texts: Sent text (SMS) messages sometimes show up under wrong contact's conversation

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I'm on a Nexus One with Android 2.3.7 (CyanogenMod-7.2.0-passion), and recently I've noticed some sent messages go into the wrong contact's conversation: I send a message to person ABC, the person does receive it correctly, but when I check later the app shows it as sent to a different person XYZ. This really messes up the conversation and gets confusing quickly.

This has happened thrice so far, and there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it except both the contacts involved were people I had been messaging recently at those times. Note that the correct contact does receive the message, it's only on the display of the Sent message that this bug happens.

I'm using Handcent app, but the same display issue occurs in the default Messaging app. In both cases, the message details that comes up after a long press on the message shows the correct number. But somehow, it is still shown under the wrong contact. I've also tried restarting the phone, doesn't help.

Edit: I checked them all, and there does seem to be a pattern here - in each case, if a message ("msg1") sent to A is wrongly displayed under B, it turns out that B was the person I sent the next SMS after "msg1". That is, I send "msg1" to A, then after some time (varies from a few hours to a few days) I send a different message ("msg2") to B, "msg1" and "msg2" both end up under contact B one after the other


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini2 phone, with android 2.3.6.

Every time that I recieve a SMS, 10 minutes after the reception I recieve it again. Do you know why??

I have installed only the built-in app for SMS. It happens for the 90% of SMS.


texts: Does Roblox have viruses and does it ruin my phone if I download it on Aptiode? Please answer anyone

texts: Does Roblox contain viruses and do you reccomend using Aptiode for apks? I'm not really sure because apparently my old gmail account has vanished and when I do my password to sign back into Google Play Store, it doesn't let me in so I have to make a new gmail account to download games/apps again. And when I try and download Roblox, it says sign back in or whatever into my old account but i have tried to sign back in with every password ever but it says 'account not found' although my old account is still visible in my gmail app. Have I been hacked or what? Someone please help.


texts: What is the safest way to root a 5.1.1 so I can use the SD drive?

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There is no more "Move to SD" option in Apps Info like there was in 4.4 so now I am grasping at alternatives as my new Android is getting filled up while I have a fully empty 32GB SD drive just sitting there mounted and unused.

Q:  What is the safest way to move these apps out to the drive?


texts: Sold her phone but forgot to uninstall her whatsapp

texts: My friend forgot to uninstall her Whatsapp on her previous phone which was bought buy someone she doesn't know. When she try to use her whatsapp using the same number, she got a reply from the person who bought her phone. The person doesn't know how to uninstall the whatsapp. Any solution to remove that person from using whatsapp with her number?


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Is there a way to get my phone to not vibrate during calls? I want it to vibrate for various notifications when I'm not in a call, but it's a bit startling with my phone up to my ear.

I've found a few SMS apps that can do it, but I'm hoping for something general, across all notifications.

EDIT: Upon further testing, it seems that my phone (Moto G, Andriod version 5.1) doesn't vibrate during a call by default, but sometimes it messes up and allows the notification vibrate to go through.


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I somehow set a password for my Galaxy S4 (Android v4.3). I cannot figure out how to remove the password. Where is the setting to do so? I have to enter the password anytime I want to unlock the phone from the lock screen.

Note: I know the password, I just need to turn off the password.


texts: Can I flash CyanogenMod without unlocking bootloader?

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With a locked bootloader on an SE ST17i running the rooted Stock Xperia Gingerbread 2.3.4, can I flash the CyanogenMod 9 onto it? Or do I really need my bootloader unlocked? I also have ClockWorkMod installed and as far as I know that shouldn't have been possible with a locked bootloader so I'm rather confused. I'm not at all experienced with rooting and I'd consider myself on just the "beginnner" stage.

I'm not too keen on the thought of unlocking my phone's bootloader as that wil most certainly void my warranty.


texts: Will there a Cyanogen OS 14? And if so will it be available for the OnePlus One?


texts: After I took a photo with my Nexus 4, I clicked "Details" and found out the taken day and time are wrong. Such as, it should be "Feb 25, 2015 6:50PM", but it shows "Feb 26, 2015 12:50:13AM". How should I fix it?


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My phone (SE Xperia X8) has a capacitive touchscreen, which, I'm told that only reacts to fingers.
So does it have a point to have lockscreen enabled?
I use Cyanogenmod so I can easily disable it.


texts: How to investigate/solve Google Play Store high memory usage (-> high CPU -> battery drain)?

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Ever since my (not-rooted stock Android) Nokia 6.1 phone was upgraded to Android 10, last January, I have a performance issue with it: A couple of times per day it becomes near or completely unusable, often permanently until a hard restart.  Also this causes high battery usage.
However, using a battery analysis app didn't turn up any specific suspect.
Recently I discovered adb shell, and when the phone starts behaving badly,

top showed me that the CPU-hogging process at such moments is kswapd:
Tasks: 681 total,   1 running, 680 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
  Mem:      2.6G total,      2.4G used,      198M free,       11M buffers
 Swap:      1.0G total,      1.0G used,      112K free,      311M cached
800%cpu  38%user  10%nice  52%sys 684%idle  10%iow   2%irq   4%sirq   0%host
  PID USER         PR  NI VIRT  RES  SHR S[%CPU] %MEM     TIME+ ARGS
 1739 system       18  -2 7.9G 144M  47M S 12.3   5.2  13:37.24 system_server
  148 root         20   0    0    0    0 S  8.6   0.0   3:50.15 [kswapd0]
  564 logd         30  10 168M  10M 0.9M S  7.3   0.3   1:11.69 logd
28119 shell        20   0  35M 3.1M 1.7M R  5.0   0.1   0:00.45 top
  705 root         20   0 5.1G  44M  24M S  5.0   1.6   0:54.88 zygote64

top -s 6 (sorts by memory use, RES) showed me that the main memory-using process at such moments is com.android.vending (= Google Play Store).
Tasks: 690 total,   1 running, 689 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
  Mem:      2.6G total,      2.4G used,      180M free,       17M buffers
 Swap:      1.0G total,      0.9G used,      2.1M free,      412M cached
800%cpu   9%user   3%nice  13%sys 772%idle   1%iow   2%irq   1%sirq   0%host
  PID USER         PR  NI VIRT [RES] SHR S %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ ARGS
 5296 u0_a105      20   0 2.1G 472M  24M S  0.0  17.2   1:18.80 com.android.vending
 1739 system       18  -2 7.9G 150M  53M S  3.0   5.4  13:12.22 system_server
 2233 u0_a111      20   0 6.1G 108M  56M S  0.6   3.9   2:03.84 com.android.systemui
 7120 u0_a161      20   0 7.7G  93M  45M S  0.6   3.4   8:22.83 com.google.android.youtube
 2931 u0_a90       20   0 5.9G  83M  36M S  0.0   3.0   3:05.21 com.google.android.gms.persistent
26244 u0_a90       20   0 5.2G  74M  39M S  0.0   2.7   0:02.38 com.google.android.gms.ui

[Side note.  That seems to explain why battery analysis didn't help: Presumably kswapd CPU usage is ascribed to general kernel processing, not to this specific app.]
And that app is really the cause: Stopping that Google Play Store process (e.g., using am force-stop com.android.vending) quickly brings performance back to normal levels.
As a workaround, I tried to disable automatic updates in Google Play Store, and that seems to have improved things a little, but the issue is definitely still there.
So now, as another workaround, a couple of times per day I hard-stop that application, which helps to prevent it usually.

My vague question is: How to I get further with this issue?

Is this a known issue that has already been reported somewhere?  Is the cause known?  (E.g., is this triggered by the Google Play Store app detecting updates?)
Can I report it to Nokia in some bug tracker?  Can I report it to Google somewhere?
What kind of additional information/dumps/logs would help to investigate this further?
Are there any other/better workarounds?  (Disable some feature, go back to an older version of Google Play Store, clear some cache or force something to be regenerated, disable swap, whatever...)
Is there some way to automate the workaround I currently have?  (I'm already using Automate for some other things, but any automated solution apparently requires my device to be rooted.)

(Note that my device is not rooted, and I would like to try to keep it that way.  But I will consider rooting it, if there some kind of solution or workaround that requires that.
If it helps, phone model is TA-1043, currently running build number 00WW_4_10C_SP04.)


texts: Does data have priority over voice when making calls on 3G?

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I'm not quite sure if this is the correct place to ask this, recently my phone service provider sent me a message saying that they had now begun compensating subscribers whose calls were dropped mid-call. They said their systems would decide if a call was dropped prematurely and if it was then we would be given bonus airtime. Prior to this, my calls never dropped and I didn't have much of a problem when calling. A few days after this I notice a lot of my calls keep dropping when I try and make them and after I make them. My signal is strong -full bars actually-but I assume 4G might be unstable so I switch my preferred network type to 3G only to prevent the phone from switching networks. This doesn't make much difference as my calls still keep dropping.

So I pass by their shop and one of their attendants informs me that the problem would most likely be attributed to the fact that when I make my calls, apparently data has preference over voice despite the fact that I'm not even using an app that requires heavy data/data at all when I'm making my voice calls. Before my service provider sent that message, I really didn't have much of a problem making calls but now it's become too much with literally 2 out of 3 calls getting dropped. So my question would be, when making voice calls, is data given preference over voice or did that attendant really not know what he was talking about.

For technical terms I have a galaxy s5(SM G900F) running android marshmallow. Never tampered with any of my settings.
Typical  4 bars on 3G has a signal strength of -81dBm 16asu


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I have a Zen Touch 2, a Cyclone Voyager and a Samsung galaxy Fame, all configured for USB debugging.

I also have a laptop running Ubuntu 12.04, the standard ADB obtained from apt-get, and Fastboot obtained from apt-get.

My problem is that when I plug in my Fame on it's own, I can see it in the list of attached devices when I run the adb devices command. However, when I attach the others, I cannot.

I have plugged them in on their own and tried all 4 different ports. Switching to PTP doesn't work. And it is not just the devices command.

How can I make them appear and allow me to use them?


texts: Changing app drawer wallpaper in Jelly Bean?

texts: I have Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean. Is it possible to change the background color or set a wallpaper for the apps drawer? Right now there is just a solid black background color. It's really bleak.


texts: Can't run any Python script on my Android phone

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I have an Acer Liquid Metal, Gingerbread...

