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I have an issue with my brand new Nexus 5x. Ring sound, such as notifications or calls, or alarm sound works great. But there's no sound for media, such as games, Google play music, playing a video. However, if I plug an earset then I can hear any of these sounds.

Since speakers work great for notifications and alarm then it supposed to be the software issues.

I've also tried to boot in safe mode, hard reset, reset through recovery mode and all of it without success.


texts: Why the F-Droid repository doesn't show latest version of Firefox to download?

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The latest version of Firefox available for download is v50.0 but on Play Store v52.0 is available.. Why F-droid doesn't show latest version?

Firefox (Browse the web) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.mozilla.firefox

https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/org.mozilla.firefox


texts:
Long story short i used appcloner to spoof android SDK version to lower to get messenger chat heads as they were on android 10 and lower. I copied the installed app, so now i got .apk with all that info and when i install it from that file it still works. App must dropped info about android SDK into it's files, but i cannot find where. Does anyone could help me with that?
My goal is to inject this file into original messenger apk so that i could update this app from official messenger .apk


texts: Make the notification drawer animation faster

texts: I'm running a SlimKat ROM on Sony Xperia Z Ultra. For me the open animation of the notification drawer is too slow. Is there any way to make it faster or disable at all?


texts: Copy all sdcard contents to larger sdcard

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Recently I've run out of room on my small (2GB) sdcard.  What I want to do is copy all the contents of this card onto something a little larger.  I have an FTP server (the one that comes with ES File Explorer) installed on my phone, and that's pretty much the only way I can copy from the card mounted in my phone to a computer or vice-versa (my computer has never recognized my phone's sdcard and only displayes /data).

What's the best way to copy all of it (including hidden files, non-readable files, and apps stored on the sdcard)?


texts: Installing CM 13 OTA causes so many app crashes that I can't do anything on my phone. Can I save my data?

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I had cyanogenmod 12 on my Samsung S4 mini phone, and I upgraded OTA to cyanogenmod 13. After the update Google play services was crashing all the time. I tried downloading and installing GApps through the recovery mode but it only made it worse. Now the crash pop ups are so many that I can't do anything on the phone anymore. "Unfortunately Setup Wizard has stopped" is the one that shows up the most.

Is there any way to fix it without resetting everything? And if resetting is the only option, can I still save the data?

Thank you for any help!


texts: Android emulator reports 0x501 error while using GPU Emulation with OpenGL ES

texts:
I am trying to run the ArcGIS for Android samples in Android Emulator. Based on the ArcGIS recommendation, I have installed the Intel HAXM and enabled the GPU Emulation as well.

While running the application with Emulator it reports the below console output. It seems the application has been installed with ERRORS, but I can see the application layout without MAP and its not responding to me.

Please suggest me, is it anything related to insufficient hardware or am I missing any software configuration things to get it worked?

Thanks in advance!

[2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] ------------------------------
[2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Android Launch!
[2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] adb is running normally.
[2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Performing com.esri.arcgis.android.samples.geometryeditor.GeometryEditor activity launch
[2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD 'AVD-4.0.3' is not available. Launching new emulator.
[2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'AVD-4.0.3'
[2012-08-17 12:07:07 - Emulator] creating window 23 23 428 713
[2012-08-17 12:07:07 - GeometryEditor] New emulator found: emulator-5554
[2012-08-17 12:07:07 - GeometryEditor] Waiting for HOME ('android.process.acore') to be launched...
[2012-08-17 12:08:32 - GeometryEditor] HOME is up on device 'emulator-5554'
[2012-08-17 12:08:32 - GeometryEditor] Uploading GeometryEditor.apk onto device 'emulator-5554'
[2012-08-17 12:09:20 - GeometryEditor] Installing GeometryEditor.apk...
[2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetUniformLocation:1380 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetAttribLocation:825 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetUniformLocation:1380 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetAttribLocation:825 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetUniformLocation:1380 error 0x501
.................
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[2012-08-17 12:10:01 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:10:01 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:10:01 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501
[2012-08-17 12:10:27 - GeometryEditor] Success!
[2012-08-17 12:10:27 - GeometryEditor] Starting activity com.esri.arcgis.android.samples.geometryeditor.GeometryEditor on device emulator-5554
[2012-08-17 12:10:30 - GeometryEditor] ActivityManager: Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.esri.arcgis.android.samples.geometryeditor/.GeometryEditor }


texts:
I have a Samsung S7. When I connect the phone with my Pc to transfer work datas ( I use a USB cable), it doesn't detect the phone.
How do I fix this problem?


texts: Sending group emails from gmail app in my nexus 10

texts: How do I send a group email from gmail app. The group name is not recognised. Have tried from people as well and cannot work out how to do it. In my android phone it works from my group contacts list.


texts:
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader on my Moto G5, the adb commands works, but I can't find my device in the command prompt when it is in fastboot mode.

I was following the instructions on this tutorial, but when running the adb device command to get my serial number, the PC can't find the device. I checked the USB cable and the connection between the device and the computer and everything is ok.

To enter the fastboot mode I was using the adb reboot bootloadercommand on Windows.

Android 8.1.0
Security patch: October 1, 2018


texts: When will my device get the Android 7.0 update (Nougat)?

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Android Nougat was officially released on August 22, 2016.  It adds features such as multi-window support.

You can review the high-level changes at the Android developer website.

Of course, not all devices will get this update right away, even at release; others won't get it at all. Manufacturers and carriers often choose to add their own custom modifications, which tend to delay the official release.

When will each device get Nougat, either officially or unofficially, if ever?

See also:

When will my device get the Android 5.1 update (Lollipop)?
When will my device get the Android 6.0 update (Marshmallow)?
When will my device get the Android 8.0 update (Oreo)?


texts: disassociate a device I don't have anymore from market account?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to remove device(s) from My Market Account?

How can I disassociate a device I don't have anymore from my Google Market account? This is a device that I used to have working but it's not anymore, so I don't want it to show up in my Google Market account.


texts: Access to Find My Phone locked in initial popup

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I am transitioning from iPhone to Samsung. I mean to setup Find My Mobile in two phones, say, P1 and P2.
What I did:

I Added the account in P1.
I entered findmymobile.samsung.com, and before accessing my account it provides a popup with 3 "I agree to the terms and conditions" checkboxes, including accessing my screen unlock code (In iOS this was not needed, AFAIK). I have no problem in doing that for P2, but not for P1.
I mean to not proceed, for the time being, on P1, and go ahead with P2. But access to findmymobile.samsung.com is now locked in that popup, so I cannot proceed with adding/managing P2.

How can I recover the initial findmymobile.samsung.com screen?

I suspected that removing my Samsung account from P1 would freed internet access to findmymobile.samsung.com. But doing that gives a warning (in Spanish, so I am not certain that the message in English is exactly this) that "Removing the account will delete all messages, contacts and other data from the device ¿Ok to continue?".

Will I lose all that data from my phone?

That is certainly not what I want from disconnecting the phone from my Samsung account.


texts:
So I am not sure why this is but if I upload my own books to the Play Store they do not display download links.

Is there a way maybe using an app to get the books off of the Play Store?

So here is the picture of options I see, and the book is not free and not in my purchase history either.


texts:
I'm starting to use Google Authenticator for more and more things now, but I've just realized that if I lose my phone, or if I need to wipe and restore it to install new firmware, I will lose all of my codes.

Is there anyway to back them up please? Or some kind of fallback that means I can restore it to a new device?

Thanks


texts: Customizing the formatting of phone numbers

texts:
Mobile operators in Brazil have added a leading digit, but only for São Paulo numbers. Now, both landline numbers (in São Paulo and otherwise) and mobile numbers from other states have 8 digits, while São Paulo mobile numbers have 9 (in addition to the optional area code that's 2 digits).

I'd like 8-digit numbers to be formatted like 1234-5678 and 9-digit numbers formatted like 123-456-789. Is this possible?

I've read the answers to following questions and none of them anwers this question:

Is it somehow possible to change the format of a telephone number being displayed?
The Way Numbers Are Displayed/Broken Up


texts: Screen privacy : Xposed module for keeping away prying eyes

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I was traveling by crowded metro the other day and was engaged in a WhatsApp conversation tying up the exact location of our meeting.
I realised that my chat was pretty much visible to others close to me in that crowded metro. I don't blame them if they looked , I blame myself for not being more careful.
Anyway, searching for solutions lead me to BlackBerry Privacy Shade (amongst others ), which does an admirable job of blanking out portions of screen ( reasonable permissions ) , as you can see from pictures from Play Store. Other apps weren't as good and some had questionable permissions

Only problem with this is that , I need to install BlackBerry Hub Services, which is a framework for Blackberry apps, to make it work ( trial app limitation can be overcome by downloading from Izzy's F-Droid repo
)
Is there any  Xposed module for achieving this ?
(Not looking for apps , I am aware of couple of other apps on Play store but wasn't comfortable with them in terms of performance / permissions )
Needless to mention, Googling didn't help
Device: Moto X Play, Stock 6.0.1,  Rooted with Xposed framework installed


texts: please explain the: >"adb shell sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 80" command

texts:
it is taken from I want to split one MicroSD card into two parts: part adoptable storage, and part normal storage. How can I do this?

what is 80 at the end? 80%?

I ran that on an Adoptable Storage card and it erased many installed programs :/ lesson learned
https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/g7n3ye/fyi_do_you_want_to_expand_your_internal_storage/


texts: so uh, i just went onto a website, and I apparently have 4 viruses on my phone, it said "Your sim card has been damaged by a virus!" I dont know if this is fr and I'm only 14, but i know when not to click on something stupid. But I have to ask, is this real? I know how to deal with it if it IS true, but it is weird. It says my sim card is already 48% damaged.


texts: i have an issue , i hire someone to make music app , but when we try to play audio file located in server  , it gave some latency 6-8 seconds , in other music app it takes milliseconds only , how can we make suck like that speed of playing


texts: How Can I Use Data For Apps Blocked on Wi-Fi Networks?

texts:
All questions that are similar to this one appeared to be asking the opposite of what I want.

