texts:
I used to see all the dbs in File Explorer , now all of a sudden the data folder is empty, What could have happened?

Phone: Motorola Droid X (original). I have been debugging rigorously, the only other thing I did is set up a write to my sdcard from my code and I CAN see that in File Explorer.....


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9105. My problem is battery draining. It works normally after I charge it to full, but as soon as the battery percentage hits 30%, draining accelerates and will go to zero within seconds (literally).

But if I charge it and unplug at 12%, it drains normally again...

What is the problem? Should I buy a new battery?

Update:  I have bought a new battery and recalibrated but the same battery draining occurs


texts:
I don't understand why the Android 2.3 SDK docs show the home screen dock as beeing this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Google_Nexus_S_smartphone.jpg

And I have this, unchanged from 2.1 to 2.3.4 now:
http://blog.nimbuzz.com/files/2010/06/samsung-galaxy-s-android-launches-2.jpg

Is it a Samsung thing?
Is there an official launcher for 2.3 and the Samsung one?

Thank you.


texts:
We're running Android 11 on the custom board. We're using bootchart tool for calculating the Android bootup time. Bootchart logs which are generated after enabling bootchart for which we're not able to generate graphic chart using the command "pybootchartgui bootchart.tgz". We're getting below error when tried to generate the image.
parsing 'bootchart.tgz'
parsing 'header'
parsing 'proc_stat.log'
parsing 'proc_ps.log'
warning: no parent for pid '2' with ppid '0'
parsing 'proc_diskstats.log'
merged 0 logger processes
pruned 222 process, 0 exploders, 2 threads, and 1 runs
False
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pybootchartgui", line 23, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pybootchartgui/main.py", line 137, in main
render()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pybootchartgui/main.py", line 128, in render
batch.render(writer, res, options, filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pybootchartgui/batch.py", line 41, in render
draw.render(ctx, options, *res)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pybootchartgui/draw.py", line 282, in render
draw_chart(ctx, IO_COLOR, True, chart_rect, [(sample.time, sample.util) for sample in disk_stats], proc_tree)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pybootchartgui/draw.py", line 201, in draw_chart
yscale = float(chart_bounds[3]) / max(y for (x,y) in data)
ZeroDivisionError: float division by zero

I searched for other utilities which can analyze bootchart logs, but I couldn't found any. How can I fix the above error or any other method for calculating the bootup time?


texts: Cannot find where Google Play Music stores downloaded files (different from similar posts)

texts:
About a year or two ago, I decided to use Google Play Music as my "cloud host", so I took all of my old music that I'd had sitting on my computer, and uploaded it to Google Play Music.  This is all my own purchased music, mostly originally from CDs (I'm older).

I now want to download some songs onto my Android device not simply so that I can listen to them, but so that I can have the .mp3 files.  (E.g., to edit one down so it can be my wake up alarm, that sort of stuff.)

I cannot seem to find where Google Play Music put any of these.  I have not rooted my device, and while I could go there, I'd rather avoid it, if possible.  I saw other posts mentioning:

/<external card>/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache or
/<external card>/Android/data/com.google.android.music/files or
/data/data/...

There is nothing in the first 2 directories, and it seems I need root access to get at the last directory.  I read some similar posts that pointed to these directories, but some others that said this was for older versions.  My version is 6.0.1984S.2219729.  And, if it matters, I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and Android version 5.0.1

It's really obnoxious that these apps refuse to play with each other nicely.  Google and Samsung just have to kiss and make up, because it's ridiculous that Google apps can only talk to Google, and Samsung can only talk to Samsung.  I shouldn't have to scurry around looking for all this.  Desktop / Laptop OS's don't have this problem.  It's an invented problem to help ensure monopoly ecosystems and frustrated customers.  :-(


texts: Samsung sending SMS automatically on Idea Cellular (although no charge)

texts:
I have two Samsung Galaxy Young Duos (GT-S6312) mobiles, both have Idea Connection. I noticed from last few days that my both mobile suddenly send SMS to some number at same time. The SMS log does not shows anything and sent SMS does not charge anything. But the popup dialog of charges comes which says "Last call charges 0.00, duration 60 secs".

This is strange as I checked all application, antivirus, backup, nothing is enabled related to tracking or something. I don't play games also, so my mobile is game free. Still my mobile suddenly gets up from sleep and send two SMS continuously everyday 2-3 times.

Not sure where SMS is going and as far as charges, it is not charged anything so that is relief but still bit worried on information leaking from my cell.

Please let me know if someone facing same issue and fixed on their mobile.

I feel it is related to Idea Network, but not sure. Interestingly the Avast virus scanner does not find any virus related activity.

It is IDEA Maharastra network, I checked with IDEA customer care, they denied for any such thing.

Hope someone will help.


texts: How to power off when charger is removed?

texts:
Device: LG G4
Android version: 6.0
Status: rooted

What can I do to power off the device (with a 20 sec delay) when I remove the charger.
I tried with AutomateIt app, but after first cycle of power off / power on, it doesn't work if I don't open the app again, to run in the background.

I want to use my old phone in a old car, as a GPS device. I make it power on automatically as is described here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/general/lg-d3-d850-autoboot-t3714070


texts: Nexus 4 getting "No Service" until a reboot after losing signal

texts:
I've got a Nexus 4 running Android 4.2.1 on AT&T (via Straight Talk). I've noticed that sometimes at work (low signal area) instead of getting low bars (zero to two at my desk) I'll get "no service", with an empty triangle instead of the shaded in triangle with an H over it.

Moving to a place with better signal (outside, at home) doesn't bring back the signal indicator, but rebooting the phone does. I don't think it always does this, either, but I may have just not noticed. Once I even got "emergency calls only" which I've only previously seen when I had my SIM card but hadn't activated it.

The weird part is rebooting the phone at work brings back the signal meter too; the problem seems to persist until a reboot. Turning airplane mode on/off didn't seem to work. What's causing this? It seems like once it loses signal it just kind of stops looking for a signal until it reboots. Is there some way to prevent this or force it to reacquire a signal once I know I'm in an area with signal?


texts: I had unlocked my Nexus 7 and everything was great for months. I came home from work and it was stuck in a boot loop. I somehow managed to delete the OS while trying to fix it. I have access to the Team Win Recovery Project v2.2.1 but nothing else. What's the best way to reload the OS?


texts: How can I ignore the AT&T software update?

texts:
(Update 2016-01-09: I got rid of the phone after it auto-upgraded to Android 5, so I don't have this issue anymore.)

I keep getting this message every 10 minutes or so on my Samsung Galaxy S3 (non-rooted Android 4.1.2):

How can I ignore it?

I want to skip this update as the penultimate one introduced some nasty bugs.

EDIT: Apparently I cannot kill the AT&T service:

Also, I restarted the device and the AT&T service is launched at startup.

So I tried to remove the AT&T service from the startup using Startup Cleaner 2.0, but the AT&T service still get launched...:


texts: Is there anything in android mobile which has block all porn sites with high security features and any paid software or anything please tell me..


texts:
I've just done a factory reset on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, which is now running Android 4.1.2.

I've been to the Google play store and tried to search for Twitter app, but it doesn't show up.

I've found it in a search and followed the link, but it's showing This app is not supported on your device.

All other apps like Facebook, Instagram, Skype, etc, etc, show up and install fine, but not Twitter. Any ideas why?

Note : I've tried to update my android software, but this says there is an error and it can't be installed.


texts: Can I install Android app without all required app permissions?

texts:
For many apps on Google play such as Facebook I would like to install them, but I would not provide all the access they require while installing. For instance, I would not like to provide the access to Contacts. Is this possible?

I am targeting the Android versions 6 and later.

I know how to revoke the permissions later time, but installation time, Facebook prompts me with the big accept list, that at that time I cannot disable.

The needs access to dialog pops just after I press the install button.


texts: How do I install Google voice search on a rooted gb custom rom?

texts: I recently moved to X-gamer, a gb based stock rom. I flashed gapps for gb thinking I would get back voice search and talk. However it seems only talk got installed. Voice search link on Google play shows 'item not found'. How do I install Google voice search?


texts:
I've noticed since the 4.1.1 update that every time a photo is taken there's this very distracting slide effect that transitions the photo you've just snapped off the screen, replacing it with the live view.

Is there any way to disable this?


texts: Where did the ability to sort and see your calls either by missed calls (those that you did not answer), received calls (those that you answered) and Dialed calls (those that you dialed.) There is no menu selection to choose like in previous versions of Google's Android System.


texts: "My Apps" in App Market only showing SOME past downloads after a reformat?

texts: I used to be able to go to "My Apps" and view all my past apps.  Now that I've done a reformat, though, I only see a SMALL subset of the apps I've downloaded before.  I thought it was supposed to show all my past downloads?


texts: How to find out the variant of my Galaxy Nexus?

texts: There have been some Jelly Bean updates for Galaxy Nexus, but most of these are specific to a certain variant of the Nexus. How can I easily find out which variant I have?


texts: When is native GIF support coming to Android?

texts:
When I try to view a GIF in Whatsapp, or the default Android Gallery app - GIFs do not autoplay.

Why is this? When is native support for GIFs coming to Android?


texts:
I am being told by my device (HTC one E8) that the camera flash (and thereby flashlight app) and portable wifi hotspot cannot work at the same time.

I dont see any logical connection between the two, question is can anyone explain the reason this is happening and any workarounds/alternatives


texts: Does android, specifically the HTC Incredible, support headphone volume buttons?

texts:
Coming from the IPhone, I love being able to control my phone from my wired 3 button headphones.  Center clicking to start/stop music or answer calls and using the 2 volume buttons to adjust the volume without pulling the phone out of my pocket.

I've tried different 3 button headphones with my HTC Incredible and can answer calls and pause and play audio with the center button, but I've never been able to change the volume from my headphones buttons.

Are volume adjustments via headphones supported in the HTC Incredible?  Am I just using the wrong headphones?


texts:
Is there any standard way to send a custom binary SMS supported by Android OS (4.2.2) or through free but third-party support? I mean - could I somewhere enter, for example:

0x23 0xAB 0x12 0x56 0xFF

and send it as a binary SMS, not a text SMS? I am developing an app which receives binary messages and I would like to test it.