I've tried installing Python on Android (and s4la: http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/) but when I run the hello world script I get:

dlopen libpython2.6.so

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "compass.py", line 2, in <module>

droid = android.Android()

File "/sdcard/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/extras/python/android.py", line
34, in __init__

self.conn = socket.create_connection(addr)

File "/home/manuel/AptanaStudio3Workspace/python-for-android/python-build/output/usr/lib/python2.6/socket.py", line 498, in create_connection
socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known."

Any ideas?


texts: Automatically run Greenify from Macrodroid

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As a way to save battery drain, I set up a macro with MacroDroid that does the following:

Trigger: every 2 hours
Action: kill background process, launch Greenify
Constraint: when battery is below 50%

I would like to not only launch Greenify, but also run it and then close automatically. I suppose it is possible to do this within a script, but I absolutely have no idea about this.

Another question is: if I kill background processes, is Greenify redundant?

Relevant information:

Android version: 8.0
Phone model: SONY Xperia XZ2 (default launcher)
Macrodroid version: 3.30.3
Greenify version: 4.3.3.0

Thank you.


texts:
I bought my Android last January and I forgot to charge it for 8 hours.

What will be the effect on my Android and  battery life? ( battery type is Lithium Polymer)


texts: WhatsApp MessageService is always killed shortly after exiting the app

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A couple of days ago I noticed that I no longer receive WhatsApp messages until I manually start the app, which is when the pending messages get delivered all at once.

I started my investigation by monitoring the com.whatsapp.messaging.MessageService in the Application Manager.

Here's what it looks like at first, after I exit WhatsApp:

And here's what it looks like a few minutes later:

It looks like the MessageService either quit, or it was terminated. To verify this, I checked with adb. I can see the service at first:

$ adb shell dumpsys activity services | grep wh
  * ServiceRecord{43deec28 u0 com.whatsapp/.messaging.MessageService}
    intent={act=com.whatsapp.messaging.MessageService.START cmp=com.whatsapp/.messaging.MessageService}
    packageName=com.whatsapp
    processName=com.whatsapp
    baseDir=/data/app/com.whatsapp-1.apk
    dataDir=/data/data/com.whatsapp
    app=ProcessRecord{42d19f90 10037:com.whatsapp/u0a10187}

But then this service disappears, even though the main process is still running:

$ adb shell ps | grep wh
u0_a187   10037 215   988084 78996 ffffffff 00000000 S com.whatsapp

The service does not get terminated at the same time. I have seen it killed as early as 6 minutes after exiting WhatsApp, and as late at 11 minutes. But in the vast majority of cases, it is terminated some time on the 8th minute.

I have carefully examined the logcat during the moment of service termination with the following logcat query, which I believe silences only the stuff I don't care about:

adb logcat -v time LightSensor:s LightsService:s  SensorService:s SensorManager:s STATUSBAR-BatteryController:s BatteryService:s HeadsetStateMachine:s android.widget.GridLayout:s MP-Decision:s SignalStrength:s McClient:s McDaemon:s QcrilMsgTunnelSocket:s | grep -v ss_tz_mobicore | grep -v ss_daemon

I was not able to see anything in the logs that would hint at what happened to the service. Did it quit? Did something kill it? How can I find out?

I thought that maybe the service was terminated b/c the OS was low on RAM, but this does not appear to be so. Here's the RAM at the moment of termination:

$ adb shell free -m
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:          1821         1587          234            0           75
-/+ buffers:               1511          310
Swap:          399          134          265

While working on this issue, I have used Titanium Backup to freeze all apps that might interfere with normal operation of WhatsApp, so these are the apps I froze:

Greenify
Amplify
XPrivacy

I also turned off "Per App Hacking", which is an Xposed Module.

Any ideas on how I can learn more about why MessageService is being terminated?

EDIT 1: Is it possible that MessageService is supposed to get terminated, and that WhatsApp relies on GCM to be notified when there are new messages?


texts: Undo Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) Full Disk Encryption

texts:
Just upgraded my Nexus S to Android 4 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. Was looking through all the new features, and decided to enable encryption, which worked (and is working) just fine. Now I'm wondering if I can undo that and revert to an un-encrypted filesystem.

There does not seem to be an option in the settings area, and while I'm not fussed about doing a factory reset, I just wonder if I'm missing an obvious option somewhere. Can anyone help? Or even confirm that the factory reset is the only way out?


texts: How can I make the Gmail app consume less space?

texts: I see that my Gmail app is consuming a lot of disk space because it retains many old emails.  Is there any way to reduce the amount of space it consumes without clearing all of the app's data?


texts: Find app causing: Sending non-protected broadcast android.intent.action.SU_SESSION_CHANGED from system

texts:
I'm trying to find out what is responsible for constantly causing the following messages to be printed to logcat.

10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager: Sending non-protected broadcast android.intent.action.SU_SESSION_CHANGED from system 5258:system/1000 pkg android
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager: java.lang.Throwable
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.checkBroadcastFromSystem(ActivityManagerService.java:19162)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.broadcastIntentLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:19767)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.broadcastIntent(ActivityManagerService.java:19909)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at android.app.ContextImpl.sendBroadcastAsUser(ContextImpl.java:1130)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at com.android.server.AppOpsService$2.run(AppOpsService.java:142)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:790)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:65)
10-08 11:28:30.919  5258  5273 E ActivityManager:       at com.android.server.ServiceThread.run(ServiceThread.java:46)

PID 5258 is "system_server".

How can I do this?

I'm running Lineage OS 15.1 / Android 8.1.


texts: Is it possible to connect a USB microphone to an Android phone or tablet?

texts: Blue makes a prosumer mic that you can connect directly to an iPod or iPhone via the dock port. I would love to have the same capability to do something similar for an Android phone or tablet. This would be really useful for field recording. I know that some tablets have support for various USB accessories to be plugged in, but I don't know if the OS can handle a microphone. Is this possible using existing or near future (Ice Cream Sandwich) hardware/OS combinations?


texts: Continuously getting "Bluetooth share stopped working" error

texts:
I have an HTC One running Android Revolution HD (ARHD), with Android 4.4.2, and I've been getting this error that says "Bluetooth share has stopped working".

The problem is that I have no clue what's causing this error to appear. I think it started appearing after I clicked the "share" button in an app - but even after fully rebooting my device, I STILL keep getting this error.

Does anyone know what could cause this error? And more importantly - how do I debug what app is causing this error? I just don't even know where to start investigating.


texts: Broken Screen on S6 Active. How to pull files from it?

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My friend has given me his S6 Active to pull photos from, so he can put them on his new phone. The screen has no display, and USB debugging is NOT enabled. When plugged into the pc with a charging cable, and a data cable, it still is not recognized by the pc. I would like to pull photos from this device, as there has to be a way.

I cant use ADB commands, as it is not showing up in the pc.
I cannot use a mouse and keyboard, as there is still no display.
I can't access anything on the phone, unless the pc recognizes it.

Please help


texts: Redmi 3 stuck on bootloop with no recovery mode access

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I have a Redmi 3 MIUI7 that I recently flashed with MIUI9 using TWRP. Right after flashing, I tried to boot it but it stuck on a bootloop. Since I haven't booted into the ROM and can't do so because of the bootloop, I have no access to enable USB Debugging AND TWRP recovery mode. No USB Debugging means the device will show as unauthorized when using adb devices, though I can Vol. Down+Power to get into Fastboot. I have flashed several ROMs before flashing to MIUI9 (Resurrect Remix and LineageOS, both Android Oreo and had root access).

I just need way to boot into TWRP recovery mode to a) flash my way out of the loop b) restore a backup.


texts: Phone connected via bluetooth to car audio system: media audio works, calls don't

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I have been successfully using my Motorola Moto G3, 2015, with Android Marshmallow 6.0, to connect the phone to the audio car (Toyota) system for months.

A few days ago, I received a whatsapp call (media audio) while the phone was connected via bluetooth to the car, and I successfully used the audio car system for the whatsapp call.

Since then, unfortunately, whenever I connect the phone via Bluetooth to the audio car system, only media audio (e.g. youtube videos, mp3, music, whatsapp calls, etc.) is transmitted, whereas calling another telephone I do not hear anything via car stereo.
The phone works because if I disconnect the Bluetooth, the call is active and I can use the phone to speak/hear.

I tried to remove the Bluetooth phone device and add it again, and to disable transmission of media audio via Bluetooth to the car system, but the problem does not disappear.

Any help?

Thanks!


texts: Samsung Galaxy S heat up a lot, getting restarted and slow start up time

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I'm using Samsung galaxy S with O.S. 2.3.3. I'm having the following problems.
It is getting heated up a lot. Because of this the battery is drained so faster.
That too when it is getting charged if I place butter it melts down.
It is also getting restarted whenever there is an exception in the app.
I'm having a lot of applications so the start up time is very slow around 3 - 8 minutes to load.


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I am new to android, just bought a nexus 5.
I am now trying to customize my desktop (I am using nova launcher + Zooper free widget maker ).

Now, the problem is, can I customize the service of a widget? Say, I liked a weather widget in zooper, I want to use it. But the weather service of my choice is accuweather(no business, just an example).
How can I have these two together?


texts: Prevent apps opening links in Chrome Custom Tabs (i.e. open in default browser directly)

texts:
Not long ago, Google added a new feature called Chrome Custom Tabs since Chrome 45 on Android JellyBean or later.

What are Chrome Custom Tabs?
App developers face a choice when a user taps a URL to either launch a browser, or build their own in-app browser using WebViews.
Both options present challenges — launching the browser is a heavy context switch that isn't customizable, while WebViews don't share state with the browser and add maintenance overhead.
Chrome Custom Tabs give apps more control over their web experience, and make transitions between native and web content more seamless without having to resort to a WebView.
When will this be available?
As of Chrome 45, Chrome Custom Tabs is now generally available to all users of Chrome, on all of Chrome's supported Android versions (Jellybean onwards).

