texts: help me out making my transition from iphone please

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I am used to doing a long-press-on-the-home-button to trigger the voice- search. That's a bad iphone habit. Here with Android, it is always switching to the currently-running-apps screen.

I tried so many ways ( including the home2 share app) but I could not figure it out.

Could you tell me an easy way to configure note 3 ( or s4) hardware buttons so that I can program them to do certain things upon long press, double click, even triple click etc...  What's the best app for that?

And secondly (and more practically speaking), please tell me how I can configure that a long press on the home button puts the phone into the listening mode?

Thank you...


texts: Why different pictures are loading on boot, and images disappearing, then reappearing on its own?

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I am using a non-rooted LG V20, Android Oreo I believe.

I am having a problem in which the phone randomly loads different "sets" of pictures - sometimes current photos disappear and older pictures reappear, etc. It's almost as if there are 2 root drives/internal storage that the phone randomly load.

If you see the attached screenshot below, there are 2 pictures folders of the same name under root/sdcard (Pictures and PICTURES -- I don't understand how there can be 2 folders with the same name so this is already strange).

When I open either of these folders, it leads to the exact same folder (see the screenshots below). Note the folder names are both "pictures" technically. I think this may somehow be related to the problem.

Some days when I boot, it will just load an "older" pictures folder w/ different picture count - pictures that I've stored in the past. When that happens, my current/recent pictures will all disappear and the older set is the only thing visible.

For example: right now it shows 14 files in Instagram, 3 files in Kakaotalk, 0 files in others as you can see in the screenshot.

When my older set loads, it will a whole different set of pictures, with no pictures overlapping from the above. (see below)

I can't seem to find the trigger that reliably reproduces loading of either set - although, once I remember the phone was suddenly not reading any pictures from the instagram's gallery function so I manually ran the media scanner, when the phone loaded the older set instead.

Anyone have any ideas?


texts: bridging android emulator to LAN connection does not work

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I have two emulator installed on my PC, one is memuplayer and the other is LDMultiplayer . I am trying to set a bridge from my android to my LAN connection.

however after doing so and restarting the emulator, the wifi can't assign an IP address.. in other words i don't think DHCP is working.. any idea why this is ? if i set the network mode to NAT the internet on the emulator works perfectly fine.. i need to bridge the emulator so i can run adb


texts: How to permanently enable desktop mode on a browser app?

texts: The tablet is brand new so rooted methods are not an option. I seem to remember there being a Firefox add on that had a similar function, which is now dead and and buried. Are there any other tricks out there?


texts: Why does my Samsung GT-i9000 not detect USB connectivity (not a driver problem)?

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I have made several searches across many boards but failed at finding a solution for my problem yet, even though it's been reported by some.

My phone was working fine for about a month, I was using the mass-storage technique without a problem until it stopped working one day.

Now, when I plug in my phone by usb to any computer, the connection screen will not come up, the battery charging icon sometimes fails to appear as well and I can hear the computer detecting a new device but it will not recognize it.

I did a hard reset on the phone, which ended up in 2.1 instead of the 2.2 i had, and the problem persists.

I have tried everything, from usb debugging mode to uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, even tried with my friend's cable and it does the same thing...I am very frustrated!

Anybody got a fix for me?


texts: Trying to install cyanogenmod on nexus 7 but can't get into Team Win Recovery Project

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I have followed the steps from How to Install CyanogenMod on the Google Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi, 2012 version) ("grouper")

  If you are not already in recovery, boot to recovery mode now.
  Hold Volume Up, Volume Down, & the Power button. Continue to hold all three until the screen flashes, then release all buttons.
  In Team Win Recovery Project, select menu choices by tapping on the appropriately labelled button.

After #4, you are suddenly supposed to be in team win recovery project. But I'm not. I am in the menu that gives you the options "start, restart bootloader, recovery mode, and power off".  If I choose recovery mode, I see a picture of an android and his chest/belly is open with a red triangle.

How do I get into team win recovery project?

Alternatives are also welcome. Hand holding will be needed though... I'm a noob to mods.


texts: Is there a way to seamlessly integrate Facebook chat and SMS messaging? I am looking for a method that hides the detail of how a message was sent to a given contact or number as much as possible.


texts: Where is the "systemless hosts" file under Magisk?

texts:
Where is the "systemless hosts" file? I normally just replace the hosts file in /etc/ since I have a customized list. With the systemless hosts, I don't know which file to replace.

P.S., for the newer magisk, it is under /system_root/etc.


texts: Can't connect to college WiFi even after changing the MAC address

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First of all this is completely for education purpose, there is no intension to access college Internet without official permissions.

So In my college, WiFi is only accessible via laptops. Students have initially registered their laptop's MAC address to the college, and they have given local IP addresses to each student to connect to WiFi using their laptops.

So first I've changed my MAC address of my rooted phone (Red MI Note 3) and then configured the WiFi, as I'm doing in my laptop, but this only connects my Android device to the WiFi, but can't load the student login page on the mobile phon.

So what possible firewalls or blockers are they using to block only mobile devices even if they have same MAC address as the laptop?

Is there any way to show Android device as laptop to the WiFi router? So that It allow access to mobile phones?

I've seen this post from XDA Developers but no helpful answers.

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.


texts:
I'm trying to set the --kiosk and the --kiosk-printing flags in Chrome for Android on my Galaxy Tab 10.1.
All the instructions that I can find here and elsewhere tell me to go to chrome://flags and set the flag there. But neither of these flags is mentioned in the list there.
What do I need to do to set kiosk mode?
I'm using Chrome 39.0.2171.56 on Android 4.0.4


texts: How can I make my Droid2 push Facebook-originated contacts to Google?

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On my Droid2 (Android Version 2.2) (System Version.2.3.20.A955.Verizon.en.US), I fully utilize the phone's ability to log into a Google, Facebook, and Twitter account, and link the contacts together. Often it chooses the wrong name to display, but that is another question entirely. I have already set the option in ...

(Contacts) -> [Menu] -> "More (+)" -> "Settings"

... to automatically push any newly created contacts to my Google account. If I create a new contact traditionally, via ...

(Contacts) -> [Menu] -> "Add contact"

... then it works exactly as expected, creating a new contact in both my Phone Contacts and Google Contacts. However, sometimes there are people I know whom I have no contact information for until I friend them on Facebook. At this point, the only contact I have for them is my Facebook contact. I don't like having to rely on only a Facebook contact, and I always take this opportunity to start a Google Contact for them, duplicating what Facebook has already told me. This is where the unexpected behavior begins.

If I select a contact from my phone which is purely a Facebook contact, and click ...

... [Menu] -> "Edit"

... it brings me to the traditional contact editing screen, presenting me with all of their Facebook information as immutable fields, allowing me to manually duplicate this data into what I would expect would be both a Phone Contact and a Google Contact.

But it's not!!! After manually re-typing in, say, their birthday, e-mail address, and cellphone number (information traditionally available via Facebook), and I click ...

"Save"

... the resulting contact reads as ...

Linked profiles (2)

Facebook: John D.
Phone Contacts: John Doe

... with a Google contact nowhere to be seen!! Even if I initiate a manual resynchronization via ...

(Home Screen) -> [Menu] -> "Settings" ->  "Accounts" -> "[my Google account]" -> [Menu] -> "Sync now"

... the information is still not pushed to my Google Contacts!!

Does anyone know how I can fix this?


texts: Is there a way to completely disable all Bixby functionality without rooting the S9+?

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I would like to get rid of Bixby altogether and preferably reassign the Bixby hardware button to a different function.

Is that at all possible and if so: how?


texts: How can I geo-tag a photo after I've taken it?

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Is there an app for that? :)

(For when automatic tagging fails)


texts:
Today I notice my Lenovo Vibe p1m is running slow. It coudn't open Chrome without freezing. The whole UI is basically sluggish. It also couldn't open the flashlight.

I have tried removing the sdcard and restarting in safe mode. Same slowness. I didn't install anything new so it's baffling what could cause it. I also can't open the Update screen of Google play because it freezes. I check the running apps section, RAM usage is just 700MB out of 2GB.

Looks like the phone is basically screwed for no logical reason. The phone is only 1.5 years old.

Any ideas what could cause this and how/what else could I diagnose?


texts:
I've been trying to reinstall the TouchWiz calendar on my Sidekick 4G with no luck.

I got the calendar apk here, and put it on my sd card then moved it to system/app using RootExplorer, and once I clicked install I got the normal install prompts then a message that said "Application not installed".

How can I fix this? Do I need to reinstall a stock ROM?


texts: How can I remotely start an application on my android phone?

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I have an older phone (Android 2.x) that I am not using as a phone.  I am using it in a carboard projector.

I would like to be able to use my desktop computer to instruct it to play a youtube video.  I tried Airdroid, but it doesn't seem to have this functionality.

Any ideas?


texts: No system updates for Galaxy Nexus (maguro) with Cyanogenmod 11 after 20140225-SNAPSHOT-Installer

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I have a Galaxy Nexus (maguro) and some time back I got an OTA udpate after I installed Cyanogenmod on on the phone using the installer. I'm not sure which 'M' release this OTA update is. All it says in Settings >  About phone > Cyanogenmod statistics > Preview data is the following:

  11-20140225-SNAPSHOT-InstallerXNPQ09P-maguro

I'm assuming this is an update added on 25-Feb-2014.

But in the Cyanogenmod download page for maguro (https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=maguro), it shows 'M' releases that were added way after that, like M6 added on 04-May-2014.

So, 1) Why am I not getting these updates through Settings >  About phone > System updates and 2) Why doesn't the above mentioned snapshot show up in the Cyanogenmod download page for maguro?

Many thanks!


texts: Play/Pause button on headphones works for a time, then stops

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I have a Galaxy Note 3, and the play/pause button on the wired headset only works for a short time.  Once I start playing music or whatever, with Ginko/Music/Play Music, the button works fine.  After listening to a song or two however, pushing the button has no effect and I have to pull my phone out to play or pause.  Has anyone else had this problem, or is it something I should be submitting for repair?

