texts: redmi 2 prime not charging and phone not going to turn on

texts: Its battery drained to 0% and I plugged the phone for 1 hour but its still not turned on.How much time its takes to charge 0 to 1% and I cant find also that the phone is charging or not because it is not showing any logo or battery sign.


texts: adb KEYCODE ENTER or 66 is not working in huwaei/Vivo phone to toggle the Airplane Mode

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Using ADB Keyevent i am trying to enable and disable the Airplane Mode toggle option from UI, but its not happening...can anyone help me on this.

I tried with adb KEYCODE ENTER and 66 as well, but nothing works in my devices.


texts: Husband’s honor 10 will not swipe in any direction and we can hear faint voice instructions. The phone has not been dropped or damaged.


texts: Is there any way/app for Android that mimics the functionality of stereo mix in Windows?


texts: How to tell what app or process periodically sends SMS messages?

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About a week ago I purchased a T-Mobile SIM card and activated it on a $3/mo prepaid program. This program requires you to load your account with $3 per month to keep it alive, and these include 30 minutes of talk or 30 messages.

I am using an old T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream, the first Google Phone, I think) as an emergency or an extremely-low-usage phone, so that $3/mo plan fits just my needs right. Because this is such an old phone, the OS is updated to version 1.6 and can't be further updated.

When first loading the account, the minimum amount allowed was $10, so I figured out it should last for some 3 month, which is great.

To my dismay, I soon noticed that the remaining balance in my account was draining very fast, and I expected to be without funds in a couple of days, although I did not make any calls nor sent/received any texts. Chatting and then calling the customer service, I was told that messages were indeed sent from my phone, apparently w/o my knowledge, but they could not tell me who (what) sent them. The representatives promised to block any SMS activity for this account and to refund my lost money.

A few days later, I now have $0 in my account. What changed is that I can now see a few notifications telling me that:

  453: Free Msg: Unable to send messages - Message Blocking is active

The 453 seems to be T-Mobile's service number, as I received notifications from 456 telling me that my requested account changes (supposedly the SMS blocking) is now in effect a few days ago.

Questions:

1. How can I determine what app or process is trying to send SMS's, if the Messaging app does not show any outgoing messages?

2. Why don't the outgoing messages get recorded in the Messages log?

3. How to determine what number is being called (messaged)?

NOTE: A few questions here address similar issues, but unfortunately, the solutions involved installing some permission tracker apps which are incompatible with the old firmware version I have.


texts: Not enough power on USB-C for USB key or keyboard

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I have a pocophone f1, unlocked but not rooted.
I would like to plug USB keyboard or USB key with an OTG adapter but both are not detected.
I deduce that there not enough power provided by the USB-C port because my USB key have a blinking led which dimly lit.
My phone model seems to handle OTG devices.
What do you think I could do to get OTG working ?


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Is there a task widget that only shows todays tasks?  I have a had  a few that I have downloaded, synced with my google account, and all was fine. I then added that task app as a widget and started completing tasks, and future tasks appear. For example, I have make;

Make coffee (due 1-11-12)
Make lunch (due 1-11-12)
Do laundry (due 1-11-12)
Make coffee (due 1-12-12)
Make lunch (due 1-12-12)

Now say I only see 3 tasks on the widget, so they all have a due date of 1-11-12. Great, all todays thing that need to be done, but as soon as I mark off make coffee, (due 1-11-12), it brings up make coffee (due 1-12-12), which I don't want. I only want to see todays tasks. Any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!

If possible, I'd like the widget to be about the size of the calendar so it doesn't take up the entire screen. I'd like to keep the task and calendar on the same screen.


texts: I need a straightforward answer, does the Samsung Galaxy S2 have two microphones? I tried to Google it but was not too successful. Two mics are essential for my upcoming project. Thank you for all your replies.


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How to migrate a swype keyboard dictionary to another device (a new one for instance)?
When I buy a new phablet I have to collect words over again.


texts: When app is moved to SD card, where is the app data stored on SD card?

texts: My phone (Sony E4g, running Android 4.4.4) offers the possibility of moving some of the installed apps partially onto the (removable) SD-card. I use this feature regularly, and -in theory- quite a big part of the apps are already moved on it. My problem is however that I can't find these anywhere on the SD-card, and there are no separate partitions on the card either. So my question is: where exactly are this moved apps stored on the external storage in KitKat ? Thanks.


texts: what is the GPS accuracy for android phones?

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i need to know what is the accuracy of the GPS sensor for Samsung Galaxy S 3 and Nexus  4 .

i need to know how much its accuracy, I didn't find the information which i need, ex: how many meters the accuracy will be ?


texts: Widget to show calendar events and TODO items merged in a single agenda?

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The Calendar application works with Google Calendar and its agenda style is really useful. Nevertheless, for some reason, it does not work with Google Tasks, so I use GTasks that works with the Google Tasks. I use both of them really intensively, but none of them can show both calendar events and todo items. Sometimes it's very inconvenient because I have to switch between widgets and merge the overall timeline in my mind.

So is there any widget to show calendar events and TODO items at once? Agenda style would be a real plus.

Thanks in advance.


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I have samsung A5, android 5.0.2, not rooted. it supports moving to SD card from application manager. Every time I update an app, it is moved to storage and i have to move it to sd card again.

Is there an app that move other apps to SD automatically after updates? I had link2sd and purchased the paid version long ago for a rooted s3 mini, but i don't find link2sd useful anymore. App2SD is just an interface for moving apps, it can't move apps automatically.

If you want to know why I don't want to root, here, actually I want to root but there are no rooting safe rooting tools for my phone right now.


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How can I remove the album art from showing on my lock screen? I want my live wallpaper to show instead.

Edit: should have added device and ROM. Sorry first time on here. Using a Sprint GS3 with CM11 Nightlies.


texts: How to uninstall a system app using adb uninstall command (NOT remove via rm or any other way)

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Have to mention this to avoid possible confusion, this question is not duplicate. This question is specific to using adb to uninstall a package. There are several similar questions but are all different from this one, as they're focused on removing an application by any means.

Please do not provide answers using "rm" command to delete the package files. Also, answers related to malformed package names, or trailing carriage returns. I think they're pretty much all covered in all the other questions.

I had pm uninstall functionality but after ROM upgrade. Some things won't uninstall anymore. For example the following two system apps (which I removed under previous ROM, significantly improving overall performance):
/system/priv-app/SecurityCenter/SecurityCenter.apk=com.miui.securitycenter
/system/app/Updater/Updater.apk=com.android.updater

Now I get an error trying to pm uninstall them:  Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]

But other system apps (which won't uninstall through regular android interface) do uninstall via pm uninstall command. Example:
/system/priv-app/Browser/Browser.apk=com.android.browser

So both are system apps, what could be the difference between them?

For reference, I upgraded from MIUI 8.1.6.0 to 8.5.3.0, and re-installed TWRP and SuperSU. This question is not specific to my ROM, as I see other people are in the same situation. But I seem to have an advantage being able to be able to uninstall some system apps. And am willing to contribute, to find a solution for everyone, to uninstall any app.

I tried: mount -o rw,remount /system
but that didn't solve it.

Please help out with any ideas along the way. Thanks!

Update 1  - Confirming steps to avoid intermittent issues
 * Wiped all partitions in TWRP
 * Installed Latest ROM (MIUI 8.5.3.0)
 * Went back to TWRP, wiped only /Data
 * Restored /Data from backed up version of the ROM that came with device (MIUI 8.1.6.0)
 * Now after I boot into OS, ROM shows as latest (MIUI 8.5.3.0) in settings

Now I am able to pm uninstall every app I've tried. Even the most resilient: Google APP, Updater, Security.

This Frankenstein.. err I mean hybrid ROM works fine so far, and I've already removed many system packages, making the phone (Redmi 3S+) visibly faster. But I would still like to pinpoint what was causing this to make it into Generic Solution. So, if it ain't broke I'm willing break it, so next time it breaks we will know what's causing it and how to fix it.

Update 2  -
 * Wiped all partitions and restored all partitions from Original ROM.  * Restored to factory settings (using TWRP)
 * and after booting into ROM, went back to TWRP and made another backup
 * Using same scenario as in Update 1 above, with only exception of using /Data from here. pm uninstall does not work.

Any thoughts on the differences between the two /Data partitions I should be focusing on?


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I have Asphalt 6 on my HTC Desire S. That looks awesome on phone, now I want to play the game on PC. Is it possible at all? I mean is there any app which will let me play this game on my PC over wifi using my phone?

Desire S don't have any TV out, but it do support DLNA connection, if that matters.

OS: Windows XP
Mobile OS: Android 2.3.3


texts: I need to paste text into the Android emulator for testing. I'm running Android 1.6 on the emulator on Mac OS 10.6. Any idea if this is possible?


texts: Missing App Data files after One UI 3.0 update on Samsung

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After updating my Samsung A50s to the version a507fnxxu5dub6, which is the One UI 3.0 latest update, I noticed that the app files stored in Android/data are all missing

Even the obb files are missing from the default file manager, but when I used a third-party file manager, only the obb files are shown

I already ticked the option to show hidden files to no success, also rebooted the phone, but nothing changed. Tried looking for the patch notes just in case the files had been moved somewhere, but I can't seem to find anything. My apps/games are all working fine so the files are not deleted/removed.
What would be the solution for this? I was planning to share a game including its file, and since the game's folder in the Android/obb does not have its game files, I presumed it must be in the data folder. That's when I noticed the folders are missing


texts: Text Bubble and Background S6 Marshmallow Update

texts: Ever since the update, my text background is white and the bubbles are yellow and blue only. I have no settings area like before where I can adjust it. I can change the background but that's it. I can't adjust or change the bubble or its color? It's really hard on my eyes. Is there a way to chsnge them still or do I have to download a theme? Seems silly to chsnge the theme for a text bubble option!


texts: Moto-Z Play with TWRP 3.4 asking for password

texts: I have an unlocked Moto-Z play.  I able to install 'fastboot flash recovery twrp.img'.  When I boot TWRP, it asks for a password.  I tried "default_password" and I changed my screen lock pin to 1234 and tried that.  both these didn't work.  Please help.


texts: Read GPS location from command line via SSH

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I am wondering if there's a way to read the current GPS coordinates via SSH using SSHelper as SSH server.

I came accross some similar threads:

How to detect GPS status through adb shell?
A way to get location coordinates from command line
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31707981/adb-shell-get-live-gps-location-not-last-known-location
Viewing the GPS-location of an Android Device?

