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Galaxy S3

I noticed that my Bluetooth is turned on (I never use it and keep it off) and my phone is paired with an unknown device called "Deborah's iPhone".

My "Messages" application duplicated itself on the home screen.

Must I assume that my data was stolen?

How can I be asked to pair when my bluetooth is turned off in the first place?


texts: How to factory reset an android device when it doesn't turn on

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My Sony Xperia T LT30P is dead. it does nothing, doesn't turn on. I can't go into safe mode or anything. When I connect it to my laptop the notification bulb becomes red, then turns off, then red again and so on. When I press power button and volume up at the same time the notification bulb becomes blue. And at this moment if I type
usb-devices
on Linux it shows me the phone:
T:  Bus=06 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 50 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0fce ProdID=0dde Rev=01.00
S:  Manufacturer=Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
S:  Product=S1Boot Fastboot
S:  SerialNumber=PSDN:YT9106NM79&ZLP
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=0mA
I:  If#=0x0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=42 Prot=03 Driver=(none)

I don't think USB debugging is on. Is there any way I can factory reset it? I tried adb but it shows me no devices.


texts: How to show a message on the lock screen in case I lose the phone?

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I want to show a message on the lock screen in case I lose the handset.

How do I do this?

If relevant, my device is a Samsung Galaxy S II.


texts: High Battery Drain with CM11 Stable on HTC One due to MediaServer

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What's the best way to fix a high battery drain?

I had been using an old nightly build on my HTC One (since no stable had yet been released for it), and I had no battery issues. Just sitting in my pocket all day, the battery would still be at 75% by day's end.

Then I upgraded a week ago to the most recent stable (CM 11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-m7), and now my battery's completely dead in about 3 hours even if I don't use my phone.

The battery statistics app says that the "Mediaserver" is consuming 45% and "Google Services" is consuming another 39%, which seems insane. Historically, "screen" is usually the biggest consumer, but that's now at only 8%.

Googling shows this is a common problem with CM, and there's a ton of different causes and fixes. What's the best solution? I picked a stable release because I thought...well, it would be stable and relatively bug free. It seems counter-intuitive to upgrade to a nightly to fix one bug, while likely introducing more.

A common solution mentioned is to "disable Google Now", but I don't have any such app installed.

Another solution is to disable location reporting for Google Services, but they don't mention how. I think they mean disabling location reporting under "Google Settings", but this effectively disables all apps that use GPS, and I use Google Maps and Navigation quite frequently.


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I have HTC One since few months. It worked fine, this is great device in my opinion.
Today my battery ran out of energy. I plug in the charger, and there is no reaction over 30 minutes. It has happening for the first time.
Any solution?


texts: Lanix X110 (Mexican made, generic android 4.4.2 OS) Random "ghost" apps appear from nowhere and other issues

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I have some issues with my phone and I hope someone could help me
when I arrived home  just found in my phone some random apps with the "system" logo in them, like in this case those were named launcher

I stumbled across some apps like that in the past and I unistalled them but im scared that if I uninstall those my phone's OS gets corrupted

Because it had happened to me before but it was after getting an e-mail from a teacher and I coulnt recover even after doing a factory recovery so I sent it to warranty

Another issue I had in the past its that its way too slow, it takes a lot of time to just open google maps
Another one consist in not being able to detect any wi-fi network at all

The last issue I had (and the reason I had to root it) its some full screen and sometimes inapropiate ads that appeared in the lock screen, system settings, home screen, and other system apps

I hope you guys have some answers and suggestions on that
Regards


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I bought a HTC one X in China, in order to send it to my girlfriend who's in UK, but she's constantly get charging problems.

The problem is like this:

Can't charge at all using AC adapter if the battery is not empty. The battery bar just keep decreasing no matter whether you plugged the power line or not. (Faster with the line plugged). The only way to get it charged is to wait until the phone drain its battery and die. Then it charges again.
Battery can be charged with computer USB, but very very S..L..O..W. Maybe after hours and you get an 1% increase.
When using 1) the battery bar is around 50% after one night's charge. Restarting or shutting down\start again from the Android GUI won't help. But if we shut-down the phone and restart using the HBoot, it will show a bar of nearly 100%.

My girlfriend didn't have the adapter shipped along with phone. She has a BlackBerry 5V600mA adapter and a 5V1A adapter bought from AMAZON. Neither of them work. We hesitate to use a 2A adapter because we fear it may do harm to the battery.

I have read a lot threads these days. I think its maybe caused by some error on battery software of system or hardware error. But others' problems didn't seem totally the same with mine, and the solutions to these problems didn't work.

Does anyone have idea to deal with it?


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I am able to see the stats generated by Android at Settings>Data Usage for cellular data and wifi both. Is there any way to export these stats?

I don't think android has any option for the extraction. I know apps which track data, but they wont give me historical data.

Where is this data stored, maybe, I can extract it from there.

My phone is Moto G5S, running 7.1.1, not rooted.


texts: Could not create folder. Try reconnecting or restarting your device

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I am using a Xperia C4 with Mac OS X Yosemite.

I have Android File Transfer Installed.  It allows me to drag files over and transfer but it won't allow me to create folders or move folders across for transfer.

I have tried entering developer mode, rebooting, restarting device.  Nothing fixes it.  Any ideas why this is happening?


texts: how can I prevent apps from immediately connect upon wifi connection

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I often have to connect to public wifi networks, and upon connecting (automatically or otherwise), several apps will immediately connect to their host server and start exchanging data. How can I make sure that those apps will not start anything until I have my VPN turned on ? Even if I have my VPN auto-connecting, there is still a [sometime longer] delay during which other apps will start "chatting" on the net..........

I'd like to be able to give the go before apps automatically connect to the net. Some will let me configure a "connect on demand" but most will connect whenever they can.


texts: Why does "Phone booted!!!" toast message show up on start up?

texts: Recently, whenever I power on my phone, a toast appears saying "phone booted!!!". What does that mean? Is it a virus? I haven't installed any apps in a week or so.


texts: Force chrome mobile browser to view mobile websites

texts: I am using chrome browser on a 5.5-inch smartphone. I notice that for phones with big screen, the website defaults to the desktop version. This goes the same for tablets. However, I will prefer to view the mobile website version on these devices. How can this be done?


texts: How to authorize device for adb when the touch control is completely broken?

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My Nexus 7 2012 has fallen from a table and though the display as well as the device itself is fine, the touch control is completely broken.  You cannot tap or touch anything.

I believe I can manage a restricted access to it (thanks to great tutorial: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1r2zha/how_i_managed_to_use_my_android_device_with_a) if only I can execute adb commands.

Unfortunately any attempts end with simple:

$ adb shell
error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your device.

Which is no option for me as my touch control is gone :-(.

I am looking for any option how to bypass/authorize the confirmation without using the device's touchscreen.


texts: searched around a bit and found one app (Contact Adder) that didn't work.  What I'm wanting to do is add contacts to Exchange from their signatures on my phone.  Anyone know of an app?  I use Mac for work and nothing will do it in Mail.app or Outlook for Mac, thought I'd try on my phone.


texts: Language on SOME sites is stuck on marathi

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If this belongs in another stackexchange, please move it, I couldn't find a better one.

Some websites I visit, such an Instagram and Twitter show some of their text in Marathi.

I can't read Marathi, and don't know how to change the language back.

This issue is not website related, as it happens on some sites I never even visited before.

It doesn't happen on facebook or google for example.

It only happens on my phone.

It also happened on my previous phone, and keeps haunting me on this one.

I tried all sorts of language changes, and this persists. I don't know what setting to change to get my English back.

I do need Hebrew on my phone as well.


texts: How to remotely log out all web-based Gmail sessions from my Android phone

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Can I remotely sign out all web sessions of Gmail from my Android phone?

This question explains how to do this from the Gmail website with a standard web browser. This doesn’t work from my phone because when I visit the Gmail website with the browser in my phone, I am redirected to a mobile version so I can't access the "Activity on this Account" feature.


texts: Is there a lightweight way to test C code on Android?

texts: I want to write and run small general purpose C code snippets on my Android phone. These will primarily be data structures and algorithm implementations. Is there a lightweight  and quick way to do so?


texts: Where are the libraries/dependencies for an Android app stored on the file system?

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I found a file path from Where Android apps store data?

/data/app/<pkg>*/lib/<arch>/*.so (shared libraries)

However, this only shows libraries for some apps.
Is there another location where shared libraries are stored for an app? If not, is there a way to find this information from the APK or such?
Note: I have root on my phone.


texts: How to root but not root Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0

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Recently my family signed up for an offer from Google called Screenwise Select. As a part of the deal we got a smartphone used to connect to our TV and monitor TV shows that we watch. The phone is a Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0. However, evidently the Screenwise app is more than an app; it's taken over the phone. When I turn it on, the "swipe to unlock" appears for a split-second, then it flips over to this app. I can't get out if it. I suspect the system has been somehow modified so that the phone can only be used with the app.

So, my question is - is there a way to "root" but "not root" the phone - that is, to get the system back to normal with the app running like a regular app?

I think the app is in the AppStore so the other option is to factory reset the device and then install the app, but I don't want to do that without confirmation from the Screenwise people.

Any ideas?


texts: I can't send a picture attachment together with a text message any more ( Samsung Galaxy S). Any idea why?

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I tried to send a text message - attaching a photo already on my phone ( the first time ) and attaching a picture taken at time of send ( the second time ).

However, when I try to send this text message - the status remains sending ( an my correspondent does not receive the message ).

Is this a problem with my phone company, you think, or can I have changed some setting somehow. Is there a setting that can be set, anyhow ?

I did send picture attachments with text message before , some weeks ago , but not after upgrading to Froyo 2.2.1 ( just to be complete - can't think this has anything to do with it ).

------------- [ UPDATE ]-------------------------

Something I noticed but did not mention before : if I view a text message with a picture attached, and press the image to 'view' it,*a sort of movie view is started*e.g. with the picture at the top of the screen, and a Start, Rewind and Forward button at the bottom. Pressing the Start will 'play' the picture as move of about 5 seconds - since it is a picture, of course the image does not change. I am pretty sure this was not the case when I sent some image messages a couple of weeks ago. To be complete: even the image messages I did send before now show this 'movie' type of action.


