texts: Managing Contacts without linking any accounts

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A friend gave me her Samsung Galaxy S7 when she upgraded her phone.  We ported my number onto her account, and now I (a long-time flip-phone user) am trying to figure out this new device.

Important context: I do not intend to sync up my gmail account to the phone.  I am combating an internet addiction by refusing to have the internet in my pocket constantly.  Plus, I find it creepy when devices "talk" to each other; it makes me feel powerless and confused if what I do in one setting has effects in another, unrelated setting.  In other words, I want the improved reception and the threaded text messaging of the new phone, but otherwise want it to be as "dumb" as possible for my peace of mind.

I spent all last night manually adding contacts to the device.  The whole time, my friend's gmail was still synced up, and her emails kept popping into my view.  So this morning, she removed her linked accounts.  As soon as she did, all the contacts I had manually entered the night before disappeared, the contacts I had edited the night before reverted back, and a bunch of them became "Read Only" contacts!

This presents several problems/questions:

Did the contacts I manually entered go into HER gmail account?  She doesn't need all my personal contacts!
Do I have to manually re-enter them, and if so, how can I be sure that they are being saved to my SIM card?  (In case I ever get a new device, it would be nice to simply move the SIM card and keep the contacts.)
The "read only" contacts are a good mix of ones I want to delete and ones I need to edit (fix misspelled names, add new numbers).  How do I manage them?  If she un-linked her accounts, why are these "read-only things" still there?

Again, I am looking for solutions that involve only my phone and do not involve linking external accounts!  It would be super weird if all my gmail contacts appeared in my phone.  Phones are for phone stuff and email is for email stuff, and having them bleed into each other seems like poor management.

Incidentally, there is now a message on my phone telling me that my data is not backed up.  This confuses me, because while I thought "data" meant "bits of information", all my friends corrected me that nowadays "data" means internet usage, and I should just be able to "turn data off" so my phone isn't constantly online.  But obviously it means "bits of information" if it is something that can be backed up.


texts: Sony Xperia Pro is stuck in bootloop. How to fix?

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Yesterday, my rooted Xperia Pro decided to go into perpetual restart mode. I tried removing the SIM and SD cards to no avail. I tried reflashing the ICS upgrade. I tried throwing my phone across the room. (Well, OK, so I haven't tried that yet.)
What exactly happens

I turn on the phone.

The Sony logo comes up.

It lights up for 1/2 of a second. I cannot get into recovery mode ever since I reflashed the ICS upgrade.

The Xperia logo comes up.

The phone vibrates very briefly. (Like a haptic feedback vibrate.)

The lockscreen used to flash for one second before I tried reflashing the ICS upgrades. Now, it just shows a gray background with the status bar.

The phone reboots one second after the status bar appears.

Other information
Recently, my battery would randomly go from 70% to near 10% in a few hours or so while it was in my pocket. (As opposed to the regular 1%/hour rate.) Sometimes, it would open up the status bar or unlock my lockscreen. I had an OTA notification in my status bar -- it's possible this might have been selected accidentally.


texts: Can I re-install a purchased app from Google's Play Store?

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I've successfully purchased an app from the Market via my Android phone. It's currently too large for my internal memory (still running 2.1), so can I uninstall it and then re-install it at a later time?

Will uninstalling the app (after the 15 minute eval period elapses), also ensure that I can't re-download it again or do purchased apps remain linked to my Google account even if they aren't currently installed?


texts: How to solve "application can not be installed" error

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I am facing an application can not be installed error on my Samsaung Galaxy S Plus whenever I try to install applications. I have already allowed installation from unknown sources, but it didn't work. It still have a lot of memory space although my phone has no SD card.

Can you suggest some solutions to solve this? Thanks in advance.


texts: Does the Sophos Intercept X app have a feature that can prevent browser hijacks for my Chrome & Kiwi browser?

texts: Downloaded Intercept today cause my Chrome browser kept opening to web.bwanet.ca all of a sudden + all my open tabs were gone. Is there a specific feature in the Sophos app that can stop future hijacks?


texts: My android device doesn't show up when I do ADB Devices but DOES show up in my Chrome developer tools

texts: Really not sure what's going on because it seems to be detected by chrome when I plug in but ADB doesn't know whats going on.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Spica won't boot up fully. Just restarts over and over

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My Samsung galaxy won't turn on properly. Basically it turns on, shows the 'OMG screen' which it does when it crashes, then goes to the Samsung loading bar, but then goes back to the crash screen. It keeps going in a loop forever!
I tried a hard reset, which if I understand correctly is holding down the volume down key and end call key, but this did nothing.
(Sorry I'm not good at describing, hope this is clear!)
Thanks!


texts: How to set up BIOS-like password on Android device?

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Setting a screen lock password or SIM pin or both is fine for securing some aspects of your mobile device. But what if, as a nasty joke, someone manages to grab a hold of your device and hits the magic power-home-volume key combination and proceeds to factory reset your device thus deleting your folder configuration, a record of what unpaid apps you had downloaded, and what is more, data stored on your phone!

So, is there a way to set up a password so that it must be entered when such magic key combination is issued (so that you can't factory reset your device without entering such a "BIOS" password?

Thanks!!!


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I want someone to be able contact me on WhatsApp. I would prefer to give him an anonymous account.

Is there such thing?

I don't want him to know my phone number.


texts: Can't set picture in Android Quick Setting

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I want my Google Plus profile picture to appear in notifications Quick settings area, Prior to this update it used to work by going to google plus app> settings> contacts > then ticking two options that I can't remember. But those options are gone now.

I'm using a custom ROM (which doesn't seem to be an issue)

Rom I'm using is DarkRom caf
Android 7.1.2 (may security update)
Based On Lineage 14.1


texts: My PC doesn't recognize my GTablet through USB

texts: I have a GTablet GingerEdition. It has no OS, hence I need to install it from my PC, but when I connect the tablet to my PC I can´t see it as a USB device. The PC says that there are no drivers.


texts: Optimizing app 1 of 1 on Android starting after GooglePlay update

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I have a Lenovo Tab3 8 Tablet that had been working fine until about five-six months ago.
Then I got this Optimizing app 1 of 1 message one day, when I had to restart the tablet, which basically made the device useless.
I have been trying to fix it ever since, but every time I do the emmc factory reset from the boot menu it lasts only until the next reboot.
That is, however, only when I update the device over GooglePlay before rebooting. If I reboot without updating, it doesn't show the Optimizing app message, and I can log in my profile, but then the first time I have to use GooglePlay to add a new app or autoupdate the system, the same issue reappears and I have to do the reset all over again.
This seems to be due to some faulty GooglePlay update routine involving preinstalled apps.
It's extremely frustrating.
Anybody with the same problem on this device, or similar model/OS version?
Anything is welcome!
Here's all the system info I managed to get from the sys menu of the tablet:
Model number: Lenovo TB3-850M
Android version: 6.0
Kernel version: 3.18.19
Build number: TB3-850M_S100036_171214_ROW
Software version: TB3-850M_160509


texts: Why is there "/proc/net/snmp" file on my device? Could it be due to a malware?

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After reading this paper I observed a little and I realized that an SNMP socket (exactly two: v4 and v6) exists when I use ls /proc/1/net. I see them clearly.

My question is simple, do the bootkits exist on Android? I suppose yes, if it is the case would you have documentation to recommend me at the security level? Especially the use of SNMP, is it normal? For example a use by the phone operator for material supervision? But this phone is a second hand with a different operator that does not make sense for my case.

Two days ago I asked a question here related to mediatek and strange files and files saturating the memory space. But I did not find an answer in relation to audio_dump folder in the paper of blackhat, but some matches that are cold in the back.


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I downloaded a game from Google Play. In the permission page, I noticed that it asks for my personal information.

Allow this application to:
Your personal information read sensitive log data.

Why in the world a game needs my personal information to run? so I decided not to install it. However, I really want to play this game. My question is this, is there any way to fake my personal information so developer of the game can not be able to reach my info?

My Android version   : 4.0.2
Model number         : GT-N7000
Baseband version     : N7000XXLB2


texts: Problem booting into TWRP recovery when rooting SAMSUNG Galaxy XCover 3 (SM-G389F)

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I am trying to root SAMSUNG Galaxy XCover 3 (SM-G389F) with Android 6.0.1. I successfully flash the latest TWRP (twrp-3.0.2-0-xcover3ltexx.img.tar official site) with Odin 3.12.

In Odin I intentionally disabled Auto Reboot, so that I try to boot into TWRP recovery in the first phone boot by holding down (Home + Volume UP + Power key). Instead of booting into recovery the phone gets stuck on SAMSUNG Galaxy screen as shown in video link. After normal reboot my phone boots up as normal but this action puts back stock recovery.

To solve the problem I tried all available TWRP's, tried to factory reseat and clear phone cash several times before flashing recovery image, tried to use various Odin versions (3.07, 3.10, 3.12).

What else can I try?

Thanks for suggestions.


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Our household has several UNrooted Motorola Droid Turbo 2 phones with Android 7.0 Nougat, Verizon Wireless phone service, and similar sets of installed apps.  All of the phones have eventually exhibited this problem: after several hours of working normally, the phone no longer rings.
The problem can be temporarily resolved by restarting the phone, but within a few hours, it's back again. This phone can't be automatically rebooted with Tasker, only shut down, eliminating that as a possible work-around.
None of us use Do Not Disturb mode. Volume settings are normal, the phone vibrates, but it doesn't ring. I've googled ad nauseum looking for solutions but haven't found any.
Sometimes also YouTube videos don't have any sound, and that is also resolved temporarily with a reboot, but I'm not sure that is related, as I sometimes discover the media volume is low.
We have two additional apps for dealing with missed calls and harrassing calls: YouMail and an old version of Should I Answer, but neither is set as the default phone app and I've been through their settings over and over again.
Anyone have any ideas? It seems to be happening more over time, and I'm wondering if it could be related to battery level.
Also wonder if phone overheating can cause this, it certainly causes other weird effects.
Thanks,
Rebeccah


texts: Updated to 1.28 and now my Media Link HD won't connect?

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I got an HTC Media Link HD free with my phone for pre-ordering and it works fine, however having updated to the 1.28 software over the weekend, I found that I can no longer connect to the media link.