I managed to run the SSH server and connect to it. So far, I have tried to run the dumpsys location command over ssh, which gives me the following:

Permission Denial: can't dump LocationManagerService from from pid=27381, uid=10192 due to missing android.permission.DUMP permission

Does that command only work with adb? If yes, is there another way of retrieving GPS coordinates over ssh, i.e. using some shell commands?

I don't have root, and I'm not an app developer. Thanks!


texts: Isolating pocket casts from scrobble for last.fm

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When I play a podcasts on my android phone using pocket cast 4.2.3 I notice that the details are scrobbled to last.fm. It is happening because I have set my last.fm app to scrobble. I want to scrobble every music playing app I have but I do not really view pocket cast as a music app. How can I stop scrobbling from pocket cast?

In last.fm scrobble settings I see that there are various categories of apps to scrobble from

Scrobble Android Player: Scrobble the built-in Android music player
SLS support: Scrobble apps that use the simple Last.fm scrobbler API
ScrobbleDroid support: Scrobble apps that use the ScrobbleDroid API

Where does Pocket Cast fit into those options?


texts: Magisk manager not detecting magisk installation

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Device: itel A11, Android 6
Before the installation of  magisk v22, my magisk installation was working fine, so I updated the magisk through direct installation and rebooted my phone but magisk manager wasn't detecting magisk.
I tried flashing magisk on my boot image and flashed the patched image with fastboot and spd flash tool but magisk manager  wasn't still detecting magisk.
I updated to the latest canary version and tried the same thing but to no avail, so I tried flashing my stock ROM but replaced my boot image with the patched boot image still nothing.
Today I came across this thread Magisk issue :Device rooted but Magisk not installed that shows exactly the problem I have and he solved the problem by uninstalling the repackaged magisk manager, but now my problem is I flashed my phone and I doubt if the repackaged magisk manager will still be in the phone but why is magisk manager not still detecting magisk


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Hi I was wondering if anyone else has had problems with this ROM update

OMEGA ROM for Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505

I have followed the steps to flash the boot loader (completed successfully).
Flashed the model (failed) but once I booted into the ROM all was fine apart from I can't make any calls or receive calls. Or more specifically it will dial the call but the screen goes black like its froze/locked up. Has anyone seen this or a similar issue before that they may be able to help me with?


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Cyanogen mod 9, ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.9.2

I recently plugged in my phone after the battery completely died over night and the phone is stuck in a bootloop. I left it trying to boot for 30 minutes and it's just stuck.

I've made a backup in clockworkMod recovery and am willing to flash the phone to a newer or the same version of cyanogen but I don't want to lose data.

Is there any way I can make sure my contacts and SMS messages are recovered?


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I downloaded 'boomerang' and I pressed the button to take a video but then it said ' something went wrong please try again'. I have reinstalled this app, but still got this problem. I have also been having an issue with logging in to snapchat, here can't log in to Snapchat - Problem connecting to the server

would this be a problem? is there something wrong with my phone? should I consider factory resetting  my phone??


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I own a Samsung Nexus S 4G on Sprint, and I am having terrible but intermittent problems with my signal quality on my phone. I have reasonably high certainty that this is a hardware issue (my wife has the same phone on the same plan and her phone usually works where mine does not), but due to the fact that the problem is intermittent I have not been able to duplicate it in the Sprint store.

What I am looking for is a way (perhaps an app) that will periodically poll and record the signal strength on my phone, as well as recording when my phone fails to connect on a call (during the periods when my phone is acting up this will sometimes occur 10-15 times in a row). Are there any apps that provide this functionality, or would have anyone have any advice on developing this app on my own (I am a decent programmer, but I have never developed an Android app).


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What is the best way to root my Micromax A87?

My phone RAM shows only 160MB, but I only access about 120MB.
I want my phone to run faster.

Or is there any common method for rooting my phone.
Kindly help me.


texts: How do I prevent apps from getting installed onto my Pixel?

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I'd like to prevent any apps from being installed on my Pixel.
I tried this with Google Family Link, but you can install apps rated E.
I also tried this with AppBlock, but I can install apps from play.google.com from my computer.
I'd like the primary user on this phone to no longer be able to install apps at all.
An acceptable solution would be to password protect installing new apps, so that someone with the password could install apps.


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I have a few apps on my phone that for some reason only work on wifi. It is an email client and a public transportation app.
I tried reinstalling the apps, clear cache and data, clear cache, and data on Google Play Services, resetting network settings but nothing seems to work. Is there any way I can make them work on mobile data as well?
EDIT
As suggested, I'm including a few more details. The affected apps are Microsoft Outlook and InfoTB.
I am Romanian, my carrier is Vodafone, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy 10e running on Android 10.


texts: Samsung Galaxy s5 receiving MMS as group messages?

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I have a new Samsung Galaxy s5 which I like however when a single contact decides to message me an MMS (picture/video) my messages start a whole new message thread as a 'Group message'.

I just want the single message thread to continue with the same person when I received a MMS (picture/video) from that contact. Is there a way of making this happen via settings or something?

Much Love!


texts: Why does Chrome drain more battery compared to Edge beta?

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I'm currently using Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge together on the same smartphone. They share the same data, book marks etc. But even with data saver chrome kills the battery.

Not related: Even on the PC it's the same, chrome eats more resources.


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The screen on my OnePlus 3 phone was beginning to peel away from the bezel.  There was already a noticeable separation all the way along the top, and the problem was spreading downward along the sides.  Other than a touch-screen test I had to perform every time I activated the smartphone, it worked fine.  (It must have sensed something was weird with the screen, and made me touch four randomly placed circles before it would activate.)

I brought it to a local, independent smartphone repair shop about 12 days ago. They told me the battery was bloating, which is what was causing the screen to be pushed away from the bezel.  Since I don't have experience with this sort of thing, I just took their word for it, and let them order another battery.  Now I'm suspicious; battery life was fine.  I could use the phone (YouTube, games, phone) for 8 or more hours without needing a charge.  The phone would not be hot nor have a hot spot.

Ten days later (yesterday) they phoned me late afternoon, letting me know the battery had come in, and said I could bring it in today.  Their Saturday hours are 11 to 3, and the person on the phone was confident it could be completed same-day if I brought it in around 11.  I did.

The tech told me he could have it ready in a little over an hour.  I gave him 2 hours and went back.  The tech told me they must have gotten the wrong battery.  It fit, the connector was correct, and the phone came on, but it told him it had the wrong battery. He showed the original to me.  I could not see swelling, but the black paper backing was wrinkled as if perhaps it had maybe bloated and remained stretched out after the battery went back to normal size due to no load.  At least that is what the tech said.  He showed me three round holes on the back which he said had been caused by the failing battery.  He told me it would be a very bad idea to put the original battery back. He wanted to glue the screen in place over the new battery and see what the phone's status would be then.  So I'm doing that, and have another 40 minutes before I go back to check.  (I can't call; he has my only phone...)

Am I getting the run-around from a clueless, perhaps dishonest shop?

Unfortunately I prepaid for the battery and screen repair. If it is not working when I get back, I am not going to wait 10 days for another, possibly wrong, battery.  If they can't resolve the problem by the end of the day Monday, what are my reasonable options?


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Please help I need to flash stock rom on my dead samsung device but I can't find it, I attempted to remove the case but I don't know where sould I find it.

Here are some the phone info
Model found on settings : N5200
Rom : 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
Processor in board: MediaTek ARM MT6572A

Found this unknown numbers and letters
Rated 5V = 2A
FCC ID: A3LGTP1000
Dual Core2 Tablet: N5200
V710-1-V710_bin_V04
SN:8145051101607  14E08025
SAMSUNG ----- 410
KMN5X000ZM B209
T V710-1-2G
Thats All ! Thanks


texts: No way to clear the Monthly Data Limit on Huawei Mate 10 Lite, Android 7.0, EMUI 5.1

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So, I'm in my 3rd month of ownership of my first (and last) Huawei smartphone and I have discovered yet another strange family of issues.

I have a 20GB monthly data limit from work so I rarely check my data usage. But I had a few extra charges on my last bill so I decided to check it out. (First time on this phone)

The first shock was that there was no Sum of the usage, just a graph with the daily peaks and that's it. So if it was say the 30th, then you would have to add-up 30 days worth of data to find out how much you have left. What a joke:

Anyway, so I figure that I should add a data limit and maybe that will Sum-up my usage. So I tap on the gear icon on the top right, then on Monthly Data Limit and enter 18GB. Voila, my total appeared:

From here on, the story gets even stranger.

I tapped on the pencil icon and for some strange, inexplicable reason, you can actually edit your usage. What exactly is the point of that??? So I enter a number and tap on OK to see what happens, and now the Used total becomes whatever amount I entered:

So I decided to revert to the ACTUAL total usage and I was confronted with yet another trademarked Huawei irritation. You cannot clear your own usage, you have to enter something in that box, otherwise Save stays disabled:

So as a last resort I thought that I should clear my data limit and be done with all this mess. Sadly I discovered that there is no way of doing that. It seems that once you enable the data limit, you're stuck with one. You can only change the number of MBs or GBs and again like above, you have to enter something in that box otherwise OK is disabled:

I tried Network settings reset but all that does is delete your stored Wi-Fi networks (thanks Huawei) and Bluetooth devices (thanks again !)

Any ideas?


texts: The SamsungGalaxyAce doesn't let me download apps!Even with a huge SD Card

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace and a 4GB SD card, I only have one app that is whatsapp, and When I try to download another app That is 40MG(a lot less than 4GB), it says insufficient Space, but I go to settings and it says that I have 3.69GB of space on SD card, and on the phone's space that comes with it says 20 MG available, so I have 3.69GB,and 20MG, and it doesn't let me download apps!What do I do?


texts: Would I install android studio with 2 GB RAM

texts: Would I install Android Studio on my PC that have Window 7 and 2 GB RAM?


texts: I notice a difference in the terminal font between two of my Android devices, specifically in terms of character coverage (in both cases it's the terminal shell of JuiceSSH).  How do I set the font that the terminal uses in Android?


texts: Connect a portable USB modem (data card) with Samsung Galaxy S II

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Is it possible to connect and use portable USB modems such as Reliance net connect, MTS, etc., using an OTG cable with Samsung Galaxy S II and use it?

I went through many forums and haven't got any promising answer. I'm currently using Android version 4.0.3 along with SiyahKernel 3.0. In this kernel, I'm able to connect flash drives, mouse and keyboard.