I could write my own app, of course, but I would prefer using some existing and reliable way.


texts: What is the difference between Superuser from ChainsDD and Superuser from ClockworkMod?

texts:
A while ago I rooted my LG Optimus Slider. The process installed Superuser from ChainsDD.

Now I see that there is another Superuser from ClockworkMod, developed by Koush.

What is the difference between these two different versions of Superuser? I thought that Superuser had been developed by both Adam Shanks (ChainsDD) and Koushik Dutta (koush, also author of Clockwork Recovery).

Superuser from ChainsDD has been giving me trouble for a while now (Slow response, crashes, etc.), and I am looking for alternatives to see if it would help.


texts: Where does Bandcamp app store its cache?

texts:
Bandcamp refuses to install on an external SD card. It also doesn't offer an option to save its cache anywhere else than the main flash of my phone. So it either clogs my phone storage within days or, if I reduce the amount of storage it can use, allows me to listen just one or two albums when offline.

So I thought of finding the cache of that app on my phone, moving it over to the SD card and link it with good old Unix "ln -s" command back to the place, where Bandcamp will expect it to be.

Where can I find the audio cache of that app?
What are my chances for this hack to work?


texts: Lengthy sleep command not working in script

texts:
I've written a su.d script to periodically (every 4 hours) back up data from an app using a looped sleep command:

#!/system/bin/sh

(
  # Wait for boot to complete
  until [ "$(getprop sys.boot_completed)" ]
  do
    sleep 300
  done

  while true
  do
    (
      new_dir="/storage/emulated/0/temp/AppData/$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M')"
      mkdir -p $new_dir
      cp /data/data/com.example.app/files/*.json $new_dir

      echo "$(date '+%F %T') | app data backup OK!" >> /storage/emulated/0/su.d.log
    ) &

    sleep 14400 # 4 hours
  done
) &

In practice, the script backs up the data only after boot—not every 4 hours.

However, if I enter a remote shell via adb and leave it alone, then the data does get backed up every 4 hours.

How can I force the periodic backup without being permanently connected to a PC? (And why isn't it working as expected?)

EDITS

@Irfan Latif's comment gave me the idea of trying a different interpreter (busybox ash - #!/system/xbin/sh), but the result was the same. I'll try @mirabilos's daemonise suggestion (sh -T- -c '...') next.
Tried @mirabilos's daemonise suggestion with the same result: backs up data only after boot.
Tried nohup:

nohup /system/bin/sh -T- -c '...' >/dev/null 2>&1 &

Same result.


texts: By default if you sync with Google, contacts, calendar, app data and wifi keys are synchronized. Is it possible to synchronize only some of these things, e.g. only calendar and contacts? Thanks :-)


texts: Root Terminal command to kill or stop a service?

texts:
The latest LiveView Application for my device keeps appearing on the status bar even if the LiveView device isn't connected. Since I can't find any means to disable this behavior, I want to create a fix for myself via Tasker. I made it so that the LiveView process is killed when the device disconnects. However, although this successfully kills the app, after a few seconds or minutes, it starts up again and sits on the notification bar like before. I suppose this is a countermeasure against Task Killers of sort.

This is the next approach I'm taking, using a terminal command to kill or stop a service fully. I'm going to run this command in Tasker in replacement of the process kill method.

Another thing I found to work is to go to Settings > Apps > LiveView > Force Close. So if Force Close is do-able via terminal, that would be nice too.

This is all on a rooted ST17i, running MiniCMSandwich Lite ROM (ICS).


texts: adb connection problem on Kubuntu 13.04 x64

texts:
I'm facing a problem with ABD connection under Kubuntu 13.04 x64. Every time I try to push/pull/shell ls the adb disconnects from device. I tried the following solutions:

Added device ID into .android/adb_usb.ini but nothing helped
Added new udev rule and also nothing helped
Flashed the ROM and nothing helped
I re-installed my Kubuntu 13.04 x64

Some notes :

USB Debugging activated
Device is Prestigio PMP5080BRU (Rooted) - Android Gingerbread 2.3.1
I'm using the latest Android SDK available on official web site
The ADB works very well on Windows 7 x64
Even when ADB disconnects, I still can see device via lsusb
command
ia32-libs already installed on the system
jdk and jre installed on the system and works as expected
Paths configured and working properly
ADB works as expected with my Samsung Galaxy S II (Jelly Bean 4.1.2 -
Stock)

dmesg :

[ 5571.640498] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd
[ 5571.657013] usb 3-2: config 1 interface 1 altsetting 0 bulk endpoint 0x83 has invalid maxpacket 64
[ 5571.657426] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=0c02
[ 5571.657433] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5571.657436] usb 3-2: Product: rk2918
[ 5571.657439] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: RockChip
[ 5571.657442] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 0123456789ABCDEF
[ 5571.664067] scsi13 : usb-storage 3-2:1.0
[ 5572.659163] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access     PMP5080B                  0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 5572.659453] scsi 13:0:0:1: Direct-Access     PMP5080B                  0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 5572.661211] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 5572.661525] sd 13:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 5572.662492] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 5572.662947] sd 13:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

Any one got an idea?
Regards,,,


texts: I Rooted My Phone and Uninstalled Google Play Service

texts: Even though I was warned, I went and uninstalled Google Play and Services because I've been using iMobile for my app store as I didn't think I needed them any more. Guess I was wrong because now iMobile won't open.


texts: Can connect 3T to devices via hotspot, but no internet

texts:
Hello I have the OnePlus 3T using Oxygen 4.0.3, Android version 7.

I am able to connect my iphone 5s, Macbook Air, iPad 4 and Toshiba Chromebook to the phone. All devices register as connected, the hotspot icon on the taskbar of the Oneplus is on, but I am unable to access the internet on any of the devices. I can connect by bluetooth but still no internet. I tethered to the Macbook with a cable, but no internet. Any ideas?

I use the same sim in my iphone 5 and can connect to thee mentioned devices easily and the internet works.

I've tried all the solutions listed in this forum but none of them work for me. So I'm guessing it is the OnePlus 3T is the problem? Any thoughts?

Thanks again Phillip


texts:
My  Samsung J3 (2016) running Android 7.1 used to sometimes lags while playing games (And also, FPS is bad). I read many posts and articals about speeding up my phone. I saw that you can improve its performance by going to Developer options > Windows scale animation and replace x1 with x0.5 or Off.

Question is, what those that affect? Those a higher setting make it run smother, better FPS? What happens when its at a lower or higher setting? That setting helps my phone, but I would like to know more about that setting.


texts:
I have a Nexus 5 that I just updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop. Since then, whenever an app is updated from the Play Store, it opens automatically. If 15 apps are updating, all apps will open one by one.

I can't find any setting for this. How can I stop this?


texts: Locating application files on the android system

texts:
I am a total novice regarding the android environment.

I need to locate some files related to an application on the android system. My goal is to find a private key that would be stored in file format, but any file related to this application could give me other clues.

This application has been removed from Google Play, and the author doesn't answer my email.

Based on the error message I (almost 100% certainty) think the app uses the open source library CoPay. But I don't know which version of the library. It's a really old version, sure of it.

So I have looked at the old code of this library:

it's written in Javascript
it uses Angular.js

In the code I have seen so far, I don't understand where the private key that I'm searching for, could be stored. I'm gonna ask a specific StackOverflow question about that point I don't understand in the Javascript code, but that's another story.

At this point I am wondering:

how does Angular.js and Javascript can run on an android system ?
how to find the files related to this application on the Android system ?

For the moment I use Android Terminal Emulator to do some ls -lRa > my.log and explore the android system on my PC viewing the resulting search. But I'm lost in the 82000 files that are found.

Not one javascript file. No Node.js or npm mentions either. No mentions of Cordova.

I just don't know where to start.

Any clue ?


texts: I've an HTC Magic Developer Phone running Android 1.6. I want to upgrade it to Android 2.1. Please guide me how to do this.


texts: Strange WiFi battery usage on Marshmallow Nexus 5

texts:
I have a question about the WiFi battery usage on the Nexus 5. In the first screenshot you see my battery/WiFi usage. The second screenshot shows the battery/WiFi usage for the Nexus 5 of a colleague of mine.

Strangely enough, my WiFi is disabled. Why is this so?


texts: ADB Sideload Password Reset on Samsung Galaxy J3 2016 on Sprint?

texts:
My Problem

A few days ago, I forgot my 3 by 3 pattern password and backup pin for my Samsung Galaxy J3 2016 (using the default home and lock screen). I don’t want to factory reset or flash a custom recovery, because I still have my warranty and I don’t want to risk bricking. One post states that in  “Apply Update from ADB”, commands can be executed via a ‘updater-script’ in an update.zip file. Can I use that  to mount enough partitions and access enough commands to follow a password reset tutorial? (Like this one?) Is there a zip ready-made for that purpose?

Unavailable Options

The phone runs Marshmallow. No Google-Account unlock.
Android Device Manager will not replace the current password.
I do not have a Samsung Account. No using findmymobile.
I have not enabled ADB normally, when the phone is fully booted.
‘ADB devices’ does not show my phone when in recovery unless I use “Apply Update from ADB”.
I  cannot use ‘fastboot boot’ or any other fastboot command, as Samsung phones only have ODIN Mode.
I don’t want to use Odin or Heimdall, as they seem to be unstable and risky.
Kies3 can’t unlock my phone, but it will see it when locked and fully booted.


texts: How to know whether my Xperia Ray's bootloader is locked or unlocked one

texts:
Title says all, but again a bit background

I would like to know whether the bootloader on my xperia ray is locked or unlocked one. I bought it from ebay & with seller warranty (or you can say no warranty). It was a great deal & I didn't need warranty too as I was going to root it.