At my job certain applications do not work when connected to the associate wi-fi network. If I turn off Wi-Fi and use data only then the applications work.

Is there a way to make it so that these 'blocked' applications will use data while on the associate network, but then go back to using Wi-Fi when the phone is connected to my home Wi-Fi?

Phone is Moto Z Force (XT1650) with Android 7.0.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I update the OS on my device?

I've got Sony Ericsson X8 currently running android v1.6. Now I want to upgrade it to gingerbread.

Provide me some solutions...?

Thank You...


texts: Developing applications under Cyanogenmod? How compatible to vanila Android? (Nexus devices)

texts:
If I am to develop (and test) my application under Cyanongenmod (base install, without any additional changes), how confident can I be that I would see similar performance of my application on the vanilla Android version? In particular I am interested in the base/hardware performance that is not so much affected by changes to GUI, animation or depends so much on user interactions.

Is the default frequency governor on Cyanongenmod (OnDemand) is the same as default frequency governor on vanilla Android?

What other things could affect performance on Cyanogenmod versus vanilla/stock Android?

** I am using Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 devices.


texts: File system of Android 10 running devices

texts: I have a samsung A30 cellphone that runs Android 10 and I basically need to recover my deleted files. In order to do that, I need to know the filesystem because forensic tools require such information. I made a small research, but I couldn't find any information on Android 10 OS's file system. So what I am asking is what file system does Android 10 have and do file systems depend on Android versions? Any help will be appreciated.


texts: WhatsApp: How to isolate contacts and photos - Privacy concerns

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Whatsapp is ubiquitous and is commonly used despite the long scary list of permissions it seeks ( see Help understanding Whatsapp's permissions )

Privacy and security conscious people would like to avoid it and use alternate means like Telegram but there are a huge bunch of people who are blind to the concerns and merrily use it

I am forced to use it, since I have a friends and relatives who are comfortable with this and won't consider switching - some got introduced to smartphones using this, for some others it is convenience of usage and the most common refrain is I have nothing to hide :-(

So my question boils down to How do I use Whatsapp without exposing my contacts and private photos to Whatsapp (read Facebook)?

This is a self answered question sharing one way and you are welcome to post other ways if you find


texts: How to remove duplicate photos in Google Photo

texts:
I used to sync my photos to Drive as well as to Google+.

Now that the two have been merged, I see lots and lots of duplicates in the new Google Photo app.

Unfortunately some of the photos were Drive only while others were in Google+ only and yet others in both...

Short of going through all 16k++ photos in the new app what are my options?

I know that I could use Picasa, but again I'll have to download all pictures first.


texts: How to install custom kernel from source? - Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (GT-P5113)

texts:
I have modified the kernel code in attempts to add a driver for USB to Ethernet. I have successfully compiled the code and am trying to install it onto my tablet. I am following the README that came with the source code provided by Samsung (making a .tar for the zImage file), but when I try installing it with Odin it gives me an installation error. Alternatively, I have tried making a zip file and installing with CWM and it again fails.

I am thinking that I am missing some files needed to perform the installation. What else besides zImage do I need?


texts: Recurring "Allow USB debugging?" popup during a test run

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android stackexchange com! Long time; first time.

Per my work-around here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57433975/gradlew-test-connectedandroidtest-erases-my-getfilesdir-folder/60174578#60174578 , I test on two ONN tablets using a Ruby Rakefile that looks a little bit like this:

task default: [ :unit_test_and_install, :espresso_test ]

task :unit_test_and_install do
    sh './gradlew --console=verbose test installDebug installDebugAndroidTest'
end

task :espresso_test do
    devices = `adb devices`
    serial_numbers = devices.split("\n")[1..-1].map{|q| q.split("\t")[0] }

    threads = serial_numbers.map do |sn|
        Thread.new do
            sh "adb -s #{sn} shell am instrument -w -r -e package com.mycorp.myapp -e disableAnalytics true " +
                    "com.mycorp.myapp.test/androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner | tee tests_#{sn}.txt"
        end
    end

    threads.each &:join

    serial_numbers.each do |sn|
        grop = `grep "^OK .*tests" tests_#{sn}.txt`

        if grop == ''
            sh "cat tests_#{sn}.txt"
            abort 'FAILURES on ' + sn
        end
    end

end

The problem is the adb -s WHATEVER shell am instrument line. Even though it launches the JUnit tests correctly, sometimes the tablet puts up its "Allow USB debugging?" requester. (The one that says "The computer's RSA key fingerprint is...")

The tests run whether I tap the requester or not, and it usually does not pop up. Test runs and debugging runs from Android Studio or ./gradlew don't trigger the popup. But how do I get rid of it?

(The ulterior question, why /gradlew connectedAndroidTest uninstalls my app when I didn't ask it to, forcing me to write a script, remains unanswered! And could someone reputable add a gradlew tag? It should already be here...)


texts: How can I see the calendar from Android work and private profiles together?

texts:
The organization I work at has added the option of using Android For Work (AFW) aka Android Enterprise (AE).  Under this setup I have two profiles: private and work.  These are completely separate spaces, so apps installed in one profile aren't available in the other, and files are kept separate.  Even Android's share functionality is separate, so I can't share a file I received at work to my private profile.

The only thing that I've seen that is somewhat shared is the phone app.  When I search for a contact, I get results from both work and private profiles.

The question is, is there any way to view my work and private calendars together?  While the profiles are separate, there is only one me, so I would like to be able to see all my schedule constraints in one place.  Is there any way to do this?


texts: Which engine does the stock Samsung Browser use? Is it based on WebKit, Gecko, or something else?


texts: So I got a new phone (Moto G) about 3 days ago (newest version os) and I've tried to connect to my school's internet, which requires usename/id and password. However, when I try to connect on my phone there's no place to enter my password, only the username. I can hold and select modify network to set the password there, but connecting after that always seems to trigger "authentication issues", even though I know my password is correct because I can connect on other devices.


texts: Can't surf from PC when using Android as hotspot

texts:
I turned on mobile data and hotspot in my Samsung Galaxy Ace (On a Philippine carrier called "Globe"). I can surf websites just fine directly on Android.

Now, I connect my PC to Android's hotspot, it connects but it can't surf or ping websites.

It used to work before (used it some months ago) but now it doesn't. What could the problem?

Edit:

ipconfig screenshot:


texts: Wipe before upgrading from stock nexus to CM?

texts:
Since CM is based on stock Android (AOSP), and the Nexus 7 is a stock device, can I just flash the CM zip without first doing a wipe/factory reset?

I just wonder if it's possible to avoid the hassle of backing up and restoring all my apps and settings, widgets, email settings, etc...


texts: Create a playlist of Offline videos in YouTube

texts:
YouTube's offline feature allows downloading selected videos so that they can be viewed later, without internet.

I downloaded few of these from different publishers and now have set of such videos in my device.

However, I could not find an option to create a playlist of these downloaded videos through YouTube app.

My intention is to create my own playlist from the set of downloaded videos.

Is this possible?


texts: How to associate a specific link with an app?

texts:
I'm trying to use imo messenger to access my facebook chat. I remember I've been able to do it in the past but now I can't do it anymore.

In the past, I loged on facebook through imo and then the facebook app opened, and then I could access facebook chat through Imo.

Now when I log in imo, it opens the browser with a unusual kind of link - A kind of token. How can I open this token with the facebook app? I've read some stuff about how to associate files, but I've found nothing about these token links.


texts: How to pair ICS phone with other device that has no Bluetooth PIN

texts:
I have a Galaxy S3 i9300 running ICS Cyanogenmod and I am trying to pair it with a Bluetooth device that has no PIN - a Wii Balance board.

The balance board does not have a PIN, however whenever I try to connect to it, my phone prompts for a password. I have tried the default 0000 and 1234 to no avail.

Is it possible to connect to a Bluetooth device without using a PIN?


texts: Shortcut to turn Wi-Fi on/off on Samsung Galaxy Nexus?

texts:
Since the sync utility I use to sync my Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Outlook only supports Wi-Fi instead of USB, I searched the AppStore for an application that adds a shortcut on the screen to make it easier to turn Wi-Fi on and off.

I tried DroidMania's, but it doesn't seem to work (when clicking on the icon, it simply displays a text page). Next, I tried Hotspot Widget, but nothing happens when I click on the shortcut. Other apps seem old, are only 1.0, and might not work either.

Hard to believe something that simple couldn't be found easily.

Does anyone know of a very simple application that

Simply adds a shortcut on the screen to do this.
And, definitely works on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus?


texts: APN settings vanish after some time of LTE data usage and only return on restarting phone

texts:
I am using OnePlus 3 and Reliance Jio sim. Android version 6.0.1.

I am able to use 4g data via the sim. Major access point name settings that I get by default from the network:

APN: jionet
mcc: 405
mnc: 864

It works perfectly for upto 20-30 minutes. After which, my phone can not connect to the 4g network anymore. On further inspection, I go to the APN settings page and get the following message,

  Access Point Name settings are not available for this user.

When I try to manually add these settings and click on the save button, the APN settings dont actually get saved and I still get

  Access Point Name settings are not available for this user.

I need to restart the phone to connect to 4G again, and after 20-30 minutes, the cycle repeats.


texts: Cyanogen installs bloatware automatically

texts:
I'm using a OnePlus One, running Cyanogen OS 13.1 (build date June 16, 2016), stock, non-rooted.

I usually disable/uninstall all bloatware like a knee-jerk reaction.

But recently I've noticed that some of these apps re-enable or re-install automatically, namely Cyanogen One Note Plugin, Email by Boxer, etc.

How's this even possible? How may I disable/uninstall them permanently without rooting?


texts:
While I am experimenting with Android I found it annoying that the device even if is plugged in on the PC using a USB is discharging.

THe problem is that I am performing some intensive experiments and are consuming a lot of power. (processing, screen, internet)

I know that every USB port or USB HUB port offers 500mA power in each connected Device and PowerTutor shows that the device consumes near 800-900mA thus it drains the battery.

Can you please suggest me some options?

