texts: Where have "predefined SMS messages" gone in Android 5?

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I bought a Motorola smartphone two years ago with Android 4.4. Previously I had an HTC with Android 2.6. with which I could (and did) use predefined SMS messages (such as "Sorry, late, bla bla bla", "Hi, what's up?").

I couldn't find the option in 4.4 and in 5 either, now that I can upgrade my phone to Lollipop. Are those options gone?

For the sake of curiosity and thoroughness (and since the choice is offered to me) I tried selecting Hangouts as my "preferred" SMS app, in the hope another application, another set of options, maybe "predefined SMS messages" lie there... Not only did I not find what I was looking for but also selecting "Hangouts" as my favourite SMS app... disables SMS messages. Wtf? ( <-- that's me sounding perplexed). Go figure.

So have Google developers decided predefined messages were "so has been" or is there an option hidden somewhere?


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What do I want?

I want to push some directories from my desktop to my android phone. The directories are empty, but the folder name contains important meta-data. The structure is not changeable.

What is the Issue?

If I try to push via adb, I get the following warning:

adb: warning: skipping empty directory

What have I tried?

As a workaround I could use the MTP protocol. But this protocol is not stable and crashes a lot, especially if you want to copy multiple files. I can't get it work on linux anyways, so adb seems to be the best choice.

My Questions

What is the reasoning to skip empty directories? It seems like an arbitrary (and annoying) design choice for me.
Is there a flag to NOT skip empty directories?
Is there a workaround?


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GPS is not that accurate on Android devices (at least at mine) Measuring tools tell me the accuracy is between 8 and 12 Meters.

But what is about relative accuracy? When I place two marks on different coordinates in the distance of 1 meter will this distance be measurable?


texts: new.jar file getting downloaded automatically

texts: What causes new.jar file getting downloaded frequently. I saw it happening again after deleting the downloaded new.jar file. What is this file about?


texts: Pandigital Novel running Android Eclair - Need User Manual - How do I access the External SD card?

texts: I have a Pandigital Novel with Android Eclair, but I have no user manual for it. How do I access the external SD card? There is no app to do this, and no Device Manager or My Computer built into the operating system, except Astro, which only gives access to the internal SD card.


texts: How to use phone as an USB Wi-Fi adapter?

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I would like to use my SE Xperia 8 with 2.1 as an usb wifi adapter to my PC. What I would like to do is set it to access point mode and share my ADSL internet with my laptop through wifi.

I would connect the phone via an usb cable and I would like to be able to route and share my pc's internet through it to and back from my laptop.

I don't mind if the firmware must be changed as I have an other phone. But I prefer if there is easier/more convenient way to do this. On the pcs I'm also flexible about OSes.

How could I use my phone as an wifi adapter?

EDIT To make it more clear, here is what I mean:

I have:

"PC A" with internet over ADSL. no wifi.
my phone, it has an usb cable and a wifi chipset.
"PC B" with wifi

What I would like to do us to use PC A's internet on PC B, with the help of my phone.
Connect Internet to PC A, then connect my phone to PC A, then connect PC B to my phone via Wifi, and use PC A's internet on PC B.

Internet >>> Adsl modem >>> ethernet cable >>> PC A >>> USB cable >>> phone >>> wifi >>> PC B


texts: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - Eye detection on non-native apps?

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Although I feel that the eye detection still requires a lot of tweaks and performance improvements by Samsung, I would be more tempted to use it and test it if it worked with non-native apps.

For example, although Google Chrome comes pre-installed on the device, the eye detection will not work with it.

It would also be nice if the feature worked with messaging apps such as HandCent SMS.

To put it simply - Is there a way for this feature to work with apps you install on the device?


texts: Is there a way to get an android image without root?

texts: I wanna get a raw image from my Android Phone (5.0) to a PC using dd command, but i don't want to root it. So, i'm looking for a way for do it. Sorry about my english and  thanks in advance for your time.


texts: I'm using low config Android mobile, Google Settings app occupy my phone memory so I wonder to know what are the uses of behind this app and once I delete how come get back this app.


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When trying to expand tablet memory (from 500 Mb to 1G) I made a mistake when I was applying Gparted. I reset my device to the fabrication settings and now I can't mount sd card (no the real sd card), so I can't transfer files between device and computer. Also, the date of some folders are too old(1969!) and some permission are weird:

How can I create a mount point? (I think this is the central problem to connect my device with PC).
I read somewhere that I must be root to change stuff in the tablet system, so I entered as root into the tablet with it:

adb shell

and I was prompted to

root@android:/ #

(now, am I in root mode, right?) and I can explore all the folders of my device. From this point, how can I create a mount point? what commands are required?. My tablet data are: SpreadwinPuppis model, Androdid 4.0.4, Core version 3.0.8+ spreadwin 2.4.10 (S101_SS_A), help :-/


texts: Difference between "unmonitored apps" and mDeviceIdleWhitelist

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I've got a Galaxy S8 and have come across an interesting situation. Now, either something strange is going on, or I've got no clue how it actually works!

I've downloaded an FTP Server app on my phone which I wanted to leave running in the background. The problem was that, once the screen turned off, the wifi connection would drop after 5 mins and I couldn't connect to my phone.

I had enabled the setting for WiFi to always be connected and I know that the app has both PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK and WifiLocks so I had expected the connection to remain in place.

I added the app to the list of "Unmonitored Apps" in the battery optimisation settings but this had no effect.

Using adb I could see that the UID of the service holding the WAKE_LOCK was not listed in mDeviceIdleWhitelist so I ran adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +PACKAGE_NAME and saw that the UID was now in the list.

After running this command, the app behaves as expected and I can continue to connect once the screen has been off for a while.

So my question is whether there is a difference between "Unmonitored Apps" and the mDeviceIdleWhitelist? If there isn't, is this a bug in the phone software?


texts: Why isn't there a Cyanogenmod stable ROM for my device?

texts: Why don't the developers develop a stable ROM for my device? They have stable ROMs for similarly-named devices from the same manufacturer, even ones that came out after my phone. If the devices are similar, and there's already a stable ROM for one, why is it so hard to make a stable ROM for mine too?


texts: Why does the Android device connect to a secured wireless router without providing a password?

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During the weekend, I was able to connect to a secured wireless network via an Android device (Asus Transformer Tablet), but when I tried to connect to the wireless network via my laptop it was requiring the connection key (which I didn't know).

Can anyone explain me how was this possible?

I've tried to see the password of the wireless network on the Android device, but (I guess for security reasons) the current password for a wireless network is not shown in its settings.

(The secured network was not previously saved/configured on the Android device.)


texts: Moto G6 audio sending through wrong audio channel

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My unrooted, basically stock android decided to stop sending audio through any channels except call audio today. I have not installed any new or unstable apps recently. Symptoms include:

the lower speakers (the ones used for playing music, etc.) are completely nonfunctional.
The upper speaker sounds like I'm in a call all the time. When I am actually in a call, it is nearly silent unless I'm on speakerphone, at which point it's as quiet as any other app.

I have attempted general troubleshooting. To wit, this includes:

I closed all current apps and then tested sound. No change.
I rebooted the device. No change.
I booted into 'Safe Mode.' Problem persisted.
Connection over Bluetooth seems to be immune to the issue. I connected a headset and nearly blew out my right eardrum.

Any suggestions on what the heck is going on and/or how to fix it?

Update:

Appears it was a hardware issue, as it spontaneously corrected itself a few days later.


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I got notifications saying "waiting for network" when I tried to download a video file.

How do I get rid of those notifications without restarting the device?

They seem to be unclearable. Why?

Is there a notification removal app that I can use?


texts: SGS3 LTE (GT-i9305T) Set preferred network type

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Looking for a way to perform the function equivalent to: *#*#4636#*#* --> 'Phone Information' --> 'Set preferred network type'

Because above code is not working on my both phones SGS3 LTE (GT-i9305 and GT-i9305T)

The article Change WCDMA to GSM automatically is for SGS2 and it doesn't work for SGS3.

Are there any alternatives?


texts: First time with Android, need help with adding media

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For Christmas this year I am getting a 16GB (really 10.6 GB) Galaxy Note II, which will be my first Android device after having a slew of iDevices. I have ~12 GB of music in iTunes and Google Music, and am looking for a way to sync it to my SD card (it doesn't fit in internal memory).

So far what I've looked at:

-dragging folders from my mac's Finder into the phone's raw file system

This would work, but when I get new songs it seems cumbersome to have to go back into the filesystem to sync them

-Google Music

This is what I was planning on using, until I found out that it only can save to internal memory (there's bad coverage where I live, so I can't rely on streaming)

-DoubleTwist

From what I've seen, DoubleTwist is an iTunes replacement, and doesn't sync from the iTunes application (so if I get new songs I would have to add them to iTunes then DoubleTwist)

Is there some amazing solution that I'm missing, or do I have to make do with one of these (and if so, which one would you recommend)?


texts: Default launcher broken, causing infinite loop of force closes

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I've just installed a custom rom and restored my apps from Titanium. However, now the default Launcher app is broken and I can't get out of the infinite loop of force closing. I can't press menu or anything to remove it as default. How do I get out of this pickle?

I have a GT-i9000.


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I am checking the wifi roaming behaviour of android os, for this test my setup like this:

I have two APs (T1 and T2) having same SSID, channel and security configuration.
I am using Xiomi mi A1 phone with oreo 8.0 for testing roaming.
I connected my phone to first AP T1 and continuously moving towards T2, after some distance my phone disconnected from T1 and connected to 2nd AP T2.
Am using wifi-analyser app for checking the RSSI values of AP.

my question is:

At what RSSI value phone starts background scan?
What is absolute difference between the RSSI of the two AP's for roaming?

Anyone knows this behaviour please share your answer.


texts: Can I store contacts on my SD card? How?

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I have 400mb of internal storage on my HTC, 100 of which is consumed by my (extensive) contacts. I am constantly low on storage--is there any way to store my contacts on my SD card?

I looked in the application options and the option to move data to SD is grayed out.