I haven't done anything to unlock my boot loader till now. Used x-parts (auto CWM installer) to test some roms. How do I know the phone I received, has bootloader locked or unlocked?


texts:
I have written a script to utilize dexopt-wrapper to odex a folder of .apk's

#!/bin/sh

SYSAPP=/mnt/extSdCard/FilesToOdex/system/app/
SYSPRIVAPP=/mnt/extSdCard/FilesToOdex/system/priv-app/

for i1 in $SYSAPP*.apk ; do
        echo "Odexing $i1..."
        dexopt-wrapper $i1 $i1.odex
done

for i2 in $SYSPRIVAPP*.apk ; do
        echo "Odexing $i2..."
        dexopt-wrapper $i2 $i2.odex
done

for file1 in $SYSAPP*.apk.odex; do
    mv "$file1" "`basename $file1 .apk.odex`$file1.odex"
done
for file2 in $SYSPRIVAPP*.apk.odex; do
    mv "$file2" "`basename $file2 .apk.odex`$file2.odex"
done

The odexing part works, but as you can see it creates a bunch of .apk.odex files

So my question is:

How can I setup the odexing portion to not write the files out as *.apk.odex?
OR, How can I get the mv to properly rename the *.apk.odex files to be just *.odex files?

I tried:

for file1 in $SYSAPP*.apk.odex; do
    mv "${file1}" "${file1%.odex}"
done
for file2 in $SYSPRIVAPP*.apk.odex; do
    mv "${file2}" "${file2%.odex}"
done

but it turned all my .apk.odex files to .apk


texts: Android Hard Reset - Keyboard Not Working

texts:
So, my phone fell, and the left part of the screen stopped working (it's all black).

I want to take to a shop to see if they can fix the screen but, before, I want to clean my phone data.

The problem is that I can't input my pin, or write "yes" to do the factory reset on recovery mode.

Any alternatives?

Thank you :)


texts: Boot loop after flashing android 6.0 marshmallow on nexus 5 follow up

texts:
this question follows up on this one (but there are many other posts about this topic on the web.. see this reddit post and this xda developers post.

I just want to approach this problem in a more structured way as opposed to just saying how something worked by coincidence.

Problem definition

Like everyone else I simply followed the official instructions from google developers. To expand a bit (because this could be the cause of the problem).. following this part of the instruction from the above link:

  To flash a device using one of the system images below (or one of your own), you need the fastboot tool. You can get the fastboot tool either:

  From a compiled version of the the Android Open Source Project.
  Or, from the platform-tools/ directory in the Android SDK. Be sure that you have the latest version of the Android SDK Platform-tools from the SDK Manager.

So I simply downloaded the entire android studio application (i know that's a bit of overkill but I just wanted to make sure I got the latest and greatest)

From the below android studio screenshot.. you can see that I have android SDK platform tools 23.0.1

question: I'm updating my phone from android 5.0.x (not sure what the exact version is).. could it be that this android version mismatches the android platform tools that i have?

I've ensured that my fastboot is added to my PATH environment:

$ which fastboot
/Users/abdullahbakhach/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/fastboot

I've downloaded the flash file (specifically the hammerhead for nexux 6.0.0 (MRA58K)).. then i started the device in fastboot mode by the key combination. and ran the flash-all script.

what happened was that the script ran with the following logs:

$ ./flash-all.sh
sending 'bootloader' (3120 KB)...
OKAY [  0.207s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [  0.524s]
finished. total time: 0.731s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [  0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
sending 'radio' (45425 KB)...
OKAY [  1.536s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [  3.145s]
finished. total time: 4.681s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [  0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: HHZ12k
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.27
Serial Number........: 03a3d66d0a4e64bd
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [  0.100s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [  0.100s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [  0.100s]
sending 'boot' (9156 KB)...
OKAY [  0.500s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [  0.798s]
sending 'recovery' (10016 KB)...
OKAY [  0.562s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.850s]
sending 'system' (1019261 KB)...
OKAY [ 32.164s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 70.421s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 15.854s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [  0.630s]
rebooting...

finished. total time: 122.480s

question: should i be concerned about this part?

archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'

anyways after all is done.. the phone reboots and gets stuck in the boot screen (for ever)..

what i've tried

I've tried running these commands as suggested by this post

adb shell
e2fsck /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/persist

and

make_ext4fs /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/persist

but nothing changed..

I've also tried performing a wipe using TWRP as suggested by this post:
- I downloaded the twrp-2.8.7.1-hammerhead.dmg file from the twrp site

and then ran

fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-hammerhead.dmg

then performed a wipe two different ways:
- performing a normal wipe pretty much made things worse.. the phone would show the google logo then reboot.. show the google logo and so on
- simply deleting the cache also didn't make any difference at all..

i'm stuck.. any suggestions?


texts: How large can a "recovery" like TWRP be?

texts:
Perhaps someone can correct my understanding.

True or false: TWRP is copied into the "recovery" directory and can be executed after reboot.
True or false: Running TWRP does not require an unlocked bootloader. (If so, why not?)
True or false: The size of a program such as TWRP is limited only by the size of the partition it is being copied into, and could be quite large.
True or false: An entire OS could in theory be run as a "recovery" if it were so desired.


texts: Does Android support the EXT (filesystem) for removable storage cards?

texts:
As the subject indicates, does Android support any of the Extended File Systems ("ext", "ext2", "ext3" and "ext4") for removable storage cards (such as Micro SDXC storage cards)?

Android is a Linux-based operating system, so surely such filesystems would be supported?

My question relates to both Android 4.4-4.4.4 ("KitKat") and Android 5.0-5.1.1 ("Lollipop"), as I am just about to buy the Sony Xperia Z Ultra which runs the former, but has an upgrade available for "Lollipop"...

The reason I ask is because Extended File Systems have a number of distinct advantages over Microsoft filesystems, and I do not use Microsoft Windows-based operating systems at all (well, at work I do - but personal stuff can't be used with their computers...), so it's only logical to utilize Extended Filesystems where possible, for the technical advantages.


texts: Phone not reading headphone jack resistance

texts:
So I wanted to modify a pair of headphones I have to work with my android phone (Motorola Droid Turbo), and to do so I was experimenting with resistor values according to the "Wired Audio Headset Specification (v1.1)"

https://source.android.com/devices/accessories/headset/specification.html

I wired up a 240 ohm and 470 ohm resistances which should control volume up and volume down, respectively. I plugged in an old headphone jack I spliced, and double checked the voltage output which was reading the correct 2.2 V. Unfortunately when I tried connecting the 240 ohm and 470 ohm across nothing happened. I tried this with my friend's android phone (LG G3) and it worked perfectly. Not really sure where to proceed from here.


texts:
I tried to root my Galaxy Note 2 GT N7100 using the following link

http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-on-linuxubuntu/2/

but after flashing recovery image using heimdall i am not getting the recovery interface.The heimdall flash shows successful and reboots the phone. What could be the problem?


texts:
Does there exist an RSS reader that supports secure (NTLM + HTTPS) feeds?

I've tried RSS Demon, with no luck.


texts: UDP no longer allowed to send on android 7+?

texts:
So I have been running an app on android (Samsung Note 4) with out trouble until the latest phones started coming out with android 7+ (Samsung S8, OnePlus3T).    Now I find that UDP is blocked on the phone in the app.

Is there a new setting that blocks UDP broadcasts?

I used Evothings app to test that UDP is blocked.

I noticed a change with the way WiFi works on android. If the WiFi connection doesn't have internet, the system seems to behave differently.  Does WiFi work differently if there is no internet?

Again, it still works with the older versions of android.  If you have come across this problem please share.


texts:
It seems like I have bricked my phone. I have installed CWM recovery, and I accidentally wiped all the data it had. Now I can do nothing with it.

When I choose "mount sdcard" it says "error mounting sdcard". I was trying to install cyanogenmod, but I didn't find any update.zip in the downloaded file (I have followed the tutorials in their official site).

How can I fix my device? I don't want to throw away my brand new shiny phone :(


texts: What is the HTC account you sync on the One X?

texts:
I just got my HTC One X and was just going through the registration process of the HTC Account in the 'Accounts & Sync' settings, when someone asked me to show them something. Without thinking I pressed back and now when I try and register again, I'm told I can't as it exists.

I'd like to know, is there a matching web service for this which I can use to get my password back? What account is it? I had assumed it was for HTCSense.com but it doesn't seem to be.

Anyone have any idea's please? Otherwise I'll just have to try and login to it repeatedly which I'd like to avoid.


texts: What does the usage data access permission allow

texts:
I only just now became aware of the "Apps with usage access" preference view. However I'm irritated.

The permission was deemed important enough as to warrant a separate setting view to provide control and summary to the user, while at the same time there is almost no explanation as to what it does. On my OnePlus, there is not even a help page.

So, exactly what kind of access does an app get if it requests (and receives) usage data access? And if usage data I would really like to know what kind of usage data.

Android version is 8.1, should that make a difference.


texts: Single SMS won't delete from Messaging app

texts:
I have a phone (HUAWEI Y6 2018) that recently received a text message claiming to be from a postal company (AusPost). However, the subject for the message simply says '(No subject)', and when I try to open the message, it just won't open. With this in mind, I tried to delete the text, only to see it not delete and stay on the page. I've tried a few things to delete this text, such as:

Clearing both data and the cache for the messaging app
Trying to locate the folder where the messages are stored (I can't seem to find it)
Downloading apps such as Handcent and Backup & Restore to use their delete SMS features
Installing the latest system update and trying again
Adding a contact called "AusPost" and deleting the message

All to no prevail... the SMS just seems to be stuck in the inbox.
So what do I do now? I don't want to root my phone and I want this message gone.


texts: How can I access /sdcard/ when I connect to PC (MTP)

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I'm running a Nexus 5 (Android 6.0.1)

Today I have created a WhatsApp backup file and wanted to copy it to a new device. I can confirm the file existence in ES File Explorer.

(Click image to enlarge)

However, I cannot find the file when I connect my Nexus 5 with a USB (MTP).

After further checking I found the file is stored in /sdcard/WhatsApp, while my PC is connecting to /Internal Storage/WhatsApp

(Click image to enlarge)

But I cannot find /sdcard/ in my PC...