For example:

Are there any USB Hubs offering 1A as output?
Can I use a dual usb cable instead? The same usb cables used to power hard drives?


texts: copying all files from android to microSD

texts:
Phone = moto g
OS = Android 4.4.4

I was going to back up all files on phone to microSD card using EZ file explorer. However, I have been reading that latest 4.4 will not allow this due to new security.

Is it possible to copy all files from phone internal to external micro SD?
Will this capture People, Chats, Photos, etc and be restore-able?


texts: Hotspot freezing for 10 seconds intermittently

texts:
I am working from home using my Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite phone (Android 10,  as a Wi-Fi hotspot.
From time to time, the connection from my laptop to the internet seems to “freeze” / hang for exactly ten seconds (I can tell it from my mosh sessions showing the time of last contact). After 10 s (never less or more), everything gets back to normal.
I have an unlimited data plan and fine 4G reception.
I even started an ever-running ping command in Termux on my phone and it shows 0% packet loss, it looks like the phone connectivity does not hang, only the hotspot.
Any ideas?


texts: How can I read my epub books in Google Books for Android?

texts: Has anyone been able to take and place an epub book inside the Google Books app or know how to do it?


texts: Can I install non-market apps on my AT&T phone directly (without a PC)?

texts:
I've installed non-Market apps on my AT&T Captivate using adb, but it'd be nice if I could download an APK directly and install it locally.  I've heard of "App(s) Installer" and about a hundred variations on similar names, but it looked like those were just intended to work on devices with a working package installer (e.g. not one that's had the ability to run unsigned apps stripped out).

I've rooted the phone -- is there some way I can either replace the existing package installer with one from e.g. another Galaxy S phone on another carrier, or maybe just an app that asks superuser permission before installing the APK itself?  Is this something I could just do directly from (su'd) terminal on the phone?  I'm sure somebody has thought of this already but I'm having trouble finding an answer on the web... maybe I just don't know exactly how to ask.

ETA: please note that this is original AT&T firmware. The carrier is blocking non-market app installs, I think by modifying the package installer.  I'm aware of the setting to enable unsigned apps, but on my phone it has no effect.


texts: Suddenly most of the files and folders in my sd card are now named "FSCKxxxx.REN". How to fix this without root?

texts:
I connected my phone using USB in Mass storage mode(MSC) to a HUMAX TV receiver, and after I disconnect the phone, when I opened the sd card in a files
explorer app, all of the files and folders were named "FSCKxxxx.REN" except 8 folders and 3 files

also the folders that are named "FSCKxxxx.REN" contain files named "FSCKxxxx.REN", and it looks like that the original size of the files didn't change.

What is the cause of this problem, and how to fix it, is it even fixable without root?
I searched for before I ask, but I couldn't fix the problem, maybe because I don't have root.


texts: How to access Android language dictionaries

texts:
Is it possible to access (programatically, using a text editor, etc.) each dictionary of the built in languages in Android?

The automatic word completion is really useful but it has a major problem when it comes to SMS messaging. I'm Hungarian and our alphabet contains special letters like 'á', 'ő', 'ú' and so on. As you can see each basic letter has a single or a double accent on the top of it (or a dot). If that accent leans to the right like this: 'á' then only 70 letters are allowed to send in a single SMS message. There is another version of that letter in Android when the accent leans to the left: 'à'. Using this will not reduce the 160 letters to 70.

Unfortunately all the built in Hungarian words use the wrong version of those letters so I have two options when composing a new SMS message:

Turn off word completion and use the basic letters like 'a', 'o', 'u'.
Use word completion but correct the wrong letters. This takes at least twice as much time to complete a text message.

So I'm wondering if it would possible to rewrite the dictionary of a language in any way?


texts: New Google Maps - how to launch quickly navigation

texts:
Recently released Google Maps doesn't have a standalone app for Navigation which was quick to use - only one tap and voice recognition to start. It takes at least four taps in new Maps to navigate, which is not good to operate while driving. Google Now is not on devices with ICS and below (still majority).

How to start navigation quickly by one tap in current Google Maps? (Google Now is not supported)

Observed on: Google Maps version: 7.02 (700021001), Android ICS 4.0.4, Sony Xperia Active

Previous standalone app on left started navigation immediately after speaking the destination.
New Maps app on right takes 4 taps to small nav icon, edit, mike, start and doesn't show alternatives if voice recognition is poor.


texts: Unable to take kernel logs on a non-rooted device

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I am trying to take kernel logs but so far have only got errors like 'permission denied', 'path does not exist' or 'kernel log does not exist'.
I have tried this kernel panic link, this crash logs link, this link that suggests how to take logcat and kernel logs simultaneously,the kernel log option in this secret menu, this link suggesting console-ramoops,this XDA tutorial and several other links.
List of commands tried:

cat /proc/last_kmsg
dmesg
cat /proc/kmsg
cat /dev/kmsg
cat /sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops
*#9900# (Samsung only)

I am doing this in response to a comment on this post of mine. Any suggestions?
Edit:
So I have been able to get logs using *#9900#. The kernel log option didn't work but I set debug mode to high, let the reboot happen and then used the inbuilt option to copy logs to storage. The device restarted and showed 'watchdog reset' after which I force restarted. Along with many other files, texts, logs, it has mention of /proc/last_kmsg in a txt file. I will see if it is useful and share in the original post.


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I have HTC Explorer, when I download a wallpaper from net and try to set it as wallpaper, the phone first asks me to crop it, so I crop it, but some portion from all the four sides of the cropped image is not displayed.

And now the main problem, the phone has 320x480 screen resolution, I have a wallpaper from net with the same resolution, but the phone still asks me to crop it, while cropping most of the times I have to let go the image from top and bottom, the horizontal part of the image is available but vertical part needs to be cropped.

More interestingly, I created a jpg file on ms paint on computer with 320x480 pix and transferred it to the phone, even then it asked me to crop it and after cropping when I saw the wallpaper to my surprise it was not what or how the original image was cropped.

can you guys help me, thanx in advance.


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I installed Termux and using the pkg system installed tmux.

However, the tmux that installs doesn't appear to support copying and pasting.  I can enter copy mode, but I can't select text and copy it to the clipboard using the spacebar and the enter key.  Is there any way to go about this?


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I'm running the CM10.1 nightlies on my Galaxy S2 (i9100). I've purchased the KitSound GALS2Dock, which has audio out over USB, but it doesn't work.
I've asked KitSound via Twitter, and they told me to switch on the Audio Output Mode. I think this is a Samsung specific setting, but I found this in the samsung specific CM10.1 settings menu.

(It says USB-audio dock - use passive audio out from the dock)
I've checked it, and now the phone audio stops (so that's one thing) but my box nor my TV recognises the sound. It does work when I plug it in the regular audio jack.
So I'm thinking this is a software issue. My question: where could this issue be? Is it CM10.1? Is it CM in general (EG: downgrading to CM10 wouldn't help? Or do I need to switch back to a stock samsung ROM in it's entirety to have this functionality work (I'd prefer not to).
Any ideas?
Thanks


texts: andriod wifi dhcp problem: trying to solve via restoring a modified backup

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It's not the first time this problem is listed. Suddenly connecting to any wireless networks fails by getting stuck on obtaining IP address. This happened after I enabled airplane mode for the first time. I enabled wifi while in airplane mode (shouldn't be possible right?), realised I was still in airplane mode and disabled it. This broke the wifi, I'd guess the DHCP.

A workaround is using a static IP, this still works. A solution is a factory reset, this solves the problem. I backed up before this, restoring the backup also restores the problem. I'd like to find an actual fix and not install and configure everything again.

So I made a backup of a fresh factory reset system and I have the backup of my own system. By using this:

dd if=userdata_xxxxxxxx_yyyyyy.backup bs=512 skip=1 | gunzip -c | tar xv

from here
How to extract .backup files created by android stock recovery?
I can read the content of the backup of my broken system.

So to solve the issue I need this:

to find the files responsible for the wifi mess and replace them
reverse the extraction process

I can make resonable guesses about both but help is needed. For the first I would guess this:

 find . | grep dhcp
./misc/dhcp
./misc/dhcp/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid
./misc/dhcp/dhcpcd-wlan0.lease
./misc/dhcp/dhcp6c_duid

As per here:
https://thealarmclocksixam.com/2013/10/26/dhcp-failure-on-android-wifi-stuck-on-obtaining-ip-address-how-i-solved-it/

And maybe these

find . | grep wifi
./data/com.asus.wifidirect
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/cache
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/cache/com.android.renderscript.cache
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/shared_prefs
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/shared_prefs/wifidirect_SharedPreferences.xml
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/lib
./misc/wifi
./misc/wifi/sockets
./misc/wifi/softap.conf
./misc/wifi/p2p_supplicant.conf
./misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
./misc/wifi/entropy.bin
./misc/wifi/ipconfig.txt

Simply replacing those directories would be worth a try

The second problem: first creating a tar, applying gunzip in the correct way and then using dd or cat to add the first 512 bytes header. I'm no hero with shell commands, I nearly always understand what I'm doing but coming up with them is different.
I'd guess something like

tar -czvf userdata.tar.gz *

Should do the complete trick for the packing.

dd if=userdata_20161009_165440.backup bs=512 count=1 of=userdata_header

Should give me a header out of the original file

cat userdata_header userdata.tar.gz > userdata.backup

Should finish the process

If this works it may be a solution to a common problem that doesn't require rooting the device or living with a static ip workaround. All went well so far but when I tried to restore my home made backup file I get:

error: checksum compare failed

Which makes be suspect the header is actually a checksum, but I have no experience with those. Can anyone give me suggestions? If I can determine how the header is a valid checksum I can then try to make my own for my custom backup


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I have a rooted A500 with HC3.2 and I strongly believe that the focus problem is hardware. Since I'm under warranty I don't think I'll waste my time and send the tablet to repair.
Two questions:
How do I fully backup my device (let's say "snapshot") in order to easily restore all apps, wallpapers, settings, etc (possibly accounts too) when it returns? I can easily backup programs, but I don't know about their data. I also have a Bitcoin wallet there, so I need to back my private keys up in order to receive coins at the same address later.
How do I un-root and downgrade the firmware to Acer's original stock 3.0? When I updated Recovery I did a backup, so I believe the final step is to restore that backup.
By the way, does Acer consider rooting a warranty breach for hardware problems? I know many manufacturers don't care if you change their firmware when you send them a device with clear hardware problems, but they eventually restore everything to stock.
Thanks.