Thanks.


texts: It stop working in process of restarting where android symbol is coming. So what should I have to do for resolve this issue?


texts: why is my file system suddenly read only?

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Some background:

My HTC Desire HD has several issues.
The first issue being that I can not connect to it using a USB cable.

So I found that I can tell ADB to work over wifi and I was using this method for some time.
I am using VISIONary to temproot the device, then I run a terminal on the device and execute:

$ su
#setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
#stop adbd
#start adbd

I then use netcfg to find my device's IP and finally on my pc I use

adb connect {device IP}:5555

I am then able to run on my pc

adb shell

and use this shell to do the following:

cd /etc
echo 127.0.0.1 localhost >hosts
echo {my pc's IP} some.dnsname.com >>hosts

This is when the second issue comes into play:
once in a while (seems related to killing and clearing cache of an app that uses some.dnsname.com - but not always) the hosts file just reverts to an empty file :(

Not having the deep knowledge to handle those problems (yet) I just "learned to live with them"...

A few moments ago, when I went through this process for for maybe the 30th time or so, A new issue decided to make my day more interesting.
I tried to modify (overwrite) the hosts file and I get the following  message:

cannot create hosts: read-only file system

I tried to read some about it and it seems I need to remount the system in read/write mode.

running

mount | grep system

returns

/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system ext3 ro,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
none /system/xbin tmpfs rw,relatime,gid=10132 0 0

I need help with:
1) Making my system read write again (what mount/remount command do I need to run?)
2) Understanding what could have caused this new issue.
3) Any ideas on how I can handle the two background issues is also most welcome.

thank you for reading...


texts: Reinstalling Samsung Home on Samsung Galaxy Y Duos

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I had removed Samsung Home and made another launcher as the default home screen. I now need to reinstall Samsung Home; and I have tried moving both the APK and the ODEX file for Samsung Home into the /system/app folder, and tried to set the proper permissions, but this didn't work.

Any other suggestions (other than restoring the Nandroid backup with CWM)?


texts: Notepad/text-editor encrypt on Android, decrypt on linux -- and vice-versa

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I'm looking for an encrypted notepad or text editor for Android which encrypts files in a way that allows them to be decrypted under Linux.
I also want this to work in the opposite direction: encrypting a file under Linux and having it be decryptable under the same encrypted notepad or text editor under Android.

It's important to me that the encryption and decryption under Android get done with one, single step. I don't want to perform a manual pre-encryption or pre-decryption step under Android. I want to simply open the file via some sort of encryption-enabled app under Android, edit its contents using that same app, and then save it encrypted using that same app ... so that the file is also decryptable and re-encryptable under Linux.

I don't care if multiple steps are needed under Linux, because I can encapsulate those steps within a script on that operating system. Furthermore, I want the encryption/decryption under Linux to be performed using command-line tools, not via some sort of GUI-based application, because I plan to implement this Linux-based encryption and decryption within emacs. Therefore, I'm looking for the Android encryption to be done via some sort of standard encryption algorithms.

To be clear, I expect to have to use the same encryption/decryption password for these files both under Android and Linux.

I know how to transfer files between Android and Linux, and I'm not looking for help with that. This question simply has to do with the encryption/decryption.

Does anyone know if what I want to do is possible?

Thank you.


texts: Have a widget activating something in an app?

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I have the SyncMe app, and I would like to have a widget activating a fuction in the app.

Now I have to open the app -> Click on a button -> Click on another button.

Can I have a widget doing this by just clicking it?


texts: Looking for software to create an exact copy of the memory card

texts: What software can help me Copy memory card From my phone Into my hard disk My pc have Operating system is windows 7 My memory card Have two partitions, one FAT32 And second EXT Total memory 8 GB A MICRO-SD card Thanks to anyone who can help


texts: Restoring static boot logo and animation from ClockWorkMod backup for: Android Huawei Ideos X3 (U8510)

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I have a rooted (and unlocked) Huawei Ideos X3 (U8510). I have complete backups of the stock ROM using ClockWordMod installed to the sdcard.

Then I started playing with different ROMs on the internet. At some point I also flashed the device with another GENERIC Stock ROM for this device. At this point, the generic Stock ROM permanently changed my static boot logo and the boot animation. Originally it was a static Huawei logo with Vodafone animation (Red Vodafone logo). That was replaced by the static Huawei logo AND Huawei generic boot animation. This is the problem as:

I need to replace with the original static boot logo and boot animation in the event of a warranty claim.
I need the assurance that recovering to the stock ROM backup will restore everything to the way it was except the bootlogo and boot animation.

Now if I revert to the stock ROM from the backup (via ClockWorkMod recovery), everything from the backup is restored EXCEPT for the static boot logo and the boot animation sequence.

Things I have tried:

From the installed terminal, as su: I tried copying the recovery.img from the backup to the root of the sdcard. Then as su, I executed the following command:

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

The above command worked. I rebooted into recovery. Then I rebooted again but still am seeing the generic static Huawei boot logo and boot animation.

I can see the following files from my stock rom backup:

.android_secure.vfat.tar
boot.img
cache.yaffs2.img
data.yaffs2.img
nandroid.md5
recovery.img   ---> This is the file I copied to the root of the sdcard.
system.yaffs2.img

I have also tried asking in other forums to get the copy of the boot animation from the stock ROM with no success.

Questions:

Do I have the original boot logo and boot animation from stock rom backup (above file list)?
If so, is there a way to recover it? If not: is there a known source to get the original boot animation?

Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: Quiet sound after 4.3 update - Samsung Galaxy SIII

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Since my Samsung Galaxy SIII was updated to 4.3, I have had problems when listening to music.

The sound is very low when my equalizer turns on. I've already tried to configure the equalizer accordingly, but that doesn't seem to help. I uninstalled the equalizer but the sound is still low.

What can I do?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Help on fixing “unfortunately the process com android systemui has stopped” on galaxy S3 NOTE

texts: Every time I  press the home button to get out of an app: meaning that the app is running in the background, then press the home button again to swipe away or close the app the message, "unfortunately the process com android systemui has stopped" , appears and I get sent to lock screen. I haven't done anything to my phone before this message kept appearing. I didn't touch any files, download games, or do anything risky to the phone. Is there a way to fix it? If there is please help.


texts: SM-T237P Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Boot when plugged in

texts: I have a SM-T237P Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 that I want to modify to Boot when plugged in / power is applied.  I have the phone rooted but cannot find a way to access the file needed to modify.  I want to mount and wire the tab 4 on a vehicle to use for navigation and want the device to start up every time the vehicle starts and sends power to the tablet.


texts: 3G web browsing problems despite full bars

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I consistently have problems browsing the web via my 3G connections despite the fact that it shows that I've got a "good" signal. Often I will have the blue bars but they eventually turn grey after the connection fails. If I keep hitting retry on Chrome it will eventually load the page.

Does anyone have any ideas on what is going on here? Is my carrier doing something strange?

(This is on a Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean, build number JWR66Y, baseband I9250XXLJ1)


texts: Nexus 6 automatically remounting system read-only, deleted files returning

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tl;dr

I mount system rw
I try to copy/update/write /system/xposed.prop
System is auto-remounted ro, causing the write to fail (applicable to a variety of workarounds)
Moving/renaming/deleting files causes them to resurrect after a umount/mount cycle, but only for some files.

Environment: TWRP 3.0.0-1 shamu, using Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32.

Also attempted with a 2.x version of TWRP and ADB 1.0.31.  Recovery is freshly installed.  Problematic write commands include shell redirection (>), cp, mv.  This is reproducible on my device whether I use mount, /sbin/mount, or busybox mount.

For reference (state of desired file BEFORE update):

~ # ls -l /system/xposed.prop
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            65 Feb 29 04:17 /system/xposed.prop

From adb shell

/system appears to be mounted correctly

/system # mount
...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p41 on /system type ext4 (rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered)

Some sanity testing

/system # touch a
/system # ls a
a
/system # rm a
/system # ls a
ls: a: No such file or directory

Ok, copy a file (xposed.prop) to /system

/system # cat /data/media/0/xposed-v80-sdk22-arm/system/xposed.prop > /system/xposed.prop
/system # cat: write error: Read-only file system

How peculiar.

/system # mount
...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p41 on /system type ext4 (ro,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered)

Somehow /system got remounted ro?

/system # cd /
~ # mount -o remount,rw /system
~ # mount
...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p41 on /system type ext4 (ro,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered)
~ # mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p41 /system
~ # mount
/dev/block/mmcblk0p41 on /system type ext4 (ro,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered)

Well, remount doesn't seem to work.

From another shell on my workstation {

$ adb root
adbd is already running as root
$ adb remount
remount of system failed: Read-only file system
remount of vendor failed: Read-only file system
remount failed

}

Helpful.

Back to adb shell

~ # umount /system
~ # mount
...
~ # mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p41 /system
~ # mount
...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p41 on /system type ext4 (rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered)

Ok looks remounted. Let's try this again.

~ # cat /data/media/0/xposed-v80-sdk22-arm/system/xposed.prop > /system/xposed.prop
cat: write error: Read-only file system

... sigh

~ # umount /system
~ # mount -o rw /system

More [in]sanity testing

~ # touch system/a
~ # ls -l /system/a
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root             0 Feb 29 04:18 /system/a
~ # umount /system && mount -o rw /system
~ # ls -l /system/a
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root             0 Feb 29 04:18 /system/a

Ok. Let's try going the long way around

~ # cat /data/media/0/xposed-v80-sdk22-arm/system/xposed.prop > /system/a
~ # ls -l /system/a
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root            40 Feb 29 04:27 /system/a

Looks like the data got written.

~ # mv /system/a /system/xposed.prop
~ # ls -l /system/a
ls: /system/a: No such file or directory
~ # ls -l /system/xposed.prop
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root             0 Feb 29 04:18 xposed.prop

0 bytes??

~ # umount /system && mount -o rw /system
~ # ls -l /system/a
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root             0 Feb 29 04:18 a
~ # ls -l /system/xposed.prop
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            65 Feb 29 04:17 xposed.prop

And now my files are zombies, reanimating from the dead.

