texts: Moto X rooting - ROM doesn't boot, but have Safestrap

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I'm in a curious position. I don't have a working ROM on my Moto X, but I can boot into Safestrap, and from there fastboot. If I could get a ROM onto the device I could flash it with Safestrap, but I can't find a way of doing that.

The 'adb sideload' feature of Safestrap/TWRP runs, but the only safestrap-able ROM I have is 4.4.2, and my device lacks the kernel. I tried sideloading the stock 4.2.2, but that simply fails without installing, once loaded on the device.

Fastboot will recognize the device, but trying to flash anything, or do 'fastboot boot', gives 'permission denied' or 'command restricted'.

I can execute commands on the device from Safestrap, so in theory I have a working if crippled Linux OS running. I just can't seem to get files on it. Any help?


texts: Clearing app settings related to file type

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I'm trying to open a file written in R, with the extension .R.

While I alternately used Turbo Editor and another application to edit .R and other text files, at some point, I set as the default app to open .R files as an app I deleted and no longer use.

When I try to open a .R file, say, from email, I receive the message You don't have an app that can open this file . . .. But, I previously opened `.R. files with Turbo Editor.

Is there a way to clear app settings related to file types? Is there another setting I may be missing?


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I have a Chuwi hi10 plus.  It is a dual boot windows 10 / android 5.0 tablet that I put on TWRP 3.0.2 rooted it and a custom Lineage OS  Marshmallow 6.0.1 ROM on from Konstakang.com

Chuwi tablets have a funky inability to boot from USB because have a UEFI boot system....  I need to change the Windows password and there is a sticky keys method to copy cmd.exe over sethc.exe and then use the net user command once the command prompt is opened.

I have installed termux and updated the packages and installed tsu for true root access to the filesystem.  But . . . the termux mount does not produce a string of its version from mount -V and while mount -t ntfs /dev/block /mnt/xxx command does not give an error - where I have done a mkdir /mnt/xxx it does claim "no such device". I have used the exact device I know is the windows partition which is ntfs from a "cat /proc/partitions" command

"ntfs-3g" does  not recognize as a command at all, and I even tried the mount_nfsd_fuse setup from https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-mount-internal-windows-partition-t2978679  It must need a touch or something because the file is in /system/xbin but says command not found even invoked as root from that directory

The kernel was compiled from source for the ROM by Konstakang so I do not know if ntfs support is in it ... is there a way to check and / or does anyone have a suggestion how to get that partition mounted rw as ntfs internally ???

The Paragon Ntfs rw mounter that is supposed to work with Total Commander has not appeared to operate as pics show it or once did


texts: ZTE Prelude 2, cricket wireless change over to tracfone

texts: I just bought a used ZTE Prelude 2, a cricket wireless phone, but am trying to change over to tracfone. I followed all of the steps through tracfone, bought a sim kit and installed it, but now the phone is saying it is Perso locked. What does that mean, and how do i unlock so tracfone will take over?


texts: What kind of hardware can be used to speed up the writing on android phones?

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This might be a border line question for this forum, but I will see and learn whether it is relevant. At least I do not believe that anyone here would feel that it is not interesting as it is very close to the interests of Android Enthusiasts.

Imagine the following scenario. You want to type 300 characters (something like three SMS) and you want to do this as fast as possible. Given my typing speed on the touch screen (even utilizing various speed up input software), I am still typing at something like the fourth of the speed as on a normal keyboard.

This scenario could arise in the following places:

As a passenger in a car/train/airplane
While walking (actually while biking in my case, but this is not recommended)
While sitting in a sofa/chair
While lying in bed

I have come across various wireless keyboards, which could be utilized. The problem is that if I need one hand to hold the phone (in order to read what I type) and one to hold the keyboard in most of the scenarios above, I am left with at best a few fingers to type on the keyboard, which would hardly be better than using the touch screen.

Therefore, I am thinking about a keyboard with a holder, which would need to be really tall in order to be close enough for me to actually read what I type. I imagine that the time it takes to set up something like this, would mean that it would not pay off for just typing the 300 characters.

My conclusion so far, is therefore, that there is no current solution to this problem, which would make me faster, apart from buying an android phone with a built in keyboard. Are there any alternatives I have missed?


texts: App Icons for Apps on SD Card Disappear on Reboot

texts: I have a Motorola Moto E4 running Nougat 7.1.1, security patch level of March 1, 2018. The phone has a 16GB SD card in it, which is installed as internal storage, not portable, and it has a number of apps on it. As far as I know, the phone has always behaved in the following fashion: whenever I reboot, any app installed on the SD card has its icon disappear from the home screen. I can get it back, but a reboot happens often enough that this is an annoyance. Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: LineageOS/OpenGApps refuse to install on SM-G901F

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Very annoying.

I'm trying to install LineageOS on Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus (SM-G901F), which used to run with stock OS before.

I successfully installed TWRP
I backed up my partitions and wiped them
Downloaded Lineageos (lineage-16.0-20200416-nightly-kccat6-signed)
Downloaded Addonsu (addonsu-16.0-arm-signed)
Downloaded OpenGApps
Installation of all packages in one run seems to finish without problems.
When I start the system it takes half an hour to boot but eventually resets and boots into recovery. I never get to see more than the moving bubbles.

I tried the following OpenGApps-packages:

open_gapps-arm-9.0-aroma-20200418 (wouldn't even install)
open_gapps-arm-9.0-super-20200418
open_gapps-arm-9.0-stock-20200418

outcome is the same for all. I also tried without addonsu, but outcome was the same. Now, what are the next steps? Or what did I miss?

Is the storage of my phone too small?
Did I select wrong OS version?
does the opengapps version not match that of the OS?
Should I try without opengapps?

Update

Using nightly build 20200423 with opengapps-nano worked. But not with addonsu. Can I install addonsu later? Or does it suffer the same problem as opengapps that it can't be installed in a second run?


texts: Device uses non-USB charger. Can I still charge it through the USB port?

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I got a Polaroid L9H tablet for Christmas, which includes a carrying case with built-in USB keyboard. I assume that it is for this reason that the tablet was designed with a barrel connector for its AC/DC adapter, rather than the micro-USB charging I'd come to associate with all modern portable electronics.

I tried to locate technical specifications for the tablet, but could only find the mini-pamphlet provided by the manufacturer, which says nothing either way about this:

If I plug this device into one of the many USB chargers I have distributed throughout my house, will it:

not charge at all?
charge, but not as rapidly as when using the provided adapter?
maybe charge, but probably also damage the tablet?
drain the battery even faster than being unplugged?
ruin the USB port?
explode?

I would really like to know if I can safely plug this tablet into my other chargers, or if I will be forced to bring the manufacturer's cord wherever I take the tablet.


texts: I own a Samsung SCH-i545 Galaxy S4 and can not update to Jellybean 4.3. The wi-fi it says: Software update is temporarly unavailable.vTry again later. Kies does not let me update either. I really want the 4.3 update so I would appreciate some help..


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I recently bought a 8 GB Moto G Unlocked. When I try putting in the sim card into the phone the phone doesn't seem to detect the sim.

Any solution?


texts: Remove Unlock Pattern in Motorola Razr i?

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I bought a Motorola Razr i in the web but It turns out that the phone has an unlock pattern and now I can't contact the seller. I have read some tutorials of the web talking about the "Hard Reset" which consist in something like this:

http://www.smartmobilephonesolutions.com/content/how-to-hard-reset-an-android-phone

When I try to do it I never see the Menu that I souposed to.

I really dont know If im doing well the process so I need someone to help me with specific instrucions of how to do this or with another solution.

Thanks.


texts: How can I get the raw text of an email with Samsung's Mail client for Lollipop?

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Does Android Mail support the ability to get the raw as-sent text of an email? Alternatively, is there a way to forward an email as an attachment?

I'd like to be able to report spam email to Spamcop.net, but I need all the headers and the raw source of the email, not just a copy of the rendered results. I'd rather not depend on the Gmail app, as I connect to other email accounts as well.


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Hi I have very weird problem, when I connect to PC via USB I get two partitions Internal storage (or adopted depending which one is primary) and external storage, when I open external storage there is nothing not even the folders but when open internal storage there is a files from external partition and internal merged there is folder from internal and external memory, also there is folder called 'storage' with sub-folder 'emulated' with sub-folder '0' I don't get it what gone wrong? One more thing when I paste something in internal partition it goes there the same happens with external partition? I tried clearing cache, clearing data and cache for Media storage an External storage, please help!
This marked as duplicate doesn't help me I've have written that I tried that and it didn't help, I've tried everythimg from answers of question but still nothing.


texts: Droid RAZR - Is there any way to clear the numbers from the screen when using the dialer?

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When I need to check my voicemail, I have to enter my password, of course.  However, when I do, it displays it in big, clearly visible characters across the top of the screen for the duration of the call.  I think this is incredibly stupid.  Is there any way to clear it after entering it?

EDIT:
I do realize there is the option to hide the dialpad and input box during the call.  However, whenever I need to use the dialpad again I need to make it visible, which then shows my password still at the top.


texts: Where is GMail app on Galaxy Note 3 app list

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I setup my GMail account as a Google account on my phone. When email comes in I can tap the notification to go to the Gmail app. I can use S Voice to go to the Gmail app. However the Gmail app is not on the home screen. I am not using the "Email" app though. Where is it and why is it hidden?

EDIT:
It's in the app folder Google. Shame on you Samsung for not making the difference between folders and apps obvious. Well the folders look like this:

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

I'll update the question with the answer in a day.


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I just got a new samsung phone. It came with usb-c to usb-c cable and no adapters. I tried connecting it to my laptop, which thankfully has an usb-c port. The phone connects at first, starts charging. Then, whether I choose the option to "send files" or "send pictures", the phone disconnects after a few seconds or so.
It's really troubling.
My specs (just some of them, I will list more I missed anything important)
Laptop is a 2017 gaming Asus. It has Windows 10 and usb-c port.
Phone is the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra.
Some facts:

The phone is brand new, from a store, all sealed up.
It charges perfectly fine using the cable and a charger.
Connection over usb-c does NOT work - it keeps disconnecting, usually after a few seconds.
However, I can easily connect a pendrive using an adapter I had before. (I can send data both ways)
Using an old usb-c to usb-b cable to connect to my laptop through a different port ALSO works.
I get no messages or anything when it disconnects.