To make things more complicated, when I reboot the N5, the file appears again /Internal Storage/WhatsApp/

I've been a long time Android user since Motorola Milestone. I'm not a dev but luckily I have the experience in tackling such issue. But for a normal user without in-depth computer knowledge, this inconsistent behavior is just weird. There's a long way for Android to catch up with iOS in terms of user friendliness.


texts: multipe profiles on marshmallow: how to use apps in both accounts

texts: i have a tablet with android marshmellow and primary and secondary profile. Appararently apart from the standard apps i can not install apps paralell on the first and the second profile.if i install vlc for example on profile one i can't install it on profile two. it just says "app not installed". Same goes for apps installed on profile two but not installed on profile one . if i try to install them on profile one: "app not installed". We don't use google accounts and i don't want to use google play. Try to use mainly fdroid and aurora\yalp. even tried installing vlc per .apk but also no success. Is there any solution without rooting device, using google accounts, using google play, using adb, custom roms and updating android. Best, bogotrax


texts: Whatsapp suddenly crashed and device got unresponsive

texts: My Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 is of full of storage and I am talking to my friend through whatsapp, and it got crashed and stop working. I can't receive calls or get out of whatsapp or even turn the phone off. What should I do now?


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I have a lg optimus g pro f240 running on android os version 4.4.2. I recently rooted the phone using the software in This thread

I have installed SuperSu though each time I try and open it, it tells me The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue ?

It prompts me to use CWM, which I have installed, though each time I try and use it SuperSu does nothing and just opens the app.

Each time I click continue, after 30 seconds I get the error message:

Installation failed!

Please reboot and try again.

I have tried rebooting, though nothing solves the problem.

If the rooting software linked above did not work, how can I test and see if that is true?

Is there any way to update the binary manually(I have tried sideloading SuperSu but an error in tmp/Update happens)

What options are there that could fix this problem?


texts: How come Android can support 2 apps in split screen but not in background?

texts:
I read another question on Ask Different about why apps have to reload when you switch to another app and back, and I think it's the same for Android.

But why does this not happen in split screen?

For instance, when I'm using a ressource-consuming app (pokémon Go for example), of I switch to another app (let's say Whatsapp) and stay a little too long on it, the system will kill other apps (possibly the most consuming first), and when I come back to the game I'll have to face the (long) loading again.

However, I can split the screen while playing, having the game on one half and any other app on the other.

Why is it so different? If the system is capable of running Youtube and Pokémon Go at the same time, why does it kill Pokémon Go if I do a single search on the youtube app when not split?
If the system "locks" Pokémon Go and kills other apps when in split screen, is there no way for me to "lock" it too in normal mode?


texts: Uninstall Work account and wipe all associated apps

texts:
I recently tried ManageEnigne Mobile Device Mangement plus for my phone. It was working fine. It created a work account and installed secondary Chrome, Play Store with a work icon.

Now I have finished testing the app and want to uninstall it. I followed the instructions here.The app was successfully uninstalled but the work apps created like the chrome and play store are all present in my device.

I tried the steps mentioned here.In my Redmi Note 4 there is no work option in the accounts section. There are however two Google accounts now. Since I used the same email id to sign in I don't know which is which and I don't want to uninstall my personal account at any cost.

Can anyone help me wipe the work account from my phone?

Note : I launched a remote wipe of Corporate data from the web console and did not delete anything.


texts: How can I change a QWERTY keyboard layout to AZERTY without changing the phone language?

texts:
I've just acquired an HTC Desire with MIUI interface.

I speak English and want the phone to stay in English. But I live in France and all my keyboards (computers, etc.) are French standard AZERTY, not QWERTY.

The phone shows a QWERTY keyboard.  Having the phone in QWERTY is confusing.

How can I change the phone keyboard to AZERTY without changing the language of the phone into French please?


texts: A/B partitioning - which slot is really flashed?

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I have a Moto Z3 Play with stock ROM and rooted it by Magisk. Phone is seamless updates and treble ready. Everything works fine. Yesterday system updater was trying to update to the newest version but it fails. I know, I changed boot partition so it can fail. I downloaded a full ROM zip file from Lenovo servers (PPWS29.131-27-1-15), unpack it and trying to flash the newest version by myself using fastboot.

The current slot was B, it contained PPWS29.131-27-1-11 version. So I changed to A and flashed all partitions from PPWS29.131-27-1-15 ZIP file on slot A.

Commands that I used to flash PPWS29.131-27-1-15:

fastboot getvar max-sparse-size
fastboot oem fb_mode_set
fastboot set_active a
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash bluetooth BTFM.bin
fastboot flash dsp dspso.bin
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash oem oem.img
fastboot erase carrier
fastboot erase ddr
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

Then I tried to boot from A slot but it fails. The phone got bootloop and lands in stock recovery. I assumed that something goes wrong so I rebooted to bootloader and changed slot to B to boot PPWS29.131-27-1-11 version which was working fine. And then comes mindf*ck - after system start from slot B, I noticed that system version is now PPWS29.131-27-1-15. But how? I flashed partitions on A slot, not B. Even fastboot logs showed that I was flashing A slot.

When I changed slot to A with fastboot command is it really flash A partitions? Or just change which partition should boot in the next reboot?


texts:
(Using Google Translator)

There is a phenomenon that the widget can not run under certain circumstances. Even Preview is invisible.

At first, it occurred at the terminal of Galaxy S9 or more, and now it happens irregularly. I've been wondering if it's a version issue, but it works fine on my phone and other test phones. It does not seem to be a version issue.

If you have any experience or have a solution, please help me.


texts:
My college gives us video lectures on Google meet. They have given us out organisation account to access meetings on Google meet.
In order to watch them later I recordmy screen with recorder. But, it consumes a lot of data.

Is there a way to record and download real google meet video from my end, as it seems to take less data, without having to record screen.


texts: I'm an Android developer and I'm looking for a test phone, since I don't want my main phone plugged in and charging all day. I noticed that there are many "Google Locked" android phones for sale on eBay for very cheap.  Can you test apps on a google locked phone? I don't care about connecting to wifi, mobile data, etc.  I just need to be able to plug-in via USB and run my app on the phone to see how my app looks at a different resolution, performance, etc.


texts:
This is related to How to root the Xperia Mini ST15i.

I followed the instructions from the answer, but I'm stuck.

  Now open the flashtool again and flash the stock kernel of ST15i and
  now enjoy the rooted phone. For check if you have rooted your phone
  successful there is an app installed superuser on your phone or you
  can download the Go backup/Titanium Backup to check out its rooted or
  not.

After flashing the stock kernel, the phone is stuck with the Sony logo, and keeps on restarting. The phone can't detected by the PC, the Sony PC companion, or the Sony Ericsson Update Service. Because it can't be detected, I can't flash it. It doesn't even charge when it's connected through the charger cable.


texts: How to see which applications are saved on phone

texts:
Recently I get a lot of warnings that the internal memory is full, which also led to full SMS memory.

What I did was to delete some messages, which seemed to work for a while.
Yesterday however, I installed some updates and those warnings messages came up again.

Is there a way to find out which application are installed on my phone?
A rather indirect way is to remove the SD card and see which applications are on.

Is there a way to figure this out in a direct way?


texts: I have a Motorola Moto G3 Smartphone and I installed the Android 6 update yesterday. After installing the update, I found out that all my playlists, App preferences and basically everything that relied on the external Sandisk 16 GB micro SD card is Messed up or damaged. I found out the cause of this is that the base name for the SD card has been changed from 'sdcard1' to '3835-3237'. I am unable to change the SD card name in Mobile (using ES file explorer) or externally via PC (no matter what I change it to, it still shows those numbers on my mobile). I have a heavily customized my phone and I would prefer not to root it just to change the SD card name. Could anyone please tell me a method to change the SD Card name without having to root the phone? Or any way I can do it externally?


texts: /system/xbin/custom-command cannot be found

texts:
Originally I copied a shell command  file to /system/xbin/ as custom-command and it worked, meaning when I am in terminal emulator, I could type

custom-command

and it runs. What I did was simply copying the sh file to /system/xbin/ after removing the .sh extension. Now after I restart my phone, I re-enter the command and it fails to run, instead I receive "sh: /system/xbin/custom-command: No such file or directory" message in the terminal...


texts:
I was wondering if there was like an installation that you can install to a Galaxy S4 device to enable you to get KitKat?
I know some people with Galaxy S4's have already got KitKat installed, but it is taking forever to come through as a software update.

Do Samsung push out the KitKat update or the mobile carrier?


texts: How to Bluetooth tether Motorola Droid 3 (Android 2.3.4) to HTC One

texts:
I have figured out how to enable the HTC to share it's internet via bluetooth:

Mobile Network Sharing -> Bluetooth Tethering [checked on]

But I am unable to find a way to allow the Droid 3 to consume the internet via bluetooth. I can get the Droid 3 to broadcast using 3rd part apps, btu can't figure out how to consume.

Note, this Droid 3 is my old phone that I am still using in my car as I can't mount my HTC One for non-technical reasons.

This looks like a duplicate of another reverse tethering issue which is a duplicate itself, but the answer listed can't be found.


texts:
I've a Micromax bolt A064 running on 4.4.2 kitkat. After rooting the device, I somewhere read that xposed can give my phone more tweaks than ever I can. So, I started reading about xposed. Some users said that it was safe and they were enjoying whereas some user's phone was soft-bricked or bootloooped. I certainly come to know that it can harm my device also. But I want something new in my phone. So, the best idea that my brain gives to me is to ask from the experts and intelligents  here. I'm now having stock rom but rooted with kinguser. I replaced kinguser with Supersu and now using it. You can check the details of my phone on manufacturer website. Alternatively, I'm attaching a screenshot of my setting's about phone.
Again highlighting question-

  Is xposed safe for my micromax bolt a064

And, if it is safe, could you please list some useful modules that is supported i.e safe?

Thank you for your attention. If any details is needed, comment it and I'll surely give it. And please help.