~ # rm /system/a
~ # umount /system && mount -o rw /system
~ # ls -l /system/a
ls: /system/a: No such file or directory

Ok, I have no idea what's going on now.

Anyone seen anything like this before?  I'm suspecting some weird kernel stuff is happening, but this should be stock/default Nexus 6 Android kernel.


texts: Does anyone know where android save the details (Mac, etc.) of devices that connected to my phone ?! (When my device is used as a  mobile hotsop)


texts:
I seem to be encountering problems installing WhatsApp on my Huawei Y511-U10 model.
I factory resetted my phone yesterday, and downloaded apps a fresh. But whatsapp seems to be the only app that won't get installed successfully. When I try to install it it keeps on showing me "Whatsapp Messenger can't be installed. (Error code -24).
 I contacted Google Play Store and Whatsapp support for help but haven't yet gotten any solution for my problem. If there is some genious mind out there kindly assist me and I'll be greatful


texts: Should I turn off or standby my encrypted phone to maximize lifespan

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Should I turn my phone off at night or just lock it, to minimize battery usage and battery wear, and also wear to the flash memory?
This question is similar to Should I keep my Android tablets' power off or leave them on standby mode?, but my phone's encrypted, so everytime it boots up it has to decrypt, which I'm guessing uses up quite a bit of battery to do and IO operations to the device storage.


texts: How to exclude a program from being presented as program to update

texts:
I have an Archos 101 tablet which has Google maps installed.

I cannot uninstall Google maps but since I don't need it on my tablet I don't update it.

However, it is constantly being presented in the list of apps with 'new update available.

Can I somehow exclude this app ?

I have not rooted my device and are running Android 2.2


texts: How to flash Android onto an empty Samsung GT-P3100 (OMAP4430)

texts:
I'm about to purchase a replacement motherboard for a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (GT-P3100) as the original one has developed a hardware fault.

Unfortunately the sellers (eBay) won't say if Android (or anything else) is preloaded on the boards.

So assuming that the boards come completely empty, how can I flash this board?  Would the OMAP4430 be configured so that it follows a boot sequence similar to the one described on OMAPPEDIA.  For example, could I load ClockWorkMod via a SD card or USB?

If USB is included in the boot sequence, what tools would I need to flash the system?


texts: Phone Factory Reset without carrier apps

texts:
I am trying to reset my phone (Samsung Galaxy X Cover 3) to factory defaults, using "Settings->Backup and Reset->Factory data reset".

However, there is a step that the carrieer (Orange) has added, it installs several applications (Games, TV, Voicemail, etc) during the first boot.

A black screen without any botton appears and say "installing applications", when the installation is finished the android welcome screen appears.

Is there a way to avoid this step so that no Orange applications are installed ?

(I have tried to interrupt it, restarting the phone during the app installation step, but it is re-run after the reboot).


texts: How to lock screen besides pressing Nexus S right side power button

texts: I was wondering, besides locking screen by pressing Nexus S right side power hardware button, is there any way to lock screen, using software button press instead of hardware?


texts:
My music player suddenly stopped and it says there are no songs.

But in fact, there are songs in my SD-Card.

I had a similar problem that is the gallery didn't display images and also I have deleted a nomedia .txt file in internal folder to fix it.

Any suggestions? I'm using samsung galaxy s3 mini which runs on android 4.1.2


texts:
I have a simple link from an email which I click.

I get the following error message:

"to view this content, install and set up a web browsing app."

I already set the default browser to once chrome and once firefox, but still I get this error.

What could be the problem ? and hints ?

The link is about testing an app:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/solveraapps.chronicbrowser_wgd_maps It should derict you to a page for installing the app. You will not be able to install the app, (Because you should be member of an Google+ Group), but at least there should come a different message from a website content.


texts: Saving contacts when I change ROM on Xiaomi MI3

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I have a Xiaomi MI3 running an Android 6.0 CyanogenMod version. I want to return to use a MIUI Rom, but I don't know how save all the contacts (a lot of them aren't saved on the google account, they are saved on the phone).

What I have to do to save all the contacts (in order to have them when I'll install the MIUI Rom)?

Usually, I use TeamWin TWRP Recovery to install Roms.


texts: No ADB connection to Transformer Prime TF201 on 4.1.1

texts:
ADB connection to Transformer Prime TF201 on 4.1.1

With USB Debugging disabled I can see the TF as expected.

With USB Debugging enabled I can see an entry under Device Manager for ASUS Transformer Prime ADB Interface with no warnings or errors. However when I attempt to use ADB to connect I'm not getting any devices returned.

Screenshot here:

If I plug my phone in and list devices I get a single entry returned which works as expected, SHELL etc works normally.

Any thoughts?


texts: Reboot touchphone without touching the screen

texts:
Sometimes touch screen on my phone is swithced off and does not switch on again. The phone is working, you can ring it, even the touch keys have light.

Can you say, it there a method how to reboot it not touching the screen?

My phone is I-Mobile IQ 5.5 (bought in Thailand).
OS: Android 4.2.2.

I've searched the phone's manual, there is nothing about this topic.

I know there is a combination of keys from other manufacturers like Samsung, but as I said here there were no word about it in manual.

Maybe there is an app, which can help me reboot the phone by pressing several hard keys?

Now, I am just taking off the battery to reboot the phone.


texts: How to build LineageOS for a device without official support?

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I have a Mi 8 Lite (platina), for which there is no official LineageOS support. But LineageOS custom ROM for the device is available on XDA. On further research, I can see that vendor files, device tree and kernel source code is available for my device:

Kernel Source
Device Tree
Vendor Files

How do I build a LineageOS ROM for my device without official support?


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It’s related to a specific user and a specific group.

I don’t want to block that user and don’t want to quite that group.

Whenever that user send me a content (text, image or video) or whenever anyone share a content in a group; I want to see all contents but I do not want them (a specific user and members of group) to know that the contents have been delivered to me and I have seen the contents.

Also, if I am online, I do not want them (a specific user and a specific group members) to know that I am online.

Please let me know.

What settings are required for both?

Regards

Smith


texts: Debug crashing/reboot when in safe mode Samsung Galaxy S6

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I have a samsung galaxy s6 (SM-G920F) running marshmallow 6.0.1 that has been rebooting frequently even when in safe mode. If the device is plugged into a USB cable it seems to freeze when trying to boot after the crash

Have tried a cache partition wipe and clearing all app cache (although downloaded apps won't be launched in safemode anyway)

Is there any way to debug what's causing the phone to crash/reboot?


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So I have a Wingtech Redmi 2 here, it was working fine and I was running Pixel Experience on it, the ROM is not smooth but at the time this is the best Pie available. I used this phone with this ROM for a few months and I got a new phone, but I always check on it every so often.
And just today, it stopped turning on. Yesterday when I turned it off I didn't notice anything abnormal that night. I did try to plug it into the wall outlet with no luck. Then I plugged it into my computer, it doesn't work still.
So I later took it apart, see what's wrong, but it seems like nothing is wrong at all. Then I put it together a bit to try and power it on and it magically powered on. So I put shut it down, put it all together, and now it no longer turns on again.
I am aware the Wingtech Redmi 2 has a charging board issue, and I've also replaced its battery recently before I buy a new phone.


texts: Fire Tablet FreeTime sometimes takes a long time to start an app

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Once every few days when my kids go into their account (FreeTime), none of the apps work right away. You'll tap/click to start running a game and the icon turns this like teal color, it waits a minute or two then it appears to either download or install something because a yellow progress bar shows up under the icon. It does this for every single app. The download/install process seems to queue, too.

If I go in directly into an adult's profile, this never happens (even while it is "downloading" in the kids profile). All apps work immediately.

Why does it do this?


texts: Why hasn't Google developed such a suite as good as the Nokia suite that would almost 100% allow us to use most of our phones' basic functions on our PC?


texts: Where does Android store the binaries of the apps themselves?

texts: In operating systems like windows there is a special folder like Program Files where the executables themselves are stored. But in android it's kind of amazing that the binaries themselves are hidden after their installation via an APK file, and the APK can be deleted safely. Moreover, the only way to uninstall an app is via the application manager! Can anyone give me insights to the reason behind this design ?


texts: Nokia Glance-like lock screen clock on Android

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Is there any way to get Nokia Glance like power-saver clock + notifications on android phones with AMOLED screens?
It's very useful feature IMHO and does not consume much battery on phones with AMOLED screens.
I am not asking for app. It can be anything from an app to a ROM that has the feature.

EDIT
For those who don't know what Nokia Glance is:
It is a feature that shows digital clock when Lumia devices (and Nokia N9 if anyone still remembers the phone) with AMOLED screens are on stand by mode. The best thing is that it is ALWAYS there and you don't have to touch the screen or press a button for it to show up. It uses very less battery because it lights up only the necessary pixels with rest of the pixels turned off, something that is possible with AMOLED screens.
Here is a picture showing the feature in work:


texts: A traditional email client on a mobile platform?

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I am looking for an e-mail client for my Android. The problem is -- the only email clients I can find are designed with the "syncing" mentality that is all the rage on mobile platforms. I would like an e-mail client that thinks the way my Thunderbird thinks on my desktop.

What are the specific things I must have? For one thing --- I want the option to be able to set things so that when I download a message to my e-mail program, they are right there-and-then deleted from the server --- as opposed to them sitting on my server until I delete them from the local device. That used to be an option in the pre-mobile ear -- these days we're being stripped of that very-useful option.

Also - for organizing my e-mails, I don't want the very-limited category format that is provided by the e-mail host. I want to be able to have folders (and even sub-folders) - just like I used to --- and to be able to custom-program filters that would automatically determine what folder an e-mail goes into when I download it.

I want the option to set it so that E-mail will immediately delete from the server the moment I download it --- and then the one copy will remain on my e-mail client until I remove it ---- and I want to be able to export messages to files (either individual e-mails or several at a time) before I delete them --- so that I can save long-term copies elsewhere.

Once upon a time, in the desktop era, none of this was too much to ask for --- but these days when I search for an e-mail client for my Android, it's like I'm asking for private ownership of the moon!

