texts: How to install ROMs without ClockWorkMod in Huawei U8800

texts: I have official Huawei ROM installed on my U8800 (Android 2.3.5) and I want to try some custom ROMs like MIUI. So I researched and find out that I need to replace default recovery.img file in /.cust_backup/image with ClockWorkMod Recovery image file. After I replaced this file successfully tried to boot into Recovery using reboot recovery command (also tried pressing [VOL+]+[Power]) but my phone didn't flash CWM but started to reboot several times instead. After 2 or 3 reboots phone is starting normally without flashing CWM. Then I restored replaced recovery.img with my backed-up one and rebooted, default Recovery screen flashed with no problem. I used official CWM Recovery image (5.0.2.6) for U8800 and some other unofficial CWM images for U8800. But none of them worked. I could neither solve this problem nor find another way to install my ROM Zip from SDCARD. Does anyone know what can I do to solve these?


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A year or so ago I was looking into rooting my S4 mini SGH-i257M. This is the Canadian version, Android 4.4.2 from Rogers. At the time there was no reliable method available, and no hope of there being one in the near future. I am wondering if anyone has found a reliable root procedure for this phone since then.

S4 mini SGH-i257M
Baseband version i257MVLUBNG2
Kernal Version 3.4.0-2254622
Build number KOT49H.i257MVLUBNG2


texts: How can I send large files from my device to my computer, without using a cable?

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I have a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) with 500MB worth of videos on it (2 in total).

I want to transfer those files to my computer. The catch, I have no cable.

How can I transfer those files as quickly and as reliably as possible? Bluetooth isn't an option (it would take hours), can it be done over WiFi? I've tried WiFi direct, it doesn't recognize my PC.


texts: Packet capture on Android x86, any ideas?

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how can I run packet capture on my virtual machine (VMware-android 4.3)?

tried more and more to do, facing the same run-time error :
"Unfortunately, packet capture has stopped".

just to note that my host machine internet connection is based on Mobile USB tethering by PdaNet application.


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Even yesterday afternoon I was being annoyed by Android File Transfer reopening lots of times while the phone was USB connected to my computer. This morning, all of a sudden, my phone seems to not notice being connected to the computer: it's as if I connected it to a charger, it doesn't show the usual "Connected as media device" notification or any other sign of it thinking it is connected to a computer. Except it is. And I have tons of files to get onto that computer. So how can I get that mobile to see the computer?

Update

I tried working my way around this by Bluetooth, but when I click "Browse device" on My computer it goes This device does not have the necessary services or the likes. What does that mean? Is there a way I can send a file from my mobile to the computer?

Update 2

I forgot to mention I would like a way that doesn't lose the metadata (Date Modified, Date Created) during the transfer, as happens with Airdroid (which I have already) and Xender (which I just tried following the answer). Sorry, answerer, but I don't think I'll be using that solution…

Update 3

Magic magic, the mobile is now connected as a media device, or at least says thus. Except Android File Transfer doesn't find it. What can I do now?

Update 4

Magic magic once again, the phone only connects as media device when the earphones are connected to it, and Android File Transfer doesn't see it, earphones or not. So summing up, the media device connection is mysterious, AirDroid and Xender both lose timestamps, which I'd rather preserve, so my files are stuck on the mobile, and trying other ways (Bluetooth and FolderSync) has failed. Here are screenshots of the chat, 1 2 3 4 5 6. If anyone has any idea how to solve my problem of keeping timestamps, or how to get AFT to see my mobile (and that mobile to connect as media device), please comment/answer.

Update 5

I changed cable and everything works fine. I don't think it was just leaving the phone dangling from a 4cm-long cable, but rather the twist I gave it on Thursday that might have caused the problem. So my 4cm cable works for charging but not for USB connection. However, I can't use the other cable instead, because -- nonsensical as it may seem -- I run a (statistically) greater risk of losing a longer cable in Uni than I do with the micro-one I have now. So the problem persists. And even the hypothesis of that twist being the culprit doesn't convince me, since the effect was delayed by at least a disconnection of the cable. Ha-ha! Surprise surprise, I twisted it again, and voilà, everything is fine now! How did that happen?

Update 6

Seems that whether the Computer sees the mobile or not depends in some pseudo-random way on how much I twist that cable :). Not only how much, but like, in what direction I twist it. THis is so strange.


texts: How to disable dashboard summary in Settings app?

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I find the dashboard conditional summary infuriating. How can I have it disabled?

I earlier thought disabling the following receivers would help, but to no avail. (Yes, I did verify and reboot post disabling them.)

com.android.settings.dashboard.conditional.HotspotCondition$Receiver
com.android.settings.dashboard.conditional.AirplaneModeCondition$Receiver
com.android.settings.dashboard.conditional.DndCondition$Receiver
com.android.settings.dashboard.conditional.CellularDataCondition$Receiver

I'm currently using stock Android 10 on OnePlus 6 with Magisk and Riru.


texts: Android Studio: Can't add sdcard to AVD using external file

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I've just recently moved to a new laptop (Migrated from Windows 7 to 10) and I'm now setting up my development environment for android. As such, I've created a new AVD using Android Studio. However I can't add an SD card using external file, as the option is greyed out. I'm using the same AVD Setup as in my old environment (except that it's newly created).

I've read that for some people the option remains disabled until they've run the mksdcard tool, I've done this and restarted however I still can't add the SDCard of my old device.

Also tried creating an AVD with different settings, no changes. Any ideas?
Excuse me if this post is more in-scope for stackoverflow or superuser!


texts: Remove Menu Button from Title Bar in KitKat

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I have a Verizon LG G2, which I just updated to Android 4.4 KitKat. The G2 already has the menu button in its bottom navigation bar, but the 4.4 update, as expected, put an extra menu button in the top right corner of most apps.

I find this unnecessary, and it just takes up space and messes up my workflow. Is there any way I could remove the top menu button, either through settings or a 3rd-Party App?


texts: I rooted my phone, uninstalled google play store but now I need it. What can I do?

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My phone is "Smile N2". I rooted it an it turned from kitkat to lollipop. I also uninstalled the google play store. I used kingroot to do this. But now I badly need the google play store.

I took it from my friend using shareit. I installed it. But then it crushed. I tried to add a google account on my phone. But It says it can't reach to the google sarver. I uninstalled Kingroot somehow.

But this didn't unroot my phone. Now please tell me what can I do?


texts: Can I change the icons used in the quick settings?

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I have a new phone, and the icons in the quick settings are ugly in my opinion.

Can I change the icons used here easily, and if so how? (I see similar icons in the normal settings, i am happy if those change as well).

Andoriod 7.0


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Yes, the infamous battery drain bug.

I've tried every fix in the book and I can't solve the problem.

I've got a Nexus 4 with Chroma (1/18/2016 build) and Hell's core(3.4.0-hC-b87-M) (Marshmallow). I rarely turn on mobile data and when I do, it's for minutes at a time. I have wakelock detectors and better battery stats, they show nothing peculiar (other than the wifi drain).

I've tried:

Turning WiFi and Bluetooth scanning off.
Turning my WiFi only to 2.5GHz
Turn it on and off again
Clearing app cache
Turning WiFi off during sleep.

Is it Chroma, Hell's core, an old phone?

Any help is greatful.


texts: Android Nougat 7.0 Wifi Internet Drops after ~10MB

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First a bit of background
Bare with me as all of below should be relevant.
I currently have a HTC 10, so does my father. My phone I bought from eBay and it came with the Nougat (7.0) update already installed (lets call it phone 1). My dads phone came directly from HTC with Marshmallow installed (phone 2). Both devices are the same factory unlocked EMEA version of the phone.
On "phone 1" I had no Wi-Fi issues, and initially neither did "phone 2". Shortly after purchase we updated "phone 2" using OTA updates to the same version of Nougat (7.0) as I have (it had the same HTC version number). This started causing Wi-Fi problems on "phone 2". Because it became a problem only after the update, that rules out a hardware issue. Furthermore because "phone 1" didn't have the issue I can rule out the Wi-Fi router as the cause.
HTC released a new OTA update for 7.0 with the July security patches. I updated "phone 1" using this OTA and suddenly I have the same Wi-Fi issue as on "phone 2". I tried to no avail wiping the cache partition and also going to the extreme of doing a full factory reset. The problem remains on both phones.
Debugging
After some playing around with various Wi-Fi settings on the phone (static IP, disabling battery optimisation, disabling mobile data), I the issue remained.
We then tried to do the OTA update on "phone 2" and it revealed some interesting information. During the download it would happily download roughly 10MB of data (sometimes 7MB, sometimes 10MB, once it jumped 30MB). After this the Wi-Fi would remain connected, however the phone could no longer contact the internet. If I turn the Wi-Fi off and on again, it will download another ~10MB and then no internet again. Repeat ad infinitum.
I tried to download a couple of apps from Google Play on "phone 1" and noticed the problem is the same - it downloads ~10MB then no internet. Turning the Wi-Fi off and on again, another ~10MB.
I saw on Reddit (here) that entering into the phone app the number *#*#4636#*#* loads some testing phone settings. Looking at the Wi-Fi status in that I can see that the phone connects to the internet after turning on the Wi-Fi by running the ping test which passes. After downloading a chunk of data over Wi-Fi, the ping test fails stating "unknown" as a result, then shortly afterwards changing to "Fail: Host unreachable". This shows the internet connection was for some reason lost, however the Wi-Fi status still shows that the network state is still "Connected to SSID".
Question
Is there a solution to this issue?
It's an odd problem that seems to be very repeatable, but I can't seem to find any settings that fix the problem.


texts: Which CyanogenMod version should I use on my Transformer Prime?

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I have an Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 that is currently running Android Version 4.1.1; however, I am trying to update it to KitKat (hopefully 4.4.2). I found this guide to help me do that and the provided gapps zip file version is 20131119 but on the CyanogenMod wiki it says the highest gapps version is 20140105.