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Taking a look at the AirWatch's whitepapers, it seems like the product can enforce the restriction of some features such as WiFi.

Is there any information on how this restriction works? Does the Android installation need to be rooted?


texts: Unable to install system images for the Android SDK: "Failed to create directory"

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I've just installed Xamarin, to use C# on Android: on their tutorial about how to install the emulator here. I saw they installed Intel x86 Atom system image and ARM v7a system image, so I did the same and got this with both API 18 and 15, but only ARM vt7a (15) was successfully installed

Downloading ARM EABI v7a System Image, Android API 18, revision 2
Installing ARM ABIv7a System Image, Android API 18, revision 2
Failed to create directory C:/Program Files (x86)/Android/android-sdk-windows/system-images/android-18/armeabi-v7a
Downloading Intel x86 Atom System Image, Android API 18, revision 1
Installing Intel x86 Atom System Image, Android API 18, revision 1
Failed to create directory C:/Program Files (x86)/Android/android-sdk-windows/system-images/android-18/x86Done.
Nothing was installed.

I'm on win 8, 64-bit, do you think the problem is my laptop architecture?


texts: Switch OEM Theme between Blue and Gold on Honor 8

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How can a base theme be switched on Honor 8 device?

A child of my friend somehow managed to switch device theme on his blue device as if it was on gold device. Icons became silver-gold and wallpaper was switched to gold. This gold theme can be seen on images of gold version of Honor 8 in product catalogs. The same for blue theme. See image of two phones in linked article (it is not mine so I only keep it linked).

The side effect of the switch was losing of all custom desktop folders, app icons they are now outside the folders and sorted alphabetically across multiple screens.

No 3rd party theming apps were installed or used, I checked Play Store history which also tracks app usage. At the time of the switch, only one game was used. There was no reboot or similar.

I tried to search for theming in settings, but I found only possibility to switch a wallpaper.

How the entire thing could even happen?
How we can switch from gold back to blue device OEM theme?


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A while ago, I decided to root my Sony Xperia SP (c5303) the downfall is that the operating system it's self was stuck on Android 4.1.2 with the build number of 12.0.A.2.254, now the time has changed and I wish to remove the root and update to the latest android version available for the phone which is currently 4.3 to my knowledge. I have lost the tools which I used previously to root the device it's self & Have found a few threads on the XDA Forums containing a few stock ROMS, the only tool which I have managed to find is the flash tool for old phones models of the 2011 family (MT15I for example)

With trying both the OTE update and the Companion update options, they both fail. Companion gives the error stating that

  Software cannot be modified

I'm assuming this is fired from the Super User application which was installed on the root.

I'm at a block on how to proceed further after looking over google for unrooting methods, they all revolve around clockwork mod to install a custom ROM, this is not present on my device.

So the question i'm asking today, is that are there any viable methods on how to unroot the device and upgrade to android 4.3? Using the Sony Tool emma seems to be out of the question as it's not letting me create an account to use their tools!


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I'm receiving this stupid message every 5 minutes.

How to disable it without disabling other important messages of similar category ?


texts: Can I replace my device's bootloader to grub?

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Basically the title contains everything. I have an old smartphone lying around and I would like to change its bootloader.

How can I know in which partition does it lie?
How can I compile grub on my main machine and install it to my device?

My device implements the Armv7 instruction set.

Note: I do not wish to unlock the stock bootloader, I wish to replace it completely.


texts: How do you progress through the Droid Explorer unpack option?

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I'm using a Windows 7 PC and am trying to unpack an *.ab backup file created using Helium. If I right-click on the file in Windows Explorer and select the Unpack option that now appears after installing Droid Explorer 0.9.0.4, I'm first asked for a password. I provided none when creating the backup, so I simply leave the password field blank and press OK to continue.

Then, something weird pops up, and I'm not sure how to continue. I see this window, asking me what I want to open java.exe with:

Is that supposed to pop up at this point? Am I missing something that should be installed that would avoid this? I have Java 8 Update 31 currently installed on this machine.


texts: Why is transmitting a file locally through AirDroid slower than downloading it from the internet?

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I have a video file on my Android device (One Plus 7 Pro). I use the app AirDroid to download this file to my desktop computer through a web browser or application on the computer. This all happens locally, I can cut the internet connection in the middle of the transfer and it will not impede the transfer.

I find that this transfer is slower than I would expect. The fastest speed I have been able to achieve is 6 megabytes per second, which I only achieve when I host a hotspot with my phone, and connect the desktop to that.

If I connect both the phone and the desktop to a WiFi router, I only get roughly half that speed.

Both these devices are capable of both uploading and downloading data much faster than this. If I connect them to a sufficiently fast internet connection through WiFi, they can upload and download files from and to the Internet at multiple times the speeds mentioned above.

If their hardware are capable of that when transmitting to/from the Internet, why can they not do the same thing locally? I would assume that having removed the bottleneck of the Internet connection, the speed would be much faster.

I have noticed that this speed limitation also occurred with other apps that did similar things, such as ShareIt. I have also noticed it a multitude of Android devices from various brands, and various computers.


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I accidentally deleted the entire "downloaded" album full of pictures from my Samsung Galaxy S2 (SPH-D710) and am trying to use a recovery program I downloaded.

My phone will not show up as a remove-able storage device on my computer, or on the program. I have tried to change the USB settings on my phone but there is no USB settings when I go to Settings > Wireless and networks as most information instructs.

I found the setting for USB debugging by going to Settings > Developer options and can turn that on and off, but that is the only setting I can find relating to USB storage.

When I connect it to the USB cord it gives me MTP or PTP options but again no USB options.

Any advice??? Thank you!


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I have rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 with Rootbox Android 4.2.2 installed. My phone screen is dead and I want to get following data out of the phone.

SMS (Most important)
Photos
Other files in internal card

Everything in the phone is working except the screen. I can call my phone and everything.

Whenever I try to connect to computer, it connects as MTP device and shows nothing inside it. Had there been a way to start the Airdroid or something to take the screenshot in realtime so that I can take backup of data and upload it on dropbox or google drive, it would have been easier.

I would like know if it is possible to access screenshot of my device through adb or something? If yes, which softwares and tools I will need to install? Are there any other methods that I can use to make it faster.


texts: Use new hangouts dialer from google search

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The new hangouts app let's me call out from it and uses VoIP... Nice!

When I google a business in chrome I often get the business card with a button to call... Nice! But... It opens the regular android phone app...

How can I make the new hangouts dialer the default for this?


texts: Has ES File Explorer removed the adware?

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I used ES File Explorer for a long time, but when they made the terrible decision to add that "Charging Boost" adware tagalong I had to uninstall, probably along with 2/3 of the apps users.

Is it now safe to re-install ES now? Have they removed all the internal adware from the app?


texts: "Play Music" app keeps changing the volume of the sound by itself

texts: I bought a new Galaxy S4 a few days ago and since then I have been facing problems with the "Play Music" app. It keeps changing the sound volume while a song is playing. I tried applying different settings in the player but the problem still persists. Any Suggestions?


texts: Remove the Reminder feature from calendar

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Awhile back my phone asked me if I wanted to turn on the Reminder feature on my Google Calendar app. I answered Yes. Now I'd like to go back and choose No. How can I get rid of the Reminder feature from my Android Calendar app?

What I don't like about it is that

It adds an extra click when creating an appointment
Unlike an appointment, it doesn't appear at calendar.google.com


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I cant load recovery to flash new ROM

As its the first time im about to use ADB, ive read that  i need: Motorola drivers, mfastboot, my phone firmware

In this link i have two options for XT1064 "Niimx" and "Iusmxaus" ... Found that retca, retuaws and niimx are for canadian, usa and mexico phones... but how do i know if this phone comes from usa mexico or canada? I already used it before it failed to load recovery, and ive had signal in mexico. Im still affraid of bricking my phone if loading a non fitting firmware, could this happen?


texts: I used Android Device Manager to lock my phone but now it will not unlock

texts: I have looked at the other questions about this, but none have yet to help me. I locked my phone using the Android Device Manager because the pattern had been put in incorrectly too many times. I have tried using several different passwords, yet it always pops up as being incorrect. Does anyone know any trick or something that can help me out? I really do not want to reset to factory setting because I have several very important things on my phone.


texts: Lost 2 GB of internal storage after unsuccessful try to swap

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I have a Alcatel C5 5036, initially with 4GB internal storage
I have rooted it successfully,
I tried to increase ram with "ROEHSOFT RAM Expander (SWAP)",
After some unsuccessful tries,
While any SWAP was not created,
The internal storage decreased to 2.05GB,
2 GB has been lost!
I tried SWAPoff for several times, but there was no any SWAP for it to remove now in storage or any other explorer location, it shows the total capacity of internal storage as 2.05GB, instead of 4GB. Please help me as to how to recover the lost storage.


texts: Apps disappear from start screen but still in the apps menu

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Sometimes when an app updates it's icon disappear from start screen (launcher) but still in the apps menu.
What is the reason for this and how to avoid disappearing? Samsung S7


texts: horizontal and vertical blue lines across screen, galaxy note 5

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I have blue horizontal and vertical lines across my screen(galaxy note 5)
This happened once before and I was told to take it to best buy to refresh it.
It worked well for 5 months, but is back.

I would like to find out what is it and how do I get rid of it for good before I need to refresh again.