Google has integrated this feature on some of their apps (e.g. Google+, Google Search) and now, 3rd-party apps can also use it (e.g. Twitter, Stack Exchange).
While some apps provide setting to enable/disable it (e.g. Google Search), others don't seem to be possible to disable this. I know I can still open the link in Chrome by tapping the overflow menu (3-dots on top-right) and select Open in Chrome. However, it'd be preferable if it can be disabled on specific apps.
So, my question is: is it possible to disable this feature, preferably on selective apps? (by disable, I mean to open the link directly in default browser, or prompt user to choose a browser)
Note: I'm open to all suggestions, including root solutions, or even uninstalling Chrome in the worst case scenario. However, more practical answers are preferred.


texts: Why can't Tasker manage battery mode on my rooted Pixel?

texts:
I've been using Tasker to mute my phone at work. I recently added some nested tasks to enable and disable battery saver mode when I arrive and leave. However, it doesn't seem to have permission.
The phone is stock rooted Oreo on the October 2018 security patch release. Tasker is up to date.
I first see a notification:

Missing Permissions
Tasker needs the following permission(s) for the funcationality you  have configured:
Write Secure Settings

Tapping the notification, I then get a modal:

Missing Permissions
Tasker needs to have permission to write secure settings to use this action. Want to learn how to grant it?
NO OK

Then another:

Use Root
Since your device is rooted you can automatically grant this permission. Do it now?
NO OK

Opting for the affirmative results in a toast notification:

Tasker has been denied superuser permissions.

The battery mode never gets changed. Thanks for any assistance.


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I am sending messages on Facebook using my mobile (Samsung Galaxy Pop) wi-fi. Other person is using a desktop or laptop. There is a delay in the update of the conversation ... not real time updates happening like any other chat-box happening between computers.

Would there be a delay in the update of the messages?

Why am I getting delay in update of my messages?

Is it related to Android wi-fi?


texts: Device freezes when try to write in /system partition. None of the mount commands worked

texts:
I have a TB-X304L. I rooted this guy with magisk and whenever I try to write or try to change permissions of the /system directory, the tablet just freezes and I have to reboot it with long pressing power and the volume up button. I can't even make changes to the build.prop file. The same happens when tried with adb. I could get root access in adb shell. when I try,

cat > testfile.txt

it says read only partition. So, I mounted it with rw permission command

mount -o remount,rw /system

it runs smoothly. But when I try

cat > testfile.txt

again and type some text for the test file and press Ctrl+D,  it freezes. I am new to all these please help me guys.


texts:
There are several posts on how to calibrate android batteries but none describe its working.
How is it that the system can determine at what voltage the battery is considered to be charged (100% or say 4200mV) and what voltage is considered to be discharged (0% or 3400mV)?

"Android stops the battery from charging when reaching 100%" but if it is calibrated wrong, how come it wont stop charging at another voltage (say 4100mV) or even continue discharging at a voltage below its normal operation (say 3200mV)?

Expected answer:

The actual technical insight on how android determines the current battery level

Edit 1: I am stressing that my question has nothing to do with battery statistics and how much battery apps have used but solely on the procedure involved with determining the battery %

This is my first question please excuse any conventions I may have missed


texts: How does one share Samsung camera "Virtual Shot" (3D spin-around) photos?

texts:
I recently traveled to Europe and took dozens of beautiful 3D spin-around shots using Samsung built-in camera's "Virtual Shot" mode photos.

These look amazing on my phone, but I want to share them with the world. In the past I've been able to share photos to a javascript-powered website, such as 360 photos via Microsoft's Photosynth.

How can I share these spin-around 3D photos?

Note: if there is no way to do it currently, I am an app developer and web programmer so I'd be happy to build one myself, so let me know if there's any information on the data they are stored in as well


texts: Turn LED notification light on when the front camera is being used by any app

texts: I am looking for an app, or profiles in Tasker which would turn on the LED notification light for supporting phones, whenever the front camera is accessed by an app. Many laptops have similar features.


texts: Run Tasker if battery falls from a specific value to another one?

texts:
I am struggling to set up a Tasker profile so that it performs a task when battery falls from value X to value Y.
I always get the error that the Y value (to) cannot be smaller than the X value (from).
Does anyone know how to properly set up a Tasker profile that runs a task when battery falls from a certain percentage to a lower one?


texts: Is there any way to record android screen in android 4.2.2 without rooting and PC?

texts: I want to record my android mobile's screen as a video. I tried many apps from play store but they didn't work with me. My device android version is jelly bean(4.2.2) and it is not rooted. So how can I record my screen without root?


texts: How can I disable album art on my lock screen?

texts:
I'm not a big fan of my lock screen getting hijacked by whatever music app is currently playing. Is there a setting, app, or work around that can disable album art from being displayed on my lock screen? Preferably without rooting.

I'm using a Moto X Pure Edition running Nougat. I would prefer solutions that work for Google Play Music.

Related


texts: Using USB peripherals with hardware debug

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I have a developer tablet, and I also need some peripherals connected via USB to my tablet and debug cable at the same time. I tried to connect USB hub to my tablet using OTG cable, by got the problem - tablet can use peripherals, but PC doesn't show the device in adb devices.

Is it possible to connect debug cable and USB peripherals to my tablet at the same time?


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I have a Boost Mobile HTC Desire 626s. I just upgraded to a ZTE Warp Elite. When I 1st got the HTC phone I got the phone rooted. The phone worked fine except for 1 annoying problem. Every few days a bar would popup saying a "system update" was needed. The only 2 options were "later (as in doing the install later)" and "install". I keep hitting later. I got tired of seening that popup every few days so I hit install. Big mistake.  The phone is now stuck in a sys update loop. It says download complete, starting to unzip the file. But the unzip does nothing then error's out after a while. I spoke to Boost Mobile today. And even bigger mistake. All the hard master reset did was wipe out my pictures, phone list and so on (all that stuff is backed up on my laptop already, no lose there). But the hard reset didn't fix the system update loop problem. And now the phone is stuck in a basic phone activation loop as well.  I am trying to setup the phone so my nephew can use the phone like a tablet for now. And if he keeps his grades up in school I will activate his phone on my cell phone plain with his own number. If I can clear up this mess and get the phone working right again.

I 1st used the unlocker that I found on the HTC web page, then I used Kingo Root to root the phone. The factory reset line is missing from the download mode. Also if I go to bootloader > boot to recovery mode. The phone boots out to normal phone mode.  I am stuck and I don't know how to fix this.  A point of interest I an a Windows tech. I have been fixing Windows based laptops and desktops for years as well as 2 way radios and tv's.

Steve


texts: How can I identify which app in a certain category is installed on an Android device, to install it on another?

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I bought my old Android phone on a trip to China so some apps came from Chinese app stores and some came from Google's after I came back.

For apps that fit in a certain category, such as currency converters, how can I identify with certainty which exact such app is on a phone. By looking around the app and in the phone's preferences and settings, I can only find the name, which is pretty generic, and a version number.

Is there some kind of more unique identifier, some kind of ID, or some kind of link that's somewhere on all Android phones that will truly identify each app?


texts: Why does Android differ so much from Linux?

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I have read all related questions here, but they don't answer my questions or are not up-to-date since Android is particularly included in Linux kernel ( > 3.x.x).

Why didn't Google just take a Linux distribution (for example Debian) and add drivers for touchscreen, mobile service, etc and create a desktop environment for touchscreens.

If kernel modules won't be included in the Linux kernel, it would be possible to use the streamlined Linux kernel and add these modules (and remove some, like unnecessary drivers).

Today it will fail to run standard Linux on every smartphone and tablet, because of missing drivers, but they could have been written for Linux, not Android.

It would have been saved double development of new features


texts: How can I get Ethernet adapter and still be able to charge my tablet

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I found this adapter to add Ethernet to my android phone, but looks like doesnt power the device. Is there a way to have Ethernet connection and still be able to charge the device at the same time?

Also found this one but said power is for the USB devices and wont charge the tablet.


texts: Recovery image without root functionality for an Xperia Z1 Compact

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A friend of mines child has a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact and a lot of what I would call Criminal Energy (he proved that on several occasions).

Because he did a lot of stuff on his phone which he is not supposed to do, we want to prevent him of finding out how to boot into the previously installed TWRP Recovery Mode, where he could root his phone and do other uncool stuff.

From what I found out, I am not able to remove TWRP, but could totally replace it with something else.

So my question is, are there any simple, Backup/Restore only, no root option, no File editing (eg. build.props) Recovery images available for me to flash on that particular smartphone or do i have any other options? (We already installed and configured Family Link, but that of course does not prevent booting in recovery mode)


texts: Android x86 Virtual box with Internet and connection to adb?

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I have Android x86 4.2 Installed on my Virtual Box.
My main purpose is debug with eclipse and get internet on Android
Some how i am able to get internet and also able to connect from adb (of ADT) but not both at a time
i have tried several combination to get both but no luck
How i get Internet
I get internet when i use NAT in one of these 4 adapters

How i get connected with adb
I get connected with adb when connected to newly created Host Only adapter

note: the default host only adapter was not working

I have two questions:
First is how i will get both The Internet and connection to adb
Second is Can i get my bluetooth and Wifi device available to My Virtual box Android
Note: My Internet connection type is either 3G HSUPA using Modem or WiFi no LAN
Note: when both of them are connected then either of them works not both I have googled, Stacked, Virtual box site too but no luck
Initially i was unable to connect to adb but I figured out the way i can!
Please any one know the issue.


texts: Delete personal data from phone that can't sign in to Google

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We have an old Galaxy that grandchildren use for play. No SIM card, but on wifi.  The Google account previously used is obsolete, so we can't sign in.  But without signing in, the "play store" won't let us get to the list of apps to delete them.  And some of them need root to delete, and I don't want it rooted.

We'd like to delete things like the entire contact list, the list of calls and transcribed voicemails, facebook messenger stuff, etc.  Nothing to hide, as the saying goes, but no need to have curious little ones reading about deceased relatives, other peoples' phone numbers, things their parents did as kids, or questions on child-rearing.  :-). Or unintentionally tapping a name and sending an e-mail.

The method that I used on the Moto X4 that I lost in Spain a year ago for deleting messages doesn't work here.