Is anyone aware of this issue or knows a way to fix it, as there seems to be very little detail about it online.


texts: How can I see which (system) apps are installed with which account?

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I have three different Google accounts on my phone, with one the default one. I want all apps to be installed on that account. I've just noticed that one app was installed with an account that is not under my control. Strangely enough this is a system app.
How can I see which apps are installed with which account?


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Possible Duplicate:
  How to recover data from a damaged SD card?

I have a 32Gb micro SD card that I've solely used for my Samsung Galaxy S3.  The card has been completely cleared and is not recognizable to the phone.

I took a few pic of my daughter, plugged the phone in to charge and went to bed.  This morning when I got to work the phone indicated that it was safe to remove the memory card. I didn't prompt this so I restarted the phone and went to send a pic after it started up again but noticed all my pics and vids were gone.

Is there something that I can do to recover the files or does anyone know if there is a reason that this has happened?


texts: A way to sort new android app updates (not updated by user yet)

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is there any way to know which apps have new updates (not updated by user yet) by notification date at least.

Because google play notification only mentions you got 2 new update without telling me what apps have new updates.

I have many apps that have new updates that I do not update because I don't want too. So, I want to sort these new updates by notification date or by app release or launch date.


texts: Samsung Galaxy s2 not showing missed calls

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My phone won't show any missed calls. I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S2. It was working earlier today. I called my phone 3 times because I was looking for it. But when I found it, it didn't show any missed calls. It won't even show up on the call log either.

How do I get it back to showing my missed calls?


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My phone has two speakers, one in front that is used during normal call, and one in the back (the "loudspeaker") that is used to play music and in hands-free mode. When I'm using Skype for Android, it uses the loud speaker. This is very uncomfortable if I want to make Skype call in public place. I could use headphones and mic, but I don't always have them with me.

Is there a way to call on Skype just like normal voice call, with the front speaker?

Eventually, any other app would be good, that can make calls to PC using any of major protocols (Skype, GTalk, MSN), and that uses front speaker.


texts: How do I decrypt files on SD card that I encrypted on a different device?

texts: I encrypted my phone and SD card on my Note 2. I broke that phone, but recovered the SD card. How do I decrypt the SD card to get all files out (I do have password for it) with the new phone?


texts: Are files created in "/storage/emulated/0" supposed to appear in "/storage/sdcard0"?

texts: From what I guess, internal storage is available by every user. If emulated storage is a storage location, made for a specific user, are files created in /storage/emulated/0 supposed to appear in /storage/sdcard0? I assume no, because files that are user created should show up in emulated only, otherwise files created by the user would be available for all other users to see.


texts: I lost my android phone, how can I recover all my Whatsapp status and messages

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I lost my android phone (MOTO G2) on my marriage day. Now I wanted to check all my whatsapp status to write full story of my life before one year back. (In short my past time)

Is there any way to recover all the whatsapp status from another phone OR any Third party application OR any recovery option?

Please guide me! Thanks all in advance.


texts: How do I easily bookmark sites on delicious.com?

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On my desktop I often use delicious.com chrome plugin to save bookmarks to interesting sites. Quite often I also want to save interesting sites to delicious.com when browsing on Android browser.

What is the best way to do that?


texts: Where can I get TWRP for my Lenovo Tab M8 FHD Tablet?

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I have searched around for the TWRP custom recovery for this device, but haven't been able to find it. I have tried porting one on my own but didn't find the right tutorial to figure this out.
Can someone point me in the right direction, to either find a working TWRP or a good tutorial to port one?
My tablet is a Lenovo Tab M8 FHD TB-8705F running Android 10 (TB-8705F_S300022_201015_BMP).
Thank in advance.


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We recently bought an Android Shopping App for Smartphones (supporting 2.2 to current version). Sadly, the app ist not available for tablets.

Is it just a button in the IDE to create a tablet version (not tablet optimized) or is there much more to do?

For example: every iOS iPhone App is running on an iPad (looks ugly, but works)


texts: How do I correctly backup android apps with a PC for a factory reset?

texts: I want to reset my phone. I want to preserve some apps state across the reset. I don't want to use third party software. Which folders do I have to copy?


texts: Is there a way to prevent GPS from sleeping when I lock the phone even though google maps app is running?


texts: How can I access the usb of my device from inside a Lil'Debi chroot?

texts: I am attempting to run adb from a Lil'Debi chroot enviroment. Unfortunately, I keep getting no devices in attached device list. The enviroment created by Lil'Debi links some system folders but does not    link /dev; I expect because Android /dev and Linux /dev are not fully compatible. I'm not even sure if this is a requirement for accessing the usb but I have read that since Lil'Debi chroot runs with full root priveleges that I am supposed to be able to access all the devices.


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I have a phone running Cyanogenmod, which is an AOSP derivative. It lacks Google Play.

I installed Textra as the messaging app some time ago using adb install com.textra.apk. Textra was recently updated to version 2.28, so I need to update the app.

Using  adb install com.textra.apk resulted in a INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS (this was expected). Using  adb install -reinstall com.textra.apk succeeded, but I still have the down-level version 2.26.

I don't want to uninstall Textra because I'm concerned it might wipe my existing database of text messages.

How do I use ADB to update an app that is already installed?


texts: Can I get my Galaxy 4 to put sent emails on my server?

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Just got a Samsung galaxy S4 mini (had an ancient Nokia before).
When I go back to my web email (its Yahoomail), all my emails are marked as read even if I havent looked at them on the galaxy, (I can live with that though its annoying as I'm likely to miss stuff)and emails I've sent are not copied back onto the server so the only place I will ever have them is on my phone. Thats not what I'm used to - the Nokia put them onto the server so I could see them in the web application. Any idea if I can get it to do that too?


texts: Picasa (in gallery) not linked. Can't open picasa folders. How do I fix it?

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I'm trying to open my picasa folders in the android gallery. When I press the Picasa button, I get this message:

  your google account is not linked to Picasa Web Albums. Please add another Google account

I found this link from xda.
It starts with "can't find the app", and "can't sync" (problems I don't have) but then someone starts about the "not linked" problems. The tips I found where about removing accounts (for youtube, for htc sense, etc), but that didn't help.

I found a link to
Why can't I Sync Picasa Web Albums? , but this is not the same question. The sync option is in the accounts menu, but I can't seem to get picasa in the gallery.

I can upload (via gallery -> share) to picasa. I can also make new directories etc. I just can't see my picasa in the gallery

specs:

HTC Desire Z
"standard" htc software: android 2.2.1 with HTC sense (1.82.405.1)
HTC hub has "sync" enabled
my Google account has the picasa-sync enabled

Does anyone have a clue about how to fix this?


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I have a LG-P930 cellphone with Gingerbread 2.3.5. This device has a micro-USB connector that shares pinout with HDMI. I bought a MHL adapter but it seems that the USB plug on this device is for power only.

I know that my question is not purely about Android but does someone know about a MHL adapter that would preserve the USB data connection? In other words, I would like to connect to my HDMI screen while communicating with the computer through USB.


texts: Why does Gmail force close when I open it?

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Every time I open my Gmail app it force closes. This is the message I get:

  The application Gmail( process com.android.gmail) has stopped
  unexpectedly. Please try again.)

If it helps I am using the Samsung Galaxy S II running Android 2.3.


texts: Broken screen while debug mode was disabled. How can I re-enable adb?

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The screen of my phone is physically broken, so it doesn't display anything, but the touch aspect does seem to be working, as I can unlock my phone, and get haptic feedback.

Before I go to get it replaced, I'd like to back up some personal data from the built-in memory to the SD card. I'm fairly certain that if I can get adb to recognize the device, then I can use Android Screencast to see where I am touching the screen and do what I need to do. Problem is, when I plug it in, it's not recognized, while my emulator is.

I suspect that I might not have USB debugging enabled, which I think is necessary for adb to work. If this is the case, can someone give me screenshots of their Droid X (running 2.3.X) going from the home screen, through all the menus, to activating debug mode? Hopefully I can do it by dead reckoning and adb from there.

Edit: I haven't changed anything about the ROM or launcher; it's all stock.


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Normally "DCIM" is a folder in which all photos that were taken with camera are stored. When I tried to take a photo with Google Camera, the app instructed me to insert a sd card before taking photos (Nexus 5 doesn't support sd cards). I know that Google Camera also works without sd card, because it had been working before something messed up my Nexus's rom. I was looking with X-plore and ZArchiver and in both of them the folder "DCIM" appears as a file with a size of 0 bytes. I cannot delete this file, open it with an editor (Jota+) or create a folder with the same name and it is the only folder/file that is affected.

I'm using a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4.4 without any modification (like Cyanogen or root)

Does someone know what could have happened to this folder and possibly how to restore the folder or delete the file without root or factory reset? (If there's a way to delete this file, it wouldn't be a problem , because there wasn't a single photo inside before this happened.)


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Alright so i got a brand new J7 and the first day was going fine, i waited for the battery to go to 5% and i'm charging it now. Am i supposed to let it charge to 100%? Or i can INTRERUPT (good grammar.) it at like 70% like that. I need answers fast please! Thank you!

YS JP


texts: Google Services hogging data - how to stop it?

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Note: there is a related question to this, however it has no definitive answer.  Asking  in case anyone has discovered any solutions in the intervening period.

Onavo count continually reports that Google Services is hogging my data.  This seems a recent phenomenon - last few months or so.  I've switched off background sync and tried to restrict to wifi only.  All unsuccessful.  It continues to use

Phone is HTC desire Z running standard Android 2.3.3 (HTC Sense 2.1).

Phone was bought outright (i.e. not included as part of contract), running on SIM-only contract from O2 in UK.

Any suggestions for what's causing this?  And more pertinently, how to stop it?

Thanks.


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The desktop versions of Firefox and Chrome use Google’s Safe Browsing service to warn the users about known bad websites.

Looking at a Samsung handset running Android v5 I noticed that neither the built in browser nor Chrome has this feature. I then downloaded Firefox for Android and CM Browser (due to it's rating) and they don't have it either. In CM's case it has an option under Security but a url that fails on the desktop, it happily loads.

Is there a browser that uses this? Or should I look to some AV/Security product to get this protection?

EDIT:
With Firefox on the desktop, the blacklist is updated every 30mins. It has been hours since I tried both Chrome and Firefox on Android and neither is reporting the same URL as bad. Could be they are using a different list?


texts: How to allow read-only access to specific Android apps?