So my question is --- is there any e-mail client available for the Android that can do what once was no problem at all?


texts: At 2016-oct-16, calendar goes back to 1970 (or, "cannot disable Tardis")

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So... How do I disable time traveling?

I have Cyanogenmod 13 on a Redmi 2 Pro (a snapshot version), with opengapps 6.0-pico-20160704. I recently noticed that, when I get from 2016-oct-15 on the calendar to the next day (for example, by choosing "day" view and scrolling to the right), it goes back to 01-jan-1970 (Unix zero time).
In month view, if I click on any day of that week, it also goes back in time.

It's funny: I can schedule events on a date within that week, but the calendar won't display them (that weeks stays empty). This happens with two different calendar frontends (Etar and AOSP Calendar), so it must be related to the internal Android Calendar.

Is this a known bug? What should I update in order to try to fix it?

And what will happen if I don't fix the bug before that week? Do I go back to the 70's?


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I wanted to check if I had an unlocked bootloader or not and I pressed "Reboot into bootloader mode" in recovery mode.

It now has a black screen with a green android robot saying "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!"

I'm panicking what do I do how do I get out of this mode??


texts: Enable Developer options in Kindle Fire Second Generation

texts: I have a kindle fire second generation with 10.5.1 OS installed. I'm trying to enable developer options but tapping the serial number seven times does nothing. What should I do?


texts: How can I sync a folder *to* android using syncthing?

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I have installed syncthing on my Windows desktop and on my android 2.3.3 based phone.  The nodes are talking and I see that I am connected to the windows desktop.  I successfully sync'd a folder from my mobile phone to the desktop, so I believe the connection is working.  The Android UI shows the connection as present to the desktop.

I selected the mobile phone device in the "Share With Devices" section of the desktop folder' configuration from the desktop syncthing localhost web UI, but I can't figure out how to add the Windows directory to be sync'd onto the phone.

In the Android syncthing UI, how can I sync an entire folder from the desktop machine to the mobile phone?

Meta:
I hope this is on-topic.  The on-topic blurb seems to suggest that it is:

  If your question generally covers...
  [...]
  Using a particular app on your Android device


texts: How can I collect repeated contact entries under one call log entry?

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I'm running Cyanogen 5.0.8 and previously had stock 1.2 before this. On both releases I'd like is to be able to able to collect repeated call log entries in only one single entry reflecting last activity, whether it is "received", "missed", or "dialed". When the entry is to be tapped all activities related to the contact would be shown.

Is any one familiar with such feature and how can I achieve it on my phone?


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i've used multiple generations of Nexus devices, some more stable some less. It seems like there is always some combination of hardware, system image and installed app set that creates a situation where your battery suddenly just drains at a rapid rate.

I have seen the battery drop from what i expected 4-6 hours of life down to zero in fifteen minutes in a situation where i really, really needed the battery.

Normally you can take action if you notice this : close apps, switch off gps/bt/wifi/camera , shut down services, reboot or whatnot. The really sucky situation is when you DONT notice it and then are left with dead battery.

So, wouldn't it be nice to have higher than usual battery drain rate alert ? Havent found an app that would do this, but IMHO that actually should be a system level function.


texts: Something went wrong suddenly with my uc mini browser. It's speed mode has stopped working on my android phone . With its speed mode on, uc mini works well even over slow 2G network. But now, turning it on has stopped working. How can I fix it? Pls help.


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My device goes into bootloop, and I don't know, why this is happening?.
Device Details:

PHONE:  Samsung Galaxy Core Prime SM-G360HU
Recovery:  TWRP
ROM:  CM12.1
Android Version:  Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

I think, this happened, when I changed the theme of the device. After that, the device powered off due to low battery. Then, I charged the device, and powered it on, and it goes into boot-loop.


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I have some microSD cards and I noticed a weird behaviour: larger microSDs give lower results!

For example, using them on my Note 8, I get these results:
Code:

 64GB -> R: 70MBs W: 35MBs
128GB -> R: 60MBs W: 30MBs

While if I test them on my PC, I get the same performance:
Code:

 64GB -> R: 80MBs W: 40MBs
128GB -> R: 80MBs W: 40MBs

*same brand, same model, only size differs
**tested with multiple microSD cards

Why?

Honestly I'm shocked about those results! I always knew the opposite: larger storage (microSD in this case) gives better results[1]...

Does this do not happen with microSDs too?


texts: Samsug A50 Pattern Unlock not working Android 10

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my sister was using her phone normally and till yesterday, the pattern unlock stopped working. The problem is not that she forgot her pattern but rather the phone is not allowing the correct pattern to access the phone.
What I have tried:

Find my phone; was not enabled

USB Debugging is off, but I can access adb sideload and can flash files and zip both using sd card and adb

Tried to flash pattern-remover.zip but an error occurred saying that
E:footer is wrong
E:Signature verification failed
E:error: 21
I don't want to factory reset it because pretty much all of her data are not backed up. If there is any options to backup and restore the data would be great, or to bypass the pattern lock. Any methods is much appreciated thanks


texts: How to ensure that the data traffic is going over the VPN connection?

texts: I have Motorola XT910 and I would like to install the Motorola AnyConnect by Cisco to use when out in public and using open WiFi. Once I do that how can I check if all the traffic that is coming from my phone is going over those VPN tunnels?


texts: Real time switching for playing audio as microphone input for online speaking in external app

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I like to play my podcast played from some other apps like Telegram or Castbox into my realtime mic which is played in another app like Hangouts or WhatsApp conference, two-person calls, or for streaming a live podcast.

I found some apps like Lesser AudioSwitch or Microphone Pro which don't work for this purpose.

There are apps like VB-CABLE Virtual Audio Device as per this answer on Stack Overflow, but it is for Windows, not for Android.

There are some apps which convert audio call in realtime, but is there any way to combine played audio with the phone mic into some other apps like Phone or Hangouts?


texts: Made a Backup with TWRP, but the backup was moved to my computer. Can I still flash?

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So I bricked my Galaxy S6 by wiping the system, data, boot, and all that. Before though, I made a nandroid backup and move the files to my MAC in a folder. But when I try putting the nandroid files back into the empty SD card, I won't show up in the "Restore" option! The kinds of files look like these,

I just want to restore the rom files. Not the data, how would I do this on a mac? I am currently using JOdin. Could I install md5 through TWRP? Is that even possible?? Please help!


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I use gboard.
There is autocorrection or autocomplete, using some system dictionary. And there is learned words.
I want to disable system dictionary and use just my own learned data.
Or maybe there is another app i should try?


texts: What kind of power saving smarts does Android already have?

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I just d/l tasker and it's been really interesting (although not as interesting as I would've liked since I feel a lot of the good features require a root).

I would like to optimize my Galaxy s3 so that it uses less battery power in a way that has minimal effect on my usage.

I have a few suggestions but they seem fairly obvious things so I'm not sure if they are already implemented in the OS and I don't need to create a tasker profile for it.

Turn off 3G when I've got WIFI on. I only need the mobile networks for phone calls when I've got wifi so I would prefer not to have 3G on.
Turn off 3G if i'm in a low signal area - I hear if you're on the edge of 3G connectivity, it'll use lots of power constantly connecting to 3G. Does android have a way to stop that from running the battery down or should I create a tasker profile for it?
Power saving mode on when the screen isn't on. There isn't much the phone needs to do when I'm not using it so are there already processes built into android to turn the CPU down etc. or do I need to create a Tasker profile for it? It can chew up to 25% of my battery life overnight sometimes.

Anyway, do any of those profiles seem worthwhile to do or are they already built in features of android?


texts: Is it possible to completely disable phone calling on Android?

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I've disable the built-in phone app but an a voice over IP app took its responsibilities, I killed that too, disabled notification and tweak everything I could find except for turning off the ringtone in the settings and the phone will still ring, except I can't answer because there's no app for phone calls!

When I receive a phone calls there's a lingering notif as usual I always delete it along with the millions other notifs Android gets nonstop--it's really annoying, I never tapped on it because it does nothing, I remembered however that this version of Android brings more stuff at the first tap. I spent the last two hours trying to remember my own phone number to call myself and bring up the notification, upon tapping it it let me to the system app Phone Call Management which is not blockable. I want to reinstall my VoIP app, it requires to have a ringtone so it can ring too; is there another way around this?

BTW, I also installed phone call blockers, but don't really help in here.

Thanks!


texts: Where can I find a 2.3.6 stock ROM for Nexus S (i9020)?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

I've installed a hacked version of ICS three weeks ago or so and now I want to switch to the stock 4.0.3 ROM. As it needs the 2.3.6 stock ROM, I'll have to downgrade to it so that I can install ICS again.

I've found a 2.3.3 on ROM Manager. I know it may be possible to update from it to 2.3.6, but I'd like a direct approach.

I have a Nexus S (i9020), bootloader unlocked, clockworkmod recovery installed, rooted, with a hacked version of 4.0.1.


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If I have shared a folder on my computer that has all my music in it, is it possible, when connected to the same Wifi network with my phone (Nexus One, Gingerbread), to play this music on my phone?

In case I need to use an application that mounts the shared folder on my phone, it would be extra awesome if it would mount automatically when connecting to that network.


texts: How to activate usb port, -sc3 usb host driver not found

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I have an unbranded rck30sdk tablet running Android 4.1.1. I have run USB diagnostics, plus host controller which gives me the messages:

  sc3 usb host driver not found, root hub present, usb host mode is active.

How can i resolve this? Basically I want to connect my dslr to view/download images. I am reasonably computer literate, but have no experience of programming etc. I found one answer that mentioned inserting a new command via the system, permissions etc. I found these via x-plore, but only as a read-only option.

Can you give me any advice what I could do?


texts: How do I root my Chinavasion TechPad 7" Tablet android tablet?

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I have a TechPad 7" Tablet from Chinavasion, S3C6410 Android 1.6;

None of the generic rooting methods work.

Any ideas?


texts: I have a 16GB Galaxy S3 with a 64GB SD Card. However, it appears that files have been saving to my device and not the external card. I only have 4 Gigs left of the 16. Is there any app that can "take all internal storage and move them to SD Card"? Or is there an easier way?


texts: How do I switch the shutter sound on the Samsung Galaxy?