I read online it could be developer options are on. I discovered how to shut it off, no change!


texts: My wife has an unlimited SMS plan, but she doesn't have a data plan or access to WiFi.  I have a data plan, and can receive unlimited SMS but I can't send them for free.  We're both on Android.  Is there a way for us to send/receive messages without me having to buy a text plan or her having to buy a data plan?


texts: Is there a way to have Gmail autocomplete "To" only with Gmail contacts (and the same for Email and Exchange contacts)?

texts: I am never going to email work folks via gmail, nor friends and family through my work email, and I'd hate for that to happen accidentally.


texts: How to root Samsung Galaxy A5 (SM-A500H) running Android 6.0.1

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I have Galaxy A5 (SM-A500H) When I was on Lollipop I rooted it using kingroot apk. Yesterday I upgraded to 6.0.1 from sammobile. And it has SS/pc not sure if that prevent rooting or anything like that, I'm using Uzbekistan's version.

Kingroot apk no longer works, it gets to 65% then tells me that no rooting strategy works. Kingroot exe seems to be offered exclusively in Chinese these days so I cannot use it.

The chainfire version doesn't work, if I use it, I get a little red warning on booting screen that I have breached the warranty or something like that, I don't care about the error but the phone won't boot, the only way to exit, is to press volume down and power and home button and wait like 10 seconds, enter download mode and flash the Sammobile firmware again.


texts: How to forward portsbon a USB tethered connection?

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I'm using a USB tethered connection from my phone to my PC, I'd like to know if there's any way I can forward ports through this tethered connection, so that I'm able to play games that uses peer-to-peer.
Keep in mind I have Android v7.x.x and Windows 7.


texts: My new Android device not showing up in Google Play

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I had a Intex iBuddy Connect (Tablet) linked with my Google account.

Later on I purchased an new Android device (a XOLO Q700). I logged into Google Play from my device and I am able install apps to the new device.

But when I log in to Google Play from my laptop and hit install the list does not show my new device. Only my old device is listed in the list of devices.

What would be the issue in linking my device with my account?


texts: Vibration not working on my android device

texts: Vibration not working in my android device. I am currently running on android version 4.2 Jelly Bean. My phone model is Lenovo a369i.


texts:
I unlocked the bootloader on my Nexus 5X phone. When I tried to boot into recovery mode, I get the standard message that my device isn't being scanned for corruption. I expected it... but then nothing. It doesn't boot, it doesn't change. I tried relocking the bootloader in an attempt to fix my mistake, but then I get a message that my device is corrupt. Still doesn't let me boot. Tried unlocking and relocking again. Same thing.

If I hold the power button down long enough, I can go back to the broken Android screen. The Start option has the same problem as above. Restart bootloader just shuts the phone off for a split second, then goes back to the broken android screen. Recovery mode doesn't work as described above. I'm afraid to go with "Power off", I'm afraid it might ruin my phone.

I can re-re-unlock the bootloader and go back to the "can't check for corruption" message. Re-re-locking it makes the "your device is corrupt" message again. What do I do? I'm afraid I might have already ruined the phone.


texts: Does adding a google account to phone increase data charges?

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I've written an app that uses google push notifications to install upgrades. The problem is that certain companies that my app is rolled out to, have phones that are running Android 2.3.6. This means that for the push notification to work, a google account must be present on the phone.

One customer only has a limited data plan for his employees and is reluctant to assign a google account to his employee's phone because of the potential data charges.

Would assigning a Google account to a phone incur potential data charges on the phone?

He has mentioned things like emails, spam, links to YouTube. All of these worry him as he thinks the employee may use things outside company purpose.

Thanks


texts: Front Camera Not Working, Showing HARDWARE_LEVEL_LIMITED

texts: I had to replace the screen on my Lg V20 and broke the front and wide angle camera while doing so. When I ordered replacements and replaced them, the wide angle worked, but now the front camera crashes both the LG camera and Google Camera port. When I scanned it with a Camera2 API scanner, it showed up, but I noticed it said HARDWARE_LEVEL_LIMITED next to hardware level. Is there anything I can do to get this working?


texts: Any fix for audio stuttering (incoming and outgoing) when making Skype calls?

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I have an HTC hero with Android 2.1, and the latest Skype available in android marketplace (december 2010) stutters badly on wifi.

(I did not even try to make a skype call over 3g data, i think that would be silly, and in my market where data charges are exorbitant, a waste of money.)

I believe it's a performance problem with my phone.  I have tried to uninstall some other apps, and not very much seems to be open and running on my phone (just skype, the phone main UI panel).

Audio coming to my headphones stutters terribly and is full of clicks.  The audio going out is reported to be bad when I tested it with human callers, but when I used the echo123 skype service, my audio came back to me mostly perfectly.

It looks like Skype's website lists the following as compatible android handsets:
"Android devices: DROID by Motorola, DROID ERIS by HTC, Motorola DEVOUR™, HTC Droid Incredible, LG Ally, Samsung Fascinate™, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, Samsung CONTINUUM, Motorola Ciena, Motorola Droid 2 Global."

[Note that HTC hero is not in that list]


texts: WhatsApp Messaging Interrupts Music While the Wireless Headset is connected

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I just discovered that when I tap the send button on WhatsApp the music stops for while. Actually it doesn't stop. The headsets goes silence for a second and then continues normally. The same thing happens when somebody sends a message to me. But, it doesn't happen when I receive messages while I'm on another screen. For example, at the very moment I'm writing this question and music plays on. I saw that I'm gathering new messages on notification area, but no problem occurs.

I'm using JBL TUNE 600BTNC Bluetooth headset.
My phone is Realme 3 Pro.
Android version is 9.
The music players I tried are VLC and PowerAmp.


texts: Exchange contacts don't show up in Contacts app

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I use an e-mail service that uses an Exchange connection. I have an Exchange account in my accounts list on the phone. I receive mail properly for this account. However when I add a contact and choose to add it to the Exchange account, it doesn't show up in the general Android Contacts app. When I open the phone app, the contact is saved, so I see the name of the contact.

How can I get these contacts to show up in the Contacts app?

If another app solves this problem, that's OK as well.


texts: cant do factory reset or hard reset on mi 5x

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I tried to factory reset my mi 5x phone through settings but after clicking reset device, it just turn off the phone and restart it without changing anything on the phone.

And when I try to do a hard reset, after holding Vol down + power button, this screen shows up:

And after a few seconds the phone turn off again.

How can I fix this problem?


texts: Interruptions are either broken or some apps disregard settings?

texts:
So, I updated to Android 5 and I discovered this new feature, interruptions and priority notifications.

I set up the phone to interrupt me only for calls and messages and I went to sleep.

I was woken up by Facebook Messenger notification sound. Pissed off, I decided to check again if it was by chance whitelisted.

Is this behavior normal? Are Whatsapp, Telegram, and those kind of instant messaging app supposed to bypass this setting?


texts: jelly splash started fresh even after restoring its data via titanium

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I have backed up jelly splash's data with titanium.

I updated jelly splash to 2.22.2 with google play, I thought after restoring its data with titanium our progress should come back but it didn't, it started from the level 1 again !!.

I tried this to verify if titanium restore really worked : first I went to Settings->Apps I chose jelly splash, second I cleared its data, third I went to titanium and restored again, last I went back to Settings->Apps->jelly splash and there I can see the data was successfully restored(I can tell by size, it becomes from zero to 10 MB excluding the app size).

So Titanium worked perfectly, then why didn't jelly splash recognize that ? and is there a way to restore our progress, we reached around level 180 !!!!?

Note : downgrading the app and restoring data again didn't help


texts: reinstall barnes and noble software on a rooted nook color?

texts: Is there a way to re-install Barnes and Noble software on a Nook Color that has been wiped and installed with gingerbread?


texts: How to cancel a download in Amazon Appstore?

texts: A big app is being downloaded by Amazon Appstore. How to cancel it? I am unable to find any cancel button next to download progress bar.


texts:
My daughter's Droid Incredible 2 is mostly dead.

Symptoms:

If we can manage to turn it on, it only stays on for a minute or so after it completes all of its start-up tasks. Then turns off and acts like the battery is dead.
When I plug it in, I usually get a rapidly flashing amber light, rather than the steady amber light (for charging) that I would expect. Usually the flashing seems to slow down and then stop (with the light off). There's no indication that it's charging.

There's no water damage, nor is there any physical damage to speak of. (Just some less-than-normal wear-and-tear.)

I've removed the battery and checked the contacts. They're nice, shiny metal. The battery is seated properly.

Have I got a battery that needs replacing? Does it just need to charge longer before turning on? (I am seeing the same issue with two different phone chargers, including one for my Galaxy Nexus that has no issues.)

Any insights?


texts:
I have a standard plan with Revolut, which means I can do up to 6kEUR of  currency exchange without any transaction each month.

Where can I see in the Revolut Android application on which day of the month my amount of currency exchange is reset to 0?

I use Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android S9.

(Disclaimer: this is not a hidden advertisement for Revolut. On the contrary I advise against using Revolut as overall the user experience is really bad with them)


texts: Why does viewing an .htm file in Android dropbox folder show broken images?

texts:
I have an .htm file in a dropbox folder with the following content:

this is a test of html

When I view it on my PC, it shows the image (which is in the same directory as the htm file).

However, when I view it on my HTC Wildfire and choose as the viewing application "HTMLViewer", it shows me the correct HTML rendering (with bold) but shows me a broken image.

How can I view HTML files with image tags in my dropbox folder on my Android phone?


texts: Check and fix "formatted as internal" / encrypted SD Card i/o errors

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Unfortunately I seem to have a problem with my filesystem on my as internal storage formatted SD card.
My problem is kind of related to this thread so I think it is worth mentioning here.

When I was restarting my device today I got the error that my SD card is corrupted. With a little bit of putting it in and out of the slot I eventually managed it to work again. Still the SD card is very slow and seems to have a corrupted file system. I managed to backup most of my data via adb pull but for some of the files I got an i/o error. I tried to run fsck as described in the other thread, but I cannot find any mount point of the SD card. I tried to umount every device in /dev/block/vold/ but it always gives me Invalid argument error.

Of course I cannot try to fix it outside of my running device, as it is encrypted.

Is an as internal storage SD card behaving differently? Where is the mount point for this.


texts:
I think my headphone or phone jack broke, and if I move the jack a bit, somehow the headphones activate the google assistant or pause the music, so this is from the button.