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I would like to manually disable writing access only, yet still allow reading to a selected application onto the internal storage or external SD card.
Android so far just allows allowing both or none via settings.

How do I allow just reading for a specific application?


texts: Why can't I root my Zenfone 2 android device?

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I have managed to install TWRP, unblocked the bootloader, but I simply can't root my device.

I have tried this: http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2016/05/how-to-root-asus-zenfone-2-laser-ze50kl-marshmallow.html

I have also tried this one:
http://technoplanners.blogspot.in/2016/02/root-asus-zenfone-2-laser.html

It doesn't work either.

Do I even need root access for a custom ROM installation?

I am trying to install Ressurecition Remix. I was wondering if that grants root access during the installation?


texts: Rom flashed but phone is stuck showing boot logo

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I flashed my Xolo q2000 with CWM Recovery and an Xperia Z2 rom downloaded from Needrom.  All was well but some features were not working so I once again deleted the cache, and wiped data and so on.  Now when it boots it only shows the Xolo logo on screen, nothing else happens.

How can I deal with this problem?


texts: Why does Google Now display my "Home" and "Work" locations inaccurately?

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I'm in my home all day, every day, as are my internet-capable devices such as phone, Chromebook, etcetera, etcetera. Yet, when I click the magic wand at the bottom of Google Now (settings), it displays my home address and work address as two different places, both of-which I've never even been, muchless worked or lived.

Any ideas why this would be happening? Anyone seeing anything remotely similar?


texts: Disable in-app browsing on the Facebook Lite app

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By default, many apps open links inside the app using an in-app browser. On Android, this is a version of Chrome, called Chrome Custom Tabs, optimised for in-app use (1).

When in-app browsing is disabled, clicking a link results in the default browser app opening and rendering the webpage.

To disable in-app browsing on the Facebook app, users can go to Setting > Media to find a checkbox related to this behaviour (2).

How can in-app browsing be disabled in the Facebook Lite app? This light version does not seem to include the same checkbox as the regular Facebook app.


texts: How can I add multipath TCP ability to my nexus 5?

texts: I want to be able to connect to my wifi and mobile data plan simultaneously, I've heard that this is possible through MutlipathTCP , and that the support of this protocol has been built in android OS. How can I add it to my Nexus 5 ?


texts: Why does not wifi hotspot work when I open a game?

texts: I enable portable hotspot on my Android 4.4 tablet and share its internet with PC. But, after I open a game (Clash of Clans to put it more specifically), it seems that internet sharing is disabled because I have no internet connectivity in PC anymore and have to exit the game to reestablish the connection and remove the yellow warning triangle from the wireless icon in taskbar. Why is this so and how can I prevent this from happening?


texts: Where can I find the photos autosynced by Google?

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My Android phone autosyncs all the photos I took to my Google account. Where could I find it? I'm using Google cloud services to sync photos.

I tried looking at my Google Drive, but it says that I don't have any back-up files. I also checked in Google+, but there are no photos.


texts: Motorola moto 4g, battery drain, always high media server actitivity

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I recently bought a motorola moto 4g, and I quickly noticed that the battery is going low very fast! With no use at all, it's going down 15% percent per hour...

The mediaserver is always taking up 50% of the battery, even when I deleted all the apps (really, áll the apps..). I did some restarting, reseting.. Nothing is helping...

Any suggestions??

By the way, sorry for my bad English ;)


texts: How do I override charging current on Huawei Honor 6?

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On SonyEriccson Xperia X10i I do this:

echo 1000 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/chg_current

This allows faster charging from computer's USB port (if I know it can source more than 500mA) or limited/prohibited charging in case of I to economize the power of computer.

But how do I do this on Huawei Honor 6? It doesn't seem to have msm_hsusb.


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Can't overwrite su file in /system/bin/ my stupid classmate put a prank on me and inserted a different su binary coming from his linux pc instead of the already existing su in /system/xbin/

I want to overwrite it myself since even him can't do it

here's the adb shell su return:

  /system/bin/su: not executable: magic 7F45

Is there a way to replace this one with the already existing su in /system/xbin/? I've been trying to chmod the su overwritten su file for 3 months now.. I can't even chown cause IDK what are the users and IDK how to list all of them. Help. Thanks in advance.

P.S.

-can't load custom rom since I'm still on the way of rooting phone

-can't load stock rom for I'm using a very rare tablet (Arc Mobile 727M) can't find a good alternative for stock rom


texts: WiFi doesn't work when SuperSU 2.72 binaries are installed on Android 7

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Since a few days I have Cyanogenmod 14 for my Samsung SM-G900f. I want to use some apps by Chainfire but they all require his su binaries so I tried to install it via the SuperSU app, which always fails, and via TWRP, which then worked.
After flashing it I noticed that I when I turn on WiFi that it just scans but nothing appears; even the already saved networks won't show up. I also tried connecting via WPS pin and WPS push, but it just gives me an error message.

Does somebody have any idea what the cause might be?


texts: How to disable sending all sensible information to the cloud?

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Recently I found, that my Samsung Galaxy S7 was sending all my photos to Samsung without my explicit permission. I would like to ban any such activity from any application. Is it possible to do this centralized?

I can't search for dozens of allications, I need some centralized solution.


texts: Finding super voice recorder files on computer AFTER it was created on my android 8

texts: I have two recording apps on my Galaxy 8 android.  "Super Voice recorder" which I use to tape meetings to create meeting notes and "Call Recorder" that records phone conversations.  When I sync to my windows computer, I see all of my phone call conversations (from Call Recorder) as MP3 and it is in the audio file, but I do not see any of my Super Voice record files.   The folder is completely empty but the app on my phone tells me I have 5 files.  Where is it storing outside the application?


texts: How to allow read/write access in a specific folder on the SD Card with Android 6.0.1?

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I like to move my AnkiDroid storage to the SD-Card, because my Anki-Decks get huge, in terms of filesize, and my internal storage is full.

Anyways (seemingly because they did not like to took the effor with permissions on all Android versions), external-storage for AnkiDroid is officially not supported. But one can edit the file path and put "/a/random/path" into a text field to be used by the app.

So permissions still seem to be a problem to do so.

There is a workarround, which allows to save files and read files into a specific folder on the SD-Card. The workarround is built by naming a folder, equal to the package name of the AnkiDroid app.

This worked for some users, but not for me.

How can I solve my storage issues, when using AnkiDroid?

My question seems to be highly related to this one.


texts: Options For Samsung Galaxy S5 ACTIVE "SMG870W"- Users with Custom Rom compatibility?

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I was wondering,besides any opinions based on the judgment of my decision to buy a Samsung Galaxy ACTIVE version of the S "SM-G870W", can the Samsung S5 Active be Flashed with any ROms, specifically Cyanogenmod or even lollipop, I would prefer to be able to access different choices, and would be very grateful for some advice,personal experience and/ or some ideas to allow for the most innovative experience in the function and user interface of my SM-G870W.
     My PHONE IS ROOTED, running 4.4.2 kitkat, 3.4.0-3084104 kernal build.I believe, I used Odin, as well as Helium to Backup previous, and the App SuperSU is in my app list and along with Odin's "success" sign and no obvious errors or malfunctions i believe the root is in good condition. Carrier is Bell Canada.


texts: What damage can someone do with a logged play store account?

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Let's say I have 500 tablets that I'm using for educational purposes at a highschool. In order to preload the app and receive automatic updates later, we have a single dummy Google Account that's logged into Google Play Store. The question is, once we give these tablets out to our students, some of whom we should assume are tech savvy and up to do no good, what damage can they do with the fact that all devices share the same account?

Now, if the damage they can do only applies to their device, we're ok with that. For instance, of course they can log out and in with a different account, which is ok. And of course they could use and abuse the tablet as they could any other tablet. That's ok too.

What we don't want to happen is for one user to be able to impact another user because of that shared account. Since they're all logged into the same account, can they access the email of that account? Could they force other tablets of the same account to download other apps? Could they force other apps to log out? What's the worst that could happen?


texts: Activate alarm, ringtone or audio using ADB?

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I have misplaced a junker phone (LG G3 running Lineage).  However, it's still on, and ADB is accessible over TCP/IP.  (The phone doesn't have a SIM, so I can't call it.)

Is there a way to turn on the ringer or other audio from ADB?  I've tried a couple of remote-screen apps (adb-remote-control.jar and scrcpy) but although they appear to connect, and scrcpy even gets a screen image that looks correct, neither of them seem to send events correctly, so I can't control the phone.

I suspect there's a way to launch an app (Phone?  Alarm?) with a "Play Ringtone" intent, but I don't know how.


texts: How can termux accept key presses directly into terminal?

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I just installed termux and I notice that when you use the keyboard it doesn't enter your key presses directly. It requires you to complete a word and select from the options before it gets entered into the terminal.

Is there a way to enter the key presses into the terminal right away?


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I am using BlueStacks Beta 1 but its storage capacity is limited. Is there any way that I can share PC storage so that I can install more apps?

EDIT: I have Bluestacks 0.7.5.2700 installed and it does have limited disk space :(

Please find below screenshots to illustrate the problem.


texts: I have 4 gmail accounts in my phone but when I go to Google play it is trying to use an obsolete account and in Google play there is no drop down box to choose an active account. (Google play was using one of my active gmail accounts but it all of a sudden stopped working and went back to the inactive gmail account. I also cannot delete the obsolete account off my phone because in settings/account preferences it says in gray "not all settings are available" and there is nothing to click. I was trying to delete it so google play would not try and use it for signing into google play)


texts: full desktop backup using adb not working with yu yureka

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I am using a desktop with Ubuntu 14.04 installed to do a full desktop backup of my Yu yureka phone.

I used the command

sudo adb backup --all

then it shows

Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation.

But nothing is ever shown on the phone. The phone is running on Cyanogenmod OS 11.(I want to do a full backup before updating it to CM12)


texts: Is it safe to flash dm-verity zip on S8 EXYNOS G905F?

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Is it safe to flash the dm-verity zip?

I am asking due to, seeing/reading some cases when attempting to flash a ROM the phone will get to the ERASING stage, show dm-verity error, then reboot, and it will do that endlessly.