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I have a bluetooth keyboard and mouse I use with my HTC EVO 4G, and I have tweaked my keyboard using the methods in the answers to questions like this and this.

I would like to know if there is a way to do a similar thing with the buttons on my bluetooth mouse.

i.e. I would like to map the wheel click to turn off the screen, or make the right click emulate a long click rather than go back a view.

I am running Cyanogenmod 7.1 (stable) currently.


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As I am a user of wearing a hearing aid (profoundly deaf since birth) and was talking to someone in the support group for the deaf, and T-Coil mode functionality was mentioned in regards to talking on the phone.

This made me wonder if that is an add-on software support or actually built-into telephony. It is built-in to my hearing aid.

I have seen a similar question about it here but looks like its available on certain phones.

Admittedly have not tried it, but would love to know if there is a setting for it.


texts: I just bought a new Samsung Galaxy M11. I'm trying to transfer my files from my old phone to the new phone connected to a PC but it won't copy. I get the pop-up that says the internal storage is write protected. I have tried the developer options too by switching on and off the USB Debugging but it still doesn't work. I have searched the web but all I get is related to external storage or SD card. Is there anyway to remove the write protection on the internal storage?


texts: Risks of removing the stock browser on LineageOS

texts: I would like to get rid of the stock browser (org.lineageos.jelly) on my phone that runs LineageOS. Other threads and sites already go into the details of removing pre-installed apps with/without root but I am wondering if there are any risks of removing the browser in particular? For instance, is the Android System WebView implementation in any way tied to the stock browser? (I'd still want to be able to use apps that use WebView.) More generally, is there anything else I'd affect by removing the stock browser?


texts: Wakeup Android Oreo Go phone with broken power button

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I have an Android Oreo Go/Nokia 1 phone which is fine, except the power on/off button is broken.

Right now, the only way I found to wake it up to type the PIN is either connecting it to a charging cable or removing the battery.

There is no setting under display to activate double tap to wake it up.

Volume buttons are fine, but don´t wake phone.

Until I repair the power button (if at all), how can I wake it?

PS: power button came miraculously back to life (after a day not using the phone). I imagine the question can still be useful for someone else.


texts: How do I configure the keyboard and mouse in BlueStacks?

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What's the best way to edit the keymap and mouse controls for BlueStacks in any particular android application?

For example, right now I've recently picked up Future Fight and I'd like to bind 1 and 2 to the special attacks that I currently have to click with the mouse on icons in the lower right-hand corner.

You can currently in BlueStacks .9 hit Control+Alt+I to open a Keyboard Input Mapper Tool.  The sample file it generates for the current application has examples of how to bind keys to virtually tilting the device in various directions, but I'd really like to bind particular mouse clicks to the keyboard.

And of course (in many other games) find a way to bind the mouse roller to zoom in and out.


texts: Cyanogen dialer not working after flashing C-apps bundle

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Recently I installed CyanogenMod on my phone. I also decided to flash Cyanogen's new C-apps bundle.

After I did that, the new Cyanogen dialer keeps crashing whenever I try to make or receive calls. Does anybody know what's going on?


texts: Is there any undo command when editing any field

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When editing text fields, is there an UNDO command ?

If you paste something in a text field by accident, the only way you can delete this, is to backspace over it ( or highlight and cut ).

So I was wondering whether there was an UNDO command I haven'f found yet.

I am running Froyo on a Samsung Galaxy S.


texts: Galaxy S with Cyanogenmod 10 (stable): File Manager needs root permission to access the external SD card

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I have an SGS with CM10 installed.
The file manager and Apollo, both of which come with CM10 by default, are having issues reading the SD card.

File Manager needs SU permissions to see it.

Apollo just crashes when I try to open a file from it.

Other File Manager apps have no issue. My PC sees both internal and external memory. Winamp and Play Music have indexed songs from the external SD card and can play them.

Any idea where the problem might be?

Thank you.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.
I have enabled active email syncing every 15 mintues cause it's obviously useful. However, I would like my password to remain safe when logged in to a public wifi that I may require temporarily when in a restaurant or airport. In other words, to suspend automatic syncing when using such unsafe networks ; sync only on trusted networks or when on roaming. Is there any way to configure that ?


texts: apps and google play cannot connect to the internet after rooting

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My phone is a samsung s duos gt s7562. I rooted my phone recently. But Iam having some problems after that. My apps, except for opera mini and instagram, cannot connect to data services. I tried factory resetting, enabling background data and even unrooting but of no use. Only the above mentioned apps are working. But when I am accessing internet through wifi everything works fine.I got a hunch that may be it has something to do with the busybox i installed. When I was installing it, it gave a lot of things to install when I selected advanced installation but i ignored it and selected the normal one where the busybox installer will select the necessary stuff and install it.

Anyone got any remedy to this??? Please help because I am fed of searching for remedies.... Nothing helped so far


texts: How can I use gmail mobile without having to sync

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I have a school google account that does not allow sync.

I have just added it to my Android phone and set up gmail, however when I try and get onto the account it asks to sync.

As sync is disabled the sync button will not work. The 3 line setting button just displays Waiting for Sync.

How do I use GMAil on my phone?

I cannot install any other apps since the phone only has 200mb due to the fact that it is a cheap Samsung.


texts: Tasker: Run a task when a specific bluetooth device loses connection

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I want to run a task every time my phone loses connection to my truck's bluetooth device.

I can see a way to run a task when it connects, and obviously I can "invert" it, but inverting it doesn't sound right to me.

What is the right way to run a task upon BT connection loss to a specific device?


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I am new to the android world, used to be an iphone user.
I would like to know how can I get a better music control player on my lock screen?
Is there anyway to add more options, like the trackbar to move forward within the song, repeat and random buttons etc?

thanks


texts: For some reason, my device (Samsung Galaxy S6 edge) doesn't vibrate. At all. I downloaded an app with the only intent of vibrating (an app that just vibrates the device), but it doesn't. This doesn't just apply to the app I downloaded (it was a test case), it affects every app that tries to vibrate. For some reason, it doesn't vibrate through any apps. Any ideas how I can fix this?


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Occassionally when I click on a link in Google Now for one of the cards for something I've searched for (in this case, it was SmartPhones), it'll open up the site and then immediately open up a popup.

For example, I went to this site (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/android/htc-one-m8/22962/htc-one-m8-and-htc-one-m7-android-lollipop-update-confirmed) and it immediately opened up this site (http://mostawesomeoffers.com/mobile/en/iPhone/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsofcotrk.com%2Fmt%2Fw284y284d4s233r244r2r234%2F%26subid1%3D14121906_04_219_5493b18c27b16cf2)

I've opened up the site on my computer but it doesn't open up this popup. It's only when I click on the link from Google Now.

So is my mobile infected with a virus or is this just part of the site? KnowYourMobile seems to be a pretty popular site and not the type of site that would put in these types of ad.

It seems weird that I would get a virus on it but I only install apps from the google play store (and not a lot either) and my phone isn't rooted or unlocked or whatever.

If it is a virus, how do I get rid of it and how could it have infected my mobile (eg. browsing the net?)


texts: I have my android phone connected to Wifi. When I open youtube in browser it opens perfectly and other sites as well but I can't open Gmail, facebook etc "in browser". The message says that the requested page might be temporarily down or moved to a new web address. Google play also isn't working. I  cleared data and cache from the browser but it didn't work. Then I went on to factory reset the phone but still no hope. If anybody could help..please.


texts: How to disable Google synchronization on Xperia XZ1 Compact?

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Given that I'm an Android developer and know how to use Android, I'm yet again amazed by Google's ability to disguise options and to change them with every release (in addition to the device manufacturers doing the same thing).

What I want to achieve: disable auto-sync of all data with Google (including app data, contacts, SMS, calendar, ...)

The way it doesn't work on my device is by following the instructions you get from googling "android how to disable Google sync". I'm not stupid ;) I do know how to google.

I have a Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact with Android 8.0 Oreo. I'm unable to disable synchronization. Here are the screenshots:

Note: On the last screenshot, when scrolling down the list, I can see "Google Play Movies & TV" where it explicitly says "Sync is OFF". It doesn't say that for the other items.


texts: Android OS update - Directly or step-by-step?

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I'm about to buy my first smartphone ( I've chosen Nexus 5 ), and I don't really know much about Android.
Nexus 5 comes with Android KitKat 4.4, and from what I read, the newest version is 4.4.3.
Now my question : do I have to first update to 4.4.1, then 4.4.2, and then finally 4.4.3 , or can I just directly update to 4.4.3 ?

Also, though a bit unrelated, is the mm-qcamera-daemon issue present in all versions, or just in the latest versions ?

Thanks.


texts: Allowing some application to access my Gallery

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While allowing some android applications to access my gallery, am i allow them also view all my pictures, downloads etc?

Or are they only be able to pick an image for example when i use an image through that application?


texts: How to reenable the old android google translate feature to translate everything on screen?

texts: Few years ago on my android was possible keeping pressed the home button, to activate a feature that would allow to translate everything on screen. Unfortunately in a subsequent update google decided to replace that awesome functionality with the useless google assistant. Do you know how I can do to get that back? I know it is possible to update screenshots but that it is a way more cumbersome process.


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I installed Noble ROM in my SM J200G. After installing it, I was not unable to connect to LTE which I was before. My stock rom, when rooted, used to connect to LTE without any error. My carrier is Airtel (India). What should I do to connect to LTE? I have correct internet pack which allows 4g/3g.

In my phone settings, the data mode it LTE/WCDMA auto mode.


texts: Are the IMG files in the AVD data directory really encrypted?

