texts: How to securely root g2 phone (AT&T LGE LG-D800)?

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I've been looking to root my phone, only all methods require installing binaries from little-known (by me) sites with no Web of Trust rating. I feel hesitant to do that.

Here are some rooting links I found for my phone:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887
http://theunlockr.com/2013/10/25/root-lg-g2-versions-video/
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_d800
requires ioroot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48709232&postcount=869

The latter one refers to Kingo Android Root (its Web of Trust says XDA does not recommend it until it goes open source due to some suspicious activities such as sending IMEI to the server)

Which of them are safer than others?

Also, there was a manual way to root via ADB, or if there was source code, or if there was a reputable trustworthy site to download from, I'd be feeling much more secure.

I am a Java developer, new to Android development, but it' something I want to learn, so programmatic solutions welcome.


texts: I am running Android 6.0 with CM13. I installed a theme from the play store which changed my icons. Now even after uninstalling that theme and selecting my default android theme I don't get back my original icons. Is there a way to make android reload its icons to revert to the original icons.


texts: How can I view online all of my phone contacts that Android synced to my google account?

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We have an option in Android that allows us to sync/backup all our contacts to our google account. I did this and then later my phone got damaged and I can't switch it on again.

I would now like to view the contacts that were synced to my google account. Is there anyway I can do this online?


texts: What is the use of Android System WebView?

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I have seen some Android phones where this application comes installed on the device. What is the use of this application?

(Click image to enlarge)

Does installing this app have any advantage on any other Android devices which does not have this application installed?


texts: How to access Android APKs without rooting

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I recently bought a 7" Android ICS tablet as a gift for a friend.  Unfortunately it's not a Store supported device, so I can't download from the Store.

There are a number of sites that allow you to download APKs, but most of the apps I want to download aren't available on them.  I have a 10" tablet that IS supported and has a large number of the apps I want to provide to my friend.  Is there any way to get at the APKs on the 10" tablet (without rooting it) so I can copy them to, and install them on the 7" - using the provided app installer?


texts: Does the Secure Random bug affect apps besides Bitcoin?

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The Bitcoin Project recently announced a bug in the SecureRandom implementation on Android, which caused Bitcoin wallet apps to generate weak private keys that leave bitcoins vulnerable to theft.
The major wallet apps have released updates which apparently include their own RNGs instead of using SecureRandom.

However, in principle, weak random numbers could cause vulnerability in any crypto system where they're used. Thus this could affect any app that uses this function for secure communication: perhaps pgp, ssh, remote access and tracking, or even the built in ssl and https implementations.

Is there any information about other affected apps? Has Google announced an OS update to fix the bug, or otherwise responded to the issue?


texts: Setting up Play Store on a Samsung phone from China?

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My mum received a Chinese Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 as a gift from a friend.

Since google is banned in China, there're no google-related apps. Since I don't have the play store, I'm unable to get any apps on it.

The browser version of the play store doesn't work either.

When I try to search for it on google, I never got an official link.

Is there any way I can get it without rooting?


texts: How can I go back after flashing an unsuccessful file with no backups in HTC EVO 3D GSM?

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I have accidentally flashed a file (http://www.box.com/s/k8ch8jjne6y2aa5g4lg9) that allows full arabic in HTC EVO 3D CDMA. When I reboot, the phone stops on the HTC white screen.

The problem is that I haven't made a backup in recovery before. I don't know how to go back. I have wiped all dalvick, data and cache but the problem persists.

My device is on Bootloader Unlocked + CWM recovery + S-ON


texts: Using Android device manager to get the SIM details of located device

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Thanks to this question on SU, I was able to locate my mobile which was stolen a month back, but after using ADM (Android Device Manager) service, it notifies the tracked device that "Your location has been shared", but now I am getting this message "Your device's location access is turned off".

I suspect that the thief turned off this feature after I successfully located the device with accuracy of 20 meters, in fact during the last instances I could clearly see the stolen device moving along a definite trajectory as I suspect the thief would have panicked on seeing the ADM tracked messages notifications on the stolen phone. The tracked location is also very close location and very familiar to me which means I can probably get back my device.

Since the tracked device shares the location info, does it also share the other details like which SIM card mobile number the thief has installed? Can we get this info from Google?


texts: Will I lose root & CWM when I upgrade via Kies (Galaxy Note 2)?

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I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with ClockworkMod Recovery. My Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is using Official Samsung firmware from T-Mobile and ClockworkMod Recovery.

In the future Samsung may release a new firmware update for my phone. If I update firmware using Samsung Kies, is it possible? will I lose root? how about the recovery? does it go back to the original recovery instead of ClockworkMod Recovery?


texts: Why does the new Chrome update want the permission to use my camera and audio recording?

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Seriously, it specifically states that it can use the camera and audio recording any time it wants, whether or not I wish it to. Why is Chrome on Android requesting those permissions?