I have tried flashing TWRP but every time, my phone gets stuck in a bootloop no matter how I start TWRP and regardless of whether I wipe and format the data or not.

NOTE: The dm-verity zip was never flashed on any TWRP recovery installation attempt. Each time I flashed using a stock ROM.

1. Flash TWRP.
2. See if the phone can still boot into system.
    If boots into system
        3a. Attempt to confirm TWRP availability by booting into recovery and system OS various ways to ensure it is always available.
            If TWRP is not installed (eg stock recovery appears)
                If can boot into system successfully
                    4a. Goto 1.
                If boot loops
                    4a. Goto 3b.
            If TWRP in successful installed (TWRP always boots up)
                5. Undefined (possibly attempt to install Magisk or SuperSU? depends which one will be safer).
    If boot loops
        3b. Reflash stock ROM.
        4b. Boot into it and wait for initial setup screen to appear.
        5. Goto 1.

I am running Android 8.0, XSA carrier Samsung Galaxy S8 G950F (was very difficult to find a stock ROM for this model).

I DO NOT want to end up being unable to reflash the STOCK ROM should anything go wrong during attempting to root.
If I am unable to manually root, will a Custom ROM
offer root built-in to the ROM itself? And if so, if I end up flashing a ROM incorrectly will I still be able to flash the stock ROM and try again?


texts: How can I re-arrange sharing application icons?

texts:
When I click on Share from within an application, say an RSS reader, I will see a multitude of choices. See screenshot.

How can I re-arrange it so that my often used applications such as Hangouts and GMail can be moved to the top of the list of applications?


texts: Switch Between 2 profiles on android during device unlock

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I have 2 profiles setup on my device as shown here
https://www.howtogeek.com/333484/how-to-set-up-multiple-user-profiles-on-android/
However the switching of accounts as shown here is cumbersome. Is there any app/ approach where I can enter something to unlock phone(separate pin) that will load the profiles appropriately.I sometimes hand over my phone to family and don't and switching profiles after unlocking takes too long.


texts: Temporarily rooting an old 2nd generation Moto G - how can it be done?

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I have an old Android phone (Moto G 2nd generation, running 5.0.2), from which I need to access files in the data\system folder.  As I still do use this phone, I'd rather not permanently root it.  However, I've been doing some reading, and it looks like it's possible to temporarily root it in a way that lasts until the phone is next rebooted.

I've never rooted anything before, and my Googling of this only finds seemingly permanent rooting solutions.  I can only assume that the terminology I'm using to search for how to do this is wrong.

I'm a reasonably technical person, but I confess I am rather lost as to the correct way to proceed.  Is what I'm trying to do even possible (WITHOUT wiping the phone)?

TLDR: How can I temporarily root my Moto G 2nd Gen phone running Android 5.0.2?


texts: Android 5.0 Gapps Flashes in Android 6.0 Genymotion

texts: I just recently installed Genymotion and need to install Google Apps. Now that I don't have 6.0 Gapps, I tried to experiment by flashing 5.0 Gapps in Genymotion and it worked. Nothing is wrong. Is this normal?


texts: Updating ROM is stuck as TWRP does not see zip files

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In the process of trying to install 4.4.4 on my galaxyTab 10.1, I've installed TWRP 2.7.1.0.

At this point when in recovery mode I need to select the Zip to install, but none of the previously downloaded zip files are visible to TWRP.  Neither under the install command nor in the file manager.

I had backed up, removed caches et al. When rebooting in normal operation mode, those files are browsable.  Permissions are set to 777.

So I don't understand where the hang-up is?


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I'm trying to switch from CWM recovery to TWRP, my phone is a LG Optimus 4X HD / LG P880. Using Simple Recovery Switcher, I tried to flash the TWRP image, but when I reboot into recovery, I get into the CWM recovery again. ADB fastboot told me "remote: bootloader is locked" when I tried to flash the recovery. So I figure the easiest way would be to install the recovery with CWM. Is that possible?

Thanks!


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I'm trying to root a Nexus 7 with Android 4.2.2 (1st generation). I am following instructions here:
http://honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-to-root-nexus-7-on-android-422.html?showComment=1377379346836#c8791363668077143555
I get to Step 4 in which it says to wait until windows has finished installing drivers. I am on OS X. The Nexus 7 is in fast boot mode. It has an image of the green Android lying on its back with a panel open, in the upper right is "Start > corresponding to the on/off button" and just below that up and down arrows corresponding to the up/down volume buttons. I plugged in the USB and nothing happens, ie no indication of drivers being installed.

I watched this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0MyTvgfO7s
Which was somewhat helpful. Following the instructions enable me to see that the Nexus 7 was connected to the Mac in fastboot mode.
So I continued on to step 5, Running root-mac.sh resulted in this error in the terminal window:
... FAILED (remote: (Nv3pBadReceiveLength))
downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (unknown status code)

Then from here [GUIDE][MAC/PC/LINUX][4.2] Unlock, Root and Flash Recovery at Android Central (sorry it won't let me put 2 links), I did the commands:
./fastboot-mac oem unlock
./fastboot-mac oem reboot

It did a clean install and reboot, but it is not rooted. When it was rebooting, the padlock icon was showing that it was unlocked. I test for root by trying to run the app Z-ScreenRecorder, which required root access.

I got it. After the unlock and reboot commands, then I went back to the original instructions and ran CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7/root-mac.sh.
Now the Z-ScreenRecorder app starts.


texts: How can I change the behavior of the volume buttons vs. the orientation of the screen

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On the Acer Iconia A200, when you change the orientation of the screen, the function of the volume rocker flips. In landscape mode, with the volume rocker on the right side and at the top, you find that 'down' on the rocker turns down the volume.

Now, flip the device 90 degrees left to a portait orientation, with the volume rocker on the top left. Now the same press that was 'down' before is 'right' and it turns the volume UP.

In other words, the action of the volume rocker is sensitive to the orientation of the device.

I haven't found any way to control this yet in the settings - is there any way to change this behavior? I'll eventually get used to it, but for the moment it's driving me batty.

Added: After seeing Zuul's answer talking about the gpio_keys.kl file, AND getting a bluetooth keyboard, I did some experimenting. When using a bluetooth keyboard, the bluetooth vol up/down buttons are independent of tablet orientation. So either some bit of software checks where the key is coming from and remaps or not as appropriate, OR the swap is happening at some lower layer (i.e. before it becomes a key code).


texts: How do I mount my Samsung galaxy s4 on ubuntu?

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I'm running ubuntu 12.04 and have a rooted samsung galaxy s4.  The s4 is still 2 software versions back since I need to unroot to update and just havent had the time or energy to do all of the work to get back to where I'm setup.  I think it is 4.2.something.

So when I plug my S4 into ubuntu via usb I get an error message

"Unable to mount SAMSUNG_Android
Error initializing camera:-60: could not lock the device"

With my rooted kindle I run gMTP and that gets me access so I tried it with the S4 and it says nothing is available to connect.

With my old evo I had no trouble.  Even when it wasn't rooted I had access to the sd card just like any other drive being mounted.  What's the deal with this s4?

I do have usb debugging enabled.


texts: How do I connect to a EAP-SIM authenticated network (namely FreeWifi_secure from Free Mobile)?

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I am running CyanogenMod 10 (based on Android 4.1.2) on my Motorola Milestone 2.
I just switched to the French mobile carrier Free Mobile. They offer access to their "FreeWifi_secure" wifi network in the plan. The authentication method is known as EAP-SIM ; it connects using information in the SIM card. However, this option is not given when you try to connect using the "Settings" app in Android.

So I tried to connect to the FreeWifi_secure wifi by following a method explained on XDA-Developers.com. It consists in adding the following lines to /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf :

network={
    ssid="FreeWifi_secure"
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP IEEE8021X
    eap=SIM
    priority=70
}

I managed to follow the instructions but still cannot connect to the wifi network. FreeWifi_secure is correctly displayed as a favorite network, however, when trying to connect, it never goes past the "Connecting…" step.

Do you know whether the Milestone 2 is hardwarewise compatible with EAP-SIM ? Or is the incompatibility due to a software limitation in CyanogenMod ? Have you personally managed to use the Free Mobile wifi network ?


texts:
My Whatsapp is showing last back up in Google Drive as August 2  21:48 but after that it did not take any back up, and today's date is August 5, though   in google drive settings is showing as Backup to google drive as daily.

What needs to be done to ensure backup till today?


texts: How to export bookmark list from stock android(ICS) browser to pc

texts: I have been using the stock browser which came with the phone for awhile and it has been really useful. Currently I have a large number of articles I have bookmarked that I would somehow like to get on my PC. I tried to use the "share" functionality but it allows you to share only one link at a time, and I have over 50 articles. Is there any way to export the entire list?


texts: Unable to delete old calendars from Microsoft Outlook Android App

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Software:

Microsoft Outlook App on Android
Microsoft Outlook for Windows, version 2007

I currently have a work account which I have synced with my Android, and for some reason, all of the calendars I've ever accepted on my work's account (and deleted on my desktop) are still showing up on my Outlook App on my Android.

Aside from being annoying (given that all their respective reminders are still popping up), I have on many occasions accidentally added a new reminder onto an old calendar which, if isn't a "shown" calendar, ends up hidden and I never know about it.


texts: Cant unlock bootloader or go to download mode in Samsung M11

texts: I have Samsung M 11 (SM-M115F/DS). I want to install TWRP in it. But I cant unlock boot leader or go to download mode. I already enabled OEM Unlock. I saw in some sites that in this device i have to press both volume up and down to go to download mode or unlock bootloader but actually nothing happens. It only goes to recovery mode with power and volume up. There it has a "Reboot to Bootloader" option.  when i go there i get this . When i give the option start i return to recovery mode.


texts: Wifi access point with USB-OTG ethernet?

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I want my phone to act as a ethernet capable wifi access point (WAN via ethernet).

When I use USB-OTG with an ethernet USB adapter attached to my Galaxy Nexus (non-rooted stock Jelly Bean) I get regular internet access just fine. Only thing I'm wondering about is the fact that 3G is shown in the status bar although mobile data connection is disabled. The connection goes over ethernet.

My Problem appears when I want to share this connection via wifi (hotspot). The hotspot is enabled and the other device (or whatever) is connected but it doesn´t get internet access...