Are there other smart ways to manage the size of my contacts list? I can't figure out how to create groups in Google contacts--i don't need to sync my entire addressbook to my phone but I do want to keep the full list. I also don't need to store photos for each contact, but Google seems to add those automatically.


texts: How to create image of internal storage to attempt data recovery?

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I accidentally deleted an entire folder of photos a few days ago on my Galaxy Note 4. My PC was also down because of a failed hard drive, so I was unable to back up my phone prior to this accident.
At that time, I didn't even know what "adb" meant; now I have droid explorer and Android SDK on my PC, and have worked out how to get my PC to detect my phone. Now I want to make an image of the internal storage; there are lots and lots of other threads about this, but none of them explain the commands people are using. I have been very careful not to use my phone for much of anything (it has been set to airplane mode to reduce the chances of things writing to the drive), but I can't keep that up for long.
Can somebody please explain what commands I need to use in order to get an image of the internal storage? I keep seeing information about "booting in recovery mode" and bootloaders but I have also seen people discussing dumps of internal storage without these things.
I just need to check if my photos are still there. It's pretty frustrating to figure this stuff out with very little knowledge of coding and zero knowledge of Android software, so if somebody could help me figure out what to do next and be thorough with explanations, that would be excellent.


texts: What is the LG Motion 4G processor speed?

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According to the specs for the LG Motion 4G phone, it states the CPU speed should be 1.2Ghz. http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=3779

But someone on android forums has reported that this is not true, and the phone actually comes preloaded at 1.5Ghz.

Which is it?


texts: How can my lost phone disappear from my Android device manager device list?

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I lost one of my phone 2 months ago. I've sometimes checked Android device manager to locate it and try locking it, but recently my lost phone disappears from the list ! How it can happen ? Does a person know the way to skip this link in order to use or to sell the lost phone ? I still have the original box of this phone (with its IMEI).
Please help, thank you.


texts: How to preserve BTEP data when switching from Amazon App Store to Play Store?

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I want to replace as many as possible of the apps that I got though the Amazon Appstore app (AAa) with apps from, say, Google's Play Store.1

Of these "Amazon-purveyed apps" the most important one (by a very wide margin) is Better Terminal Emulator Pro (BTEP), which I purchased from the Amazon Appstore many months ago, and have used extensively ever since.

  Is there an easy way to save my current (Amazon) BTEP's data, and restore this data once I have installed a new (non-Amazon) BTEP?

Now, as it happens, I have Titanium backups ("app+data") of all these apps.

  How can I restore the BTEP data alone from my BTEP Titanium backup?

(As far as have been able to find, Titanium offers the option of restoring the app alone, or restoring the apps data along with the app, but I have not found any option to restore the data alone.)

Thanks!

1Why?  Because the Amazon Appstore app (AAa) I have on my phone has to go.  I never use it anymore, and yet it starts on its own, and causes all manner of grief.


texts: Is there any ways to connect TV and laptop at the same time with one mobile phhone?

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I need to debug (android app programming) with a Samsung Galaxy 20+.
The app is about displaying two different screens on dual screen. I want the mobile and the TV can show the built app right away after I build the project from laptop because I need to plug and unplug keep and forth to debug and also it's also hard to debug because I can't see the debug log properly.
So, Is there any Y shape C cable or is there any possible ways?


texts: Why file permissions work in unexpected manner? And what makes it possible

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My app doesn't have storage permissions, yet I can read/write files in /data/user/0/com.myapp/files .

When on emulator connected as root I can push a file to this directory, but then the app cannot read it.

After I chown it to my app's uid:gid it still cannot read/write to it.

If I do run-as com.myapp touch newfile and then as root cat pushedfile >> newfile, then my app can read newfile.

What kind of dark magic is that? Why regular unix file permissions don't seem to work, and what mechanism prevents the app to read pushedfile even after it was chowned?

I tried reading the docs™ but they don't seem to clarify anything.


texts: How do I disable notifications for a second Gmail account?

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I have two Gmail accounts, one that I use for mailing lists and signing up for online services and whatnot, and the other one for more important stuff like work and friends.

I'd like to set it up so that my phone doesn't play the notification sound when an email comes in for the mailing list account. I only want to hear notifications for the account that has the more important email.

I can't find any setting to differentiate notifications between the two accounts.

Is this possible, and if so how?


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I am using Samsung Galaxy S5 from T-Mobile.

I noticed that pictures are named as

YYYMMDD_ABCDEF.jpg

where the first part represents date and the last purt I suspect represents time in military format. This is very convenient but it would be more convenient if I could choose to name my files like

YYYY-MM-DD_ABCDED.jpg

automatically.

Does anyone know how to change default picture file naming convention in Samsung Galaxy S5 / Android ?


texts: How to prevent hard reset through recovery?

texts: Scenario is this , let's say someone stole my phone in public place I have installed anti-theft app and also pattern lock which is complex one. So he don't have access to my information. However he disconnected the phone from Internet so now I can't use anti-theft services on him. And then he boot into recovery of mine and did reset / cleared emmc , so my phone will be in state like how I got it as new! Thief got new phone!!! So is there anyway to prevent hard reset through recovery?


texts: Moto G 2014 XT1068 is bricked. Keeps looping and won't boot. What to do?

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Ok so here's a couple things about my phone:
Its bootloader is unlocked, it is rooted, and it has a custom recovery (TWRP).

The problem is, my phone got stuck in the "WARNING, BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED" screen. I was using it normally, when Chrome froze then the phone turned off. It won't do anything else, it just keeps looping: it shows the warning, then the screen goes blank. When I try going into recovery mode, it just shows the TEAMWIN splash screen and won't do anything else, even though I tried every possible button combination I could find on the internet (volume up, down, power, 15 secs, 1 minute, etc).

It gets worse. When I'm on fastboot mode, I can plug the phone on my PC via USB but it won't be recognized. It appears on the device manager as "fastboot titan s" but the phone itself just keeps saying "Connect USB data cable" as if it's not connected.

It won't be recognized by RDSLite nor mfastboot applications, even though it shows up on device manager.

What can I do?


texts: Insufficient space when downloading Go Launcher EX?

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Possible Duplicate:
  “Insufficient storage” when trying to install anything on htc thunderbolt

When I download the Go Launcher Ex App from the play store, it downloads okay but shows "Insufficient memory"(The internal memory) when it tries to install it. :/

It is a 6 or 7Mb app, where as my internal storage has 25Mb free and the SDCard has almost 1Gb free space. I don't get what the problem is.

My Android version is 2.3.6 if that helps.

Would really appreciate it if someone helped me. :)


texts: The effect of CPU governors when Min and Max frequencies are the same

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Phone: Galaxy Ace 3 gt-s7272,  android 4.2.2  (rooted)

Available CPU governors: Interactive, Conservative, Ondemand, Powersave, Performance

Available frequencies: 999999, 666666, 499999, 312000

Number of Cores: 2

My question is since CPU governors are responsible for change and adjustment of frequency based on the workload, What will happen if we lock the maximum and the minimum frequencies the same? Say we set Max: 312000 and Min:312000; So does type of governor has any effect in this situation?


texts: Screenshots: captured by front camera or back camera?

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I see that screenshots posted in my answers seem to be grainy. Example

Thinking of it made me wonder which camera is used - front or back and is there a way / hack / app to improve the quality of screenshot ?

Changing brightness helps a little but grainy texture remains

Device : Moto X Play, Stock, Rooted , Xposed installed


texts: Visible to only some people on Whatsapp?

texts: I am afraid of using whatsapp just to avoid so many unwanted messages or unnecessary people contacting you. Just wondering, is it possible that am visible on whatsapp to ONLY some people (all my contacts shouldn't come to know)?


texts: Nexus 7 wont boot after complete discharge

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I accidentally let the battery on my Nexus 7 run completely empty, and now it won't start up anymore even after charging overnight. How can I make it work again?

This is what happened in detail: My battery ran low, and I had no time to recharge it. I forgot about it, and found my tablet powered off. I attached it to a charger (the official wall-plug adaptor), waited a few minutes, and then turned it on. I expected it to be able to run from the cable like my phone, but it reported 0% battery and shut itself down immediately. I retried it after a slightly longer time. This time I didn't get to the home screen, but was shown a black and white animated battery icon. I pressed the power button, and the animation froze, and only disappeard after a long time (I put it away and discovered it was gone after a few hours). Since then I've been loading it for > 12 hours, but I haven't been able to get any response. The charger gets warm, but the tablet doesn't.

I've heard that once the battery is competely discharged, it only charges in "trickle mode" (that is normally used to top off a 98% loaded battery safely), and can take a very long time to become operative again. This would explain why the adapter gets warm but not the tablet. If this is true, is there any way to speed up charging?


texts: I'm using the Google launcher on my Huawei P9.  Recently it's been updated so there is a Google feed of some sort when I swipe right from the home screen.  I've been through my settings and turned off as much as possible, but I still see weather and news.  The weather doesn't bother me, but I consider it my right to choose if I'm being force fed politically biased news or violent stories.  Does anyone know how to turn this off?  I could go back to the Huawei launcher, but my plans are to move to a Google phone on the future anyway.  Not being able to turn off news would obviously mean I couldn't choose a Google phone for my future phone.


texts: How to reduce Apps memory After Updating

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Whenever I update my apps it gets double the size. For example, the Facebook app has around 27-31 Mb of space on Android. But once I update this app it's showing 50Mb and above.

Currently my phone's Facebook app showing 115MB size. I updated this app for six times. So I want to reduce that size as app's original size. And if I uninstall the app and reinstalling it still shows 115MB Size.

Please advise me on how to reduce the app size after updating it?


texts: How to indicate that certain contacts or phone numbers should never be sent outgoing text messages (SMS or MMS)?

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Is there any way in Android or the Samsung Messaging app to mark some contacts or phone numbers as "Do not ever send SMS/MMS to this contact or number"?

I see incoming block functionality, but nothing for outgoing.

Ideally, I would like certain contacts or phone numbers to simply not be available when selecting recipients from the Messaging app.