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If I enable phone encryption with password or PIN on my Android Virtual Device, will that actually make the raw NAND images (*.img / *.qcow2) encrypted?  Does it render the data in those files inaccessible?
If the *.img and *.qcow2 files are really sector-level-encrypted, is there a script or program to decrypt them outside of the AVD?
I'm not referring to the sdcard img and qcow2 files, but rather the userdata-qemu img and qcow2 files.
Reference:

https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-commandline#data-filedir


texts: How to reply to an ics invitiation without using googlemail

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I'm using the htc mail widget/app with an email account other than googlemail.com.
When an .ics invitation is attached to an email I can import the event into the phone's calendar but apparently I cannot confirm or reject the appointment.
Is there e.g. an app that you can recommend to send such repsonses - and maybe even display the list of participants (minor issue)?


texts: Force a download manager not to manage downloads

texts: I have a nexus 7 and I use chrome on it for my browser. I have a download manager installed, and I use it to download files by URL. However, it has usurped the downloading of chrome, and I like chrome's way of downloads better. Can I change the default download opener in chrome? (I'm running Jelly Bean 4.2)


texts: Browsing PC through phone with adb shell

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I am connected to my phone from the laptop using wireless adb. After that, I connect my phone to laptop physically with a usb-wire. Now with the wireless adb-shell open, I want to find the wired "connection" and browse my pc through android-phone. (Like open a shared folder on the laptop with adb-shell)

Is that possible and if yes, how? (I want to replicate a similar scenario with my phone so I can connect it to my car-navigation system and browse through the system from my PC using adb-shell).


texts: How to delete erroneous email address from Android autofill?

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The autofill in my phone is showing some outdated addresses in the suggestions when I have to enter my email address in certain apps.
Is there any way to delete these suggestions?

One such place where these email suggestions can be seen is in Chrome's settings, where you create a new address for form autofill. Go to Settings, Addresses and more, Add, scroll to the bottom and click on the email field, and your email addresses should be shown.


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Last days I get (not so) old Samsung Xcover2, I root it and install CM 11 (KK 4.4.4).
Unfortunately Samsung GT-S7710 have small amount of internal memmory (1.18GB).

Now I want to know if there is way to mount ext4 formatted SD card as overlayFS.

Thanks.


texts: How To Stop Annoying "Cellular Network Not Found" Popup Prompt?

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I am annoyed by this popup because if my cellular network service provider is unavailable, i don't want to use any others available. I just want to stop this popup interrupting my activity and only use my cellular network service provider.

How to turn off this popup?

Thanks.

HTC Desire S
Android 2.3.3
Don't know my device's firmware


texts: how do I restrict my android phone to just my home and work wifi?

texts: My android phone keeps connecting to random public wifi's that don't work very well. So I turned off wifi completely. Is there a way to say: use wifi if either my home wifi or work wifi is available, otherwise never use wifi?


texts: Is possible to setup a wifi hotspot that uses wpa enterprise on a non rooted android device

texts: Android stock wifi hotspot settings page only allows for WPA2-PSK authentication. I was wondering if there is a way to have WPA-Enterprise PEAP authentication where I can just enter the address and port of a remote radius server. Also, if possible, I would like to do this on a non-rooted android phone.


texts: Wanted: A shell script to automate upgrades

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I have a rooted Nexus 5, but this question would apply, I think, to any rooted device running Android 5.x and higher. Note also this is a question about a script to run on a osx/linux to manipulate the phone, not a script to run on the phone itself.

Rooted devices can't be upgraded using the OTA method, because that checks to see whether there is a stock recovery and won't install if there isn't one. So very time Android is upgraded, it's necessary for the owners of rooted devices to find and download the new factory image, flash it (which will destroy the custom recovery) and then reflash a custom recovery and finally reflash the superuser tool of choice.

Now that Google has committed to monthly security upgrades I'd like to automate this process. This needs a shell script or similar on OSX.

The middle part is easily done by tweaking a copy of the flash-all.sh script that comes with all factory images: something like

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz12h.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.26.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot update image-hammerhead-lmy48m.zip
# -w flag removed from line above so that itjust upgrades and does not wipe all the apps. data and so on
# now flash the recovery
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.6.0-hammerhead.img

(obviously I can and should replace the particular file names with variables to suit)

I'd like to improve this script by adding a line or two at the beginning to download the most recent factory image from the Google site -- and that is what I don't know how to do. There must be some variant of curl or wget which will do this. But is there a way to choose the most recent available file from a particular site, download and then unzip and untar it automatically?


texts: ASUS_T00J zenfone 5 recovery mode shows no command

texts: I have an Asus Zenfone 5 (ASUS_T00J). When I go to recovery mode from droidboot it only shows no command. What might be the problem?


texts: Input via voice and handwritten works, but not keyboard on app on Galaxy 2

texts: I am working within an app that has text fields for entry.  I can highlight and cut the text if it auto-populates and I can even use the text-to-speech and handwriting input methods.  When I use the keyboard to type, however, it does not populate the text field.  Any thoughts on why this would happen?


texts: Do keypad commands come from Android or the manufacturer?

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I'm curious if keypad commands like those listed below come from the Android OS or if they're added by manufacturers. On my N1, I know of these two commands:

*#*#checkin#*#* - Phones home to check for updates.

*#*#info#*#* - Enters a detailed phone information menu.


texts: New phone: How to transfer game progress?

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I'm planning to buy a new Android phone and I'd like to be able to transfer the progress I have made at several games to the new device, so I won't have to play all the levels again from scratch.

I currently have an HTC Desire and will buy an HTC Evo 3D.

There's probably no simple/general solution to this.

But I was wondering if anyone did something similar and could provide some advice (e.g. where to look for files that might hold game progress information).


texts: Bluetooth: one device for input and one for output

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Good morning everyone!

I am wondering, is it possible on Android 9 to use a Bluetooth headset as voice input and a Bluetooth speaker as output at the same time?

Context: I need to run my voice through a modulator!


texts: iPhone/Android Nearby Filesharing Systems Across Platforms

texts: In the past, I have been excluded from group chats, denied entry into groups and overall discriminated against because I have an Android while almost everyone I know has an iPhone. I have been trying to find ways to integrate iPhone and Android functionalities, to bring the two platforms closer together. I had found the app "WeMessage" that would allow an Android user to use iMessage, but I haven't set it up yet. Next, I wondered if there was a way to send and receive using the iPhone's AirDrop functionality on an Android. My phone, a Huawei Mate SE, has a function called Huawei Share, but it only works with other Huawei phones. So does anyone know how AirDrop works or how one could use a nearby filesharing system across platforms?


texts: How do I set Google Chrome to close when I swipe away the last tab?

texts: On another device, when I swipe away chrome's last open tab, the whole app closes. I don't know how I got it to do that.


texts: How to get reliable download for old Android Samsung?

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What is reliable?  I need reliable Android, to install "from zero", cleaning all the old firmware of the old smartphone.... So, the first and main step is to download a reliable and complete set of firmware files: where the reliable domains if there are no "official source"?  Where the reliable tools to help in the (ideally simple and plug-and-play) installation process?  Where the reliable community (suppose here!) to help to select what is reliable?

COMMENTS

Rationale

As Wikipedia noticed as Mobile Malware,

  As wireless phones and PDA networks have become more and more common and have grown in complexity, it has become increasingly difficult to ensure their safety and security against electronic attacks in the form of viruses or other malware.

And, in nowadays, the most commom and danger type of attack is against  old-Android (with discontinuing support), malware that install itself  in the Android operating system, so infects the so-called firmware.

The only two 100% reliable way to avoid after detected contamination is to pay for a new smartphone or to reinstall all firmware... The the only cheap option is to reinstall by yourself (supposing that to pay for reliable certificated service  is the cost of the old smartphone).

The old or infected Android must be replaced by a
new reliable Android operating system.... The so-called "firmware flash process".

There are no direict  solution to the problem... So, the best that we can do is to votate....  This question is a voting pull about the main options: ...after a lot of research I discovered that there is no magic, no easy and super-reliable  way to reinstall all firmware by myself, but there are two (or perhaps more) main options. Please post your answer as Wiki.

Illustrative example and  scenario

Even for generic answers, to avoid long and abstract discussions we can use a typical smarthphone as reference. Suppose a Samsung Galaxy S-III GT I9300.

In this device, after hard reset, there are options for 1. reboot system, ..., 3. apply update from external storage, 4. wipe data/factory reset,  ...

Suppose that I used the options 4 and 1, but the virus persist. Now I need to use option 3, but the main problem is "where the reliable Samsung  S-III downloads"?, there are no  official download in the official domains like samsung.com  or android.com...


texts: Lenovo - Internal Storage and SD-Card empty (on device and pc)

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As stated above.
Someone asks me to help him with his phone.
I have no clue what happened, I never heard about thats happening before, soo.. yeah...
The phone is an Lenovo with Android 6.0.
It has an 16Gb SD-Card.
Since a couple of days the pictures weren't accessable. So my friend brought the phone to me.
When going to the Data Manager (The "App" where you can see all file of internal/external storage) it says "Empty" while trieing to view the internal storage.
It doesn't even recognize the SD-Card.
Same goes when I look at the phone from my PC (via USB).
The phone still works. WhatsApp still works, but is unable to make BackUps because of "No Internal Storage detected".
Is there anything I can do? The last BackUp of whatsapp is corrupted and I would hate to have to tell my friend that all the pictures, WhatsApp Chats, etc. is gone.
Thanks for everyone trying to help.
EDIT 1:
The variables are filled as followed:
External_Storage = /sdcard
Android_Storage = /storage
EDIT 2:
The find cmd on "/storage" and "/sdcard" works I think.
I get a very long list of files and folders, but I get  "Permission denied" on "./data", "./root", "./dev", "./init" and some other folders. (I guess that's because I haven't rooted the device?)


texts: How i open winmail.dat files on my android?

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How can I read winmail.dat. files on my android?

I currently get error message do not have app to view


texts: android tv-box not playing embedded videos in any browser, after uninstalling default NETFLIX app that came with the box?