Should I be concerned?

(Emphasis my own.)


texts: Unable to unlock/turn on Nexus 4 : Lollipop 5.0.1

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I am running Android 5.0.1 on my Nexus 4. This has started happening recently. Whenever my phone is locked, and I try to unlock, nothing happens on pressing the power button. Initially I thought my battery was getting drained to zero and phone was shutting down, but that's not the case. I need to long press power button and restart my phone forcefully. Some observations are:

This issue was not there when I was on 5.0.0.
Also I am finding that this is happening when I play a game and then close the game and leave the phone. Most recently, I have been playing Swish and Drift Zone.
However, even after uninstalling the issue persists.

Any suggestions/references to overcome this issue are welcome. TIA.


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I have an app which seems to crash sometimes but of course not at that time when I have it connected to my PC and run logcat.

Is there a good method of grepping logcat in background (best would be filter by app but filter by text would already be helpful) and write the logfile to SD card for later inspection?


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I have a JBL E25BT bluetooth headset which supports the following profiles according to specs: HFP v1.6, HSP v1.1, A2DP v1.2, AVRCP v1.5

I've tried to connect with it with my Oneplus One (lineage os, bluetooth 4.1) and Mac Mini 2012 (bluetooth 4.0). The voice quality for calls is always low. So my guess is basic HFP/HSP is used. As I read HFP 1.6 should provide good quality for calls.
Is there any chance to check/set the exact connection setting for bluetooth connection?


texts: Does my Smartphone Listen to me for Ads?

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I was talking to a friend about a tour to a location, the next day I'm getting ads about that travel plans. I asked a friend something about the best way to root an android device... the next day when I open youtube the very first suggestion for me to watch was how to root an android device!”

Is Google always listening on Android? Does Google keep a log of everything we say? And if so, what can we do about it?


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If I ask "ok Google, what song is this?"  it will tell me.
However, I prefer to use SoundHound (because I have the paid version, and it stores my searches for later retrieval, and it links to spotify automatically).

Is there a voice command that asks "ok Google, ask SoundHound what song this is"?

I can't even seem to open the app." open SoundHound" yields a Google now result screen (where the first result is the app itself), but it does not open it -  probably because the paid app name is "SoundHound infinity " (the symbol for infinity).


texts: I have rooted my Android 5.0.2 (Samsung Tab 8.4 Pro, TM700) the day before yesterday, and I noticed yesterday that my Chrome won't save files anymore, at all. I then installed Firefox, same behaviour. WhatsApp, can't download images or videos. My mail application downloads files just fine, so I am not sure what is going on here. What do I need to check for? Could it be permissions on some folder, and if so, what folder to check?


texts: Installing CyanogenMod 11 on Karbonn A52+

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I need a little help in installing CyanogenMod 11 in my rooted Karbonn A52+, though it's running the stock recovery & I haven't been able to install CWM as it isn't compatible with my device.. So could you please guide me in installing CyanogenMod 11 on my device?

Device details:

Android Version: 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
Root Access: Yes
CPU: 1.2 GHz Dual Core Mediatek
RAM: 512 MB


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I've seen it being used by some Google apps, as well as some others, always at the first opening of the app. It usually presents instructions about how to use the app (in a high level) and its features.

Navigation consists of swiping left/right and, when on the last screen, an 'Ok' button appears to end the widget's presentation.

What is this activity's name, and is it implemented in any android UX library?


texts: Toggle location services via adb in Android 5

texts: I see this answer from 2013, but now there are options for High Accuracy, Battery Saving, and Device Only.  Also, there was no command for disabling location.


texts: In the old Google Feeds (circa June 2018), was it possible to place a specific interest/feed regarding looking at selected Photos?

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Back in June and July of 2018 there were daily feeds in the Google Feeds activity of a Google account for 24 consecutive days that read:
Selected 'Photos' at *********** (see photo)
All Feeds before and since these entries were the usual everyday feeds. These "Selected 'Photos' at *****" feeds were at random times of the day and were not in every Google Feed. How was it possible to add a Google Feed such as this?  I have never seen "Selected 'Photos' at....." come up in Google Feeds before, or in Google Discover.  Can anyone explain how/why this happened and how I can replicate it to prove/disprove the argument?


texts: Is there a shell command to open Ethernet settings?

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To open the Wi-Fi settings, one can use the following command:

 # am start -n com.android.settings/.Settings\$AdvancedWifiSettingsActivity

Is there a similar command to open the Ethernet settings as following?


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I had a call from a new number. I went to create a new contact for it but accidentally clicked on the first item in my contact list. Now, it doesn't seem possible to unlink or unjoin them. When I view that contact, I can view the 'Joined Contacts', and it is joined to the Google contact I clicked on, and there is a minus icon but it is greyed out. How can I unjoin or unlink them or move this number to a new contact?