If we reset to factory settings, all the games disappear too, and we'd have to log in to a valid account to get them back.


texts: Accessing internal storage on Moto G, locked phone, broken screen

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my girlfriend dropped her Moto G and now the screen is completely black, the phone is secured with a lock pattern. It's very important for us to recover the pictures, because unfortunately they weren't backed up.

I'm a software dev, so don't hesitate to offer solutions that involve ADB, the Android SDK or anything else. Another important note, the phone is not in Debugging mode.


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I can't seem to figure out what is using up my phone storage.  The phone has 16gb and I have a 64gb SIM. I'm using File Manager + to view the data although I've also used File Explorer on my computer. I'm showing I'm using 9.71gb of 10.28gb. However, when I actually look at what's being used I'm only finding ~850mb. By my calculation that means that the OS is using ~6gb (which is fine), I'm using > 1 and I've got ~9gb completely missing.  I've moved most of my apps to my SIM along with all of my pictures, books, music etc.

I'm using a Samsung J320A.  The Android version is 7.1.1.

Note: I've read about a number of solutions and possible problems so to avoid any confusion

I'm trying not to factory reset as I have some apps for work that are a pain to set back up.
I've read about the GPS text files on tablets, but the solution is an update from Acer and I doubt it would work on a Samsung phone?
I've cleared the cache & removed all of the apps I'm not using.
The downloads folder is empty.


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I have a rooted phone and I recently updated to Android 5.1.1.

I have a bluetooth headset device, and since the upgrade, the connection has been distinctly degraded. The device pairs, connects, and plays sounds no problem. But, every 30 seconds or more, the sound flutters, as if the connection is weak. It makes listening to music basically pointless.

The difference before and after the upgrade is clear, so I'm sure it's the upgrade that did it.

The question is, is this fixable or adjustable? Or is it just a bad ROM and I need to find another?


texts: Are apps in SD card available after a factory reset?

texts: If I move some applications to a SD card and perform a factory reset, will they be available when I plug the card back again after the reset, even if the device's primary account changed?


texts: Is there an official Chinese handwriting input method for Android?

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I searched for some page about Chinese handwriting input, but on my Android 7.1, I only see Pinyin, and it shows the following:

On some page, such as https://eastasiastudent.net/china/mandarin/handwriting-practice-android/
I do see

with the bottom right panel suitable for handwriting input. So my Android 7.1 doesn't have it... and going to Settings, I only see the Google Pinyin input (Pinyin means "assemble sound" or phonetics).
But that page seems to suggests the handwriting panel can be obtained by Pinyin input.
Is there a way to have an official Chinese handwriting input method for Android?


texts: Why won't my USB headset work OTG with my Honor 6x?

texts: I'm using an Honor 6x running EMUI 5.0. I bought an OTG cable recently, a female USB to male Micro-USB to use with this phone. I've connected a mouse and keyboard, and those worked fine. But, when I connect my Razer Kraken 7.1 USB headset, I get no audio or any sign a device is even connected. Is there a way to get my headset to work?


texts: Often, when I try make a call or use the phone app on my phone, the screen goes black.  I have a Pixel 1 with Android version 9.  This is a problem because I can't see or use the numbers or buttons on the screen!  What is the fix?


texts: Why do Linux commands not work properly on Android?

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> adb shell
sh-4.1$ ls -F
-F: No such file or directory

-F switch works fine on my Ubuntu.

Why doesn't it work on Android? Is there a way to make it work?


texts: Is it possible to merge/network multiple smartphones and use them as one device?

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I have 4 android smartphones each with 512 gb memory card. Is it possible to somehow combine them together so that I can access a total of 2TB?
My exact use case is to install kmplayer on one of those devices and network/merge the others such that the primary device has access to all the content as if it was on that device itself. I would leave all these phones at home and access the primary device, via some app like splashtop, from the phone that I have on me.
Am aware of cluster/distributed/HPC computing concepts to get many mainframe/workstation/server/home pc systems(and even the raspberry Pi using Beowulf cluster) to work together but in those cases almost all resources are desired to be used unlike my case where I only intend to combine the memory card storage resource.


texts: Stop Android Wear Time to Leave Notifications

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On my Moto 360, I get time to leave notifications repeatedly. Anytime I have an event on my calendar with a location, I'll get multiple alerts from the Google app about when to leave for it.

So, if I have a dinner at 6pm at a certain restaurant, it'll buzz at least 5 times earlier in the day (often much earlier, like at 1pm that day) telling me the estimated time I need to leave at to arrive on time for the dinner. This is incredibly annoying and I can't figure out how to get it to turn off save for blocking the Google app from sending me notifications at all (something I'd rather not do).

I have time to leave notifications off in the Google app on my phone (Google app -> Settings -> Notifications -> Time to leave -> off) and thus don't get such notifications on my phone (but they do show up on my watch).

Here's what the notifications are like on my watch:

How can I stop these notifications from appearing and buzzing my wrist?


texts: YouTube app holds a long wakelock. What app settings can I change to keep it from doing this?

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I am using an HTC Evo 4g with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. I'm trying to deal with apps which keep my phone from entering sleep mode, and the YouTube app is a major offender. With downloaded apps, usually the fix is to remove the app and find an alternative app that doesn't suck the battery dry. But I want to keep YouTube enabled so I can watch YouTube videos.

What settings for the YouTube app can I change to get it to not hold a wake lock for hours on end? Are there any device settings that I can change to help?

So far I have disabled "Preload subscriptions", "Preload watch later", "Improve YouTube", and "Notifications" in the YouTube app's settings, but the wake lock still occurs.


texts: How to update the picture of my contact from Facebook in HTC wildfire? I am able to update all other contacts but not able to update my contact from facebook. I am using android version 2.2


texts: Some application sets alarm loudness to zero

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For some reason some application sets the alarm loudness over night to zero.
How do I find out which application is to blame?


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While searching for .jpg images that seem to be scattered ALL OVER my Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014), I discovered that, when connected to my Win7 PC, I can see .jpg images (my own photos with my unique naming system), in the android/data/com.* folders.  Some of the photos can be accessed; others say "corrupted or too large to be viewed."

I understand that some folders contain app specific data or thumbnail caches (I'm not touching those), but some are in VERY ODD places, for example, an entire folder of "Friends" photos is found under android/data/com.dictionary. Almost EVERY android/data/com.* folder has one or more of my photos in it (random), even folders that have NO CONNECTION whatsoever to photo editing or management.
Even with "see hidden folders" enabled, they are NOT visible when navigating the tablet folder manager.

I keep ALL my photo folders on my SD card, the above "issue" only appears in Device storage.

Can anyone explain this?


texts: How old is the datalog when just starting "logcat"?

texts: When I run adb -d logcat it dumps data from a time before. How old is that data?


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I have video files with their SUB/IDX subtitles.
I'm using MX Player Pro but it does not support SUB/IDX subtitle.

SUB/IDX subtitles won't display.
SUB/IDX subtitle is not supported as of yet. It will be supported in the future.

How can I watch videos on my Android device with SUB/IDX subtitles?


texts: Ankidroid -- What does the rectangular button in the action bar mean?

texts: I have wondered for a long time what this toggle  does. It saves some changes but doesn't indicate what has changed.


texts: Podcast app which supports old episodes well?

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I am looking for a podcast player app which will let me subscribe to a podcast and listen to the earliest episodes first, eventually catching up to the current episodes.

I've tried Google Listen and PodCat, and neither one seemed to handle this case well. I don't want to install a paid app and start a 15-minute-trial until I know what to expect from it.

It should also be reliable at remembering the current position in a paused-and-ignored-for-a-while podcast, and download/delete automatically so I generally don't have to manage it except to actually listen.


texts: Can I use a different power adapter with my TV with different Ampere output

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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but here it goes.
I have a sony W80C android TV which is not powering on.
I tried following steps to find out the problem:
1. Tried another remote (mobile phone IR blaster)
2. Currently trying a different power adapter.
Here's the problem,
The original power adapter outputs 19.5V 5.2A and the new one I ordered is 19.5V 4.35A. So the TV is not powering on.
I thought it's because of the difference between ampere that's why it's not working.
But the person who sold me this is saying that this power adapter works with all Sony TV and he even tested it on 43" Android TV and it works and said there was an issue with my TV.

I just want to know if it's possible to power up the TV with lower Ampere output or not. If that's the case then I will send my TV to repair.


texts: How to bookmark an automatically redirecting link on the Android?

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I am on page_1. There is a link_1 to page_2 that redirects to a random URL page_x. I cannot go to page_2 because I will not see its URL in the address bar (it redirects to page_x)

I want to bookmark link_1. On a non-mobile browser, I would right click link_1 and bookmark it.

I am using the pre-installed "Internet" browser that comes with the Android. How do I bookmark link_1 on Android?


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I'm on Android 5.0.1. Yesterday, I received several "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped working" notifications, which I ignored as I assumed whatever had crashed would restart.

But when I went into my Gmail app later, instead of seeing my inbox, I was asked to add a new account. Then, I checked Accounts in settings, and my two accounts were still there, but would not sync. When I try to remove the accounts, nothing happens (i.e., I press the "Remove account" button, and the phone simply does nothing).

I can connect to the internet consistently. However, it seems I am not receiving push notifications from any apps, including non-Google ones like Facebook messenger. And I cannot open other Google apps, e.g. Play Store (when I try to, I'm met with a blank white screen).

Any help solving this mess would be much obliged!


texts: Type German special characters with Bluetooth Keyboard

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I'm trying to type German special characters ä, ü, ß with Bluetooth keyboard (Logitech k810) using SwiftKey (this is the keyboard app I normally use when not using the keyboard, ideally wouldn't have to swap keyboards everytime). When typing directly onto the phone, I would long press the 'a' key to bring up the ä character, but doing the same thing on the physical keyboard just repeats the same character.
On my Windows laptop, I use Autohotkey to overide the input such that pressing CAPS + a = ä. Would be ideal to be able to do the same thing on android


texts: What part of android is responsible for alerts?