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I tried flashing a custom rom using ADB Sideload in TWRP 3.3.0.0. Now I am unsure how to proceed. I did my preparations:

Bootloader is unlocked
USB debugging is enabled

However when the sideload froze, after 20-30min I unplugged usb. When I inserted the usb-cable again I tried the following things:

when I type adb devices I see my device-id and the status is recovery
fastboot devices is not returning my device
adb push returns me a couldn't read from device
ADB Sideload in TWRP wont work
when I trype adb rootI get a msg saying that I already am root

Now I am wondering what to do. When I go into twrp reboot menu I have the options System, Power Off, Recovery and Bootloader. In addition I have the option slot A and slot B. It also tells me that currently I am in Slot B. Here are my questions:

How do I reboot TWRP from TWRP? My current guess is to reboot Slot B

I also noticed in previous installations that TWRP seems to reboot automatically if no System has been installed.

What is the difference between rebooting Slot B and Recovery? Would both reboot in TWRP?
Does it make sense to reboot into Bootloader?

Do I then need to flash TWRP from fastboot again? Because I am unsure if this would work, as currently my fastboot doesn't find my device

Update:
I am using a temporary TWRP booted using fastboot flash boot <twrp-image.img>


texts: Explain the ondemand CPUFreq governor parameters in SAMSUNG galaxy S4?

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I am trying to understand how does the onDemand CPUFreq governor works. I have a SAMSUNG S4 device and I looked into the following file to see the tuneable parameters of SAMSUNG Glaxy S4 GT-i9505 (Qualcomm chipset).

$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand

down_differential

enable_turbo_mode

ignore_nice_load

io_is_busy

optimal_freq

powersave_bias

sampling_down_factor

sampling_rate

sampling_rate_min

sync_freq

up_threshold

up_threshold_any_cpu_load

up_threshold_multi_core

I tried to understand these parameters, The kernel documentation here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
explains Governors and governor parameters, but some of the parameters are not explained in the documentation. Can you please explain or point me to the documentation which I could read and understand all these parameters for a better understanding of dynamic frequency scaling in Android?


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How to root Android 6.0.1 on samsung galaxy J5 sm-j500h?

Please.


texts: How do I turn off the notification sound for when apps request the current location

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Today, my HTC 10 was updated to Oreo 8.0.0.

Now, whenever an app requests my location, I get the location icon appearing, and a default notification sound plays. "System UI: Finding Location" is what the notification displays.

The sound never played before the update.

I've looked everywhere to try to turn this notification sound off, and I cannot find it.

I did go to Settings > Sounds and Notifications > Advanced > Notifications. When I see the list of apps, I've also clicked on the options menu to include System apps. I assumed I had found it with Location Services, and turned off "Allow Sound" which was turned on. It did not turn off the sound. I also restarted the phone.

I would like to turn off the sound while continuing to allowing apps to request my location. For example, when I go into Instagram, or the camera, I get the notification. I don't care if it shows me the icon for a second, but the sound has got to go.

Edit: Verizon Wireless is my carrier. I didn't think that was relevant, but once I found the solution, I realized it was.


texts: What is the approximate battery discharge rate of Google Pixel 3XL phones when turned off?

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I am considering purchasing a new Google Pixel 3XL Android phone, primarily for photography.  I don't believe those phones have been manufactured for 2-3 years, so I am concerned about the battery health.  If the phone has been sitting in a box for 2 years with 0% charge, my understanding is that it's likely the battery will not function well.
For this reason, I'm wondering: What is the approximate battery discharge rate of Google Pixel 3XL Android phones when turned off?
(Also, if anyone happens to know how approximately much battery charge was present when the phones were placed in their box, that will be helpful.)


texts: Sony Xperia M5 Sudden death - How to recover

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My xperia M5 dual device had been put on for charging. When I plugged it into the charger it had around 60% of the battery power remaining. I kept it charging for around an hour and removed it from the charger. The device had gone switched off and I could not get it back working.

When I powered on the device, it showed me the Sony logo and some starting screen. Then it went all black. When I powered it again it showed me the Sony logo again same happened. It was not a boot loop since I had to manually switch the device on to see the startup screen again.

However, the third attempt to switch the device on was not successful. I plugged the device back to the charger and it showed me the red indicator indicating me that the device is connected to the charger. But I realized that although the charging indicator was there, the device was not charging. (If it had been charging properly, the indicator LED should switch the color from red to some lighter red and then after 90%, it should become green). The indicator LED was in red color every time.

Then I removed the device from the charger and was busy for about a day and I did not touch the phone. Then I connect the device back to the charger and for my wonder, it showed me the charging icon on screen and it had been charging properly. I waited for it to be 100% and switched it on again. The same thing happened. It showed the Sony logo, and then the startup screen, and then went all black. Again the battery was 0% I think and when connected to the charger battery LED was red all along the day.

After two days, same thing happened. But this time the device came past the startup screen and showed the screen of apps are updating. During that process, the phone went off again.

After a long description of the symptoms, this is what my question is. I need to know whether my phone is soft bricked or hard bricked. Will I be able to get my phone back to work. In fact what I need is to completely retrieve the storage and wipe them out completely before handing over to the shop for the repair. My device is still under warranty.

I tried get into recovery mode by pressing power button and the volume down at the same time. But I couldn't. Is there any tool or method which can help me in this case?


texts: Google Keyboard settings occasionally reset to defaults

texts: From time to time, Google Keyboard settings are reset to default with no apparent reason. It is frustrating and time consuming to set those settings again and again. Especially if you use device for multilingual communication.


texts: Document file names automatically change during Share

texts: I'm using a Huawei Y7 Android 8.1.0. Everytime I select share for a PDF or DOCX file and select whatsapp or viber, the file gets renamed to a longer file name. In Whatsapp it shows 'NULL' in the thread. When opened within Whatsapp it shows long file name. Does anyone know how to stop this. It happens for file names less than 8 characters. My issue is I want to share the file with the name I have given but not a long meaningless code. All software including android and apps are updated. App caches cleared. Can anyone help?


texts:
I want to listen to the podcasts I have on my android phone while i'm playing games on my computer and therefore I want to stream the audio from my phone to my windows 10 computer.
I'm wondering if it's possible to do that through USB?


texts: Phone shows foreign phone numbers as domestic

texts:
I have a Samsung S9+. Sometimes, my phone does show foreign numbers as being calls from abroad (i.e. there's a plus-sign with the country code before the phone number). However, it has happened multiple times that a phone number seems domestic, but is actually international (and, if I call back, I reach somebody entirely different than the one I just talked to).

It seems like the phone has a hard time distinguishing between foreign and some domestic phone numbers.  Sometimes it's kinda obvious (e.g. the phone number has the wrong number of digits). However, other times, there's no way for me to tell that the phone call is actually an international one.

A lot of these international calls are spam calls. Is there a way to work around this issue so that I can always tell if a phone number is a domestic or foreign? I mean, there are certain countries from where there's no reason for anybody there to call me.


texts: With Google's Family Link, how to grant unlimited access to select apps?

texts:
I just have set up Google Family Link parental control. It very nice and seems to work well for the most part.

However, I want to allow some apps (e.g. Wikipedia) without screen time restriction. I have found ways to give app permissions selectively, but not usage restrictions selectively.

How to exclude some select apps from the screen time limit?

Additionally, is there a way to exclude/allow select apps from the device lock? (E.g. I would like to allow to play music even at bedtime, but nothing else)


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

will samsung galaxy 5 get android 2.2 update ??


texts: Is it OK to run dnscrypt-proxy as root, in terms of security?

texts:
I have dnscrypt-proxy installed.

Its file permissions are set to: 755;
Its files are owned by root;
/etc/resolv.conf file permission is set to: 755;
/etc/resolv.conf is owned by root.

What bothers me: NetGuard keeps notifying that root is making access to the internet.
Most of the connections are to DNS servers set in dnscrypt-proxy configuration files.


texts:
I've had lots of red pixels with my Meizu M2 (Flyme 5.1.6.0G) when I increased luminosity
I tried JScreenFix with luminosity at 100% but I just got some more when luminosity is at 0%...
Anyone knows how to fix this ?
Thanks.

PS: It does not appear in screenshots


texts:
I want to use Motochopper to root my Samsung Galaxy Fame, but I found this failure message at the end. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[*]
[*] Motochopper: Android root exploit (Linux/OS X version)
[*] v1.1
[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)
[*]
[*] Tested on the Motorola Razr HD, Razr M, Razr Maxx HD, and Atrix HD.
[*] Supports lots of other devices as well. ;-)
[*]
[*] Before continuing, ensure that USB debugging is enabled and that
[*] your phone is connected via USB.
[*]
[*] WARNING: This will likely void the warranty on your device. I am
[*] not responsible for any damage to your phone as a result using this
[*] tool.
[*]
[*] Press enter to root your phone...

[*]
[*] Waiting for device...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[*] Device found.
[*] Pushing exploit...
5268 KB/s (1283460 bytes in 0.237s)
[*] Pushing root tools...
5932 KB/s (366952 bytes in 0.060s)
5410 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.337s)
4336 KB/s (1578585 bytes in 0.355s)
    pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
Success
[*] Rooting phone...
[+] This may take a few minutes.
[-] Failure.
[*] Cleaning up...
[*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit.