What could that mean? Is the usb-c port on my laptop possibly busted, or is there some driver / permission / program I need to use it?


texts: my phone keeps reminding me of low space... any way to move apps and data to sd card?

texts: My phone doesn't ask me to install to internal or external memory when installing an app. It automatically install to internal memory.. my phone keeps reminding me of low space and I can't install any other app cause my phone is low on space..... is there any way to move all apps and data to SD card? Any help......


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Hi im looking for method to disable my android phones display running on pie. I don't want to use tap to sleep, power button or simulate that option but I want to simply disable display completely and then turn it back on when I need it. I have rooted my phone already.

Example: I want to watch a YouTube video with only audio. So if I disable the display it can save my battery but pressing power button stops the buffering.

it's just an example for what I want to do this. I don't want it. I'm aware of youtube vanced..


texts: Why does my HTC Desire play a tune (like notification) without a visual message?

texts: A friend of mine has a HTC Desire and every so often it play a little tune (like a message notification) even though there are no messages or calls. What's causing this?


texts: How can I make a call to an SIP address from Google Voice number?

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How can I make a call to an SIP address (e.g. sip:613@fwd.pulver.com) from Google Voice number?
Does Google Hangout support calls to SIP addresses?

Can an SIP address call my Google Voice number?

Thanks.


texts: Just curious if there's any methods to check bootloader state besides using fastboot. I ask because on my device, even after unlocking successfully, the bootloader still shows that its locked when using the fastboot OEM device-info command. I know it was actually unlocked because I installed a custom ROM. I relocked after install but since it seemed to be inaccurate before I want to make sure it's locked.


texts: Files deleted from Internal/External SD return with a size of 0 bytes

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I am running the Resurrection Remix ROM on my i9300, I don't know what could've caused this. Every time I save files to my SD card, external or internal, for instance when I download a file from the internet and have it saved to my sdCard in storage/sdcard0/Downloads and I decide to delete that file, the file deletes fine but after a while, I check that same path and find out the files  are back with a size of 0 bytes.

After studying how the issue has been occurring, I noticed it happens with only files I download and not files I copy from my PC to the phone.

I have tried:

Deleting the files from recovery with the aroma file manager.
Clean install of my ROM to an updated version
Changing ownership of these files then deleting them from the command line via the terminal emulator app.
Formatting my internal and external sd storage from recovery.
Connecting my phone to my PC and deleting the files from there.

Here's a screenshot of how things have been going down:


texts: Tasker: How can I close chrome when at a specific website?

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I'm a student and new to Tasker.

I would like to be able to close Chrome whenever I go to certain websites (in order to help me get distracted less) but I'm not sure how to go about checking the web address and then creating a task, which closes the Chrome, based on that web address.


texts: What do "root," "flash," and "ROM" mean?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What is the meaning of “flashing a custom ROM”?

I have been looking for some good explanations of some words that have been frequently used the android developer communities like the XDA forums.

Some words I've seen but do not understand are:

root - (as far as I know it's the way of getting the super user access)

flash - don't know what this is

ROM - don't know either

I need a more descriptive explanation about these words and the related tools, mechanisms, etc.


texts: How are the gallery application edits applied to images?

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I noticed today that if you apply filters or modify an image using the gallery application, it applies the changes to the image, rather than creating a new image with the changes. My first thought was that it was not a good idea. Sometimes you want to keep the original, untouched image, as well as the modified image, maybe for comparison purposes, or to try different filters or settings. In my case I was playing with the curves, and then I saved the image. I wanted to compare the new image with the original, but the original was gone. I decided to go back to the curves settings, and saw that the curves were still as I had set them, which means I can just restore the curve for each channel and that will give me back the original image.

I decided to do a test with another image. I opened a new image, applied a filter from the preset filters, and saved the image. Then I went back to the image, and edited it again, but this time I removed the filter, and the image was back to normal.

My first thought was that the gallery image applied non-destructive edits. Something similar to what some editing software does. The one that comes to mind is Shotwell, although this is more of a viewer than and editor, but it has some limited functionality to play around with the saturation, levels, and other settings. It didn't seem likely that the gallery application in adroid was doing that because other image viewing applications showed the image with the filter applied to it.

I decided to connect the device to the computer using a USB cable. I navigated to the camera folder, and opened the image in the computer, and it showed the modified image. This means that the image is being modified. While the devices was still connected to the computer, I decided to remove the filter, and open the image again in the computer. The image was back to original.

How is android able to modify the image file directly, and then restore it to original. Is it saving the original file somewhere else?

  How to reproduce:

  Open the Gallery application (the default one)
  Chose an image to edit, and touch the little pencil on the lower
  left corner of the screen.
  Edit your image, touch the save button, or just press the back
  button. It will ask if you want to save the image. Save it.
  Touch the pencil again, remove the filter.
  Your image is back to original.

Device: Nexus 7

OS: Android 4.4.2


texts: Nexus 5 stuck on boot loop after restarting while upgrading the OS

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Last week, I received an update on my Nexus 5 for Lollipop 5.0.1. Version 5.0 was working fine, so I decided to just update. However, a few hours after updating, my phone started to lag and freeze, so I decided to restart. My phone is now stuck in a boot loop and I can't fix it. I don't know what to do. I cant get pass the start up animation no matter what I do.

I've tried the fast boot commands and keep getting the error

  FAILED < remote: flash write failure >

I've tried the flash-all.bat file, but the lock state goes back to LOCKED when it reboots the device and I get the error

  not supported on lock device

I can unlock the device when I type fastboot oem unlock, but if the device is restarted it goes back to LOCKED.

I've tried recovery mode and I see the below statements:

E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/last_install
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)

I've tried wipe data/factory reset

--Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
Formatting /cache...
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/last_install
Data wipe complete
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /ache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /ache/recovery/last_install
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)

and still nothing

I've tried the adb sideload and haven't gotten anywhere, it's not recognizing the phone in recovery mode.

I've even tried fastboot erase userdata but nothing happened.

Can anyone help?


texts: type "adb shell su" in terminal (cmd in win or console in Linux ) let the terminal hang

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I just want to input more shell commands after typing adb shell su, but the terminal just return an "#".

It appears to be unresponsive to further commands.

How can I solve this problem? Recompile the su binary? Any other suggestions?

Other information: I use ddmlib to communication with Android phone,
if I use device.executeShellCommand("su", receiver), an exception occurs(com.taobao.wireless.testlab.ddmlib.ShellCommandUnresponsiveException).


texts: I have a nexus 5, with android 4.4.4. How can i change advanced camera settings? (iso, shutter speed etc...)


texts: How to eliminate all not chat-related from the Facebook Messenger?

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I do not want to see anything from the facebook what is not chat-related, like:

the integrated facebook browser (yes, it is not a joke)
popups of my pals currently logged in
excerpts of their facebook posts
many-level influence of my phone GUI (like flooding of my sharing possibilities by my messenger contacts)

My goal is to entirely eliminate facebook from my life, except the messenger chat and video calls, because I can talk with some people only there.
The best would be an opensource app which knows the facebook messenger protocol, and serves exactly this purpose. Alternatively, not opensource apps, or the tunings/settings of the currently available apps would also do.


texts: Applications in Play Store cannot be downloaded

texts: I have moved to Australia from India. My Google Play Store doesn't allow me to download Australian applications. It tells me that the application is not available in my country, but I am in Australia, so why am I not allowed to download? The application I'm trying to download is free of cost. Please help.


texts: How to upgrade Android 2.2 to Android 2.3 on Samsung Galaxy S?

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

I have a Samsung Galaxy S (LCD version) with stock Android 2.2. How can i upgrade it to Android 2.3?


texts: Upgrade of HTC software hid Nexus 7 from adb

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adb devices shows my device in its listing up until I installed a new version of the HTC Sync Manager (for my HTC One M7).
I've also tried reinstalling the device drivers and even adding a new %CompositeAdbInterface% with my Hardware ID in: <android sdk>\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver.
Note that: I'm running stock Android 5.1.1 on Windows 8.1 x64.
How do I get my Nexuz 7 to register with adb again?


texts: Recover files from a Pixel 2 stuck in bootloop

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My Pixel 2 is stuck in the boot loop. I will send it for a replacement but I would like to recover some files that weren't backed up in the cloud.

I can see the phone using adb devices and I was hoping to use the abd pull command but I can't due to permissions. I am using a Mac and my phone is not rooted.

adb shell ls -lah

1|walleye:/ $ ls -lah
ls: ./init.usb.configfs.rc: Permission denied
ls: ./init.recovery.walleye.rc: Permission denied
ls: ./init.rc: Permission denied
ls: ./init.zygote32.rc: Permission denied
ls: ./init: Permission denied
ls: ./init.environ.rc: Permission denied
ls: ./init.usb.rc: Permission denied
ls: ./persist: Permission denied
ls: ./cache: Permission denied
ls: ./postinstall: Permission denied
ls: ./ueventd.rc: Permission denied
ls: ./init.zygote64_32.rc: Permission denied
total 40K
drwxr-xr-x  21 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 .
drwxr-xr-x  21 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 ..
dr-xr-xr-x  20 root   root      0 1970-07-27 04:06 acct
lrw-r--r--   1 root   root     50 2009-01-01 09:00 bugreports -> /data/user_de/0/com.android.shell/files/bugreports
lrw-r--r--   1 root   root     13 2009-01-01 09:00 charger -> /sbin/charger
drwxr-xr-x   4 root   root      0 1970-01-01 01:00 config
lrw-r--r--   1 root   root     17 2009-01-01 09:00 d -> /sys/kernel/debug
drwxrwx--x  39 system system 4.0K 2018-01-13 17:08 data
lrw-------   1 root   root     23 2009-01-01 09:00 default.prop -> system/etc/prop.default
drwxr-xr-x  15 root   root   3.8K 2018-07-10 17:30 dev
lrw-r--r--   1 root   root     15 2009-01-01 09:00 dsp -> /vendor/lib/dsp
lrw-r--r--   1 root   root     11 2009-01-01 09:00 etc -> /system/etc
dr-xr-x---   4 system system  16K 1970-01-01 01:00 firmware
drwx------   2 root   root    16K 2009-01-01 09:00 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 metadata
drwxr-xr-x  10 root   system  220 1970-07-27 04:06 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 oem
dr-xr-xr-x 655 root   root      0 1970-01-01 01:00 proc
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 res
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 root
drwxr-x---   2 root   shell  4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 sbin
lrw-r--r--   1 root   root     21 2009-01-01 09:00 sdcard -> /storage/self/primary
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root     60 1970-07-27 04:06 storage
dr-xr-xr-x  13 root   root      0 1970-07-27 04:06 sys
drwxr-xr-x  14 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 system
drwxr-xr-x  16 root   root   4.0K 2009-01-01 09:00 vendor

adb pull /

adb pull /
adb: warning: stat failed for path /charger: Permission denied
adb: warning: stat failed for path /sdcard: No such file or directory
adb: warning: stat failed for path /system/bin/ip6tables-wrapper-1.0: Permission denied
...
...
...