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After a lot of research I could not find an answer anywhere so please enlighten me.
I have a tanix tx3 android tv-box that comes with a pre-installed old version of Netflix app which doesn't function properly, so I uninstalled it and installed a newer version apk.
After this action, the embedded videos in any site which I browse do not work. This is valid for any android browser including chrome, firefox, opera, dolphin, duckgogo etc (all with the lastest versions)
I have tried deleting browser cache, enabling desktop site etc Nothing works. In the case of desktop site mode I get an error message "This video file cannot be played. (Error Code: 224002)"
As I have read through many sites this relates to not being able to play certain video files within HTML5. I then kept on reading about JWplayer and so on.
Obviously, when uninstalling the default box Netflix app, something else was removed from my android tv-box regarding video playback. Do you have an idea what is it and how I can fix it?
Thank you in advance


texts: Turn a physical device into a virtual machine for use on a PC

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How can I turn a physical device (specifically this) into a virtual machine for use on a computer?

I am doing this so I can safely attempt to root my device without bricking the physical one

It should be obvious, but the device is not rooted


texts: Install/Update Apps gives "Insufficient Storage Available" error, although I already cleared the cache and other data

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Whenever I update some app(listed below), I am getting this Error.

Insufficient Storage available. I have a Sony Xperia ZR. I have about 3.46 GB free. And the application I am trying to updates are in MBs.
I have 4.3 Jellybeans installed
I tried

I installed App Cache Cleaner App, and cleaned all the cache. Didn't help.
I deleted the app data for all those apps, whose updates weren't getting installed.
I connected my device to computer. I deleted all the data in Android/data folder. Didn't help
I uninstalled all the big apps, didn't help
I unistalled whatsapp(which was one app in the list), and tried to reinstall it couldn't reinstall it.

I have not rooted my phone, which I don't want to do, as I my phone is still under warranty. But I very troubled. Please help

The list of apps I am not able to get updates for

Google Chrome,
Google Search
Google Drive,
Facebook,
Youtube,
Whatsapp,
Xperia Link


texts: Where is the iTunes equivalent for Android?

texts: I have searched this forum with no success for a few days, I apologize if this question has already been answered.  I am a new Android user, switching from an iPhone to a Galaxy Note 3 with Ice Cream.  I have tried using Samsung Kies 3 to replace the features I had with iTunes with no success.   It reports complete syncs, but the information is not complete.  It does not allow the user to manipulate the screens and organize apps the way iTunes allows.  I am looking for software that has all the features of iTunes.  I have found a few that are loaded with ads and very few features.  So far, I have not found any app that allows me to manage apps in terms of updates. Google could have an app that can handle the basic needs of an Android user.  I have not been able to find this.  Your help is appreciated.


texts: How to disable Google Talk on Android Prestige ZTE

texts: I've been trying since forever to do it. How to do this?


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We have created an android App, and we wish to share the APK with a few friends and family before publishing it to the Play Store. Our concern is that, if they install the APK, and then later we push an updated version to Play Store, even with the same signature, will the update be delivered to the users who downloaded the APK manually and installed it.

Thanks
Nishith


texts: Samsung Note 4 power saving mode problem

texts: I am using Samsung Note 4. When I turn to power saving mode I cannot get back to normal mode. I don't know what to do. Recently I've updated to the latest version. Can you please help me to switch it to its original settings.


texts: Outlook Calendar on Samsung Galaxy S7 will not sync

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I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy S7 (running Android 6.0.1) and installed the Outlook app. Email syncs fine but I see nothing on my calendar. When I tap the top left burger (?) menu "Kevin's calendar" is almost always unchecked. I check it but still nothing shows.

I have also tried resetting my account by going to the calendar settings (cog in the top right, opening my @hotmail.co.uk account and pressing RESET ACCOUNT).

I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app.

It worked fine on my Android S4.


texts: CM9 skips to the next song, even on short presses

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I have a Motorola Defy (MB525), running Android ICS (4.0.4), CyanogenMod 9-20121116-NIGHTLY-jordan, and the option to skip to the next / previous songs on a long press of the volume buttons is active.

It is intended to skip to the next song only after a long press, but even after (very) quick presses, it skips to the next song, and my only option is to disable it completely.

In short: it seems to be considering any press on the volume key as a long press, regardless of the duration.

Is there any sort of fix?


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On Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with MIUI 10, Android 7 there is no way to enable sound for calendar notifications, I get vibrations only. I have tried several calendar apps including Google, MIUI, aCalendar+, various settings including setting battery optimisation off but it never plays a sound, it only vibrates.

When I press TEST in aCalendar+ notifications settings it vibrates but makes no sound and provides no further help. Of course my sounds are on and I have even tried to turn off bluetooth. I have no SD card, all sounds are stored in internal memory.

Notifications form WhatsApp or Facebook messenger work well with the sound.

Any hints?


texts: How do I sign in to google without compromising password?

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I've got a Lenovo Solo VR headset. I've got a long, randomly generated password for my google account that is pretty much impossible to memorize without an eidetic memory. If you remove the goggles to look up the next few characters, the login process resets (this is pretty much the exact same problem on Android phones where switching apps to copy the password restarts the login process). It goes without saying that trying to type this in using the simple hand controller is a PITA (possible, but not fun). In order to use the Google Store, I changed my Google password to something far simpler (as simple as possible). Great, now I'm able to login, but when I change my password back to a long, complex, random password, Google Store kicks me out.

Other than creating a separate google account with a simple, easy-to-type password just for my VR goggles, is there any way to login to Google without a password? Or not have it log me out when I change my password?

If anybody from Google reads this, it would be great if Android or, at least, Daydream could just do what a bunch of other apps do and show me a short code in the headset, then I can visit a page on my computer where I log in as the account I want to activate and then type in the code.


texts: Does Google Play have a podcast feature?

texts: Just grabbed a phone with 4.1. Most questions talk about the Google Listen app, but I can't find it. Did google remove the "podcasting" feature from their Play suite?


texts: How to grant an app a permission that isn't in its manifest for audio recording?

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Non rooted Moto G6 Play running Android 9.

I'm using Termux and would like to use Sox's rec command to record audio from the terminal.  Unfortunately, since Termux doesn't request the mic permission, it just records silence.  I can't grant Termux the permission in Settings because...well, it doesn't request it.  It's not in the app manifest, therefore Android (understandably) assumes it wouldn't know what to do with the permission if it had it and doesn't list "record audio" as an option.

Is there a way I can force Android to grant an app a permission it never asked for?


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It's relatively easy to disable data roaming on an Android device in the "Wireless & networks" settings section, but the phone still tries to connect to other services via roaming like voice and SMS.  Is there a way to disable ALL roaming whatsoever?  I know about airplane mode, but that completely disables all connectivity, and it's also annoying to have to remember to keep turning airplane mode off and on again when I enter/leave the vicinity of this network.  I'd like to be able to connect to my network but not allow any roaming.

Why disable?  Becuase the network offering the roaming isn't one I trust, as I think it may be intercepting and recording my data.  So I don't want my phone to use it.


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How do I show the help text/manual for adb backup?

When I run adb help I see

  ...
  backup/restore:
      to show usage run "adb shell bu help"
  ...

When I run adb shell bu help, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?


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I recently flashed the stable version of Cataclysm onto my Nexus 5 (Cataclysm Oct 27, 2015 Stable release). Cataclysm adds several features including AppOps over a mostly stock system.

However, Now On Tap is missing from my system. Holding down on the home button just brings me to the Google Now cards screen. This happens on the Google Experience Launcher, the 3rd party Nova Launcher, and various apps including Facebook, Inbox, Telegram and WhatsApp.

In case I accidentally disabled it during setup, I've looked through the settings to try to re-enable it but haven't been able to find the option.

As far as I know, Cataclysm doesn't disable Now on Tap or affect it in any way. I previously flashed the stock system image for 6.0 where Now On Tap was present.

Just in case, I checked: the Google apk version is 5.4.28.19.arm, which was updated on 22 Oct 2015 so that's probably not the issue.


texts: Corrupt framework-res.apk causes boot loop in KitKat 4.4.2

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My device is soft bricked due to a corrupt framework-res.apk, it’s stuck in a boot loop but it can be put in recovery mode.

In recovery it gives the option to install updates via adb sideload and the SD card. Also it has the fastboot mode.

I flowed some tutorials and created this update.zip file with the original framework-res.apk

updater-script

ui_print("Installing...");
show_progress(0.1, 0);
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
show_progress(0.1, 10);
show_progress(0.2, 0);
show_progress(0.2, 10);
set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0644, "/system/framework/framework-res.apk");
ui_print("Done!")
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");

Running adb sideload update.zip from my computer transfers the file to the device but after that the device shows a message saying Error and "Installation aborted" without any detail of what could be the problem.

With fastboot update update.zip it shows

ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result e000404f, ignoring...
ERROR: could not clear output pipe; result e000404f, ignoring....
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
error: update package 'update.zip' has no android-info.txt

The device seems to be a MT6572 MediaTek (http://mundomint.com/mint-140/)

These are the ROMs that I've found for similar devices but haven tried any yet.

Mint 135
Mint 145


texts: what could cause a sudden drop in battery life?

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According to my battery graph the phone went from 85% to 0 in an instant. I wanted to add a screenshot, but I do not have enough reputation. The last time I checked it was nearly full, and 7 hours later in the morning it was empty. At home I charged it until it showed 29 percent, but by the time  I got to the office, it was 32.

How can this be? How can I prevent it in the future?

LG P990, Android 4.0


texts: Are there guidelines on how much free RAM a phone should have - specifically Samsung Galaxy S?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S (AT&T Captivate) that is rooted.  I have various ways to tweak the amount of free RAM the OS leaves on the phone.  The default is 48 MB, but I was wondering if I could actually go lower without impacting phone performance.  Are there guidelines posted anywhere, or that can be deduced based on knowledge of the Android platform?  Or should I trust that the default settings are appropriate?  I understand that when it comes to free RAM, more isn't necessarily better, but I understand that there is still a threshold that I don't want to dip below.