Also, the link provided on the tutorial page for the firmware is cm-11-20140123-UNOFFICIAL-tf201 but on Cyano's webpage for the TF201 the most stable version is cm-9.1.0.

So I have a few combinations that I can do the tutorial with. Either:

Use the latest gapps version (20140105) and the provided firmware (cm-11-20140123-UNOFFICIAL-tf201)
Use the provided gapps version (20131119) and the latest stable firmware (cm-9.1.0)
Use the latest of both
Use the provided versions of both

Obviously, I would like everything on my tablet to be the latest version of everything however there must be a reason this tutorial (and another I saw) are providing these outdated versions of the gapps and firmware (unless the posts just haven't been updated). So does anyone know which is the best option (that works) to go with?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-999) and am trying to do a hard reset. Somewhere along the line, things got a bit messed up. It keeps telling me I have a firmware update, and when I click start to start the update, the phone reboots and does not boot back up. To restart it, I remove the battery and then restart, but at the top it says "Recovery Booting" in blue text.

So then I shut down (remove battery) and restart in flash mode. Then when I restart, it boots up telling me that the upgrade failed.

So now, I want to completely reset my phone, but am unable to do so. I've tried all of the methods listed at http://www.hard-reset.com/samsung-galaxy-s3-hard-reset.html and no success, it continues to boot into the Samsung Galaxy SIII screen with the blue text at the top.

Any ideas?


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Using a Samsung Galaxy S7,

When someone send me a text message (sms), I often receive it several tens of minutes late, sometimes even a few hours late.

For instance:

Other: - We're going to the cinema tonight, wanna join?*
Other: - Come on join us!
Me: - Where?

*For instance I receive this message 1 hours later so this is kinda annoying.

I first suspected a contact failure of my sim card but it doesn't seem to me that this is the case


texts: Camera app can't access sd card anymore after formating it as internal

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I recently formatted the sd-card as internal on my Android 7.1.2 (LineageOS 14.1).
Now the camera app is showing an error message that it can't access the sd-card anymore. The error message is: "couldn't access sd card".
I can't find the setting to change the storage folder of the camera app.

Does anybody have an idea how to fix that?


texts: Dismissing alarm with buttons on Galaxy S9+

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On older android phones I could dismiss clock alarm by pressing any button. On the new galaxy s9+ I have to use the screen, which is highly inconvenient if the alarm goes off when I'm driving. Therefore I'd like to configure the clock app to dismiss the alarm on button press.

Online search led to advice that was irrelevant to the current clock app, for example to use the triple dot menu of the clock app. The current clock app has nothing useful on the triple dot menu, just the About and one other item. I couldn't find the settings for that elsewhere either.

Could you suggest a solution?


texts: Google+ contact's phone number getting mixed up with operator's number

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One of my friend has written "not for all" in place of this phone number in his Google+ profile.

Now when his Google+ profile got synced with my contacts on phone a strange thing started happening. Whenever my operator(Vodafone) sends me SMSs regarding GPRS settings, billing info, etc. his name starts appearing in place of my operator's usual names that used to appear.

This is really confusing and disturbing sometimes.

I can't really ask my friend to edit his info on Google+ just for my sake, its completely his personal matter. Also its not possible to delete that particular field from the contact. So is there anything I can do from my side to prevent this mix up? The only thing that I can't do is un-link his Google+ contact. Any other suggestion or workaround is welcomed.

I am using a Moto G(1st Gen. Dual SIM) running Android 5.0.2.


texts: How to link cloud storage to android phone storage?

texts: I want to link Cloud storage like Dropbox or Google drive (or other alternatives) directly to android phone storage folders like Apps, media in order to save media files to cloud storage instead of phone storage. Is there a way to achieve this?


texts: I wanted to delete all of the music (not pictures or apps) off my phone, and I read that you should just plug it into the computer and delete them from there. I plugged it in, and though my phone is charging, it hasn't recognized my device. I want to unplug it, but there is message warning me to unmount the USB before I unplug. Will it delete all of my memory if I do? Can I just back up and reset my phone while in this mode, or will my things be deleted?


texts: What ROM could be used on an HTC Desire bravo with non-functioning physical buttons

texts: I have a HTC Desire (bravo). Currently I use it with the old Oxygene ROM. Basically It's fine, but the physical buttons (menu, back, home) are very hard to press. Sometimes it takes more than 5 hard presses until it reacts. There might be other ways to fix it (maybe fixing the buttons or just cleaning them?) but being a software engineer I thought that I might be able to find a ROM that can be used without those 3 physical buttons (just like the newer phones usually don't even have those physical buttons) What ROM-s are worth to look at?


texts: How to access sensors and camera of android device from Shell

texts: I have logged in to my android phone through SSH [installed SSH client in android and through putty from windows]. Now I can access all the directories like root, dev, etc, of the phone. Can someone tell me what's the native method to access the devices and sensors of the phone .. I mean, how can I control say, the camera, just from this Linux shell terminal of the phone.


texts: Nexus 4 rooted, stuck at CM10 for various reasons - HELP!

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I've been using a Nexus 4 for almost 2 years now. I rooted it to get LTE connection. Downgraded radio and all... it was beyond my level of expertise but I managed to get LTE and CM10, along with a custom kernel (Franco), thanks to http://hippowise.com/tag/nexus-4/

Ever since, I've been using this same set up. I once tried to upgrade to CM11 but the kernel was not compatible and ended up making my phone screen look like a STROBE LIGHT. I was freaked out and never again attempted to do any upgrades.

The phone is still working great and I have no plans to get a new phone anytime soon. But I want to upgrade my ROM to CM11 or nightly version of CM12. I want the new features that come with Android L. The thing is, I can't seem to find a way to get rid of my troublesome kernel without fully wiping the phone, causing me to lose LTE radio.

Why try to fix something that ain't broken? Maybe I'm crazy. Grass is always greener right? Any advice? Any advice against?

Thanks!


texts: How do i copy the boot.img without rooting phone?

texts: I want to get the  boot.img of my android phone (mobile/model doesnt matter i want a general one) without rooting the phone. I have ADB installed and using a linux machine in which i can communicate to phone via ADB. Can any one help ? remember i dont want to root my phone i just want to get the boot img.


texts: How to mark an app to check the price variation

texts:
It sometimes happened that some app has a discount price (christmas - black friday), it is possible to check the  price trend during the past?

Mayve the bookmarked app

It could be useful to decide if buy an app that is not strictly necessary


texts: "Unable to Load Photo" when setting image as wallpaper via Google Photos

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Trying to change my wallpaper from the android Settings app, I tap 'From Gallery' on the film strip at the bottom which launches Google Photos. From there I select the photo I want, and it returns to the settings app with the message "Unable to load photo."

If I switch the default photo app to Gallery and use it to select an image stored on my phone, it works, but that doesn't allow me to access photos
from my Google account.

If I launch Photos itself I can set an image as the wallpaper, but that doesn't let me change the lock screen unlike going through Settings.

It all worked fine yesterday and I'm not sure what's changed. Restarting the phone hasn't helped, and neither has uninstalling and reinstalling Photos or clearing its cache.


texts: Set default texting application of Google Assistant

texts: Is it possible to make Google Assistant to use a custom application (e.g WhatsApp) instead of SMS when I say "Tell Steve I'll see you in 30 minutes"?


texts: Why does Android download pause, and only continue after restart?

texts: Sometimes when I download apps (from the market), the download gets paused. After the download gets paused, I am unable to continue the download. But after the restart my device and then retry downloading, it works fine. What could be the reason behind this?


texts: How can I fix this Nexus 4 erratic ghost/phantom touch input issue?

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I have a Nexus 4 16GB stock on 4.2.

It is experiencing a ghost/phantom touch issue, as you can see here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61TPtL4WBk

This doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen regularly (every 5-10 minutes) in Chrome, Dropbox, the stock Settings app and an app I'm developing.  It doesn't happen on the homescreen, though - at least not that I've noticed.  It may happen only when the device is warm, but I can't really tell as it's not that consistent.

I tried updating to 4.3 (using the standard OTA) and the touchscreen becomes completely unresponsive, like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSt5GFSTr0E

In this state you can't even unlock the phone, though it is responsive as you can see.  I also tried sideloading 4.4 onto the phone, and this didn't work.  I tried rebooting (by holding power for 10 seconds), going into fastboot and wiping the phone and nothing would enable the touchscreen to come alive.

I then restored the phone back to stock 4.2 (using instructions from here) which allows the touchscreen to work, but the original ghost/phantom touch problem remains.

Any ideas please?


texts: How did can I find important partions of any android devices?

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Please Help Me !!!

How did can I find important partions of any android device . Using adb or fastboot . Such as, boot, recovery, etc...

I mean to backup any androdi device rom . I have tried with "ls /dev/block/" . Then I see many things.

        I've tried another with "cat /proc/mounts" . This one give me more pressures .
Take a look at this .

Sorry for my English :'(


texts: On the battery use screen, what are the differences between Cell standby and Phone idle items?


texts: How can we remove the Work tab from the Samsung all-apps screen after the Profile is removed?

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I have a Samsung SN9600 (international Note 10).

I recently left a job that pushed a Work Profile to the phone.

The Work Profile was locked by the employer, as it should be.  I found the settings to Delete the Profile, and also did my best to Delete or Disable any Work Profile apps.

Now I want to remove the Work tab in the screen of all apps.
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 - Any ideas about how to remove this Work tab?