Is this a known problem? Any ideas how to get this working?

Edit: It's not about 3G tethering, thats works fine. The problem is tethering while the phone is connected with the LAN over an RJ45-Ethernet adapter.


texts: How to check if an android device has a wireless card that supports promiscuous or monitor mode?

texts: How can I check to see if my (rooted) android device has a wireless card that supports either monitor mode or promiscuous mode?


texts: Update heavly customized but stock rom Nexus 5 keeping data?

texts:
I have a Google Nexus 5 with Stock Rom 4.4.2 and:

Unlocked boot-loader
Custom recovery (TWRP)
Custom kernel (franco)
Root
X-posed framework

What is the best method to upgrade to the upcoming version 4.4.3*, keeping data?

Please answer with a step-by-step guide, possibly referring to this configuration (like: disable #5, revert #3 and #2 to stock, don't use OTA but this package from here, etc...)

Would be great to have technical explanation for each step, to make this Q&A useful for any 4.4.x-to-4.4.y Android upgrade.

Thank you.

*look at first comment


texts:
I have an HD2 mounting AmeriCan Android on SDCard. When I mounted it as USB device on a Windows Virtual PC machine, it worked fine.

I recreated my dev environment from scratch into VirtualBox but now when I connect the phone to VirtualBox Android crashes and WinMo reboots back.

Can somebody help me? Thanks


texts: How can I add apps from different regions?

texts:
I want to install apps from another region (example Nabobil), but can't, because I have a different region on my phone. I'm using Google Pixel 2 running on Android 10 (latest Android version at the moment).

I don't find the app either on Aurora Store and Yalp Store.

What would be the simplest way to do this?
Preferably without having to go to a different "desktop".  (logging in the whole phone to a different account)


texts: Saying "Call Joe Bloggs" doesn't work on Huawei Y330

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I bought my grandad a cheap Android phone - a Huawei Ascend Y330 - for Christmas. He likes Google Now a lot, but for some reason the command Call <somebody in his phone book> isn't working.

It's saying (in a robotic voice, not the usual one) Say the name of the contact you want to call, or say cancel. It isn't coming up with any contact suggestions either, and it isn't working for any contacts, from simple home to slightly more complicated names.

Initially it came up with a permission request to access his contacts, which I approved.

Saying Call ACME Inc does work though, when it needs to search online for the number.

It's running Android 4.2 Jellybean and there are no updates available.

Any ideas?


texts:
I want to know how can I restrict access to adult content on my android phone
What. Are the apps available in play store and is there any other permanent way to restrict such content on my phone. So that no one can ever ever get access to this kind of content on my phone.


texts: I cannot find the app in the list of apps. And it starts randomly. I want to get rid of it. How?


texts: How to make a complete backup from rooted device to non-rooted device?

texts:
I would like to get my data from an old rooted android phone, to a new android phone which can't be rooted. adb backup and helium aren't able to get all of my data from my rooted phone.
Is there a way for me to use the power of root in my rooted phone to make a backup, and then through non-root means restore the backup to the non-rooted phone?


texts: How can I manually download the Play Store APK from Google?

texts:
I have a Xiaomi Mi Note that doesn't come installed with Play Store. I'd like to install an APK for it manually, but all resources I've found on the web require me to install a binary from untrusted sources (e.g., a Mediafile upload).

How can I download the Play Store APK directly from Google?


texts:
I have an IR touch frame device which I have to configure using the idc file, however I am not sure if it is used at all.

I have changed the device type to pointer which should show a cursor on the screen when operated, and it is not happening.

From dmesg:

[   76.937599]  [0:          khubd:   40] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd
[   76.952845]  [0:          khubd:   40] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1ff7, idProduct=0013
[   76.952907]  [0:          khubd:   40] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[   76.952955]  [0:          khubd:   40] usb 1-1: Product: FC49WH00DL-CT-B2-10P
[   76.953002]  [0:          khubd:   40] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Touch Device
[   76.953045]  [0:          khubd:   40] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 1000
[   76.969757]  [0:          khubd:   40] input: Touch Device FC49WH00DL-CT-B2-10P as /devices/usb.25/ff600000.dwc3/xhci-hcd.0.auto/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input5
[   76.976113]  [0:          khubd:   40] hid-multitouch 0003:1FF7:0013.0004: input,hiddev0,hidraw3: USB HID v2.00 Mouse [Touch Device FC49WH00DL-CT-B2-10P] on usb-xhci-hcd.0.auto-1/input0

The file I've created is: /system/usr/idc/Vendor_1ff7_Product_0013.idc.
How can I make sure the file will be used?

Is it enough to reconnect the device to "reload" the changes in the file, or would I have to reboot the device?

Thank you


texts: Does Samsung galaxy tab pro 10.1 support exFAT on the SD card?

texts: Does this tablet support exFAT file system on micro SD card? Can this tablet recognize micro SD card formatted with exFAT file system?


texts: How to turn off notifications from Facebook Messenger on Android Gingerbread?

texts:
All the instructions on the web for disabling messenger notifications are for Androids 4.0 and higher. I just don't have "show notifications" box which to uncheck in the app menu on my Gingerbread device. Is there any other way to turn off messenger notifications or am I simply forced to buy a new phone?

Thanks a lot!

Screenshot (click for larger variant)


texts:
I'm conversant with Adb,Fastboot etc.
So after upgrading my Honor 5c to Android 7 (Nougat) NRD90M using Flashfire(trying to preserve root)the upgrade works fine, but I lost root and now cannot flash TWRP again with fastboot.  I'm working from Linux but I'm getting the same error from Windows 10.
Everything is 'unlocked', phone, oem, debugging etc.
The error:
Sending 'recovery' (24464 KB)                      OKAY [  0.839s]
Writing 'recovery'                                 FAILED (remote: 'Command not allowed')
fastboot: error: Command failed

I have root privileges in Linux and Windows .
It almost seems eRecovery is stopping this rooting. But it can't be.
Any ideas here because I really need root.   I have backups etc I need to use.
thanks
Cliff


texts: Why i cant use some button with some game with usb controller?

texts:
I bought a USB controller called 'ShanWan USB WirelassGamepad'. The controller claims to supports all the games but when I try to play 'Real Racing 3' and 'Fractal Combat X', I can use just the Analog Stick(or D Pad) but I cant use other buttons.

I'm using Galaxy Note 2, Android 4.4.2 If it's relevant


texts: How can you find which carrier a LG D803 is locked to?

texts: I bought a LG D803 and it came locked to an unknown carrier. All the unlock services require the information of which carrier the phone is locked to give me an unlock code. So, how can I find that out?


texts: How Can I Root my Sony Ericsson Xperia Tipo Dual?

texts: How can I root my Sony Ericsson Xperia Tipo Dual?


texts:
When I install any live wallpaper, I am shown a list of items that the app will access. Most of these live wallpapers also access the phone call details. I cannot understand why? Is there any technical reason related to it or something else. Also I think it may cause privacy damage.

So should I allow these apps access my phone call details?
Thank you.


texts: How to update the table of contents in Google Docs

texts:
On a computer browser I can update a Google Docs table of contents by clicking on the icon in the top-left corner of the table:

How can I do the same in the Google Docs Android app?


texts: Okay, so a couple weeks ago I bought a 32 GB micro SD card. When I installed it, I moved all my music, pictures, and videos to it -- all together, they were about 3 or 4 GBs. So I thought I'd get back those 3 or GBs of internal storage, but I didn't??? My internal storage still read as "Available Space: 500 mbs". Recently, I uninstalled about ten apps that I downloaded previously, yet I didn't receive that space back either. So I should have about 5 GBs of internal storage left, right? I've either deleted or moved everything to my micro SD card, but I keep getting the notification "Storage Running Out". Please help.


texts:
I have a user with a new Nexus 5X. It is configured to sync his personal (Gmail) email and work (Exchange) email (using the Gmail app). Gmail syncs fine; however, Exchange will only sync when connected to WiFi. Even a manual sync will not download Exchange email.

I have installed all updates (he is on Android 6.0.1, security patch level March 1, 2016). I confirmed that "restrict background data" is NOT enabled for anything. Turned off battery optimization (Doze) for Exchange Services & Gmail. I've tried various sync settings for the Exchange account (Push, 15 min, 30 min, etc). No luck. Exchange email will not download while on cell service, but Gmail will. As soon as I have a WiFi connection, the Exchange email downloads.

Not sure what to try next; any ideas?


texts: Reading Mifare Classic chips with Samsung Galaxy S4?

texts: Searching the web far and wide has me almost out of hope in making Samsung's Galaxy S4 phone read the Mifare CLassic chip through NFC. But does anyone know of any form of work-around, or is this strictly a result of the NFC hardware in this phone?


texts:
DISCLAIMER
I am aware that asking after an app to accomplish a task is generally off-topic here. If the solution to this question involves an app that's great, but this is mostly about unicode-aware playlists on Android.
Without further ado...
I regularly use OS X (iTunes) at home, linux at work, and an android phone. I would like to be able to share playlists across devices, and even wrote a little command line utility to convert iTunes XML playlists to m3u8/xspf and correct the file paths depending on the target machine.
But there's a couple of catches:

My music collection is fairly large (~27 GB) and I have yet to find any syncing software (e.g. doubletwist) that doesn't keel over and die. So I need to keep this stuff in sync manually, no automagic (unless it actually works).

I have a number of files who's names contain Spanish characters, Norwegian characters, or Japanese kanji, so the playlist has to be in a format that recognizes UTF characters (i.e. m3u8 over m3u).

I could care less about what format gets used, assuming it has a spec I am more than willing to write code to convert to it.

My stuff I've already done works fine for linux (VLC media player does fine), but VLC android doesn't seem to deal with unicode-aware playlists, nor does doubletwist cloud player.
Searching around the internet has found things mostly related to streaming lists (I don't care about streaming at all), usually pertain to video (I only care about music), or are about libraries one would use writing an android music player (which I'd prefer to avoid). I also see alot of questions here on android SE about timestamps, play counts, and other bells and whistles I don't really care about, I just want my playlists to work.
Does anyone know any way (player, syncher, whatever) to get unicode-aware music playlists working on android reading the local filesystem (which AFAIK is unicode-aware)?
*PS if it matters, HTC M8 running Marshmellow.


texts:
I am getting error "Read-only filesystem" when trying to add a new directory in /mnt via Terminal Emulator. So, I tried :

su
busybox mount -o remount,rw /mnt

in order to remount filesystem for /mnt as read-write; but I am getting error "can't find /mnt in /proc/mounts".