(Note that unlike for this outdated question, it doesn't matter to me whether or not I can receive incoming text messages / MMS from the contacts in question.)


texts: Uninstalled system applications appear after reboot on HTC Desire X

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I have tried a lot of things which mentioned in different forums such as:

delete using root ES File Explorer.
delete apk files from /system/app.
clear Dalvik cache after uninstall (manually removing /data/dalvik-cache and /cache/dalvik-cache and using CWM recovery.
all mentioned earlier together several times.
Even reinstall ROM wiping data/factory reset and clearing Dalvik cache using recovery.

But no result. And  I get something like this on startup if I clear Dalvik
 cache:

So there is a location from where OS gets these apps, isn't it? How can I get rid of these redundant apps?

Update:

Here a link where I downloaded ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249760


texts: How can I turn off the "allow automatic updating" for an app?

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Once I've checked off the box to "allow automatic updating" for an app in the market, is there any way to undo this without uninstalling and reinstalling the app?

Moto Droid running 2.2

UPDATE:  Apparently I am losing it.  Originally it happened with PDAnet.  I accidentally clicked the checkbox and as soon as I did the option disappeared.  I tried restarting the market, restarting the phone but the option never reappeared.  I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and I had the box back, unchecked.  I was afraid to test it out on other apps until the answers below confirmed that either it was an isolated bug or I was crazy.  Needless to say I have the option to uncheck it now.


texts: Error 504 when downloading apps from Play Store?

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My device is Motorola Xoom MZ604. The internet connectivity is 4G WiMax via my laptop as hotspot.
The problem is when I'm trying to download any app from Google Play Store, it gives me an Error 504 with the message I mentioned in title.

However, if I navigate to the application via browser and click: Install → Select Device → Install and then restart my device, it sometimes works.

Some googling brought me that it's a gateway timeout error. But I'm still unable to figure out how to work around the problem. So looking forward for your help.


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I wonder if I the front-facing IR led of the Samsung Galaxy S8 could be used for different purposes (e.g., building my own facial recognition and depth sensing apps). But I couldn't find a way to access the front-facing IR led of the device from Samsung's developers' page: http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/sensor-extension

Is there any way to control the front-facing IR led in a custom-built Android app?


texts: Restricted Access for SIM when use internet (3G, 2G and wi-fi)

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I am using THL W3+ and i have some problems when I switch on the internet (3G,2G, wi-fi) - it is working in normal mode for not more than 5 minutes and then the SIM and voice calls are in restricted mode and PIN is required.

Did somebody meet such problem and did somebody find a solution?


texts: Disable the usage of Camera while Phone is locked

texts: The phone Kyocera KC-S701 has a hardware button to start the camera application. Sometimes the button is pressed by accident while the phone is carried within my pocket. Is there a possibility to disable the camerabutton while the phone is locked?


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Is there any way to add Bluetooth USB dongle support to Android OS? My version that I use for an embedded device doesn't contain any BT dongle support I think.  What has to be done to add this feature?

Note:
My device is ATMEL SAM9x5 EV Board. So Atmel, provide an Android BSP for this. But i think it's so simple adaptation for board. I'm not able to use "hciconfig" or "hcitool" commands even. 2 months ago, i contacted them but i can't reach correct man. Also i bought a bluetooth Uart module from CC&C (RTL8723) and i ported it to my Android BSP and Kernel but same result. Nothing worked. USB or UART not important for my project. So i'm not kernel specialist or system. My application is almost okay. EXcept bluetooth side.
 I have already done, I2C, GPIO and UART side. All are working. Also i'm able to change some kernel and framework specific things but not more. Just LCD customization and UART, GPIO stuff.And i decided to ask some stupid question to understand somethings.


texts: I have downloaded some images from an email using my gmail app . I tried to find it in my gallery and also in my storage but i couldn't find it either in my gallery or in my storage


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Okay so I want to set an image I saved from Imgur as my wallpaper. But the problem is, I'm not getting the image as I want.. It stretches when I try to set it as a wallpaper.

Original image

But when I set it as wallpaper it transforms itself as..

Wallpaper

I tried apps from play store and did resizing image, but no progress. Can you guys please help me get it just fitting my screen and original resolution.

I hope I've made clear what my problem is. Also I'm posting for this topic first time so didn't know which site to put this question on.


texts: Add existing Google account without accepting Google Play agreement

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I've received a new Samsung Galaxy S5.

I want to add my existing Google account to the phone, to be able to use Gmail and my calendar. However, when adding my account under Settings, the phone requires me to accept a bunch of legal agreements, including one about Google Play and its billing functions.

I don't want to be forced to accept a legal agreement concerning a service I don't intend to use just to access my email and calendar data.

How can I get around this?


texts: How to reinstall of Android on a tablet?

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I am learning Android app development. I wanted a cheap tablet to test how apps looked on tablet as opposed to mobile. I bought a cheap tablet from wish.com.
OK, stop laughing at that last bit... it seemed like a good idea at the time.
What I received (and was subsequently refunded for), was a tablet that seems to be locked to only the Chinese app store that was already installed. I can't install Google Play (I have tried multiple versions), and therefore it is pretty useless to me.
I did manage to install a version of Droid Info which pulled up various data, build number, kernel, Android version etc.
Is there any way I can use that data to find, and flash the device with a clean version of Android that might work?
This thing is good for nothing but the bin, otherwise.
Appreciate any suggestions.
UPDATE ---
Screenshot below of what is displayed on the 'about this device' section of the OS settings. Hope that sheds some light on the device model.


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I have an HTC One M8 and am using the stock launcher and am not rooted.

I keep getting the error Unfortunately, Mail has stopped. when I try opening the stock HTC mail app.

I have gone into the App Info for the mail app and tried to "Clear cache" but it doesn't look like it's doing anything.

I have also gone to Settings>Accounts & Sync>Exchange ActiveSync and unchecked Mail in the account that is using it.

I have also tried rebooting my phone.

Any other tips or advice aside from basically wiping the phone?

Thanks


texts: How to batch-split the pages of a PDF when there's multiple pages per page?

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I have PDFs with two actual pages on one landscape page, like this:

I want to separate the pages so that each page has only one actual page on it. For example, the page in the image above above should be split in two and added in consecutive order to a new PDF. Each document has lots of pages with the same margins, so I want batch processing.

The text from the PDF should be preserved.

I know of a desktop application called Briss, but I need to do it on Android. Here's what Briss looks like:

Is it possible?


texts: How to transfer conversation to a new number?

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I have a contact who has a new phone number, so I update the old number with the new. But now when I check my sms conversations, I have 2 conversations: the "old" number conversation, and the "new" number conversation.

Is there a way to fix this ?
I already tried to merge them and then delete the old one but the old one is still linked to that old phone number.

Thanks for your time


texts: What's the difference between the galaxys2 and i9100 CyanogenMod builds?

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I own a Galaxy S 2 GT-I9100 so I'm somewhat confused what the correct build is for my phone.

The situation is particularly confusing since I want to try out CyanogenMod 10, which isn't listed in the available downloads for galaxys2. However, the downloads for i9100 list only downloads for CyanogenMod 10.

I currently have the 9.1-galaxys2 ROM running on my phone, so I'm somewhat certain that those builds work for my phone.

What's the difference between the two builds and how can I determine which is the right one for my phone?


texts: Why my phones won't show Beidou/BDS signal

texts: I tried using apps like GPSTest and GPS Info to see what GNSS my phone actually uses. I can see GPS and GLONASS on a Moto Z3 Play, and GPS, GLONASS, and GALILEO on a OnePlus N10 5G. Both phones should also support the Beidou system, so I'm wondering if there is anything preventing these phones from seeing/using Beidou/BDS


texts: How to read out the data in HTC Desire SMS backup file?

texts: Unfortunately my HTC Desire SMS app crashed (HTC official android 2.2), all SMS and MMS were lost. When I tried to recover from a previously backed up SMS file (generated by Desire SMS app), but it didn't work, prompting failed to recover. But I found actually most of SMS and MMS had been recovered, with some important ones still missing. I want to open the backup file directly to read out the missed SMS, how to do it? Someone said the backup file is SQLite file, right?


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I want a video file to be open automatically on my LG tablet when it boots. Is there any app or setting in Android?

There is a video presentation that I am sending to my clients and all I want is that when client turn on the tablet, my video presentation starts playing automatically.


texts: Want to update Samsung Galaxy On7 to Nougat

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I want to update my Samsung Galaxy On7 to android 7.0 Nougat.

The OTA updates haven't been rolled out.

I want to use all legal software that won't void my warranty or get me into Police trouble.

I found this link: http://www.android.gs/update-samsung-galaxy-on7/

I have Android sdk on my computer (all the build tools, and Android versions 5.0.0 to 6.0, and will download nougat also if necessary.

Can anyone please see the link and tell me whether it is safe and legal?

If not, then please suggest any other legal method.

I want to use no custom ROM.


texts:
I just purchased a new Moto G Power (Android version 10) and replaced my old iPhone 6s backup phone. When I put the Sim card in, everything worked except incoming SMS. Outgoing SMS worked fine, just not incoming. I figured it might be related to the Apple account and iMessage, so I found a link that would disconnect from iMessage. I saw on a website that it might take a few hours to take effect, so I was patient about it.
That happened yesterday afternoon (around 3 PM). It's quite a few hours later and I am still not receiving incoming SMS on my device. When I put the Sim card in the iPhone messages come in, and they come in as SMS rather than iMessages. So I'm not sure why it's not going to the Android device.
Does anyone have any recommendations for next steps?


texts: Disable Google Apps in MIUI 9 and MIUI 9.5

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My friend has two Mi phones Redmi Note4 and Mi Max2.

And recently I updated both; Redmi Note 4 to MIUI 9 and Mi Max2 to MIUI 9.5.

To disable Google Apps like Chrome, Play Music, Play Movies & TV, etc in both I gone through the link. The steps explained the link is for MIUI 8.0. That's why Google Apps couldn't be disabled.

Please let me know how to disable Google Apps in MIUI 9 and MIUI 9.5?

With Regards
TekQ


texts: How to mount external SD card at a fixed path in CM13?

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In Marshmallow (and consequently in CM13), the external SD card is mounted at a path that contains its serial number. I have a bunch of Tasker tasks, the occasional script, and lots and lots of apps configured with a specific path to the external SD card (in my case, /external_sd because that's where it was in CM12).