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I noticed on my phone bill that I have a lot of sent SMS messages which I'm not aware of and can't find in the sms app.
Is there a way to find out which app is sending these messages? And how to view the details of these messages on my android phone (I'm using Galaxy S7 Edge).


texts: After updating to Android 2.3, the radio keeps running in the background

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I have an LG Optimus One and today I updated the firmware to the latest version.
I didn't know that with the firmware LG would also update Android.
Anyway, I finished the update and went at Phone Information menu.
There I saw that the Android version changed from 2.2 to 2.3.3
First I was happy to see that. I've been waiting a long time for this update.
But then I started to notice some strange things.
For example the Radio is always running in the background.
I tried with many different ways to close it, but nothing worked.
I used Adsvanced Task Killer and other apps and also tried to Force shut down.
But as I said, it keeps running.
Anybody has the same problem? Is there any solution?

Also, although it says I have Android 2.3 the graphics are not the same.
The main screen is not like this:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/images/2.3/home-plain.png
(Only the browser icon changed)


texts: Hey guys facing this wierd problems since past few days when I connect my phone to my home network I can access the network(there is internet) there is exclamation mark besides my wifi network and a wierd sign in to my wifi network notification pops up when I click that it redirects me to a website there is notification that your moto g3 has a virus something odd!Please help is this adware or my router is infected my other phone on the network does the same thing but only in android I have tested with iphone no problem at all and my laptop is fine too


texts: Automated deployment of app to multiple devices

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I have a business android app and I need to deploy it to 2000 android devices. Is there an automated way to do this? Can I deploy my app, install a widget app from google play and configure it in an automated and tested way? Coming from a web background I'm thinking of something like web deploy. Octopus deploy for example.

(all devices are 4.1.2)


texts: How do I move multiple app icons at the same time?

texts: I have an HTC Incredible running Miui with Go Launcher EX. Is it possible to move multiple icons at the same time?


texts: How can I tell if I backed up my phone to Google?  I don't know if did, but I sure hope so because I have to reset it - the phone won't turn on.  Thanks for your help.


texts: How to Clear Caches in LG G2 Running Lollipop 5.0.2

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The Lollipop update for AT&T LG G2 has pretty much destroyed my phone.  I'm hoping clearing out every sort of cache might help.  But I can't clear the caches the usual ways because (1) the Settings app always crashes when I am in the section where you clear app caches, as does any other app that is made for clearing caches, and (2) restarting into recovery doesn't provide options for clearing any caches.  Plus, I'm curious about how to clear ART caches since I haven't found much information about them online.  By the way, my phone is not rooted.

So, the question is:  How do I clear (1) app caches, (2) individual apps' caches, (3) Dalvik cache (if applicable anymore), and (4) ART cache under these restraints?  I'm thinking I'll have to do something via adb, but I can't find info anywhere on how to do it.

Thanks for any help you can provide!


texts: Recover contacts from Galaxy S2 when saved to an email

texts: If I saved my contacts to an email on my Samsung Galaxy S2, and my email account was deleted on my phone, is it possible to recover my contacts?


texts: Why SManager can't wake network from sleep?

texts:
Here's the situation: I'm using SManager to run a very simple shell script on a regular schedule; all it does is run a ffmpeg command line to save an audio stream from a URL. If I run the script manually, it works great. If I schedule it for, say, 15 minutes ahead, then put the device to sleep, it works great. But if it's been sleeping for hours, like overnight, the script runs but ffmpeg reports that it can't access the network. Only difference that I can see is how long the device has been asleep, but I haven't done enough tests yet to figure out how long it has to be asleep before the network becomes unwakeable.

I've configured my scripts in SManager to get a wakelock and to run as root.
Wifi is set to never sleep.
I've tried deleting the wifi network and reconnecting.
Added sleep 30 at the top of my script in order to give SManager plenty of time for its wakelock to wake up the network.
Added ip link set wlan0 up to top of script to wake up the network.
Tried to install Kernel Audiutor to see if has any useful mods, but for some reason it fails to start on my device.
Tried a Wifi-keepalive app.
I have no "battery saver" apps of any kind installed.

Device is a rooted 5th generation Amazon Fire tablet with Lollipop Nexus ROM (which predates Doze, so that's not the issue).

Does this make sense to anyone; ideas about how to solve it?


texts:
My goal is to backup save data of two games from my older phone, which I succeeded, and to restore them to my new phone where I have Lineage 16.0 installed.

I used the command : adb backup -apk nameoftheapp.com and then adb restore backup.ab

But as soon as I type the second command and enter the backup password on the new telephone a dialog appears with "Restoration ended".

Is there a workaround/a way to troubleshoot the issue?

Thanks a lot!!


texts: How do I know if it's safe to opt out of the Android Beta program without wiping my data?

texts:
I recently joined the Android Beta program so I could update my Nexus 5x to the latest public release without having to wait for the staged roll-out.

Now I want to opt back out because I don't want to install a beta version.  When I go to the opt-out page, I see a warning that my user data will be wiped if I'm running a beta version:

  Unenroll device

  You are about to unenroll this device from the Android
  Beta Program. If your device is running a beta version of Android, it
  will be sent an OTA update that will wipe all data on the device and
  install the latest stable public version of Android.

  We strongly recommended that you back up all data before proceeding.
  You will lose all data that you have not backed up.

How do I confirm that I am running a public release?  And am I reading the language correctly that my user data will NOT be wiped, as long as I'm running a public release?


texts: Possibilty to flash a TWRP/CWM on a smartphone that doesnt have custom recovery?

texts: I have a Huawei Y7 Prime that doesn't have any released custom recoveries. Is it possible to flash or even just boot TWRP/CWM for another smartphone (eg. for Huawei P8) on my Y7 Prime? Is it possible to do this in general? and if no, is there any way to root my device without custom recovery just by using fastboot or...?!


texts: So I rooted my phone yesterday and now Netflix has been uninstalled. It says it's incompatible with my phone, please help.


texts: How do I know when updates are available for my phone?

texts:
I've got an Optimus T, and being new to the world of Android, I'm confused as to how I'm supposed to update my operating system.

The phone is carrier locked to T Mobile. Does this mean that I can only get updates from them? Can I tell the phone to look on another server? How can I tell if I have the latest build of Android that's available for my device?


texts: Karbon A9+ System space and Internal Storage

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I have recently moved from iPhone 3G(3 years) to Karbon A9+(ICS). While my mobile is showing GBs of space available, I frequently get Low System space warning. I had then added a 8 GB external SD card but to no avail. Coming from an iPhone background, this was confusing....if I have tonnes of space why am I getting such notifications?
On System Setting under Storage,its displays "Total space 581 MB" out of which 89 MB is available. Internal Storage is 2.57 GB out which 2.56 GB is available. While on other mobiles of other brands, I dont see the distinction between System space and Internal Storage. Which this discrepancies and what are the consequences?
I have rooted my device...Is there some method where I can increase my system space to include the Internal Storage which is lying almost completely un-utilized?


texts: I destroyed the bootanimation of my phone and now it's stuck in the boot screen (black screen)

texts: So I rooted my phone (Cherry mobile flare 2) and tried to messed up with the boot animation file :3, I changed the bootanimation.zip and changed the pictures in attempt to manually change the boot animation. But after that it has been stuck in the boot animation logo because of what I did. >-< I already tried to hard reset it but it does not work. I have the stock formware here but it requires teamwin recovery but the problem is i don't know how to install the teamwin recovery on my phone because the USB Debugging is not open. Thank you!


texts: Seeing nested folders from a dlna server?

texts:
I am running Gerbera as a dnla media server on my Linux box. I have 100s of files, both music and video organized in nested folders.

I recently acquired an Android box, X88 Max+

I connect through my home network and can select music or video. I see the entire libraries but there is no structure. Just everything presented in alphabetical order.

I do see music albums, and then I can select and see the individual tracks. But I do not have a higher folder grouping all my, for example, Beatles albums together.

When I connect my blu-ray player to the dlna server, I do see the structure.

Is there a way to see the structure on the android box?

I checked with an app called BubblePnP on my android tablet, and it retains the structure.

I will try to install on my android box.

And help is most welcome.


texts: Why my phone does not need to update the password?

texts:
I changed my gmail password a day ago, but my phone does not require me to put in the new one. I can still access my gmail with the old password. Why?

Phone is rooted, sim unlocked , running android 2.3


texts: How to transfer a Clash of Clans Village into an old Android device without Google Play services?

texts:
I can't install Google Play services on my old device. I tried a lot, but I can't.

Is there any way to transfer the game data onto an old device?

I have tried to transfer the app+data using Titanium Backup, but the old device just generates a new village.

Is there any other way? or any app?


texts: Formating os samsung galaxy tab 3 SM -T111 without any backup

texts: While running recovery in TWRP mode, i had formate all my data including my android operating system 4.2 jellybean without any backup. How can i recover my phone OS back?


texts: How to turn on Haptic feedback on Galaxy Tab 4?

texts:
I think I have searched in all the sub-folders for a place to turn on Haptic feedback on my new Galaxy Tab 4?

I know it just barely came out, but for the life of me, I can't find anything remotely close to turning it on.

Using stock Samsung keyboard and SwiftKey. Neither has helped.


texts: What is the podcast/music syncing experience on android like for OS/X users?

texts:
I have been an Iphone user for a long time but I am now considering moving to an Android device (Samsung Galaxy S2). The only thing that is giving me cause for concern is the convenience of the syncing experience.

I use my IPhone largely as a media device that accepts phone calls, so syncing is important for me. I subscribe to podcasts and manage my music using ITunes on a Mac. I then attach the Iphone and press the sync button. Everything else is then automatic, new music is copied to the phone, new episodes of podcasts are downloaded and old ones removed. I then listen to this media in the car using a bluetooth connection. I could not be much happier with that experience at all.

I appreciate that the Android experience will not be as slick as the IPhone one and I can accept that so long as I can get to the same goal, however I do not want to find myself copying files/podcasts manually on to the device.