I'm running a 2.3.6 Gingerbread based ROM.  For what it's worth, I'm running the Zeam launcher.


texts: Asus Transformer Tab tf300t stuck on asus screen. No ADB, no fastboot, no recovery, no os

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I'm very happy with cm11 on my Galaxy s3 so i wanted to try it on my tf300t.
First i unlocked the bootloader which i succeeded in doing.
Then i flashed clockworkmod recovery via adb.
However, when i tried to enter the recovery, it didn't work. So i tried a couple of more times by turning the tablet off and re-trying to enter recovery.

That's when it all got terrible. While is was in fastboot mode (i had the three options of RCK, android and wipe) and i was trying to select "Android" with volume down but i pressed on too many and got "Wipe data" selected. Couldn't go back. And since then my device is stuck on the ASUS logo. Now it looks just like this:
http://srv1.jpg.co.il/7/52e6c1d38d07a.jpg http://srv1.jpg.co.il/7/52e6c1d38d07a.jpg

And everytime i try to restart it just goes to this screen. I even tried manually resetting it with a paperclip. So now i'm kinda hopeless.

Please Help me!


texts: Dial 7 digits in an area requiring 10 digits

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My area code(402) is going to be requiring everyone to dial 10 digits soon because we're getting an area code overlay(your next door neighbor could have a 531 area code). However, at first everyone will have a 402 area code.

I would like to only dial 7 digits, and for the phone to see 7 digits and prepend 402. So I would tap buttons for 867-5309 and it would dial as if I had tapped 402-867-5309. Is there a way to make my Incredible do this?


texts: Google Now option "Contact recognition" is not visible on my HTC One (M7)

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I have a HTC One (M7) and just purchased an LG G Watch R. The combination is working fine, except for the fact that my contacts are not recognized when speaking via "OK, Google".

I wrote a mail to HTC, they told me it's an LG issue. I wrote a mail to LG, they tell me it's the fault of HTC. I have no idea anymore what to do.

In Google Now, going to Accounts & Privacy should have an option "Contact recognition", between items "Safesearch Filter" and "Search engine storage". I don't have this option.

Any idea what could be wrong?


texts: how to restrict the user to access only my application in the tablet?

texts: We are giving tablets to our customers with our own app installed in it. I only want the customers to work with our app only. I don't want them to watch video in youtube or chat with whatsapp. How do i restrict them to use only my application? Is there any way to monitor?


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I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia with Android. I can't download from the Market because there is some Gmail account that I don't have an idea how it got there.

This means that I don't know the password! I have tried to change that email but I can't so what is your suggestion what should I do?


texts: Can't access my phone memory suddenly after using SD card as internal memory

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A few weeks ago I integrated my SD card to use as phone memory. Everything was fine until a couple of days ago.

All of a sudden I saw the "insert SD card" notice appear on the notification bar. I open the back cover but the SD card looked like it was in place. I remove it and insert it back and the notice disappears. But then I notice that when I go to file explorer (FX) to access my files, it says "Access was denied". I can't access anything that is on my phone memory, although the apps are working. I guess system files are OK, but everything else is not.

My phone is rooted so I tried to access the files through TWRP but I can only see system folders.

Phone is a Moto C plus. Nougat.


texts: I have this file inside DCIM on internal memory. It takes up a lot of space and I'm getting short of it. So I checked what is taking that much space and found out this file alone takes space upto a GB. So can I remove it and will my mobile malfunction if it is removed?


texts: How do I get SuperSU to update binaries after a reboot after using Ping Pong?

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Screen shot of popup after reboot after checking if phone has root. So the "Grant" & "Deny" button at this point are unclickable! Why?Okay so I used the latest Ping Pong root.apk from XDA to root my S6  which worked fine but yet after doing the reboot after rooting with Ping Pong and opening SuperSU it never asked me to update binaries like it's supposed to. Is that why the Root checker app says my phone is not rooted? And how can I fix it? What is causing this? Other people with my model have successfully rooted.

Model of S6 SM-G920W8
OS: 5.0.2


texts: Turn off notification sounds and vibrations while allowing phone calls to trigger sound and/or vibration on Nexus 5

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I have a Nexus 5 running Android 4.3.2. I want to turn off all sound and vibration notifications for all apps, while allowing phone calls to trigger sound and/or vibrations. Is there a way to do this?

I have tried following the advice at How can I turn off Notification Sounds and leave phone sounds on but the answers don't work. There's no separate slider for notifications, and the AudioManager app doesn't shut off vibrations. I have tried the official Google answer but there's no setting, Vibrate -> Never, and setting notifications to silent does not stop the vibrations. I've tried the individual app settings, too, but there's no setting for vibration in the official twitter app, for example.

I can stop specific apps from sending any notifications at all, but that's not what I want. I want the notifications to show up in the drop-down, I just don't want any sounds or vibrations.


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I have sort of a follow-up question to a question I asked a little while ago...
That question was naively asking where Google Music stores the offline tracks (I've come so far since then), but my question is now, when I navigate to that folder in a shell, it only shows 11 songs, all with numerical names? I understand the numerical naming method, and I pulled some of these songs to see what they were, but I have about 5 gigs of offline music. Where is the rest of it stored?

The reason I'm asking this is because I'm about to flash a new rom, and want to know that those songs will be accessible to the new Google Music app I install on the new rom. If not, I will first want to disable their offline storage to free up space on my SD Card and then just offline them again.

 But anyway, thank you for your help!


texts: Hangouts with multiple accounts --- alternatives for 2021

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I use Hangouts on my phone to effectively text people using multiple phone numbers: my cell phone as well as Google Voice numbers associated with my other google accounts. However, Hangouts is scheduled to be phased out in 2021. I'd like to know how to preserve this incredibly useful feature.
I also am not sure whether this feature will remain on our notebooks. Right now, we can open one tab per Hangouts chat account. Is this going to go away as well?


texts: Can I get Skype on my HTC Wildfire in 3?

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I recently got HTC Wildfire from 3. On the webpage & in shop they told me that I will be able to do Skype talks. After doing some research I found out that:

HTC Wildfire is not officilly supported
Some claims that installing the Skype from apk just works

Hence I have following questions:

Is it legal to install Skype in such way (according to UK or English law)? On one hand it is advertised feature of phone (or at least it looks like it is) on the other hand Skype is propertary.
Which apk files I need?


texts: How do I change a Google account for Android mobile (Xperia 10)?

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When I first set up my Xperia 10 (running Android 1.6) I selected a 'dummy account', not knowing that it might be somewhat difficult to change it afterwards to a real account (I wasn't warned).

I want to avoid hard resets or losing too much data. Is there a recommended procedure for this case?


texts: How Google Wear install app from Google Play

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I got to know that when you try to install any Android mobile app which also have Android Wear app, then Google Play automatically push the build to Android Wear device.

I am not sure whether is it right or wrong. Please help how this flow works.

Do we have Gmail app in Android Wear like in Android phone?


texts: Samsung "My Files" Downloads folder corrupted on non-rooted phone

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On my Note 9 unrooted phone, for whatever reason, if I delete files from the "Downloads" section of the My Files app, these files (or references to them) aren't completely removed.  A residual "0 byte" file with no name and a time date stamp of "December 31, 1969 4:00pm" is leftover. Also, these residual files can't be moved or deleted.

This Downloads section seems to have a relation to the /emulated/0/Download/ folder... although, not the same thing. If I delete the "Download" folder, the "Downloads" section remains unaffected.

In the Windows OS world, I would just run chkdsk to quickly fix the corrupted file indexes on the file system. However, I'm not sure what the equivalent is for an unrooted Android OS.

Things I've tried:

Wipe the cache partition
Delete the /emulated/o/download folder and recreating it again.
Force Stopping the My Files app, clear cache, clear data.  This is supposed to be similar to clearing the app cache for 'Media Storage' app on non-Samsung Android devices

I REALLY don't want to factory reset my phone, considering how much time I spent configuring all my applications... unless I have absolutely no choice (and know for sure it would fix this issue).  This issue is completely over my head.  I'm hoping an Android expert will know what to do in this case without having to do a factory reset.  Maybe, I can do something via ADB shell?


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How to disable multi-user in android 8.1.1 without root using adb or anything else
   ** Android 8.1.1 (Galaxy Tab A (2016)) **


texts: Multiple update notifications from Android Market

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I have recently upgraded my HTC Desire to run CyanogenMod 7.  The main reason I did this was so that I could use a more recent version of the Android Market that supported multiple accounts.  The reason for this was that I have moved my email address from GMail to Google Apps for Your Domain and wanted the main email address on the phone to be the Google Apps one, but the market to keep using the gmail one so that I don't have to buy apps again.

I also have two other gmail/apps accounts configured on the phone (so that I can receive emails sent to these two accounts).

Generally, everything works fine and I'm really happy with CyanogenMod.  However, I have one fairly minor problem with the market.  When new updates are available to the installed apps, I used to get a notification message saying (e.g.)

2 New Updates are available

(I'm paraphrasing as no updates are currently available, so I can't remember the exact wording of the message).  This is quite instructive.  With the new market, I get FOUR notification messages:

2 New Updates are available email@mydomain.com

2 New Updates are available other_email@mydomain.com

2 New Updates are available more_email@gmail.com

2 New Updates are available email@gmail.com

This seems a bit daft as they're all the same updates!  Is there any way to sort this out?  The market is set up to use the email@gmail.com account, but seems to be checking for all of the accounts.  I'd imagine that if there are paid apps that need updating, they'll only be listed for the last account (although that's a guess), but for all the free ones I seem to be stuck with multiple messages.


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How can I have my device automatically turn off its screen after booting?

booting as in having turned off the device, finished charging and turning it back on
turn off screen as in the function after single-pressing power button

At night, I turn off my device to charge it overnight. In the morning, I turn it on. Since the boot process takes a long time, I usually leave it on the counter for it to   s l o w l y   boot up. During this time, I get ready for my morning (which takes longer than for the device to boot). Taking the device with me to manually turn off the screen once it is finished booting is not good enough for me.

Short of building my own app that runs itself once on boot or having it turn off the screen after n seconds of inactivity, how can I have my device automatically turn off its screen after booting?