What is this error for !?

PS. My ultimate aim is to then mount an external storage on that new directory; say /mnt/myextdrive


texts: Preventing installed apps from making calls or sending SMS

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It seems like a growing number of (seemingly legitimate) apps casually claim the "Services that cost you money" permissions (making calls and sending SMS) for non-essential secondary features that aren't the main thing people download the app for.

A couple of examples I've seen recently are Any.Do and 2Do. These apps' primary purpose is managing to do lists and projects, but they have secondary minor features that use these permissions (I think it is for scheduling responses to missed calls and sharing tasks by SMS).

I don't want to allow any non-official app on my phone to make phone calls or send SMS. It's just not something I need 3rd party apps to do for me, and I'm not interested in these secondary features. The developers look reasonably legit - but I generally prefer not to feel like I'm unneccessarily handing a company I don't know an open wallet. But I would, ideally, like to be able to use these apps for their primary features, which appear to be very good and better than the competition for what I want.

Is there any way to download these apps and prevent these permissions from being used? Or to make it so any time they did try to make a call or send an SMS, I get some kind of system confirmation notice and the opportunity to stop it before it happens.

(please note this isn't a question about to-do apps, I'm aware there are loads of alternatives that don't use these permissions. It's a question about any kind of app you want for any reason, that requires call and SMS permissions for a non-essential minor feature you're not going to use)

Ideally I'd prefer not to need to root the phone to do this. I've looked at the app Permission Denied (requires root acces) and while I love the idea of what the app does, it sounds like a complicated road that I don't have time to go down. Likewise for custom ROMs.

I don't mind if it's a blunt solution that stops any app except the Android phone interface itself from making calls or sending SMS. In fact, that would be ideal. I thought about trying to use an app like Tasker to set up a trigger on any ongoing call or SMS that cancels it if it wasn't called directly by the Android phone interface, but I doubt that it would work (and of course Tasker uses these permissions itself...).

Also ideally I'd prefer not to need to spend lots of time in airplane mode unable to receive normal calls or messages - but I'll accept a strong solution that involves using airplane mode some of the time if there is no better approach.

I also don't mind if a solution causes the app to crash or force close any time it tries to use one of these permissions. If it thinks it needs to make a call or SMS, that itself is a sign that something is wrong.

This earlier question covers somewhat similar ground but with a focus on data privacy, monitoring, and proper sandboxing for rooted phones. Only one answer there seems like it could be a non-root solution to this specific problem - the app App Shield - but it seems to be no longer available (dead link and nothing relevant in Google Play app search).

EDIT - I've added a seperate linked question trying to find out what the deal is with App Shield: Is App Shield safe, stable, available?

Phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note if that's relevant.


texts: how do I reinstall the AOSP music player in KitKat?

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I bought a Motorola Moto G yesterday,
And the stock Android music player is missing.
I found an old froyo player that works somewhat but it isn't fully integrated.
I can't switch songs from the lock screen or the drop down menu. And it has advertising in it.

Where can I find the AOSP music player that will run fully in KitKat; with total OS integration and no ads?


texts: Is this screen saveable? Samsung S6 black screen with purple blotches

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I have been using my Samsung S6 as a security camera using Alfred. It was positioned in my window sill looking out over my front yard, screen off, but exposed to morning sunlight. It was also connected to a Samsung fast charger. Today, when I disconnected it to check a notification I heard, the screen is completely black, except for some purple and white blotches at the edges.

I did not drop the phone, nor was it bumped, impacted or crushed. I have tried force rebooting, draining battery until empty, then recharging, removing screenprotector and casing. Removed any lint from charing ports. No SIM is inserted.
My questions are:

Is this screen broken beyond repair?
If no, how do I fix this?
How was this caused? Sunlight? Fast charger? Something else?


texts: What package is responsible for the "Recents" button to work?

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Background:
I wanted to customize my phone a little bit, a Samsung Galaxy A70 (SM-A705FN), and that process included de-bloating it. I opened xda-developers, looked around, and finally found a list of bloatware to remove.
I threw in a few other packages that I checked, such as Samsung Radio, Google Duo, Netflix, and a few other things that I am 100% certain didn't have anything to do with my issue.
I then opened an ADB Connection and through the shell I uninstalled the packages, one by one, using this command:
pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.katana

Obviously I swapped around the package names for each package.
I tried to remove everything, somethings weren't removed, overall everything's great!
The issue:
Just now, several hours later, I noticed that my "Recents" button in the navigation bar is not doing anything. The effect is there, so I believe it registers the press, but I think I removed whatever handles that request. From what I gathered, it should be easy enough to re-install the package once I find what its called, but I've been looking for a while, and my only other option right now (except for factory resetting and just, like, living with it) is to manually check each permission in that list, which is going to be tedious.
Bottom line:
Does anyone know what package is responsible for handling the "Recents" button request? or of a better / easier way to solve this issue?


texts: How to sync facebook events with my android 2.3.4 calendar?

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I'm trying to sync my facebook events with my android calendar. The goal is to have an automatic sync between facebook events and 'some' account that is usable by android 2.3.4 account management. I choose google account as the most known to me.

My plan was to:
1. sync facebook calendar with google calendar using 'ical' (https://www.facebook.com/help/152652248136178 and https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37100?hl=en)
2. sync the google account with my android device so I have access to the google's calendar.

Unfortunately the facebook > google sync doesn't work and I get "We could not parse the calendar at the URL requested." error message. Changing 'webcal' prefix into 'http' or 'https' doesn't help. I tried to import my facebook event into other calendar (thunderbird's lightning) and it worked without any problems. I also tried to export the calendar into ical file (.ics) and import it (from file, not from url like previously) and it worked. It displayed my facebook events in my google calendar, but as I understand this is on-time-action and this won't sync.

Some other information that might be useful:
- android 2.3.4 doesn't support google calendar app, I'm using the 'default' one
- I can't upgrade my android
- the default facebook app is too clunky and I'm using the lite version, but I can't find any calendar option there
- I'm ok with using other apps to make the sync working
- I'm not ok with daily manual sync.

Do you know how to sync facebook events with my android calendar?


texts: I got my LG Optimus 2X and installed the facebook app however, there is no chat anywhere, not even in menu, is there a way to allow this?


texts: How do I skip the confirmation after creating a reminder in Google Now using voice?

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Before, when I'd activate Google Now with "Ok Google" to create a reminder, it would just create it right away.

Now, it asks me for confirmation to save and I have to say "yes".  How do I revert it back to the old way so that it just automatically saves.

Samsung Galaxy S6 (Unlocked)
Android 6.0.1


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I am using OnePlus 3T, Android 9. Recently I installed an app called "NoRoot Firewall" to prevent the apps from accessing the internet. I explicitly allowed and denied access to internet for some apps but didn't allow or deny the "System" (default) app to access the internet. If you don't allow or deny the the access, it will send you a notification when that app tries to access the internet.

I started receiving notifications when the "System" app tried to access the internet on multiple occassions. I ignored it for a week and I didn't see any issues in my phone as such. I was expecting if the system doesn't get internet, it will fail the operation that it was trying to do and I would notice it if I use that feature but I didn't notice any change.

Here is a screenshot of the URLs/IPs that it tries to access.

I tried hitting those URLs/IPs in my browser to check the certificate but it says it's missing certificate even though in the URL it shows that it's trying to access it on port 443.

Please provide your thoughts.


texts: Cannot use Gear VR app with error message "com.samsung.android.hmt.vrsvc is not installed"

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I have Samsung Galaxy S5 and Samsung Gear VR. I am trying to use CB Enabler for Gear VR, but I keep getting the message:

  com.samsung.android.hmt.vrsvc is not installed.

How can I install com.samsung.android.hmt.vrsvc and try to run the application again?


texts: Mi UI 11 notifications no longer stacking?

texts: I'm on MI UI 11 using a Mi Max 3, after a few weeks of usage I've realized now that notifications from certain apps such as YouTube and Twitter no longer stack when there are multiple of them, as they used to previously. Is there a way to change the setting back for this? I preferred how it was before, where they are kept under one entry in the notification shade and you can see the rest when using the drop down arrow. This feature still seems to be in place for messaging apps such as telegram, so I'm not sure how to change it for other apps


texts: How to adjust the threshold for the "storage low" event?

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There's almost no Android user (and certainly no regular visitor of our site) who hasn't heard of the "insufficient storage" error – or even experienced it him/herself. That there must be at least 10% of storage free on /data sounds ridiculous at least when the total space on that partition goes at or beyond 8 GB. Thus we quite frequently have questions on this topic here.

On one of the latest I've done some investigation of the relevant code, and discussed that in my answer. Let me quote the relevant code-block (taken from the latest code) here again:

 * This class implements a service to monitor the amount of disk
 * storage space on the device.  If the free storage on device is less
 * than a tunable threshold value (a secure settings parameter;
 * default 10%) a low memory notification is displayed to alert the
 * user. If the user clicks on the low memory notification the
 * Application Manager application gets launched to let the user free
 * storage space.

Now please focus on lines 2+3:

  If the free storage on device is less than a tunable threshold value (a secure settings parameter; default 10%)

(emphasis mine). So here comes my question:

TL;DR: If that threshold is tunable, how to tune it?

Is it something in settings we overlooked all those years? Is this supposed to be "tuned" by the "ROM bakers" only? Or, taking the hint of a "secure settings parameter", is there some app utilizing the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission to take care of that? By which means are we supposed to address this (if at all)?


texts: Can I recover the WhatsApp chat history from a damaged phone?

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My phone has suffered physical damage and it will no longer turn on. I have given it to a phone repair shop in the hope that the data is still alive in there and that it can be extracted using external means. Assuming I can get a copy of the internal storage of that phone into a thumb drive, one of the things I would like to recover from it is the WhatsApp chat history. The standard procedure, however, requires a working Android system on the old phone to work, and this might be a little too much of a stretch given the damage.

Is there a way to recover the chat history given these circumstances? Or is it lost to history due to WhatsApp's encryption mechanisms?


texts: How do I stop warnings appearing when I increase the volume?