Using Samsung Galaxy S on Froyo.


texts: Can't run Doggcatcher and Endomondo simultaneously

texts: I'd like to listen to music with Doggcatcher and record the routes with Endomondo while bicycling. The problem is, when I start Endomondo, after a couple of minutes Android kills Doggcatcher. When I start Doggcatcher, after a couple of minutes Android kills Endomondo. What can I do? I'd rather kill any other application or service than these two, but I've already tried uninstalling almost every other app except the system apps. I have stock Android ICS and Huawei Honor.


texts: Is there an application / ROM that allows me to set the phone to "Guest" mode which I can configure?

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I would like to be able to set my phone into Guest mode so people using it will not be able to "abuse" it while I give it to them.

Example of usage:

Child mode - prevent editing settings, making calls, installing applications etc.
Friend mode - prevent viewing text/email messages etc.
etc.

I have the MIUI ROM which has a pre-defined Guest mode - I'm looking for something which is fully/partially configurable - is there something like that?


texts: How do I disable Google Chrome from using regional google search?

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I am using a VPN app
 and I don't want google to give me Arabic searches if my VPN is Arabic (besides, the whole site is mirror-imaged, since Arabic is written backwards). I want every search on Google to go to either google.com or google.co.in. I have tried searching, but all of them are about Chrome in PCs, and not for Android.


texts: Can't remove Half-root caused by KingoRoot

texts: I have a Huawei Y536A1 with Android 4.4.3 which I attempted to root with KingoRoot but it ended up giving me a half-root after testing it with the Freedom app. I tried uninstalling it using the KingoRoot Superuser, but it just deletes the Superuser app and restarts but doesn't delete the root itself. I tried manually deleting the su files (with Root Explorer AND ES File Explorer), but I don't have the right permissions to do so. I also tried using SuperSU but the binaries always failed to update and when I tried full unroot it still didn't unroot. I also tried to install KingRoot over KingoRoot but it said that it couldn't root (even though the device is compatible). How do I remove this half root so I can fully root?


texts: Is it possible to configure a smartphone with Android 8.1.0 to power on and off at specified times?


texts: Finding a way to create a WLAN between tablet and phone

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I currently own a nokia N900 and am waiting for the my pre ordered Nexus 7 to arrive. I was wondering because since android does not support p2p adhoc networking, as far as i know. Is there any way to create a private lan wirelessly over bluetooth? Maybe setup the tablet or phone as a wireless router?

Also, I am also considering modding a usb cable to be able to plug into the tablet and phone, because from what i heard the tablet also supports host mode, and linux supports IP over USB.

I just need an SSH connection between the two so nothing special as regards protocol usage.

Thanks, and I hope i got my question across clearly.


texts: I have a NEXUS 4 device, I am not able to unlock because some digits are not responding. Is there a way to remotely change password?

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I have a NEXUS 4 device, I am not able to unlock because some digits are not responding because of touch screen issue. Is there a way to remotely change password?

I can pick a new password where the digits I press will respond.

I tried the google.com/android/devicemanager but it only locked, there was no unlock option.

Thanks,
Satish


texts: a lot of heavy .txt files in my android. is it safe to delete them to free up memory?

texts: There are lots of text documents in my android phone with over 1 mb size. they are typically named with time stamp like "20200419_11". is it safe to delete them? will it enhance my storage space


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I have tested Adblock plus which tries to filter ads as a proxy.

After uninstalling i had to remove proxy settings.

It works generally, but not in chrome incognito mode.

How can I change proxy settings for incognito mode in chrome?

I am using Moto G2 with Lollipop.


texts: How to enable USB Debugging in Android if forgotten pattern for screen-unlock?

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I want to use some third party software to clear my device's screen unlock pattern which I forgot. They require USB debugging enabled but I don't have it enabled in my Android.

How do I turn on USB Debugging through Recovery mode, or Fastboot?


texts: Import SIM card contacts not working? (HTC One X)

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I have a new HTC One X. After storing all my contacts from my previous dumb-phone onto the SIM card, I tried to import them on the new smart-phone. (People->Menu->Import/eexport->Import from SIM) It says "No contacts on your SIM card". But I can see them there if I put it back in my old phone.

I don't think they are stored on my old phone itself, because for each contact it says "Stored to: SIM". Also this (brand new) SIM card is supposed to come pre-loaded with numbers for calling my phone company's customer service, voicemail, etc. so there should be SOMETHING on the SIM.

I am very new to Android and smartphones in general. Help?


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I got a new Z2 yesterday and I've discovered that when I press button on my headset (got 1 button there) it increases the volume. I want it to do more that that so I tried all different apps available but none can even capture the key.