Is it possible to pull all files from the phone or mount it on my Mac? I'm only interested in the pictures really.


texts: Root to set a battery limit and unroot again?

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I dont have any practical experience with rooting my phone. There is one thing that's been bugging me for a very long time: I need to be able to set a charging limit on my Pixel 2 since I dont feel like replacing the battery soon and destroying the water resistance.

My question is: if I root and set a charging limit and unroot again, will this setting be erased? As I said, I am not too familiar with the risks of having my OS more vulnerable towards viruses, thus the only thing I want to do is to set the battery charging limit and then just go back to unroot.

Thanks,
Alex


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I have a Lenovo tab 4-10 TBX304L
I flashed it with TWRP and It shows 0 MB for Internal storage.
I Tried changing file system to ext 2 and ext4.wiped data and system.
Reinstalled android stock rom via QFIL tool.
Any help?


texts: Alcatel idol 3 wont interrupt car radio with nav app directions

texts: When connected to car bluetooth, google maps or waze wont play on car while car radio is on. If device is selected on car unit then you can hear nav app turn by turn directions. But if radio is on, directions wont override radio.


texts: Is it possible to change the text bubbles on the s3?

texts: I just am trying to figure out how to change the backgrounds behind text messages. Is there a setting or some app which lets you do this?


texts: Can 4G be used on a 3G phone if 4G bands are supported?

texts:
I have a 3G phone but it supports the 4G band (1800 MHz) which is available in my area. Is there any way I can enable my phone to support 4G?

I went to *#*#4636#*#*, and there is an LTE option, but I cannot select it. Each time I select it, the option changes to WCDMA Only or WCDMA Preferred.


texts: android "market place" hangs on start up

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I have Samsung Galaxy s2. After setting up a Google account on my phone and using android market for first time, it shows a notification about removing "market place" application and replace it with "play store". (I live in Iran and Google does not allow me to use play store features). So, I bought a vpn account from Germany, connect to it and download and update to play store. Everything is okay.
After 3 months of using my phone, everything was fine. Last week I restored my phone and all data has been removed. And after setting up a Google account I tried to update market place to play store. But problem is, when I try to start market place, it hangs on start screen, and just show white screen with loader in center of display, after 20 seconds it closed and returned to home screen.
I tried to connect with vpn connection (I thought it's because of country restriction again, but recently my country changed the laws and closed any connections like pptp, l2tp, https, ipsec. Now I just connect with my real ip)
Any help, any comment, any way to update and connect to play store?


texts: How does Android calculate battery consumption by apps?

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How does Android measure energy used by individual hardware component?
How does Android measure energy used by each individual process?


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I'm trying to reset my phone, but It doesn't work. When I try to reset it via android settings, it restarts, shows the Huawei logo and shutsdown. When I manually restart it its back to its original state before the backup.

I cant boot into recovery or fastboot, it justs shows a black screen. My phone is rooted, but I don't have root acces because of immutable.list. Help would be appreciated.


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Pokemon Go is encountering bugs on my install, and I want to completely uninstall it and reinstall, but Android won't let me. After uninstalling, the icon disappears and the app appears to be gone, but if I click "Install" on Google Play, the game immediately reappears on my device without downloading, meaning that Android is still keeping the entire app on my device and is not letting me reinstall to fix the issues. I can't find where on my device the actual files are kept. I tried deleting the leftover files under Android/obb, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling from an APK that I found, but that doesn't work, because the game is still installed. I tried resetting and clearing my cache multiple times.
I know that reinstalling will fix the issue with the bugs, too, because I was able to install the game on my secure folder profile, and it worked perfectly. If Android would just allow me to delete the app, I wouldn't have wasted the last five hours of my life.
Any advice?


texts: How to send a text message from skype on android

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How to send a text message from Skype on Android

So, I just spent 30 minutes trying to find out where to send a text message (SMS) to a phone number using the latest version of Skype on Android.

Does anyone know if it's still possible to do this or has this feature been removed?

Instructions please if possible.

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/QOSydpM.png

Please if you reply make sure it applies to this rather new version of Skype for Android.


texts: Is there a way to set the screen to auto-lock after more than 30 minutes?

texts: On my GS3 the options for auto-locking range from "immediately" to "30 minutes". Suppose I wanted the auto-lock to happen only after 1 hour - is there any way to do this?


texts: How to install android 2.2 (froyo) on Nexus One

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I have a rooted nexus one with the android 2.1 update1. I have received the OTA notifications for a system update for the 2.2, but it didn't succeed. I must have the phone rooted (for now) so I can have Hebrew on it.

Where can I download the latest android 2.2 (FRF 91) and how should I install it? Dows the upgrade also wipes the contents of the SD card?


texts: Anyway to fix wire sensitive touch screen?

texts: The touch screen of this smart-phone is capacitive type and it is very annoying when touch by ear-phone cable or any other cable make it trigger actions. I am afraid of it. In earlier phones that I had owned did not had this unwanted extra feature. This phone is developed by ZTE in China with Indian local branding.


texts: Does LineageOS allow us to install apps via Google Play?

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Someone told me we can't install Google apps after installing LineageOS and it doesn't support Google Play.
What is the truth behind this? Can I access Google Play in LineageOS?


texts: Google drive links. What version they shows?

texts: Does links from drive give a connection to the last version of a file or to the one at the moment of link creation?


texts: How to list all files that an Android app is currently reading or writing?

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I want to list all the files that an Android app is currently reading or writing, something like what Windows' Disk Activity in Resource Monitor does:

How can I do that?


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After a couple of times of trying many solutions I found on the internet, I still couldn't fix the problem.  I think, I have tried almost everything.

Actually, before this problem, I also have one more problem, which is now fixed.  That problem is that the Driver Status is "Abnormal", and the Audio Format is "Unsupported", like this:

Driver Version: 2.5.0.4
NEON Enabled: No
Enabled: No
Status: Abnormal
Audio Format: Unsupported
Processing: No
Sampling Rate: 0

Well, that problem is fixed now (solution here), but I still got a problem.

ViPER4Android is not processing, even if I'm playing a song.  I'm pretty sure that the music player that I'm using is supported.  I am using Google Play Music as my music player.

The problem is that, whatever I change (a setting) on ViPER4Android, it is still the same.  It doesn't do anything, but the stock equalizer does.  The stock equalizer is still working, which should be not.

Here is the driver status:

Driver Status: 2.5.0.4
NEON Enabled: Yes
Enabled: Yes
Status: Normal
Audio Format: Supported
Processing: No
Sampling Rate: 48000

Some things you might ask:

Have you tried turning it off and on again? (ViPER4Android):   Yes.
Have you tried turning it off and on again? (Android device):   Yes.
Have you tried disabling the stock equalizer? :   I "tried", but it didn't work.
What sites have you found on the internet for solutions? :   I can't remember 'cause there are a lot, but it's mostly on XDA.
Have you flashed a flashable zip? :   Yes.
What device are you using? :   See below.

Device:

  Device:   Samsung Galaxy J7 Core

  Model Number:   SM-J701F/DS

  Android version:   7.0 Nougat

  ROM:   Stock ROM

  Recovery: TWRP

  Rooted:   Of course!


texts: How to setup a Tasker profile to switch ariplane mode at night UNLESS I actually use the phone?

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I'd like to switch all radio communications off for night, that is airplane mode.

However, sometimes I drive during night, sometimes I stay awake for late. So it is difficult to set it up just with specified hours. My clever idea is to use more conditions (contexts) than just time.

PROBLEM - definition

How to setup a Tasker profile to keep all radios off during specified night hours UNLESS I actually use the phone?

In a simplistic example, the "usage of phone" could be defined as "screen is ON". But how about if I'm downloading something, or making a phone/skype call while driving on a motorway during night (and I wish the screen to be off to save battery).

So a more specific definition of "phone in use" would be a combination of:

screen is on OR
pending GSM phone call OR
pending skype call (or I'm logged into skype account) OR
pending download via GooglePlay store (or a downloading manager) OR
at least one active Bluetooth connection.

So the tasker profile should do the following actions

run within, say, 22:00 and 07:00, and
check if one of the above conditions are true.
if false (i'm not using the phone), switch all radio communications
off
if true (I'm using the phone) then do nothing
however as soon as ALL of those conditions switch to false, switch all radio off

Please let me know how you would approach it. I know each phone is different, and I know I need to play around with a Tasker for a while, but as much as I'm good in logical thinking, doing this in a graphical mode instead of text mode seems a bit non-intuitive at the beginning...

MY PHONE SPECIFICATION:

Samsung galaxy s4 GT-i9505
Android 4.4.2
device not rooted (I want to double check one thing with the retailer
before I can root the phone).


texts: open viber audio(.ptt) files on pc or phone

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my viber history got corrupted, but luckily i have backedup the important conversation i needed into text format using (backup text for viber). it might have been the reason that corrupted the history since it got corrupted right after i backedup that one conversation.

the problem is the audio files are there in the viber media, but they have no extension,and i can't open them, i tried every program possible but i couldn't find a way to do it. is there a way to be able to open them on pc or phone?