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I am using Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.4 stock. Whenever I increase the volume while listening to music on my smartphone, I get a warning that listening at high volumes can cause problems to the ears. Is it possible to stop this message appearing?

I would prefer not to root the smartphone yet.


texts: Root - How to remove one of the superuser app?

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I rooted my phone a month ago and downloaded the SuperUser app yesterday.

However, when I use the app SuperSU, it is not running and it said i need to update a file. I could not update it.

What can I do? How can I remove SuperUser?


texts: How do I format my Nexus 5's /sdcard volume?

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I have an encrypted Nexus 5, and I want to format /sdcard as ext4 so I can use symbolic links. What steps should I take to back up and restore it, and to prevent apps from trying to use it before it's ready (e.g. using the Android equivalent of single-user mode)?

I've rooted my Nexus and unlocked the bootloader, but I haven't installed a custom ROM or anything else—it's still running stock Android.


texts: How to have the alarm audible when on vibrate or silent?

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I have an issue with my Android 4.4 Nexus 5. When the phone is on either silent or vibrate modes, the alarm is also either silent or just vibrates, which does not wake me up.

I need the alarm to be loud even though my phone is set to vibrate or silent. Currently I'm turning the volume up on my phone just before I go to bed, but that annoys my wife because text messages etc. then wake her up. This is annoying as this is my first phone after coming from iOS for several years, where this wasn't an issue.

I have tried an app to fix this (Persist), but that didn't work. I can probably set a tasker profile up to turn volume on at 6am in the morning, but that seems overkill for what should be a simple fix. I've had very mixed results with third party alarm apps. Lollipop will help in that I will have a "do not disturb feature" again, but that still requires me to ensure my phone is set to ring so I get my alarm to go off properly.

Am I missing something?? Should it be this hard to get an alarm that wakes me up? What do people recommend?

Edit: When I go to Settings > Sounds > Volumes, if the Ringtone & notifications volume is down, the "Alarms" volume is automatically turned off, and I can't change it. In fact the alarm icon even gets a cross through it. So it looks intentional, but I can't for the life of me work out why that would be desired behaviour.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


texts: What will happen to purchased apps if I log out of my Google account

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I'm in the process of moving to a new Google account. Most of the free apps I have, I've already uninstalled and re-installed. However, the purchased apps I'll have to take little by little, because I have some expensive ones, and my budget isn't big enough to do them all at once.

So basically if I log out of the old account, or even delete it, what will happen to the non-free apps? Will they continue to function as long as I do not uninstall them, or will they stop working altogether? I'm assuming I won't receive any updates until I re-purchase them with the new account, I'm fine with that.

I'm eager to delete the old account, but some of the more expensive apps are important to me, so I need to make an educated decision on how to proceed. I'm doing this because I recently changed my surname, and the old Google account is the last remnant of my old name.


texts: how to turn on phone when power button is broken?

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its a xiomi mi redmi 5a prime.
i can get it to fast boot but since usb debugging is int enabled i cant get it to go to recovery.
mi manager doesn't detect the phone in fast boot as well. Is there any way to fix this apart from taking the phone apart?


texts: How to re-run the "app optimization" process after upgrading to a higher version of Android?

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After each OTA Android upgrade, I get a message saying "Optimizing app x of xxx" that takes a while. The last time I upgraded, the battery ran out during the optimization process (not during the upgrade itself, which I know it's dangerous). After rebooting the phone the "optimization" process didn't carry on.

So, how can I start that process by itself without upgrading anything? (my Android is already up to date).


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I bought second Asus ZS570KL as backup phone since my old one starts to do... weird things. I created full backup using:

./adb backup -apk -all -obb -shared -v -f /backups/phone8.ab

And later performed

./adb restore /backups/phone8.ab

But it only restored files. When I checked out adb logcat -b system I noticed:

04-06 22:29:45.596 10100 10256 W DefContainer: Failed to parse package at /data/cache/backup_stage/pl.m4x.sphinx_customer_android_mobile_app_v2: android.content.pm.PackageParser$PackageParserException: Failed to parse /data/cache/backup_stage/pl.m4x.sphinx_customer_android_mobile_app_v2
04-06 22:29:45.617  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: [discarding file content]
04-06 22:29:45.624  2214 10078 I chatty  : uid=1000(system) adb-restore identical 52 lines
04-06 22:29:45.624  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: [discarding file content]
04-06 22:29:45.625  2214 10078 I BackupManagerService: Package pl.neptis.yanosik.mobi.android not installed; requiring apk in dataset
04-06 22:29:45.625  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: APK file; installing
04-06 22:29:45.625  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: Installing from backup: pl.neptis.yanosik.mobi.android
04-06 22:29:49.671 10100 10256 W DefContainer: Failed to parse package at /data/cache/backup_stage/pl.neptis.yanosik.mobi.android: android.content.pm.PackageParser$PackageParserException: Failed to parse /data/cache/backup_stage/pl.neptis.yanosik.mobi.android
04-06 22:29:49.699  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: [discarding file content]
04-06 22:29:49.805  2214 10078 I chatty  : uid=1000(system) adb-restore identical 100 lines
04-06 22:29:49.805  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: [discarding file content]
04-06 22:29:49.805  2214 10078 I BackupManagerService: Package ru.dront78.pulsedroid not installed; requiring apk in dataset
04-06 22:29:49.805  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: APK file; installing
04-06 22:29:49.805  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: Installing from backup: ru.dront78.pulsedroid
04-06 22:29:49.811 10100 10256 W DefContainer: Failed to parse package at /data/cache/backup_stage/ru.dront78.pulsedroid: android.content.pm.PackageParser$PackageParserException: Failed to parse /data/cache/backup_stage/ru.dront78.pulsedroid
04-06 22:29:49.812  2214 10078 I BackupManagerService: Package ru.zdevs.zarchiver not installed; requiring apk in dataset
04-06 22:29:49.813  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: APK file; installing
04-06 22:29:49.813  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: Installing from backup: ru.zdevs.zarchiver
04-06 22:29:50.296 10100 10256 W DefContainer: Failed to parse package at /data/cache/backup_stage/ru.zdevs.zarchiver: android.content.pm.PackageParser$PackageParserException: Failed to parse /data/cache/backup_stage/ru.zdevs.zarchiver
04-06 22:29:50.304  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: [discarding file content]
04-06 22:29:50.305  2214 10078 I BackupManagerService: Package simple.hexadecimal.color not installed; requiring apk in dataset
04-06 22:29:50.305  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: APK file; installing
04-06 22:29:50.305  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: Installing from backup: simple.hexadecimal.color
04-06 22:29:50.470 10100 10256 W DefContainer: Failed to parse package at /data/cache/backup_stage/simple.hexadecimal.color: android.content.pm.PackageParser$PackageParserException: Failed to parse /data/cache/backup_stage/simple.hexadecimal.color
04-06 22:29:50.473  2214 10078 D BackupManagerService: [discarding file content]

So it seems to crash. Google backup only seems to back up 80 of my 380 apps and definitely doesn't back up largest ones. What are my other options to perform full device mirror including all apps data, settings, credentials and everything? I'd like to have exactly mirrored 2 devices.


texts: How can you prevent a Kindle Fire from auto-mounting on a Mac when you plug it in to USB?

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I've got a Kindle Fire and I like to plug it in to my Mac to charge up (and also to do some development.)  It works fine but it is annoying to have to unmount it every time.

Is there any way to prevent it from auto-mounting when you plug it into USB?


texts: App folders on homescreen being removed automatically when a new app is installed

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I have HTC Desire 820 running on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop. I have folders with favorite apps on the home screen. But whenever a new app is installed, all those folders disappeared, and the home screen was being set to default.

I cannot rectify this issue and even cannot find out why this is happening. What is the possible cause and how to fix it?


texts: SwiftKey gets removed as input method after every update

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Every time SwiftKey gets updated it is removed from the list of input methods. I don't remember having this problem before Android 4.4, but in the last few days SwiftKey had some updates and it just gets annoying. I have to set it up again in the settings as a viable input method, getting informed about the security implications etc.

Is there a way to disable this behavior, so I don't have to set up the keyboard after every update?


texts: How to sync notifications between two android devices?

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I have two android devices, but I usually use only one at a time. I want to see the other device notifications without using any computer or web app.

I can use AirDroid to see notifications, but only in web or desktop app. I can log in the web app using Chrome Browser for Android, but I don't receive any notification. I only can see notificacions in the other device if I check manually the Airdroid web page.

I can use also Pushbullet to see notifications, but only with browser extension (I  only checked with Chrome one but I imagine it's also working with the other browsers). As I cannot install the browser extension in Chrome Browser for Android, this option is not valid to use within a smartphone.

Pushbullet offered in a previous version a beta feature to sync notifications between devices, but this feature has been dismissed.

Then, there is an option to be aware of notifications of one Android device from other one?


texts: Galaxy S2, 3 year old. Battery went from 55% to 13% in 5 minutes, then phone started restarting

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this morning going to work I had my battery at 55% was listening to music and chatting in skype. All of the sudden skype started lagging really hard and then phone restarted. When it turned back on, the battery had went down to 13% and phone restarted quite a few times ever since

what could cause this?


texts: Preventing a single app from updating from Play Store

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I have a single app (ES File Explorer) that I want to prevent from updating and I don't quite understand what is happening.

Removed the app from My Apps in the Play Store
Turned off my network connection
Uninstalled the new version
Side loaded the old version
Immediately unchecked the auto update within the app  (maybe about 30 sec later)
Turned my network back on

If I now check My Apps, there is an update for the app waiting and if I turn auto update back on, it will update to the new version.

If the app is not listed on My Apps - All (and I rechecked) and auto update is turned off within the app, what is causing this app to update and how do I prevent it?


texts: Is it possible to make my Samsung Galaxy Nexus use external usb storage like memory sticks?

texts:
Is it possible to make my Samsung Galaxy Nexus connect to a USB memory stick?

I have the USB Connect. How can I do that?


texts: Why doesn't Android report accurate Netflix data usage?

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I played ~2h of Netflix on my Nexus 5, on T-Mobile's LTE network early this morning. I had switched off WiFi. After doing so, the data usage screen looks like this (scaled down):

Netflix data usage (click for larger image)

Note that the phone reports 2.85GB of data used, with the top user being Netflix at 22.2MB. That's different by two orders of magnitude; and nothing else on the list comes close to making up the difference.