Can I deactivate it on a non rooted Huawei P8Lite (Android 6.0)


texts: Galaxy S3 Accounts & Sync gone after jellybean update 4.1.1

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Just updated my new Galaxy S3 to latest jellybean update 4.1.1 and my accounts and sync disappeared. Tech support said it should be under settings / personal tab but not there.
Any ideas of what happened?


texts: Annoying wifi scanning popup wont stop in Huawei Honor 9 lite

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few days ago I started getting a popup message which read
''by turning on WiFi scanning, apps and services can scan for WiFi networks at any time, even When WiFi is off.''
I proceeded to turn WiFi scanning off but message won't stop appearing every 5-10min.
Restarted my phone and it still kept happening.
Phone is a Huawei Honor 9 lite.
it happens after my Emui 8.0.0.185 update

I tried everything I could think of:

Disabled Wifi Scanning in Location Services/Scan Settings
Disabled location
Made location use only GPS

NO use


texts: How can I set a data cap per application?

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In Android, you can see how many data each application has used. You can also forbid an application from using data by hand. And you can set an automatic data cap for the entire system. But is there a way to automatically cap how much a certain application can use?

An example scenario is how Cyanogen (a custom ROM) kept trying to download Android updates from Google on 3G, over and over again, even though it couldn't do anything with them. It was of course not supposed to do that, but it did this for many users. It emptied my monthly bundle in a day. In the statistics, this data usage showed up under the Google Services Framework, if I recall correctly.

I did not want to block this application altogether, because much of the Google stuff depends on it. So I wanted it to be blocked from using any more data over a certain threshold. In the end, I disabled the receiver that queries for updates; but that was an emergency solution that shouldn't have been necessary.

I'd also like to be able to cap certain applications individually in the future, for who knows what might happen. I might want to cap my Internet radio in case I forget to turn it off, or whatever. I can't find an application that can do this; can you?


texts: Trouble installing ADB correctly, Kindle will not show up in device manager

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Currently using kindle fire HD 7.3.1 7" and would like to be able to add google play but when ever i try to install adb it says that I correctly installed it.

I have both ADB turned on in the kindle and Allow installation of Applications.

Although this is what shows up in Device Manager:

DeviceManager Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

Although this should be here there should also be another "Kindle" below "Keyboards".

Question. How can i get ADB to correctly install.


texts: Best way to update to latest versions of custom ROMs?

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What is the easiest and most time effective way to update to different builds of a custom ROM ?
Say for example, having an Infuse, I follow the builds of Cyanaogenmod 10 and they release updates every week or so. What I usually do is to use Titanium back up pro to backup my apps, flash ROM and do a restore. (which of course takes a lot of time)

Is there a better way to do this that I'm not aware of ? Does updating to a latest version need to have the same steps as flashing a new ROM entirely ?


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This is our situation:

We have an android tablet that must run some stuffs for longer than one day (running videos, musics or other).

For this purpose we attached our tablet to an external battery which should keep it charged for the duration, otherwise it would discharge totally in some hours.

The problem

After android M, with the battery process changed, this is what is appening:

Phone is running at (for example) 80% battery
After one hour of running it is fully charged to 100%
The phone goes into a non-draining mode (for battery saving)
The external battery, without any effective drain, goes standby mode.
Even if the phone goes back to 99%, the external battery is standby mode and won't charge it

Result

The phone discharges in some hours and the attached external battery is fully charged.

Is there any way to solve this problem? I would avoid creating an app that hardly drain battery every time it goes to 100% and stops at 99%.. but looks like the only way I found.

PS:

Actually we are intentionally ignoring that long-usages of the batteries reduces their life, at this moment it's not the point

Thanks all!


texts: Locked phone-google account info not working to unlock-can't use device manager

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My Samsung Galaxy is locked due to me letting my grandbabies draw incorrect pattern too many times. Screen on phone says"to unlock, sign in with your Google account".  I have tried this.  Phone remains locked.

As far as I can remember I only have 1 google account.  I have tried to find out if I have any other Google accounts...as far as I can tell, I don't.

I tried to use device manager to unlock.  My phone is on, but I utilize battery save settings...no internet, 4G, location settings unless I specifically go in and turn them on.

I've tried a few thing found on-line... calling my phone from another phone and trying to get in to unlock while on the call, using "null" password, using some random number password.

I've gone to 2 Sprint stores and they want to do a factory reset where I lose everything on my phone.  I've been trying to avoid doing factory reset due to pictures, texts, vm, contacts saved on my phone.

It's been over a week that I have not been able to access vm, texts, or make calls.  I can receive calls.
HELP PLEASE!!!!!
Thanks

Firelord...I'm not sure what model...behind the battery there is a code:SPH-D700...is that the model?  The phone is about 6 years old.

Izzy...I did not find anything that worked on the wiki.  I did not try the app mentioned as I was not clear if it required my phone to have internet or wireless enabled prior to it being locked.  There were a couple posts that were a bit over my head regarding rooting and programming code.
Thanks


texts: How to move 7GB ext4 partition on external SD card to 30GB partition on another SD card?

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I had rooted my Android Lollipop 5.1.1  phone and installed Link2SD and linked installed apps on ext4 7GB 2nd partition of external SD card of 16GB size . The apps installed occupied 6.5GB space and I am getting low space now. I got 64GB external SD card and want to dedicate 30GB.

I created image of 7GB 2nd partition of external SD card through following command:

dd bs=4k count= if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p2 | gzip -5 -c > /storage/sdcard1/sdcard2root.img.gz

Now whats the way to clone this image to a 30GB partition?


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Im facing issue cant press certain button (i.e. VPN ok button, chrome agree t&c), as seen in the video

Screen Record (GDrive)

Currently i am using

Ressurection Remix 7.0 (Android Pie/9)
OnePlus X E1003

GApps is stock, but removed certain apps such as pixel/google rom as it may conflict with previous try of installation.

PS: i wil post on rom's xda forum later


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I have a Moto G. I need to root my phone to use some apps.

Can anyone given me the steps to root a Moto G running 4.4.4 KitKat (the most safest and easyist way).


texts: How can I recover an Android device after a factory reset?

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My two-year-old was playing with my (locked) Galaxy Nexus, and when she eventually handed it back to me, it was at the "Welcome" new phone setup screen.

I'm guessing that she managed to hold down buttons and eventually end up at the factory reset option.

So I guess my first question is, was the phone definitely factory reset?  Is there any other case in which the phone would boot up to this screen?

Second, assuming it was a factory reset, and I have never setup any backup software or anything like that, what are my options for recoving pictures and SMS messages?

I assume that my only real option is to somehow snapshot the raw disk device(s) onto my computer and from there run file recovery software on the image.  Is that the case, or are there other options?  If so, how do I copy the raw disk device(s)?

Thanks.


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I didn't checked whatsapp in a few days, so I tried clicking into it, I got a message like this version of whatsapp is too old, please upgrade.
I clicked the upgrade button and was led to the google play store where I was told to sign into my google account, but it didn't allow me to.
I uninstalled whatsapp and rebooted my phone. I tried downloading whatsapp and I'm still told to sign into my google account.


texts: Apps do not exist on moving them to SD card on Tab-1030

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I have a Tab-1030 Android tablet (Tab-1030) with Android 4.0.4

Whatever apps I move into the SD Card get deleted. The first occurrence happened when for some reason my tablet couldn't connect to the wi-fi and I couldn't access Google Play.

After that I restarted my tablet (it also took longer than usual to start up again) and when I tapped on one of my games, it announced that the app didn't exist. Looking deeper into it, all the apps (5 of them) that I moved into the SD card had no data. They were deleted!

The blank apps showed that they had cached data which was a lifesaver because after I re-downloaded the apps some memory of what I had done was saved.

From there I tried to not move any important apps to the SD card, but a few months later the same thing happened. This time it was because I mounted my phone's microSD card (16 GB). After I unmounted the microSD card, the few apps that I moved to the SD card had again been deleted.

Can someone, anyone help me out and explain to me why this happens?


texts: Can I screen cast / screen mirror and use the phone at the same time?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy 6 and Google Play Movies app running. I can screen mirror to the TV but as soon as I try to use my phone for other things like check my email the video stops playing.

Is there a way I can start the video (screen cast/screen mirror) and then use my phone for other things at the same time?

Here is what my screen looks like:

I select it and then I see this screen:

FYI I couldn't create the tag "Screen Mirroring". Here is a description if someone wants to create it, http://www.samsung.com/ie/support/skp/faq/1057791.


texts: Installed google apps on generic tablet, services are there but no entries in the menu

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(This post is a follow up of my previous one
)

I managed to root and install gapps in my generic tablet, but now there is a small pending issue. When I go to Manage Apps->All, I can see some newly installed services like Google Play Services, but nothing in the menu. I have also cleared the cache from the Recovery, with no luck.

My first thought was to just get Google Play's apk from my mobile and install it to the table, but I am hesitating a little. I only care, about Play Store, the others will be retrieved from there on demand.

Has anyone encountered that before?


texts: Ps. How to fix Cellular network is not available error on Huawei ANE-LX1?

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My phone can't make phone calls or USSD calls anymore. Sometimes it shows emergency calls only but I quickly fix that by taking out the sim card and inserting it again and again until the network carrier's name display (top left corner of the screen). I can only connect to the internet. Is there a way to fix my problem?
Thank you.
Ps. I tried asking my ISP about this and they could not help me. What happened is I didn't pay my contract account for one month by later I did pay. When I didn't pay this happened. I'm attaching a screenshot about the error:


texts: Unable to complete setup CyanogenMod 12.1

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I recently flashed CyanogenMod Nightly 12.1 on my YU Yuphoria, followed by ARM64 Micro Open GApps package. When I booted after successfully flashing, I had to do the system setup which is to be done anytime when the data is reset. I almost completed it but when I reached the step where I need to sign into my Google Account, it shows

Checking info..

And then in 1-2 seconds I get an error screen saying

Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped.

What could be the reason behind it? I'm not able to complete the system setup and use my custom ROM.