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I have gone into my camera settings and selected the shutter sound I want but still, no sound when I use the camera.
Is this a fault, or am I missing something?


texts: Manually Linking Facebook Contacts to Android

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Until recently I was able to manually link a Facebook contact to my android contacts by going into the Facebook contact, holding down the contact under the friends list then selecting 'link to phone contact' (or something very similar). I no longer seem to be able to do this. Is this due to a new Facebook update or am I now doing something wrong?

Most of my contacts are synced with Facebook (or LinkedIn), it is just everytime I add a new contact it won't sync automatically (even when going into Facebook and selecting sync with existing contacts). I do not want to use a third party app, is anybody able to help?

Many Thanks.


texts: asus phone data recovery with broken screen

texts: I have Asus Zenfone selfie but the screen is broken and black and unfortunately USB debugging is not yet enabled.is there any way to recover data from it .please help. thank you


texts: Hide Wifi Password QRCode in latest Android mobiles

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We are using Android devices within office network and these devices will be used by operators for daily day-to-day operation activities. Currently, these Android devices are connected to Office Wifi network and the password of the Wifi will be set up by our IT Team (Globally across many offices we use the same Wifi password) and so this password should be secured and should never be exposed.
Now, because in the recent version of Android, operators can view the password easily and they connect to the Wifi with their personal devices. This is a security issue, as any application/site that is browsed in the operator's phone has direct access to our office network.
How can we resolve this issue?
We have tried the following solutions

Installing AppLock and Startup Manager > This does not solve our problem as when we restart the device, Wifi settings are accessible once again as these applications will take some time to start in the mobile devices.

Any good solution for the above problem is good as we have stopped providing mobile devices because of this issue and reverting back our operations in old paper based process.


texts: I am using the new Bluestacks 0.8.7 build 3069 and the home screen only loads the searching for channels and lots of apps that can be downloaded are shown. I also downloaded the MultiTool 1.06r and rooted with it. After it I installed many apps from the MultiTool one by one and they installed perfectly and could be open by the notification in the task bar. But then I restarted BS and then opened the all apps option but there weren't any apps. Where are my installed apps, though they show up in the apps section in the settings menu.


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I would like to use UTC timestamps on the FAT partition on my Android phone.

Reason:

When one moves files from an Android phone to a Linux desktop, one gets wrong timestamps for files which were modified during daylight saving time. The FAT driver on Linux converts the local timestamps from the FAT partition to UTC timestamps on the desktop. It cannot handle daylight saving time, though.

There is an option tz=UTC to mount on Linux to skip this conversion, i.e. to assume that the timestamps were in UTC on the FAT partition.

Consequently, a way to get around the problem would be to use a similar option on Android to use UTC timestamps on the Android storage.
Is that possible?


texts: On AnkiDroid, all text in the flash cards is center aligned. Is there a way to make it left aligned? I'm looking for a solution that does not involve editing each card. For example, is there a setting to make the text left aligned?


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Hey all so I have connected my HTC to my laptop via Bluetooth ( they're paired and connected)

the Bluetooth Tethering option in the phone is Enabled
I can see a Bluetooth network connection has been added in network
connections and adapter panel
I'm stuck after this....
the problem is that when I go to the sharing tab of the network
connection which I'm trying to share it's internet, there it asks you
to select a network connection which the internet is going to be
shared too but the Bluetooth connection wont show so I could select
it...


texts: Android Media Player Achieva Astone A100 missing VPN

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I just bought an Astone A100 which is also known as an Achieva A100.  It's an Android media player with WiFi, HDMI, and an Air Mouse.

The ROM that comes with this device is based on Android 4.0.4.  However, unlike my i9000 phone's Android 4.0.4 there doesn't appear to be a VPN option in the settings menu.

Based on Google Play Store and the SystemInfo app, this ROM identifies as "SoftwinerEvb".  Google says SoftwinerEvb is a ROM for an 8" tablet.

Is the VPN option something I can just add in, like adding kernel drivers to linux, or drivers to windows, or do I have to recompile a whole ROM for this functionality?


texts: What's the difference between flashing Gapps on system partition vs installing from play store?

texts:
So I'm finally diving into the custom ROM world after experiencing some issues on CM12.1 on my OnePlus One. I have a question though that googling couldn't answer. If I flash only the essential Google stuff : play store, play services, etc, and then install the rest of Google apps from the play store, how would that be different from flashing the full Google apps package? Apart from, of course, using space that would have otherwise been used on the system partition.

I'm especially interested in this as there are a lot of Google apps I never use. I'm aware of the existence of smaller sized Gapps packages but none have the combination of apps I want.


texts: Where is the apk file stored in android phones?

texts: Where is the apk file stored when it is downloaded from 9apps? I can't find it.


texts:
Recently I installed MIUI v5 rom on my smartphone.

When I rebooted my smartphone it got stuck on the MI Boot Animation Logo.

What is the problem?

Please Help me.


texts: is there a cardboard/VR emulator available?

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i need to check out the content of some VR apps, but i dont have a set of VR glasses. is there any app or emulator or anything that can just show me the split 2-D views side by side?

i dont need the "full experience". a basic rendering will do just fine

i scoured the web but couldnt find anything like this

thanks!

here's a screenshot. i'm using droid4x


texts: Traffic for Skype and other apps on Android

texts:
I've recently bought an HTC Desire and I'm wondering how much traffic some apps generate. I actually want to know two things: how much traffic (estimation, of course) is generated when syncing with gmail/facebook/weather, and how much traffic is generated when I'm online on Skype and when I talk over Skype.

Edit: to clarify, I'm thinking if I should leave some syncing and if I should talk over Skype over 3G, since I have only 1GB per month of traffic.


texts: Ran :(){ :|: & };: on my android device!

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So I was seeing dangerous command  in linux and I found a command which seemed funny:

:(){ :|: & };:

So I ran it on my Samsung Galaxy A7 term non-rooted phone and guess what it hung immediately. So I tried powering off my phone by holding the power button. But it did not respond and the screen turned off after a minute then I tried clicking the home button and all the buttons to wake it up but no response finally it powered off and rebooted and now it works perfectly fine. Should I worry about heat damage or hardware damage. If so how can I confirm that I have a damaged hardware. Developer mode in on too!

PS. I have my phone powered off fro safety because I don't want it to catch fire. XD


texts: Pin Android 9 app as tab not main screen...as was possible in android 6

texts: I liked to pin an app in android 6 so that i wouldn't swipe it off when clearing all the tabs. I didn't necessarily want it pinned to the front screen. Is this possible in android 9. Thanks


texts: Samsung Note 5: Heimdall recovery flash completes, but device stuck "Downloading..."

texts:
I downloaded TWRP from twrp.me, and ran

heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img --no-reboot

On my Samsung S5 that was in Download Mode. heimdall seems to have completed successfully:

Heimdall v1.4.2

Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.

If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.

Uploading RECOVERY
100%
RECOVERY upload successful

Ending session...
Releasing device interface...

But the phone remains in this state:

Notice the download bar is about 99% of the way there. Forcing a reboot to the phone from this state makes it stuck on the "Samsung" loading screen.

Edit:
Product name is SM-N920C, CA_ type is CA_2.

How might I fix this?


texts: Using audio and mic from device used to answer phone

texts:
I have 2 bluetooth devices:

1. Wristband - which can also act as an earpiece

2. Bluetooth earphones with a mic.

My wristband is always connected via bluetooth to my device, and my ear phones are only connected when i use them.

When someone phones me, doesn't matter with what i answer, there is a single device which is selected as the audio/mic device.

I know I can set a specific device to act as the one used when taking calls.

But, I want the device i use to answer to be the one i click when the phone rings, i.e.:

1. If I click on the phone - the phone is used

2. If I click on my wristband, then that is used

3. If I click on .... you get the picture

I think this is a logical request.

Searched the web, failed to find a solution.


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I have set the Play store to autoupdate on wifi, and all the individual app settings allow autoupdate, but still I am being asked to approve individual updates for each app. When I approve them, there don't seem to be any changes to the permissions. What else could be the reason that autoupdate isn't working?

I am using a Samsung Galaxy S5 mini which recently updated to marshmallow (the autoupdate for apps was already not working before the OS update)


texts:
I want to root my phone Samsung Galaxy J1 2016 (SM-J120zn). I tried using kingroot, root genius, SRSRoot, but it didn't work so I decided to try to do rooting manually.

I tried looking for my model of custom recovery from Clockwork, Cyanogen and TWRP, but i can't find anything for my device. The closest is Samsung Galaxy J1 ace (SM-J110H).

If i use the custom recovery from the model SM-J110H, will it brick my phone? Can changing custom recovery brick my phone?

Thanks :)


texts: How do I set a custom MP3 as a ringtone for other notifications?

texts: I have an HTC Droid Incredible running Android 2.2 FroYo and would like to use custom sounds/songs as ringtones for text message notifications, event and task reminders, Facebook and Twitter notifications, and email messages. I have the MP3s that I want to use located in the /ringtones directory of my phone, but they don't show up on the list of possible sound effects/tones/notifications, but they do show up in the selection for incoming call ringtones. What do I do to use them?


texts: Are there any Jabber (XMPP) apps out there that support jabber conferencing?

texts: I've tried several, and so far I can't get one that will just work with my work jabber + conferencing (jabber 'rooms').  They all seem mostly clunky.  Does anyone have a rec that has worked well for them for me to try?


texts: Make an android app keep its spot on the home screen on uninstall/reinstall

texts:
When developing android apps, I will often end up reinstalling the app I'm working on (deliberately after uninstalling it, or when the build signatures are different).

It's bothersome to always put this app back on the home screen where I want it. And if I don't, I either have to type its name in the app directory (which can take a few letters depending on how similar its name is to other apps) or scroll to find it.

Has anyone found a way to have an app find it's previous spot on a reinstall, or something that would make finding it easier ?

I'm familiar with Tasker and Llama, but couldn't find such options.


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I'd like to pick one of less used channels in a relatively Wifi-saturated area, when using tethering (built-in option, mobile hotspot). I never found an option for changing the default channel and only frustrated questions abound over the net bumping around on various fora.