Is there anything sensible I can do about this change in Marshmallow? Fixing paths everywhere just because I've upgraded to a faster/larger SD card (which has a different serial number) is not going to be fun.

How would I go about making the external SD card available under "/external_sd" on CM13/Marshmallow?


texts: How to track data consumed by assisted GPS?

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My Moto E sometimes uses up mobile data even though I have turned it off. To fix this, I added a dummy APN with random values. But still occasional data charges are incurred. I found this and am pretty sure this is the reason for my data charges as I had location services turned on since the first day. Also, the data being used is in very low amounts as I'm being charged for bytes. My question is
How to be sure that it is assisted GPS that is using up my mobile data?


texts: Nexus 5 Location has not updated for months?

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I have a Nexus 5 running on 5.1.1 but the location has not updated for the past couple months, traveled out of town but still in-state, then came back and the city never updated, so now Google Now doesn't display the current weather and things like Yahoo Weather show either the wrong location or no location.

Tried to find fixes online but most posts are out of date or about some other issue related to location, the phone's location simply isn't updating at all. This also makes things like Google Maps and Navigation useless.

Would appreciate any help, again it's just stock Android and I don't have a ton of experience flashing the OS or changing these settings.

Thanks so much!


texts: Gmail app duplicate notifications - one for Inbox and again for Custom Label

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I am getting 2 notifications for the same email, both from the Gmail app. One notification is for the Inbox and the other is for a custom Label.

I do not want two notifications for the same email, so how do I prevent an Inbox notification if a label notification is triggered?

If I disable the Inbox notification, I will not be notified when a new email arrives. If I disable the Label notification, I will not hear the sound that is set to that label.

A couple more things to note...
- Some suggest moving the label emails away from the Inbox will solve it, which is true, but I need the label emails to show in my Inbox because I need to action them.
- I have the Inbox sound notification disabled because it clashes with the label notification sound (separate issue, but same cause).

Using Gmail v5.0.1 on Galaxy Note 4. Thanks.


texts:
I've heard a lot of hype about Samsung's filesystem named Flash-Friendly File System (or F2FS for short). I've heard about cases where the device apparently worked faster after switching to this filesystem, and I've also heard where the filesystem didn't work well and some data got lost.

Should I switch to this filesystem? Are there really objective improvements to device's preformance, or is it just a false positive? Are there any hidden risks?


texts:
I put custom ROM ussrv8_evanlocked@ogy@xda after rooting my Samsung Galaxy Y, and then I wanted to update kernel to overclock my phone (I followed this set of instructions).

Now the phone is not starting. It shows

E:failed to mount/cache(invalid argument)
E:can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log
E:can't open /cache /recovery/last_log

in recovery mode. I tried to reboot, but then it shows can't mount data/rebooting... and the phone shows the Galaxy Y logo.

I also tried to unbrick by Odin in download mode, but whenever I'm trying to connect the phone with PC it shows "device driver is not successfully installed".

What to do?


texts: Apps take up space but do not show up on app list

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I'm developing applications using Icenium (new IDE for hybrid app development), I have been testing all day without any problems, deleting the apps from phone, rebuilding the apps, etc.

At some point during the night, my apps stopped being displayed on my phone when I compile them, the apps take up space but don't actually show up anywhere on my phone.

Things I tried:

Reboot
App Cache Cleaner (app)
Fast Reboot (app)

I only managed to free up a couple of MB though (right now I have 15MB out of 153MB free - even though I have very little apps installed!!).

What can I do to delete these application files and hopefully being able tor rebuild my apps again?

EDIT:
Also, when I try to move apps from SD card to phone - I get the "Not enough storage space" error, even though it should supposedly fit (app is smaller than 15MB).


texts: Mute or change user group ringtone depending on current location and time

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Here's a sample scenario: when I'm at home and it's after 10pm, all call need to be silent, but family calls are enabled to ring loud.

Is it possible to do this? (preferably using Tasker, but 3rd-party apps is okay)


texts: Why Does My Phone Keep Linking Facebook Contacts?

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I have an HTC Desire HD with Android OS 2.2.1 installed.
The phone keeps telling me I have to link contacts that I've linked before, the problem looks to be with Facebook for HTC.
For the first couple of times it happened I actually linked all of them and now my calendar is full of repeated birthday events from Facebook.

Does anyone know what the problem might be and how to fix it?

Not sure if it matters but before this phone I had an HTC Wildfire and also linked some contacts, but they were good.


texts: How to store reminders from google now offline?

texts: I find it very convenient to set reminders using voice "ok google" with Google Now. However, I cannot seem to get it to work when I do not have an internet connection. Is there a way I can set reminders with voice that will also work when offline?


texts: Samsung GS3 mini, cannot make or recieve calls

texts: As described in the title, sometimes my phone just "disconnects" from network, although the reception meter seems to be within norm, restart helps, but it is a big nuisance, when I finally find about this thing, when I go to call someone, or someone tells me they can't contact me by other means. Is there any way to debug it?


texts: Can I run a webserver on an android device?

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You can make a Web server on your router providing that you rewrite its firmware with a free DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.

You can also run a on a raspberry pi, given that you can run a Web server on any device provided it runs a Linux. Can I run a Web server on an Android device, and if yes, how can I set it up?


texts: Is it possible to free up phone storage while keeping HTC Sense?

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I recently factory-reset my HTC Desire to free up space for apps, because it was suffering from constant 'low space' warnings, and it wasn't possible to free up space.

(Initially I installed Cyanogenmod, but didn't like various things about it, so returned to the HTC Sense UI).

However I can see the phone storage problem is going to come back soon - after moving 4 apps off the phone and onto SD card (the only 4 that supported this) I ended up with 10MB LESS space on the phone!

So I am wondering if there's a way to get more stuff off the phone and onto the SD card while keeping the HTC Sense UI. I have heard of 'A2SD+' for example. Can I use that while retaining HTC Sense?

(My phone is rooted and has S-OFF).


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I have an Android phone accent a400 and I sent it to a repair store to change the broken screen.
After receiving the phone, I noticed that they did a reset to the phone and the internal memory doesn't appear in the file manager. Also the application SuperSU which was installed by default doesn't exist any more, so I installed ES file explorer and used it to verify that the system and racine folder still exist. Then I installed Framaroot after rooting the phone and the application SuperSU became visible.
Sometimes "the message was sent" popup alone when using the phone. How would I fix this?


texts:
How can I expand an email thread Gmail on Android?

When looking at Gmail in a web browser I can do:

I'm looking for the same option for Android.


texts: Flashing radio to European G1 via Amon_Ra process: which version of radio 2.22.19.26i is safe for DangerSPL?

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Cyanogenmod's wiki says to use dream_magic.radio-2.22.19.26i-signed.zip

But this revision says to use ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip

These files differ. My question is: which of them (or both?) is safe to use before flashing DangerSPL for the first time?

NB. The main difference between them seems to be that their META-INF/com/google/android/update-script files differ thus:

dream_magic.radio-2.22.19.26i-signed.zip:

assert getprop("ro.product.device") == "dream" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "dream" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "sapphire" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "sapphire"

ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip:

assert getprop("ro.product.device") == "dream" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "dream"


texts:
I have an Galaxy SII, and I'm using AOKP JB Milestone 1. That said, I'm experiencing something strange, the Google Now app is running and working just fine, except for one thing, I've set my home and work address, but it just shows me the estimated arrival time for going home, all the time by the way(except when I'm home), and it never showed the estimated arrival time for work.

Is it known, or may be just and ROM bug?


texts: Is it possible to install a higher Android version on a phone and have it still running smoothly?

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I have an LG Optimus One P500 phone which has an official update limited to Android Gingerbread 2.2.3. But I've heard of people installing ICS custom ROMS on their phone even though officially it is not supported.

My phone has the following specifications:

CPU: 600MHz
RAM: 512MB
Current OS: Gingerbread (runs very smoothly with no lags for any tasks)

So I'm just trying to find out what are the minimum requirements for ICS and whether a phone will continue to function as smoothly as it did for Gingerbread.


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Do I need to install an application to use a Bluetooth keyboard with an Android 4.1.2 phone?

I am using a Droid Bionic and with an Anker K1280C keyboard ( an Apple keyboard clone). I can pair the phone with the keyboard, but the Bluetooth keyboard does not show up in the input method selection list.

I have tried a few applications which do expose a keyboard in the input methods list and connect to the Bluetooth keyboard (BlueKeyboard JP and Blue Input). They allow most of the keys to work, but the key map is not completely correct.

I am under the impression that Android 4.0 should not need an special applications to use a keyboard. Is this correct?


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My text message app is behaving rather oddly:

When receiving a text message from a friend, and instantly replying, so that the time of receiving his or her text message is equal to the time of my reply, my reply is placed above the received text message.

ASCII example ;) :

From Theodor 16.23: Dinner sounds good, when do you want to eat?
From Anna 16.23: Do you want to have dinner tonight?

The phone is a HTC Wildfire S running Android 2.3.3


texts: Disable auto correct in smart typing apk - without settings

texts: I have a samsung - android 6- with no settings in it (yes I deleted it) .is there any apk where I can control the smart typing or auto correction (ON/OFF)?


texts: How to modify a system configuration file on Android?

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On an Android device I would like to modify /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf with as minimal side effects to the rest of the device as possible. (there are unexposed APIs in Android framework)

Is it possible to just use a command line su executable to get permissions to modify the file?

Can I do this without an unlocked boot loader?

Would this be easier on a Nexus device?


texts: Unable to connect Galaxy Note3 N9005 to windows 8

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I'm having trouble connecting my N9005 to my pc using Windows8. The problem is it does not recognize the phone's storage and is not able to mount it.
I've tried installing Samsung Universal USB Drivers to no avail.
My laptop only has USB2 ports and if I'm correct N9005 utilizes USB v3. Could it be the cause?

I also have the same problem in Ubuntu.

UPDATE: I also tried Samsung Kies and it doesn't work either.

UPDATE 2: Upon connection my PC recognizes that the phone's been connected but it's not able to mount the storage.


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Generally I get alert when I am in call . But I don't get any notification when the receiver is in call . How can I get notification or alert if my receiver is on a call ?