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Some time ago I customized my Android phone by removing all the bloatware and by setting the permissions for a lot of system apps with lbe security center to a more privacy-friendly state. This included disabling access to my phone number, IMEI, SIM number, Internet access for apps that shouldn't have it, and other things. I only removed which I considered bloatware, such as several Samsung apps, Google junk I didn't need such as search, widget, sync adapters,... And I customized the permissions of for example Google services framework (no SIM number access, and other set to on demand), Android market (no phone number and location), maps (location on demand, no phone number/IMEI)...

After that I ran into a problem, namely my calendar alerts don't function properly  and I noticed that my alarms don't activate the second time (using galaxy s3 app). The calendar alerts sometimes function correctly but sometimes either not on time or not at all, and I found on the Internet that some people are experiencing the same problems with the calendar and exactly the same way as for when the alerts do work and when they don't. Some apps that seem to rely on the Android system for alerts (such as wordfeud, buienalarm), don't work correctly either. I noticed, but cannot say this for certain, that the alerts do work once or several times after I enable WiFi for the first time (or was it mobile Internet?)

I have to mention that apps that have  their own alert/notification system do work correctly, such as chaton (using Samsung push app), whatsapp and Trillian.

Now I'd like to know if anyone can tell me which app or feature is responsible for these alerts and notifications and/or how to fix this properly. I installed a custom version of the Galaxy S3 Android 4.1.2 ROM of wanamlite using the mobile Odin app but my problems aren't solved.

specs :

Android 4.1.2 wanamlite
Galaxy S3 international I9300


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I have two sim cards with data bundles from different carriers. One is working fine with (WiFi) tethering, but with the second SIM card I cannot use tethering.

Searching online I saw that tethering can be blocked by blocking browsers' user-agent headers. Alternatively using torrenting software headers and other PC-related application headers. In my case, I cannot even ping 8.8.8.8 from my laptop using the second SIM card, while I can from my android using a terminal emulator.

Tethering problem with the second SIM card existed from the beginning. Perhaps I just loaded one web page with it (or it seemed like loading, but in reality browser retrieved it from its cache).

So in my case, how does the carrier block the tethering?
Of course, the purpose of this question is to bypass this block.
There is also the possibility that there is no block at all, but something else is causing the problem, but I am baffled because this should happen with both SIM cards, right?

EDIT (solution):
After paying $20 to my working SIM card to google around, I solved it myself... I discovered that USB tethering was possible with the second SIM card. I found this strange, and checked (Android 6.0) the 'Mobile data > Mobile networks > Access point names > ''carrier name'' Internet (or sth similar)' for both SIM cards.

This is a long list of settings (Name, APN, Proxy, Port, etc...). The difference was in the 'APN type'. In the working SIM it was filled with 'default,dun,mms,supl'. In the "faulty" SIM with 'mms' only! So I wrote 'default,dun,mms,supl' and now tethering works fine with a WiFi hotspot.


texts: I had bought a MOTO E which was stolen the very next day but, due to some issues, I had already taken my sim and the sdcard out. Is there any way I can locate my phone using the google id I had used to start the tracking features?


texts: Do the rounded edges of the Galaxy 7 Edge cause distortion with Samsung Gear VR?

texts: I plan on buying a Galaxy 7 and a Gear VR. I know the Gear VR is compatible with both Edge and non-edge models. But, do the rounded edges of the Edge model create clipping or visual distortion when viewed through the Samsung Gear VR?


texts: How do I remove corporate administrator settings?

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I have an HTC Desire C, just a couple of weeks old. I also have a new job and decided to add my work email account via Exchange activeSync, however once it became apparent that I was giving up rights and functionality (such as the screen pattern lock) for my own phone I decided to remove it.

I removed the administrator, which automatically removed the email account, however I am still unable to restore the screen pattern lock. I've restarted the handset a couple of times, no help.

I seem to have no options to view or delete and administrator accounts (presumably, and hopefully, because there are none now).

I've read the similar question posted here and the answers but they don't help me sadly. Any ideas?


texts: Motorola Triumph & HyperShell in Titanium Backup

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It would seem that Titanium Backup, everyone's favorite root backup tool (right?), does not particularly like the Motorola Triumph—or vice versa. I've been having problems with restoring apps (only the Manual, APK installer method works) and integrating system updates (it just hangs, and then the app it hung on is broken until I restore it from a backup).

My TiBU (5.4.0.2) main screen says that I have root, BusyBox 1.20.2-Stericson from system, and HyperShell—but then turns around and says "Fast/Auto app install: NO (HyperShell needed)". Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

The BusyBox I have installed is the latest version, and I had the same problem when I was using the BusyBox 1.18.x build included in TiBU. I have also tested using both the stock and Umph v1.0 kernels.

Why is everything on the Triumph so bloody buggy? I never had these problems on my old LG Optimus V.


texts: Is there any way to root the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1? I found some instructions on rooting the 7 inch version but I'm not sure if that matters. Also the instructions include flashing UK firmware. I'd prefer to do as little changes to my device as possible so I can get a backup as close to the way it came as possible.


texts: Rooted phone, deleted Google apps, what upgrade options do I have?

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Just wanted to know what options I have for updating/upgrading my Android OS, now that I have rooted it and deleted all the Google apps from the device?

It's about time it had an upgrade, but now that I've severed it from Google, is doing a factory reset the only alternative for me, should I want to upgrade the software?

Is there a way to make an image of my current install, should the factory reset fail?

Is there some alternative Android project available for users wishing to use Android without Google?

Grateful for any helpful and constructive advice.

Thanks

........................

Samsung GT-S7560 - Android 4.0.4


texts: Help a beginner who is about to install cyanogenmod 13 on a samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition

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I have a Samsung Galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition that is my love. It is my daily driver too. I recently upgraded to lollipop, but faced issues with graphics quality being dropped due to some memory leaks or whatever (maybe it was developers making excuses cos they can't do anything)

I can't play games nicely cos the graphics are terrible. Samsung released an app called Game tuner, but it is only for the s6 and above. (Thank you for abandoning us Samsung). I decided to flash twrp recovery and CyanogenMod 13, so I could side load that app and the service it requires to run (the service is restricted to marshmallow)

According to their website, I can use Heimdall suite to do the flashing. I would love a guide please, step by step. They mentioned that you don't need to root in order to flash custom ROMs. Is this true?

But yeah, this is a $700 device when I bought it couple of years ago...warranty is expired. And I don't want to mess up this.
Thanks!

Edit: My device is the Sm-P605 and the nightly release for my device has code: lt03lte

I know there are risks involved and want to minimise them. I would prefer not to root but just flash twrp recovery and CyanogenMod 13.


texts: How to see Appointment Info in E-Mail Calendar App

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I have a Motorola Android Phone with KitKat (however I think this issue applies to Android in general).

When I receive some appointment on my Exchange Account, it appears on the inbox, however the main view does not show any details about the appointment. So I have to open the "Appointment" tab and show the item in the Calendar, I have no other way to see the details of the appointment.

This is OK for new appointments, as looking into the calendar makes sense. However, it is common that appointments are changed, and this pattern does not help me to quickly recognize what was changed (location, description, timestamp). Worst thing is that opening the "changed" appointment in Calendar often does not even show the correct time (it just insists on the original time from the appointment).

I would like to see a view that shows exactly what changed on the appointment. Is there any way to get such a feature? I would even be willing to buy an app if it is necessary... :)


texts: Proprietary software distributed along with Linux kernel

texts: What is the licensing rationale behind distributing proprietary (copyrighted) software within a common smartphone's Android system? I mean software like device drivers (camera, GSM modules etc.) or closed source apps like Google Apps. I thought proprietary software can not be distributed alongside a GPLv2 Linux kernel which Android runs on top of.


texts: just got a galaxy few hours ago and have two questions

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I check the OS version of an Android device?
  How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?

How can one know which android version is installed on the phone?
How can i remove the 20+ apps which installed on the phone? The remove button is disabled.


texts: Create, edit, and sync-with-PC txt file on Android

texts:
There are many apps that allow us to take notes on android.

But just like this thread (Is it possible to create a plain text file in android?), I want to create and edit plain txt file on android.

But moreover, I also want to automatically sync with a txt file in my PC. Ideally, dropbox. So ideally, I edit txt file on my PC then the edit will sync to my Android phone, and vice versa.

But if this ideal solution (dropbox solution) is not available, then I am fine with less ideal solution which will sync txt with PC.


texts:
My Android device is the Nexus One.  But this should apply to all current Android devices.

How do I change the name of my Android device?

When I connect to my wireless router's client tables, my android devices is listed for example as: android_1234567890abedfc.  I'd like to give it a more readable name.


texts:
I have a couple devices (Moto e XT1021, Moto e 2nd gen). Suddenly the app running on these devices stopped working, due the device stop receiving gps changes updates.

I did some research and tests, and i realize the problem is probably the network provider. For some reason the request made by gpsd process to http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra2.bin is not getting resolved, as consequence the device takes to much time(more than 15 minutes in some cases) to get GPS fix and not receive updates as expected.

Here is how i did my tests.

Put disconnect wifi, use mobile data only
Put device on Only device, Go to Settings > Location > Mode.
Open any gps status app, check if is receiving gps updates.

The thing here is when the mobile data is connected, the gps status app stop receiving gps updates and satellite signals disappears, So i decided to put the device on airplane mode, then automatically the gps status app start receiving satellite signals and of course gps updates.

This weird thing made me thing the network has something to be here. So i decided to use other sim cards from other networks. And i realize the same configurations is working good, All devices start getting gps updates very fast.

So i went further and made a tcpdump on the device with every sim card, and i realize the the request to http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra2.bin are not resolved or getting response.

All this story is to know if someone else knows something about or if the network provider can block requests to xtra2.gpsonextra.net.


texts: VLC accesses NFS share but cannot play videos

texts:
The NFS share (configured as read-only) was added via the 'Local Network' option in the VLC app.

The NFS share's directory and contents are displayed in the VLC app; however, when a video is selected, a "Playback error" results.  Unfortunately, the error message is displayed for a fraction of a second, and is therefore illegible.

The NFS share is accessed via multiple computers, which employ the desktop version of VLC to play videos, so the share is functioning correctly.  When copies of the videos are in local storage, they play without issue.

Why are the videos unplayable?