Details:

Computer: OSX

Device: Samsung Galaxy Fame GT-S681OP

Android Version: 4.1.2

The problem: I get the failure message just before cleaning up and this is the run.sh file:

echo "[*]"
echo "[*] Motochopper: Android root exploit (Linux/OS X version)"
echo "[*] v1.1"
echo "[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)"
echo "[*]"
echo "[*] Tested on the Motorola Razr HD, Razr M, Razr Maxx HD, and Atrix HD."
echo "[*] Supports lots of other devices as well. ;-)"
echo "[*]"
echo "[*] Before continuing, ensure that USB debugging is enabled and that"
echo "[*] your phone is connected via USB."
echo "[*]"
echo "[*] WARNING: This will likely void the warranty on your device. I am"
echo "[*] not responsible for any damage to your phone as a result using this"
echo "[*] tool."
echo "[*]"
echo "[*] Press enter to root your phone..."

read -n 1

echo "[*]"

platform=`uname`
if [ $(uname -p) = 'powerpc' ]; then
        echo "[-] PowerPC is not supported."
        exit 1
fi

if [ "$platform" = 'Darwin' ]; then
        adb="./adb.osx"
        version="OS X"
else
        adb="./adb.linux"
        version="Linux"
fi
chmod +x $adb

$adb kill-server

echo "[*] Waiting for device..."
$adb wait-for-device

echo "[*] Device found."

echo "[*] Pushing exploit..."
$adb push pwn /data/local/tmp/
$adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/pwn

echo "[*] Pushing root tools..."
$adb push su /data/local/tmp/
$adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
$adb install Superuser.apk

echo "[*] Rooting phone..."
$adb shell /data/local/tmp/pwn

echo "[*] Cleaning up..."
$adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/pwn
$adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/su
$adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/busybox

echo "[*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit."
read -n 1
$adb reboot
$adb kill-server

Here is the problem:

echo "[*] Rooting phone..."
$adb shell /data/local/tmp/pwn

echo "[*] Cleaning up..."
$adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/pwn
$adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/su
$adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/busy

so $adb shell /data/local/tmp/pwn is causing problems, but how to fix? Anyone knows?


texts: I am owning a Nokia 3 shipped with Android 8 but later upgraded to Android 9; However everyday the phone's performance is going down. Hence I am considering to convert it to an Android GO by installing it. Has anyone done installing Android GO to their devices, if so please help me do it.


texts: 4 viruses on my phone?? Is this message legit?

texts:
I received a message on my phone that says, "Your browser is heavily damaged by (4) virus!" Right above that message it says Google & at the very top is www.cirplana.top. Is this legit? It says that if I do not remove virus now it will cause serious damage to my Samsung SM-S90L.
It says this is from recent adult sites. That is not true. Not once have I ever visited an adult site.
Do I click to repair?
Thank you for your help.


texts: Android Device Manager can't locate my phone anymore

texts:
I have used ADM before and located my phone and also tried to 'ring' the phone and both worked (After a few tries, but it worked).
Now it's not working at all. I have both WiFi and GPS on and I could find my location using 'Maps' and another GPS app called 'OSMAnd'.

I also checked that ADM is selected as 'Device administrator' and that 'Remotely locate this device' is selected in Google settings -> Android Device Manager.


texts:
My Samsung Galaxy 2 (SC-02C) has been rooted and upgraded to 4.1.2. It seemed that everything, all phone functionality, was fine.

However, I've discovered that I can not send SMS with my phone. I can receive SMS from anyone from any carrier in my area just fine. I've asked at my service provider (DoCoMo, in Japan) and was told that I have the service enabled and my account with them should be fully operational.

I wouldn't have imagined rooting and upgrading the phone would impact SMS, but that seems to be the case.

How might my SMS functionality be impacted by my current ROM, and how can I fix it?


texts:
I'm using official Android Emulator. When I run this I get:

adb shell getprop | grep hardware

I get

[ro.boot.hardware]: [goldfish]
[ro.hardware]: [goldfish]
[ro.kernel.androidboot.hardware]: [goldfish]

I want to rename goldfish to any other word.

I can run emulator in debug mode emulator -avd test -show-kernel -verbose to see kernel parameters:

  kernel.path = /home/artyom/android-sdk-linux/system-images/android-19/default/armeabi-v7a//kernel-qemu
  kernel.parameters =  androidboot.hardware=goldfish android.checkjni=1
  kernel.newDeviceNaming = no
  kernel.supportsYaffs2 = yes

So, Android Emulator passes androidboot.hardware=goldfish to the QEMU.

Lets dive into Android source.

http://androidxref.com/5.1.1_r6/xref/system/core/init/util.c#407

Here we can see, that passing hardware via kernel command line makes it unchangable.

void get_hardware_name(char *hardware, unsigned int *revision)
{
    const char *cpuinfo = "/proc/cpuinfo";
    char *data = NULL;
    size_t len = 0, limit = 1024;
    int fd, n;
    char *x, *hw, *rev;

    /* Hardware string was provided on kernel command line */
    if (hardware[0])
        return;

According to this, hardware name used to init file init.machine_name.rc, so renaming goldfish to any other name must be combined with renaming init.goldfish.rc to init.anyname.rc.

So my question is, how can I force different hardware name ? How I can different androidboot.hardware value to the qemu ? What files, other than init.goldfish.rc should I change ? Different hardware name must be forced while compiling ?

I've tried adding this to .config file:

CONFIG_CMDLINE="androidboot.hardware=randomname android.checkjni=1"
CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTRA=y
CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE=y

It didn't help.

Related question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20572781/android-boot-where-is-the-init-hardware-rc-read-in-init-c-where-are-servic

Additional info: https://wiki.diebin.at/Under_the_hood_of_Android_Emulator_(appcert)#Initialize_Goldfish_hardware


texts: Is it possible to upgrade my HTC Legend to Froyo without waiting for over the air updates?

texts: I've heard that HTC has released its version of Froyo already on some other phones.


texts:
I would like to build an ssh tunnel from my android device (call it A) on port MMM to a machine C on port NNN.  HOWEVER, A and C are not directly connected.  They are only connected through machine B (which is also running an ssh server).  Finally, port NNN is only open locally on machine C (which is also running an ssh server).

So, with openssh in unix, I can use the command line of ssh or the ProxyCommand argument in .ssh/config to archive this:

Host C-tunnel
   HostName C
   Port 22
   Use username
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/myidentityfileforC.pem
   ProxyCommand ssh -e none -i /.ssh/myidentityfileforB.pem username@B nc -w 120 %h %p 2> /dev/null

I can then set up a tunnel straight from my localhost to C:NNN (through the connection above).

Is there an app for android that supports similar?  I tried connectbot and ssh autotunnel.  The later got close, as I could set up one tunnel from A to B and then another from A to C (through the tunnelled A->B connection), but initiating the latter brought both of them down.  Setting up just the first tunnel and then using connectbot allows me to connect via ssh to C, but I cannot set up a port forward directly to C:NNN.

Any suggestions?  Is there a direct port of openssh I've missed?


texts: Nova Launcher squashed app drawer on Nexus 10

texts:
I have a problem with the app drawer on my Nexus 10 being 'squashed' when in landscape mode. I'm not sure if it is supposed to look like this, but I do not get the same problem on my Nexus 7 or Galaxy Nexus.

I imported a backup from my Galaxy Nexus and imported it into Nova Launcher on the Nexus 7. From there I made a few tweaks and then imported that config into the Nexus 10 via a backup.

I have tried playing with the settings in Nova Launcher, and changing the number of rows & columns seems to make no difference, it just squashes the extra icons into the same space without making it any wider.

What am I doing wrong, or is it supposed to be like this on a 10" tablet?

Landscape view on Nexus 10, Landscape view on Nexus 7 and Portrait view on Nexus 10:


texts: Okay Google Everywhere options missing from Google Now

texts:
My question is exactly the same as the question in Wizek's post, which went unanswered, namely that I woke up this morning and all but one of my "Okay Google" options had disappeared. I contacted Google via Project Fi's customer service and they told me they would put an engineer on it and see if they could figure out what went wrong. Very helpful. However, I'm wondering if anyone in the community has managed to solve this problem (I have a nexus 5X)?

One thought I have is to do a nandroid backup and then completely reset the device using {fastboot format userdata}, but if anyone has any less nuclear ideas I would love to hear them!


texts: Google Clock how to remove added city time

texts: I am using default Google Clock application for time and alarm setting on my Moto X4. Moving to clock on it, there's globe icon under home time, which is used to set and display different city time. I have added some cities, and then I cannot see any option to delete that city. On tapping, Menu->Settings on top-right corner, I cannot found any option to delete it. How to delete those added city time?


texts: FLAC files getting corrupted on microSD card

texts:
Whenever I put a FLAC album on my phone, after a few days some of the tracks get corrupted. They show errors when I bring them onto my PC and use the command line function flac -t *.flac. While most tracks result in an ok, some result in errors such as FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_LOST_SYNC or FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_FRAME_CRC_MISMATCH. I am using LineageOS 15.1 (July 23 build) on my SM-G900P with a genuine SanDisk 128GB Extreme PLUS microSD card formatted as adopted/internal storage. I read somewhere about a LOST.DIR folder being used as a recycling bin for corrupted files or something like that, but I don't seem to have that folder.

Is this an issue with Samsung, Android, LineageOS, Poweramp (my music player), or my SD card? I really hope it's not an SD card issue because I don't feel like spending so much time formatting/moving a ton of data around.

Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to have multi-android version in your android device?

texts:
Similar to PC having multiple OS in which you can select during boot up. I was wondering, for the time being, is it possible to have two android version in a android device?

Example: A android device with both android 2.2 and 4.0 installed. During boot up, user can select which one they wish to choose.

So, suppose there is a Apps that cannot be run on android 4, I can just switch to android 2.2. Same goes as vice-versa - if an apps can only be run on android 4, I just switch to android 4.


texts: The phone won't receive some text messages (Specially the verification codes from Google, Dropbox, Evernote, etc)

texts: Recently, my phone stopped receiving verification text messages from Google, Dropbox and Evernote. I contacted the carrier and they say on their end things are working (My other phone (same carrier) receives these messages). I can receive other messages from my friends. I even reset my phone. Still not working? Is it something to do with Android? My phone is Glaxy Note 3 with Kitkat 4.4.3.


texts: Quick way to switch between pasword-protected screen and no protection?

texts:
When I have my android phone with me, I don't want it to be password or pin protected.

When I don't have my android phone with me, I want it to be password or pin protected.

Switching between the two cases requires everytime going into Settings -> Lock Screen, to enter new password or pin. Is there a quicker way to switch? Thanks.

My Android phones are 4.4.2 and 4.3 respectively.


texts: Every time I get an email message in Gmail, the notification bar shows me 3 notifications instead of one: the first labeled important, the second labeled priority inbox, and the third is the regular one. How do I get only one notification and make my incoming mail regular/normal, without the auto-label important or priority?


texts:
I have an Htc Desire and I'm using the headset that came with it. During a call yesterday the other party stopped hearing me.  I unplugged the headset and continued with the conversation normally. Today I checked the headphones again before buying a new pair and indeed the other person couldn't hear me. What was really surprising is that I could hear myself,  echo with about a second of delay. So, electronically my headphones work. Is there something broken in my phone?