----------------------Thank you-----------------


texts: How to find out if an android device is using TEE?

texts:
I am new to Trusty TEE OS. Is there any way to find out if an Android Device uses such an OS without rooting the device ?
AFAIK there, DRM (Digital Rights Management) is the most widely used application of Trusty OS. Some examples for DRM frameworks are Widevine/PlayReady/ClearKey.
Does it mean that if any of these frameworks are present in the Android device, it is safe to assume that there is an underlying Trusty TEE OS in use ?
Thanks


texts: Does my cell phone alarm run off the battery or does it need cell service

texts: Will the alarm in my phone go off when programmed if I am in a poor cell reception area?


texts: Use Powerpoint inking feature on my laptop from Android Tablet

texts:
When presenting Powerpoint slides via zoom on my Win10 laptop it is convenient to annotate on the slides in response to audience questions etc. Powerpoint has a convenient annotate feature but it's not easy to draw using it via the mouse or laptop touchpad.
On the other hand I do have a nice Android Tablet with an Active Stylus (Samsung S6) where it's a breeze to draw. But is there any way I can hook up the Tablet to the laptop (via a third party app etc. if needed) so that I can use the native Powerpoint annotation feature but via the Tablet.
PS. Right now I use a hack: I open a second zoom instance on my Android Tablet and use zoom's annotate feature (so I can use my stylus). But then the annotations have to be erased after each slide and cannot be saved easily etc.


texts: How to fix "Can't install XYZ app" error on Google Play?

texts:
I'm getting this dialog when downloading an app/game. How do I fix it?
Dialog content:

Can't install Fish Paradise - Ocean Friends.
Try again, and if it still doesn't work, see common ways to fix the problem.


texts:
I am trying to create some custom shortcuts for often-used words/phrases using the built in dictionary, but have run into a roadblock.

I'm trying to follow the instructions in this blog post, specifically:

  Tap Settings, Language & Input, then “Personal dictionary.” (Note: the exact settings may differ depending on the make and model of your Android phone.)
  Tap the “+” sign in the top-right corner of the screen, then enter the word or phrase (like “on my way”) you’d like to make a shortcut for.
  Next, type a brief shortcut that’s easy to remember; for example, “omw” for “on my way.”
  Tap the Back key, and you’ll see an entry for the shortcut you just added. Want to add more shortcuts? Tap the “+” sign again.
  Now, go to the Messaging app, compose a new message, and tap one of your new shortcuts—and when you do, the phrase you entered will appear in the row of auto-correct options just above the keyboard. Tap the phrase to add it to your message.

However, I'm not able to find these settings on my Galaxy Note 2. How can I do this?

In the first step itself I am stuck. Didn't find any option for 'Personal Dictionary' sort of thing.

Tap Settings, Language & Input, then “Personal dictionary.”


texts: Can app with Storage permission access all data?

texts: When I give Storage Permission to an app, is it true that it is able to access all data on the internal and external media, for instance the Downloads folder? Or does it only get access to store and retrieve its own data in a sandboxed environment?


texts: Enlarge icons on Status Bar for Galaxy S5 Active

texts: Is there a way to enlarge the icons in the status bar on the Galaxy S5 Active (e.g., voicemail notification, battery charge status, e-mail notification, etc.)?


texts: Can I sync contacts between gmail addresses?

texts: I have a dual sim setup, work and private. I thus also have two email (gmail) addresses registered on the device, work and private. I have many contacts on both, but I want all of them on my private google account. So how can I make sure all accounts are added to my private google account, but not the other way around?


texts: Connecting a National Instruments device to an android phone

texts:
I'm attempting to connect a national instruments usb data aquisition device to a samsung galaxy s2 mobile phone. As far as I can tell the phone has a USB driver but no driver exists to run the national instruments device. Does anyone know where I would start in order to get one of these cards to talk to the phone?

This is as close as I've come to finding a solution but it seems to require an external computer. I want to connect directly only using a phone.

This is in the early stage so I'm really looking for a starting point and then will update as/if I make progress.

Any help much appreciated.


texts: Nexus one gapps not working ( Evervolv 4.2 JellyBean)

texts:
So I have phone (Google nexus one) with installed Evervolv 4.2 (Jelly bean), and I want google apps to be installed. But when I try to install them, either error pops up "Setup wizard has stopped" or nothing happens ( no apps installed ). What do I need to do? Where can I get good gapps to install?

Thanks!


texts: Service that syncs pictures only when charging

texts:
I've been using Dropbox camera upload to automatically sync my pictures to my PC using my data plan (this part is important, I can't use a wifi).

However, this autosync eats up the battery like crazy, so I'd like it to only
sync when the phone is charging. I always connect my phone to its stand as soon
as I'm home, so I'll still have the pictures synced to my PC merely a few
minutes after getting home (without having to do anything manually).

Dropbox, unfortunately, doesn't offer this option (syncing only when charging).
Is there another photo-sync service/app that does? (picasa, g+, facebook, etc)


texts: Backup not listed to restore from on new Android device

texts:
I have 3 android devices synced to the same Google account:

OnePlus One running Lineage OS 15.1 (up to date, not currently rooted)
NVidia SHIELD Tablet K1
OnePlus 3T - new, in factory reset state

I am trying to move all of my apps and data from the One to the 3T. Google Drive on the One shows under "Backups" (text translated from Spanish w/best guesses from context, etc):

Backup from A0001 - today at 21:49
Backup from NVidia SHIELD Tablet K1 - today at 10:57

However, booting the 3T, setting up the SIM, Wifi, and copying Google account information over using "Set up my device", entering account password, skipping "share my data" questions gets me eventually to the restore screen, which shows only the K1 backup to restore from.

How can I fully restore from my One to the 3T? I estimate reinstalling all of my apps (from 3 sources - Play store, F-Droid, and Humble Bundle) and getting data syncing working and synced for my personal data to take at least 5 hours, and would not include call data, chrome tabs, game saves, etc - so anything faster than that is fair game. I have set up ADB for my One and used it for file transfers a number of times, and can probably set it up for the 3T, so ADB is fair game.

Edit: currently open tabs on this issue (might save some time):

How to manually restore Call Log from adb backup on OnePlus One? (SMS already restored)
Why is my Android not restoring the app data from its Google Drive backup?
Restore apps from backup on Google Drive
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/get-all-your-data-onto-your-new-android-phone-0183525/ (most useful from google search results page 1 for various searches


texts: How can I convert my music to show up OGG Vorbis tags?

texts:
What command with FFmpeg should I use to ensure that all of my metadata (Currently, most of the Artist tags are ignored) and music will play perfectly on Android? (Preferably using Ogg Vorbis!)

I'm running the latest stable version of CyanogenMod (7.1) but the majority shows up under "Unknown Artist" on my device, but shows them on the computer. I just use Banshee to sync the music, as I'm a linux user (so DoubleTwist is not a solution ;__;)


texts:
Is there a way to change the start of the week to Monday (instead of Sunday) in the default clock program?

Note that my local is set to English (UK) so it should be the default but is not. I am running v4.2.2, if that matters.


texts: OnePlus One bootloop, not related to flashing

texts:
My phone entered bootloop during charging, restarting doesn't solve the issue and I can't boot to bootloader, only "fastboot mode" text is stuck on screen. TWRP recovery can be accessed and I've tried clearing cache & Dalvik cache. I haven't flashed nor installed anything in months (CyanogenMod 14 installed), the phone has only been used for calling and messaging since late 2016. I've also had a similar issue before, happened during charging as well.

I found a potential fix by Ricardo Cerqueira of Cyanogen Inc., shared by Android Police:

  While your phone is booted to TWRP, run these commands on your
  computer:

adb shell
make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p15

  Here's the output of the command:

make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
Creating filesystem with parameters:
    Size: 33554432
    Block size: 4096
    Blocks per group: 32768
    Inodes per group: 2048
    Inode size: 256
    Journal blocks: 1024
    Label:
    Blocks: 8192
    Block groups: 1
    Reserved block group size: 7
Created filesystem with 11/2048 inodes and 1166/8192 blocks

  Once everything is over, the OnePlus One should be restored without
  any data loss.

I get identical output when running the commands, but the phone is still persistently in bootloop.

When reflashing my ROM the installation fails. The installation processes finishes far faster than normally (around 10 seconds) and this error is displayed twice in TWRP log (in red):

E:unknown command [log]
E:unknown command [log]

What should I try and is the cause of this issue now known?

complete Windows PowerShell output, commands in bold:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> adb shell

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

~ # make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p15

Creating filesystem with parameters:
    Size: 33554432
    Block size: 4096
    Blocks per group: 32768
    Inodes per group: 2048
    Inode size: 256
    Journal blocks: 1024
    Label:
    Blocks: 8192
    Block groups: 1
    Reserved block group size: 7
Created filesystem with 11/2048 inodes and 1166/8192 blocks


texts:
Is it possible to install Google's original OS without all the manufacturer-added bloatware that comes with the device?

Is there a chance that I would ruin the phone and/or not be able to get it to work as it used to if I don't like it for some reason?

Are there any important features that I would miss out if I had to do so?


texts: Can I use a bluetooth keyboard with Android?


texts: Configure sleep mode for a Progessive Web App (PWA)?

texts:
First of all I do not know the difference between "sleep mode" and "standby", so I am most likely using the wrong term in the following problem description:
I build myself a little PWA that tracks my routes with OpenLayers. It works fine so far, but at some point the recording of a track is interrupted. I assume this is due to the automatic sleep mode, which "turns off" Chrome and probably therefore also "navigator.geolocation".
Is there any chance to let my PWA and navigator.geolocation continue doing their work when Android is in sleep mode? And if so, is there any way to activate that setting via the PWA and without going into "Settings -> ... -> ..." (if that is at all an option)?
Thank you!
PS: The gis.stackexchange.com community recommended me to ask this question here.
PPS: A "PWA" ("Progressive Web App"), in short, is nothing else but a web application that looks and behaves like a "real" app. Even though it is run in a browser (in my case I only focus on Chrome), it can be used offline via service workers, the UI does not show the browser's address bar and some things more. By using all the modern browser APIs it is possible to create an app without having to go through the app store (even though a PWA could be registered as an app in the app store, too).


texts: Install Android to Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with GNU/Linux

texts:
I'm looking forward to reinstall Android on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.

Are there compiled images for this device?
Do I have to build it myself? If so, do I need propietary drivers from Samsung?

All the tutorials I found around require Windows (for Odin software) and installing mods and stuff like that, that sounds very hacky and dirty to me.


texts: Low memory memory full notification keep popping up

texts: How do I restore the memory in my Huawei cell phone I keep getting memory full notification


texts:
I am using a Nexus 9, (Android lollipop) and I can't figure out how to rename these files. Is there any way to do it without any third party application?