UPDATE: Audio files contained in the NFS share are able to be played without issue.


texts: After Factory Reset, how do you unlock phone when it is not connected to wifi?

texts: I can't use my Samsung i9000 (Galaxy S1) for a number of years because I tried the screen lock incorrectly too many times. I no longer get that option, it just says "Too many pattern attempts" and asks for your Gmail details. But even after a factory reset, its still asking for these details and the phone is not connected to wifi. I would really appreciate some help.


texts: How can I get Google Navigation (navigation in Maps) on Android to navigate walking directions?

texts:
I know how to get walking/public transportation/biking directions, but driving directions are the only ones I can navigate (tracks the location, shows turns coming up, compensates for wrong turns, etc.).  How can I navigate on the walking directions?

And yeah, I know that I can show the walking directions on the map, and try to follow them myself, but then it's always north up instead of track up and it doesn't make any attempts to snap the GPS location to the street.


texts: Relationship between CPU Usage and Battery Usage

texts:
I'm comparing the resource consumption of two Android Apps.

App A uses accelerometer
App B uses both accelerometer and    gyroscope

After reading these sensors, these apps does some processing on the sensor values. Now I measured their CPU usage using dumpsys cpuinfo as well as top command.
In general, App B uses 3-4 times more CPU than App A. The actual numbers are as follows: These results for single CPU and my phone is using Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU (Samsung Galaxy S2).

App A (Average CPU Usage: 5%)
APP B (Average CPU Usage = 20%)

Then I measured the percentage battery usage for these two apps. I kept the Android phone in Aeroplane mode and only one of these two apps were running at a a specific moment of time. After running them for one hour, I get the following results:

Remaining battery level after one hour of use:
Idle mode: 99%
Running App A: 96%
Running App B: 93%

I was expecting the same ratio with these battery level as I observed with CPU Usage.
I also tested these apps on a smartwatch ( CPU: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7) and I observed even smaller difference between the battery use. The observed results for one hour use are as follows:

Remaining battery level after one hour of use:
Idle mode: 99%
Running App A: 87%
Running App B: 85%

So my question: Why the ratio of CPU usage for these apps is not reflected in their remaining battery levels? Or Shouldn't the CPU Usage be linearly related to the battery use ?
Could the reason be that multiple cores are active at the same, that's why I observe small difference between the their battery levels?
PS: I use partial lock in these apps.


texts: Suddenly no data can be written to SD Card from PC (MTP), read Ok, Galaxy Ace 4. What to do?

texts:
It is not a filesystem error as I tried to install a different SD Card to see if it is possible to copy files to it, same behavior, can read, not write.

There are plenty of free space in SD card. 32 GB total, like 20 or more free.

The problem is reproducible in two operating systems, Windows XP SP3 (Desktop computer), Windows Vista 32 bits (Toshiba Laptop). Right now I don't have access to other systems.

I don't think that this is related to the problem of some apps not being able to write to SD Card. What I'm trying to do is copy files from Windows PC to Samsung Phone SD Card.

In PTP mode Win XP does not even display the content of the SD Card (this is known problem in XP). In MTP mode, It displays it, allows me to copy from phone to PC, but If I try to copy from PC to Phone, the copy stalls indefinitely and no single byte is copied, not even the file created.

In Win XP, Event Viewer shows this message:

Event ID: 15200

MTP USB Driver has cancelled the operation 0x9808

I didn't check Vista Event Viewer yet but I think the same event will appear.

I tried installing Samsung Kies and Samsung Smart Switch, as they install drivers, and then with Windows Explorer again, same situation.

I also Removed Avast from phone and disabled Avast in Win XP. Same result.


texts:
Is there an app that will let me run the UNIX tail command?

I want to be able to monitor a text file on a remote web server as it gets written to.


texts: Can an application wipe or corrupt a SD card?

texts: Is it possible for apps to eliminate or corrupt SD Card specifically the apps that are installed from Play Store? Lately my micro SD card got wiped out on its own and I couldn't recover any of my data since I formatted it as the default disk to write earlier on my phone. I also wonder if it is possible for Beta version of apps to distort an SD Card


texts: keep losing names from numbers on my contacts list in my HTC desire s

texts: I keep losing names from numbers saved to SIM in my contacts list randomly on my new HTC desire S. If I reboot my phone, they come back, only to disappear again randomly! Only some of my contact's names disappear and all my contact's numbers are saved to SIM in the same way....!? What do you reckon?


texts: Performance comparison between internal and external memory

texts:
What are the performance differences between phone's internal memory, the internal SD card, and the external SD card? I wonder if that counts when deciding where to store apps. What technologies are used for building a phone's internal memory? How about the internal SD card, if it is not really an SD card at all? How do they compare, in general, to SD card speed classes 4, 6 and 10?

Note that I am not asking about the filesystems, as a deleted answer focused on, since performance comparison on this aspect would be totally ruined by just switching the SD card from FAT32 to something better (which I think the industry should have done since a long time anyway).


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i have a oppo neo 7 (android 5.1) that doesn't want to go to recovery mode. when i tried to go to recovery mode, it just goes back to normal restart. So i tried using adb, so i used fast boot mode, but it failed it says : wiping userdata...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
    Size: 838860800
    Block size: 4096
    Blocks per group: 32768
    Inodes per group: 7328
    Inode size: 256
    Journal blocks: 3200
    Label:
    Blocks: 204800
    Block groups: 7
    Reserved block group size: 55
Created filesystem with 11/51296 inodes and 6651/204800 blocks
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
wiping cache...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
    Size: 167772160
    Block size: 4096
    Blocks per group: 32768
    Inodes per group: 5120
    Inode size: 256
    Journal blocks: 1024
    Label:
    Blocks: 40960
    Block groups: 2
    Reserved block group size: 15
Created filesystem with 11/10240 inodes and 1705/40960 blocks
erasing 'userdata'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.002s


texts: How to display balloon counter over application launcher icon?

texts: Is there a way display a "balloon counter" notification on top of an application launcher icon (like iOS)?


texts:
I dropped my Samsung Galaxy S2 in water, and now when I plug it in I get a message that says:

  Charging paused, battery temperature too low

Is there any way to fix this?


texts: Is it normal to see ClassNotFoundException when opening Google Plus app?

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I recently have my first Android phone.  It is a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (KitKat).  It is not rooted yet and all apps are from Google Play.

Every time I launched Google Plus or Google Photo, I see the following Exception in logcat:

E/Parcel: Class not found when unmarshalling: itw
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: itw
   at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native method)
   ...
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "itw" on path: DexPathList[[directory "."],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
   at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)

com.google.android.talk also have the following single error message without stack trace (these errors are from the same process id):

E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'av', referenced from method f.a
E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'ax', referenced from method f.a
E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'android.app.RemoteInput[]', referenced from method f.a
E/Babel: canonicalizeMccMnc: invalid mccmnc
E/Babel: canonicalizeMccMnc: inavlid mcccmnc nullnull
E/dalvikvm: Could not find class 'com.google.android.libraries.hangouts.video.ScreenCaptureVideoSource$2', referenced from method com.google.android.libraries.hangouts.video.ScreenCaptureVideoSource.<init>`

Looks like itw, ax, f.a, etc are obfuscated names.  I would like to know wether these errors are normal or not.

Added more information to question:

Google+ is a built-in application located in /system/app/PlusOne.apk.  As I don't have root access, I can't remove and reinstall it.  Based on process id, looks like /system/bin/tlc_server raised this exception.  I don't have any idea what is tlc_server.  If I use the original version without updates, exception is raised when I view any photo (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: hay) or opening G+ (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ejf).  After upgrading to the latest version of Google+, the following exception appears only for the first run:

java.io.InvalidClassException: eqb; Incompatible class (SUID): eqb: static final long serialVersionUID =8874316054258000122L; but expected eqb: static final long serialVersionUID =0L;
   at java.io.ObjectInputStream.verifyAndinit(ObjectInputStream.java:2343)
   ...
   at com.google.android.apps.plus.service.EsServie.d(PG:5584)
   ...
   at elj.a(PG:70)
   at bd.b(PG:425)
   at bd.a(PG:395)
   at dm.b(PG:104)
   at dh.a(PG:73)
   at iak.a(PG:120)
   at iak.b(PG:16)
   at dg.a(PG:61)
   at dt.b(PG:47)
   at dz.handleMessage(PG:474)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
   ...


texts: What is the point of a locked bootloader if a deep flash cable can bypass it?

texts:
I was reading about how important is locked bootloaders for users security after Xiaomi decided to lock some bootloaders of its phones. 1

However, I found that there is a specially engineered cable that can bypass locked bootloaders and flash other ROMs into the phone. 2

What is the point then of having a locked bootloader, if anyone can get this so called "deep flash cable" and bypass the locking restriction?


texts: If a specific app doesn't require full network access permission means it's completely privacy safe?

texts: If they can't access internet, they can't steal my data in the back which is safe right? I wanna try this file encryption app from play store. Before i proceed, i wanna make sure that the app itself is completely safe. It's called SSE encryption app.


texts: "Too many attempts. Please try later." message on first Dropbox login after install

texts:
Fresh Android 5.1 phone, just installed Dropbox app from Android Play Store. Started the app, tried to log in for the first time, got a message: "Too many attempts. Please try later"

Dropbox works OK on my other devices, including my previous Android phone.