The device in question is not rooted, but answers requiring root privileges are acceptable
(I plan on rooting the device... eventually...)


texts: Is it possible to use two dictionaries at the same time in swype?

texts: I type in two languages regularly - depends on who I communicate with, in perhaps 60:40 or 70:30 ratio. Sometimes I even use words from both languages in the same text. Both languages are supported by Swype. But I can only select one of them at one time, so when I need to type in the other language I have to change the settings, which is quite inconvenient. Can I merge two dictionaries or activate both of them at the same time?


texts: Unable to configure wifi and/or bluetooth on Google Glass EE 2

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I have a Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 (yes). I am unable to connect either wifi or bluetooth (primary goal is wifi).

For wifi, I first tried the following:

On the glass: Settings → Wifi → Selected network.
On the MyGlass web site: "Continue with my computer" → Enter wifi info → Generate QR code.
Glass prompts to scan QR code, I scan it, it says "invalid QR code". Considerable searching yielded no additional troubleshooting info.

I then attempted to use the MyGlass app on an Android device. I tried the following on a Google Pixel and a Kyocera DuraForce Pro:

Install MyGlass app.
Enable bluetooth.
There aren't really any on-screen instructions; it appears there is supposed to be an embedded video tutorial in the app but it never loads. Clicked "find my glass" in the app. It did not see the Glass.

I tried pairing the Glass with the phones manually, first from the Glass side:

Enter Bluetooth settings on phone so it becomes visible.
Phone shows up on Glass, select it, pair.
Pairing appeared successful, but then it immediately disconnects.

Then I forgot all devices and tried again from the phone side:

Enter Bluetooth settings on Glass so it becomes visible.
"Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2" shows up on phone. Select it, pair.
Pairing appeared successful, but then it immediately disconnects.

In both cases, after pairing, if I select the Glass from the phone's Bluetooth menu it says "Connecting..." → "Connected" → immediately disconnects.

In all cases, I was unable to make any progress in the MyGlass app.

So I am unable to configure wifi, and unable to pair the device. Does anybody know how to do either of these?


texts: I own a P9 Lite(EMUI 5.0, Android 7.0) and when I'm trying to move an app to my SD Card there is no option, but on someone's P8 Lite with Android 6.0 this option is available, how can I fix this thing and move apps on the SD Card + Data


texts: What system app handles the screenshots in Lollipop?

texts: When I take a screenshot using Power button + Volume Down, does anyone know which system app deals with taking that screenshot? I need it for a setup I'm doing on my phone (Xperia) but I can't figure it out which it is


texts: How can I change the default picture of the contacts?

texts:
As you can see, when I call someone who doesn't have a unique picture, the default picture of the contacts looks like this:

And I want to see something different or less pixelated for instance.
Is there anyway to change that picture to something else?

*note: I have a rooted phone.


texts: Touchscreen triggered by cheek while on the phone?

texts:
When I'm on the phone, my cheek will often push buttons on the screen, causing either the call to end, or unintended navigation. This is really annoying - I try my best to keep my face away from the phone but I'm not always successful.

Am I the only person having this problem?
Is there an actual solution?


texts:
I am preparing a 1-week bicycle trip. We can't use high-traffic roads, so I am preparing a quite complex route on small country roads, using Google Maps.

With my phone saddled on my bicycle, is there a GPS app that will "guide" me using the itinerary I crafted? Turn-by-turn would be ideal, but just writing the itinerary as a map overlay would be better than nothing.

Note: My phone is WiFi only so I will need an application that can cache a lot of maps, like AndNav2 or Maverick. Also, I am stuck with Android 1.5


texts: How can I disable Google's offer to post personal photos for businesses?

texts:
The Android Google Maps app observed that I have taken some photos in a toy store. The following day, Google Maps is offering me to post these pictures along with Google's photos for that business.

I have no desire to associate these family photos with the business, or to post personal photos publicly.

Along the offer to post, there was an option to "turn off", but after choosing neither, the option disappeared entirely and I do not see it in Google Maps \ Settings.

I may be on tenuous legal grounds. It may be that if I take a picture inside a toy store or at a restaurant, the rights to the picture belong to the business. Regardless, I'm alarmed by the invasion of privacy with respect to photos on my Android device.

How do I set my Google account or the Android Google Maps app to never offer to post personal pictures on a business's Google Maps page? How do I confirm that I have not inadvertently posted any such pictures in the past?

As an aside, I'm also curious whether Apple blocks iOS apps (in general, not just Google's) from this behavior?

I do wish to continue the automatic backing up of my Android phone photos to Google Drive.


texts: TOTP key extraction from Xfinity Authenticator

texts:
I've been trying (and failing) to find where the Xfinity Authenticator app stores the TOTP secret. Nothing in any files in shared_prefs looks like a TOTP key, and I'm beginning to suspect that it's being stored elsewhere. In particular, the com.comcast.xfinityauthenticator_preferences.xml file has the following value in it:

<boolean name="keyCredentialStoredInVault" value="true" />

Any guidance on where to go from here would be appreciated.


texts: How do I share files on my mobile over WiFi?

texts: I have an Android phone. Can I share files on my smartphone with all devices on the home network? Which app will let me do this?


texts: Galaxy S2 no USB Conenction after firmware update

texts:
I just got an automatic firmware update for my Galaxy S2

Android 2.3.6
I9100GXXKL4
Kernel 2.6.35.7 dpi@DELL164 #2
GINGERBREAD.XXLB1

Now the USB connection does not work anymore and I cannot continue developing using eclipse. Where can I find new drivers for the new version? Already checked samsung.com but did not find anything!


texts: Need to delete this file to be able to backup data on TWRP

texts:
Been trying to find this file for hours but don't know where it is. Any advice?

I:Error adding file '/data/anr/3i6xjEcwwZbkn6mZ,+ccwD' to '/data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/c51c11bd/2020-05-05--09-33-29/data.ext4.win000'
Error creating backup.
I:ERROR tarList for thread ID 0
Error creating backup.
I:InfoManager saving '/data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/c51c11bd/2020-05-05--09-33-29/data.info'
createTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255
Backup Failed. Cleaning Backup Folder.
I:Copying file /tmp/recovery.log to /data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/c51c11bd/2020-05-05--09-33-29/recovery.log


texts: What is this circular icon in my Android status bar?

texts:
I'm getting the circular symbol to the right of K/s on my status bar since last few days:

Does anyone know what it is?


texts: Cannot access internal memory due to cyanogenmod encryption, how can i decrypt the device?

texts:
I have ran into a small problem with my android tablet, it is a samsung galaxy tab 8.9 p7310

About a year ago i rooted it and installed CWM + CyanogenMod 9; i also encrypted the tablet. When i go under security the encrypted button is grey and i cannot click it, when i go to disable pin/password lock to none i cannot click on them and it says disabled by admin,encryption, credentials...

I cannot update my ROM because the SDCARD is encrypted and recovery cannot mount it so i am looking into alternatives, how can i format the internal memory in such a way as to reload the ROM; i don't care about the data stored on the device.
I have looked into nvflash but i am unsure how it would help me, is there an ADB format command?

if anyone can point me in a direction it would be much appreciated!

thank you :)


texts:
I've got an S3 LTE version (GT I9305), with CyanogenMod (Avatar) installed.

I've tried nightlies too, however, I'm still running Linux 3.0 (shown in about in settings). And I've seen CM screenshots where they're running 3.4.

Why is my phone stuck even when I update? How can I get a recent kernel?


texts:
I was trying to root my old Galaxy Tab 7 (GT-P1000) device when it got frozen at the setup connection. I noticed then that it was a Gingerbread file -- so I killed Odin. Now I'm getting phone and exclamation mark and a PC.

Can somebody please help me solve this? I've been searching the Internet and didn't find anything.

Please note that Odin still recognizes/sees the device.

Edit: to clarify, this was the youtube video on 'How to Unbrick Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000' that was used and ended up right now as per the question above.


texts: Is it legal to invite a friend to my Google family

texts: I would like to invite a friend to my Google family cause there is a song or two she would like to listen to and I am thinking about buying a few movies on that Google account too so I am wondering if I can do that legally without getting into trouble with the law


texts: I lost my Android smartphone. Play Store tells me that someone has inserted a SIM card. How can I find out the phone number?

texts:
I lost my Samsung Galaxy S, which was signed into Google Play.
Now, Play Store has identified that someone has inserted another SIM card with a different service provider.
Is there anyway I can find out the phone number of the inserted SIM?


texts:
So, as I say in the title, I have a GIANT battery drain proble: the battery will lose like 30-60% while idle and in airplane mode. Same but worse when listening to music (Spotify and LTE).

Yesterday night (Nov. 28-29) as it was charging (extremely) slowly ('7 hours 11 min until fully charged'), it decided to stop charging by itself and discharge fast (when obviously not using it) until 5 PM.

See attached image for details:

Annotated screenshot (click for larger variant)


texts: How do some android apps know from where they have been downloaded?

texts:
If you read privacy policy of some online apps, you will find that their services also store information about from where you download their app.

I wonder if this is possible because apk is a compressed archive which can't capture this information while being downloaded. Is it possible that google play store and google play services maybe adding this information after you install that apk.

Most of the time I don't even download or update apps from play store in my every android phone. I just share the apk from one device among every other home device via wifi and side-load them. How do they come to know the download source in this case?


texts: Error: "reloc_library cannot locate 'fdatasync'"

texts:
I have my phone connected to my laptop via the USB cable and ADB is able to identify the device. When I run adb devices it returns the phone in the list of connected devices. Running the command adb shell now gives an error stating:

  reloc_library cannot locate 'fdatasync'

Running any command on the terminal emulator installed on my phone also returns the same error.