My phone is samsung gti5500
android version : 2.3.4


texts: I'm planning to factory reset my device soon. So I wanted to know how do I transfer my notes to the SD Card. I don't want to lose them. Can someone please provide a meaningful tutorial on the matter. Please feel free to include methods to transfer other stuff as well.


texts: How do I block an app from using mobile data even in foreground?

texts: I want to block an app from using mobile data even when that app is in foreground. How can I do that? I can find an option to disable mobile data when in background and an option to disable WiFi for an app but I want to disable mobile data for a specific app completely. I am using a Galaxy A71 phone with Android 10.


texts: Installing custom ROM on HTC phones over Fastboot or ADB

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I am trying to build CyanogenMod for Sensation. After building I have update.zip, which I can install over CWM recovery manually. But how do I install the ROM over Fastboot or ADB in order to automate the installation process?

The same commands which I'm using for Google phones (Fastboot flash system) does not work normally. I think, that after flashing, system partition have wrong address.


texts: My Verizon note edge is stock, not rooted or unlocked. I initiated an ota update and it failed. Here is the error.


texts: How can I bulk import texts (SMS) from a SIM card?

texts:
How can I bulk import texts (SMS) from a SIM card ?
I'm using a Nexus S with Gingerbread.
The 1by1 import feature (copying the sms to the phone) removes the original sender.


texts: Are printer drivers technically possible?

texts:
It seems that printer manufacturers like Canon provide a printing app for Android devices, from which you can print documents and images stored on your Android device, but not printer drivers. So you cannot just print from any app, in the way that you can print from any program on a computer with printer drivers installed.

Is there a technical reason why there are no regular printer drivers for Android devices? Or is it just a choice made by manufacturers?


texts:
I'm using Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 with Android Pie.
So when I take a shot from default camera it does saving two copies at a time. Same for front camera.


texts: How to get the "check" next to text messages without being notified?

texts:
I have an HTC Incredible 2. The default is NOT to notify you when your message has been delivered.

I can go into settings and tell it to notify me. After doing so, it puts a checkmark next to the message when its been delivered -- That I like. However, it also "alerts" me with a notification in my notifications bar that it has been delivered -- I find that annoying.

Is there anyway to get the checkmark indicating it was delivered without the notification alert?


texts: "system" reboots my device after I allow it to in SuperUser?

texts: Today, a random SuperUser request from "system", with UID 1000, appear. I figured that it was nothing, so I accepted it. A couple of seconds later, my phone rebooted, or at least that's what I think it did. I saw the T-Mobile screen flash by really quickly; the Samsung screen did not appear. So, what happened and should I be concerned?


texts:
I want to install Cyanogenmod on my HTC One x+. In the Official Website there is no official release for HTC One X+. Can I install from the HTC One X Version or the HTC One XL Version ?? and there is an Unofficial release for HTC One X+ Cyanogenmod or should I install this version ?? Is there any particular reason or defect why Cyanogen didn't release one officially for HTC One X+ ??

Can you please give me the way to Install Cyanogenmod on my Phone ?? I'm a Newbie


texts: Transfer files from recovery on a Nexus 10

texts: My Nexus 10 won't boot, so I need to copy a ROM from my computer to the device. Since it won't boot, I need to copy it via recovery. I can flash recoveries as needed and install software on my computer as needed, but I need to get the ROM on there!


texts: Download all Reviews/App-Rattings from a App on Google PlayStore

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I'm searching for a way to download all Ratings with Comments from an App on Google Play Store.
The best way would be to do this directly in python.
I have tried to download the whole website with the python package request. It works but load only about 140 - 160 Rattings with comments.
On the website, there is a way to click the button "see all comments". But then i must scroll to infinity. That is not the way I am searching for.
For clearness I want the data for a private NLP Projekt, so I don't have my own App.
Therfore all ways with the Developer Console not possbile for me.
The question is related to this one: See all Reviews/AppRatings on PlayStore in a better Way?
But the ways don't work anymore or I have no developer acces.


texts: How to remove apps from android market website?

texts: There are a few apps that even though I uninstalled them (through android market mobile app) still remain present as 'installed' when I go to my website market account (they are not on my phone any more).. I tried installing and removing them again, but it didn't help.. Did anyone have the same problem? Is there a way to fix this so that they don't show up any more?


texts: Is it possible to copy all session/login data of WhatsApp web from one browser to another so that I can use WhatsApp web on another browser without the need to scan QR code again? ,


texts: Does flashing the stock ROM repartition the device internal memory?

texts: After I have repartitioned my tablet I wonder what would happen if I flashed the stock ROM again.


texts: How to open AOSP default launcher app Launcher3 in Android Studio?

texts:
I cloned Launcher3, which is the default launcher for AOSP. I opened it on Android Studio and got:

01:04  Gradle sync failed: com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.issues.SdkPlatformNotFoundException: Module: 'Launcher3' platform 'android-R' not found. (1 m 34 s 191 ms)

What is wrong? I made sure Android 11 SDK is downloaded.


texts: Insufficient storage on Android Nextbook 8 with 8GB storage and an empty 16 GB SD card

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I have Android Nextbook 8 tablet. It has 8GB storage and an empty 16GB SD card. However, it's telling me that it has insufficient storage. It's 2 days old and doesn't have much on it. I've deleted unnecessary apps that were pre-installed but that didn't help.

What should I do?


texts:
When I open the Samsung galaxy tab it keeps downloading app systems which some of them are inappropriate and I can't delete them and also it keeps making shortcuts of it.Also there is a problem that prevents me from doing something.Something called GPS speed keeps spamming my screen:"Unfortunately,GPS speed has stopped.
I need help!


texts: I have a Samsung GT9500 (Intl) which has CM 12. I see that L14.1 is available for my device. Is it possible to simply just upgrade to L14 without bricking my phone. I don't care about losing my data. What steps should I take?


texts:
I've just replaced the digitizer of my HTC Wildfire S because the old one was broken. The thing is that since the replacement, the new digitizer has become totally unresponsive. LCD is working fine though.
Just some small questions to rule things out;

Should I try to perform a calibration on the digitizer to make it work? I can't use the screen so I'm planning on making a Gold Card to perform calibration.
(The new digitizer is totally unresponsive. Checked all connections, didn't clean them though but I guess this isn't causing the problem.)

Any other thoughts on what might be causing the problem? Could it be that the digitizer was already faulty at the beginning? Does this happen a lot? Bought one from Amazon.


texts: Either downloading images directly to SD card or moving to SD while retaining original time stamps?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 with 4.4.2. When I read manga online and save the images the files in a given sequence are generally in a 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. numbered format. When I copy these files from the DOWNLOAD folder to the SD card though it ends up arranging them like 1, 10, 2, etc. regardless of the file manager I use AND it changes the time stamps at the same time so that it's permanently stuck like that. At the worst, I had over 5k images get scrambled and I am NOT looking forward to sorting them out one at a time on a desktop computer.

I would like to avoid this problem in the future. I would either like to have them save to the SD card right away, or I would like to be able to have the files retain their original time stamp when moved to the SD card so that I can retain the order of viewing regardless of the name, or both. (Renaming one at a time to 001, 002, 003, etc isn't really an option.)

Note: After the update (which AT&T forced on me without my permission), I rooted my phone with towelroot and Superuser and edited permissions to regain the ability to copy without problems, so if there is a solution that requires a root I am ready for it.


texts: How can I open files that have Japanese filenames?

texts: I organize my Japanese ebooks and manga using the respective Japanese titles as filenames.  I then access this content from my Anrdoid device by mounting a cifs share with cifsmanager. However I cannot open the media using my Android 4.1 (AOSP) device. The non-ascii characters in my filesystem show up as just question marks, e.g. /mnt/sdcard/manga/??????/.  The error behavior that various apps will give range from File does not exist (File Manager) to nothing at all (PerfectViewer).


texts: com.whatsapp_preferences.xml periodically gets overwritten how to prevent that from happening

texts:
on a magisk rooted Android 10 device
com.whatsapp_preferences.xml
( /data/data/com.whatsapp ? ... can't remember that path now )
has been updated with non default parameters as I needed but it periodically gets overwritten how to prevent that from happening.
what I did so far
even if reMount the partition as read write ( for my convenience I do it using total commander with root  though  I haven't tried I would assume it would end up the same way if I did it on command line ) it will not let me overwrite the original file with my modifications   & but if I  delete the original and copy the modified file that is allowed.  funny...why   ?
I did this and then chown (  to  root ) & chmod ed it to 444 then force stopped the app
cleared cache .new settings were working until next day I landed up with the same old file that it overwrote
question
now I am aware that for WhatsApp or any app to be able to write it should be the owner or maybe  the owner should be everyone .. that is the case here as well but the issue is how can I selectively prevent it from overwriting just one file  - implement this at file level   ?  alternatively how do I conceive a method that periodically overwrites the the original file with the one I have... after detecting that it has changed.
btw : my APK and data  is linked to to second partition which is ext4 via apps2SD


texts: Can physical keyboards really only be used with specific devices?

texts:
The web is full of physical tablet keyboards, all of them being restricted to one (or a few) specific devices. Can the keyboards really only be used with those devices or do they use the same Bluetooth/USB/... interface anyway?
Example: Logitech's "Ultrathin Keyboard Cover" was specificallty designed for the iPad. Can it be used with other tablets like lenovo's "Ideapad A2109A"?

What about keyboards that aren't even designed for tablets at all? Can generic Bluetooth keyboards be used with android tablets?

I know this question is too generic to be answered with a simple yes or no. The question is just whether they are compatible as a rule.


texts: My Galaxy S2 plus (4.2.2 JB) keeps saying I only have 416 Mb of free space on my internal space despite moving all apps to external storage and deleting junk files. Any solutions for this persistent problem?


texts:
I have a Samsung tablet running Android 5.0.2. Since roughly the new year it has been reporting a system update available.  It took me a few days to clear off the 270MB its asking for, but I've done so. However, when I try to update it through About device -> Software Updates, it reports failure due to my network not having Internet access.