Does anyone here know maybe, how to change the wifi channel for Android phone acting as mobile hotspot?

Rooted Xperia Mini Pro, Android 4.04


texts: how come my android devices are not visible on my Mac?

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I'm new to android development so apologies if this is a stupid question.

I'm having trouble seeing my android devices in Eclipse.  I've switched on USB debugging, configured them to connect as a camera not mass storage, but when I run ./adb devices, there's no device showing, even though I have a Samsung Galaxy and a LG Nexus connected via USB.  On both phones I get a notification saying "USB debugging connected" and "connected as a camera" so the phone obviously thinks it's connected.

The problem appears to be intermittent.  Sometimes the Galaxy shows up:

Macbook:~/workspace/android-sdks/platform-tools ./adb devices
List of devices attached
3334AB246B5300EC    device

Then I unplug and reconnect it, and it disappears.

I've tried 3 cables and 2 devices now.  Should I just give up and use an emulator instead?


texts: OnePlus 6 bootloop no such partition (recovery_b)

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Long story short, I did wanna install Snapchat, but my phone was rooted with magisk, so I did wanna do an reinstall of the latest OP6 10 andr. version.
But now I get in a bootloop the issue I see now when I try with ADB on Windows laptop is the following: "FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)".
My commands I tried:
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery_a C:\adb\twrp-3.4.0-1-enchilada.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery_a' (31072 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.792s]
writing 'recovery_a'...
FAILED (remote: (recovery_a_b) No such partition)
finished. total time: 0.819s
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery_b C:\adb\twrp-3.4.0-1-enchilada.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery_b' (31072 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.793s]
writing 'recovery_b'...
FAILED (remote: (recovery_b_b) No such partition)
finished. total time: 0.834s
PS C:\adb> fastboot boot C:\adb\twrp-3.4.0-1-enchilada.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.794s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)
finished. total time: 0.833s
PS C:\adb>

Help... I know how to unbrick this device, but I can't lose the WhatsApp data etc, I didn't back up.
Thanks!


texts: Do devices with a fingerprint scanner secure access to the bootloader/recovery

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Pretty simple question but as I have never owned a device with a fingerprint scanner... basically I was wondering:

If you secure your device with your fingerprint - is it possible to access the bootloader or recovery without it?

I have tried searching but did not come up with any results answering my question. I'm asking because I thought it would be kind of clever to secure the bootloader and the recovery. If your device gets stolen / you loose it, then the thief/finder could not flash a fresh rom/firmware onto your device making the device useless for him.

If the bootloader and the recovery can't be secured like this - do you know why?

Thanks for your feedback!


texts: How to install from an unknown source with my AT&T Galaxy S phone?

texts: I have an AT&T Galaxy S phone, but I can't find install from an unknown source. How can I install apps I receive?


texts: Galaxy Nexus bluetooth keyboard connectbot

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I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus on which I use ConnectBot to connect to servers over ssh.

I have also bought a Apple bluetooth keyboard that I am currently using with the phone - and everything seems to be working properly.

However I encounter some problems when it comes to some of the 'special' keys on the keyboard like Tab and Esc.
Esc seems to be mapped to the 'back' key in Android. And Tab just doesn't seem to do what I want.

It's especially a problem when I'm editing files in vim and I try to exit insert mode... Then I am actually telling android to leave ConnectBot...

Any help is very much appreciated!


texts: How to scroll screen when using text-to-speech accessibility?

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Under normal circumstances a swipe will cause controls in the Android UI to scroll. Such as swiping the home screen will get to the next screen. Swiping a list will scroll the list. The swiping functionality is disabled when text-to-speech is on.

My particular situation is that I'm trying to turn off text-to-speech. However to do this, I need to scroll through the settings page to get to the Accessibility settings. But I don't know how to scroll!

So the question is: how can one scroll through screens and lists in the Android UI when text-to-speech is enabled? or more succinctly, how to turn off text to speech in Android?


texts: Unable to remove Google Account from Sync

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I want to remove Google account from AutoSync since I want to use Outlook.com for syncing of my contacts, calendar, email etc. I am able to sync Outlook.com, but unable to remove Google Account from automatically syncing. There is no disable sync button for google Account.

I use a Redmi 1S mobile, on MIUI.


texts: No Google Play Store on Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G

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I got a Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G, and it had Google Play Store and I used it to install Pokemon Go and used its Dual app mode.
And then I had two Pokemon Go running, but then I tried installing Plants vs Zombies, and Angry Birds 2, but it stopped somewhere during the game start up.
And then now, Pokemon Go cannot log in, and I tried Google Play Store and it could not go in.
I then followed the instructions on the Mi Community but the methods do not work, and since I got the phone on eBay, I thought it may be good to do a factory reset just in case the phone has something installed by the third party that I am not aware of.
After the factory reset, there is no Google Play Store, and when I go to Settings -> Account, there is no way to add any Google account either.
I can go to apkmirror.com to install Google Play Store, but it'd run and then flash and then quit.  I also installed Pokemon Go from apkmirror.com, but then there is no Google account to use either and it doesn't allow to go on. (which is what I used to log in, using my previous phones).
So what can be done that can get back the Google Play Store?


texts: All my Internal Data Has Been Removed Without Reset.. Help?

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When i had charged my Device in morning in Switch-off Mode after Charging i had Boot up the Device (Device Details Below).. I got all my internal data Gone.. All Internal Apps, Apps Data, Music, Video all gone.. I've not did Factory Reset nor Access the Recovery Mode since i've been using the Device..

Device Information :

Device Name     : Samsung Galaxy Note III (SM-N900)
Android Version : v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Root            : Still not Rooted since the Purchase running on Stock OS.

All the Google Apps and Galaxy Plus Apps have been removed out of no-where, even the PlayStore has been Gone.

All the Data is Gone it shows Device Storage have Data but it doesn't appear anywhere nor in File Manager or Computer.

All the Internal Storage & Downloaded Apps are shown Corrupted.

Internal Storage App data is also Gone.

x What's Good :

Only the SD card Data can be seen and SD card Apps, though the SD card apps
  have been lost its data (such as i have a Chat App which is in SD card it's
  there but lost its all chat history, when i opened the app it ask to
  sign-in, and i sign-in and it's all gone all the chats are gone).

x What i Did :

I've tried installing the corrupted apps and then to see in application manager it shows still its an corrupted app.
I've checked in computer as if it shows, no it shows the new data.
I've checked whether it shows in Recovery Mode, no it doesn't shows.

Let Me Know For More Information. So Please Help me Out with the Problem and Recover the Data of the Internal Storage.


texts: How can older devices be deleted from Google Play?

texts: AirDroid keeps reminding me I haven't updated one of my devices but I don't own it anymore. I can't find the option to remove the older smartphone from Google Play either! Unchecking "show in menus" didn't work.


texts: I forgot the lock screen PIN on my Moto G second gen XT-1068

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I forgot the PIN number of the lock screen.

I'm unable to do anything to get into my device as both data connection and Wi-Fi are off and USB debugging is disabled.
Is there any way to enable them?

Otherwise suggest a way to root the device in this state and delete PIN and also to un-root it after the problem is solved.

I don't want to factory reset as I have important data on my phone's internal memory.
My device is un-rooted and runs on Android 4.4.4.


texts: If I hard reset my tablet/phone well I lose everything even if I loved into Google

texts: So I want to hard reset my tablet. Well I end up losing all of my data even if i logged on to Google. Please let me know asap(as soon as possible).


texts: What are some general tips on improving overall performance of an Android phone?

texts: I was wondering if anyone could share some general tips on speeding up/ improving performance of your phone.  I have had my droid eris for about a year now and it seems more sluggish than ever.  I know the newer android releases give the phone better feedback but I was wondering besides the OS, what other options do I have to generally speed up my phone or other phones.  Are there some cache's or program info I can clear out?  If I remove some apps will I see an Improvement?  If I restore to factory and restore all my apps will that help?  Are there programs out there that might help speed/clean it up?  What Im looking for is to improve the overall performance of the phone.  Whats some tips I could use to accomplish this?


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My wife has a Pandigital Novel and would like to be able to listen to audiobooks from Barnes & Noble.  The people at the Barnes & Noble store said this can only be done on a Nook.  However, since we just recently (last Fall) bought the Novel, I'm not much inclined to turn around and buy another tablet/e-reader for her if it can be avoided.

Is there any way the Novel can download/play Barnes & Noble's audiobooks?


texts: How can I transfer the whole contact to iphone?

texts: I want to buy upcoming iphone 8. Now I am using samsung galaxy s4. So how can I can transfer my contacts to iphone 8 ?


texts: How to migrate app data when switching the app source

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Say I have "FunnyApp" installed from Playstore, now it turns up at F-Droid – and I want to replace the Playstore version by the F-Droid one (same issue vice-versa). Trouble is, I cannot simply update the app from the new source as the signature doesn't match (F-Droid signs with their own key). FunnyApp doesn't offer any "export" functionality, but I don't want to lose its data.

What would be possible approaches to perform a proper switch?

Traps:

Simply updating/installing from "the other source" does not work (signature mismatch)
performing a data-only adb backup doesn't help, as the restore will fail for the same reason

I have some vague ideas on root-based solutions which I haven't tried yet (e.g. Titanium Backup might be able to restore data despite of the changed signature, and there's also some XPosed module (InstallerOpts?) offering to "suppress the signature warning"). But before "messing up big" I thought to ask here if someone might already have successfully tried some solution.

Non-root solutions preferred (so more people can profit from), root-based solutions acceptable, XPosed as requirement OK as well.

Some reasons why one might want to "switch sources" (aka "cross-update"): Getting rid of proprietary dependencies, app no longer updated at original source …


texts: how to manually enable debug mode on galaxy s4 with black screen?

texts: Trying to enable the debug mode on galaxy s4 in order to share the screen to PC via vysor since the phone has black screen totally. The screen responds to touch even though it's totally black. Thanks.


texts: How to use Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to sync Hotmail and Outlook contacts to Android?