I tried uninstalling them all and the try one at a time but no dice. Any ideas?


texts: Copy/paste images from phone to desktop, files are corrupted and huge (2gb+)

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I linked my Android phone (v6.0) to my Windows laptop, located the phone's DCIM folder in File Manager and copy/pasted images from my phone onto my laptop's hard drive.
Some of the images are corrupted, can't be recognised as a bitmap, and are 2GB+ whereas on the phone they would have been 2-5MB. It seems to be a date thing, as it is all images past a certain date. It also affected some videos and again it is all videos past a certain date, although a different date to the images.
Is this a common problem, and what causes it? I'm assuming the images are lost as I deleted them from the phone once I saw they had successfully been pasted, without checking that the files were still readable.


texts: Samsung Tab GT: n8000 stuck on Odins Mode

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My samsung Galaxy Note Tab 10.1 is badly infected with the Virus. I want to Factory reset the Tab. I have tried the following steps.

1) Pressed volume upp and power button, but the samsung logo came and display.
2) Pressed the volume down and power button to get in the Odins mode. But every time i received the message (all threads completed (succeed 0/failed 1). I also tried different "tar" files.

I will be thanksfull to you for any solution.
Best regards,


texts: How to play music file on external SD card with deep path

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I have a Samsung Note 4, with android 5.1.1. And I have an on-line music player installed on it. The player can download music from the Internet, and the files are stored in the external SD card. But it has a deep path, such as extSDCard/Android/data/com.xxx.xxx/music/... For some reason, I want to use the stock music player to play these files. But it just can't find them.

I tried copy some files from the deep path to a folder called "music" in the root of my SD card, then the stock player can find it, but I can't change the download path of my on-line music player and I don't want to do a copy or move every time when I download music.

So, any good suggestions to make the stock music player find the files?


texts: "Update unsuccessful" on all apps running on SD card

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I know this problem has been reported before, but man, I am really, really getting tired of it. I have not been able to update any app running from the SD card on my HTC Evo since I got it nearly 6 months ago. I just went through all of my apps and documented which ones are on SD storage and phone storage. I was then able to go through my list of updates and select just those that are on phone storage and then all succeeded (11 apps). I then went through some of the ones on SD storage and they all failed (tried 7, but I probably have 10-15 more).

I have tried many of the "fixes" I've seen online like clearing the cache on the Market app. There is not enough internal space for all my apps. I refuse to accept some of the "fixes" as true fixes like deleting the app and reinstalling it or moving the app to the phone storage, updating, and then moving back. Those are not acceptable fixes in my book. This is a major black eye on the Android OS to me. When people ask me if Android is as good as iOS, this problem is front and center in my mind when I tell them that its good, but I'd rather have an iPhone (but, I'd rather have this than my old Blackberry). I get my phone through work, so rooting is not an option. Has anybody else had any success resolving this issue? I'm using the SD card that came with the phone but has anybody had luck with a different brand?


texts: How Do I Keep My Droid X's SD Card from Mounting as a Drive in Windows?

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Stock Droid X, running 2.1. I have the USB Connection mode set to "Charge Only".

Whenever I connect the phone to my computer to charge, the SD card mounts as a drive in the computer. In the phone's USB Connection settings, it is still listed as "Charge Only", but the SD card is not available to the phone.

They only way to get it back is to:

Change the connection mode to "USB Mass Storage" on the phone
Unmount the SD card within Windows.
Change the connection mode back to "Charge Only"

This works, but it is a pain to do this every time, when I should be able to just set the connection I want and plug it in. Is there anything I'm missing?

Edit: This happens with more than one computer - one running Windows XP, one running Windows 7. Neither have the Android SDK installed.

Update - The upgrade to Froyo seems to have fixed this issue.


texts: How to make cell phone using GPRS/3G a WiFi-Hotspot

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to share internet among 2 android devices?
  Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater?

I have an android cell phone (Samsung Galaxy S Advance) running on Android 2.3.6. I am interested in converting my cell phone to a WiFi-Hotspot so that I can use the GPPRS/3G from my phone to access internet on other WiFi-enabled devices. Any android applications that might help to do this?


texts: How can I make scroll bars always visible?

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Android hides scroll bars unless the window is actively being scrolled.  This makes it hard to tell if a window can be scrolled without actually trying it.  Is there a way to force Android to always show scroll bars when there is something to scroll?

I have a Thunderbolt running Android 2.2 (Froyo).


texts: How do I get my call log to stop listing my text messages

texts: I have a Galaxy S4 Mini. The call log on my Galaxy S4 Mini includes my text messages. I have to sort through dozens of text messages for every call that it lists. How can I set it to display only the calls?


texts: Unable to create Android virtual device in Android Studio

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I have just downloaded Android Studio, and I am trying to create an Android virtual device so that I can run my code. When I try to, I see this screen:

When I select one of the system images and click download, I eventually get another error message that looks like this:

How do I resolve this problem?