T-Mobile gives a different number still (~1.3GB). The screen notes that may differ. But it confirms that the data did indeed go over T-Mobile.

Why is Android under-reporting the data used by Netflix by two orders of magnitude? Is there some way to get accurate data usage stats (I'm rooted, so root-only solutions are OK).

edit: Checking /proc/net/xt_qtaguid/stats shows Android is reporting on rmnet0 while reality is on clat4. Not really a solution as that file reports since boot only, not a particular time range.


texts: The loud speaker of my phone, Xperia L is off. I guess the headset plugged in event is triggered and so mutes the loud speaker. Can I do anything about it. I can't even answer or makes calls... have to put it on loudspeaker or plug in the headphones. I don't think it's a hardware issue.


texts: How do I restart the 2.2 update for HTC Desire?

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I just got the notification for the 2.2 update for my HTC Desire (on O2 in the UK).  I downloaded and let the update install.  After a couple of reboots it told me it couldn't install as I needed to clean up some memory, which I've now done.

How do I restart the update install?  I've tried restarting the phone and going to the phone settings and checking for updates, but it doesn't find any updates and it's still reporting 2.1 installed.

Update:
Turns out the update file was on my SD card, but renaming it to update.zip and following Al. E's steps didn't work - I get a file not signed errors ("failed to verify whole-file signature" and "signature verification failed".

I've also since done a hard reset too, and now have open call with HTC second line support. Will update you when they get back to me.

Apparently setting the date to the future would cause the OTA to be detected again, but my date won't stay set to the future (yes, I have turned off network date updates!). I'm now researching how to use a file manager to update from the 2.2 zip file.

Watch this space...

Update 2: Okay, I finally cracked it!  First, I downloaded the UK O2 update from HTC's site, then followed Al E's method below to install the update.  Job done!!

The URL for the download was http://liveimage.htc.com/.  I knew the name of the update file as it was in my sd\download folder.


texts: Disable vibration of the phone, but leave it on smartwatch

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I'm trying to figure out the best setting for my Android 5.1 phone during my working hours.

When I'm at my workplace, my phone is constantly docked and in set to the Priority mode (this is automatic). When someone calls me, I get notification on the smartwatch. I set up Hangouts to vibration only and let it notify me in Priority mode (it is in the exceptions list).

I don't like the vibration of the docked phone, which may distract my colleagues, especially given the fact, that the only vibration I need is one of my smartwatch. At the same time I believe the smartwatch notifications are duplicates of phone notifications and if the latter are disabled, the former get disabled too.

Is there a possibility to disable docked phone vibration notification, while left smartwatch notifications intact? Any other suggestion to set up the phone in a workplace-friendly manner?


texts: How to avoid Android Pie (call recordings BLOCKED!!!) with my security update?

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My Huawei with Android 8 keeps pestering me constantly with "System Update Available for your device" and the choices are "download and install" and "later" but not "Leave me alone it's my damn phone". The update has a cryptic name like:

DRA-L21 1.0.0.151(C432)

Now, since Android 9 has made it impossible to record calls any more and that is the very most important feature in my phone, how can I be sure that this or any other update is not going to install Android 9 but only security patches?

Sources:

https://bitbucket.org/copluk/acr/issues/2418/kb-android-9-p-call-recording-issues

https://bgr.com/2018/08/15/android-pie-update-call-recording-apps-dead/

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-pie-blocks-non-root-call-recording-apps/

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/08/15/android-9-pie-puts-end-third-party-call-recording-apps/

Let me quote a paragraph from the first link, which explains the extent of the problem:

  A quick search on the Google Play Store shows more than 200 million total installs for over 200 call recording apps. It is clear that there is a legitimate need for call recording support. We alone received many thank you emails from our customers telling us how call recording helped them to win legitimate court cases, recover financial losses, listen to voice of loved ones who are have passed away or even save their lives!


texts: Weird data connection problem with my unlocked t-mobile LG V60 THINQ 5G

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I am using an unlocked t-mobile LG V60 THINQ 5G outside of the US right now. The problem I'm facing with this phone is when I connect with data it works for a short time and then it does not. Now if I restart the connection by turning it off and on again it works for a short time again.
At first, I thought maybe it is a network problem. But one day when my data connection was not working out of curiosity I activate my hotspot and connected with my laptop and another android and strangely both of the devices connected with the internet via my LG V60 THINQ 5G hotspot.
I cannot use the internet via the data connection in LG V60 THINQ 5G but can use the internet on other devices if I connect via the LG V60 THINQ 5G's hotspot. I'm pulling my hair!
I have also tried to check the internet connection via Termux termin
Does anybody have any idea how to fix this?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Any VNC solutions for an unrooted device?

I want to connect my phone to my computer via USB, and be able to send keystrokes to phone, and send phone's video output to computer screen. It's easy, i check out several tutorials, but i DON'T want to root my phone, i don't want to void my warranty. Is there ANY way to send keystrokes to Android phone from any "third-party" device, or to send phone's video output to computer without rooting the phone?


texts: Upgrade mediastar x2 4k satellite receiver

texts: i have ms-x2 4k satellite receiver with android os v7. 0 after download last updrade file from official site and restarting the device it showes this error: "installation aborted". What should i do? Plz help me


texts:
Operating system partition can be wiped in order to reinstall a broken ROM installation for example, personal files will be left intact. What is the correct partition to wipe?
Partitions for OnePlus One in TWRP (excluding cache and USB OTG):

system
data
internal storage


texts: OpenVPN is asking for client certificate where it shouldn't

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I have imported the client config file to official OpenVPN client for Android.

The config file contains CA cert but no client cert or key. That's fine because i have auth-user-pass directive in it.

But when I try to connect, a window pops up saying:

  Select Certificate

  This profile doesn't include a client certificate. Continue connecting
  without a certificate or select one from the Android keychain?

If I choose to continue, it connects but this window appears every time I want to connect.

The same profile works fine on Windows (official OpenVPN GUI) and VPN Client Pro (unofficial client from Play Store).

Why it is looking for client certificate when the authentication method is user+pass?

Thanks.

EDIT for JW0914:

Since you are providing wrong information I did a little bit of search and found the answer:

As it is described here the key is to add "--verify-client-cert none" to the server config file.


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When I enter ./adb devices  I get Device not found.  Yet I can successfully unlock my phone via ./fastboot oem unlock.  I can't turn on debugging since my phone is stuck in a bootloop and won't start up.

I am in fastboot mode, and I don't have an sd card.

I'm using a Mac, Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Maguro), SDK, and terminal


texts: Does anyone know how to turn off sounds for notification of app updates? Turning off notification sounds also turns off message tones. This is becoming really annoying as phone beeps every time an app updates!


texts: How to download photos moved to Google Photos with Backup & Sync in their original folder hierarchy

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I turned on Backup & Sync when I got my Pixel 3 way back when without the understanding that pictures would be removed from my phone when they are put in Google Photos, and worse that it seems despite the phone allowing selection of which folders have their contact moved to Google Photos, that "download"'ng them put them in a restored directory, and not back in the directory they were once in.
Is there a way to download these photos back onto the phone, or PC, in their original folder heirachy?


texts: Not receiving OTA update after restore stock rom from cyanogenmod

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I heard Moto G2 was getting a Lollipop 5.1 update so I decided to go back to stock from cyanogenmod. I used a tutorial similar to this one to go back to stock, and I'm now currently on Lollipop 5.0.2 with system version 22.21.28. The issue is I'm not getting the system update (already tried with motorola device maganer in my PC)

Browsing the web I found this info (the one with bold letters) on this website

  this flashes the newest system and boot image:
  22.21.28-titan_retuglb.zip flash via custom recovery

  for completeness the corresponding modem and recovery for this system version.
  (This doesnt add any functionality, but allows you to install future ota's)

  xt1063-22.21.28-modem.zip flash via custom recovery

  xt1063-22.21.28-recovery.img flash via fastboot

Which made me think this might be the solution but after checking what I did to go back stock, I already had flashed a recovery and a modem.

Why can't I get OTAs, did I miss to flash something? is this recovery and modem file different from the ones I already flashed (see tutorial) and using these ones is the solution?


texts: Is it possible to reach hidden SMB/CIFS share from Android?

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I am using ES file explorer to browse my Windows shares. Now I made some SMB/CIFS shares with Linux, and it is able to make "hidden" shares, like this:

[priv]
comment = Private
path = /media/VIDEO/prov
available = yes
valid users = dims device
read only = no
browseable = no
public = yes
writable = yes

I can use this share from Windows if explicitly enter it's name. But looks like ES File explorer can't remember the link if it is not browseable.

How to overcome?


texts: Got replacement note 2, and gmail did not back up my apps, contacts, nothing? Why not?

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Just like it says in the Title i got a new phone and added my existing gmail account that i know is backed up already because I have been there and done that 10 times already.(hence why I got a replacement phone...well part of the ROGERS story)
 Anyways nothing synced, downloaded, nada, zip, zilch!

Any ideas..?


texts: Is there any way to force apps to use internal memory only on rooted Android device?

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I have OnePlus 5T 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage. 100GB free space is available on phone. I rooted the device.
Now, I am facing a problem regarding installing apps from Google Play Store. When I try to install any random app, it's showing

App Requires External Storage
[app name] can't be downloaded. Insert an SD card or USB storage with sufficient storage, and try again.

And also no apps are using Internal Storage for storing the data like Camera, WhatsApp, etc. I am even not able to download and see the WhatsApp images or any document shared and not able to download anything from Chrome too.
How to solve this issue?


texts: Can a Nexus 6P be factory reset when screen cannot be used and phone off?

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I broke my Nexus 6P screen, so am replacing it - usually I would factory the phone. However, I can't as the screen is completely black.

I power cycled the phone, but I am unable to enter the pattern to unlock the phone (fingerprint scanner only works after you enter the pattern after restart).

I used Android Device Manager to wipe it, but as I can't decrypt it through entering my pattern, it isn't online, so can't be wiped.

However, does any of this matter if the pattern can't be entered after power cycling? Surely the device is encrypted so my data is secure. And if anyone manages to guess my pattern, the device will be online and ADB will wipe it.

Should I do anything else?