Update: I just tried the Skype test call and it worked just fine, so it seems to be my headset when making phone calls, which is really weird.


texts:
There seems to be slight variations of this question that have been asked to no avail, but is there a way to mirror my pc desktop to my android device STRICTLY using a USB cable?
I've seen may solutions for this using wifi such as splashtop and windows remote desktop, but my I don't have access to wifi or mobile data on my android device.


texts:
some apps not display full size (Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2)

What could be the reason, and how to fix it?


texts: Philips Android TV 43PUT7791/v1 boot loop issue

texts:
I have Philips Android TV 43PUT7791/V7 which stuck at logo and rebooting continuously. I want to enter into recovery mode . I have tried with pressing and hold  down key and plugged the power and waited for 1 minute and also tried combination present in joystick keys.
Kindly, someone help me to enter into recovery mode.


texts: What is the Streaming Decryption setting in Google Drive?

texts:
I notice a "Streaming Decryption" option under Encryption Settings. For me, it was not selected by default. The description under this setting is a little unclear:

  Decrypt documents into a stream incrementally.

So my question is what does this mean and what does it do? Does it mean that a given document is only partially decrypted (if there is such a thing) while it is open? Should the average user pay any attention to this setting? I found this HowTo on CNET but it does not explain the setting.

I don't recall whether this was a setting under the former (i.e. pre-Drive) Google Docs app.


texts: Does the Bluetooth/Google Now "Initializing" bug exist on Razr Maxx HD?

texts:
There is a pretty severe, widespread Android Jellybean bug that causes Google Now voice search to not work over bluetooth audio (it gets stuck saying "Initializing").  I've personally dealt with this on a Galaxy S3 and a Galaxy Note 2, both running 4.1.1.

I'm curious whether the Razr Maxx HD has this bug - is there any credible information on which phones are affected by this bug?  Or can anyone vouch from experience whether this is a bug on the Razr Maxx HD as well?


texts: Android Download Manager does not properly resolve hostnames

texts:
I have had an issue for a while with a few of my Android tablets. Those tablets would consistently refuse to install or update software from Google Play.

I have spent days looking for a solution; I have had a number of different error codes over the period - all similar to Error 495 (there are pages and pages of "help" out on the web).

I obviously tried all the supposed fixes for the problem - wiping data, cache, uninstalling updates for Google Play, the lot. Nothing worked.

Yesterday I finally got adb to work with one of the tablets (that was a bit of an ordeal by itself) and it finally led me to figure out what was going on.

I was running Android Device Manager and keeping an eye on the log files on the device as I was trying to install upgrades. I found the process fails with the following error:

01-23 23:25:33.869: W/DownloadManager(7289): Aborting request for download 205: while trying to execute request: java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "r2---sn-ab5l6n7z.gvt1.com": No address associated with hostname

This would then - eventually - result in Google Play returning an Error 495 (which in and of itself is completely useless :))

Once I saw that log entry, I manually updated the DNS server address on the tablet to 8.8.8.8 - from the DNS server that is normally used on my network.

Mind that every other workstation/laptop in the house works fine with my "own" DNS server; as a matter of fact, every other function (such as browsing the web, checking email, etc.) all work perfectly fine as well.

I therefore have a suspicion that there is more to this story than just my DNS server - somehow Android DownloadManager doesn't like mine?

Does anybody have a similar experience?


texts:
Phone is a Samsung Galaxy E5 SM-E500m (lte, dual chip, codename e5lte). Android version 5.1.1 "lollipop" Stock ROM.

I pulled the database file from /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db and tried to inspect it with both the DB Browser for SQLite and also the sqlite3 command-line tool.

The file is 1.7MiB in size. It has 42 tables.

From my research efforts, I was hoping to be able to see the call log in the calls table; but it is empty (0 records).
Other tables in this db file all appear to have data.

I also checked the file over /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db but it does not appear to contain call logs (only 4 tables: android_metadata, carriers, siminfo and sqlite_sequence).

Where else can I potentially find the call logs for this device?

The call log is shown correctly in the Phone app.

Thank you.


texts: I have a Moto E which is only a few days old. It keeps switching off and on all day, automatically and usually around 20 times each day. It supports up to 32GB memory card, and I'm using a 32 GB card (if this might causing problem).


texts: is it required to do unlocking of bootloader before installing and upgraded rom for sm-g550t galaxy on5 and then reroot

texts:
i want to know,in order to upgrade from my rooted Samsung ON 5 SM G550T, to Nougate 7.00, will i have to re-root the phone process again. Currently my phone is rooted but i think my boot loader is locked, which will require me to unlock my boot loader; in order to do a upgrade to Nougate,if i understand?
 If the boot loader is locked how do i check? to see if its locked.
On a previous occasion i tried to flash xposed program (rom) and got a binary 1 error is this related to a locked boot loader, or diff issue. If so how do fix a binary 1-2 error message.


texts:
I'm tired of waiting for my Android 2.1 update to arrive, so I've decided to root my HTC Hero.

Any direction as to how I should do this?

Note: I actually have a T-Mobile branded version, so I do need some workaround because it doesn't let itself be unlocked as easily as vanilla HTC Heros.


texts: I visit sites where some features like pop-up menus and tooltips are invoked by placing the mouse cursor over an item. I would like to use all the features while using my Android tablet. So, I'm looking for a way to simulate the mouse-over event in Android browser, especially in Android 4.1.2


texts: Determine which app connects to a specific host and port?

texts:
As the title says, I need to know which app establishes a connection to a host on a specific port (in my case within LAN).

In case the answer depends on the platform: The device is a Moto G (xt1045) with the stock Android 5.1 which is not rooted (and not rootable).

I think the question is meaningful as is, so it should not be necessary to read the following to answer it. As it will probably be asked anyway and should help establish context, here is my broader problem:
I have a homeserver that also acts as home entertainment system using Kodi. Kodi starts when any packet is received on port 8080, which is the case when remote apps like Kore or Yatse are used on android. With my old phone (older android version) it worked fine. With my new phone Kodi starts whenever my phone is in the LAN. Logging on the homeserver confirms the received signals originate on my phone. However I have removed the remote app from the "app switcher view" and it is not listed under running apps. So I want to know which app actually establishes this connection (the remote app shouldn't be running and other apps shouldn't connect to that specific port, so I can't figure it out in any other way).


texts: Remove option for dual SIM in Sony Xperia C3 Dual

texts: My Sony Xperia C3 Dual phone (which has dual SIM slots) has now updated to Lollipop. I never use the second SIM slot, so is there a way to disable or remove the option because in lock-screen mode it gives me the notification about no service on SIM 2 slot?


texts: MTP mounts vs USB storage - restrictions

texts:
Just got a nexus 4, and tried to copy files from my nexus one to it.  Copying the N1 SD data to my linux box was a breeze, but the N4 doesn't offer simple mounting.  Shows up as a USB Camera, with only access to DCIM.  I was able to find and use mtpfs to mount the device, but even that has some serious limitations.

The software on the phone's end seems to make some decisions for you.  I tried copying a mix of files from the N1's Ringtones directory to a Ringtones directory on the N4, and the N4 decided that mp3's belong in the Music directory, etc.  I couldn't control where stuff went.  Interesting, some flv files that were there went to Ringones, but not the mp3's.  At first I thought the mp3's weren't copied at all.  I was able to fool this logic by copying to Download on the N4.  Anyway, not sure I like the phone making these decisions.
The mtpfs mount didn't allow me to preserve the timestamps on the copied files.  I copied a bunch of pictures (cp -p) from the N1's DCIM/Camera folder to the N4's.  They all came over with the current date/time.  I can see where it'd be a good idea not to allow a usb mount to set the owner or permissions for a file, but the timestamp?  Is there a way around this, or is this just a shortcoming of the linux mtpfs implementation?


texts: When WhatsApp takes backup on Google Drive?

texts:
I am aware that Local back up is done by WhatsApp daily at 2 AM, from the official FAQ of WhatsApp. Below is the relevant quote:

  Local backups will run automatically every day at 2am and save your
  database in a file on the phone itself.

But if I opted for Google Drive back up and selected the Frequency as Daily, then there is no clear time mentioned in the official WhatsApp/Google Drive info pages.

Same question can be extended for other Back up frequencies. For example  if Monthly, then which date of Month back up will be taken or if frequency is Weekly, then which day of the week back up will be taken to Google Drive.

My Question: Is there a way to know when/at what time WhatsApp takes Back up to Google Drive(and not a local backup, its already known, at 2AM Daily) for each of daily/weekly/monthly option?


texts: How can I configure the Email app not to save sent messages on the Google server using IMAP?

texts:
Device: Nexus 4
Android: 4.2.2

I am using the default (stock) Android Email app, not the Gmail app. The reason being that there is no option to turn off conversation view.

I am trying to follow Google's own advice about Recommended IMAP client settings. I quote:

  If you're not using one of the above listed clients, as a general
  rule, we suggest the following settings:

  Sending:
      Do not save sent messages on the server. If your client is sending mail through Gmail's SMTP server, your sent messages will be automatically copied to the [Gmail]/Sent Mail folder.

But I just can't find any setting to turn off the saving of sent messages on the server. Am I blind or does this feature not exist?

[rant on] Seriously, trying to configure Gmail IMAP access with all kinds of different email clients (desktop and mobile) gives me never ending headaches and eats up all my free time. [rant off]


texts:
How does the "Format as internal storage" feature work in Android 6.0+? See screenshot below:

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

Why is it the case that "this USB drive will only work in this device"? Is it due to a partition format? I have tried to read it in Windows but the file format is RAW; is it in EXT4 format so Windows can't read it? What will happen if I insert this card to another Android 6.0 device? Will the other device able to read it?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S shuts down automatically

texts:
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S i9003. I used it for 1 years. Recently when I want to start apps the phone automatically shuts down. The battery is fully charged. Anyone faced it before?

I'm running Android 2.2 froyo
Sometimes it takes 3/4 mins of app launch to automatically shut the phone

Any idea how to fix it?


texts: Unknown apps/processes with number only are shown in data usage

texts:
A mysterious app named "10102" shows up in my data usage. It bears only the standard Android app icon (the Bugdroid logo with a cube on its torso). From what the graph tells me, it has used 36 megabytes of data in the background and zero on the foreground.
I think I haven't uninstalled anything for months.
Is it malware? I haven't sideloaded anything and only authorized my laptop as a USB debugger. If it's malware, how do I remove it? I have no idea how to find its package name and 10102 isn't in the list of downloaded apps in settings.
I'm running stock & never-been-rooted Android 4.4.4 on Nexus 4.


texts: -24 Google Play Error on installing eBay

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Whenever I try to install the eBay app from the play store I get a -24 error code: "unknown error when installing application". I have googled the error and I cannot find anything relating to this. Anyone know what this error is and how to fix it?
I can install other apps. I have an S4 on Kit Kat (4.4.2). I have forced stopped the play store and cleared the data on play services and play store.


texts: Is it possible to hide the "Listening..." popup that appears after "OK Google"?

texts: It would be extremely helpful if I could say "OK Google" and issue voice commands without my screen being almost entirely covered by the white "Listening..." pop up.