Edit: Seems to work now, although I did not change anything or do anything differently.


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After authorizing one PC for USB debugging, how to restrict all other authorization and disable the authorization popup on Android?

I just don't want to accidentally accept other PCs authorization since I am debugging over network. Thanks.


texts: Execution problem with secondary user on nexus 7 2013

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I have created 2 more users on my Nexus 2013.
The problem with these 2 non-administrator users is, I can not run a lot of apps which work fine on admin user (ex ilmeteo.it - "Baby bus" children games......).

These applications start and close automatically with the report "....the applicationname closed unexpectedly..."

How can give the correct permissions on the secondary users to excute all the applications?


texts: I used google find my device to locked my stolen Samsung galaxy j7 Prime. Its been recovered, but i can't unlock it because apparently, the password input bar wont take more than certain number of characters. What can i do please


texts: What's the point of anti theft if recovery wipe can clear it?

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Seriously how is an anti theft supposed to protect your device?

A thief can either just boot in recovery and erase data partition and poof anti theft is gone for good.

And with firmware tools like odin easily available the thief can even overrite the in firmware anti theft.

Did Nokia did it better by limiting control over non end user functions?


texts: Incorrect Button Mapping when using Wireless Xbox 360 Controller

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When I plug in the dongle and load up a game such as Goat Simulator or Stranger Oddworld, the triggers are mapped to the right analogue stick.  This means my view constantly rotates and moves upward. This is because the inputs are registering -1.0. When I move the triggers toward the centre of movement, the view stabilises.

Can the triggers be remapped?


texts: FAILED (remote: Partition should be flashed in fastbootd) PIXEL 3XL Android 11 FAILED (remote: 'Operation not permitted')

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Could someone help me with the following problem:
I want to flash my pixel 3XL with AOSP precompiled images in android 11, but it gives me this error:

I have fastboot version 1: 8.1.0 + r23-5 ~ 18.04
and adb version:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
Version 1: 8.1.0 + r23-5 ~ 18.04
I have a problem when executing fastboot flash on my pixel 3xl, it returns the following error:
Writing sparse 'system_a' 4/6                      FAILED (remote: 'Operation not permitted')

someone help me with this error.


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After upgrading to Android 5 on my Nexus 10, I've now gone the extra step and enabled encryption. One thing that bothers me though: It doesn't boot to lock screen any more.

I get asked my lock screen code early in the boot process - which is fine - but then after the boot, the device is immediately unlocked. I'd like to boot to the lock screen instead.

Is that possible with a (rooted) stock ROM? I wouldn't mind messing with system files to achieve this, but of course an option somewhere or an app would be nicer.


texts: Tablet Genesis 7240 + Android + Bit Web Server dont work

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I buyed a table GENESIS 7240 + Android 4.0.3 and I've installed the app named Bit Web Server -- but it is not working correcly, not starting.
The App works fine on my Galaxy Note, That proves Its not a problem with the app,  but we need it working in my GENESIS tablet.
ERROR: when I access the address http://localhost:8080, says it can not access:

Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): The server refused the connection

====================================================================
The bug was resolved.
Restarting the tablet with Wifi disabled and then start the app, thats it.


texts: I really want to know where is Voice Recorder in Nokia 8. If there isn't any Voice Recorder App in Nokia 8, is there an application on the play store which can work specifically for the Nokia 8 unique microphone setup and utilize the Nokia 8 three microphone array?


texts: No slot (not A or B) selected but can get to bootloader screen and use fastboot

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long story short I messed up my phone trying to get TWRP/root/magisk on my razer 1 phone (I can provide gruesome details if requested). I can fastboot and get to the bootloader screen. I seem to be stuck, I can't do anything since I have no slot selected on my phone. Any thoughts on how to get a slot selected or to repair this in general? I appreciate any help, thank you very much.

C:\Razer\platform-tools>fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.2-0-cheryl.img && fastboot reboot
fastboot: error: Failed to identify current slot

C:\Razer\platform-tools>fastboot --set-active=a
Setting current slot to 'a'                        FAILED (remote: 'set_active failed')
fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\Razer\platform-tools>fastboot --set-active=b
Setting current slot to 'b'                        FAILED (remote: 'set_active failed')
fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\Razer\platform-tools>fastboot getvar current-slot
current-slot:
Finished. Total time: 0.001s


texts: Wipe HTC One M8 for sale without losing root

texts: I have a rooted VZW HTC One M8 that I'm about to replace. I want to sell it, but I don't want to lose root or S-Off because I think that might be a selling point. I've never actually rooted or wiped a phone, only thing I've done is flash ROMs. I'd like to know, how do I wipe my stuff off this phone to sell it without losing root and S-Off, or is that even possible. I'm still running a 5.0.1 ROM, FluentRom V 6.0, just never have bothered to update to Marshmallow or Nougat with it. Thanks!


texts: How can I find the name of the Kernel and its version that is running in my phone?