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I have sync issues with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, when using its service with my Hotmail account. (I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with Android 6.0.1, if that helps)

These are the steps I took to reproduce the issue,

Go to the settings page
Under the Personalization Section I select Accounts
Select Add Account
Select Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
Entered my Email Address and Password
Select Next
Uncheck all the checkboxes except Sync Contacts.
Select Next
Name the Account and select Done

Now that I had setup the account, I took the following steps to test my contact sync

Create a new contact on the device using the contacts app and selecting the microsoft exchange activesync as the account and fill in a name and contact number.
Save the contact.
Go to outlook's webapp
log into the same microsoft account and create a contact.
Save the contact.

Finally I went to my phone and made sure sync was switched on and looked for the contact I had made using the outlook's webapp. I also looked on outlook's webapp for the contact created on the phone.

The final result:

Sync from Outlook.com to android => WORKING

(The contact I created using the outlook.com web app was visible in both the web app and the phone)

Sync from Android to Outlook => BROKEN

(The contact was only visible on the phone ie: missing from the outlook web app)

How can I fix the BROKEN Android to Outlook sync?

___________________________________________UPDATE___________________________________________

I haven't tried using another android phone, I don't have one lying
around at the moment. I'll give it a shot when I can and let you
know.
I do not sync my contacts with my google account, how is this
possible? I am trying to sync my MS account contacts to my android
phone. I wasn't aware of a connection between the MS account and my
Google account contacts.
I've already tried syncing the emails, no luck. Issue still
persists.


texts: Lock screen notifications not useful - how do I change it?

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The first screenshot is when my locked Samsung Galaxy Note 3 AT&T wakes up when receiving a notification. I'm not too pleased with the lack of information displayed. How can I have it display the content of the notification as well?

The second screenshot is when I wave my hand over the air sensor and the screen wakes up showing the status of my device. Same comment here, the content here is mostly useless.

First of all, what is causing the blue lock screen display? Is there a way to disable it (I might have installed another app)? Second, how do I change both screens to show more useful content?


texts: What does Kindle Fire Optimizing Storage and applications actually mean?

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Every time I boot my Kindle fire 10 7th gen, it does this. Sometimes displaying "Optimizing Storage and applications" with progress bar for up to 10 minutes.
The flippin thing runs out of battery while unattended often so this issue keeps arising.

Does anyone know what its actually doing?

Common usage is:
View a web page or two. Watch a YouTube video.
Rarely do I Install new apps or download data.
There isn't much new on the drive to optimize between reboots!

If there are some logs to review, Id love to know which ones and I could post snippets here.


texts: Nexus 10, Android 4.4, Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Paired - but not working?

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I have a problem: Once I have an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with our Nexus 10 running KitKat 4.4 (rooted), no keys work.  It is the oddest thing.  To pair it, I have to enter the code that shows up, which I do and press ENTER and the pop up goes away.  But yet, not a single key works.  It even shows as Paired in Bluetooth (i've unpaired and paired it about 50 times).

This is not a duplicate because I have something unique that I have not seen in the dozens and dozens of blog posts, fixes, complaints, links, forum posts etc that I've read related to bluetooth and Android Keyboard.

I have previously paired another Apple Wireless Keyboard, and while it did pair and work correctly, a few keys were damaged.  So, we got a new Apple Wireless Keyboard, and it is not working at all.

Even more info: the new keyboard works 100% correctly on my Nexus 5 (root), Galaxy Nexus (CM10.2) and Samsung S4 (CM 10.3) as well as on our Nexus 7 FHD (OEM, non-rooted).

So, the keyboard works on other devices.  And, I previously had a different bluetooth keyboard paired with this Nexus 10.  Why won't they both talk?

I have even factory reset, and wiped the Internal Storage on the Nexus 10 - nothing.

And yes, I removed the batteries from the other keyboard.  Wifi does not matter as I tried it both on and off.

Again, it does pair successfully.  Entering the wrong PIN during the pairing process gives the correct error message, and entering the correct one is accepted when pressing ENTER.  So, the input IS working.

Lastly, I've noticed that the "Hardware Input" section of the Settings -> Language & input area doesn't show on this Nexus 10 (again, before and after a factory reset and internal storage format).  Nothing, nothing at all.  This area shows up on my Nexus 5 (4.4) and Galaxy (4.2) when I pair the same keyboard, which allows me to type using the external keyboard with a few additional settings.

On the Nexus 10, while the keyboard is paired, all it does it show the touch keyboard popup when I tap on an input field.  On the Nexus 5 and Galaxy Nexus, when I tap on an input with the same keyboard paired, the touch keyboard does not popup - indicating it knows to use the external keyboard that is paired.


texts: Is it possible to temporarily disable all notifications on Android wear?

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I was looking into getting an android wear device but I will need to make it just a watch without the smart bit sometimes. Is there a quick and easy way of doing this?

I was looking at the Sony smartwatch 3 but I am not definite as to which one to get.


texts:
This started like a week ago, my phone wont connect to my WiFi properly.

Issues:

Unable to locate my WiFi (it cant search/ find my WiFi)
'Authentication Problem' shows when it is connecting to the WiFi (there is another one I can't remember)
States that 'Internet is unavailable' occasionally when it connects
It will connect to WiFi for like 5 secs before dropping again

In the beginning I thought my phone had lost its WiFi range as I would just walk into my office (where my router is) and it would connect, now that is not the case, it is a mixture of the above issues usually simultaneously occurring. It isn't a router issue as my other devices work flawlessly.

*My router emits 2 bands of WiFi (2.4 and 5 GHz) and I've tried using both.

I've tried:

Restarting both phone and router
Toggling airplane mode, WiFi and Battery Saver
Deleting apps prior to the problem

This seems like a common issue within the android community, and I've searched relentlessly for a fix (permanent rather than temporal). If possible I would prefer to not have to factory reset my phone.

Thanks for all the assistance.


texts: Galaxy Nexus, playlists not showing up in other apps

texts:
I have an jogging app, which reads playlists from the normal content resolver. (Media.AudioStore.Playlist.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI)

On my old phone (HTC Desire) the playlists showed up when I queried this resolver, but now on ICS, they do not. I'm getting Albums ok, just no playlists. I've been banging my head against this for a few evenings now. Any ideas?


texts:
I have a Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 I'm trying to get working.  When you power it on, it stays on the lenovo bootup logo.  I'm on a Mac, and I need to know how to reflash (or reinstall, or whatever the term is) Android to it so that it will (hopefully) be usable.

If you have other suggestions on how to get it working, I'm open to those as well.  Oh, and rooting instructions would be nice too (keep in mind I'm on a Mac).

So how do I reinstall Android on this thing?


texts: Blocking messages from a particular contact

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Good app for blocking incoming sms?

how can i temporarily block all messages in an ANDROID operated Dell Streak by a particular contact....


texts: Introspecting/monitoring apps to see whether they steal user data

texts:
It appears that a number of apps on the market place require a number of 'permissions' such as permission to access the files/photos, text messages, contacts, browser history, etc of the phone, usually only when a very specific subset of this functionality is needed.
This is an obvious privacy concern, and since there does not seem to be a way to protect user data on Android, it is important to identify apps which steal user data (to sell them to advertisers, or maliciously to sell on the black market, etc).

One way to do this would be to monitor the IP traffic generated by an app, but presumably it is common for such apps to use encryption e.g. SSL, in which case we would need to tamper with the certificates on the device to successfully execute MITM, etc. Not sure if it's feasible.

My question- has anyone worked on a framework to either reverse-engineer/introspect the apps (maybe to look for certain API calls which retrieve sensitive data, and observe where that data ends up) or monitor their network traffic, in a way that defeats encryption?

It would be interesting to take a look at a number of high-profile apps and see if they adhere to their 'privacy policy', or if they harvest everyone's data because they can get away with it.

On the other hand, I saw someone mention in another question (How to avoid leaking private data to apps without rooting my phone?) that we can read app source code to audit it for such things. Surely this is not true for all apps? Since not all apps are open source./


texts: How can I "Share To" a network folder from my photo gallery?

texts:
I have an HTC Thunderbolt running Ice Cream Sandwich

If I open up my photo gallery and tap on a picture, the "Share" option appears.

Clicking on this gives me some options, such as Facebook, Instagram, Google Drive, etc.

I recently setup a shared folder with my Netgear ReadyShare router that uses Samba. I am able to use the ES File Explorer app to successfully connect to my samba drive and access my folders/files.

How do I setup a "Share To" option that will allow me to copy my photos to my shared samba drive?


texts: HTC desire x issues after update to Android 4.1 Sense 4+

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Ever since I installed the update to 4.1 I've been having major issues with my desire x.

The keyboard disappears frequently while typing, sometimes I can't get it back without closing the app and restarting.
When I exit a lot of apps, but most notably any of the browsers (I use Firefox and Chrome but have also tried the standard browser) the home screen shows the loading symbol for several seconds and I have to wait before I can do anything.
Lots of apps close without warning.

This phone has gone from a great easy to use, relatively fast and reliable phone into something I can barely use for typing on. I did a factory reset a month ago which helped for a short time but now the problem is worse than ever. Continuously doing a factory reset is not a solution!

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I should note I am using SwiftKey but it makes no difference if I use the standard keyboard.


texts: "Parental Control" app or setting for work

texts:
I'm searching for an app or settings that will allow only 2 applications to be used on an android tablet.

They would use android and a web dashboard on chrome, on chrome they would get a certain link automatically loaded and I would try to make it impossible to go to other pages.

I want to only allow those two apps to be used.