How do other OS/X users rate the Android sync Experience, and what application do they use to achieve what I am doing with my IPhone.


texts: I'm switching mobile phone service and I want to port over my contacts

texts: So I have a Droid Razr and I backed up my entire phone to a 7zip file. All I want to get is my contacts and a specific picture and ringtone. I got the picture and the ringtone but I don't know where to find my contacts. I have a lot of them so I don't want to lose them. It would be much easier if I weren't switching phone services because the sim card is Verizon and I could just switch the simcard in and let the contacts transfer like that. But I'm switching to Metro so the sim card won't do anything. At least I don't think it will.


texts: "System Update Available" after already sideloaded Oreo

texts: I recently sideloaded Oreo onto my Nexus 5X, and everything went smoothly. However, today I received a "System Update Available" notification to "upgrade" to Android 8.0. I'm a bit confused; if I go through with this update, is it any different to what I sideloaded? And even if it is, is it better that I go through with it so that e.g. my phone believes that I have indeed upgraded?


texts: Is it possible to update the Android platform my phone runs on?

texts: I just got my first Android phone. The ZTE Score which runs on Android 2.3.4.. I'm curious if I can update to a newer Android os, or if I'm stuck with 2.3.4..


texts: Can not send or receive a group text on my Android phone anymore

texts:
I have the LG Optimus F7, until last week everything was fine. Now no matter the SMS app I use (and I've tried with about 4 different ones now including the stock app on the phone) I can not send or receive a group text. I was using Chomp and had been for months and it was fine, on Saturday it tells me it can not download because of my APN settings. No matter what I did, or changed it told me the same thing. I uninstalled and tried different apps, I don't get that message anymore, just that system is unavailable and will send when it can. But it never does.
How do I fix this? There are 4 of us that text as a group very often.


texts: How to create a bootable stick with a Linux distro?

texts:
I used to have Debian and Android on my laptop then somehow my Debian get damaged, and now I have Android-x86 only on my laptop.
When I insert my USB stick (which contain ISOs of a few Linux distros), it asks me to format it. It's a stick formatted as ext4 partition. So, I want to somehow create a bootable USB by any method. I am badly stuck. What should I do next?


texts: My Lenovo Tab 3 7 Essential is stuck in bootloader (LENOVO LOGO)

texts: I enabled OEM UNLOCKING and rebooted the device, but it fails to proceed after the boot animation. Please help as soon as possible.


texts:
I've been trying to access the wedding pictures I stored 5 years ago. I was an iPhone user, but now I'm using an LG K10 Android.

I know the photos were store on either iCloud Photos OR Photostream in my old iPhone. I don't know if I can import them to my Android phone. I do not have access to a PC with internet access. Can anyone help me?


texts:
I have a new Galaxy S3 which I ported my old number to from across networks. I now have my old number, but Settings -> Status still shows the old number!

Is there any way to change this on ICS or the Galaxy S3? I also have access to an old HTC Desire running Cyanogenmod 7 if that helps :D


texts: Spam in comment section on Google Play - what is more powerfull vote down or flag as spam?

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I am a developer who develops one of the main digital version of newspaper in my country.  Many (not most) tend to write what they think about politics instead posting valuable comments. I would like to clean this mess on my app's Google Play page.

What would be more appropriate action as a developer - flagging comments as spam or just clicking vote down? What is Your experience?

In comment:

  This newspapers is b** sh**. This newspaper turn your brain into sh**. Do not read this newspaper.


texts: Is there a free way of unlocking an Android phone from a particular network?

texts:
I bought a cheap Android handset for development and it is an exclusive to a particular network.

I would like to unlock it so I can use an existing SIM card from another network. I've done some googling and it appears that there are many services online where you can get a code from supplying your IMEI number.

Firstly, can anyone elaborate on what the unlocking process involves, and secondly, is there any application that can do this process, or are you forced to pay someone to generate a code for you?


texts: How to root Moto G (3rd gen) running Android 5.1.1?

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I recently bought a Moto G (3rd gen) and I want to root it. It runs Lollipop 5.1.1.

My previous phone ran Android Jelly Bean and rooting was easy with the Framaroot app. But it does not work on Lollipop.

So, how do I root my device?


texts: Why do many apps (Including the stack exchange app) need the 'send MMS' permission?

texts:
Many, many apps seem to need the 'send MMS' permission, even though there is no clear reason why, including but not limited to the Stack exchange app. Why?

Device: Bush SPIRA B3 5 running ArchOS (Official ROM where the permissions manager.... Works really well, for once) on android 6.0. No system updates available AFAIK. The device is encrypted (I was not allowed to have it unencrypted, for security reasons.)

Seller: Argos UK

Screenshot provided by concerned friend. I agree with him though

Edit: I have read the possible dupe here and although it covers it quite well, so I shall be more specific: Why does the stack exchange app need send MMS/email the, permissions?

This question is also in meta Why does the Stack Exchange app need permission to send MMS?


texts: Gingerbread phone only queries for AAAA records?

texts:
Since yesterday I have (in addition to the regular IPv4) IPv6 in my LAN at home (native IPv6 is provided by my ISP).

I have Windows XP, Windows 7 and Linux desktops and an Android 3.1 tablet (Asus Transformer 101) that all work fine. They can access IPv4 and IPv6 websites on the internet.

The problem is with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3.3).
The system gets a public IPv6 address and an internal IPv4 address.

When typing the URL of an IPv6 enabled site (like google.com or xs4all.nl) I get to see the site just fine.
When typing the URL of an IPv4 only site (like android.stackexchange.com) I get an error stating the site cannot be reached.
When I enter the IPv4 IP address I CAN reach the mentioned site with this phone.

So I enabled debugging on my DNS (dnsmasq) server and I noticed that

all the clients that work do a request for the AAAA record and if
that fails they try the A record.
the Android 2.3.3 phone ONLY does a
request for the AAAA record and if that fails the whole thing fails.

All clients (including the phone) get the same network settings.

How do I fix this?


texts: How can I find out which program or app is causing the 'bottle opener' sound on my Galaxy Note s5?


texts: How to check if a phone can be rooted? Can the Fujitsu Arrows 201F be rooted?

texts: I want to have a phone that I can root.  Today, I'm trying to purchase one.  I want to know if my phone can be rooted in advance.  The selections of phones from my provider, Softbank, is limited and the phones are all outdated.  But I have a discount, so I want to get one of them.  The Arrows 201F is the phone with the best battery life, so I want to get that one.  But first, I want to know if it can be rooted?  Can it?  And if not, how do I check the other phones at Softbank to see if they can be rooted?


texts:
In Android 5.0 and up (from what I've noticed), unplugging a jack device triggers a "volume reset" that lowers the audio output volume. Upon increasing the volume, a toast message appears stating the risk of listening to music at high volumes.

Upon some research, this is as a result of EU regulation. I don't know if this affects US devices, but I would like to know how to prevent the "volume reset" behaviour, as I find it particularly frustrating.


texts: Multi-window: prevent the out-of-focus app from pausing?

texts:
Android 7.0 introduced the native multi-window API which allows apps to be viewed in split-screen mode globally.

However, in actual usage, one downside prevents it from being as useful as some users would imagine. Many apps, when in the multi-window view but not in focus (i.e. user is interacting with another app in the multi-window view), pauses its activities: IM apps would no longer update incoming messages; music/video apps would pause playback; games would not proceed with their actions.

The official developer guideline briefly mentions the pausing behavior, and from what I understand, apps need to be programmed with this in mind so as to not exhibit it. But is there a way I can force the way around the limitation as a user? From what I've heard from fellow users, certain manufacturers' Android forks such as MIUI do not show such pausing whatsoever.

TL;DR: Can I prevent the out-of-focus app from pausing in multi-window?


texts: Is there any chance of installing official Samsung galaxy s5 6.0 marshmallow firmware on samsung galaxy e5 using odin?


texts: How do I install Google Pixel Launcher on HTC U Ultra?

texts:
I used to be able to use the Google Now Launcher on my old HTC U Ultra device. Now I got a new device with Android 8.0.0 and here I cannot install the program anymore. How can I fix that?

Edit: I learned, that Google Now Launcher was replaced by Google Pixel Launcher which is not available on Play Store on this phone but can be downloaded from apkmirror.com.


texts: I recently rooted my phone, and am now using Paranoid and I love it. However, whenever I play videos and games it lags really noticeably. This never happened before I rooted my phone. I'm using Samsung Galaxy S3 and have tried using Seeder with no luck. Can I fix this poor performance?


texts: Android Antivirus Software (solution and battery life relevance)

texts:
Is there a security solution for Android that's vastly regarded as "the best" one at the moment or is it like in the PC world where there are 3-4 which are "the best"?

Also, what should I expect to happen to the battery life between charges if I were to install an antivirus?

Note: I am running Android 2.2, soon to be updated to 2.2.1.


texts: HTC Tilt 2 -- possible to get Android on it?

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

One of my friends recently got an HTC Touch Pro 2(US Cellular) and I really like it. It has Windows Mobile on it, but somehow he downloaded a special program to his SD card so that he runs some Windows program and it will boot Android. To get back to factory settings, he just has to turn the phone off and on.

I looked for a similar phone for my carrier(AT&T) and the closest thing to it is the HTC Tilt 2. I'm aware of some of the changes including different keyboard and no 3.5mm jack. Is it crippled in anyway which would prevent me from doing the same thing my friend did though? Also would it void the warranty or anything like that? Also, one last question. When running Android like that do you have "root" capabilities? Like can I install unofficial applications and/or get to a root terminal?


texts: I imported my Android contacts to Google contacts, and now they are all duplicated

texts:
I was under the impression my Android contacts are not syncing with my Google contact list, but after importing them to Google contacts they are all duplicated in Android.

Any tips how to undo this mess?


texts:
My job requires that I am on call from time to time, and contactable 24/7. There is an on-call phone that I typically forward all calls through to my own personal device.

Is there a way in which I can allow only calls that were originally put through to the on-call phone while my phone is in quiet hours?

There's a related question and answer about whitelisting certain numbers during quiet hours, but my problem is different as I could get called from any number.