I'm typing this on the tablet right now, and I assure you I'm not using elfin magic to move the bits to the SE server. Clearly its Internet access is just fine.

Has anyone else seen this before and / or know what's going on here?


texts: Moto G on Lollipop is auto-locking the screen

texts: After Lollipop update, Moto G 2nd generation phone is auto-locking even the time for autolock if undisturbed is set for 5 mins. Why and how to fix it?


texts: Problem unlocking HTC phone using their  fastboot program

texts:
According to HTC, my Amaze 4G is fully ready from the factory to be queried for its identifier tolken, but when I run the appropriate command, it doesn't work. I get:

$ fastboot oem get_identifier_token
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [  0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s
$

Note that someone reported the same problem, but their phone requires updating firmware and running "RUU". You can read about that here.

Same problem, different cause. Note that I did update the SDK prior to trying run fastboot - I wonder if I shouldn't have!

It's worth mentioning that I called HTC and asked for help and they were of no particular assistance; "You know more about it than I do." "How do I report a bug on fastboot?" (No useful reply to that!)


texts: My girlfriend's phone is a Galaxy S2. The battery was crap and the phone started bootlooping. We've replaced the battery but it is still happening. I can get into recovery mode, but I don't know anything about Flashing Roms. We're trying to avoid Factory Reseting the phone, in order to save the data. I have tried wiping the various caches. Is there anything I can do? The recovery screen also has a Philz Touch 5 menu, I believe the phone is rooted (although honestly I know nothing about it, I never rooted my phone).


texts: I installed CM7 on my LG P500, and ever since the battery sometimes lasts 30 hours, sometimes for 8 hours, under the same usage and same power state (conservative).  How can I fix this?


texts: Unlock full Developer options on Philips PFK5500/12

texts:
I recently bought a TV with Android OS (Philips PFK 5500/12).
This is not the tiptop very best, I know, but it was okay.
Also this is not exactly AndroidTV, but merley a predecossor running Android 5.1.

I successfully enabled the developer options, via the easter egg, but left confused because I don't see all settings like installation from foreign sources and others.
As it is my understanding, those settings are there, but artificially hidden by the vendor.

So my qestion is wether there is another hidden option to choose or not?


texts: PC crashes when I tranfer files from Nexus4

texts:
I have a problem with my Nexus4 stock.

When I connect the smartphone to the pc (both Linux and windows) and I try to transfer files (video and photo) it copy few Mb then it gives me an error and the pc crashes.

I try with both mode connection settings from Nexus4, and I also hard reset it but I do not understand how to solve it.


texts: multiple users on android 7.0, need to extend privileges of the first one

texts:
I have an android 7.0 phone with two users (Oneplus 3, oxygen 4.0.3).

The first user (as it was created first in order of time) seems to have more privileges than the second one.

for example, the phone boots on the first user, he can tweak certain configurations that the second cannot, and some apps (wifi monitoring for example) don't work on the second user. and more.

I'd like to extend the privileges to the second user, or at least to switch the main one. so that the second will become fully operational on the phone.

how can I do that?

Thanks,


texts: adb devices doesn't list Samsung Galaxy S Cyanogenmod 7.1

texts:
I am unable to list my device under adb devices and my problem is similar to that of Mad Scientist except that in his case Windows took the Google Drivers from the android SDK.

Ever since I have installed the Cyanogenmod 7.1 on my Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000, Win 7 recognizes the device as a Portable Device, Manufacturer as Android and Location on UMBus Enumerator. WUDFRd.sys and WpdFs.dll get loaded as shown in this image

I have tried to uninstall this driver but it automatically gets installed every time I connect the device. My device always looks like a mass storage device. I am unable to install android_winusb.inf from android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver.

Windows 7 returns an error saying  -

  The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation.

How do I install the correct drivers so that my device is listed in adb devices?


texts:
Recently I purchased an android phone from my local second hand store and they showed me It was working but when I got home and I tested it out it would not let me use it because it said I had to sign in with the previous owners account. How do I sign in with my account?

Thanks,
Asher.


texts: Why would the TRWP Nandroid backups of system and vendor partitions be different between backups?

texts:
For background info, I just picked up a Xiaomi Mi 9 Global version and am running the latest weekly Xiaomi.eu Pure MIUI ROM on it (if it matters, the latest Xiaomi.eu weeklies for the Mi 9 are Android 10 based).

I've started taking full backups using TWRP and I noticed something strange. For reference these backups have compression disabled and no encryption to try and rule out any variables.

When I check the sha2 hashes of the various partitions, I've noticed that all of the various partitions (boot, recovery, modem, efs, etc) have the same sha2 hash between backups (meaning the images are exactly the same). However even just from one night to the next morning, or even from one boot to the next as I tested today, the hashes of the vendor and system partition backups are different. I don't have any custom system modules or kernels installed that could be modifying those partitions, though I am rooted with Magisk.

I used adb shell to browse around the system and vendor partitions and all of the date stamps of the folders and files are either "1969-12-31" (basically meaning the date is 0 since that's the beginning of "unix time if you take into account my time zone) or "2019-09-06" which is the probably the date that the ROM or it's base ROM was created (the original Xiaomi ROM they made the Xiaomi.eu version from). I even used the find command from an adb shell to search both the system and vendor partitions for any updated files (any file with a date newer than "2019-09-06") and there are none.

So my question is this: if I haven't flashed a new ROM or installed anything in the system partition, why would two backups be different?

I would think that only the data partition would change as I use the phone. I thought that since the system and vendor images are the ROM itself, they should never change unless I change ROMs. I was under the impression that even system settings are stored on the data partition because performing a factory reset essentially just wipes that partition...so I don't see why the system and especially vendor partitions should ever change unless I specifically flash a different ROM or update the ROM which would obviously write to those partitions (or at minimum the system partition)

Are there some kind of auto-generated files or folders in the system and vendor partitions that change slightly on ever boot or something?

I would just like to understand this better so I know whether for example it's ok to just do regular backups of the data partition and only back up system and vendor when I do a new ROM update.

Hopefully someone with more Android ROM experience can shed some light on this.


texts: Is there an app that associates a certain action to a arbitrary NFC tag?

texts:
I'm using the NFC Task Launcher for launching actions stored on my own tags. This works fine.

What I'm searching for is an app that associates a certain action with an arbitrary tag. An example: my company ID card has an NFC tag. This tag cannot be changed by me. But I want to activate a "At Work" profile when I scan that tag.

So, the actual action is NOT stored on the tag but on the phone and gets triggered by reading that tag.

Is there an app that I could use for that?


texts: How do I prevent "No Internet calling account" error?

texts:
I'm running 2.3-Gingerbread.
Calling was working fine over the telephone network.
I set up the internet calling feature by adding an account to test the featuire out.
Then I removed the account.
Every time I dial a number I get this error:

No Internet calling account
There are no Internet calling accounts on this phone. Add one now?

If I click cancel, it doesn't dial using the telephone network it just returns to the home screen.

I've cleared the defaults for the Dialer application but still the problem persists.

Does anyone know how I can prevent this error?


texts: Is it possible to run an X Server and a window manager in TermUX

texts:
I am running the TermUX application on an Android 10 smartphone, and can type in it with my Logitech K480 keyboard. I want to run a window manager like fvwm (see fvwm.org).
I have found an article on the internet which seems to mention i can run VNC server and client or XSDL although the latter is unstable, but as far as I understand I can only do this if i have a separate computer running the server, and then my Android smartphone can run the client window manager from TermUX after changing the DISPLAY environment variable
Is this correct?
How can I run an X Server in TermUX and then simply run the window manager with the startx command like in Linux?
Thanks.


texts: Init ignores .rc in the /system/etc/init

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on boot
    iptables blah --blah
    iptables blah --blah

service myservice /system/bin/myarm64binary --config /path/to/conf.cfg
    class main
    user root

According to the documentation:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master/init/README.md

  / init.rc is the most important. RC file. It is loaded by init process
  at the time of initialization. It is mainly responsible for system
  initialization. It will import / init.${ro.hardware}.rc, which is the
  main. RC file provided by system-level core vendors.

  When the mount_all statement is executed, the init process loads all
  files in the /{system,vendor,odm}/etc/init/ directory, which will
  serve Actions and Services when the file system is mounted.

Is there something I'm missing? service list does not list my app and iptables not appended. Even if I test-edit init.rc and import my .rc directly it still does nothing.


texts: How can I import bookmarks from Lightning into Firefox?

texts: Previously I used Lightning as browser on my phone and I've bookmarked lotta pages in it. I started to use Firefox, because Lightning is very buggy. So, how can I import bookmarks from Lightning into Firefox?


texts: Can I purchase apps from the Amazon App Store without an Android Device?

texts: I don't have an Android device anymore. However, I still see an app for free every now and then that I would like to have when I get a new one. Can I get apps from the Amazon Appstore without having a device?


texts:
OS: Android 10
Device: Samsung Galaxy 10e
Speakers: Marley Get Togeather

I bought some new bluetooth speakers that were rated highly for audio quality, but when I connect my phone, it sounds really poor.  If I use a cable, it's fine, but bluetooth is really bad.  How can I improve audio quality?  I read somewhere that all speakers for this brand support AAC, but I can't seem to get that working.

If I long-hold the bluetooth button in the drop-down, and select the gear beside the device, I don't see any options.

If I enable developer options and look at the bluetooth settings I see:

codec: SBC
sample rate: 44.1 kHz
bits/sample: 16

If I try to change the code, sample-rate, or bits/sample in the developer options, it instantly reverts to the original settings.  By that I mean if I select AAC, I hear no difference, but the menu shows AAC until I switch windows and then switch back.  At that point it will show SBC again so I suspect it never actually change and that was a GUI bug.
I haven't used bluetooth much, so I don't know if I have a problem with my configuration, a problem with what I'm doing, or if the device itself is limited.


texts: Can I boot Android on the LG Arena KM 900?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

I have searched (hopefully well enough!) on the internet to see if we can load Android on the LG Arena KM 900.

Though there was this forum which kind of talked about it, it was still not clear as to how to do it.

http://androidarena.pytalhost.net/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=76&pageNo=6&s=12839d124f983ac19ea9e43226073557b26abf3f

Has any one tried this?