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Is it possible to restore TWRP backup with CWM?

I have some backups with Team Win Recovery. If I install ClockWorkMod, can I restore them with it?


texts: How can I install Touchwiz apps on Cyanogenmod?

texts: I would like to know how to install Touchwiz apps on Cyanogenmod 12.X.


texts: How to disable AEC (audio echo cancellation) on Android 4.2?

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For some of my experiments, I need AEC to be disabled.
Are there audio modes (loudspeaker, headset, bluetooth) when AEC is definitely disabled?

Are there any platform-specific options for MTK65xx chipsets?


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How to install clockworkmod recovery on Asus memopad 8 me181c? or Can't I?
My device was rooting.
Clockworkmod doesn't support Asus memopad 8 me181c, but Have the people of the volunteer made clockworkmod for my device?
I searched how to install, but I haven't found how to install it.

I can't speak English well. If you can't understand this post, I don't mind asking me.


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I am using an Motorola XT1022. I have moved the games and apps from the internal to SD card to free the internal memory, but still there are some moved apps files that are occupying the internal memory. So I can't install any other apps.

Can you tell me how to move that apps files to the SD card?


texts: How to use DoubleTwist Sync with Android Marshmallow adoptable storage

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I have a Samsung S7 for which I bought a 200GB microSD card.  I formatted it as adoptable storage (using an adb shell workaround because Samsung has actually disabled the Marshmallow feature by default).  Now, I can store all manner of things on it, including about 17GB of music which I manually copied over.

However, I want to use DoubleTwist Sync as I have lots of iTunes playlists that don't get copied over when manually copying files.  I installed both the DoubleTwist PC app as well as the Android app but when I tried to sync, it just tells me that the device is out of space.  I know that this isn't technically true as it's a brand new card and I just copied over 17GB of files.  In fact, when I deleted the 17GB, it still told me that there's no space.  I'm sure the problem is that DoubleTwist can only see a limited partition and it is somehow confused by adoptable storage.

There's an article on their site (https://www.doubletwist.com/help/question/how-do-i-switch-from-internal-storage-to-sd-card/) describing how to switch from internal to SD storage, but I think it was written without adoptable storage in mind, as my Settings doesn't have the "Storage" option they refer to.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?  My last resort is to re-format the card as 50% adoptable storage partition and 50% portable storage partition.  To be honest, I probably should've done this from the get go but I'm hoping there is a quicker solution that doesn't involve reformatting.


texts: Hi I got my note 2 from Kuwait. I am currently working in India. The last update I did on my note 2 was android 4.1.2 . Now when I check for OTA updates for my note 2, it shows that latest updates have already been installed. How can I update my phone?  Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I answer a call using the HOME button in CyanogenMod 9?

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Just flashed CyanogenMod 9 RC2 on my Galaxy S2.

While I appreciate the enhanced customization and loads of options as well as the removal of some bundled Samsung bloatware apps, I do miss certain functionality - the ability to answer a call by pressing the physical HOME button.

Is there any way this functionality can be added via some setting that I've missed or via some 3rd party app?


texts: Completely muting notifications while leaving the ringtone on vibration

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I have an LG G2. I'd like to completely mute notifications, while leaving the ringtone on vibration.

I know I can set different volumes to notifications and ringtone, but the lowest the notifications go independently is vibration, so if I want to silence them completely I have to silence the ringtone, too.

I also know that most apps have an option to enable or disable vibration on notifications, but I'd like a temporary, system-wide, easy to change option.

¿Is there a way to do this?


texts: A while ago, I dropped my Moto X, and my digitizer slowly stopped working. I can no longer see my screen or unlock it. Is there anyway that I could get the files off of the phone without replacing the digitizer? It is not rooted.


texts: Is there a way to improve voice to text results?

texts:
Lately, I've been doing quite a bit of dictation using the voice-to-text functionality.  For the most part, it's all right but it's developed some annoying behavior.

Regular words are getting replaced with proper nouns.  "My Key" becomes "Mikey" even with a decent pause between the words.  "Two Chains" becomes "2 Chainz"
Words are getting shortened "cause" often becomes "cuz".

Are there settings to make the voice-to-text NOT change what I actually said? I do see it type out "My Key" and change it into "Mikey"

I have my language set to US English


texts: How to set AutomateIt to active a task in "AND" or "OR" condition?

texts: I want to make my smart phone smarter and I try AutomateIt because it is free. However, I don't know how to make it run a task when the task needs multiple conditions trigger. Thanks


texts: Dialog "Amazon AppStore Required" - apps prevented from starting

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Many of my apps were downloaded from the Amazon AppStore as part of their "Free App of The Day" (henceforth FAoTD) program. This program was recently discontinued in favor of Amazon Underground - an all-encompassing shopping app, similar to any number of their other shopping apps for Android. Since I was not interested in continuing with Android Underground, I uninstalled the Amazon App, AKA Amazon Shopping, AKA Amazon for Android apk.

The next time I tried to run one of the apps from Amazon from the FAoTD, I encountered a dialog and immediate shutdown of the app when acknowledged with the OK button:

  Amazon Appstore Required

  It looks like you no longer have an Amazon AppStore on your device. Please install an Amazon AppStore and sign in with your username and password to use this app.


texts: Stop ActivityManager killing background Termux processes

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I've been trying to run a ssh and a http server on my non-rooted Android phone using Termux.
I've installed Termux:Boot and termux-services to run them.
The server processes run for a while after I release the wakelock but are then killed by the system:
09-23 13:25:21.592  4450  5008 I ActivityManager: KPU : put [com.termux] : 15433 K
09-23 13:25:21.592  4450  5008 I ActivityManager: Killing 25360:com.termux/u0a171 (adj 904): DHA:empty #17

I tried disabling the app power monitor (Setting -> Device maintenance -> Battery) but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
Save rooting the phone, or keeping a wakelock in place, is there any way I can stop the ActivityManager killing my processes?
Setup: Samsung Galaxy A5 with stock-rom
(Android 8 / Samsung Experience 9)


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After watching a bit of 4oD last night on my Nexus 7, I turned it off. When I tried to start it up this morning, I was greeted with a blank screen whilst being plugged into the charger. I held down the power button, and Google flashed onto the screen for about 3 secs. When I disconnected from the charger, the screen switched off completely.

I have only had this for a week and a half. It is obviously still under warranty. Can I just send it back? I am completely dumb when it comes to computer issues!


texts: How can I detect if a shell script is running on Android?

texts:
What is the most reliable way to detect if a script is running on Android (instead of a regular Linux build)?

To run scripts, I'm using bash, the Terminal app, and BusyBox.


texts:
There is a good post about where Android Settings are stored.
The following screenshot shows where Wi-Fi settings are stored.

Where are Ethernet Settings stored?


texts: samsung grand duos 9082 doesn't see that my SD card is encrypted on it and there is no option to decrypt

texts: I encrypted my samsung grand duos 9082 and then my SD card, using the settings for encryption. But then, to unlock screen, I decrypted my handset and I unlocked it by my samsung account. Then, the password was removed without to decrypt SD card. At now, the handset doesn't see that my SD card is encrypted on it and there is no option to decrypt the files on my SD card. I know my password, but there is no place to input to unlock the files. Please, help to decrypt my files on SD card.


texts:
I am using Android 4.4. I would like to have shortcut to multiple Settings features (wifi, display, lock screen,...) on the desktop.

If I long click on a desktop, I do not find a way to place a shortcut. And I remember it was possible in earlier versions of Android.

How can I do this?


texts:
I installed a custom ROM two weeks ago, since then, i cant get to recovery mode, if I try booting into it, my phone get stuck on the oneplus logo.
I tried flashing it with fastboot,

C:\Users\juanhh\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

target reported max download size of 442499072 bytes

sending 'recovery' (18964 KB)...

OKAY [  0.580s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [  0.144s]

finished. total time: 0.726s

And also I tried flashing it with the TWRP app, it gave me an error telling that I have already intalled.

What is the problem?

Pd: I am not a native speaker, so sorry if i have a ilogical phrase.


texts:
My application required to use some system command such as wm size and wm size reset to change the screen size so an application supposed be running on Portrait only mode will be displayed as portrait in a landscape screen.

I have gone through many of the answer in stack overflow but still can't get an idea of how to do it.

Somebody can give me a step by step guide how to achieve this thanks. I've tried the Andydroid emulator but still not work.

I know the emulator is rooted when using adb console but looks like if I test it with my program, it was not.


texts: Shortcut key to focus the address bar in Firefox for Android

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I'm using a Bluetooth keyboard with my Android tablet with Firefox (57+). I tried Ctrl+L, Alt+D to focus the address bar, but it does not work.

Is there a shortcut (not using "F" Keys) for focusing the address bar? Or addon?


texts: How can I get my ASUS Transformer 101 to see upgrades?

texts:
A group of us at work got ASUS Transformer 101's all at the same time.  (Now some of us are in the US, some are overseas).

I saw a note in our internal chat that ICS was available.  Yay, but I was away from home and left the pad at home.

So I got back a full week after my colleagues saw the update and charged it up, awaiting the upgrade to see the new hotness of ICS.

But Check for Firmware upgrades shows nothing available.  This happened before with 3.2.1 patches as well.

How do I troubleshoot the fact that my Transformer is not seeing the updates?  (I know how to get it from ASUS and apply it, since I had to do that for 3.2.1, but I want to stop having to work around it).


texts: How do i remove the "Pre-LockScreen" before pattern unlock on Android 9.0

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Is it possible to remove the "Pre-Lock Screen" on android 9.0. Basically when i press the power button to wake my phone what displays is a Grey Co loured Lock Screen showing the time and Date, if i scroll this up it then asks me to fingerprint unlock or pattern unlock.

Kind of annoying because if i want to glance at my notifications i need to first swipe up, then when it requests the pattern hit the back button to display my lockscreen background and my notifications ect.