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Why are SMS messages sent on my Samsung Galaxy S III running AOKP appear as unable to be sent? The SMS is actually sent.

I tested with a message to myself:

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Edit: I forgot to add that I have done this very recently. So there has not been a period where it worked normally. This occurred as soon as I flashed the ROM.


texts: Disable chat-heads (for WhatsApp, etc.) on Samsung devices

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After an Android 9.0 Pie update on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, I have noticed that Whatsapp Messenger notifications come up similar to how Facebook Messenger notifications are delivered - with a chat head. This is a circle with the messenger's profile picture showing, and clicking on it opens a small window with the message shown.

I preferred when this chat head was never there, and I got to see a preview of the message for a few seconds just below the top of the screen when a message arrives.

I have tried turning off pop-up notifications on WhatsApp, but this seems to be something different entirely, as the chat heads continue to come up.

Is it possible to turn this feature off?


texts: Is there a way (not date) to number photos sequentially.

texts: My regular digital camera assigns numbers sequentially.  My Android 8.0 Galaxy S8+, after the date, assigns random numbers to each picture. If copied to a computer the pics all become "created" at the same time. I'd like them numbered in the sequence taken. Samsung says it's a logarithm naming matter and what I want "can't be done". I don't believe that. It's a computer. Why wouldn't it be able to do it?


texts: How can I see my NFS share in any file manager on Android 6.0.1?

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I mounted my NFS shares successfully in Termux with busybox. I mounted the network folder to /data/media/0/Music.

I'm also able to see the content of the network share in the terminal with ls -l /data/media/0/Music. But when I click the location in my file manager the location is empty. I tried different file managers as well but all display nothing.

Is is a permission issue? What do I have to change in Android to make it work?


texts: How do you name a folder on the home screen (Gingerbread, HTC Incredible)?

texts: I added a folder to the home screen, but it's automatically labeled "folder." If I have multiple folders, it will get confusing. How can I change the name of the folder?


texts: What is com.superthomaslab.rootessentials? Having root access, no icons no name, just a package name. Please note that this app isn't installed on my devvice


texts: I can not transfer my app into sd card on Huawei Y9 2018

texts: There is no such option in the device and it is running on android 8.0


texts: Bootloop in Xperia L when the bootloader is unlocked using sony's flashtool

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I was trying to install AOSP rom for Xperia L provided by Sony. So i tried to unlock my device using Flash tool. I tried unlocking the device, it replied "failed" first and second time I tried, it ran some commands, said ok and requested for a Restart. And when i restart it displays SONY, XPERIA and gets caught in a loop displaying a image.

Is there something I missed before I unlock my device or there is a problem with the device?

thanks.


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I have a Moto G that is running Android 4.4.4.

While using the Spotify app to listen to music, it suddenly closes without any error message. It simply vanishes and has to be restarted.

It looks like I am running out of memory, as it tends to happen when I am using other apps while Spotify plays in the background.

What can be causing this problem?


texts: Odin fails when trying to apply firmware

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I'm trying to apply the correct firmware for my region UK and carrier which is EE but i can't seem to do this since it keeps failing on me when i start the process. This is the output from the logs.

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Binary Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Just some background info as to why and what i've done previously.

The problem is i can't update the software since it keeps on saying processing failed. After looking into this it may be linked to region of the device since the baseband versionis I9505XXUGNK4 and the CSC part is not a UK code which is why i'm guessing the phone can't be updated.

Also i used kingoroot to root the device and i have a superuser app install as well before using Odin but surely this can't be an issue can it?


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So, I bought this phone some time ago, an HTC Desire 310, which should have 4GB of internal memory, of which 2GB actually available to the user.

On the phone I also installed an 8GB SD card for picture and similar.

However, recently I keep getting "not enough space" when I try to update some of the bigger apps I have installed from Google Store, even if there are about 250 MB free.

I have tried cleanin the caches, so regaining some 50 MB, but still "insufficient space".

I also tried to move the apps to the SD card, but it would seem that the version of android here installed, some custom 4.2.2, does not allow moving apps to SD.

How can I then solve such a problem? Is there a way to restore the missing "move to SD" option?


texts: Fix "android.process.acore keeps stopping" when the contacts provider can't load it's db

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My phone just decided that it should spam an exception onto my screen that reopens as soon as I tap it away.

A look at logcat reveals the following being thrown multiple times per second:

SQLiteLog: (14) cannot open file at line 34327 of [605907e73a]
SQLiteLog: (14) os_unix.c:34327: (13) open(/data/user/0/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db-shm) -
SQLiteLog: (14) statement aborts at 1: [PRAGMA user_version;] unable to open database file
SQLiteLog: (14) cannot open file at line 34327 of [605907e73a]
SQLiteLog: (14) os_unix.c:34327: (13) open(/data/user/0/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db-shm) -
AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: Worker-1
AndroidRuntime: Process: android.process.acore, PID: 9149
AndroidRuntime: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCantOpenDatabaseException: unable to open database file (code 14)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.nativeExecuteForLong(Native Method)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.executeForLong(SQLiteConnection.java:599)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteSession.executeForLong(SQLiteSession.java:652)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteStatement.simpleQueryForLong(SQLiteStatement.java:107)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.DatabaseUtils.longForQuery(DatabaseUtils.java:842)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.DatabaseUtils.longForQuery(DatabaseUtils.java:830)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.getVersion(SQLiteDatabase.java:940)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getDatabaseLocked(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:311)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getReadableDatabase(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:262)
AndroidRuntime:        at com.android.providers.contacts.LegacyApiSupport.<init>(LegacyApiSupport.java:499)
AndroidRuntime:        at com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.initForDefaultLocale(ContactsProvider2.java:1668)
AndroidRuntime:        at com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2.performBackgroundTask(ContactsProvider2.java:1759)
AndroidRuntime:        at com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2$1.onPerformTask(ContactsProvider2.java:1615)
AndroidRuntime:        at com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsTaskScheduler$MyHandler.handleMessage(ContactsTaskScheduler.java:77)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
AndroidRuntime:        at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:65)

My guess would be, that - for whatever reason - the contacts provider was assigned a different user ID and has now lost access to it's own database. I would guess, that if I clear the database the issue is gone.

Still, I don't want to lose my contacts. I have a backup but that's old enough to say that I would lose some. I'm convinced that the file is still there and I can probably just open it as sqlite file once I gain access but I have no clue on how to achieve this. Trying to work with the com.android.providers.contacts package in adb always leaves me with "package not debuggable".

My Phone is a non-rooted Moto G5 Plus running Android 8.1

Is there a way to backup my contacts or are they gone? Also: Can I maybe just remove the *.db-shm file that seems to be the problem here? As far as I remember that's only some temp file for sqlite anyways.


texts: How to capture downloading address of downloading file?

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I am downloading the file in PC browser so I can easily capture the download link by entering into Downloads Tab & click "copy link address"

In Android, I know by long press on Download button, it gives menu so I can use "copy link address" to capture the address.

but not all sites display download address in Download tab, I mean Link address of download button & downloading file are not same.

so How to capture downloading address in androids OS?

Android OS is 4.2.2

Browser: chrome 30.0.1599.82


texts: No USB storage mode for Asus MeMo Pad 7 to do Android development

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I intend to develop with an Asus MeMo Pad 7, but I can't set it to detect as a normal USB storage device.

In the Storage menu I have 4 options:

MTP - to transfer images
PTP - to transfer images
USB charge mode -no USB, just charging
CD mode - a CD image

I enabled Developer mode and set USB debug. I still can't see the tablet as an USB Storage.

What mode should I use for Android development?


texts:
I just bought a Samsung Galaxy S7, bound it to my car's Bluetooth and able to make/accept regular calls. However I cannot figure out how to make calls from Skype through car's Bluetooth. When phone is connected to bluetooth and I make a Skype call - call goes through phone's speaker, not through Bluetooth.

Any advice on how to do it?

P.S. I was able to it with my old Windows Phone, so I believe it should be possible with Android 6


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My device is Coolpad Note 3 and it's 15 months old.
Recently, I've observed that the battery suddenly drops randomly to 20-30% and shuts down. When I plug it in for charging while it's powered off it shows that it's charging from 20-30%. If there is some charge left inside it then why won't it turn on?
And while charging it suddenly bumps up from 40-50% to 70-80%. Why does this happen? I don't think that the battery is failing because it's relatively new compared to my 2½ year old Redmi 1S (which is working perfectly).

Interestingly, adb shell dumpsys batterystats | grep "Capacity:" shows that my battery capacity is 1000 while the manufacturer mentioned that it is 3000 mah. I was getting nearly 5 hours of screen on time before this happened. Did the manufacturer do something to the device by giving some update ? Recently many other users reported such battery drain issues. Malwarebytes scan shows that the themes and ota updater apps have coolreaper malware which can be used to directly install any apps.
Here's the complete output:

$ adb shell dumpsys batterystats | grep "Capacity:"
    Capacity: 1000, Computed drain: 0.1000, actual drain: 0.00000000
    Capacity: 1000, Computed drain: 0.1000, actual drain: 0.00000000

Edit:
I got the battery replaced from the service centre and it's working properly but adb is still showing the battery capacity as 1000 only.


texts: How to play video on mobile browser's webpage WHILE ON the webpage?

texts:
On any browser I try, even with SkyFire 4.0 and Flash, when I play a video on a webpage, what happens is the video is actually played by another program(Moboplayer, SkyFire's client, HTML5 browser video player, etc.).

What I want to do is play a video and watch it streaming while still being able to:

1.Move the webpage around, scroll, navigate, select other buttons, radio boxes, hyperlinks, etc.

2.Be able to have Flash run other streaming media, such as top-bar Flash ads, flash games in the manner described above, etc.

3.Access webpages more like they're intended and viewed on a non-mobile targeted site, but through a mobile device and browser.

Here's a picture to illustrate what I mean crystal clearly:

What I want to know is what the problem is here:

1.Is it the way the browsers are programmed/configured?