If it helps, the on-call device is an iPhone 4S on the o2 network, and my device is a rooted Nexus 5 with Cyanogenmod 12 on Giffgaff (also o2).


texts: Modification of `playlpm` file causes shutdown instead of rebooting

texts:
Modification of playlpm file causes shutdown instead of rebooting my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini I9192.

Updated  playlpm reboots the phone after typing the terminal command "playlpm" when Android OS is completely loaded.

But the same  playlpm file behaves strange when S4 Mini is off. S4 Mini shows the battery icon without animation when it realizes that a charger is connected. After that it gives control to playlpm as expected, but in this case playlpm shuts the phone down. Seconds later the phone realizes that it's powered up, shows the static battery icon and the cycle repeats. The cycle ends if I disconnect the charger. The phone goes off.

Is there any option of "reboot" or "shutdown" command that forces sleeping S4 Mini to load Android when powered up, not to shutdown?

Note: /system is write-protected in Galaxy S4 Mini and needs to be remount to save something on it.  Used command: mount -o remount,rw /system


texts: Why don't some widgets work on Cyanogen?

texts:
I have a HTC Hero CDMA that I upgraded to Cyanogen 6.  I'm on version 6.0.0-Heroc-testing2.  Before installing Cyanogen, I had the official Twitter widget and official Facebook widget on one of my screens.  Ever since upgrading, I have not been able to add the Facebook widget or Twitter Widget.  Both of the apps work fine, but when I go to the list of widgets I can add, neither of them is there.  I'm using the default home screen/launcher that comes with Cyanogen.  Other widgets such as Beautiful Widgets work just fine.

Is this a problem with Cyanogen, the home screen, or something else?  I have a hard time believing these widgets are only compatible with HTC Sense.


texts:
I'm using the stock system on my Samsung GS3, and one day the phone just started restarting itself randomly. It might restart itself once or twice a day, and no pattern was observed. Then all in a sudden in one of those weird self-restarting the phone resets itself. All app data are gone but system settings left untouched.

Then comes the waves of error of Google stuff. As soon as you unlock the screen, all sort of errors popped up randomly, like "Google Services Framework has stopped", "Google App has stopped", and "The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped", etc. The Gmail app doesn't load, and you can't view the list of installed apps in the Play Store.

When connected to a PC, with adb it says it's connected, and I can access the system through adb, but I can't use Windows' explorer to navigate the storage system.

I didn't flash any custom OS. I do have root and xposed installed but there is no special action I did that causes this to happen. The syncing of the Google apps are also messed up, and it seems only apps related to Google are having errors.

Without manually resetting (for real) the phone, is there any way to fix this? Once in a while the phone is still resetting itself and this is driving me crazy.


texts: Any way to get phone statusbar (battery, wifi, notifications) showing on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite?

texts:
Question is pretty self-explanatory, I got a Nokia 8 with Android 9 (not rooted), started playing HP: Wizards Unite and am very irritated that the upper status bar of the phone which shows battery, notifications, clock, wifi etc is no longer visible unless I swipe on it, but then it again dissapears. I tried searching from the phone settings as well as the games settings, but to no avail. I'm looking for a way to get the upper phone status bar to be permanently visible while playing the game, so I can monitor my battery life easily.

Ps. if this is not the right forum for this question, feel free to vote on migrating it to the right one, just thought some android guru might be able to help.

If anyone has a solution to this, I would be very grateful.


texts: How the name of a song can be displayed when listening to local FM channel in MyRadio?

texts: In MyRadio app, when I listen to local FM channel the name of the song playing is displayed near the channel name. How do they do it? Does the broadcaster do some effort to display it?


texts: How to root a Samsung Note 3 Neo bought in China?

texts:
I bought a brand new Samsung Note 3 Neo here in China, just to find out that all the major google apps are obviously not working. Could have thought of it before!

I found some comments in this forum that gave me hope, apparently you just need to root it and install something, and then it works out like a phone bought in Europe.

Could anyone give me some detailed and simple advice of how to do that? I'm not experienced at all with this and I'm afraid to damage my phone entirely if I intervene there through rooting...

Thank you for your help!

Julian


texts: How do you get AdAway to update the hosts file on 7.1 Beta?

texts:
I'm trying to get Adaway to work on 7.1 beta on my Nexus 6P. Unfortunately, the flashable zip did not work to move the hosts out of system. Neither did the flashable hosts file. I tried some of the workarounds to move the hosts file through the terminal, and that did not work. Finally, there were some suggestions of having BusyBox installed, and it does not seem to want to work.

The phone I'm running is on 7.1 beta, encrypted, with stock recovery, and phh's superuser.


texts:
Is it possible to change the Kindle Fire's lock screen from displaying ads to a user chosen file or one of the random presets that come pre-installed?

If so, how would one go about this?


texts: Xperia Z2 Tablet - Is it capable of making phone calls?

texts:
In some promo or hands-on videos I see there's a Phone app on announced Xperia Z2 Tablet but nothing about it from the official sources.

So is it capable of making ordinary phone calls (GSM cellular phone calls, not Skype or something)?


texts: How to change contacts name in Whatsapp?

texts: I have a friend and I have added his real name in my Contacts. I want to put his nickname in Whatsapp simultaneously. I am using it in Android. How do I accomplish this?


texts: Is there a way to calibrate screen - Huawei Ascend Y550

texts:
so I had a quick look on Google for a solution to this, to no avail. So I thought the next best place to ask would be here.

I find that I have to press about 0.5cm above whatever I want to press in order to actually press it, so I was wondering if there was a way to calibrate the screen. And there was nothing in the options, that I could see.

Although this isn't the biggest issue in the world, it is a little annoying.


texts: I'm a freshman that just started working as a research assistant for my school's computer science department. My advisor is having me root some Asus tablets and install Lineage OS 14.1, and I have been having some issues. I have tried a lot of different softwares such as Framaroot, Kingoroot, One-Click-Root, and basically anything else I could find, and everything either wasn't compatible/wouldn't work or cost like $30. Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice!!


texts:
I'm porting CyanogenMod13 for the UMi Super and camera isn't working.Can anyone tell me what it means and how to fix? This is the error that comes up in logcat, when trying to open camera:

08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E MtkCam/devicemgr: [getPlatform] dlopen: libcam_platform.so error=dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "_Z9SmoothCCMRK10AWB_GAIN_TiiR26ISP_NVRAM_MULTI_CCM_STRUCTRN11NSIspTuning15ISP_NVRAM_CCM_TER16ISP_CCM_WEIGHT_Tii" referenced by "/system/lib/libfeatureio.so"... (getPlatform){#96:vendor/mediatek/proprietary/hardware/mtkcam/legacy/module_hal/devicemgr/CamDeviceManagerBase.platform.cpp}
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E MtkCam/devicemgr: [openDeviceLocked] No Platform (openDeviceLocked){#386:vendor/mediatek/proprietary/hardware/mtkcam/legacy/module_hal/devicemgr/CamDeviceManagerBase.openDevice.cpp}
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E CameraClient: Could not open camera 0: -19
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E CameraClient: initialize: Camera 0: unable to initialize device: No such device (-19)
08-18 15:34:37.983   313   313 E CameraService: connectHelper: Could not initialize client from HAL module.


texts: Can't boot phone or access recovery mode

texts:
I tried updating a custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S: Semaphore Version 9 (Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean). The update was successful except that it produced an error after completion saying the process "android.process.acore" has stopped.

So I had to restore to the previous version through recovery mode. However after the the applications were calibrated and the phone was supposed to start, it did not! The boot animation kept on going. I tried restoring my phone to the back up that I had created when I was using ICS 4.0.4, but I realized that I had deleted the ZIP file of the ICS version.

Now when my phone powers on, it only displays the picture of the kernel version of the back up version of ICS.

I cannot access recovery mode. I tried to hard reset as well, as described in one of the links, but that didn't work either. However, The download mode works fine.

Is there anyway I can make my phone work?


texts: Using Android only with Outlook and not Google Calendar

texts: When using Android ICS, can I use my phone without having my calendar and associated items going on Google Calendar but just synchronizing with Outlook (the desktop app) ? If yes, how may I do this ?


texts: None of any chatting apps shows contact list

texts:
Today I updated my Lenovo A6000Plus to Lolipop Via OTA

Now I am suffering from a very weird problem.

WhatsApp Hike doesn't show any contacts in List. Although When I open my contact List I can see all of my contacts.

What I tried :

Checked the permission of each app. Every app is allowed to read contacts.
Rebooted my device
Removed my google account and sign in again
Navigated to whatsApp setings->contacts their Show all contact is already Checked.

All these methods doesn't work

Whenever anyone message me on hike or whatsapp i only see the number.Even When I add that Number I am not able to see the name.

I googled but nothing found.


texts: How boost adb wireless wifi data transfer speed?

texts: I use the adb by wifi.And I try to install apk,but I found the data transfer is very slow.Is there any way to boost the speed.


texts: Android 2.2 on Verizon, specifically Droid

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)?

Does anyone know when 2.2 will be released for Verizon phones?  Also, is there a way to install it currently?  I'd like to upgrade as soon as possible because it is really nice but, Verizon is so slow in getting these out.


texts: I can't use my Google Account password to bypass the lock screen

texts:
On my CM9 / ICS 4.0 phone, if I incorrectly enter the drawn pattern five times in a row, it locks itself for 30 seconds. I can't enter any more passwords, but I can click a "forgot my password" button and enter my Google Account password.

On my rooted 4.0.3 tablet running a custom ROM, my lock screen is set with a numeric PIN. If I input it incorrectly five times or more, it locks itself and I can't enter any more passwords.

I'm not offered the option to enter my google account password to bypass this, although I have configured a Google account on the device.