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I have Nexus 4 from Fido (Canadian provider). I want to use with another provider, but I don't know if it's locked by Fido.

I read this discussion and see opposite points of view:

  NEXUS devices are never locked, period.

but:

  Indeed, all Fido phones are locked to Fido.

Which is true? Can Nexus phone be locked?


texts: Asus Nexus 7 Tethering and Wifi HotSpot not available

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Using my ASUS Google Nexus 7, I was trying to make it as Portable Wifi Hotspot. But when I opened my settings --> Wireless&Networks there is option for Tethering and Portable Hotspot. I tried this link. Its an app in Play store to enable Wifi Hotspot. Can someone help me to make this work?

SPECIFICATIONS:

Model Number - Nexus 7
 Android Version - 4.2.2
 Build Number - JDQ39


texts: Facebook Messenger Chat always shows one chat unread

texts: The Facebook Messenger app always shows a '1' next to the speech bubble indicating that there is a 'Chat' I haven't read. How can I clear this, or alternatively, find and read this supposedly unread chat?


texts: FRP triggered after hard reset on rooted phone 5.1..Any Explanation?

texts: Though I'm a great fan of frp, I'm a greater fan of Rooting. I have an android device running lollipop 5.1 with just so many bloatwares. I rooted the device and got rid of the bloatwares. It was kinda nice that the superuser app was not converted into system app. I Uninstalled it since it was eating up to 54Mb space. I did not lose root privillege. I turned off OEM unlock and was using my device as normal with rooted apps both old and new working fine. It came a time I did a hard reset and frp was triggered. I couldn't setup the device  with any other account except with the last known account. That surprised me because I know rooting turns off frp. Thanks


texts: Will phone lose pairing if it was paired via WiFi direct and it connected to a WiFi network?

texts: If a phone and another device is connected via WiFi direct, and the phone detected a home or free public WiFi network, will it connect with the WiFi network and lose pairing with the device it was originally paired to?


texts: Can I use my Galaxy S+ (or S4) in the shower safely without electrocuting myself or damaging the device?

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I just had this tweet pop up on my feed (Translation: "True or False? In Japan, 90% of the mobile phones are waterproof". Reason why? Women use them in the shower!"):

Please ignore the racist image in there.

this got me thinking: Is the Galaxy S+ safe enough to use in the shower? if not the S+, what about the S4 (not the active variant)? Or are both of these claims by Telenet just a legend?


texts: Full Backup of non-rooted devices (Android version 2.3.X and below)

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This question is NOT a duplicate of this question but of an follow-up because the answers over there does not provided any solution for Android version 2.3.X and below.

In that question - Full Backup of non-rooted devices, User ryan-conrad provided a solution for Android version for 4.X devices. Another user sachin-shekhar mention using the Odin but from my understanding, Odin is used for flashing and not backup and also many people feel that Odin is still not stable and it is not open source.

Please note that the following requirements:

- Full backup of the phone
- No voiding the warranty
- No rooting before backup

So, are there any solution to perform Full backup for non-rooted Android version 2.3.X and below devices?


texts: Why I cannot SSH as root into my android?

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I set an public key auth SSH server in my rooted Note 4 through Dropbear (Terminal IDE). I am being able to log in as any user, except root. I get:

 [2085] Jan 31 20:05:21 exit after auth (root): child failed
 Connection to 192.168.nn.nn closed.

I've read that this is shell-related problem, but no idea which, or how to fix it.
I want to log in as root since I get constant permission denied when trying to look at the /sdcard.

This is the script that starts the server:

#!/system/bin/sh

base="/data/data/com.spartacusrex.spartacuside/files"
dropbear=$base/system/bin/dropbear

id="1023"
gid="1028,1015"
username="gato"
w="-w"
if [ "$1" == "root" ]; then
    id=0
    gid=0
    username="root"
    w=""
fi

$dropbear \
    -A -N $username -U $id -G $gid \
    -C jtkkRKJ6993irJTjRJ993irJTj8496j \
    -d $base/.ssh/dropbear_dss_host_key \
    -r $base/.ssh/dropbear_rsa_host_key \
    -R $base/.ssh/authorized_keys \
    -F -E -s $w -g -p 22 &

These are the permissions in $base/.ssh:

 # ls -la .ssh
 drwx------    2 0        0             4096 Jan 28 23:43 .
 drwxrwxrwx   17 10223    10223         4096 Jan 31 22:25 ..
 -rw-------    1 0        0              382 Jan 28 23:43 authorized_keys
 -rw-------    1 0        0              458 Jan 28 23:43 dropbear_dss_host_key
 -rw-------    1 0        0              426 Jan 28 23:43 dropbear_rsa_host_key
 -rw-------    1 0        0             1798 Jan 28 23:43 known_hosts


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Is it possible to get Google Assistant on Android Lollipop smartphone?
I wouldn't prefer to root my phone.

Edit(2 March 2017): Today, as I woke up Assistant suddenly appeared in my app drawer.


texts: Can I backup my HTC Desire to my laptop without a USB cable?

texts: I want to backup my HTC Desire, but I don't have the USB cable handy for a while. Any Ideas?


texts: How to connect Galaxy S2 m250s model via USB?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that my uncle brought for me from Korea. This model of the S2, for some reason, has connecting issues through USB. The computer does not detect it at all!
I tried connecting it in my Ubuntu OS, and also on a cousin's Windows 8, still no luck at all.

I wish to backup the phone first, it is not rooted, so I need to follow what was said here. And after the backup I have to change its ROM to i9100 from the current m250s, so I can use it properly.

But for all that to happen, it needs be connected to the PC first.
It has ICS 4.0.4.

Additional information collected from the comments:

This is what I get when the phone is not connected:

$ sudo lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

And this is what I get after connecting through the download mode of the phone:

$ sudo lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Which is no change at all. The phone is not even detected there! I also tried different cables, but the situation stays unchanged.


texts: The /sdcard direcory and other directory conventions: how is the Android filesystem structured?

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I am using the "adb shell" command to access either of an LG P690 (device A) or a Samsung Galaxy SIII (device B). Device A also has a 32GB microSD card plugged in while device B does not. When fromthe shell prompt I cd /sdcard and do a df I get:

On device A: /sdcard Size 14G Blksize 8192
On device B: /sdcard Size 12G Blksize 4096

Does this refer to internal memory? Device B also has a /storage directory which holds 0 bytes (what is this?).

Also, both have a /data directory which I know is where installed apps go. Is this also on internal storage? How do I know whether /data is on internal or external SD?

I'm confused as to why a directory called /sdcard would refer to internal as opposed to external memory. Is there no FHS standard for the Android file system as there is for Linux?


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My phone is turned off
11:00 - My friend sends me a text message/sms
2:00 - I turn my phone on.
2:01 - I receive the text message/sms, the timestamp is 2:01
But I want the timestamp to be 11:00

How do I get this to happen? I am on a ZTE Racer on giffgaff in the UK. I have Android 2.1, Eclair.


texts: App/shortcut to quickly change screen lock type?

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Two scenarios:

I'm at a "trusted" place, and don't
want to enter unlock
password/pattern all the time
I'm at an "untrusted" place and want
my phone to be password/pattern
screen locked

is there any way to use some kind of a shortcut/app which would quickly switch the way the screen gets locked? for example (when my screen is unlocked) - I press an icon and the lock type changes from using just a regular unlock method to password/pattern unlock method and vice versa.

using android2.2

edit: added a new answer below on what I now use to accomplish this (using android2.3.7)

thank you


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Since the new ART runtime is compiling the apps AOT, I was wondering whether running an app still includes a virtual machine, or the code is executed directly on the system. I haven't been able to extract this information from articles around the web as some mention a virtual machine, where other talks about the apps being compiled to ELF files (to my knowledge, the binary format used by the Linux kernel suggesting that the apps are run natively).
Can anyone help me out on this?
BPou


texts: How do I remotely track a missing persons Android with GPS

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I have a family member missing over a week now. How do I remotely track the missing person on their Android and get a GPS location?

I need to use my desktop computer to do the tracking.


texts: How to disable wallpaper blur effect on Samsung Galaxy S9 home screen?

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I've set an animated wallpaper on my Galaxy S9 (one that was included with the device). It displays correctly on the lock screen, but somehow gets blurred on the home screen. Is it possible to disable this blur effect?

Lock screen (no blur)

Home screen (blur)


texts: Samsung Galaxy GT-S5300B dead / bricked (?)

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I own a Samsung Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5300B) and, last week, I mistakenly erased a partition issuing the command:

cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 > /dev/zero

(It was either that or /proc/mmcblk0p1, I can't remember o.O)

Now, my phone is dead. It doesn't turn on at all, in either download, recovery or any other mode (PS: It has no fastboot mode, as it appears - it's a cheaper Samsung smartphone). I've tried using a "USB Jig", kind of outta nowhere, just to see what happened, but it remains dead :/ If I plug it to a power source, either usb data cable or the charger, it does get warm, like the battery was charging, but it won't turn on by clicking the turn on/off button, no way... :S

Does anybody know how to fix such thing? I run Linux Mint 13 (but it's the same in other Linux distros or Windows) and lsusb will return:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b044 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Acer CrystalEye Webcam
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth

No Samsung ..., like there was before, or anything at all =/ The webcam, logitech and the ms transceiver are connected to my comp, so neither one of those is the phone hehe.

I have this on /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules:

# Samsung
SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==”04e8″, MODE=”0666″

Does anybody know if cracking the phone open will be any good to do anything? I don't have a RIFF Box or that kind of stuff, but I really don't want to send it to Samsung repair service unecessarily...

Thanks for you time already! If anyone has an idea, I'm most ready listening!


texts: Who can see how many people have uninstalled an app?

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A few months ago I installed a free comic viewer app from a local publisher because I always have bought the comics on paper anyway so it seemed a logical way to do.

This publisher is boasting about the thousands of downloads he got for his app.

However, having seen the app, I uninstalled it the day after because it simply was not good enough (and took to much memory).