2.Can't a browser app developed for Android/iOS/Windows Phone/Symbian/etc. (theoretically) be used identically with touch gesturization like if with a keyboard(such as pressing articulate little buttons, scrolling iFrames properly, running Flash runtime).

In other words, is it possible for Flash to run like it does on Windows on Android?

Why and why not?

PS: The problem is that on my device I can't find any tricks to get this done right, and I'm very limited with Flash video playback in this manner(and Flash altogether).

Just to clarify, no, I'm not unaware of the YouTube app. What I want to do is all of the aforementioned tasks (video streaming, viewing Flash ads/animation, etc.) right from a single webpage which the .swf data lies upon(no "transferring" of data to other programs and leaving the webpage).


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Yesterday I performed a Nandroid Backup on my phone, because right after I knew I was going to wipe the phone and cache and remount Cyanogenmod on my Galaxy Nexus to hopefully solve another issue I had.

However, I guess when you do a new fresh mount CM recreates the 0 (profile) directory on the internal memory. So I ended up having to move the folders that contained the backup up one directory level.

The problem I have now is that with the latest backup I am running dangerously low on storage space, so I can't restore all my apps and data and therefore I need to delete an old backup (I have 3 but need only 2). I can't delete the folder using Astro or file manager even when giving them root access, and I thought if moving it to the same location as before CWM would be able to see it and delete, but it just says can't find any backups.

Is there a way to fix it so CWM can see it and I can delete?

The files are currently in the path /storage/emulated/0/clockworkmod/backup


texts: Phone to computer without computer install

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I want to display my phone screen on my computer so that it can be projected on a screen.

I am not allowed to install any software on the computer or alter any setting of the browser. I have tried various tools such as Airdroid, but they require software installation or Chrome additions (again, something which I can't use).

I don't really want to go down the road of dedicated cables for a particular phone because I will have to change my phone at some time.

I just thought: although I can't install any software, self-executing .jar files do seem to work on our current network.

Edit: I don't want to ROOT my phone if possible: it is too expensive to take the risk.


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I understand that Dalvik has a just-in-time compiler.
The android team is making ART, android runtime, which has an ahead-of-time compiler.

Effectively using Scala can increase code execution time but I am under the assumption that reported performance is only regarding the Dalvik VM.

What would the implications of using Scala with ART be?


texts: Is it possible to reinstall S Notes after flashing Lineage OS 14.1 on Samsung Galaxy Note 8?

texts: I'm a beginner with rooting, flashing and so on, but I'd like to try to flash Lineage OS 14.1 on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (GT-N5100). However I often use S Note for taking notes using the S Pen. Does anybody know if it is possible to somehow get and reinstall the S Note App after flashing the new OS? If yes, how?


texts: What is the difference between Fastboot and HBoot mode?

texts:
and why can't I see an option to boot into recovery mode on my HTC Hero (Orange UK)?  Is it already in recovery mode when I can see the Fastboot/HBoot menu?

Initial menu after holding vol-down when booting:

Initial menu after holding vol-down when booting (click image to enlarge)

If I press back, I get the following screen:

(Click image to enlarge)


texts: Nissan keeps losing Bluetooth connectivity to my phone

texts:
I originally posted a version of this question to mechanics.stackexchange, under the assumption that something was wrong w/ my 2013 Nissan Altima SV.  However, it sounds like it's an issue that only affects Android phones, not iPhones or Windows phones.

My car offers Bluetooth connectivity, and that feature worked great for about a year; for phonecalls, podcasts, and music.

However, for some time now, when I start my car and navigate to AUX to listen to my phone, it occasionally says, "No devices connected". When I navigate through the menus to look at Bluetooth devices, the car still has my phone listed in its devices, it's just unable to connect.

When this happens, I have to delete my phone from the list of devices, and re-add it. Then, it will work fine for another week or two, before the same problem occurs.

I have a Google Pixel (first generation).  Is this a known issue with Android Bluetooth functionality?


texts: How to get files from a Galaxy S6 Edge with Android 5.1 to a computer with Windows 10 by USB

texts:
How is it possible to transfer file over USB from an Android phone to a computer?

Situation: Windows 10, Galaxy s6 Edge on Android 5.1.1.

(I've read articles, followed dozens of tutorials, installed drivers, on differents winX computers, upgraded a lot of things, and it still doesn't work.)


texts: how can I have my you tube music playlists available to play on my galaxy xcover even when I have no Internet connection?

texts: Can I have a play list transfered from my you tube account on to my actual phone to use when I have no Internet connection?  What do I have to do? - im a tech no spaz!-please help me thanks


texts: Miss this feature from my old 'Berry - easily set to Phone Call Only mode overnight so support calls from work ring through but text/email notifications are silent. Is there a way to have similar one touch on/off functionality?  Thanks


texts: Android devices not allowed to connect to WiFi

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I am a college student and they provide us free WiFi here . When trying to connect to the WiFi all devices connect to it instantly except Android devices. When Android 6.0 was launched the devices having Android 6.0 could connect to the WiFi , devices like iPhone , windows phone and blackberry connect easily . I have a rooted Android Phone (not Android 6.0) so i changed my MAC Address but still couldn't connect.

How does the router segment devices based on their OS ?

How can I make my Android device connect to the WiFi?


texts: How to avoid / troubleshoot on-page refreshing bug in Chrome for Android?

texts:
I've been experiencing a bug since the upgrade to Lollipop, perhaps even earlier, where the current tab refreshes while I'm looking at it. This has been very difficult to find info about, because of the hordes of people complaining about the ordinary, reasonable behaviour of Android refreshing hidden tabs when they're reopened.

It seems like it might have something to do with memory or excessive JS usage as it appears to happen more on slow, content heavy sites. Lightweight sites with simple HTML are barely affected. It also has nothing to do with any particular interaction, as I've seen it happen while reading articles having not touched the screen for a few minutes.

I've tried reinstalling Chrome and restarting my device, but I suspect this could be a problem with the underlying webview or device as I've seen a similar thing happening in other apps as well.

Does anyone know if this is a common problem? Anyone run into this and find a fix?

Nexus 5

Android 6.0.1


texts: How does the Samsung Galaxy wake-command work? Is the microprocessor always on? Or does it wake when it detects sound?


texts: How safe is it to build and flash LineageOS myself?

texts:
I was planning to flash LineageOS on my Asus Zenfone 2 Laser, but I recently found out it is no longer supported on my phone. However, this guide explains how to build then flash the ROM on my device (and possibly root it), and I truly want to go down this path.

What is unclear to me a this point is whether it is "safe" to do so. More specifically:

Will I be getting security updates ?
Will it be safe to use banking apps with the custom ROM ?
What can happen if I lose/someone steals my phone ?
Should I stick with my bloated stock ROM ?

Thank you in advance for your help !


texts: How to install adb/fastboot in cmd (with usb-drivers)?

texts:
I need adb for some reason, but don't know how to install it and getting the usb-drivers? I heard you have to download the full android sdk?
What is to do?


texts: When I first got my Android it gave me the monthly view of my calendar. It has switched to daily agenda. ARGH!  How do I switch it back to weekly or monthly view?


texts: What is the "Android Sooner Single ADB Interface"?

texts:
What is the "Android Sooner Single ADB Interface", what function does it serve, and why does it have that name?  Specifically, to what does the term "Sooner" refer?

It appears to be a driver written by Google that gets installed on desktop computers when some Android devices are attached, but the name is so odd that it's worthy of having a canonical answer providing a full explanation as to its function and name.


texts: Where are Firefox bookmark and history files stored?

texts:
And what are the names? I want to copy each in the event of device failure.
Sync is apparently not an option as the Sync "application" has returned "'Cannot connect to network" for several weeks, and the web page to create an account just has a swirl that never loads anything else.
I'm not sold on sharing data with mozilla anyway, tho if anyone knows how to do that, also, ...
All the tutorials I've found online are about desktop. I tried applying solutions there to android, like searching for 'places.sqlite', but no dice.
I'm running OS 5.1.1, unrooted. I've got two 3rd-party file managers, and of course Firefox lets one browse root directories (file:///...).
Thanks.
Edit: I'm trying to use xBrowserSync, but every version I've found won't install, has this problem:

I scanned each at    VirusTotal first, of course.


texts: Archos 50 Power does not recognise external storage

texts:
I recently bought the Archos 50 Power however I sent it back after it appeared to be faulty. Today the new one came, however, the exact same problem is occurring. I have an SD card that I used in my Samsung Galaxy 4 and it worked fine. I then formatted it and placed it inside my new phone. The phone can see the SD card.

When I go to try and move any data, such as google play music downloads or photos from the camera app, to the SD card the apps cannot see the SD card.

The interesting thing is when I placed my SD card back in my old phone, put my google play offline on the SD card, then replaced it inside my new phone the google play music app could see the SD card. All the other apps could still not see it. I would appreciate any help in fixing this problem as I have never encountered it before now.


texts:
I tried to install a custom rom on my Xperia L,but it aborted.
Now my handset isn't booting up, when powered on it just shows SONY logo.
What should I do now ?


texts: I have a Honor View 20 smartphone and a Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite tablet. I was wondering whether it is possible to tether my phone's LTE connection with an "usb-c - usb-c" to my tablet or not. If so, can someone please tell me how? Thank you.


texts: What are physical partitions on Android device?

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I'm new to Android system. I'm trying to understand how it is installed to internal memory to eventually have it fully backed up and capable to be restored. To accomplish it I need to know what to back up. Is /data & /system partitions all I have to care of? One of my root apps list these partitions on my device:

/mnt/media_rw/xxxx-xxxx (mounted external SD card, Idk how to treat it)
/data 5.51GB
/system 1.08GB
/cache 534.12MB
/fsg 1.5MB
/firmware 64MB
/persist 8MB
/pds 3MB

What is the full list of physical partitions on Android device?
Can the list differ between devices?
TWRP, Titanium, oandbackup and (adb backub/restore) do not create full backups of Android device (system with data). What is a complete solution on Android devices similar to Acronis True Image on PC systems?


texts:
My S3 has been lagging while I play in games or use aps. I've read that free ram is not supposed to be linked with lag but it seems that it must be. While in one of the games I play, my keyboard will not load, or will close randomly. I assume this is due to lack of ram to open it.