Appreciate the time taken to answer my query.


texts: Samsung Galaxy J3 SM-J320Y Bootloop Problem

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy J3 (SM-J320Y) and my friend tried to root it.. he uses Kingo Root Android and King Root but both of it failed to root it.. I already said to him not to bother rooting it but he continues and as he gives uo on trying to root it he unistalled the Kingo Root App and King Root. Then he restart my phone. the problem starts there, my phone has been on bootloop every since.. when its already at the samsung logo it would restart over and over again.. pls. help just bought this.

thanks in advance


texts:
Can I update my Galaxy Tab's Android version by internet?
EDIT:
When googling, I found some solutions for updating Android on Galaxy Tab, using connection to PC and special programs. But I know, that HTC devices ("Desire", for example) can update its Android by internet connection (Wi-Fi or 3G). The matter is, I can't find such option on my Tab.
Current Android version is 2.2


texts: Lollipop SAF: how pre-installed file manager is able to write to SD card?

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With SAF I am able to write to external SD card with explicit user permission.  BUT I am wondering how pre-installed File Manager app is able to write to any SD card without user permission? Is the WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE permission making the difference ?

How to gain this type of access ?

I have source code of android for the tablet I have.  Can I add my app to source and compile, so that my app can write to any SD card without explicit user permission?


texts: BT keyboard + mouse simultaneously (tablet)

texts:
I have Acer Iconia B1-A71 and what I want to do is to attach a full-size keyboard and a mouse to it. As far as I know, my tablet does not support OTG, so I am thinking of connecting both devices via bluetooth (it has built-in BT 4.0).

Is there any way to connect two devices to tablet via BT at the same time? I do not have neither a keyboard nor a BT mouse and I do not want to spend my money at things I cannot use later.

Or maybe there is a way to enable OTG in this specific tablet (but I have done a little research about my model and I did not found anything useful)?


texts: what do the numbers after the : /dev/block/vold/179:xx mean?

texts: I've been trying to figure out an micro sd card issue and just stumbled upon a page where someone mentioned that the numbers after the colon would represent xyz and if they are something different then they will represent abc.  I'm having issues with cm12.1 recognizing my micro-sd card and I've been trying to fix it with fsck in terminal.  When I manage to find where it's mounted the numbers I am seeing are 179:33...anyone know?  Thanks.


texts: What exactly is the VPN mode IPSec Hybrid RSA?

texts:
I've been going through the VPN options on my Moto X running 4.4, trying to decide what to setup to be able to reach home (home being an Ubuntu server behind a NAT).

I understand most of the options, but I can't seem to find any information about what IPSec Hybrid RSA is, or how it compares to IPSec Xauth RSA (which I'm currently planning to use). Can anyone shed any light on it?


texts: Is it possible to add an actual alarm to a reminder in Google keep? Currently it just shows a notification.


texts:
I recently had a problem with my phone where I was forced to do a factory reset and lost a bunch of stuff.

To prevent that happening again I want a complete solution that reliably backs up my device at specified intervals. The desired result being the ability to restore my "environment" to a fresh phone if needed.

What solutions have worked for people in the past? I have tried Titanium Backup but that seems to require root and I don't want to root my device.

Note: Please do not consider the native backup solution provided by Google in Android (That failed me).

Many thanks
Conor


texts: How to hide installed app from other app?

texts: If app has storage access, how to hide other installed app from it? App consists of files in different locations. Maybe somehow I can make them unaccessible for other app? If I didn't give root right for detecting app, the only location should be in "Android" folder?


texts: How to configure and Enable WiFi Hotspot through terminal without ROOT

texts: How can i configure and enable/disable the WiFi Hotspot by using terminal command without ROOT? Also I want to kick user from my hotspot using terminal command


texts: Cannot restore an adb backup due to a tarball with a broken header

texts:
I have two devices that have Android 5.0.2 and 6.0.1 respectively. I would like to migrate some non-cloud apps from the device with the older Android version to the new one using adb. The backing up command is simple:

adb backup -apk -f foo.bar.baz.ab foo.bar.baz

Now, after connecting the device with the newer Android version, the following command is expected to work:

adb restore foo.bar.baz.ab

Unfortunately it isn't. As usual, the restoring process fails silently just reporting that the restoring process is ended. Actually nothing really happens. Here are the logs:

adb logcat -s BackupManagerService

  08-27 01:02:44.100  1300  2300 I BackupManagerService: Beginning full restore...
  08-27 01:02:44.100  1300  2300 D BackupManagerService: Starting restore confirmation UI, token=1956031088
  08-27 01:02:44.120  1300  2300 D BackupManagerService: Waiting for full restore completion...
  08-27 01:02:45.650  1300  2450 D BackupManagerService: acknowledgeFullBackupOrRestore : token=1956031088 allow=true
  08-27 01:02:45.660  1300 18181 I BackupManagerService: --- Performing full-dataset restore ---
  08-27 01:02:45.680  1300 18181 I BackupManagerService: Package foo.bar.baz not installed; requiring apk in dataset
  08-27 01:02:45.680  1300 18181 D BackupManagerService: APK file; installing
  08-27 01:02:45.680  1300 18181 D BackupManagerService: Installing from backup: foo.bar.baz
  08-27 01:02:45.690  1300 18181 E BackupManagerService: Unable to transcribe restored apk for install
  08-27 01:02:45.690  1300 18181 E BackupManagerService: Parse error in header: Invalid number in header: 'я╛В' for radix 8
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300 18181 W BackupManagerService: io exception on restore socket read
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300 18181 W BackupManagerService: java.io.IOException: Invalid number in header: 'я╛В' for radix 8
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300 18181 W BackupManagerService:  at com.android.server.backup.BackupManagerService$PerformAdbRestoreTask.extractRadix(BackupManagerService.java:7380)
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300 18181 W BackupManagerService:  at com.android.server.backup.BackupManagerService$PerformAdbRestoreTask.readTarHeaders(BackupManagerService.java:7179)
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300 18181 W BackupManagerService:  at com.android.server.backup.BackupManagerService$PerformAdbRestoreTask.restoreOneFile(BackupManagerService.java:6396)
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300 18181 W BackupManagerService:  at com.android.server.backup.BackupManagerService$PerformAdbRestoreTask.run(BackupManagerService.java:6254)
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300 18181 W BackupManagerService:  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
  08-27 01:02:45.710  1300  2300 I BackupManagerService: Full restore processing complete.
  08-27 01:02:45.720  1300 18181 D BackupManagerService: Full restore pass complete.

It looks somewhat strange that the same backup format cannot be restored on a newer device. I've also tried to repack the underlying tarball using nelenkov/android-backup-extractor preserving the same file order (tar cvf ... -T files.lst) hoping that the broken header gets repaired. No luck.

What does cause such a backup/restore behavior and how do I resolve the issue to migrate the application from the older device to the newer one? Any help is highly appreciated and thanks in advance.

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31
LG Optimus E975, Android 5.0.2, CyanogenMod 12-2015...
Samsung Galaxy S5, Android 6.0.2, flashed to a newer Sprint stock firmware (initially Android 5.0.x earlier)


texts:
I created an adhoc wireless network on my windows 7 machine. My windows phone is detecting this wireless network but my android ICS phone is not detecting it at all. Why is that?

I have an unrooted phone. How can I solve this problem?


texts: Can anybody tell me how to disconnect the call in between. The screen on my Samsung Galaxy 3 becomes disabled during the call , it becomes very difficult to get the screen back during the call to disconnect.


texts:
After charging my Samsung GT 7.7, I switched it on but it just showed the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" and stayed like that like it hung.

What do I do?


texts: Control Camera with Pro settings like in Lumia camera

texts:
Are there any apps that would let us change ISO(preferably upto 3200), shutter speed upto 4 seconds , etc? Because , i really wanna try some long exposure photography on an android device.

following images are shot using lumia 520 at 4 seconds shutter speed.

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texts: Use different google account for in app purchases?

texts: so I'm signed into an app (pokemon go) with my primary google account. However I have credit on my secondary account that I want to use to buy some in app purchases. It won't let me do this and only gives me options to pay using the first account, this makes sense but its quite annoying. Is there any work around?


texts: Delete certain mis-spelled words from Android dictionary (These words were not listed in the "Personal dictionary")

texts:
I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia mini (running Android 4.04). I'm trying to remove a few embarrassing words which show up during typing. I tried through Settings → Language and input → Personal dictionary. When I checked the Personal dictionary, I see that there are no such words listed, though there is an option to add new words to this list. I added a few words and then afterwards I could delete them also. But I couldn't find any way to delete those words which come up during typing messages etc.

I might previously have typed those wrong spellings accidentally, and I think through the Learn new words automatically when typed feature the words have been added to the main dictionary.

Is there any way to remove them from there? I don't want to turn off the auto-complete/suggestions feature completely.


texts: Change video quality of embedded YouTube video in Chrome for Android

texts: Is there a way to change the video quality when playing embedded YouTube videos in Chrome for Android? I can only change the video quality in the YouTube application.


texts:
I recently moved from Note 2 to Moto X. In Note 2, the 'Mobile Networks' page inside Settings had the 'Network Mode' setting with options: GSM/WCDMA (Auto mode), GSM only or WCDMA only.

In Moto X however, instead of 'Network Mode' there is 'Prefered network type' which has the options: 4G (recommended), 3G or 2G.

Through this I can force 2G, I'm assuming, but not 3G or 4G (there's no 4G in India yet anyway).

Is there any other setting or any app that can force only 3G (or 4G)?


texts: Using Amazon Instant Video from Amazon Prime on Non-Kindle device

texts:
I have an Asus EEE Transformer, and am contemplating an Amazon Prime membership.  One of the nice features is streaming video.  You can play it on computer, TV/DVD/BluRay that support it, or Kindle.

Is there anyway to play on plain Android, like my Transformer?


texts: Does manual firmware update needs boot loader unlocked?

texts:
I tried manually update my phones firmware but I didn't get any notification after I put zip file to root directory of internal storage.
So does it need boot loader unlocked?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) Won't Connect via USB with Android File Transfer with MacBook Pro - Mountain Lion

texts:
I saw some similar questions along these lines with newer Samsung devices, but I will post a question here anyway in case an answer for me ends up being an answer different than that for someone else. I have not seen a post concerning my particular phone, Mac hardware, and Mac OS.

