.168.1.1

After running the script eth0 appears in the command line as:

eth0   UP   192.168.1.200

I am using wireshark to track packets and when I try to open an interface between the PC and android I get an error as follows:

(Error opening adapter: The system cannot find the device specified. (20)).

Also, when I try to PING the PC from the android I get 100% packet lost.

So it seems like I don't have a connection between PC and android.
Any input on the topic would be very helpful.


texts: Proximity Sensor is mocked to 5cm, screen still goes dark

texts:
After replacing the display of my Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite, my proximity sensor is giving me wrong values (saying, my phone is always covered).
I mocked my sensors using the XPosed Sensor Disable App, and the various sensor test apps tell me, that the distance is 5cm (the maximum). Still, my phone's screen goes black when playing audios or making a call. Am I missing something? Maybe another sensor's setting?
The way I mocked my Sensors was the following:
LTR579 ALSPS: 5cm, LTR579 ALSPS-Non Wakeup Secondary: 0cm
I'm really out of ideas, it would be great if someone could help me! I'd hate having to open my phone again, and I'll happily do without the screen going black feature. I honestly have no idea why the test says "5cm", but the phone still decides to go dark. >:(
Thanks alot for any ideas!


texts:
Dear android users is there a possibility to integrate facebook with pushbullet?

If yes I would be really grateful for answer which will show me how can I do it.

By integration I mean that Writing messages from pushbullet and
sending messages to a person from Facebook.
All messages, notifications from facebook.com will be shown in     pushbullet.


texts: How I can prevent my android phone from getting rooted?

texts:
Usually  people try to install a custom rom on a stolen android phone to erase all its data and identity.
Is there any way to prevent the thief from installing a custom rom or rooting it.


texts:
Nexus 5x and Pixel with project fi. No antivirus installed.
OS 8.1.0

Regularly puts me on LTE connection both at home and in the office.

How do I force WiFi to always connect to known networks rather than surprising me every time that I just watched a video and used tons of data?

Is this related to the removal of Wi-Fi sleep options? And what "Sleep options are not relevant any more." means that the relevant commit message (via reddit) says?


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I was wondering if there was a way to get the ADB connection log (on-device), for when someone types:

adb connect <IP>

with their IP

EDIT:
Kind of like with your /var/log/auth.log on Linux, where when someone SSHs into your server, you can check the /var/log/auth.log and see their IP


texts: Activating Multi User on CM12.1 Android 5.1

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I've done the edit to the build.prop

fw.show_multiuserui=1
fw.max_users=5

I've done this on a tablet using CM12.1 (android 5.1) and it hasn't activated Multi User.  Is there anything els that needs doing?

Or maybe there is something that needs doing at build time when the code is compiled?


texts: Samsung Ace 2 with Cyanogenmod turns itself on when put on charger while turned off

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It started happenning after repair.
Could it be a software setting that was changed in repairshop or is it a hardware issue?
All they did was replace mini-USB port.


texts: Why can't my tablet detect my bluetooth speaker after I reset the tablet?

texts: I reset my galaxy tablet and it no longer detects my Sharkk Bluetooth speaker. How can I resolve this problem?


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Is there any way to force Android to route all (but only) public WiFi traffic through a PPTP VPN?

My phone basically has three connectivity scenarios:

AT&T's HSPA+ or LTE. I don't want to use a VPN with this.
Public WiFi. I don't ever want to send anything that isn't tunneled through a VPN over public WiFi. If I just connected to WiFi right now, I don't want Android to instantly launch into all of its pent-up WiFi tasks until I'm connected to the VPN. Ideally, I'd prefer that Android not even broadcast the notification that I'm now WiFi-connected until after the VPN is up. If the VPN drops, I want the traffic to be blocked (or routed over AT&T) until the VPN is re-established.
My home WiFi. I could live with VPN'ing this if it's impossible to distinguish between "my WiFi" and "all other WiFi", but I'd prefer to not VPN it either.

I know that Tasker can theoretically achieve most of these goals, except for one problem: AFAIK, nobody has written a Tasker VPN plugin that works with ICS. Does one exist yet that I've overlooked?

That leaves the second problem -- leaked traffic during the interval between the time the WiFi connects and the VPN is established, and traffic leaked if the VPN dies for some reason while the WiFi remains connected. Is there any way to fix this problem?


texts: What will happen if I delete the Google Play Services?

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What will happen if I delete and re-install the Google Play Services?

Will all my game data be deleted too?


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My device just got into bootloop after restoring a backup of the system partition.

This bootloop is just a soft bootloop.  I mean, I could get into the Operating System, but it keeps playing the Boot Animation.


texts: Get rid of 'battery-low' popup after some delay?

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I'm using an Android phone (a Motorola Defy+ running CM9) with OsmAnd as a map solution mounted on my motorcycle (it just shows the map and a gpx-track as a driving hint).

It's not connected to a charger yet and I don't mind when it runs out of battery (I have spare ones).