I have very few aps and almost no background processes. How is 1.44 gigs of my 1.5gigs of my ram being consumed?


texts: Google drive internet problems android phone

texts: I have a Samsung galaxy j1, and I have the google drive and docs apps installed. When I try to open a document from drive, I get an error. When I try to open docs, I get an error.


texts: I have a zte phone. No space pops up when downloading apps; however,  have phone storage space of 411MB available and SD space of 1.82 GB available.  Can someone help me with this problem?


texts: I wish to uninstall (or at least disable) some of the applications that the manufacturer installed on my Samsung Galaxy Tab computer. I tried Settings → Application manager → ALL, but is seems that none of the manufacturer-installed apps can be uninstalled (or disabled). How do I do this, please?


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Possible Duplicate:
  What are the names of the various versions of the Android OS, and how are these names chosen?

What the heck is Froyo?

Are android trying to be cool with the naming conventions?

.. oh wait, they.. they're alphabetical, right? Just like Linux?


texts: How Install Google Play Store In Samsung J3 Pro Korean Set?

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Recently I bought Samsung J3 Pro Korean set. There is no Google Play Store in Samsung J3 Pro Korean set. When i install applications, This message interrupts

This App Relies on Google Play Services

When i install Google Play Services following message interrupts

Unfortunately Google Play Services Has Been Stopped

Can anyone tell me how to install Google Play Store in Samsung J3 Pro Korean Set. Do i have to buy other phone that supports Google Play Store.

Is there any way to allow Google Play Store In it?

My Country: pakistan

Thanks In Advance.


texts:
Is there any way to boost it? It seems to be louder on the rear of the phone.

I have a GT-I9505 Galaxy S4.


texts: Downloaded music plays on PC and transfers to phone, but some files don't show up in phone library after transfer

texts: My music - which is in MP3 format - plays normally on my PC. When I transfer some of my music to my device, my computer says the transfer was complete, however I cannot see some of the music on my device. Why are some songs not appearing in my phone's music library?


texts: Disable personal language library feature of Swype

texts:
I dislike the way keyboards build a personal language library. I currently use Huawei Swype and whilst yes, every now and then I can clear the library, I would like to not have to do that.

Is there any way to disable this feature on Swype?


texts: Is there any (open) standard for importing/exporting contact from/to any mobile phone?

texts:
Is there any open format for importing and exporting from/to any mobile phone. It doesn't have to be a smartphone, it could be a basic mobile phone. If any such thing exist, does is also support import/export from/to SIM as well?

Contacts is one feature which is universal in all phones so I am hoping this is some standard/format which could be used for doing this. In smartphone, it could be done by apps but what about the basic phones.

Any help/insight on this would be highly appreciated.


texts: Gingerbread has drastically reduced my battery life

texts:
I have a Nexus One, and since upgrading to 2.3.3, my phone lasts several hours less compared to 2.2.x. I've swapped out to a new battery, which didn't make a difference. In about 14 hours (of nothing more than texting), my phone is at less than 15%. When I check the Battery use under Settings, Android OS is always the top battery consumer.

What can I do about this? Every other update besides this one has been great, but Gingerbread is a total disappointment.

Update: This is 100% an issue with wifi. After disabling it, the battery usage of Android OS has dropped from 40% to 2%.  After 16 hours on battery, it's still more than half charged. I'll keep investigating...or revert, because I think Gingerbread just looks fugly.


texts: How to configure Simplenote client to use external storage?

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I've just installed the official Simplenote client on my Samsung Galaxy S3 mini (Android 4.2.2). I don't have a lot of space on the "on board" storage, so want to ensure that Simplenote uses the external SD card.

I cannot find any settings for file storage, however, and I failed to find its files poking around with a file manager.

Question How can I ensure Simplenote is using the external SD card for storing its data?


texts: How to suppress these “Application needs installed” notifications from Google Maps?

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Since the last Google Maps update, it periodically shows an “Application needs installed: Request of install from Google Maps” airpush notification begging me to install Google Play services.

I do not want it installed, since i do not have enough disk space on my phone, and Maps seem to function normally (aside from the usual graphics glitches) without Play Services installed. I do not use other Google apps aside from Maps.

How to get rid of these notifications?

If relevant, i am using Android 4.1.2 (Cyanogenmod unofficial) on Sony Arc S.


texts: My Galaxy Tab 3 requires a cable so what can I use as a substitute?

texts: Is it ok for me to charge my galaxy tab 3 using a samsung phone charger?(only the cable is from the phone, the jack is of the tab)


texts:
With the release of the firesheep plug-in for firefox it has become trivial for website browsing on open Wi-Fi networks to be hijacked by 3rd party listeners.

Android offers the convenient auto-sync option. However I fear that my data may be auto-sync'd while I am connected to an open Wi-Fi network while at the local coffee shop or shopping mall.

Is all the data Android auto-syncs encrypted using SSL or a similar encryption mechanism? Is any auto-sync'd data unencrypted and transmitted in the clear for all to listen in to?

Update: COMPLETELY INSECURE!!!! See below!!!!


texts: Android Nougat Wi-Fi drop after updating Galaxy Note5

texts: I'm using Galaxy Note5 and updated my phone via Software Update option in my phone and my phone is not rooted. So, i keep the Wi-Fi always on while its sleeping but, in the battery section, when i select wi-fi from the battery using programs&apps list, i just see here "Turn off Wi-Fi when not in use.". Also when my phone goes sleep after 2 mins of wait, i just waited like 5 mins or 10 mins i don't know the exact time, when i wake it up , just saw the wi-fi connected again every time, but as i said i selected always on from the settings.I also tried reset all network settings etc. and tried to find Wi-Fi from apps to prevent it from the power saving but there is no Wi-Fi. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Why does HTC Incredible S turn Wi-Fi on by itself?

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Sometime after latest official update to Android 4.0 phone began to switch Wi-Fi on by itself when being in sleep mode (or maybe at other times).

Reproduction: turn off the Wi-Fi, leave it in a Wi-Fi enabled area (there are open networks, but no which I would like to use), and next time I look at phone it shows this notification "There are open networks" and has the Wi-Fi enabled.

The reason I'd like to disable this behavior is phone likes to connect to some saved public Wi-Fi's when I'm on the move and browsing via 3G, thus disrupting the loading of pages. So I usually turn Wi-Fi on and off manually.


texts: Remapping hardware key on keyboard to trigger voice input

texts: On my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro running CyanogenMod 10, what I am trying to do is remap a key I never really use, like the capslock key, to trigger voice input. I know keys can be remapped changing the keymap file after your phone is rooted, but what is the syntax to assign to voice input? Is this even possible?


texts:
I'm from India and tonight (friday 20 june 2014) at around 10:58pm a sight happened to my downloading notification bar. I was downloading ESPN FC FOOTBALL AND WORD CUP app and suddenly after reaching 100%.
And time 0 seconds left the download kept on going and as it passed the 100% mark the time started to go in negative and this continued for about 6-7 minutes.
Please let me know if there is a problem in my android device or it's an error from the play store.
After some time it ultimately installed the app but it kept on closing automatically. I uninstalled it and when I tried to install it again from play store it downloaded but after reaching 100% it said 'a fatal error occurred 961'.
I was using a MOTO G XT1033, non-rooted.

Here are the images:


texts: Is there a way to override notifications that don't let me dismiss them?

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I have a Galaxy Nexus that's running 4.2.2. Certain apps, like Words with Friends, occasionally send spammy notifications for trying out a different game or something like that. They won't dismiss when I press the dismiss all button, and I can't manually swipe to remove them. I have to actually press the notification which takes me to the app.

Obviously I don't want to have to bother opening and immediately closing an app to remove a notification. The simplest solution of course would be to not install apps that do this, but in general, is there a way to have more control over your notification bar?


texts: MacroDroid shell script non-root location permission denied

texts:
I am currently trying to run a simple shell script via MacroDroid. devices are Huawei and Samsung (Oreo not rooted).
in MacroDroid tried following locations:
/data/local/tmp/script.sh
/storage/emulated/0/MacroDroid/script.sh
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.arlosoft.macrodroid/files/script.sh

MacroDroid reports permission denied:
/system/bin/sh: <stdin>[4]: /data/local/tmp/script.sh: can't execute: Permission denied
/system/bin/sh: <stdin>[4]: /storage/emulated/0/MacroDroid/script.sh: can't execute: Permission denied
/system/bin/sh: <stdin>[4]: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.arlosoft.macrodroid/files/script.sh: can't execute: Permission denied

the script itself is working when running from adb shell:
adb shell
$ cd /data/local/tmp
$ chmod 0755 script.sh
$ ls -nZ script.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 2000 2000 u:object_r:shell_data_file:s0 ...
$ ./script.sh

In Terminal Emulator the script is readable (and passing as argument to sh works):
$ /data/local/tmp/script.sh
/system/bin/sh: /data/local/tmp/script.sh: not found
$ sh /data/local/tmp/script.sh
$ sh /storage/emulated/0/MacroDroid/script.sh
$ sh /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.arlosoft.macrodroid/files/script.sh

MacroDroid got all permissions granted in settings. Macros can create own log files in /storage/emulated/0
What is the proper location for shell scripts on non-rooted device?


texts: Android 11 permission showing soft permission dialog

texts:
Is this issue with android 11 where android 11 showing soft dialog?
While showing android permission in android 11 (Nexus), and click back button, dialog getting dismissed.
Is this new way of permission dialog handling or it's issue with android 11?


texts: Where it's marked that a "/data/app/i" have to appear in launcher?

texts: I have some apps who have important data in it. And now they don't appear in the launcher, but they still in /data/app. Do you know what to do to make appear an app from /data/app in the launcher ? Like manually install an app, without the Android Installer


texts: If the SIM and PUK are stored on the SIM card, then why can't an Android application read this information and display it to the user?


texts: Any way to disable emojis/smileys/everything?

texts:
So, is there any way to COMPLETELY stop showing emojis/smileys in every single app? I'd rather see a blank square than an annoying face.