The First Image display the Pre-lock i want to remove and the third is where i want it to be whenever i press my power button to wake my phone


texts: What is this "in app browser" called and how do I disable it

texts:
I factory reset my Nexus 5x a few days ago and ever since most apps (if not all) are opening all links in this in-app, stripped down, reading mode browser. Before the reset I'd never seen this:

It doesn't have any onward journey or sharing button so I can't open in a real browser (for eg if it is required) so it is supremely useless.

And I don't know what it's called so I can't figure out how to just open links in chrome.

Can anyone help?


texts: How to root a Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance/S II Lite?

texts:
What are the steps to root this phone?

As I understand, Samsung has been using an internal counter that will void your guarantee if you install a custom kernel, I'd like to avoid that.


texts: Can I remove the "USB Configuration\KIES\UMS" splash-screen?

texts:
Everytime that I plug my Android smartphone on my USB PC port to recharge the batteries a splash-screen popup telling me to choose between "KIES and UMS-only configuration" and I need to chose "Cancel" to make the screen extinguish it light. There is some configuration to set one of these modes and cancel this choose process?

My smartphone is a Galaxy 551 with 2.2 Froyo Android.

Thank you.


texts: Samsung Galaxy "SHORTCUTS" for the lock screen not available in S3 Ver. 3.4

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I have Samsung Galaxy s3 GT i 9300 ver.3.4 . I am unable to find a way to change the shortcuts on the lock screen. very simply the "SHORTCUTS" for the lock screen isn't available.
 Could you guide me through how I can achieve this?

I tried all Settings doesn't work!!!!


texts: What is the difference between running/installing cm7 off SD and EMMC for Nook Color?

texts:
I'm trying to decide whether I want to run CM7 off a SD card or run it off the EMMC (internal memory) for my Nook Color. I'm just not getting what is happening when I run off an SD card and when I run it off the EMMC. Also, the install instructions are confusing me. Here are two popular ones that people are using, I am wondering if someone care to explain to me what is actually different between the two. Thanks.

SD:
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/nook-color-technical/13156-how-cm7-bootable-sd.html

EMMC:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227

Thanks!


texts: Why do some Android devices (Samsung) show battery charge in steps of 10% whereas others (HTC) show more accurate percentage?

texts:
Why is it that Samsung devices (and perhaps others) show the battery charge remaining in multiples of 10% whereas other devices are able to show a more accurate percentage like 96% etc?

Is this a limitation of the hardware or software and can this behaviour be changed to show an accurate (non-multiple of 10) display of the battery remaining?


texts: What can I do when my GPS doesn't work (or if my tablet doesn't have GPS)?

texts:
The problem: I want to use an (offline|online) navigation app but:

I have an Asus Transformer Prime with very bad GPS reception
I have a tablet without GPS (e.g., a Nook Color)
My phone has a very low GPS signal
(Samsung is infamous here, Galaxy S, Nexus S, Gio and so on all have users complaining about it)
My phone often loses track of GPS satellites

My device has Bluetooth however.

What can I do to get a working and precise GPS signal?


texts: Samsung Captivate AT&T OTA Update Stuck at 99%

texts:
I have a Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S). I recently returned to stock firmware (2.1) using ODIN 1-click and have been trying to do the standard update to 2.2 from AT&T.

The download goes pretty quickly until it reaches 99%. At that point it is just stuck (I've waited about 20 minutes so far). I have tried to hit cancel and then resume. This just restarts my phone, goes to a white screen with an update bar, and hits 50% before the update fails and it boots normally.

What could be wrong and how can I get the standard OTA update to work?


texts: is there any official froyo upgrade from samsung for galaxy 5 in India?

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

Hi,

I am a galaxy 5 user from India, there were news about froyo update for galaxy 5 but my kies [downloaded from samsung site] doesn't show any upgrades. I don't want to root my device if there is any upgrade available for galaxy 5, or will be available in near future.

Can you tell me if this upgrade available here?


texts:
After working fine for a while, since a couple of months our tablet cannot send mails from mail accounts across several providers. However, receiving mails works. I tried whatever I could think of or found on the internet (see below), and I am quite desperate...
This page shows several possibly related questions, but they do not describe my problem.

It says "sending ..." -> Error message "senden fehlgeschlagen" = sending did not work. Update: Sometimes (seems random, possibly because it is shown for short time ~ 1 sec) it also says in addition "Server nicht verfügbar" = server not accessible (although internet and smtp server work when tested from the other devices, see below).

Device:

Samsung Galaxy 10, 2014 edition Android 5.1.1, Safety patch 2017-04-01
(i.e. all regular updates offered for it)
has enough memory > 6 GB free
mail client: standard Android mail client
mails are managed via IMAP (not POP3) / SMTP

Mail providers tested:

web.de (2 accounts from 2 people)
mail.de
tested each time with only one single account set (and all others removed), just to make absolutely sure the do not interfere with each other

What DOES work is the following:

sending (and every else) mails from each of the accounts using a) another android device (Samsung Galaxy phone, Android 5.0.1 - i.e. all regular updates offered for that device), b) PC/Thunderbird, and c) webmail.
send & receive mails via POP3. I wish to use IMAP (PORT numbers adjusted, same settings exp. for outgoing (SMTP) server).
internet bandwidth (45 MBit/s download, 6 Mbit upload, ping 92 ms) and volume

What I tried so far, without success:

shut down and restart the device
double-check  mail account settings (incoming: imap.web.de / imap.mail.de, SSL, port 993, optional imap path prefix: none; outgoing: smtp.web.de / smtp.mail.de, TLS, port 587, "Anmeldung erfordern" = need authentification checked in checkbox, same PW). All is set as suggested by the respective providers, and as set in the other android device from which I can send mails.Tried also alternative settings (e.g. SMTP: port 25, and other settings), but this did not improve anything (even though probably not all possible combinations)
Removed and re-created the accounts (only one at a time). Still can receive, but not send.
Tried another WiFi at a friend's home, different telecommunication
provider, same problem. There is no problem with bandwith, internet volume etc.
Tried on multiple days since several weeks to months
Mail app is updated
I prefer the normal android client. To our knowledge, there is no other (possibly interfering) client installed.
UPDATES:
As suggested in comment below (thanks!): deleted all data and
deleted all cache from mail app (and again deleted and re-created
account) - no change.
No certificates are needed, but the mail provider requests the users to specifically allow mail clients (mail clients/apps in general, i.e. management via IMAP/POP3, as opposed to the provider's web surface). This option has always been and is still chosen (doublechecked, and works from other devices).

Thanks in advance, I am looking forward to your help.


texts: How does Google Play's "Market license check" work?

texts:
About a month ago I bought a game called Whale Trail during a sale on Google Play. Today, when I tried to play the game on the subway, it asked to verify the game's license, and failing to do so (since there was no internet connection on the subway), shut the game down. When I got home, I took a look at the game's permissions tab and saw this:

  Market license check

  Can check if you have a license for this application from Market

It seems like this is a feature built into Google Play. So my question is, how does this "license check" work? How often does apps using this "feature" phone home to verify that indeed I'm not a dirty pirate stealing these developer's apps?


texts: Why files/directories under Android's root filesystem don't change across different version updates?

texts:
I compared 2 devices; one running Android v5.1.1 and other v9.0. So I noticed that files under /proc are same in both.
Can anyone explain why there is no difference even though OEM's are different and SDK versions are poles apart?


texts:
Device: galaxy S3
Rom:liquidsmooth 4.4.4

I recently upgraded to liquidsmooth kit kat and as usuall i reinstalled my fav apps.For some reason the app Adfree that i use seems to block tunein from loading the stations.

The app works until you select a station then crashes.If i revert the hosts it plays fine.
I also used different adblockers like the build in liquidsmooth one and the crash happens again.

Is there a way to white list tunein?


texts: Galaxy S2 does not see MP3 files in any player

texts:
I transferred several MP3 files to the Samsung Galaxy S2. But, the player does not see the MP3 files, only the DCT files. I installed several different players, and had the same result.

How do I fix the problem?


texts: Volume control automatically reduces and slides down to zero

texts:
I am having a Samsung rooted s7, once it Just fell down badly. And the lower volume button stopped working but it automatically lowers the volume.
So, is there anyway to block the input from it using root explorer or prop editor or any other software based solution.


texts:
I recently upgraded my nexus 4 to android 5.0 (Via OTA update).  Now, for some reason, when I get a phone call the screen is black and I have to

press the power button
ress/swipe the lock icon on the screen
enter my password
swipe right to answer my call.

Before (android 4.4) all I had to do was slide to answer.  How can I get the old functionality back?


texts:
I'm using following:

Huawei Nexus 6p with Android 7.1.2 (up-to-date).
ASUS Chromebook Flip with Google Chrome OS (58.0.3027.0 dev
(32-bit)) (up-to-date).

and I'm trying to follow: Unlock your Chromebook with your Android phone - Chromebook Help, however I'm unable to complete step #7 with following message on my Chromebook:

  Failed to connect to "Nexus 6P"

yet through "Notifications", I've got another message:

  Bluetooth device "Nexus 6P" has been paired and is now available for
  all users. You may remove this setting using Settings.

Please advise.


texts: Whatsapp: Do NOT keep images for certain groups / contacts

texts:
Is there any way in Whatsapp on Android to exclude saving pictures of certain groups / contacts into the "Whatsapp Images" folder?

I know I could delete them manually by going into the Group -> "Media" and select all images manually, but rather I'd love to have the opposite behaviour so that I need to specify which images I want to keep / save.

This is also the way it works on iOS: You can specify for every group / contact separately whether images/videos should be kept or not...

Is there any way of asking for this feature officially on whatsapp?
Thanks


texts: Can not receive WhatsApp messages unless I open the app

texts:
I have a Huawei P20 Lite with Android 9, EMUI 9.1.0 and WhatsApp 2.19.253, which is the latest version.

As I wrote in the title, I can't receive WhatsApp messages, after many hours of researching I didn't find any solution for my problem. This is the first time I face whit this problem, because I managed and configured variues P20 Lite but none of them gave me that headache.

The things which I did:

Turn on every single option for WhatsApp's notifications;
Uninstall the application and install it again;
Remove the app from the battery optimization process;
Clear the cache;
Enabled automatic start, secondary start and running in background, following this steps Settings -> Battery -> app launch -> 3 vertical dots -> manage manually;
No limit for internet traffic and allow background data, following Settings -> networks and wireless -> data usage -> select WhatsApp -> enabled the varius option.

Any idea or solution for this problem?