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I had flashed Android 6.0 Marshmallow in My Nexus 5. As a part of a rooting process, I had to flash the kernel to allow SU binary to work.

All is fine and root works well.

Kernel is a intangible software component. How can I know the name and version of the kernel that I am using on my phone after installing it? I mean if I do not remember from where I downloaded the kernel or do not have the its ZIP file, are there any means with which I can find the kernel's name and its version?


texts: Samsung galaxy j6 plus stolen, lockscreen bypass possible?

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My phone was stolen and there is alot of sensitive data in it
There was a lock screen in pin format, it was not a third party app
There was not sd memory card
Developper mode was not enabled
The phone was not encrypted
Android was up to date
Can the thief access its contents like apps contents and pictures ?
Thanks alot


texts: Where is the NFC element located in a Moto X?

texts: I have a Moto X (2013 version) -- and use Google Wallet's tap-to-pay at merchants that support it.  With certain readers, I end up moving the phone around over the reader until it works; knowing where the element is might make it easier to line it up correctly on the first try.


texts: How is the new "project Treble" going to android make update easier?

texts:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/google-hopes-to-fix-android-updates-no-really-with-project-treble/

It might seem very idiotic on my part not to try to google this but this seems interesting and I am in a new territory here. How are Silicon manufacture and device maker customizing android dessert release and board support package respectively? .What is Phone SKU?


texts:
I am trying to find Linux kernel modules on my nitrogen board.
I have unpacked kernel config from /proc/config.gz and I see kernel was compiled with a lot of modules.
I see only one in /vendor/lib/modules, zero in /system/lib/modules.
Can somebody explain where modules installed, what is procedure to install modules?


texts: Where does Google Play Music v5 store music locally?

texts:
I know this question has been answered for older versions of the app, but where does the most recent app store offline music?

Clearly the mp3's I've selected are downloaded - because they play without an internet connection. But the default location for offline music is empty.

Any ideas guys?


texts: Getting rid of stale notification icons in the notification _bar_?

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How can I get rid of notification icons for Skype in particular, but any app in general when the app was killed using one of the many available task managers, but the notification icon still remains on the notification bar (that is the part that is persistent at the top of the screen in Jellybean)?

Device: Nexus 7 (2013), Android 4.3


texts: When using "voice typing", how can I capitalize a proper noun?

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When I press the speech-to-text button on my keyboard, I can dictate some text. Say I have a pub called the Red Lion that I want to mention. How can I get it to type "Red Lion" instead of "red lion"?

Letting it enter "red lion" and going back and editing it with a normal keyboard is very slow, because the popup menu of alternative transcriptions makes each edit take an extra click.


texts: Does turning off cellular data override restrict background data?

texts:
I have always assumed that turning off cellular data under Android settings/Data Usage meant no data use is possible.

However, I found out there is another setting: restrict background data. If that is turned on, will the phone still use cellular data even when cellular data is off?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4 USB Not Recognized by Windows 7

texts:
When I connect my Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) with a USB cable to my work PC that is running Windows 7, my work PC recognizes it immediately.  I see all my pictures, music, etc.

When I connect my phone to my home PC which is also running Windows 7, I get a device named "CD Drive (F:) Verizon Mobile".  I see a very short list of folders and files that includes a USB driver (with an autorun) and a few Mac OS folders in it.  In Device Manager, this shows up under DVD/CD-ROM drives" with a driver named "SAMSUNG File-Stor Gadget USB Device".

After a few seconds of looking at  these files, Windows removes the device and replaces it with one labeled "SCH-I545".  Clicking on SCH-I545, there are no files visible.  I have many files and photos on my phone, but I can't see any of them in Explorer.  If I right-click SCH-I545 and get Proeprties, I see a battery level, but nothing else.

Opening Device Manager, I see SCH-I545 in the list of portable devices.  The manufacturer of this driver is Microsoft.  I have tried uninstalling the driver, unplugging the phone, and plugging it back in, but the same thing happens.

I have tried downloading and installing the USB driver from the Samsung site, but the same thing happens.

I have managed to get Samsung Link working to load some files onto my phone, but I would much rather use a file copy mechanism.

Does anyone have an idea of how I can get my home PC to recognize the phone and let me copy files to and from it?


texts:
How do I enable USB tethering with Cyanogenmod 7.0.3 and Ubuntu Lucid?

http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/index.php?title=Tethering mentions Settings » Wireless & networks » Tethering » USB tethering, but there is no such option Tethering.