Why I want to do that? I don't know, I hate them.


texts: How to prevent notification sounds when I am *using* the phone?

texts:
I wish to not hear notification sounds when I am using the phone. When I am reading an e-book, or news article and the notification sound disrupts the process.

I would like to hear the notification sounds when I am away, but only notification icons on the notification bar when I am actively using the phone.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: How to remove persistent suggested URLs in Chrome on Android?

texts:
Whenever I click the address bar of an existing tab in Chrome, in shows a list of suggested sites, before I even start typing. That would be helpful if these suggestions were accurate, but there are entries I didn't actually visit that often compared to others. There is even one entry I removed completely from my History.
How to fix that?


texts: How to remove duplicate phone numbers within one Android contact

texts:
Under many of the contacts on my phone I have pages full of the same phone number and/or email address.  Is there an automated method to remove them?

Please note, I'm not talking about duplicate contact records.  I'm talking about one contact record having multiple phone number entries with the same number filling multiple pages.   I could press the "-" button dozens of times to remove them, but this issue is happening on many of my contacts.

Googling this issue only returns results regarding "duplicate contacts" with suggestions of merging.  I'm not looking to merge contacts.  I'm looking to remove duplicate numbers that are listed under a single named contact.

When I went to Gmail's website to look up the contact for the person in the image I attached, Gmail only lists their email address (once) with no phone number.  I'm not sure where the other numbers are coming from or if there is a way to organize the contacts outside of my phone.  I'm interested in hearing options you may suggest.  I'm a developer and not afraid of an export/cleanup/import scenario if that is viable.

I have a Galaxy S7 with Android 7.0.


texts: Do hotels send out wifi signals that place you there?

texts: I need some clear cut answers to a question that gave birth to a divorce after 15 years of marriage. My ex husband's phone( Samsung Galaxy 6) would show him at many questionable places that he says he was not while he was supposed to be "at work". For example it showed him at hotels and he told me he didn't know why it would show that. Then gave me the reply that if you drive by a hotel they send out wifi signals that place you there just by driving by there. Now I have driven by a lot of hotels in our area and they never pinged me at any of them and we had the same GPS location feature. Mine always lined up where I went that day and his would be at all kinds of places.I asked around and no one has ever heard of this and I really want to know is this true???


texts: Change path to store YouTube offline videos in external memory

texts: Is it possible to change YouTube's offline video path to an external memory path? I have less internal memory in my phone.


texts: How to run an app on startup in background? For example glasswire, kaspersky run in startup, as well as show in top In notification bar tray.  I want to run Gom audio in background when start up & show up in tray automatically.


texts: HTC recently released a Nexus-One system image for Gingerbread. What do I do with that? Can I use it to update my phone to "stock" Gingerbread (no carrier modifications?) If so, how? Or is it just some kind of backup?


texts: Why is my Kyocera Echo taking 6 minutes to boot?

texts: I have a Kyocera Echo that now takes about 6 minutes to boot. I haven't rooted it or tried to perform any 'hacks' on it. I've had it for a few months now. It's running Android 2.3 if that helps. I am not sure if it is meant to take this long to boot. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy s6 with Nougat.

Please,I'd like to know if I can create folders in Archive>Documents.

Thank you


texts: How to root access a motorola one fusion plus

texts: I don't have a pc and I want to root my motorola one fusion+ I've tried kingroot farmaroot


texts: Can I make my phone start recording sound without removing it from my pocket?

texts:
Sometimes I would like to record sound from my Android phone, very quickly, without having to touch the screen.
(Example: record funny situations in the street, funny sounds, etc. )

Can we launch sound recording "with hands in the pocket"? (i.e. without using the screen)

More generally, is it possible to launch an app with hands in the pocket, by pressing one of the buttons during 3 or 4 seconds for example?


texts: Sony Xperia L1 Screen Always Open, I Cannot Lock

texts: I have a Xperia L1. When I press lock button, the screen locked and re-opened in 2 seconds every time. I cannot find the fix for it. Are anyone encountered with this issue ? Thanks.


texts: ICS Navigation app change default from walking to driving?

texts:
When I try to add a new "Directions" shortcut to my home screen, the shortcut interface defaults to "walking" directions instead of "driving" directions.
Also, when I use Chrome To Phone to send a directions page to my phone, it shows up in Walking Directions mode.

Is there any way I can change this default, so my phone assumes I'm talking about Driving directions first?
It seems like it would be a better default.


texts: Odin error : NAND Write Start!! FAIL! (Auth) can't flash stock rom SM-G530H

texts:
Can't complete the Stock ROM flash on my galaxy grand prime SM-G530H. The following error is shown inside the Odin message box.

<ID:0/010> Added!!
<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..
<ID:0/010> File analysis..
<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/010> Initialzation..
<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/010> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/010> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/010> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/010> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I hope the problem is with the NAND Write Start!! part.

I tried with three of the stock ROMs and getting the same result. What should I do to overcome this problem?


texts:
How can one get the clipboard menu item in the contextual menu in Gmail's compose email field?

It's not present on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S9, Android 9):

Content of the ... menu:


texts: Can i restore more than one msgstore.db.crypt7 file in whatsapp?

texts:
Recently changed my old phone to new one (Samsung to MotoX). During this old to new phone conversion phase (for one month) I didnt use Whatsapp at all.
Before totally stopped using whatsapp on my old phone, I Had taken whatsapp database backup from my old phone.
But when I got my new phone, in a hurry I totally forgot about whatsapp backup (which i had taken from old phone) and installed whatsapp on my new phone.
As per process it's got created new msgstore.db.crypt7 (just for that one month, during I didnt use whatsaap at all) file in database folder of whatsapp on my new phone.
Then I recollected about old whatsapp backup file (from old phone), so i uninstalled whatsapp on my new phone, again took a backup of newly created msgstore.db.crypt7 (from new phone), rename it as msgstorenew.db.crypt7 and kept in the same database folder of new phone.
To get all the older whatsapp message, i have kept old backup file msgstore.db.crypt7 (from old phone) in database folder of new phone and reinstalled whatsapp again on new phone.
I successfully able to restore all my old whatsapp messages.
But now along with the old whatsapp messages, I want to restore newly created whatsapp backup file (for one month) as well which i renamed it as msgstorenew.db.crypt7 (in the same database folder), so that i can have all the messages (old+new). But i am not able to find any option for the same.

Kindly help.

Thanks.


texts: Why Google Play Music app gets turned off when I'm running?

texts:
Whenever I go for a run and I'm using my Google Play Music app, my phone turns off within 5-10 minutes, causing said app to turn off.

Is there a way to stop this from happening?

If relevant I have a Samsung Galaxy S III.


texts: How much RAM does a Huawei H868c Glory have?

texts:
I want to run "Terraria" on my Huawei H868c Glory, which is running Android 4.0.4.

How much RAM does it have?


texts: Recovering data from Mi 4c able to get only to fastboot

texts:
my phone has fallen and it cannot boot. The only accessible thing is fastboot, but even there I cannot flash TWRP.
When I try to flash TWRP 3.1.1 or 3.1.0 I get:
>fastboot.exe flash recovery twrp.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (21100 KB)...
OKAY [  0.483s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.544s

The phone is unable to boot at all. So adb is out of question.
Additional info that may help:
>fastboot.exe getvar all
(bootloader) version:
(bootloader) token:OrhCgsF/c0ZJ0PDtn3UZAR4A
(bootloader) sec_boot:TRUE
(bootloader) variant: eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) display-panel:
(bootloader) off-mode-charge:0
(bootloader) charger-screen-enabled:0
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache:       0x18000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata:    0x683bfbe00
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system:      0x78000000
(bootloader) soc_id:251
(bootloader) serialno:10adc264
(bootloader) kernel:lk
(bootloader) product:MSM8992
all:
finished. total time: 0.217s

From this message I believe the storage chip is done for but you never know.
The phone claims to be unlocked (it should be as I use custom ROM). Physically there does not appear to be any damage, but when battery is connected it does not start at all.
I wanted to use TWRP ability provide data through MTP. There is TWRP installed, but it was accessible by updater application where was option to reboot to TWRP. So TWRP should be already there. But when pressing volume down button during boot I get only to fastboot.
Is there any way how to get at least to my data or is the phone completely done?
EDIT:
Tried advice from Robert in comments to directly boot TWRP.
>fastboot.exe boot twrp.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.500s]
booting...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 1.150s

Also advice from alexcs in comments does not yield any results. The phone cannot boot to recovery.


texts: Pattern-locked Samsung Galaxy with SuperSU and no internet

texts:
Some months ago, I rooted my Samsung Galaxy and installed SuperSU.

Stupidly, I'd had believed that the only thing that happens when you enter the pattern wrong too many times is that you have to wait a bit until you can try again, so when an acquantaince's little kid played around with it, I didn't mind, only to figure out I was locked out afterwards.

Usually, I have data and wifi turned off on my phone to preserve battery life, which was the case here as well, so I cannot unlock the phone with my google account because the phone has no internet access.

I tried the "call from different phone and try to get into settings" tricks, but no dice.

So I hope for one of these solutions (in order of preference):

Somehow be able to activate wifi or data so I can unlock the phone conventionally
Somehow be able to disable or deactivate the pattern lock at least long enough to activate wlan or data
Any other way that lets me keep my data
Any other way that makes my phone useable again

"su" in the adb shell makes me wait, then does nothing (probably SuperSU trying to ask for permission on the phone but invisible due to pattern lock).

-- Edit --

I am aware of this:

Solutions 1-3 require the phone to have internet, which it doesn't
adb -d shell works, but sqlite3 data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db produces sqlite3: permission denied and mount /data produces Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory. adb -d pull doesn't work either: failed to copy 'data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db' to './settings.db': Permission denied
The link to the zip file solution is dead
Apparently the security hole trick with calling the phone to try getting into the menu does not work for my phone
The next phone solution doesn't work either
the GSMHosting Solution is discontinued and taken down
Yeah..., I don't think I'm able to get my hands on a forensics program...


texts:
How does Android keeps track of how much battery each specific apps used?