I've looked in to kiosk mode ( but thats single app usage)
I've tried COSU but that also not a solution.
And parental control apps, but they show advertisement which I can't allow on the work floor.


texts: How can I turn off Notification Sounds and leave phone sounds on

texts: How can I turn off the annoying Notification sounds but still leave phone ringer on?


texts:
I want to use Box.com (not DropBox) to synch files between my laptop & 'phone. Nothing too heavy, just small things like my ToDoList data (TaskCoach), Keepass, etc
I can see the data files in Android's Box app, but don't know how to open them in other apps.
I can't see a way to click "open" in Box and hope that Android has associated the data file with the app. And, when I am in TaskCoach, when I try to open a file, I don't know here to find it.
The file is definitely offline, but I just don't know here to look :-(


texts: Android lock screen bug after system files deleted

texts:
I accidentally deleted some system files ( I was on adb connection) .
And lock screen stopped working right after.
The issue is that,
I have a lock pin/pattern/password, but system says, it's not correct password.
I changed my password with removing password files from system, and set a new password. But the error was same, incorrect password.
I tried to flash ROM, but it didn't help.After flashing ROM , abd and TWRP broke too, because of the password issue.
Also I can't add custom ssl certificates, because the password problem .
Samsung Galaxy s7, Android 9 with Hyper ROM (Galaxy Note port).
What should I do to repair my system files?


texts: stuck while updating android in samsung GT-I9003

texts: while updating my samsung GT-I9003 using odin i removed the cable now my phone is showing a logo of a mobile and a computer. please help please


texts:
I have a Motorola Moto E2 phone. The product info page shows it comes with 8GB of internal storage, but I am only seeing 5GB of space when I look at it through my USB connection.

Every app that can move has been moved to my 16GB SD card.

The only thing that I cannot move are the Android updates and the data from my Text conversations.

I cannot stop the Android updates, and I need the Text history for legal issues.

How do I stop this phone from running out of space? I have had it for only 6-months.


texts: How to create an exact image of all the internal memory including the "free space"?

texts:
My father has done a reset by accident on his smartphone.
He has very important data he needs that was deleted.
Is there a software/app/way that will copy the internal memory (hard disk) exactly as it is byte-by-byte to my computer (also copying the "empty" parts of the disk because this is where the deleted files I want to recover are located)?
I want that as first step because I see there are a lot of different software that offer that but I would rather try more then 1 in order to extract as much data possible (they each have their pros and cons). Most of these programs also install an app or tweaks stuff on the phone and I would like to use each on the original copy.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S7562 Force application to start on power up?

texts:
Is there a way to force an application to start automatically on every power up on my Samsung Galaxy S7562?

Thx


texts: Is it possible to completely disable radio signal in a phone without a SIM card?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, powered by CyanogenMod 13 (Android Marshmallow 6.0.1), which I use as Wi-Fi only, being it without SIM card.

The device antenna, though, seems to be constantly connected to a cellular tower, so I'm afraid that this fact may result in an increased battery consumption (even if slight, that is). Plus, I don't want my position to be triangulated due to this behaviour.

Simply dialing *#*#4636#*#* and disabling the antenna from there seems to suffice, but the change does not persist between reboots, and repeating all of the procedure each time is a nuisance.

What I wish for, is a way to make the abovementioned change persistent, without the need for a whole app, which I deem overkill for such a simple task. Even better, I favor a solution that makes use of the built-in Terminal, be it a single command or a function, and I'm open towards solutions that require root access.

Is there such a way to accomplish this?


texts: need help in deciphering the logs of my bootlooping phone

texts:
I am trying to fix my phone that got stuck at a bootloop. Earlier it died out of battery and rebooted when I plugged it in and went on a bootloop, I did a lot of things between my last reboot and this one and I can't really know exactly which one was the cause f the loop.
I have a custom ROM installed that is a bit on the buggy side, but it did work for me totally fine for months now.
I have captured the looping part of the logs in logcat which I was able to get to using the ADB logcat command on my PC.
I would like to know what was the problem and if there is a quick way to fix it instead of maybe factory reset or wiping all.
here is the debug logs: https://pastebin.com/36j7CFkx
Thanks in advance.


texts: Cant unlock phone after using Google's Find my Device

texts: I forgot my phone's pattern lock, when I used Google's Find my Device, it just locks my phone and I don't know what to do. How can I get back in to my phone?


texts: How to install google play store on AOSPA 5.1 Falcon?

texts: My moto G is rooted. I am just about to instal Paranoid Android from a zip file, but then I'll need google applications. I dont want to install a package with stuff that I dont need. I just simply want the google play store and do the installation of apps from there one by one. How do I do that?


texts: How do I add a phone number to contacts from the text message app?

texts:
I have a text message sent from a phone number that is not yet linked in any other method.

Is there a way to use this message's number to create a new contact or modify an existing one directly from the text messaging application?

If it is relevant, I use Gmail for my contacts and have imported from Facebook.

I have Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

What I've tried

This question is vaguely similar, but not quite what I'm looking for.

I know I can copy/paste the number if I open the "modify recipients" dialog, click on the number, and click/hold to open the cut/copy/paste tool.  I can also simply write down the number on paper.  I'm looking for an alternative.

There are no menu options if I select the message at the top-level of the Text app.

The menu options while in the text message thread don't seem relevant:

Insert smiley
Delete
Set priority
Add subject
Modify recipients

The menu options if I click and hold on an individual message don't seem relevant:

Delete message
Forward message
Copy message text
Protect message
View message details
Add to task


texts: Android contact names does not match Google

texts:
I've been plagued by this issue many times:

If I add a contact in Android (5.1.1 SliM ROM), it gets synched to my Google Contacts as it should. But if I change the name in Google Contacts, this change will not be reflected in Android contacts, even when all other info (phone, mail, etc.) are synched correctly.

It seems that Android is storing names in a field that is not editable from Google Contacts? How can I make sure Android and Google show the same names?


texts: I've got an Android wear device.(the LG G Watch) And I installed some APK apps via ADB. How can I install a keyboard on Android Wear that I can use in apps I installed with ADB? I tried plugging in a keyboard to the Android Wear but it didn't help. Thanks!


texts: Trying to use Xbox controller on Nexus 7

texts: I just got the Asus Nexus 7 and I am attempting to play the N64 emulator (Mupen64 plus, AE). I have my wired xbox 360 controller plugged in to the otg cable, but the light does not stay on the controller and the Nexus is not reading it. Only when I press it does it flash for a second. Help?


texts: How to lock the screen to remain vertical/portrait?

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When screen rotate lock is off, the screen on my tablet has four possible orientations: A, B, C, and D, as illustrated below:

I know that it is possible to lock the screen to one orientation -- A or B or C or D -- by deselecting the screen rotation icon in the Notifications pulldown:

But I want to lock the screen so that it is always in either the A or the C orientation (vertical/portrait), and never in the B or D orientation (horizontal/landscape).  In other words, I want the screen to always be oriented vertically, but still respecting the particular vertical orientation (gravity).

Is this possible?

You might wonder why I want to do this -- I am physically disabled, and it would (really help me out if this were somehow possible.  I'm running Android 7.1.1 on a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017).)


texts: Can I restore downloaded paid apps after a factory reset?

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I need to factory reset my phone.
However, I need to know whether I will be able to download
the applications I paid for on Google Play once I do the
reset, and download them onto my phone at no additional cost.

If once I do a factory reset I need to pay again to download
all the apps, then is there a way to back them up prior to
doing a reset, and then reinstall them back again?


texts: How do I arrange the icons manually in the app menu?

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I am using Micromax Canvas 2 A110 with Android ICS 4.0.4. I installed few apps which are sorted randomly (or maybe alphabetically). I want to arrange the icons on the app menu manually. i.e. set frequently used apps on one page, games on second page and so on... I could not find any option to re-arrange them manually.

So, how do I arrange the icons manually in the app menu (app drawer)? I want to do this on ICS's default launcher (not third party launcher).

PS: This question is for auto arrange while I want manually.


texts: I had a great news and weather app on my HTC Incredible that gave me top news articles and also let me fetch news by specific topic, for example "ebola" or "nanotechnology." Is there a way to accomplish this the Motorola Droid Razr M?


texts: Does Titanium Backup work with system using Link2SD

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Titanium Backup is a root app that allows you to back up your apps and all their data.

Link2SD is a root app that moves all files an app stores in internal storage to a special partition on SD card, and creates symlinks into the internal storage in place of the original files.

Does Titanium Backup work with Link2SD? That is, does it correctly back up the files that the symlinks point to, or does it instead end up backing up just the symlinks?


texts: Why is my Nvidia tablet looking for chinese servers(baidu.com)?

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I am not sure if this is the right area for the question, or if it is even a big deal, but here i go.
When using by Nvidia tablet to develop an app I realized that it was attempting to reach a server in china. this doesn't make sense to me because I don't have any apps that I would think would try to do this. What I would like to know is if this is a security concern?

02-12 14:09:32.448  11220-11284/? E/sdkstat﹕ sdkstat send error++++++java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "hmma.baidu.com": No address associated with hostname


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So I bought a nexus 7 a while ago and after a while I jailbroke the nexus 7 and installed cyanogenMod. I'll be very honest I followed a tutorial online and it worked. After a while I was stupid enough to install an unstable version. Which caused my nexus to basically break ( when I say break I mean I couldnt get past the recovery mode screen).

Currently I am stuck in recovery mode. I turned my nexus on today after years.
And I see this ( I apologise for the bad quality of the image )

I have no idea where to go from here. How Do I fix this? Whats the next step.
I honestly have no clue at all.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.


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I'm using a Samsung I9000 and I have some annoying apps that came pre installed by the phone vendor, like a music store, a custom web browser and other memory leaking apps.

Those crappy apps can't be uninstalled neither by Manage applications tool, nor by editing the apps tiles in the front menu.

I guess I have to be a root user or something to get rid of those apps, but I don't know how.


texts: Can I change the menus on the default browser?

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I have an Evo running Froyo and love it.

But...

In the default browser (which I am happy with)  the menu options are Back, Forward, Add Bookmarks, Bookmarks, Windows and More. Thing is, I share links with the cloud (Twitter, Facebook, Reader, Dropbox, etc.) much more than adding bookmarks. I use Chrome so that all my bookmarks are shared between all my computers, so on, phone bookmarks are where ideas go to die. How can I move Add Bookmarks to More and bring Share forward?


texts: Can I link a variable to File Opened Event in tasker?

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I want to link a variable to the File Opened event in tasker.
But I can't...Is there any other way to check which file or folder is opened right now...but this event profile is only allowing me to review only one folder which I have selected.I want to assign a variable here...instead of a single folder name like Download