With http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/ the phone application says that I have a bad kernel (on the phone). ifconfig on the laptop doesn't show usb0.


texts: Can't use Foursquare because it needs Google Play Services, which "is not supported by your device"

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I've installed Foursquare, but it does not start, instead I get the following error:

  Google Play Services, which some of your applications rely on, is not supported by your device.

I don't know what does this mean and how can I solve this issue to use the application.
I'm using Chinese phone AMOI N 821 android 4.1.1. I live in Russia.

What should I do?


texts: How to find the list of servers accessed by a webpage on android?

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On my desktop Firefox I can view the list of servers any given web page accesses either by checking with Firebug or by pressing "Ctrl-i" Page Info > Media. Out of the two Firebug is of course much better, it gives a detailed list in the Network panel.

How would I do something similar on android? I don't mind using another browser either, so far I haven't found anything similar on Dolphin or Firefox.

What I'm really after is getting a list of ad servers for my frequently viewed web pages so that I can block them (I rooted my phone so I can edit /etc/hosts). So if I need to use another browser is not a problem, I'd just use it once, get a list of ad servers, block them, and then go back to Dolphin (which is what I use normally).

It just seems odd that even though this feature is present in all desktop browsers it is completely missing in android browsers.


texts: Galaxy S2 Messaging: persistent badge number

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I use a Galaxy S2, SPH-D710VMUB (Virgin Mobile) running Android 4.1.2
The default messaging app it comes with has this (very common) feature of showing a little red circle with the number of new text messages in it. When you read your messages the icon disappears and you are left with just the yellow envelope icon.

Lately it has been displaying "3" new messages whether I have new messages or not. It never goes away, always the little red circle and the "3" inside it.
My notifications tab at the top of the screen is properly updated, if I have no messages it does not display anything.
It doesn't seem to affect any of the other apps, notifications or functions of the phone. It's almost as if the icon simply never refreshed or something.
I have already restarted the phone, cleared RAM in Active Applications, etc.

Thanks for your time.


texts: How can I use my LG K8 as a monitor for my raspberry pi?

texts: I would like to use my raspberry pi outside, which is only currently possible with the official touch screen. This is inadequate as the screen is a large unit and thus it is not portable enough. I would prefer it if the solution was wired.


texts: Lowest temperature that sensors can measure

texts: So I've doing some work and phone wasn't in my pocket but in room where temperature was low (let's say about 3°C) I was curios what phones battery and cpu temperature sensors say and you see what they were saying. So what is lowest temperature which they can measure?


texts: Not able to "Clear" notifications from Astrid Tasks (an app)?

texts:
I am not able to clear notifications in the status bar for an app named Astrid Tasks.

Here is the screenshot:

Why is it? I am sure that the app developer must have done this on purpose.

What should I do to get it back?

Can someone give me a link where I could read about these practices?


texts: I have a samsung tablet gt-n8000 and I want to flash a custom rom . Should I first unlock the bootloader?  if yes , how to do that ? fastboot commands does not work anyway on my tablet so I can not use fastboot oem unlock.


texts: How can I change background for incoming calls on my Huawei P9?

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I've just switched from Galaxy S4 to Huawei P9.

The most annoying thing I've noticed so far is the background color of incoming calls.

At work I have the phone in silent mode. When the phone is inactive, the screen is black (naturally). When I get an incoming call, the background is still black and the information on the screen is minimalistic.

It's therefore very hard to notice the incoming call when my focus is on my computer screen.

Is there any way of changing this without hacking the Android OS?


texts: Play store icon in App drawer disabled in Nexus 7

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i use the stock rom JB 4.1 on Nexus 7 8G.
There is a small play store icon in the top-right corner in app drawer(not app icons in ap drawer).

i found that the icon in my cm10 version phone and my friend's nexus 7 can be clicked and open play store directly, but mine wont work.
just as it is disabled.

why? how to enable it?


texts: How can I exclude Sound Recorder files from Music library

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I am a fairly new Android user. I am using a Lenovo Vibe K4 Note running Android version 6.0.
I have two basic queries related to each other. My first question is about the Google Play music library (or for any music player app for that matter). The library aggregates all the music files on the phone, including .ogg files created by the Sound Recorder. I do not want this behavior.
I added a .nomedia file to my sound recordings folder as suggested here. On my phone, this folder is located at Local > Internal Storage > Audio > SoundRecorder. The Sound recordings were gone from the Google Play app. However, one side effect of this was that the recordings stopped showing in the Sound Recorder app as well. This is an undesired behavior since I happen to use the Recorder app and its easier to see my files there rather than going into the File Explorer.
Question 1: Is there any way to have the Recordings excluded from Music Apps but not from the Sound Recorder app?
My second question is about a related problem I had. While the .nomedia trick worked initially, it randomly stops doing its job i.e. the media starts showing up in all places. At this point, I tried all the suggestions I found such as clearing Media Cache and rebooting the Phone. It does not work and the media still shows. The .nomedia method has been working perfectly for Image files from WhatsApp and Facebook apps which I have blocked from showing up in my Gallery. And that always works, so what is up with Audio files?
Question 2: Can you provide any information on why .nomedia stops working intermittently and randomly for different file types?