If there isn't, please suggest the best possible way in which I could do this!


texts:
I recently updated my galaxy s4, and after this update contacts app keep force close from yesterday night my device keep rebooting constantly. already did Google and tried so many things.

I have tried a number of steps,

such as taking battery out
removing SD Card and Sim Card

but still it remain same. even device is not going for recovery mode and when i tried to go for Odin mode device is not going in downloading mode and its just restarted.


texts: How to add/restore the 'Apps' shortcut to the home screen of Apex Launcher

texts:
I'm using Apex Launcher. For some reason, I don't seem to have the 'Apps' button on the home screen (i.e. the button on the bottom-right of the default Touchwiz launcher that opens the list of apps).

I've tried to add it manually using QCustomShortcut but I don't know the package name.

Does anyone know how to get this button back or add it manually? Or if someone knows the name of the package or process name (of the 'Apps' process), I may be able to work it out from there.

This is the icon I'm referring to, as it appears in the default Touchwiz launcher: Samsung GS4 home-screen


texts: How do you turn off annoying Auto Sync requests?

texts:
Since a few updates ago on my Samsung Galaxy S10, every now and again I keep getting the following message when going to my phone contacts list, asking me if I want to turn on Auto sync.

I don't know if this is for Google Sync or Samsung Sync or whatever other syncing apps might be requesting this but I keep clicking cancel and it keeps coming up.
How do I stop this annoying request coming up? If I want to sync my contacts with a cloud service I will do that manually.


texts: Is there a way to bypass the PIN on Galaxy Tab a without deleting anything on it?

texts: I've had a Galaxy Tab a for about a year now, and I recently went out of town. When I came home and entered the security PIN, it wasn't working and then I realized that I changed it. I tried entering what I remember changing it to, but none worked. Is there a way to bypass the PIN without deleting anything on the tablet?


texts:
I want to protect my instructional video with a password. There is a use case.

When a user wants to play an encrypted file (update: file located on user's android device), the encrypted file will pop up a dialog box to request the user to enter a Playback Password. This dialog box will display the machine ID of the user's android device. The user can send his/her own machine ID to you, and you can create a Playback Password based on the user's machine ID. After that the user can use this Playback Password to play your file on his/her device. Since the Playback Password is created based on the user's machine ID, the user will not be able to share the Playback Password with other users. Since the Playback Password is bond to the user's device, the user will not be able to re-distribute your files.

Is there some software that helps me to obtain this purpose?

I seem to have secured the streaming video from the web site well enough, but a lot of the members want video files on their devices because they don't want to have to deal with wi-fi to play the video while they conduct the class. (update: I'm not good in English. I meant file need to be located on user's android device. No streaming)

There is no doubt someone can just shoot the video from the screen, but I want to slow down the proliferation of my video.


texts:
I found this product (check the product here) on Amazon. Can this product be able to calculate the power of my phone's battery if connected to the USB port of my phone? I want to check the original capacity apart from what the manufacturer or any file on Android says.

Will the phone's USB port output the required power for this function?

I tried 3C Battery Monitor, the app says it's 1580mAh, but its 2100mAh in websites and on the battery (it's a phone by a well-known manufacturer, but I don't want to say it here because I don't want the answers to be focussed to the phone make or the model).


texts: netcat listening on nexus 4 doesn't seem to respond

texts:
I have a Nexus 4 on my wifi network along with a laptop. I would like to establish a connection using netcat from my laptop to my phone.

On my phone, I can run uname -a | nc <LAPTOP IP> <PORT>, on my laptop, I can receive it by running nc -l <PORT>, and I can see the output on my laptop.

However, when I run nc -l <PORT> on my phone, when I send messages using netcat on my laptop, nothing appears to happen.

Is there a firewall on Android blocking incoming connections?


texts: Is there a way to print from an Android tablet (preferably without a PC/cloud)?

texts:
Is it possible to print from an Android device (specifically an Asus eeePad Transformer) without going via the cloud? The ideal is to do it without going via a PC as well, as I'd rather not have to keep switching a machine on just to print.

My only idea at the moment is something like ePrint or PrinterShare on the eeePad and then print via a print server. Using a PC is one option - do any of the apps work with a Samba print share or something Linux-based? The other alternative is an Edimax print server to make the printer available on the network (either wired or wireless). Will it work? Will any Android apps be able to print like that? Are there any better ways to do it with a USB laser printer?

Thanks.


texts: Install Android Auto on Android TV box and connect to a car using USB

texts:
I have an Android TV box running on Android 7.x. The output comes via an HDMI port.
I want to change or make a modification to this TV box and install Android Auto and connect it to my car USB instead of using my phone.
Is it possible to make such a thing and how?


texts: Using the same apps for a second user in Nexus 7

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to migrate applications to other user account without downloading the applications again?

I've created a second user on my Nexus 7 for my wife.

Do I have to re-install common apps like Facebook and Skype for the second user?

Can I not just bring the apps across from the first user?


texts: How to simulate mouse OTG input via USB without usb debugging?

texts: The question is simple, the reason: A black screen phone, it is able to manage OTG connection, but as I don't see the screen is useless, and it's very hard to controll a mouse without seeing the screen so I searched about using a usb cable to control my phone with an usb cable like it was the OTG connected mouse, I didn't find anything, there is anyway to archieve this?


texts: Can you Disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from Google Apps or a MDM Server?

texts:
This page claims:

  Wifi configuration from Admin console - Enter Wifi network settings in
  the Admin console, and they’ll automatically be pushed out to all
  managed Android devices.

Does this mean just connection settings, or can it be disabled remotely?


texts: Why does the number of apps "optimized" not reflect removed apps?

texts:
I've read the details on what optimizing does here: What kind of app optimizations do newer Android versions do at the first reboot?

And my question is slightly followup.

I run CM nightlies on my TF700T using TWRP to flash and erase the Dalvik cache each time. I understand the Optimizing process rebuilds the Dalvik cache, but it appears it tries to rebuild the cache using every single app I've ever installed, not just the ones currently installed. The total number of apps it optimizes never goes down, always up.

I presume this means there is a list somewhere in the system with all the apps this process must go through. Is there an app or utility that can update this list and justify it against a list of apps actually installed?

Or am I making incorrect assumptions and is this process also running through system apps that are not subject to user removal?


texts:
I need a read-only Android test device like a https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

The system should run on the Samsung S4 and not on a CD.

Is there a way to set the android system in read-only mode?


texts: Chrome and Skype takes up a lot of storage

texts:
I'm not sure if this is a problem different for anyone but these apps are very large.

I'm on a very limited storage of 2Gb with no move to sd capabilities and both these apps rise above 150Mb in space.

Updating both apps is simply impossible because I would have to remove a lot of apps to do so.
I'd rater rather just delete both but I actively use both and Chrome is the default browser.
Also Skype had issues with the latest version so I was forced to downgrade.

And before answers arise saying just delete the data. That includes preferences, logins and bookmarks.

For extra info:

Phone: Sony Xperia M / C1905 rooted

OS version: 4.3

Build: 15.4.A.1.9

Chrome: 41.0.2272.96 (outdated)

Skype: 5.3.0.65246 (outdated)


texts: How do I add more locations for weather updates in Google Now?

texts: Currently, Google Now shows me weather updates of my home and work locations. However, I want to add more locations for weather updates. But I couldn't find any setting regarding the same? Is it possible to add locations which are not your home or work? If yes how?


texts: How can I secure my pictures, videos and other files stored on my phone?

texts: I am looking for a way to protect every sort of data that is saved in my Android phone from being stolen. I have done some research on Google Play, the only app I found with all the features is Folder Lock. Other than this app, the majority of the apps do only have a couple of specific features. Is really Folder Lock the most comprehensive app available at the moment?


texts: How to restore internal flash storage after reformatting?

texts:
I have an HOTT MD500 MID. Previously, when I plugged this into my computer, Thunar found two storage spaces, the first being the microSD card, the second, another storage space inside the device. Recently, I wanted to reinstall the device, so I first used gparted to reformat both of these storage spaces to FAT32 filesystems, then used the factory reset option on the device.

During the reformatting with gparted, and error appeared preventing me from reformatting the internal storage. Now, when I plug the device into my computer, Thunar no longer can see the internal storage space. Also, when I go to Settings --> SD card & MID storage, “Internal Flash Storage” reports “Available Space 0”, while the “MID system storage” reports “Available Space 79 MB”.

I found some similar threads at Is internal storage formatting harmful?, which did not work for me, and Missing internal flash memory and SD card does not mount, which provides instructions specific to another model, but which I do not know how to adapt these instructions to my model of MID. Using the factory reset option in my device did not seem to help.

Why is the internal storage no longer visible in Thunar? How can I restore it to its original state?
Is that normal that “Internal Flash Storage” is reported as “0”? Will this give me any problems?


texts: Do HTC widgets not work with ADWLauncher?

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I've just installed ADW.launcher, which is a lot cleaner than the original HTC Sense homescreen, but I can't seem to get my Clock/Weather widget back. It's not appearing in the list of widgets.

Is it just me, or do none of the HTC widgets work with ADW Launcher, or is it that the HTC widgets will only work with the HTC home screen?

Alternatively, is there a decent clock app that displays digital time, and maybe weather too?


texts: Android stock mail app does not retrieve IMAP mails

texts:
Last week my native Android mail client stopped retrieving mail.  It can still send mail.  An identically configured K-9 mail app does retrieve email.  The server is a dovecot mail server, both clients use the IMAP protocol.

When the Android native client connects, it sends:

239 SELECT "INBOX"
240 UID SEARCH 44:68 NOT DELETED
241 NOOP
242 NOOP
243 CAPABILITY
244 LIST "" "INBOX.*"

The server's reply to the UID SEARCH:

* SEARCH 11201 11202 11203 11204 11205 11206 11207 11208 11209 11210 11211 11212 11213 11214 11215 11216 11217 11218 11219 11220 11221 11222 11223 11224 11225
240 OK Search completed (0.000 secs).

These results look exactly like the results the K-9 app gets.  Any idea why the native client does not pickup the mail?  It doesn't show any mail at all.


texts:
Android, let's say I'm using Spotify to play music, can I play another sound or use another app to play a music simultaneously? I want to add sound effect while playing my favourite music on Spotify, is that possible?
It will be great if I can play sound effect while playing my favourite song on Spotify or using any other 3rd party application. is that possible on Android?


texts: Why doesn't my Whatsapp group show in my contacts?

texts:
I am new to Whatsapp Messenger.