I want to activate the "I forgot" button in order to enter my Google Account credentials. Is it possible?


texts: I was wondering if you are able to install ROMS, for example, the Ubuntu Touch OS for the GS2 i9100 onto the GS2 SPH-D710. Will it brick my phone?


texts:
I have a first gen Moto G running Android 5.1 that I purchased from Republic Wireless about two to three years ago.  Whenever I receive a voicemail I get a notification.  If I tap the notification I get taken to a visual list of voice mails that I have received with the title saying "History".  If I tap the back button I am taken to the home screen of the Phone app.

I am unable to figure out how to reach this list of voicemails without having a notification for a new voicemail.

Description of the Phone App

On the home screen of the phone app I have the following tabs: Speed Dial, Recents, and Contacts.  Going through these three I have been unable to get to the list of voice mails.


texts: Why cant i access my google account on a new phone when I have not factory reset my old phone

texts:
I recently bought a LG Stylo 3. It is the EXACT same brand and model of my old phone.

I bought a used phone from Offerup but I know it is not locked. The person who sold me the phone did a factory reset to it right before selling it to me. I called Metro PCS and activated the newly bought phone.

I tried to sign in to my google account and i entered all the information correctly. but it tells me i have to wait 24 hours before attempting to sign in again.

I waited 24 hours and the same message prompted. I waited 72 hours and the same thing.

How can  I prove I am the owner of the Google account and allowed to use my new (used) phone?! I am frustrated because Google does not have a service to call or even text.

The phone is not locked, I have all the informations and I can still access my information easily on my old phone. Can I add a new device to my google account before activating it?

Essentially this is not an issue of a used or new phone, it is an issue with my Google account and thus if my old phone (that I am forced to use) breaks then I am completely screwed.

How does Google have a multi billion dollar business if they dont have customer service help??


texts: What information is available to an application?

texts:
What information about the phone is available to an app without extra permissions?

E.g., if the app asks for permission to see my contacts, and I agree, it will see all my contacts (obviously).

However, what is available without asking?

MAC address?
MEID/IMEI?
IP address?
model/make?
available storage / number of user photos?
phone number?
provider?
what other apps are installed?

Ideally -- is there an app that would just show everything that is available to it?


texts: Browsers Zoom In and Out while Scrolling

texts:
Every time I open a page in either Chrome, Opera or Firefox and try to scroll with the tip of my finger, the browser seems to suddenly zoom in and out while scrolling, interpreting the scroll down as a pinch AND scroll gesture. This is f****** annoying.

This problem does not occur at all on Android's built-in browser, so I must advise this is not a problem with my touch screen.

I experience this issue on my LG Optimus L3, with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.

EDIT 1: The problem is probably inherent to the cell phone model, as only I and a friend, who owns an identical phone, have this same problem.

EDIT 2: The problem seems to be solved for the last Google Chrome update, but Opera unfortunately still behaves in this way. This means that it isn't a user interaction problem, but a bug.


texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy core gti8262 rooted.
And smoothly running on custom rom. I am having the battery issue in night my phones battery drains suddenly from 80% to 40-35%.I don't know why is this happening only at night,never happened this in day time!
Anyone tell me about this why is this occurring???


texts: Large files on machine after installing Eclipse and Android Studio

texts:
After installing and uninstalling both Eclipse and Android Studio several times, I have some very large (> 200MB) files on my PC (Windows 7). I currently use the Android Studio version that is installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio.

Is there any way to know which of these files is safe for deletion?


texts: How do I connect my Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tab to a hard wired broadband point (no wifi available)?

texts: I have moved into student accommodation which only has hard wired broadband. Please can anyone tell me how I can connect my Galaxy 10.1 tablet to the internet via the wall point provided?


texts: fastboot flashing error: "Partition should be flashed in fastbootd"

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I am new to android development and I am trying to flash a custom rom to my Pixel 3a. It was built through the android source project. But I am facing below error. If anyone has faced such an error, it will be great if you can help. Thank you.
user@user-Predator-PH315-52:~/aosp$ fastboot flashall -w
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Bootloader Version...: b4s4-0.2-5736883
Baseband Version.....: g670-00030-191028-B-5972069
Serial Number........: 9A9AY1CEC7
--------------------------------------------

Checking product

OKAY [  0.060s]

target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes

Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.

File system type raw not supported.

Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.

File system type raw not supported.

Sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB)...

OKAY [  2.340s]

Writing 'boot_b'...

OKAY [  0.346s]

Sending 'dtbo_b' (8192 KB)...

OKAY [  0.384s]

Writing 'dtbo_b'...

OKAY [  0.095s]

Sending sparse 'system_b' 1/5 (262140 KB)...

OKAY [  9.245s]

Writing 'system_b' 1/5...

FAILED (remote: Partition should be flashed in fastbootd)

Finished. Total time: 14.348s

**Phone**: Pixel 3a

**Build**: 9.0.0(PD2A.190115.032, Mar 2019)


texts: OK Google voice command through bluetooth headset (D.I.Y. Google Home device)

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I have a Bluetooth speaker with a built in microphone (and also several bluetooth headsets which are essentially the same). I have it paired with my Nexus 5x running Marshmellow. I would like to have a setup such that when the bluetooth device is on and connected, I can speak "OK Google" into the bluetooth device and Google Now activates on the phone.

I am fully aware that I can launch Google Now through a button push on the bluetooth device (albiet the speaker does not have any buttons but power on/off), however, I dont want to have to push any buttons. I want to activate Google Now, through the bluetooth device, hands free.

Note, in the Google Voice settings, I do have "Bluetooth Headset" on and "Hands free for Bluetooth devices" also on.

Is this possible?


texts: Trouble installing stock ROM due to multiple '0' folders !HELP!

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I am having a lot of trouble restoring my GSM Galaxy Nexus to it's former glory. I installed CM12 and CWM recovery earlier but CM12 suddenly stopped working. My phone started rebooting over and over so I decided it was to time to flash the stock ROM.

I flashed the stock ROM with WugFresh's root toolkit. And it worked fine besides the fact that writing the system.img took 30 mins, which is very unusual. I rebooted my device and CM12 showed up again... ?!. I tried flashing it by hand with ADB but no luck either. CM12 was still there.

I've been busy 3 days now and suddenly realized that CM12 created new root folders after a factory reset which I did multiple times. So for example, my sdcard contains one root with a folder, named 0, that contains the files on my phone before the factory reset. The problem is that this folders contains the system and CM12 ROM too. So I have like four 0 folders, and the 'deepest' one contains the system and ROM.

Assuming that if you flash a stock ROM, it will install in the root of my SD-card, but doesn't boot because it didn't overwrite the CM12 ROM in the deepest '0' directory [IMG]. If only CM12 was working, I could manualy delete all the unnecessary 0 folders... I really have no idea how to continue from now on and I really need your help [IMG]

Edit: I tried: adb shell rm -r /sdcard/0 and it is gone but if I reboot Recovery and look into my folders everything is there again...

epilogue:

Maybe the fact that system.img took 30 minutes to write has something to do with all those 0 folders [IMG]
I tried flashing multiple recovery's to my device but they only show up if I open them via ADB. Otherwise CWMR shows up again because that one is actually installed in the 'correct' (read:incorrect) folder.
With Skipsoft roolkit I actually received an error while writing userdata.img. It said: remote: write fail. I thought this was due the multiple installation folders and the toolkit not knowing where to place/flash the ROM.

So I need to remove all the 0 folders and place the OS back in the sdcard's root, or I have to somehow tell android to place the stock ROM in the same directory as CM12, or I need to somehow wipe the complete sdcard so I can install a new recovery and flash the stock ROM... I have no idea how however.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Xiaomi Mi Max lock with screen with picture of phone with usb cable and "pcsuite.mi.com" url, regular reboot, no pcsuite connect

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How can i bypass the screen with "pcsuite.mi.com" url and picture of phone with usb cable?

Below is the image of boot lock screen when Mi Max is not connected to PC:

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I was using my phone (Xiaomi Mi Max Dual SIM with 4GB RAM + 128GB ROM) and i got that screen. None of the buttons seams to dismiss the screen. Reboot always go to the same screen (boot loop). Can't use the phone (no calls, alarms, etc).

Below is the screen, when is connected to PC (the cable changes position in the image).

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I download the pcsuite, mi flash and mi unlock on my pc but can't connect to device (even when i run the apps as administrator).

Below is Mi Pc Suite screen:

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Below is the Mi Unlock screen (no device connected):

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ps specs are:

Dell OptiPlex 7020 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Dell Motherboard 0F5C5X with Intel PCH Q87
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)

Have issues with "SM Bus Controller driver" that are now solved. I read in the foruns that Max is not yet supported by pc suite. pcsuite can't connect detect phone, but adb driver installed with success.

Mi Suite and Mi Unlock don't identify the device. Mi Flash detects the device if i boot with volume-down + power (and got a back screen). The flash failed on the initial tries, because the device don't reply to the hello package.

If i boot with power pressed for 8 sec (or more), i got into the phone + pcsuite lock screen and Mi Suite, Flash and Unlock don't detect it.

I try power up with volume up, volume down, volume up+down and no recovery screen (no rabbit or fast boot leters). Still can't use my Mi Max: no calls, no access to apps, nothing :(

The pc suit logs are at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-J9Wa8DpsEzU0RTV3VMR0ZuRGs

Does the Mi Flash util work without the unlock boot? I already got the sms unlock code, can login into my Mi account inside Mi unlock fine.

New steps

Reboot the phone using power + volume up + volume down (EDL mode - back screen)
Connect to PC, install the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 driver, Mi Flash detect the device and i could flash the helium_global_images_V8.2.1.0.MBDMIDL (full flash, delete all).

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I use a normal cable (no deep flash cable). I did the flash but did not open the case, remove the battery or short the testing points.

Below is the mi max test points photo (from tutorial on web).

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When i reboot the phone (power button for 8 secounds) still get into the same "pcsuite.mi.com" and phone image screen. Mi Pc suite and Mi unlock don't identify my phone in 9008 / EDL mode.