Does anyone have a solution to this?


texts: Unroot Galaxy Note 5 SM-N902i (XSA Australia) with Heimdall - "System UI has stopped"

texts:
I am running a linux machine and trying to unroot my Galaxy Note 5. I've downloaded the lastest firmware from sammobile: N920IDVU4CRG1_N920IXSA4CRG1_XSA.zip which extracts to:
boot.img
cache.img
cm.bin
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
sboot.bin
system.img

Then I've been trying to use heimdall like so:

heimdall flash --verbose --BOOTLOADER sboot.bin --CM cm.bin --BOOT boot.img --RECOVERY recovery.img --RADIO modem.bin --SYSTEM system.img --CACHE cache.img --HIDDEN hidden.img

The process finishes successfully but then when the phone reboots it hangs with an error: "System UI has stopped"

I've previously executed heimdall print-pit to check the pit list. I noticed that there are more pit entries than the 8 provided in the firmware. I don't know if that's normal.
I also tried using the pit file found on the forum with the same negative result: NOBLELTE_AUS_XSA.pit

heimdall flash --pit NOBLELTE_AUS_XSA.pit --verbose --BOOTLOADER sboot.bin --CM cm.bin --BOOT boot.img --RECOVERY recovery.img --RADIO modem.bin --SYSTEM system.img --CACHE cache.img --HIDDEN hidden.img

Same error.

Is there something that I've been missing or done wrong?

Many thanks :)


texts: I wasn't doing anything with my phone, when I pulled it out of my pocket a notification saying "-tWW3IHZgSg - Download complete." was visible. This file was in the downloads folder, I copied it to my PC and running the unix "file" command on it returned "Macromedia Flash data (compressed), version 17". I certainly didn't download it and I have no idea what it could be. Here is a DropBox link of the file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yowi4qlnlxuf6wz/-tWW3IHZgSg?dl=0


texts: I am using the default android music player and I tend to always play playlists in shuffle mode. I find it unintuitive though that I cannot set a playlist to play in shuffle by default, I need to manually select shuffle each time. Is there a setting that I have overlooked or otherwise how can I do this? Happy to use another music player but I have tried many of the popular ones and they appear to have the same issue.


texts:
I am shown on google that I have visited Liverpool and Cornwall both of which are 100's of miles away from where I live.  Any ideas why?
My Facebook was hacked could this be the same thing?


texts: Any way to use another name for the external_sdcard folder?

texts:
On my Android tablet, the SD Card is shown as an external_sdcard folder, no matter how I rename the card.

Personally I don't like the auto-assigned folder name. Is there a way to use a different default folder name for the SD card, such that the folder name looks more consistent with my other folders?

(Android 4.0.3 WiFi only)


texts: Is it possible to disable the "Activate Google Now" reminder every time you use "Google Search Widget"?

texts:
I've started to use Android 4.X for the first time (after being a long term Android 2.3.X user) and some things are new to me.

One of the things that annoy me more is the "new Google Search Widget", which is displayed onto one of my Samsung Galaxy S3 4.1.2 desktop pages. It works nicely.

But, whenever I try to launch said Google search widget, Google annoys me with an (apparently unavoidable) reminder about joining Google Now. The only button they offer is a "next" button (which of course, I don't want to press).

I just dismiss this nagging screen pressing the "back butotn".

But as soon as I reopen the google search widget, the "join google now" reminder is there again. I'm afraid I'll press the "next" button in a distraction, and then I'll be "doomed forever".

So, is there any method to really get rid of this popup? I'll never join "Google Now", in the same manner I just avoid Google + at all costs.

Thanks.


texts: Find My Device says "can't reach device", but I can make it ring

texts:
I'm having a bizarre issue with the Android Device Manager. Basically when I try to look up my Nexus 9 tablet, I cannot see its location, and it looks like this:

As you can see, it somehow does display the charge level and the name of the WiFi network it's connected to. More importantly, when I click the play sound button, it immediately starts ringing.

So this is clearly not true. How can I fix this and make it so that I can track my tablet's location again?


texts: Possible to set custom ringtones for Nexus 5 contact groups?

texts: I recently acquired my Nexus 5. While I'm absolutely in love with the device, I haven't been able to find a way to set a custom ringtone for specific contact groups.


texts: Is it possible to mount on a PC an SD card that has been encrypted by an Android Marshmallow device?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 duos with stock Android Marshmallow, and I'm considering encrypting my SD card to prevent access to its contents in case I lose my phone. The main reason of not doing this is that I'm not sure if there's a way to mount an encrypted SD card on Windows (or other desktop OS's)

When I encrypt the SD card on my Samsung Galaxy S5, is it using a known implementation of encryption, or is it something that only works on Android (or perhaps Samsung) phones?

I do not want to use USB connection to my phone to access my SD card, it's terrible. Mounting the SD card is much easier and faster and less annoying.

EDIT: just to clarify, I am NOT talking about adoptable storage. I want a portable encrypted SD card that can both be read on PCs and Android phones (i.e. I want to be able to remove the SD card from my phone, plug it into my PC, provide a password to decrypt and read/write it like any other SD card)


texts:
My children have nexus tablets. They have their own google accounts with email adresses.
My ex-wife has changed the google passwords so i cannot set up a new android phone for the children. If i set up new account/email addresses on the phone or for their tablets, how can I install the paid for apps which are connected with their previous accounts whilst at the same time giving them credit to purchase apps etc on the new accounts?

Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Seamas


texts: "Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation"...when trying to backup through abd (TWRP)

texts:
Phone: Moto C Plus
Phone OS: Android 7.0
PC OS: Windows 7
TWRP: 3.1.1
Rooted
I'm trying to backup directly to PC from TWRP recovery through adb cmd.
The cmd adb devices shows the device id and the word "recovery" next to it, meaning i'm connected successfully and that i'm in recovery. USB debugging is on.
But adb backup --twrp shows...
WARNING: adb backup is deprecated and may be removed in a future release
Now Unlock your device and confirm backup operation
followed by the current directory.
But nothing happens on the phone. This is what's supposed to happen. Skip to 3:26.
Any insight?


texts: Change MTP/PTP for a Galaxy S4 w/ a Broken Screen

texts:
I'm trying to do a complete backup of all data on my Samsung Galaxy S4 before I send it in for repairs.

Even though the screen is completely black and does not work (very little touch abilities), I have the Galaxy Smart Dock, which lets me output the screen via HDMI and control the phone with a mouse.

I removed the lock screen, installed Kies, then connected the phone to my computer.

Unfortunately, at one point, my phone switched from MTP to PTP, and now I cannot switch back to MTP (which Kies requires).

Everything online says to just connect the phone to the computer and swipe down to select the connection mode - I cannot do that because the screen is broken.

I also do not see any "three dot" option in Settings / Storage to change the USB Computer Connection.

Is there an option I'm missing? Am I SOL?

Again, I have full control of my device through the media dock, I just do not have that control when the phone is connected (via USB) to my computer.


texts: Cannot log into my Google account, with any app

texts:
I cannot log into my Google account in any app, like Play Store or Google Map. Whenever I try this, I get an error stating (see figure below)

Couldn't sign in

There was a problem communicating with Google servers.

Try again later:

My phone is not rooted. So what should I do?


texts:
I have a vanilla Samsung Galaxy S3, and just a month or two ago the back camera won't work. Whenever I use the default Jelly Bean camera app, it just pops up a message saying: "Camera Failed." then closes the app.

I downloaded a third party camera app to use the forward-facing camera, which works fine. This happened very recently after I got the phone (it was a replacement) and has been in a rugged case the entire time. I don't recall any trauma to the camera itself, either.

Any fixes or what I might be doing wrong?


texts: Choose which Exchange contact folder(s) to sync to phone

texts:
On Office 365, my folder structure is this:

My Contacts [container, not a folder itself]
- LinkedIn
- Contacts
- Contacts2
- Skype for Business Contacts
-...

I want only contacts from my "Contacts" folder to sync to my phone, and not from the other folders.

Is there a way to achieve this?

I don't mind installing a sync app, but don't want to install the Outlook app.

I have seen a hacks using Categories to only show selected contacts in the Contacts app on the phone, but this has 2 problems:

I would have to add a Category to every new contact I make in my Contacts folder to get it to sync, which is very error-prone.
I think it still syncs all of the contacts from every folder, using phone space and sync bandwidth.

Any help is much appreciated.

Versions:

Android 8.0.0 on Google/LG Nexus 5X
Stock GMail (NOT the Outlook app)


texts: How can I download apps again after changing my Google account password?

texts: I changed the password for my Google account earlier, and since then, every attempt to install an app results in a download was unsuccessful error. I have not been prompted for my new password anywhere, so this is highly likely to be the problem. How do I fix this?


texts: How to make saved images to retain saved in Whatsapp?

texts:
After some time all images in my Whatsapp look in the following way

i.e. as if I never downloaded them. Although I did.
How to make it keep images once downloaded?


texts:
I was wondering if it would be possible to transparently route some calls over VOIP as opposed to the cell radio. My wife has terrible signal issues with her Galaxy S3. Verizon is no help and before she'll let me load a custom ROM she wants me to exhaust all other options. The only other thing I could think of was some way to route some calls over Skype.

I see some other posts about having a home proxy server or a PBX. While that would work it's slightly more involved than I was looking for. I figure there must be some sort of proxy app that could run on the phone itself to watch for who you are calling and act accordingly. Perhaps with Tasker?


texts: Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol?

texts:
I've been toying with the idea of getting away from syncing my contacts and calendar with Google. I'd like more control over my data. I've heard that Funambol might be a good solution to this and I'm wondering about other ideas folks might have for syncing and address book and calendar between Anroid and a desktop mail app (Thunderbird, in my case).

I keep the Thunderbird address book on my Ubuntu laptop up to date, so I'd like to be able to synchronize those contacts with my phone and (preferably) have them backed up to a place where I might be able to access them from another location. It would be great to be syncing a calendar as well, though that is less key. Are there ways to do this without backing everything up to Google's hive mind?


texts: How to know if an app has a background service that queries the gps and sends it to a server on the net?

texts:
How can i tell if an app has a background service that queries the gps and sends it to a server on the net?

For example i want to monitor get taxi app to see if while not in use it spies on the user....