Problem:

My Mountain Lion MacBook Pro (10.8.3) doesn't recognize my Samsung Galaxy S3 (4.1.1) for file transfer over USB. I am trying to use Android File Transfer, having been promised that it would solve all my woes.

The Situation:

I've downloaded Android File Transfer, and, when connected with my device, the app launches, but it just continues to demand that I attach the USB cable and or restart my device.

What I've tried doing:

Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging

When set to on, nothing happens. When set to off, nothing happens either. I've turned it on, then on and off, then off, and restarted before, during, and after connection, and every combination possible. The result is the same: app launches and then gives error message.

USB Cable:

I've tried with two different new cables and the error message is the same.

Connected to a Windows device:

My phone is recognized just fine by my desktop PC running Windows 7. The phone is recognized and the SD card is recognized, and I can transfer files between them. However, my Windows device is not my primary computing device, and I am frequently away from home (otherwise, at this point, I would chuck the Mac and that would be that).

As with the person who posted a similar question about the Galaxy S2, please do not post answers suggesting the use of Kies, Bluetooth, Wireless, and the like unless they lead to me being able to use Android File Transfer via USB. I want my phone to work over USB and with AFT for a reason (speed, convenience, and better synchronization). Kies seems to be the default suggestion to solve this issue, but it is terribly buggy and it accomplishes file transfer much the same way that nuking my house would get rid of spiders. (Always good to have a little levity at this level of frustration.)


texts:
I have an LG running Android 7.0 that I used to be able to get to /Android/data/net.osmand.plus/files/tracks in internal storage. I would have to restart to see the new tracks though.
Now I have moved Osmand files to 32GB sd card and it works but I cannot access it while plugged in. When I turn it off and plug the SD into a computer I can view the directory just fine.
I was also unable to browse to other files like a video file I recorded without finding the exact folder and using adb pull command.


texts: How do I manipulate the filesystem of my Android smartphone from PC without restrictions? Can I do it on an non-rooted phone?

texts:
I want to be able to copy/move/erase/modify files on my phone and transfer them back and forth on my Windows 10 PC. Without limitations hopefully.
My phone ( Meizu Note 8 ) is not rooted, and I'm not sure if I can root it. It doesn't seem to be very popular.
I got the vague impression that I need ADB drivers which I also couldn't get, and I don't know what software to use after. This is the best I found, but it's far from official and also doesn't work: no installer, and the .inf doesn't have the install option in the context menu, which usually means the driver is not compatible.


texts:
My friend has bought a Karbonn A9 phone one month ago and it has a little problem now. It has 16GB memory card and it is not generating thumbnails in the stock gallery very well. If I open a folder to view the images it only generate thumbnails for 1-4 pictures and others are blank.

I tried this solution without any luck. What can I do?


texts: Where does swype store the user dictionary?

texts: Does anyone know where Swype stores the user dictionary? I wasn't careful enough at the outset and now it prefers "Amanfa" to "Amanda" which is hugely annoying. I haven't been able to delete it. I'd really like to at least see if I can't bushwhack my way to a back door and look through the dictionary myself.


texts:
I'm in a whatsapp group which requires some sort of quick reaction. I'd like to set a special (custom or at least non-standard) notification tone or sound specifically for that group (and only it).

Some clarifications:

I know how to disable and mute a group, that's a different case
I know how to set a notification for whatsapp, but it wouldn't me differentiate among many groups I'm subscribed to
I know how to set specific sounds/tones for specific contacts in whatsapp, but this is a group, not a person

If anyone is aware of a [hidden] setting or a hack, I'll be glad to hear. Thanks.


texts: Disable cookies for specific sites in Firefox

texts: Firefox on my PC allows me top disable cookies for specific sites by clicking on the website's icon. When cookies are disabled generally, I can enable them the same way in the menu behind the icon. Firefox on Android doesn't show this menu when I click on the icon. How can I disable/enable cookies for a specific site on Firefox for Android?


texts: How to flash a rom to a phone under bootloop

texts:
I have tried to flash the custom ROM CM 13 to my Lenovo A6000 plus as described in the xda thread. My phone was running on Lollipop and was rooted.  I had twrp in my phone. So I simply copied  [ED300-CM13.0-UNOFFICIAL-wt86518.zip] and [open_gapps-arm-6.0-micro-,,,,,.zip] to my external sd card and tried to flash them using twrp. Installation of ED300-CM13.0-UNOFFICIAL-wt86518.zip was seemed succes but open_gapps-arm-6.0-micro-,,,,,.zip showed an error as zip file corrupted.

I assumed the installation of later was only to include the necessary Google apps. So I thought not to install them assuming that they weren't necessary. I simply reboot the phone. Now my phone is in an infinite bootloop. It just shows the Lenovo logo, stays for 2-3 minutes and again go back to boot.

I tried to enter into twrp but didn't succeed. I can access the bootloader. So I put the phone to bootloader and connected to my laptop. But when I type adb devices it doesn't detect the device.

Did I really brick my device? Is there a way to get back? I just want to flash any compatible ROM so that the phone stays up. Please don't tell me to get back to xda :(


texts:
Using Asus Zenfone 5, which I want to upgrade to Android Lollipop.

The instructions say that I have to copy the OTA files to my SD card from my PC, but unfortunately I use Linux (ubuntu and mint). I cannot connect to my sd card via the usb cable. Is there any way to copy the files to the SD card from my Linux platform? Otherwise, can I use dropbox to get the file to the SD card somehow?


texts: Reliably accessing public Wi-Fi "Agreement" page on Android

texts:
This has probably been addressed elsewhere, but I can't find it, so I will risk the ire of the community by asking it here.

When I connect to public Wi-Fi on my Android phone (version 6.0.1 at the moment), it pops open Chrome so I can hit “agree” or whatever the public Wi-Fi provider asks me to hit before giving proper internet access. Chrome always tries to bring up https://www.google.com, which, of course, doesn't redirect properly because it's https. So I manually type in hp.com since it's quick to type and doesn't redirect to https. Then whatever captive portal software is running can “catch” it and redirect me to the agreement page.

My question is: how to make Chrome (or Android) go somewhere else besides https://www.google.com? I assumed it was my home page configuration in Chrome, but it's not.

In case it's relevant, I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S5.


texts:
On the ADB shell, I run the command

adb -s <serial_number> shell am start -a android.intent.action.CALL -d tel:123456

to place a call on my testing device. It works great. But I also want to simulate a missed call from the ADB shell, as I would by telnet with the command gsm cancel +123456, for example.

I cannot find anywhere how to do this. Is this even possible with ADB? If so, how?

P.S: the command adb -s <serial_number> shell input keyevent 6 is not an answer!


texts: Can I use a 32:9 aspect ratio monitor on an android TV PC?

texts:
I have several TX92 TV PCs connected to TVs for streaming, and to monitors for use as thin client workstations with Windows. I recently upgraded, getting the same android box for each use. What I want to do with the one where I do my work, is buy and connect a 49 inch 32:9 aspect ratio monitor. I have several questions. Can I do it? Will the aspect ratio magically appear in the list of available aspect ratios in android settings? I use "Resolution Changer" (google play) to change resolution and DPI for phones, TV PCs, and the BlueStacks emulator for Windows. Can I make the monitor work using that? The TX92 comes rooted from the factory. A 32:9 aspect ratio will let me have two Windows sessions side by side, each 1920x1080, or I can do a Windows session and still have plenty of screen left for android applications. I use "Taskbar" (google play) for the launcher and to run windowed android apps.

Edit:

TX92 has android 7.1.2, 2 gig ram, 16 gig storage.

I don't know what communication exists through the HDMI port. Connecting different devices causes different resolutions to be available in android settings, 4k TV vs monitor. That's why I think the resolution may magically appear when the wide monitor is hooked up.

The TX92 manufacturer has a nice website but has not replied to many inquiries.


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Simple straight question: I own an Acer Iconia Tab A500 w/3.2 OS and a Windows 7 PC with lots of movies, including H.264 HD in Matroska format.

How can I stream that content, supposed that I installed K-Lite Codec Pack, on Android by installing the least possible amount of software? The tablet is already shipped with Acer ClearFi which is a DLNA implementation and looks compatible with Windows Media Center, however when I tried to play a non-HD movie in MPEG-4 format the default player reported that the fortmat is unsupported.

I'm new and a bit confused to Android video and home streaming. I don't know how codecs work in the Linux-like world.

[EDIT] About codecs (if these matter): on Windows, I can watch the videos with Windows Media Player too, not only VLC/MPC
I remember that once I was able to stream to my Xbox 360 with Vuze's embedded media server with live transcoding. Do I need something like that for streaming to Android too?

Thank you.


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My computer is connected to internet but I dont have a router(and I dont want to buy one) to use it on my phone. So I was using the usb "reverse tethering tool" which i could use succesfully.

But now I want to use my phone as a router so that I can connect to internet from anywhere in my room with other phones.

And yes I dont want to buy a router, My PC doesnt have a wifi or bluetooth connectivity.

Thankyou for your time.

Sincerely,

Jasser

I am using samsung galaxy S duos GT-S7562.


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I have the standard HTC RC-E160 headset with 3 buttons and a mic. I can use the button in the middle to pause and play music tracks, and I can use the buttons on each side to jump to next or previous track. Is there a way I can use these buttons to increase or decrease the volume? I am thinking maybe something like quickly pressing one of the buttons two times to increase the volume by one increment? Is something like this possible?

Maybe I need a Bluetooth headset? Or a wired headset with a 5 button remote control?

I am using MortPlayer Music as my primary music player and it has some options to set the button action for the headset but I see no options for volume control.


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Does anybody know, what is this icon in the notification bar in the top left corner?

I saw it on screenshot, thats why I cant check it on my mobile phone.

Thanks.


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I want to root my Android 11 on Samsung A72 without using any third part app. Is their a way?
I cannot find anything on google on duckduckgo that mentions a terminal or a manual root.