I have contacts in my address book.

I have been added as a member into a GROUP, why doesn't the group appear in my contacts please the same as my contacts do?
Many thanks


texts: Lost my android tablet, how can I find it without a network connection?

texts: I lost my tablet today. It's fully charged but it has no WiFi connection on. Is there any way I can find it without any connected network?


texts: Cellular data shutting off when i shut off wifi and vice versa

texts:
I bought a motorola moto g gen 3 a few days back and encountered a bug i can't wrap my head around.

First of: this post: Cellular data not working since 5.1 Lollipop flash adresses the same issue but since I created this account today and I lack reputation I cannot answer in that post ... I find this a rather weird designchoice for an answer based website but hey, you guys have your reasons :D hence I have to make this kind of repost :( I am sorry for that. Also for my English, its not my native language.

On the issue:
I have android 5.1.1 which came standard on the phone. I set it up to my liking and for a day everything worked fine. I am from Belgium and have a data plan with mobile vikings. I think they use the Base communication lines.

But since I woke up a few days ago I can't get my cellular data to work like it should. When wifi is enabled cellular data is also enabled. But from the second i lose my wifi connection OR is shut it off I ALSO lose my cellular data connection and instantly an exclamationmark pops right up alongside the data icon. Hence it feels like they are somehow connected but set up wrong. It feels as if the purpose is to automaticaly enable cellular date when you lose wifi connection and vise versa but somehow it bugs and works the other way round.

In that other post people suggested to ask my provider about it. Changing phones might have done something on their end but so far i did not get response. The things I tried myself were shutting the phone off and on again, removing and reinserting the simcard, fizzling with options, googling like mad, factory reset and probably something I forgot. All to no avail.

My previous phone was a windowsphone nokia lumia and all worked well there. Because of problems with the battery and my drive to go android again I bought the moto g.

Please dear androiders, help me! I am losing my mind :D


texts:
I can get the mouse to work with my phone just fine; attach it through a simple adapter. Clicks register, movement registers - but I have to guess where the click will land, because there's no cursor.

How can I get the phone to display the mouse cursor?


texts:
I want to extract a gpg file (passphrase only, no key), with a Nexus 7.  It's just a gpg with a txt file inside.

How do I get it to the nexus 7 and then even if I can extract it, how do I get to it with a text editor?  I can scp it from my lan server to get it here (the n7).

I have the juicessh installed in the n7, I figured that's a good place to start, but how would I even do it from within juicessh- can I login from localhost? I tried loggin in to 127.0.0.1 but the ssh connection failed (perhaps not a surprise).

Seems like a simple thing but it's apparently not.

thanks


texts: Android social apps: ability to post on behalf of the user?

texts:
Ever since I purchased my Samsung Galaxy SIII, it has been displaying a notification which when clicked causes an app to be displayed asking me to log in to Facebook and then displaying the following screen, which asks me whether I want to allow my Samsung Galaxy SIII to post to Facebook for me (the app is different from the Facebook app which can be downloaded from facebook, as there is a separate button to install the Facebook app, and the app asking me this question appears in the Android Task Manager under the name SNS (Social Networking Service) with a Facebook icon next to it):

If I say yes in the last screenshot above, will my device be posting posts to Facebook without my approval with content I have not even seen?

Thank you for clarifying my suspicion.


texts: How to transfer a file from my downloads folder to my media folder? (Nexus 4)

texts: I have downloaded an mp3 I want to use as a ringtone. I don't want to connect my phone (Nexus 4) to my computer, I just want to transfer the file from my downloads folder to the appropriate folder where it can be used as a ringtone. I'd rather not download an app for this. Any suggestions?


texts: prevent uninstallation of android apps with password

texts: I am using FocusMe to prevent access to apps at scheduled times. The problem is that I can uninstall FocusMe to bypass the restrictions. So I need a way to prevent uninstallation of an app using a password so that I cannot uninstall FocusMe but someone else can.


texts: Can you install an app in a secure silo?

texts:
So I am learning Chinese and - because Google is not available in China - Chinese apps tend to be downloaded outside of the play store. To that end, a lot of news apps (especially the good ones which are offered by the state news organisations, e.g. CCTV) have ridiculously wide-ranging security-access levels (i.e. you have to agree that they can read your contacts, your accounts, camera access, the works - even though it has no logical need for such access).
Obviously, not too keen on giving the Chinese government full access to spy on me for the benefit of a news app, but is there a way of setting up a secure silo within Android, in which you can then install apps and dictate what access they can have?
In some respects, I would like to set up a Great Firewall of Europe on my phone and put the Chinese apps (or at least the ones which seem to come with added surveillance functionality) in there to stop them unnecessarily getting at my contacts etc.
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
Hashamyim


texts: Enable wallpaper scrolling for HTC Sense 4+

texts:
My htc one x just got updated to HTC Sense 4+.
Just yesterday, there was another update but I don't quite know what that update was for. Anyway, with sense 4+, the wallpaper doesn't scroll when I go to different panels. Furthermore, I don't quite like carousel either.

I thought the widgets have become a lot more stylish, though.

How do I enable wallpaper scrolling with sense 4+ now?
If that is not possible, how do I roll back to HTC sense 4?

I don't like Go Launcher because, I think, the widgets are not as good as the HTC ones; so I'd rather not replace sense with something else.

Is this somehow possible at all, please?
I am willing to root my phone, if needed, to get the wallpaper scrolling back.

Thanks.


texts: How to set a tethered Wi-Fi connection (tethered to another phone via Android personal hotspot) as "metered" connection

texts:
I have a number of apps set to "Download on Wi-Fi Only" on Android. But the moment I tether, the phone considers itself on Wi-Fi, even if the upstream device is a metered 3G/LTE connection.

Under Windows 10, I can declare a given Wi-Fi connection to be "Metered", and thus save data usage.  Is there an equivalent on Android?  Setting the tethered phone to "Data saver" is a partial solution only.


texts: Unable to enable Mobile Network settings (options greyed out). Is there any way to restore lost mobile connectivity data?

texts:
I have a HTC Desire HD that up until recently has been running well with a custom ROM. For some reason, the phone started to "misbehave" in a number of ways after about 10 months of painless operation, so I decide to try and put the LeeDroid ROM on the phone. End result, the phone is now not much better than a basic iPod touch.

My mobile network settings are all greyed out, and the phone is telling me that it no longer knows what its IMEI, IMEI SV, IMSI, Phone Number, and Base Band details are. Every other feature of the phone seems to be working OK, just not the mobile network connectivity.

Yes, it's a very sad little brick indeed, and I now find myself going retro and using my old Sony Ericson Walkman phone which is SO old school that it's not funny! Yes, it looks really pathetic when I go to touch the screen and... well, you get the picture!  LOL

I am still hopeful that someone out there might know how I can restore the missing information.  I have most of what I need documented, but no idea if there is a way to locate and restore the data more directly from the phone, or if there is a tool that will allow me to feed the missing values in (remember, these are meant to be unique identifiers) in order to help me to restore the phone in some way.

No amount of master resetting, or alternative ROM installing has been of any help so far, and asking this question is really a last gasp attempt to try and de-brick the mobile features of the phone before I find myself either buying an expensive repair at the local authorized repairer, or buying an expensive replacement phone.

Serious KUDOS to anyone who might have an answer to this.


texts: How can I send many files (> 25MiB) at once as attachments?

texts:
I have 100 compressed pictures. Each of them is 2 MB. I would like to send via email everything at once as attachments (no hosting on Gdrive or somewhere else). Basically pictures will have to be sent in several emails. Is there any way to do it at once?

To put it otherwise, I'm asking for a way to automatically send multiple email messages to send all the files. Ideally not one email per file, but each email should contain as many pictures as possible based on a maximum that I would specify.

I use a Samsung Galaxy S3. I know the max size of the recipient's mailbox and pictures cannot be further compressed. I don't mind filling my recipient's mailbox.


texts: android shell /system/bin/sh subshell not working

texts:
The script

#!/system/bin/sh
/system/bin/busybox find .
f=$(/system/bin/busybox find .)
echo $f
for f in $(/system/bin/busybox find .)
do
 echo $f
done

does not work as expected in my environment.
I get:

.
./loop.sh

while

bash loop.sh
.
./loop.sh
. ./loop.sh
.
./loop.sh

is the result for the equivalent on a linux box:

#!/bin/sh
find .
f=$(find .)
echo $f
for f in $(find .)
do
 echo $f
done

What can I do about this?

The environment is:

getprop ro.build.version.sdk
22
getprop ro.build.version.release
5.1.1
busybox
BusyBox v1.22.1 (2014-09-16 09:27:06 CST) multi-call binary.
busybox uname -a
Linux localhost 3.14.0 #68 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jan 18 10:27:06 CST 2017 i686 GNU/Linux


texts: Unable to delete a huge UPDATE.APP file on Huawei P8lite

texts:
My Huawei P8lite running on EMUI version 4.0 and Android 6.0 Marshmallow is low on disk space. I noticed there's a huge UPDATE.APP file, it's taking 2.55 GB.

I tried to delete it, but it shows an error:

  Error while deleting the file "UPDATE.APP".

How to delete this file?


texts:
I foolishly interrupted a file deletion operation on my internal sd card. (The card was full when I started) Now using any file explorer tool shows files and directories adding up to ~300 M, yet the entire 1.2 G sd card shows as full.

My tablet is rooted, and I have the file explorers set to show hidden files. I have connected to a Linux PC with adb and done ls -al on the sdcard. Linux disk tools also show the card full, but the extant files only adding up to ~300 M. Nothing shows what is consuming the extra space.

Please do not reply with advice to clear cache, look for dumps, etc. There is no visible or hidden file on the card which is consuming the space. There must be a corrupted file or directory attribute or table or some such.  Any advice as to how to reset this parameter(s) would be greatly appreciated.