If possible i would rather not use wireshark with a hub...


texts: What will happen when I remove my Google account from an Android tablet?

texts:
I got my first tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017), running Android 7.1.1).  During inital set up, I connected my Google/Gmail account to the tablet.  I have had my Google/Gmail account for years -- using it on a desktop computer -- but I've never had a mobile device before.

I've changed my mind, and I now want to remove my Google/Gmail account from the tablet.  To do this, I am about to follow the instructions here for removing a Google account (specifically, Apps > Settings > Google > More Options > Remove Account).  Before I actually do this, I have two questions about what will happen:

(1) My Google account will be removed from the Android tablet, but my Gmail and Drive files will NOT be deleted from the cloud, correct?  I will still be able to access my Gmail and Drive from the web using my desktop computer, as I have always done.

(2) Will my Gmail and Drive files on the tablet be deleted from the tablet's storage (but, again, NOT from the cloud)?  I would hope that they would be deleted from the tablet's storage, since that is sort of the point of removing the account from the device.  (When I connected my Google/Gmail account, I believe it automatically downloaded much, if not all, of my Gmail and Drive files to the tablet.)

Thanks so much for your help.


texts:
I want to download BitTorrent Sync to synchronize my Android and PC.

Question #1

What's the difference between download from here or here?

Since I'm not interested in register myself on Google Play, can I download an APK file from any site and run it with some sort of "double click" over the name of the file, in the same way as in Windows?

Question #2

After download a file where do I save it? In the smartphone RAM? In the SD Card?

Thank you


texts: Is it possible to increase Samsung's limit on contact merging?

texts:
On Samsung phones, at least I know on the Galaxy S and Galaxy SII, it is only possible to merge 5 contacts max. There is also an issue on the Google Code page of Android here, but this did not solve the Samsung specific problem.

The suggested fix on XDA-Developers did not work with newer Android versions, and I'd like to stick with the official Samsung ROM.

Is there way to increase the limit on contact merging?


texts: Recovering private mode pictures from locked out s6? PIN required on reboot?

texts:
I got an s7 and transferred all of my pictures from my old s6, but the ones from private mode didn't transfer over (I don't think I had private mode on on the s7). Now I've realized I don't have all of my pictures, so I dug up my old s6 but for some reason I can't use my fingerprint; it's requiring me to put in the PIN and I can't remember what it is. Honestly I don't even really remember setting one. I've exhausted the following solutions:

-My Samsung account is on my s7 now, so I can't use Samsung's FindMyMobile.
-USB debugging is turned off, so I can't use adb
-The recovery mode is stock, so I can't use a file manager or get adb working that way
-The phone is connected to wifi, but the forgot pattern where I enter my google account isn't showing up for some reason.

Is there any way to copy the pictures, enable usb debugging, or get the google account credential screen to show up?


texts:
Disclaimer: I am not looking for the "General > About device" information.

I am trying to look for the information about the performance, RAM, screen size/dpi for my device, so that  I can create an emulator for app development.


texts: How much does the build number of an Android OS matter?

texts:
I have seen several builds on OS 4.3 and 4.4-- what are the key differences? I tried finding documentation on the exact changes, but couldn't find any.

I set up two new Nexus 7 tablets (2013) and even brand new ones come with different build versions.


texts: Can I recover my phone after system wiping in TWRP?

texts:
Sorry for my English it is not so good.

I've done something stupid. I've wiped my system in TWRP mode.
So I've tried to reboot but it stucks on boot screen.          I think that my whole operating system is lost.
So I want to ask if there is a chance to recover my phone. Thanks in advance.

Phone model: HTC M7 running Android 4.4.4
Note : My phone can not connect to pc.


texts: Cannot Restore Data for Signal Messenger 4.16 with Titanium Backup

texts:
I have backed up and restored Signal with Titanium for years without any incident, up until now. The other day I was encountering a boot loop playing around with an Xposed module. I did a re-flash of the ROM to regain access and then backed up my data with Titanium as usual. After a full wipe and re-flash all data was restored correctly (even for system apps), except Signal which force-closes instantly every time I open it. I've read about false UID re-assignments and tried the Fix Permissions app without any result.

Fellow member @Josh experienced the same issue and attributed it to changes in the most recent Signal version 4.16 which pointed me into the right direction to find a workaround. I installed version 4.15.5 from here and then restored data only from Titanium. Now Signal will start normally again, but my messages from about the last 2 weeks are missing. Of course this can only be
 considered a temporary solution. I wonder what can cause this kind of behavior in Titanium, and if there are any similar backup solutions available that do work with Signal.

Update: At last, the stable released yesterday (4.17.5) has finally gotten the long-awaited backup option:

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360001890291-Restoring-messages-on-Signal-Android

For rooted users, it would still be easier to backup and restore all apps in one batch after a ROM switch. Unfortunately, the upgrade from 4.15.5 caused Signal to crash instantly upon opening. All I could do was downgrade and export a plaintext backup which means I have now lost all media and group messages. Note that when you import the plaintext backup, you might need to use an earlier version. I couldn't restore with 4.17.5 since the app would always crash (10+ MB file). Only after going back to 4.15.5 the plaintext import was successful. Upgrading afterward went without problems.


texts: I'm looking into buying an Android phone, and quite like the specs and looks of the HTC Desire 628. Unfortunately it ships with Lollipop (5.1). Would it be possible for me to upgrade this device to Marshmallow (6) or Nougat (7)? If so, how?


texts: I am trying to access the clipboard but there is no pbcopy or pbpaste command. Is there an alternative to this command? how can i access the clipboard from the command line?


texts: the EZ file explorer ftp on huawei pro 20 android 9

texts: So i am trying to transfer some files from my pc to my android and both filezilla and the standrad windows explorer ftp wont connect i tried the 'wifi ftp' app on android store too but it wont connect to that either? using windows 10.


texts: USB File Transfer difficult on Cy10.2 ATT GS2 Skyrocket

texts:
Okay so I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (ATT) and I just upgraded the firmware from the the stock ICS to Cyanogenmod 10.2-20131214-SNAPSHOT-InstallerWPPQ50S-skyrocket.

When I try to transfer files via USB, it doesn't just connect the way it used to, it tries to do the MTP or PTP thing. So I've tried using both of these. PTP doesn't work at all, but I didn't really expect it to since it didn't seem like what I was looking for.

MTP I thought would work and it kinda does, but it's very buggy. For example I tried to transfer some music files over and it was terribly slow and it would periodically just stop working mid transfer. It was even worse when I tried to move some large pdf files over because sometimes it would crash before even finishing one (100 MB or so). I was wondering what might be causing this instability.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: if I know nothing about Android, is it crazy to have a rooted phone?

texts:
I bought my first Android phone off ebay, a Samsung Galaxy S4 after always using Windows phones.  It was supposed to be unlocked and a "store demo", but when I started playing with it, I was getting warnings that it was rooted and couldn't update in the regular way, etc.

I tried to update using Samsung Kies, which gave me a ton of errors, I had to do it four times.  This was the error message I kept getting:

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/Arylkin/1%20error.jpg

Then I got an error that I needed to do "emergency firmware recovery":

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/Arylkin/error%202.jpg

I finally got it to work (I don't know what kind of update it was, because it's still running the same Android version after it).  I got it to work by just ignoring the emergency recovery message and hitting continue (or something).

I am apprehensive about keeping this phone, since while I really do like it, I am worried about having some fiasco and it refusing to update down the road.  Also, every tutorial about rooting and "flashing roms" (whatever that means) and doing anything to a rooted phone says, "WARNING- YOU MIGHT JUST BRICK YOUR PHONE!".  Needless to say, this worries me.

The seller is willing to take it back, but now I've already bought a otterbox case for the S4 as well as additional batteries, so I'm kind of roped in to having an S4.

What would you do, return it and try to find another person selling an S4 that is stock?  I really don't know anything about Android, and even after reading tutorials, I'm not really comfortable doing a bunch of stuff to the command line of my phone or whatever, particularly since there are 1,000 warnings that doing so might totally break it.

Even video tutorials on rerooting or whatever have a bunch of comments like, "Now my phone is broken!  Thanks a lot!"  Everything I read says how rooting is the coolest ever, but I really don't want to break it since I will not be able to replace this, financially.

I'd appreciate any words of wisdom!


texts: Galaxy S3 Mini drains excessive battery when Wifi is ON

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This question is linked to this one: Wifi battery saving tips or automation

This time, the question is different.

I have here a Galaxy S3 Mini phone that behaves strange. When Wifi is OFF, battery takes a lot of time to drain. When Wifi is ON, battery takes up to 4 hours to drain.

I have a personal Galaxy S3 "Large". As we all know, wifi increases power consumption. But not at that crazy level. My S3 consumed little less than 40% its battery power when the other phone was at 15% of remaining charge.

The battery monitor indicates that "Android operating system" takes 67% of the consumed power with a high CPU usage. When wifi is disabled that does not happen. The phone is rooted. ROM is I810NXXALL6, version 4.1.2. At the current time I don't remember exactly how I rooted this phone, but I can remember I flashed a stock no brand ROM.

I would like to ask if this behaviour:

May have been caused by hardware damaged (which means phone is to unroot, de-odin and send to repair)
If I could flash something (e.g. a radio ROM) to improve wifi performance


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Within the last few days, Amazon updated kindle fire is to include a bunch of new features. Before the update, I had side loaded many of the Google apps, including of course the compulsory Google play services. However, after the update, I could not start the YouTube app whatsoever. I tried many combinations of old versions of the YouTube app, and old versions of the Google play services app, but it still did not work.
I then triedbusing the google play music app, which told me that google play services was not supported on the device. I could not even open Google settings.

Is this a problem that many people are having, or is it just me? Are there any work arounds?


texts: Will android market work (update app) after I install a new mod in my phone

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I am going to root and install cyanogen mod 7 on my samsung I5801 (Having froyo).

Will the android market work in cyanogen mod i.e. will I be able to use and update all the applications (whenever updates are released) that I installed from android market as I would do previously?


texts: My game is on the google play store (beta testing). How do I get screen shots of the app running on a 7 inch and 11 inch tablet so I can put images of how the game looks in the store listing?