However there's this "battery low" message popping up at 15% downwards. It covers a huge part of the map and stays there until you hit the OK button which does not work with gloves on and during the ride at all.

That remaining 15% still give >1h runtime which I want to enjoy withouth nagging popups!

Is there a way to hide it completely or get rid of it after some seconds automatically?


texts: Problem adding user profiles on asus zenpad z380 lollipop 5.0.2

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I just bought an Asus Zenpad Z380, running on lollipop 5.0.2. I wanted to add another user/profile- but can't find the function anywhere. From what I read after I googled the question- one should be simply able to swipe down and there should be users and below that- a + sign to add more, only except that there isn't (for me, at least). I get only the one(main) user profile. tapping on it leads me to the profile itself on the contact list, and that's it!

My husband ran the setting up process (It's supposed to be a joint tablet). Could it be that he "took a wrong turn"- A.K.A missed something during the process, or is this a known (and hopefully fixable) problem?


texts: Does Android keep activity logs or save keystrokes?

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I want to know whether Android phones records activity logs of what I have done in a whole day. I've already checked that there is no Carrier IQ.

Is this true that after switching off the phone all activity logs vanish? Does my Android phone keep saving what keystrokes I typed? (I'm using Samsung keyboard.) Do all activity logs and keystrokes gets upload to my Google account server or any other account like Samsung?


texts: Fakestore, blankstore, gms, microg, unifiednlp - what's best for Android without Gapps?

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I've been running Android for maybe 2 years without Gapps or a Google account, and like the experience, but I'd also like to do it better because some apps I used to use, now don't run without some Google services. I researched NoGapps but don't quite understand the  information well enough, and the different packages available, to know what I need.

It looks like these are packages that simulate the Google play store and main services APIs but return either null data, minimal responses, or data from other open source providers? But I can't find a clear explanation what options there are, and the main differences between them, to help me choose what to install.

My current phone is lineage 14.1 + SuperSU 2.79 on a Samsung S7 G930F, and I don't use the Play Store (I use FDroid and sideloading).

Update

Just to clarify (following @Izzy's excellent "basics" reply so far), the main issue thinking about it isn't so much "which of these packages can I use to replace a Google library".

The real issue is, to what extent do these No Gapps alternatives meet the presumed goal of allowing software to still work (by faking a playstore/location provider/other service that they expect GApps to have provided), but also in reality sanitising or avoiding actually using Google for these, or reducing and making clear what data is sent to Google if it's used.

So for example, Fakestore sends nothing to Google, period, its job is to fake that Google Play Store is installed and its Android API working, but unfortunately unreachable/empty.  But for the rest, it's really hard to know what's still sent and what's sanitised or not sent. If all there is, is a FOSS reimplementation of a Google Library, same data, same auth, mostly same logging/datamining, that's a bit weak and unfortunate, even if unavoidable. If Nlp can fully avoid Google and use more trustworthy sources, that's better. But this is the kind of information and discussion I can't find details about.

I'm realistic here - a person who wants an app that needs Google Push Notifications, has to either fake that functionality as installed but not responsive, or use code that cleans the data and does data leak avoidance as best possible, or must accept they can't use that app. But the information needed for that decision is clarity as to what these NoGapps softwares can do, to minimise or avoid data leaks, and how far they can go to distangling from Google.

That's pretty central to "why I want to use them". I'd like to be clearer what their compromises are and what's possible or not, in terms of data and info passed to Google, and I'm not, which is all that stops me enjoying them ATM.


texts: Change the language back from Chinese to English on Samsung Galaxy Tab 4

texts: My grandson used my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 and now the language is all in Chinese. What do I have to do to get it back to English as I do not read Chinese?


texts: Why can't I access /data/data with Droid Explorer on my rooted phone?

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For some reason, I cannot access /data/data with Droid Explorer1 after adbd insecure install on my phone.2 I CAN access the folder via adb and su command.
What am I missing? (I want to modify a game file more conveniently)
Rooted stock Samsung Galaxy S5, hacked to work with Xposed framework.

1Note that DroidExplorer is NOT an app running on the device, but a Windows (.NET) application accessing the device over ADB – so suggesting "another file explorer app" is not useful :)
2Of course I also activated insecure mode after installing it


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Yesterday my noble Galaxy Nexus (maguro) sacrificed itself to save me when I fell from my mountain bike.

I would like to copy the data to my computer. What is good: the screen and the sim card is broken, but the rest of the phone seems to be still working.

When I plug in the phone on my Linux (Debian) computer, it is detected as multimedia device. However, I cannot access the data, as I would need to unlock the screen (which is broken).

Alternatively, I tried to access the phone using the adb-tools. However, the device is not listed:

$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached

$

I can see my phone in lsusb:

$ lsusb
...
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 04e8:685c Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus]
...

I tried some different stuff, like generating a /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules file, but this didn't help.

I also tried to boot the phone to the bootloader, but I didn't succeed - maybe the connection to the volume buttons is broken.

Some additional information that may help: my Galaxy Nexus runs AOKP and Clockworkmod is installed.