Last steps

Phone is working, Can't still unlock. "time is too short" screen below:

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texts:
I use nested labels on my laptop for organizing  email since it reduces the number of labels I see.
But on my android phone the nesting doesn't  appear to work.
Example
"HOA" as main label and "HOA/docs" as the sublabel. The label is the same of both laptop and phone, but they do not nest on my phone.
Am I missing some setting on my phone or is it just something  that a phone cannot.


texts: Sprint Galaxy S4. Javascript required random popup

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I get a random popup on my S4.  "Javascript required" and then it gives me instructions to enable Java on various browsers. This error has nothing to do with me actively using a browser on the phone.

How do I cure this?  Thank you.


texts: What happens when I connect a 2 amp charger instead of the 0.7 amp charger provided?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is my phone liable to explode if I charge it with a charger that came with a different phone?
  What's the safe limit on charger output for a Galaxy Nexus

I have a phone with 0.7 amp charger. I also have a Galaxy Nexus with a 2 amp charger.  If I connect the 2 amp charger into my phone, will my phone blow up?


texts: I would just like to know whether the website root-android.org and its product is a big scam when it comes to rooting Android devices. If it is, then I advice other would-be rooters to stay away from it if they were to come across it.


texts: Hangouts keyboard not showing (Nexus 7 2013 Android lollipop)

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I have a Nexus 7 2013 and recently upgraded to Lollipop. I'm having problems with hangouts making it unusable.

When I open a conversation in Hangouts, the keyboard is never available. The text bar at the bottom stays grey (same colour as app background) and never becomes tappable to allow the keyboard to show.

I tried last night clearing the cache on the app and this worked briefly but since re-starting the tablet the problem is back.

This is a huge problem as it is meaning I cant use Hangouts (the main messaging app I use with friends and family) on my device and instead have to hunt for my phone each time.

Does anyone have any experience of this or sensible suggestions?

Thanks,

Ben


texts: Control your smartphone using your laptop please answer!

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I have a sony xperia zr and the lower screen recently smashed. Touch screen capability has also gone. Does anyone know of an app or a method for connecting it to my laptop and gaining full control of the phone through the laptop?

PS: I reformat my phone!


texts: Error when downloading application from the play store: RPC: S-3

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I just got an Android tablet and when I try to install an app on the Play store it says:

  error retrieving information from server [RPC:S-3].

I've tried clearing the data for the Play Store app & turning it off & back on but it didn't work.


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I have bought a new Huawei honor 9 lite and I want to root it.

Model No: LLD-L21
Android version: 8.0.0
Software build version: 8.0.0.123 (C185)

How can I do it?


texts: unrecognised disk label when trying to use parted

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I recently bought a Galaxy Tab 10. GT-P7510, which came with Android 4 . I have since installed a custom rom and upgraded it to Android 7.1. I tried to install Gapps, but my system partition is too small. I am trying to resize the partition using adb and parted. I have copied the files over and when I try to run parted I get this error. Nothing shows up in the print command, I do not see a list of partitions. The tablet is rooted. What am I doing wrong? is there a better way to resize it? Thanks for all the help.
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
unrecognised disk label


texts: Why doesn't Android store the packages as binaries like on other Linux distros?

texts: On Ubuntu, it doesn't store apps as deb files it stores them as plain compiled code. Why doesn't Android do that instead of using Jit and cache? Wouldn't it be more efficient to just compile it completely like on Ubuntu?


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I have a Nexus 5 with Android 6. The ROM is stock and not rooted. My bootloader is locked too.

When I try to save the Skype data files (chats, messages...) nothing will be saved.

adb backup -noapk -f Skype.ab com.raider.skype

This command will be used to save the data like messages and more.

My question: How can I backup my Skype data?


texts:
I sometimes have an issue where I launch a command using a Google Now, and it asks for follow-up info (for instance, "What's the message?" when my command was "Send a message to xxx"), but it doesn't start listening for an answer. I can still click on the blank field on the screen and type in my answer, but it kind of defeats the point of voice commands.

Note that it's not systematic: sometimes, the voice recognition will indeed turn on and I will be able to speak my answer.

Is this a known problem, and if so, is there a way to fix it?


texts: How to update or remove pre-installed Swiftkey from Alcatel One Touch 2 Mini S

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My girlfriend's new smartphone comes with preinstalled Swiftkey 4.1.
She installed 5.0 (so she can download her dictionary from cloud), but the old version still exists. How can we uninstall, or update it?

The phone has Android 4.3. She doesn't want to root it.


texts: How can I save contacts on the SIM card alone by default?

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Using ICS, is it possible to store and use all my contacts on SIM only?

If it is possible I don't really want to copy all my contacts to the phone and I would prefer all the new contacts to be stored only on SIM card.


texts: Factory reset not working on Galaxy 10.1 tab

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I have a galaxy tab with following specs

Model number: GT-P7510
Android version: 3.1
Kernel version 2.6.36.3 se.infra@sep-58#1
Build number: HMj37.UEKF3 P7510UEKF3

I have tried

-- Settings > Privacy > Factory reset
-- Powered off the device -> Up Key + Power button -> Recovery mode > Factory reset

, but its not resetting the tab to factory settings, After restarting its always showing me already installed applications and gmail/facebook account.


texts: How to upgrade stock email client that came with CyanogenMod 6 Froyo?

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For reasons beyond my control, I need to stick with the original stock email client that came with my CyanogenMod 6 phone (Froyo).

(by "stick with" I mean only the so called "package name", not that particular version)

I know that there are superior email clients out there on Google Play, but all I want at this point is to stick with the same client and only update it to a later version.

My problem is... I can't find it anywhere on Google Play as it doesn't have any distinct name other than the generic "Email" and this icon.

Is there a way to identify this app and find it on Google Play (or other Android markets)?


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I have a Xolo A500 phone running a custom ICS 4.0.4 ROM.  I have installed some TTS apps like Google TTS and SVOX but I am unable to select either of them.  There are no TTS settings inside Settings.

Please tell me how to access TTS Settings?


texts: Samsung Galaxy s3 mini Wifi Connected but not working

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini and my Wi-Fi worked perfectly fine.
Later, I went on my phone and my Wi-Fi said it was connected but when I went on social media and stuff it said it wasn't connected. I tried everything. Please help.


texts: Galaxy Nexus: how to upload music in Linux?

texts: As you know, Galaxy Nexus supports only MTP protocol for USB connection, which is not greatly supported under Linux. As a workaround, I have tried to upload my music to Galaxy Nexus through WiFi. I have installed "WebDAV server" (The Olive Tree) from Market and uploaded a couple of tracks to Music folder. But, Music app on the phone does not see any music, shows just "ways to add music..." message. Is there a way to force a rescan?


texts: nexus 7 (2013) adb connectivity issues Mac

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The 5.0.2 OTA update soft-bricked my rooted but otherwise stock Nexus 7.  I tried several times to wipe/reset from recovery, but it kept boot-looping afterwards.  After a hundred tries or so was finally able to connect via adb to my Mac and sideload the update.  Booted up fine after the update but of course all my data is now gone.

Problem is that now I cannot seem to get any adb connection over usb so that I can re-root and restore my backups.  I am hoping this isn't a hardware problem as my device is a year-and-a-half old.  Maybe someone can confirm it's likely hardware related, or even better has a solution that I haven't tried yet.

Here is a list of everything I've tried to resolve the issue.

1) Cable/ports - I am using the stock asus USB cable that came with the tablet.  It powers the device just fine.  When I connect my Nexus 5 with the same cable, then adb works perfectly from my Mac (2009 MBP w/ USB 2.0, Yosemite 10.10.1).  I have tried another USB cable with the same result.  I have tried all 3 of the USB ports on my MBP with same result.  Running system_profiler SPUSBDataType from the Mac terminal doesn't show the N7 (but it does show the N5).

2) Windows - I don't have a Windows computer, but I do have Win7 running on VirtualBox.  I have the same connectivity issue there, the WugFresh NRT recognizes my N5 but not my N7.

3) Settings - I have disabled/re-enabled USB in Developer Options several times to no effect.  I also toggled the MTP/PTP connection options on and off (I keep them off as I transfer files using AirDroid in lieu of the crappy AFT).

4) adb - From Terminal Emulator running on my N7, I have killed and started the adb server several times.  I can't use adb tcpip (wifi) without the device being rooted.

At a complete loss here and really don't want to replace my N7.


texts: USB host port via Android accessory protocol adapter

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Is it possible for an Android 4 phone with only a standard micro-USB port (not OTG), to be provided with a USB host port through an adapter using the Android accessory protocol? Do such adapters exist?

The adapter would need power and 2 USB ports. One USB port would act as a host and plug any USB device (for example a keyboard), the other would act as an 'Android accessory' and plug into the phone. Android should be able to use the device as if it were plugged in directly to a host port (on a tablet).

It would be really great if the adapter was also powered by micro-USB, and that it could pass-through data to a computer host (Storage, tether, ADB, etc.).

Diagram:

Is all/any of this possible? Do such adapters exist? If not, how would I make one?


texts: How do you copy a contact from the SIM card to the phone in order to assign a picture to it

texts:
Searching the site here has let me to believe that you cannot assign a picture to a contact which resides on the SIM card ( I am using a Samsung Galaxy S, and that indeed seems to be the case - at least I haven't found a way to do it ).

So I have to copy these numbers to my phone, I presume.

How do I copy/duplicate one contact at a time from SIM to phone memory ?

I especially ask 'one contact at a time' because I , some months ago, seem to remember having read that you can copy all contacts at once, but that is not the action I would like to take ( although, to be honest, I haven't even found that option, yet ).


texts: Low Signal Strength after Firmware Upgrade

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When I first bought my Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) phone a month ago, it had it's factory installed 2.1 Eclair running. Despite many 'Android Market' apps not being compatable with it, my signal strength was half to full 3G signal wherever I went.