I did some googling, and it seems that other people did face the same problem recently:

Dropbox Community Forum thread, a comments suggest that retrying after several hours may solve the problem. This workaround didn't help in my case (yet).


texts:
I would like to loop a song of YouTube, so I need to play it in Chrome browser rather than in the YouTube mobile application. The loop itself is working fine, but unfortunately there is no sound playing. I am using Chrome 72.0.3626.105 which is running in Android 4.4.4 KitKat.
What is probably the problem? Sound other than in Chrome is working fine. So, it is clear that the problem is with the browser, not other part.


texts: How to send SMS from terminal in background on Android?

texts:
I'm trying to send text message (SMS) from my Android terminal app in background (sim 1 or 2).
I can send message in foreground using this command:
am start -a android.intent.action.SENDTO -d sms:121 --es sms_body "test text" --ez exit_on_sent true;
input keyevent 22;
input keyevent 66;

But this command don't work in background.
So, how can I send message in background from my terminal?
Note: Android version 6.0. Rooted device


texts:
I tried to unlock my bootloader with fastboot but that didn't work

>fastboot oem relock XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
FAILED (remote: 'root type is risk')
Finished. Total time: 0.014s

So I thought that adb would work (if it's possible)


texts: Google maps location working in app but not in browser

texts: I am trying to use google maps to determine my location. When I open the app on my phone (Samsung Note 4), I immediately get location with an accuracy of about 10 metres, but when I access the website  in any of the browsers on my phone (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Android stock), I see a message saying that my location could not be determined, even though my gps is on and the gps sign flashes on in the notification bar just before I get the error message. I set my phone to allow location access to all applications and in every browser I clicked accept when it asked me if I wanted to share my location. Where am I missing something? Why can't the webpage figure out my location while the application can?


texts: Android 4.4 on Galaxy S I9000 stuck at boot with ART

texts:
I recently updated my Samsung Galaxy S-I9000 to Android 4.4 KitKat, It was successfully updated and KitKat worked fine until I decided to try using the ART RunTime instead of Dalvik.

When I changed runtime to ART and rebooted the phone it never started up. I see the Samsung Galaxy S I9000 logo and then comes the running CyanogenMod circle which never stops. I let it work for more than four hours and it was not fixed.

Note: Once when rebooted for changing runtime phone was powered off. Charged and resumed the process, the same result.
I also tried installing cm11 update once again, no change.

If there's a way I can fix this issue, I would be grateful to know how. Thanks in advance.

UPDATE[FIX]: I wiped everything, Including Dalvik cache, partition cache and data, then tried installing the ROM, problem fixed. And screw ART for now, it needs some time to get stable and ready for everyday usage. I'll just stick with dalvik.
I couldn't respond faster due to my noob account restrictions.


texts:
I followed very simple instructions

http://liliputing.com/2012/03/how-to-dual-boot-cyanogenmod-7-nook-tablet-os-with-a-microsd-card.html1

for extracting cyanogenmod to an sd card for dual booting on nook.  Works great.  As instructions indicate, file system is only 4gb, even though I used a 16gb sd card.  I've googled all over the place to figure out how to expand the file system to use all avaliable storage.

My laptop is on windows.  the windows disk manager doesnt seem to know how to expand the partitions on the drive (or create a new one on unpartitioned space)

do i need to be running 'nix to manage the file system?

Is there an app on the marketplace that will manage the filesystem?

Apologies if this is a duplicate question, I did a pretty good search before posting.


texts: Viber already on PC and want to install on android without SIM

texts:
I already have a viber installed on my PC and want to install on my android now.
Want to use the same old mobile number with viber but I cannot receive SMS on that old number.

How to activate viber on android now?

I don't know how to receive viber activation code on my PC viber for example..


texts: Thumbnails disappear in Android recents apps？

texts:
Has anyone noticed that thumbnails can not stay in the recent apps menu in Android forever like IOS does?
After some sort of time a thumnail will disappear no matter what even you lock it.
This issue quite annoys me.My last phone used Android 5,it seems didn't have this issue.
I've tested several Android 10 phones,none exception.Is this a new feature or what?
I mean I can tolerate apps being killed in the background,but at least leave those thumbnails to let me know what apps I've opened.
I hope someone can recommend an android phone doesn't have this issue or help me solve it.


texts:
I want to know how often Gmail checks for new emails because I need longer battery life. How can I see/set this? I want to set it so that, for example, it checks for new mail every 10 minutes and never more often than that.

I use this notification application on a Samsung GTi5800 that has Android 2.1update1


texts: Radio and inbound Calls Volumes Can be set separately?

texts: On Samsung Galaxy 2 is there a way to set volumes for the radio and incoming calls separately from each other? What's too laud for the radio (for me anything above 3) is not loud enough for the incoming calls, which results in me missing calls.


texts: Microphone goes mute on Pocophone F1 when opening any game while in a phone call

texts:
Using Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (MIUI 11.0.8 Global). I abruptly go into mute when I boot up any games while in a normal phone call. This doesn't happen in other apps.
I tried denying microphone permissions for the game (Phone permission wasn't required in there). Experienced this issue in Call of Duty Mobile, Head Ball 2, etc.
Does Game Turbo have anything to do with this issue? I can still hear them while gaming, whereas I'm muted until I exit the app.


texts: How to Edit Track in Google "My Tracks"?

texts:
I frequently for get to turn off Google My Tracks recording. When forget this after biking or hiking, it leaves a big trail on my track from where I got into my car and drove home. Is there an easy way to trim this portion of the track? Or to enter an edit mode in My Tracks or Google Maps to remove the extra section?

Thanks!

(PS can some one add a tag for google-my-tracks.


texts: Script to disable email signatures in default Android email app

texts:
We use Airwatch to manage our company phones, and the task was handed to me to make sure the "Sent from..." default was disabled.

Is it possible to create a script that could be pushed out to turn off the Signature option on the default Android email app?

Thanks for any help you can give!


texts: How to export a chat thread in Tinder app?

texts: I have a chat on Tinder that I do not want to lose. Is there any way (even against payment) to export that chat thread to pdf, txt, excel, etc.?


texts: Google Play Store stopped unexpectedly Samsung Galaxy II

texts:
While running the play store I am getting the message:

  The application google play store(process com.android.vending)has stopped unexpectedly. please try again,

Force close is indicated in box below the message. I'm unable to
proceed further. I did try few tricks like clearing the data and cache
in play store, but the problem still persists.

My phone details: Android version 2.3.6, model Samsung Galaxy S II, Android 4G, Model no.SGH-T989., kernel 2.6.35.


texts: How do I fix malware installed automatically in the /system directory?

texts:
I bought a Lyf Flame 7 from Reliance Jio last september. It runs on Android Lollipop. My phone is not rooted and it has never downloaded any other apps from the internet except from the Play Store. Upto October it was working fine. In November I started seeing apps being downloaded automatically. My pre-installed antimalware app reported them to me and I uninstalled those downloaded apps. This happened in a 3 times/week frequency. Last week I found it again and then decided to look for any processes that might be downloading the annoying apps without my permission. It also started showing me pop up ads.

I found out that there's an app called "Wireless Update" and another called "flyee" and "fqad". I googled them and found out that Wireless update is a preinstalled system app in low end smartphones in Asia and it downloads random apps from the internet. I disabled it and found that it doesn't download files anymore. I later went to its settings and also stopped it from using mobile data to download apps automatically and to download only over wifi. I restricted its background data usage. Next morning I found out that there are a load of apps installed in my phone and the ram was totally eaten up. There were apps like a fake whatsapp, PhoneService, U Tobe(with youtube logo), flashlight, two fake phone apps and a lot of other apps. I figured that they were malware and the worst part was that I couldn't delete them. So they somehow managed a way to get root access to my phone and install them in the /system directory. They also started minimizing any apps that I am using.

Some other app also started downloading even more apps, and ads were popping up constantly. I force stopped them and disabled them only to find out most of them are enabled automatically. They were eating up the RAM and battery. I downloaded MalwareBytes and found that there were other apps installed as non-root too so I cleaned them up. But the /system apps couldn't be removed. I disabled downloads from third party and it stated downloading random apps from the play store one by one. To stop this I went into termux and generated a big 1.5 GB text file with random numbers in C++ to stop downloading any more apps. It couldn't download any more apps but then a new pop-up saying "Launcher Loading" came up and I couldn't use my phone. I couldn't open any apps or anything after the lock screen. This morning, I found out that the Launcher Loading pop-up is gone but a new problem came in. It started giving me alerts saying "Unfortunately PhoneService has stopped". And it goes on an endless loop. If for a moment, it's gone, another alert saying "Unfortunately Google Play Services has stopped" and the earlier alert appears. My phone is currently unusable and I cannot even make calls from it. What do I do?
I am in a really serious problem. I tried booting in safe mode but didn't help.


texts: Where can I find saved WiFi AP passwords?

texts:
I have a WiFi modem and somehow misplaced the password, but my phone is able to connect to it since the password is already save, but clicking on show password dosen't work.
How can I find the password from my phone?


texts:
I'm trying to configure the mail app in Android 4/ICS with my IMAP account, but I get stuck at "in progress" after setting up the SMTP server.

These are the exact steps I'm going through:

Open the mail app.
Go to settings.
Click the plus sign in the top right hand side corner.
Enter my email address and password. Check "Push notification" and "Send from this account by default". Click "Next".
It says "Retrieving account information" for a while before giving up and asking me "POP3 or IMAP account?" I choose IMAP.
I enter the correct IMAP server name and check "Use SSL". The port changes to 993, which is correct. I leave NTLM authentication unchecked.
I enter the correct SMTP server, which just happens to be smtp.euromail.se. I leave the port at its default of 25, no SSL, no authentication.

Now it just sits there saying "In progress..." forever. I've tried starting over several times, but it always chokes at the last step. How do I solve this?  These same settings work just fine in K-9 Mail.


texts: Is there a way to recover my SD card (for free)? I get a message that says it has been corrupted. Simply formatting it again hasn't worked.


texts: Why can't i turn on installation from unknown apps on my androidtv

texts: I went to settings, then security and restrictions, then unknown sources. After that i couldn't press on a single thing except back. They're all in gray


texts: Keep getting invalid package error when downloading app from Play store

texts:
I can't download any app from Google Play, I get invalid package message.
I know this is an old problem and I that I have to clear Dalvik cache.
Problem is that I can't down load the file manager to do this.


texts:
I have android device eGreat U9 with attached external HDD. I'd like to use this device also as a NAS and mount it's drive as a network disk on my linux desktop. Here is what I've already tried:

SMB/CIFS server - transfer rates low and significant delay when mounted
SSHFS - even worse than the previous one (probably because of encryption overhead)
FTP - transfer rate over 8-10MB/s, so problem is not in my network at all, but when I tried to use ftp mount, it was really unusable

Is there any other way I can use it as a network storage? I tried more than one app for every solution above, but if you know about some certain application, that works for you, I would appreciate your advice.