So I am just wondering: we always see how many downloads an app has. But can we see somewhere how many uninstalls have occurred?


texts: Cannot write to /storage/emulated/0 after nandroid restore (even as root)

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On  my rooted Motorola Moto G 2014 LTE I can no longer access the directories under /storage/emulated/0/, such as Download, Documents, Ringtones.

Using a file explorer, without root access, I just get access denied when trying to open the folder; with root access, I can open the folder but I am unable to write in it. Folder permissions seems ok (770, owned by root and group sdcard_r).

Using a terminal emulator, trying to do an ll inside the folder (as root) returns opendir failed, Permission denied.

What I did prior to the problem was:

unlock the bootloader, install TRWP recovery
root
install various apps (including Link2SD to move some apps to the SD card)
perform a nandroid backup
trying to flash Xposed: I had some issues here after reboot, so I restored the nandroid backup

Another thing to notice: after the nandroid restore, an app installed before making the backup (FX File explorer) was missing.

EDIT: I solved with a full wipe (not just factory reset) and restoring again the previous backup.


texts: whats the use of my places in android 4.3?

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I noticed there is my places under location services. It saves the office home and car location by a format I specify (wwfi bluetooth or map).
 How is this used in android? Am I able to find my car location for example?


texts: Can I recover data in fastboot mode with USB debugging off?

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I have a Le Eco phone whose touch is not working. The USB debugging is off and there is no way I can turn it ON.

The device boots into fastboot mode when a specific key combination is used.

Is there a way to backup my data?

P.S.: There is no memory card slot.


texts: Android 8: enable and disable notification for certain apps during certain hours

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I only found answers to this question for older versions of Android and they did not work for me: how do I enable and disable notification of certain apps (Outlook for example) during certain hours automatically WITHOUT using an additional app? The context is that I use my phone for both private and professional emails and I would prefer not to be bothered by work emails outside of my working hours.

On older versions of android I was able to set a schedule (like this: How to disable notifications per app and time frame?), but now I do not find how any more. Am I just being stupid or was the notification subsystem changed?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 on Android 8.


texts: text message notification interrupting voice calls samsung galaxy s2

texts: Does anyone know how to turn off the notification for text messages that breaks into voice calls on my Sprint Samsung Galaxy s2 (SPH-D710)?


texts: Frame stutters appear just when touching/swiping the screen on Android EMUI 8

texts: I have heard about intensive apps causing frame stutters on Android, but this isn't apparently. I'm using a Huawei P10 Lite with Android EMUI 8 (Oreo), and the stutters in this case only happen when I touch/swipe on the screen. For example, if I swipe fast and then release my finger, the screen momentum effect on android just works fine, as it is 60fps, but when I physically touch the screen, doesn't matter the number of fingers I have on it, it just stutters, like if the framerate dropped to about 20 or 30 fps idk. However, I tried installing one of those control center dropdown menus for android, specifically the "Mi Control Center: Notifications and Quick Actions" by Treydev Inc; I did it because the dropdown menu was the first thing where I noticed the issue. It didn't work, and it seemed to drain my battery a bit, so I just removed it, and weird enough so did the stutter issue. For a while it seemed to be gone, and I tried rebooting the phone to make it sure, but after booting it back, the problem returned. I don't think it's any of the apps I have installed, as I only use duolingo, termux, duckduckgo and like. The phone isn't rooted, and no launchers or 'customization' apps are being used. If it's a video, android scroll momentum or anything, it just works fine, only when the screen is touched. Thanks in advance.


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I am trying to do a full backup of my Galaxy Note 4.1.2 phone using the adb command. t says it couldn't connect to my device. Then I did a 'adb devices' and there where no listed devices. My Windows File Explorer shows my phone and I can browse its contents.

Any ideas why the device can't be listed?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I get apps from the Amazon app store from an unsupported region?

I followed a tutorial that would allow me to access the amazon android app store.  When I filled everything out, (account, address, one-click, etc.) it still won't allow me to download, saying that it isn't in my region.

I used this tutorial.  What's the problem?


texts: Android S4 my "Calendar" under "Sync settings" in my Google account disappeared. Under the Google accounts at the bottom it reads "Sync is currently experiencing problems.  It will be back shortly"  How do I fix?


texts: Accidentally triggering the sound player or the torch

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I often accidentally trigger the sound player or the torch while I pick up or put down my phone from/to my pocket.

The phone is asleep when this happens, and likely I'm somewhat touching either the screen or some of the buttons, but I've no clue what I did exactly (and trying random stuff has been fruitless).

It's a OnePlus One running CM 12.1-20150418-NIGHTLY-bacon.

What could ever be?


texts: Are alternative, mostly Asian, Android Markets safe and fair?

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I'm getting mailing from various alternative Android markets, mostly from Asian regions (last one from Ndoo Networks), offering hosting of my free Android app.

Although broader reach for my app would be certainly better, I still have some questions:

Are these Markets safe?
They are getting access to some my credentials, they can distribute something on behalf of my name, like virus, or spam, etc.
Would it be fair for Google to host apps there?
I mean Amazon is ok, that's fair competition, but I'm afraid these "noname" alternative markets are somehow using unfair benefit of the work of other

Does anyone have any good or bad experience with these markets?


texts: How do I make my phone sync to UTC, not GPS time?

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I recently discovered that my phone's time was 17 seconds fast.  After some digging, I discovered that GPS time is 17 seconds ahead of UTC, due to not having leap seconds.

In my phone, I have selected the time to be set automatically via "Use network provided values".  But when I compare the local time to GPS time (via a logger application which logs both GPS and local time simultaneously) I see that they are identical, suggesting that it is syncing to GPS time, not UTC time.

How can I keep my phone synchronized to UTC time, not GPS time?


texts: What do the application icons in the upper-left hand side of the notification panel mean?

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On my Samsung Galaxy SIII, I am used to controlling which applications are running at any given time by holding the Home hardware button and then swiping any apps I want to close from the list of running apps that shows up. In the following screenshot, I have held down the Home hardware button and closed all running application by tapping the icon that shows up in the lower-right hand side consisting of a list with an X in front
of it:

(click the image to see its larger variant)

However, what puzzles me is that no applications are running, therefore shouldn't those icons in the upper-left hand side of the notification bar disappear so as to tell the user that these apps are no longer running? Perhaps I have missed the purpose of those icons in the upper-left hand side of the notification bar.

Perhaps someone could explain what they mean.


texts: Bricked my Asus TF300T? Manual JB update

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First, my device failed to get the OTA Update because I deleted some system apps (see my original post).

Then I found this post where another user restored original APKs in /system/apps and managed to manually update to JB by downloading the dlpkgfile in this post.

So I proceed, restored my /system/apps (with 755 permissions), rooted with OTA RootKeeper and SuperSU, placed the dlpkgfile and command files, restarted to fastboot (Power+Vol Down) and entered Recovery mode.

The green android with the blue progress bar went for over 10 minutes, then ... the android with the RED TRIANGLE appeared

After a minute or so the device restarted, an ASUS logo with a blue progress bar ran, but then it got stuck in the ASUS logo.

I'm still able to restart to fastboot (Power+Vol Down), where a message appears:

Android cardhu-user bootloader (1.00 e) released by "US_epad-10.4.2.9-20120809" A03

, and where I have 4 choices:

  RCK: Recovery mode, when I select this the Red Triangle appears again.
  Android: Normal android boot, gets freeze right away
  Fastboot USB download protocol: Tried using ADB, but don't really know what it is. Here's an image of how the device appear in my
  Windows PC
  Wipe Data: Already done this, seems to wipe user data, but still gets stuck on ASUS logo

Some pictures I took of my device:

I also tried downloading .30 firmware from ASUS website and placing the Zip contents in my SD card, then booting recovery but no luck.

It's pretty awful that everything went so bad, I'm hoping there is a solution.

Anything would be really appreciated!!!

Thanks!

UPDATE!!!

OK, I found this tutorial about flashing ASUS firmware with fastboot: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-to...back-to-stock/

The problem is that the following commands:

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system US_epad-user-9.4.3.30.zip

both produce the error: "Signature mismatch"

I guess it's because my fastboot has newer version, since it was actually installed during the JB update, but I'm trying to flash a older .30 firmware.

I guess I will have to wait ASUS releases the new firmware for manual flashing it.

Just guessing...

More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846661


texts: How to use "USB Mass Storage Mode" on Android 4.3+

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Followup on How has USB File Transfer changed in Android changed over the years?

I've learned that Android 4.3 and later versions don't have this feature because Micro$oft.

Newer options, Media device (MTP) or Camera (PTP) mode, are horrendous.

It also causes other issues for (Windows) programs that relied on android having USB Mass Storage Mode.

Off hand reasons why MTP is awful.

Can't copy more than one thing at a time. (Device is busy warning)
Warnings that I need to convert files before copying every single time.
Just seems to be a lot slower at copying files.
Can't edit files on the phone from Windows.

So, how can you enable USB Mass Storage Mode on newer versions of Android?

Let's say I'm rooted and can install a custom iso if that makes a difference.

I've tried searching google, the app store, and xda forums for solutions.


texts: Remove 'Driving mode' from status bar dropdown?

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I have a Samsung phone with android 4.1.2.

When I slide down the notification bar there are multipls items. One of those are driving mode. I don't drive anywhere (I can't afford a car, gas, insurance, tickets, etc,  and so I use public transportation) so I want to remove the button. This is what I'm talking about:

Notification Bar screenshot (click image for larger variant)

Second over from the right.


texts: Turn on flashlight when volume button is held

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I have Nexus 4 on Android 5.0 Lollipop, and I'm using Tasker. Is there any way to get the Flashlight to turn on when screen is off and the volume up or down button is held for 2-3 seconds? Then turn off the flashlight if the button is held again.

I know there's a %SCREEN variable for the screen part, but how can I detect if a volume button is held?


texts: Stereo audio input on any Android device?

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Is there any Android device with a stereo audio input available?

I understand there is the analog microphone input commonly available on the headphone jack, but I am hoping there is a device out there that might have a stereo audio input hidden away on a dual-use USB port or something.