EDIT

When I send a message from my phone to this P20 Lite, on the message appears only 1 tick, such as the P20 is disconnected from wifi/mobile data, but the wifi is enabled and connected, the same behaviour with mobile data.


texts: Moto G5 plus, not vibrating on incoming calls

texts:
I have Moto G5 Plus, with Android Version 8.1.0. This issue is related to vibration feature. My phone has stopped vibrating when I receive incoming calls. The phone vibrates properly when there is a SMS message. I have also checked the settings under Settings -> Sounds. The option "Also vibrate for calls" is turned on already. I have also restarted the phone several times, but the problem remains the same. Could anyone help me understand why the Vibration is not working for incoming calls when the vibration is working for SMS. I justed edited to mention that the key press is also not working. Vibration is also working when I shake the phone to switch on the torch light.

(DND not enabled)

Edit

I have observed one more behaviour. There are two ways, incoming calls are shown. Sometimes I see a box at the top with accept and decline square buttons. In this case I do not hear vibration. Sometimes, I see a full screen with a circle button at the bottom which I have to drag up to receive the call. In this case, I hear vibration just once at the beginning and then no vibration. So I am really confused as why does box appears sometimes and why circle button at the top and why vibration does not happen in the first case.


texts: turn off mobile after some time when done factory reset

texts:
I lost my data from android device manager app from web. I have mistakenly click erase button in web.

I have wipe data factory reset in samsung s2 i9100 using ClockworkMod Recovery (Process).
Done, succesfully  and open my mobile .but after some time (1 min to 3 min) it switch off my mobile.

First i have done using root kernel: Siyah-s2-v6.0b4.tar first then recovery(Process).

Any problem of my devices. or Any idea how to get my data working condition. or Any other method in ClockworkMod Recovery to get recovery data. please waiting your response.

Now: *

  My Mobile charging successfully, but when press power on button, i
  have saw only samsung splash screen. notheing further my mobile go or
  doesn't open my mobile.

*


texts: temp root to acquire a .dd image of my android phone

texts:
I have a Sensation XE which is not rooted. (hboot 1.29, android 4.0.3)

I found a recovering method in the highest ranked answer in this post: How can I recover a deleted file on Android?.

From the above post, it's necessary to root my phone, but for some reasons, I don't want a permanently root.

Is it possible to follow steps 1~5 in this post
[GUIDE] Juopunutbear S-OFF NO HTCDEV UNLOCK | ROOT (1.2x HBOOTS)--NEW: ONE CLICK ROOT to temporarily root my phone, ...

  1.get this temproot-sensation-windows zip file

  TEMPROOT ZIP

  2.Extract temproot-sensation-windows.zip into a directory on your computer.

  3.Plug your HTC SENSATION/XE/4G into your computer via USB. (keep the connection in "charging" mode)
  Recommended: Plug your device’s USB cable into the back of your computer if you’re using a desktop PC.

  4.Enable USB Debugging on your HTC sensation. Settings >> Develop Options >>USB debugging (checked)

  5.Double click temp_root.bat to run the script and wait until it completes. Don't touch the device during the entire process.

and then follow the steps 1~3 in the highest ranked answer to recovery the deleted files in my phone?

  Find out on which block device the file was on. Via mount
  Acquire and image of that block device with dd: dd if=/dev/<blockdevice> of=/sdcard/image bs=4096

  3.Get a data recovery forensics tool and let it search /sdcard/image for the lost file. You can of course try to run multiple tools on the image. Formemost and Scalpel are a good start.


texts: I'm looking to source a genuine original size battery for my HTC Desire. I'd rather not fork out the RRP of ~£35 but lots of the cheaper ones have bad reviews. Will anything much less than the RRP be fake? Does anybody know of any reputable sources in the UK?


texts: On occasion I've seen the serial number reported by adb and fastboot differ. Is there a way to reliably determine what the fastboot serial number will be from adb?


texts:
I've been playing around with rooting and I'm enjoying it (because I like to tinker). However, I have noticed that my applications tend to force close on me very frequently (particularly in Bugless Beast), or my Moto Droid runs very sluggishly (particularly with CyanogenMod).

So I am able to root my phone, I flashed my Vanilla back-up (made using Clockwork Recovery) and all is fine and dandy...except for one thing. Although my phone is now unrooted, I had made a few changes BEFORE I made my back-up...namely using SetCPU and AdFree. Now it seems as though, even though I don't have root access, my phone is still scaling the processor (when I go into "readonly" mode in SetCPU, it's still showing my scaling measures applying), and I am not receiving ads (this is not necessarily bad, but I want to know how to revert to the original way the system was - particularly because one application becomes very slow when it can't download advertisements).

Can anyone provide any help on how to revert completely (without flashing a Vanilla kernel that is not my backup).


texts:
All of a sudden, half-way using whatsapp, the names are not shown anymore. Instead I can only see the number. I went to my contact list and checked.

Most of my contacts appeared to be shown in email address. And it's the same person's email address.

I clicked in and found that the detail of these contacts is gone.

What happened to my phone and what should I do?

My phone is Galaxy Note2


texts: Where does "Places" get all its information?

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In my Nexus S, there is an application named "Places", which it is able to provide me the restaurants information near by me. Surprisingly, the information are very localize and accurate.

May I know where does Google get all these information?


texts: How to watch videos with Hebrew subtitles?

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I've bought an adapter for watching movies and tv shows from my smartphone (galaxy s3) to the big screen tv.

For some reason, all of the video player apps I've tried so far have problems with showing Hebrew subtitles: either they become gibberish, or they have punctuations marks being put on the wrong places (for example "." in the beginning of the sentence instead of at the end).

Here's a screenshot of MX-Player app, showing a subtitle :

In Hebrew, the "." should be placed on the left of the sentence since you read from right to left. Same goes with any other mark (such as "?" , "!", "," ,...).

On a PC, it's hard to find any app that has such problems.

Maybe it's because it's an RTL (right to left) language, and Android doesn't support such languages well (on 4.2 i think the situation has changed though).

Anyway, is there anything one can do about this? Does it require a special video player to shows Hebrew subtitles well?


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My Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 started wigging out on me. While I was desperately tapping a Retreat, I think I may have deleted or disabled something. Apps crash frequently since and the "Android System" module in Settings/Application Manager shows zero bytes in all categories - cache, data, app, total, etc.  However,  it is not turned off.
How to correct this?


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I spent an hour trying to get this to work so I could get some sleep in my noisy hospital bed last night.

I wanted to listen to some noise on loop. I downloaded some waves lapping type music.

It's on my internal SD and is an mp3.

Clicking the file in Astro browser doesn't open the file in a player fully but only a popup preview window. It's in the foreground, doesn't offer many controls and stops playing when the focus is removed.

Searching for the file in all 3 of my players doesn't result in anything, even after a restart. I have also tried a SD card rescan utility from the play store.

Music apps I tried were Fusion, Bubble UPNP and the Samsung Music App. All of which seem to rely on some internal media index. Frustratingly I can't simply browse to the file from inside the apps, I have to search the library.

It should not take an hour and a post to here to figure out how to manually play a simple file, added to my phone in such a way.

It would be great if it were like Windows or osx and allow the user to "Open with... ",  and then select the app.
 I know you can dig in and change this, but it's a more permanent solution for a temporary requirement.

Anyway I must be loosing my mind:)

How can I add this file to my library from within Android or otherwise open this file in a full player to make use of controls like loop etc?

Update from a comment on an answer:

It's mp3, and plays in the popup player just fine. Perhaps the tags are corrupted and somehow blocking it from appearing in the library. I tried an mp3 tag utility and it can't see the file in the folder. So perhaps it is corrupt in some way.


texts: I Brought a 16GB Lexar micro sd card for my LG Optimus L7II and installed the micro sd card and I've have tried downloading apps but it keeps coming up insufficient storage space available! How do I get the SD cards to work?


texts: Limit data rate of specific app (to avoid HD stream, for instance)

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My data plan is decent, but not huge (2GB per month). Say that I want to watch a livestream on some app: I have no control over the data rate this app is getting. Since the cellular connection is good, the stream will default to HD quality. I want to manually restrict the data rate that a particular app is getting, since I'm totally fine watching a low-quality livestream, so that I can save my data. There are no livestream settings, but I know for a fact that the livestream will switch to lower quality video in case of limited bandwidth, since I have watched it when connected to some slow wi-fi hotspot.
My question: Is there a (developer) setting, or some app, that allows me to manually set a maximum data rate/bandwith that a SPECIFIC app is getting?
Most other questions on the stack seems to talk only about the data rate of the whole device (Is there a ways to set data speed limit in android?) or are about stopping a specific app (using firewall) after it has consumed X amount of data (How to limit data usage of individual apps?), and these questions seem to be a bit outdated as well.
I'm running Android 9, LineageOS 16, on a OnePlus A5010.
Thanks, cheers!
PS: I am aware I could select a lower speed "Prefered Network Type", such as GSM or 3G instead of LTE, but that seems to be a bit of a hassle to change this setting every time, since I obviously would like to profit from my fast cellular network when it comes to smaller quantities of data (e.g. navigation or messaging)


texts: Why are Google Talk notifications at a low volume?

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When I am chatting with someone in Google Talk and I receive a message, the notification sound is played at a very low volume, low enough that I have some difficulty hearing it.

But if I receive a message in Google Talk while the application isn't open, the notification sound is at full volume.

I have notification volume cranked up to maximum in Android's settings, and Google Talk doesn't seem to have a separate setting for this that I've been able to locate.

How do I get my notifications to be played at full volume in Google Talk?

The device is a Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX with Jelly Bean 4.1.2.


texts: How do I Install OpenGapps or MindtheGapps on a Work Profile (Shelter)?

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Searching for a solution to install OpenGapps or MindtheGapps just on the work profile (I installed Shelter/Island).
I found this, but don't know how to fastboot boot a Work Profile.
adb push android.apk /data/local/tmp
adb shell pm install --user 10 /data/local/tmp/android.apk

My settings:
Users:
UserInfo{0:Owner:c13} running
UserInfo{10:Work profile:1030} running

Otherwise, would installing Magisk work and the OpenGapps module for it. If so, how do I flash Magisk for a work profile?


texts: Why are there two switches to enable demo mode?

texts: In System UI Tuner -> Demo mode, there are two toggles, "enable demo mode" and "show demo mode". "Show demo mode" does nothing when "enable demo mode" isn't enabled, so why have two buttons to enable demo mode?