For example, if you go to battery usage on android phone, it will say something like:

Display 70%
Whatsapp 25%
Browser 3%

etc.

Is this done by battery manager?

And how accurate is this values computed, I am trying to come up with an app that can accurately measure how much battery each apps specifically consume.


texts: How do I connect LG P500 to Mac OS X Lion?

texts:
I've been given a nice LG-P500 phone for my 67th birthday.

How the heck do I transfer music, photos and videos from the phone to my iMac OS X Lion, and vice versa?

I can't access the mini-SD card, so I can't find the LG PC Suite IV which is referred to in the P500 "Simple Manual".  In the "Important notice" pink pages bit, in section 9 I can get up to the first part of para. 4: I can turn on USB storage on the phone.  The phone opens "Image Capture" when I connect it by USB to the iMac.  There is nothing visible.  And of course an .exe file is for Microsoft Windows, not Apple.

Don't tell me I have to buy Parallels.  And if the only way is sending stuff up into the clouds and retrieving it again, I'm not impressed. LG should surely have a way of doing it direct to Mac.  After all, Mac OS isn't exactly new!

So, two requests:

Where can I download a Mac Lion version of LG PC Suite?
Where can I download a "Full Manual"?  The "Simple Manual" - which you can download from all over the place - says "you can do stuff" but not, unfortunately, "this is how you do stuff."  Not much use.


texts: Cannot enable USB mass storage (UMS) after changing internal SD card to emulated

texts:
After I changed internal SD card to emulated (previous was on it's own
partition) I cannot enable USB mass storage of internal card.
I got inspired by section "Emulated primary only (like Nexus 4)" in
https://source.android.com/devices/storage/config-example.html.

I'm trying to figure out what to change in vold.fstab to be able to enable USB mass storage.

I'm working on Allwinner A31s, on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

vold.fstab before my changes was (internal card was /mnt/sdcard):

dev_mount   sdcard  /mnt/sdcard auto    /devices/virtual/block/nandk
dev_mount   extsd   /mnt/extsd  auto    /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.1/mmc_host  /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.0/mmc_host
dev_mount   usbhost1    /mnt/usbhost1   auto    /devices/platform/sw-ehci.1 /devices/platform/sw_hcd_host0  /devices/platform/sw-ehci.2 /devices/platform/sw-ohci.1 /devices/platform/sw-ohci.2

I removed the first line (for /mnt/sdcard). I also tried to add line:

dev_mount   sdcard  /mnt/shell/emulated     auto    /devices/platform/sw-ehci.1 /devices/platform/sw_hcd_host0  /devices/platform/sw-ehci.2 /devices/platform/sw-ohci.1 /devices/platform/sw-ohci.2

but it didn't help.
I suppose it needs to be entry in vold.fstab for emulated devices as well. How to find correct sysfs_path?

I also changed attribute android:emulated to true in storage_list.xml.

UPDATE: The change in partition layout was to remove partition for internal SD card (/mnt/sdcard) and resize /data partition – add this free space to it. Internal SD card is mounted into /data partition (as /mnt/shell/emulated in /data/media).

It's done with sdcard service (defined in rc script):

service sdcard /system/bin/sdcard /data/media /mnt/shell/emulated 1023 1023
    class late_start

I have probably some misconfiguration in storage_list.xml as UsbStorageActivity is shown, but after clicking to enable button does not finish enabling. But this is a minor problem, the main issue is the inability to set UMS.

When I watch vold with vdc   monitor it does nothing, prior to previous version when it worked as   expected - unmounting device and changing it's state). This happens also if  there is also external SD card presented.

Debugging with logcat shows that in case of emulated SD card:

PackageManager is not called
Vold is not called
MediaScannerReceiver is not called
MountService (runned in thread by UsbStorageActivity) skips both   internal  and partition (doesn't umount either of them) and progress indicator keeps running.


texts: Wi-Fi not working on home router after ICS update (Galaxy S2)

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Can someone help me? I'm really frustrated now and eating through my data like theres no tomorrow. Since I did the ICS update I can't connect my samsung galaxy s2 to my home wireless router (belkin n1)! It says obtaining ip address...authenticating...saved secured with wpa/wpa2 psk and then repeats over and over again! But no Wi-Fi, and I cant get online etc...

Does anyone know what would cause this? How do I fix it?


texts: Where can I find the Caller ID settings on BQ version of Android N?

texts: I have a BQ Aquaris U, which I have upgraded to Android 7.1.1, but now when I call somebody, my number is private. I cannot find where the related setting is moved. Thanks for the help!


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An android client needs to sync files from the server and then execute app.
If it is a windows client, I can use autohotkey and winscp to do this.
appA.ahk
SplitPath, A_ScriptFullPath, name, dir, ext, name_no_ext, drive
FileDelete, %dir%/%name_no_ext%.log
runwait,D:\Tools\WinSCPPortable\WinSCP.exe /script="%dir%/%name_no_ext%.txt" /log="%dir%/%name_no_ext%.log"
sleep 3000
run,C:\Program Files (x86)\APP\APP.exe

appA.txt
option batch abort
option confirm off
option transfer binary
open ftp://User:123456789@192.168.1.11

synchronize local -filemask=|*.db "C:\Program Files (x86)\APP\data" APP/data
close
exit

How can I do similar task in android?


texts: Does the Samsung Galaxy Nexus charger use a USB charger? If so, what kind?


texts: Android File Transfer cannot connect to device from Mac

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Trying to find a way to transfer a video file onto my new S7 Edge from my Mac and it seemed like Android File Transfer was the only way to do it, but no matter what I do, I can't get past an error message saying "Could not connect to device. Try reconnecting or restarting your device."

I've restarted my phone and my computer, used different USB ports, uninstalled and reinstalled the program itself, and still no luck :( I've heard that the Samsung program Kies can cause problems, but I've never installed it. Help?

Running OS 10.12.1


texts: How to fix can't install app error 505 on a rooted device?

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I am on dirty unicorns 10.6 marshmallow rom. First I installed Gboard - Google keyboard app as system app through Lucky Patcher app. After restarting device I tried to open it through Lucky Patcher apps (There was no icon of Gboard app in my launcher) Launch App option but it didn't opened! So I uninstalled Gboard through Lucky Patcher. Then again I tried to install it normally through Play Store but I get this error 505 can't install app !!
So there must be Gboard apps leftover files conflicting the apps installation now right ?
So how can I fix this ? How can I install Gboard app now ?
Note: I can install other apps without any problem !!!


texts: Windows desktop screen sharing for Android via Wi-Fi

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How do I share desktop screen on Android, and control my Desktop PC through Android?

UPDATE based on OP's comments (geffchang): How do I program this? Which libraries can I use for this? I want to make my own server for this.


texts: Why does Android Wi-Fi not get disabled?

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I have Android 2.3.4.

I have noticed that even When I turn off Wi-Fi, I still keep getting notifications, like - Gmail, Gtalk and Google+ notifications. If I open the said App then it says that it is not connected to internet.

So, my hypothesis is that maybe when I disable Wi-Fi, Android does not terminate currently established connections. It only denies new connections. But this does not explain why in this case the notifications are usually delayed, sometimes, by few hours or a full day.

What is happening and how do I actually disable the Wi-Fi?

PS: I use the "Status Switch" widget to turn/off the Wi-Fi.

UPDATE: the phone doesn't have a data plan, so data isn't coming in that way.


texts: My android device has been splashed/soaked by sea water

texts: My Acer Liquid got wet with sea water. I didn't notice that right the moment, but after an hour it made a couple of vibrations and the screen doesn't turn on. Connected to power and nothing happens, no led lights and it does just nothing. Trying to turn it on doesn't give any result. Is it gone forever? Can I try anything? Can I make it repair?


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I have a Smartphone with cellular internet and I tried to use this internet with a PC, with a USB cable, as I made in the past with a cell phone.

It doesn't work: Not in Ubuntu 16.04, nor in window 7.
Someone can give me a good advice?

My phone is a GINI e6 (e 6_0301_V5765); Android 5.1


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My SD card is damaged and a message occurs "SD card is damaged. Try reformating it" what should I do?

Moto E
Android-4.4.4
SD card-kingston 16 GB (class 10)


texts: Can I make the browser stop autmatically refreshing pages that haven't been displayed for a while?

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If I surf to a page and then leave the browser for a while, when I open up the browser again it still shows the content of the page - but after a second or so it initiates a refresh. Is there a way to stop this behavior?

I have experienced the same behavior in Dolphin Browser, fwiw.


texts: Samsung GT P1000: Install to internal storage?

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Is it possible to install apps on the internal USB (/mnt/sdcard) storage of the Samsung GT P1000?

/mnt/sdcard has 7Gb free and the internal phone storage only 690Mb free.

Move 2 SD card fails with "Failed to move application. No SD card."

Surely there must be a way to install apps on the internal storage.


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First of all, no root since I didn't want to mess with knox bricking my phone. The problem started tonight when I wanted to buy PlayStation Plus from the PlayStation App. For some reason, the app hung my entire phone so I had to do a soft reset. After that, it would boot up, but before everything would load up, it would freeze and then restart again. I tried to figure out what process was doing this by going into the running applications, but I could only get there sometimes before it froze, and the times I did get there I couldn't get any worthwhile information.

Next thing I tried was a factory reset by holding the power and volume down button during boot and it sat there for about an hour stuck at installing system update. The animated Android had stopped moving and the phone was basically melting the table it was on, so I soft reset it again.

After that I booted into the Android system recovery to try a factory reset from there so I wiped the cache partition and went to "wipe data/factory reset" the readout looks like this.

#MANUAL MODE#
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Applied the CSC-code : VZW
Successfully applied multi-CSC

--Wiping data...

Formatting /data...

Formatting /cache...

-- Set Factory Reset done...

-- Copying media files...

-- preload checkin...

E:failed to mount /preload (No such file or directory)
Data wipe complete.

Also the recovery freezes up after a while as well...

I tried just a normal boot again and it seems like the phone has been reset to factory but the phone freezes during the setup and then resets. I am at a loss of what to do next I can't really be without a phone for a long period of time as I need it for my job. Any help would be very much appreciated.