On the device is rooted Android 4.2.


texts: Chrome Websites track when location is disabled

texts:
I'd like a solution to prevent websites from tracking my geo location even with the android location service turned off. Certain sites such as craigslist, google and bing will turn up my geo location with cookies deleted and "Do not track" enabled.

Does anyone else have this problem or am I missing something?


texts: Android Music Player is not detecting Music files

texts:
I copied music files from my computer to my Galaxy Nexus phone, using the command adb push Music /sdcard/Music/, and the stock Android music player is not detecting these files (while others do). I'm able to view these files in my Android file manager application, but when I mount my phone as an MTP device, the music folder is empty.

Is it related to partitioning? I see two partitions with the same content, /storage/emulated/0/ and /storage/emulated/legacy/.


texts: "APN Settings are not available for this user" Help?

texts: I bought a Mi MIX 2 and it is not connecting on mobile data. WiFi everything else works perfect. But in the APN settings menu it reads that "APN Settings are not available..." I am using Verizon BTW. MIUI 8.5.7.0 How would I fix this?


texts:
I'd like to remap the physical menu key of my Xperia Neo V running Cyanogenmod 9 to multi-tasking, the way it is on phones that were launched with ICS or Jelly Bean to begin with.

Apps built for ICS would then display the action overflow. With older apps, I guess an on-screen menu key would appear -- I think there is in fact an ICS phone that does this as it has only two keys, but I don't remember the name. Alternatively, the menu key would stay a menu key in these apps but this might be more difficult to achieve.

Is there any way to configure or modify Android to behave this way?


texts: How do I create fast backup of camera photos to cloud storage

texts:
One of my friends have taken some photos which were deleted by some elements by forcibly taking their mobile device and deleting them.

So I searched for ways (including app searches) for fast backup  newly captured photo by his camera to prevent this problem in future.

I need to find a way of doing this backup efficiently and automatically. Please suggest ways of doing that


texts:
In Google's native "Play Movies & TV", the app that plays your movie and TV content purchased from the Play Store, is there any way to queue up something to play next, or an option when watching a TV series to have it automatically play the next episode?

Maybe I've been spoiled by the Netflix app, but I was playing a TV series I had downloaded for my son on the Chromecast through a Nexus 7 tablet, and I kept having to manually select an episode to play once one was finished.  Sort of annoying since each episode was only ~10 minutes long.

I couldn't find any option for what I want but maybe I am missing something?


texts:
I have a number of mail accounts on my Samsung Tablet. Contacts stored online are synced with the local tablet contacts and visible in the stock Android Contact app.

As different accounts are connected with different task/activities, I would like to filter contacts by account.

Is there a way in the stock contact app to display only contacts for a given account?
If not, is it possible to achieve this with a different app?

My Android version is 3.2.


texts:
So I am rooted and used a root checker to give me some good information about my device. I noticed when it gave me info about my root it told me that I was a "non-root" shell user.

So what does this mean? Can I possibly make it to where I AM a root shell user? I am a very curious person. ANY information would be greatly appreciated!


texts:
I have a Lenovo A3000 tablet and I want to flash it (Reinstalling firmware?). So I download my tablet driver and MT65XX Preloader drivers for Windows. After installing all of them, when I click on Download button on in Smart Phone Flash Tool it successfully detect the COM port number, but it doesn't start to send data. Why?

P.S: I tried above steps with Win 7 32&64 bit, Win 8.1 64bit and Win XP!


texts:
About 2 months ago, or so. I upgraded my sim to 4G and I realized after the upgrade there's a simtoolkit icon on my home screen and im about to move it at least at my Tool folder.

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

Apparently, when I turn off my Airplane Mode (turn on my mobile network) I saw the SimToolkit settings again and I'm about to Remove it/ disable it. I saw that I couldn't disable it, only Force Stopping it. But when I turn on my Mobile Network again, it appeared again.

Please help me how to remove it, I also couldn't hide it. Thanks


texts: How can I do factory reset on Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tab?

texts:
After more evidence of my son breaking into my tablet (darned 11-year-old... going to be a true Social Engineer hacker, if I can't get through his thick head that he'll lose all computer privileges...), I changed the password this morning... and can't remember it now.

Unfortunately, after multiple failed password attempts, IT IS NOT ASKING FOR MY GOOGLE LOGIN TO UNLOCK. I don't seem to be able to get to the "failsafe" unlock mechanism any more, and so am looking to do a complete factory reset.

I've seen instructions to hold down the Volume-Up + Power buttons to initiate this (remember, I can't log in, so I can't do this from settings.) All that happens is that the tablet goes into a mostly-blank screen showing what is probably a newly-opened box, and a blinking Android that says "Downloading...". I let it sit for close to two hours in this state, and nothing. It did respond to a power-down from here, but just came back up to the password login.

What am I doing wrong? (Apart from choosing such a simple password as 10 U/L/num characters... obviously not sufficiently complex...).

Brian


texts: Experiencing problem with S6 Memo, with memos self duplicating by the hundreds. How do I stop the duplications?

texts: Experiencing problem with S6 Memo, with memos self duplicating by the hundreds.  How do I stop the duplications and is there an efficient to delete the duplicates ?


texts:
Greetings,

I keep a Tiddlywiki in my Dropbox folders, and I'd really like to be able to open/edit/view it on Android. Currently when I try to open the Tiddlywiki file, I am asked if I want to view it with:

DB HTML Viewer
HTMLViewer

and a few other options which don't seem relevant. Unfortunately, neither of these viewers seem to play real nice with the Tiddlywiki html layout, which makes it rather difficult for me to view/edit notes. Usually when I open my browser, I have useful zooming capabilities, which is what I'm sort of looking for. I'm running CyanogenMod, not sure if this is the default stock browser or not.

Is there any application I can download to get this to work, or any way that I can get my default browser application to show up in Dropbox's list?


texts: Does syncing gallery means sending all photos to internet?

texts: I found with fear, that my Gallery on Samsung Galaxy S7 was set up to sync with cloud by default. Does this mean, that all my photos, including secret ones, were silently sended to Samsung??????


texts: recover internal storage data from soft bricked phone (No custom recovery, USB Debugging option NOT turned ON)

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I have an YU Yuphoria (5010) running on stock rom cm12 which it came with and was working perfectly until yesterday I rebooted the device. Now when it powers up it goes on a boot loop.

I have some photos of my newborn cousin in it which i really need.

My problems are as follows:

USB debugging not enabled. Which means my phone is not detected by adb and I can't mount or pull data from my phone through adb commands.
No custom recovery has been installed and the phone is not rooted. So no way to mount internal storage through CWM or TWRP as the don't exist.
Fastboot works fine but no option to access internal storage from it and unlocking bootloader will wipe all my data.

I tried all sorts of solutions but nothing worked because of problem 1 and 2. I really need those photos. Please help me out

Thanks


texts: Is there a way to forward online calls to cell network?

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I am traveling abroad and roaming costs are extremely high. Therefore, I thought about the following. I would leave a smart phone at home, connected to my home wifi. Then I would call that phone via Skype, Hangouts, whatever online service and the phone would forward my call through the local mobile network. This way I could make local calls via web in my home country.

Is there a way to do this?


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I ordered a Samsung s6 from some shitty page on the internet, I got the phone and it's the real Samsung s6 but they put some shit called Swisscom in it, which is really annoying cause the phone starts up with the Swisscom. How do I remove the whole Swisscom shit?
Please answer!!! Thanks


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On my Nexus 4, when I press the power button to access the lock screen (say, to check the time), the screen doesn't turn itself off for 30 seconds. This seems like an excessive delay. On my previous Froyo phone, the lock screen would time out in about 5 seconds. Is there an option to set the lock screen timeout? The only timeout-related settings I found are "Display -> Sleep" and "Security -> Automatically lock", but these don't seem to control what I want.

I could, of course, press the power button again to turn the screen off, but... laziness.


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I dropped my S3 in water and the stock battery stopped working. I didn't know how to fix it (I tried drying it with a hair dryer but it did not work) so after comparing prices and discounts I bought a new replacement battery from MPJ and have used it for a month already.

It appears to work just as well as my stock battery. I don't know it's actual longevity but it works OK so far. Since I ordered from an official website, hopefully it's not a fake one...

I still want to fix the stock battery though, can anyone help me?


texts: Why are my photographs not stored with GPS location?

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I'm currently on vacation and used my Samsung Galaxy S 2 to take a couple hundred photographs.

I'm running the stable CyanogenMod 9 and have the Store Location option enabled in the Camera app. I also kept the GPS activated at all times.

Yet, most of my photographs were stored without location information which is somewhat disappointing.

I kept mobile data deactivated for long periods of time (to conserve battery power) and am wondering if that may have had an impact.


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I observed in case of Mi phones like Redmi Note 4 & Mi Max2.

We’re not able to disable Google Apps like Chrome, Play Music, Play Movies & TV, etc.

Please let me know, how to disable Google apps?


texts: In Android 7, where are the various ringer modes? They seem to have disappeared or been hidden. Before, in previous versions, it had 3 modes: Silent, Vibrate, Normal. Where have this icon and mode gone?


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I was wondering is it possible to enable PTP mode on the HTC ONE M8. I want it to work with photo software like iPhoto so I want to enable PTP MODE. I have looked in the setting but can't find anything. I am running Lollipop with HTC Sense.

UPDATE: We still have no solution to this problem, so if anyone knows how to do this please share.


texts: Is there a way to download videos from DailyMotion? I do have the DailyMotion application on my phone (Canvas 2) but as far as I can see it doesn't provide any feature to download video.


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I have a problem with downloading files from Extrabit server (Premium User)
I use Boat Browser hold on "Download" button and Share Link with AndroGET (Free)
AndroGET start checking file and show filesize, but now always show 0 bytes
I didn't change anything in my phone / software and I must use Browser dowloader
that is far slowe than AndroGET. Please let me know if someone knows how to download files from Extabit.

thanks


texts: Bluestack - Can't login to game as keyboard doesn't show

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In BlueStacks I'm trying to login to 8 Ball Pool (by Miniclip) but there's no way to type. The android keyboard doesn't show and my pc keyboard is not working at that point of the login.

How can I log into this game?