I then upgraded to 2.3 Gingerbread. My signal strength was lucky to get higher than half strength and often had an E or H next to the signal indicator instead of a 3G ledgend.

I have since upgraded again to CyanogenMod9 (4.0 ICS) with no change to signal strength. In the locations I got full 3G signal only a month ago, I still struggle to get over half signal strength with an H ledgend. The bars are usually grey but occationally turn blue.

I am wondering if the factory Eclair install had a preset setting making it suitable to work in Australia with the specific frequency bands we have here, and upgrading has over written these settings. If this is the case, my phone may be looking for frequencies used in Europe or America that arn't used here or are the 2G frequencies.

My googling has found many forum threads where people have lossed signal quality after upgrading, many blaming the carrier or ICS. Several people have subsequently downgraded to default Gingerbread to fix the problem, for me this would mean going back to Eclair. I don't really want to do that.

Is there anything I can do, changing settings or installing an app, that can bring me back to full strength?

UPDATE 26Aug12

I think I have deciphered the signal strength bars. E denotes EDGE (2G) signal, H is for HSPA and 3G for UMTS fast 3G connection. The signal bars are grey normally, and turn blue when you have an active data link (and little up/down arrows show data transfer).

I wonder if my phone is having trouble with UMTS and therefore not connecting at 3G speeds after the upgrade.


texts: A few days go I launched my old phone with old version of Google Play. I launched it, but in few seconds application crashed. When I launched it again, a new version (this one that I have on my current phone) was shown infront of my eyes. I'm asking, how? I have a theory that Google Play checking content of server and when detect a new apk, it install it in the background. Am I reasoning it right?


texts: How to get Power Control Widget (Status bar widget) on stock rom

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Can I have the Power Control Widget (Status bar widget) from CM7 on the Stock ROM?

This is the is the only feature I missed from CM7 when I switched back to Stock ROM.
It gives the quick access to power widgets when when I pull down my notification bar
I've tried ExtendedControls but its buggy and not as flexible as Power Control Widget.

Is there any way to have the Power Control Widget on Stock ROM?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 not getting 5.0.2 update

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I am working on provisioning several (3) Samsung Galaxy Tab 4's Model SM-T530, and one of them is not getting the latest system updates.  It is stuck at Android 4.4.2, Kernel version 3.4.0-3235464.  I have tried manually running the Update now, verified I am online, all that fun stuff.

This is the WiFi Only version, so it is not dependent on the carrier releasing the update, and the other two that were purchased from the same vendor at the same time, updated just like they were supposed to, and are now at 5.0.2.

What can i do to troubleshoot this issue?  (Logs, check settings, etc)


texts: How do I import a user CA for the Email app properly?

texts:
For my own setup I use a personal CA: "Gert van Dijk CA". I'm using this for HTTPS and VPN successfully by importing the CA certificate into the Android keystore. I'm having trouble getting the Email app recognize this. Here are some notes about the current setup:

The custom CA is listed perfectly fine in Settings -> Security -> Trusted Credentials -> User.
Chrome and "OpenVPN for Android" are working with this custom CA. I can see a green location bar when connecting to https://mail.mydomain.tld.

This all looks good, until I come to setting up my Exchange mail. It simply won't connect to mail.mydomain.tld with the error "Couldn't open connection to server". However, when I change "Security Type: SSL/TLS" to "SSL/TLS (Accept all certificates)" it will sync my mail just fine! This makes me believe the stock Email app isn't taking the user credentials in the key store into account. Why?

Logcat shows me this line when receiving the connection error:

I/Exchange(10278): IOException while sending request: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.

To verify I've set up my Exchange server correctly, I navigated to https://mail.mydomain.tld/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync and the location bar is perfectly green!

How can I make the Email app take the user trusted credentials into account here? I don't want to trust all possible certificates for security reasons.

Android versions: 4.4 (Nexus 5), 4.3 (Nexus 7 2013).


texts:
Is there any way I can change the icons (displayed on the home screen) for apps on my Android device?

(Apps includes both system apps and apps downloaded from play store)


texts:
Background

I have recently switched to Android from iOS and have run into a problem regarding receiving MMS messages on the phone.

Previously on iPhone, I was able to receive HTML MMS messages by sending them base64 encoded with the following MIME headers:

Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64;
Content-Disposition: inline; filename="html.html";

These would come in as HTML files which would thus be interpreted by iOS's built in browser upon clicking them.

On Android, sending the same messages with the same identical MIME headers results in essential HTML code being stripped out such as the <style> tags around inline CSS and the like, yet header levels (h1, h2, h3) are appropriately headers within the message, and numerous other strange behaviors.

I should note that on Android, the message comes in clear text form (except for the strange headers thing and hyperlinks), almost not even interpreting the HTML and furthermore stripping out some tags.

This is the behavior in multiple messaging apps including the new Google Messenger app.

So, to sum up... Android:

Interprets the HTML code as plain text (for the most part)
Interprets headers and hyperlinks (UPDATE: does not interpret hyperlinks) within the mostly plain text results
Displays a limited amount of plain text

Question

Is there a way to receive an HTML MMS message so that it can be interpreted in full by a browser on Android?


texts: Does TrueCalller App leak your phonebook?

texts:
Sometimes, I cannot find new contacts that I add to Truecaller phonebook, but sometimes, I think if it shares/leaks my contacts to public.
It shows other people contact details that I never added there.
So I am thinking if it is doing the same to me.

Andoird: 7.1.1
Phone: Oneplus 3T


texts: Can't see photos when using Droid Explorer

texts: New to this app and I have followed all the instructions and have installed it and am able to view my files and sd card as well but cannot see photos in the DCIM folder.


texts:
I'm using the MIUI ROM on my HTC Desire and it has an option called A2SD+ which is supposed to be an SD partition that the device treats as internal memory.

I don't know if it comes from the ROM or from Android (2.3.4).

How can I use it? Do I need to partition my SD somehow with an outside tool like I saw on some posts here?
If yes, how do I then tell my device that the 2nd partition is for A2SD+?


texts: Does Google back-up application settings?

texts:
In Settings > Backup & reset there is a "Back up my data" option under which it says "Back up app data...".

Does it really work?

Because I got into one of those "boot loops" and had to do a factory reset. After that I re-installed the apps I had previously installed, but the application settings were not restored by Google.

Do I need to do anything?


texts: changing the default home & power buttons behaviours on Note 3

texts:
Is there a way that I can configure the following?

double press on the home button shows the recently opened apps. (by default, a double press  does that)
long press on the home button triggers the voice search  (by default, a double press  does that)
long press on the power-off button gives me the recently running apps(by default, it gives me the DEVICE OPTIONS ( poweroff+airplne mode etc...)
alternatively, long press on the power-off button gives me an option to create an action list of my own which may contain items like
+turn off the phone,
+open app voice recorder
+start google search
+even a "go back" function...

Is there a way in note 3 to get a handle of these functions/actions in terms of a shortcode handle name and then use it in making a list like that? ( I hope this part is not too confusing to you )

What's the ultimate tool/approach that lets one do these such fundamental changes in the way note 3 buttons work?

thank you


texts: Android 4.1 tablet Model M736 not recognizing keyboard when connected through 4 port usb hub

texts:
I am having a Belkin 4 port USB hub and an Android 4.1 tablet Model M736 made by Kocaso. I am trying to connect USB keyboard and a USB WiFi dongle to the hub and not able to see either of the devicces. Tried only the keyboard connected to the hub yet not able to recognize that a keyboard exists. But individually the devices work when connected directly to tablet. Could it be that the USB hub isnot able to support enough power when connected to the tablet.

Any suggestions


texts: Galaxy Nexus ringtones and notifications too quiet

texts:
I've recently ditched an iPhone in favour of an Android, Galaxy Nexus.  Now I am missing calls and texts all the time because I simply don't hear the ring!  I have maxed all the volume sliders in settings and the volume rocker on the side, and tried the more obnoxious ringtones included stock, but it is still fairly quiet.

I'm not hard of hearing but if I'm on a tram and the phone is in my suit pocket or bag, it's just not loud enough to be heard over the ambiant noise.

Is this a common problem or it might be specific to my phone?  How can I boost the volume of ringtone and text notifications?


texts:
I am having some slight issue using the query
adb shell content query --uri content://browser/bookmarks" & "adb shell content query --uri content://browser/searches
I have played around with the browser and added some bookmarks, but I am receiving nothing in return. Does anyone have encounter any issue using the queries?


texts: File recovery on bootloader unlocked Pixel without flashing

texts: I have a first generation Google Pixel the bootloader of which is unlocked and is running stock Pie. I need to recover deleted files on it because a move operation got effed up by ES File Explorer with confusing dialogs. Performing file recovery requires root, but I don't want to install a custom ROM. Is there instead a way I can run one in RAM that is delivered to the device over USB?


texts: Persistent Notification for Calendar Events

texts:
The Google Calendar app recently updated to the new Material Design look. I've noticed that notifications have changed in a way that I do not like.

When a calendar event comes due, it appears as a notification in the Notifications bar at the top of the screen. In the past, it stayed there for about 48 or 72 hours (not sure exactly, but it was well over 24 hours) as long as I did not mess with it. But now, it seems to only stick around for a very short amount of time (as long as the event is ongoing, I think). In other words, it seems that once an event is over, the notification disappears.

This is not good news for me, I used calendar events as reminders to get things done. (Ex: "take out the trash" on Wed night... I would always see this in the evening, and can put it off until later in the evening if need be. Worst case: when I go to bed, I would see the notification still sticking around, and then go put the trash out.)

I'm looking for a way to get the previous functionality. Is there a trick for this? I'm also open to trying free calendar or task apps that do this.

Suggestions, please?

Running Android 4.4.4 on Nexus 4


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