On Linux I would run fsck on the disk - is there such a thing for Android?


texts: How to check if custom ROM supports encryption?

texts: First solution which is coming to my mind is install custom ROM and encrypt /data partition. But it always take time. I'm wondering if there's quicker method like download custom ROM, extract system image, then extract files from system image file and looking for encryption support in system files like *.rc which are in root file system. Is there any other way to checking?


texts: Where does Voice Actions store my "Note to self" recordings?

texts: I've been messing around with Android's Voice Actions. I tried recording various jibberish notes to test it out. However, I noticed that with each "Note to self" that I send to myself, the attached .amr recording has a suffixed number. For example, RecordedMessage2.amr, RecordedMessage3.amr and so on. It therefore occured to me that the recordings may have been saved on my phone and thus, the reason for the increment. I tried looking for those files via OI File Mnager but failed to locate it. Can anyone help me figure out where it's being stored? I'm not rooted btw.


texts: Tap-to-wake anywhere without activating anything when the screen starts dimming

texts:
I'm an iPhone user. Sorry for that.
But in my defense, I was given a recent Android phone and like it!

However, I noticed a difference in the Auto-Lock behavior that is, to me, utterly annoying.
Maybe people here used to the thing might enlighten the poor iPhone user that I am.

On an iPhone, about 10 seconds before entering auto-lock, the screen dims. Same on Android.
Then, tapping anywhere on the iPhone screen before the lock occurs, the dimming stops, the iPhone is ready to be used again and that's it. The location where the "tapping" took place is not activated. It's simply ignored.
However, on Android, while the screen is dimmed and one can barely see where the tapping takes place, the "tapped" location is activated! So whatever was tapped is run!

Most of the time, tapping the dimmed phone is just to wake it up. So, I tried to educate myself, and find an icon-less area to tap whenever I want to wake up the device. But sometimes it's within an app...Compared to the no-brainer action on an iPhone, that's really annoying.

Searched the settings, the iPhone behavior does not seem to be possible on an Android phone.

This is the reason I wouldn't switch to Android.
Most probably, Android users are used to that behavior and do not care (/ don't know that the behavior could be different).

Is there a way to set that iPhone behavior on Android?


texts: Can I convert a system app to a user app, uninstall it, or move it to my SD card?

texts:
Is it possible to convert a system app to a user app and then uninstall it or move it to SD?

I'm thinking about not critical apps, such as Astro filemanager (I use Root Explorer), Google maps, Google Talk and so on.


texts: What factors could cause a massive spike / drop in bitrate?

texts:
I'm seeing a graph of one of my Android application's bitrates during a video stream, and I'm not sure what to make of it:

Relevant Info:

This is a single application's bitrate over the duration of a video call
The video call starts off perfectly fine, but suddenly degrades.
This graph repeatedly shows up for different users, different devices, different locations, different networks, etc.
In this specific case, packet loss is minimal, latency is also minimal, access point strength is 5ghz.
The duration of this graph is 30 minutes, start to finish, but the drop occurs at 4-7 mins, every time.
The device supports WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac – 2.4GHz and 5GHz
Line of sight to the WiFi router does not appear to be an issue.

What types of things affect bitrate? What other information can I gather to help understand this? Does Android potentially throttle things like WiFi connectivity due to resource constraints, overheating, etc?

I have to assume it's something that my software is doing, but there's nothing obvious that I can see...

Thank you.


texts: Where are TWRP backups stored on SD card? Had to un-root

texts: I had to un-root my LG G2 Verizon because recovery got corrupted. I created a TWRP backup some time ago from within its recovery and it was stored on the internal drive. I did a system reset, and then un-rooted by going back to stock image. Did the system reset delete that backup file from my SD card? If not, what location is it under?


texts: Does restoring a TWRP backup restore everything, including the ROM?

texts:
Suppose I were to do the following:

Make a backup with TeamWin Recovery (TWRP)
Delete everything (not the backup of course) including my ROM and all
Flash a new ROM, then after having fun with all that, delete everything once more
Restore the previous backup via TWRP

Would my ROM, my apps, and my data, all be restored to their original state?


texts: Overclocking CPU Settings on an Android Device

texts: So I have a Galaxy Note II and recently rooted the device for the main reason to overclock it. I want a faster web browsing experience. I installed the App. Set CPU so that when I have either Google Maps or Chrome running the CPU settings which were at a default range of 200 MHz to 1.60Ghz to be bumped up to 400MHz to 1.60MHz. Will this damage my phone? I can feel a tangible difference with the slight bump up. Will this overclocking degrade the phones chips??


texts: How do I stop apps from getting killed while sleeping?

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I have a Droid 2.  I have a long, resource-intensive game (spectral souls) that I would like to leave running while I'm not using my phone.  If I hit the Android "Home" button to get back to the home screen and then immediately re-launch the game, it will be right where I left off.  Same if I hit the power button to sleep, and then immediately turn on the phone, unlock, and re-launch the game.

If I leave it for some amount of time (a few hours), then when I come back and launch the game, it starts fresh as if it were never running.  The phone hasn't been used for anything in the meantime, although syncing is on.

My question is twofold: how can I get more information about what apps are killed when & why, and how can I set it up to allow this app to continue running?  I don't need it to DO anything in the background, I just want it to still be there when I come back.

I'm familiar with the concept of Android clearing memory as it's needed and not needing a task killer, but I want it to not kill THIS task unless I really exit it.


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I try to unlock OEM, using command fastboot oem unlock. My device is Huawei MediaPad Т5 tablet. I got the error:

...
FAILED (remote: check password failed!)
finished. total time: 0.014s

Why?


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Things like sharing photos come to mind. When I view a photo and click Share, the list can get pretty bloated depending on what apps I have installed. Is it possible to trim the list of apps down or disable them from appearing on this list?

Annoyingly, many of my most useful and frequented apps have been bumped down on the list and I now have to scroll to select an app.


texts: Cyanogenmod: Google Play Services keeps crashing after update

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a few weeks ago I updated the Google Play services of my Oneplus One (Android version 5.1.1, Cyanogen OS version 12.1.1). From an apk that I downloaded online. Since then it keeps crashing. Sometimes every few minutes but sometimes also multiple times per minute. I can still use the internet but my instant messaging apps seem to receive messages with a delay. Probably because the push service of GPS is not working properly.

The crashes especially occur when connecting to a wifi, using other apps that connect to internet and sometimes also when writing text messages (SMS)

I didn't set up a Google account and disabled almost all my Google apps except for Google One Time Init, Google Play services, Google App and Google Services Framework. (because disabling them caused some problems).

The Permissions for Google Play services switched off, especially the Location permission was denied very often (~ 62000 times). Wake up, Keep awake and Auto start are allowed.

My phone is not rooted.

Google Play Services versions:

previous version: 7.5.71 (1955121-438)

current version:  8.4.89 (2428711-270)

I also tried version8.4.89 (2428711-438) from xda-developers but could not it install due to Parsing error.

This is the error message that shows up in the crash report.

java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:304)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:355)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:222)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:242)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[DexPathList[[zip file "/system/framework/com.android.location.provider.jar", zip file "/system/framework/com.android.media.remotedisplay.jar", zip file "/data/app/com.google.android.gms-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]] couldn't find "libgmscore.so"
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary(Runtime.java:366)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:988)
at com.google.android.gms.org.conscrypt.NativeCrypto.<clinit>(SourceFile:53)
at com.google.android.gms.org.conscrypt.OpenSSLContextImpl$TLSv12.<init>(SourceFile:152)
at com.google.android.gms.org.conscrypt.OpenSSLContextImpl.getPreferred(SourceFile:55)
at com.google.android.gms.common.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory.a(SourceFile:272)
at com.google.android.gms.common.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory.a(SourceFile:292)
at com.google.android.gms.common.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory.createSocket(SourceFile:552)
at com.android.okhttp.Connection.upgradeToTls(Connection.java:175)
at com.android.okhttp.Connection.connect(Connection.java:155)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.connect(HttpEngine.java:276)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:211)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.execute(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:382)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:106)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:217)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.getOutputStream(DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.java:218)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:25)
at com.google.android.gms.checkin.k.a(SourceFile:366)
at com.google.android.gms.checkin.k.a(SourceFile:238)
at com.google.android.gms.checkin.g.a(SourceFile:711)
at com.google.android.gms.checkin.g.doInBackground(SourceFile:678)
at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:292)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
... 4 more

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? Before the update my phone worked fine. Did I install the wrong version of Google Play services? Or do I need to setup a Google account?


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Is it possible to perform "Erase external SD card" action via adb?

To be clear, my goal isn't to manually call partitioning/formatting tools such as newfs_msdos from command line. I want to get exactly the same result as if "Erase.." button was pressed in Settings via GUI, but using a command line to achieve that.


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screen alerts - when, for example, I get some new Whatsup. I do not want to see any new messages are lined up, but I want it to be like it was in the previous version, it says to me, "received 3 new messages" Then I came in INTO the application and read them.

Thanks!!


texts: Fix null IMEI on rooted phone without pc

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So, the biggest drawback is I can't connect phone to PC (drivers not installing on Win 10, separate issue). And in my current ROM, I have already got root setup. Problem is I am getting null imei.

As you understand, I cannot go back to stock, or make any changes in this setup. Because if I mess it up, I can't connect to PC to fix it. I can however copy files to sd card and fix the imei that way.

How can I add the imei info using rooted phone, without a pc?

Edit:

I tried MTK engineering mode app as well. But the engineering mode contains no option for radio information.


texts: "Battery too low to update automatically" message

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My phone is less than a year old, and I really don't use it that heavily, but the battery life is terrible at times (not always).  Sometimes, it will drain to single-digits (percentage-wise), and then a message keeps appearing at the bottom of my screen; about every 5 or 10 seconds.

The message is, "Battery too low to update automatically".  I've googled that message, and there are only 3 or 4 results returned; none of them are relevant to my issue.  That leads me to believe that this message is likely related to a specific app, and not a standard Android or LG message.

Does anyone know how I can find-out what's causing that message?  I feel like, once I locate that issue or application, then I can stop that constant updating, and hopefully prolong some battery life.


texts: How to change icon shape in Android Oreo 8.0

texts: Recently updated my Google Pixel to Android Oreo 8.0. I can't find the "change icon shape" option. Where can I find it?