I am grateful for all answers or links to information to this frustrating issue. Thanks community! First Post Nailed!!!


texts: TWRP app bricked my Huawei Y3 II phone and it refuses to be flashed again

texts: I have flashed my phone recovery mode official TWRP app with restarted the bootloader with ROM Toolbox Lite app, and then my phone didn't power up again and refused every single try to flash it with all the ROM on the internet. I went to authorization of Huawei and they said you will new a new board for the phone that will cost me the same as a new one. What should I do?


texts: Read the URL of currently open tab in a browser, every time it changes

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I use Logitech media server (LMS) to play my music on a DLNA device. The server also has a youtube plugin and can play the sound of youtube videos if a specific url, which contains the youtube video id, is opened. For example http://myLMS:9000/status.html?p0=playlist&p1=play&p2=youtube://wS1drVzZPmw&player=myPlayer.

But it only plays back a single video this way. And I'd like them to autoplay, the way they do when youtube is accessed with a browser.

One way to do this, would be to open a browser and read the youtube url every time it changes, somehow, extract the video id from the url, and then forward it to LMS by generating a link, similar to the one I posted above, but containing the id of the video, that was extracted from the youtube url.

The generating and opening of the custom link for the LMS should not be too difficult, by using tasker, I think. But I suspect getting the url from the browser and constantly checking if it changed, would be more difficult.

So - is it possible to read the URL of currently open tab in a browser, every time it changes, and store it as text somewhere?

Or maybe the youtube app on android stores the id of the video it is currently playing somewhere. That might work also, if we could read it somehow. I think the youtube app also autoplays the videos.


texts:
Every other day, my Contacts List will crash, and the only way for me to access it is to power off the phone.

What is happening for this to happen, and what can I do to prevent it in future?


texts: Is hpns folder in external sd-card safe to delete?

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I searched on the web and stack exchange forums a lot. But, could not find a solution therefore I am posting a question at last.

I have a Micro max canvas Plus2. My external SD-card is of 3.63 GB capacity but, 2.8 GB of space itself is occupied by a 'hpns' folder. This folder contains a couple of log files, one of them named 'exception'.

This is a huge bugger, since I have only 200 MB of my personally stored files(photos,music etc.) and I am not allowed to store more files because the hpns folder is hogging all the space in external SD-card. Same hpns named folder, by the way, is also present in the internal SD-card also, worth 500 MB.

So, kindly tell me if it is safe to delete this folder from external SD-card?
Also, how to make sure this folder is not created again automatically?

Thank you in advance!


texts: LG G6 (H870) LineageOS 14.1 - Encryption not working

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I have been waiting for official port of LineageOS to my LG G6 (H870). And yesterday I decided to install the newest version of LineageOS (14.1 20170912) on my G6. I downloaded unlock.bin from LG's official site, unlocked the bootloader, verified the unlock. Then I installed TWRP (3.1.1-0-H870), booted in recovery mode, wiped cache, data, and system partition before I installed LineageOS from zip file (due to the instruction on LineageOS official wiki). I also installed OpenGapps (micro arm64 20170912), and restarted.
Everything worked well until i tried to encrypt the phone. I plug the phone in AC, push «Encrypt phone» button, input my PIN code and verify that I want to encrypt the phone. The phone restart, the phone display the «gear splited» Android mascot (the below one, without the header and progressbar).

But nothing happens, the phone display it for a few seconds before it continue boot process.
I also discovered that «Device Storage» (Settings > Storage Settings) tells med that «-14.01 GB used of 7.40 GB».
Is there someone who has had similary problems? Or know how to fix this?


texts: How can I prevent battery saver from disabling when the device is charging?

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The battery saver functionality in Android 5.0 and 5.1 automatically turns itself off when the device is "charging". Unfortunately, when I'm charging my tablet from my car, most of the time the charge is insufficient to counter the drain on the battery so I would like battery saver to remain on even when charging.

Is this possible and if so, how can I achieve this?


texts: After "legitimately" rooting an HTC phone, how do I get SuperUser to work?

texts: I went through HTC's official rooting steps which I've discovered is unusual because it means I didn't instantly start with a special rom that has SuperUser installed by default.  I installed Superuser from the Play store, but when I run something like SetCPU, I just get "SetCPU can't get root permission.  Make sure to set it in superuser."  I don't get the promised sudden prompt from SuperUser.  Is there a special way to install SuperUser that I should be using?


texts: Play Store Keeps Loading After Switching Google Account

texts: I removed a Google account and added a new one. Now when I go to Play Store > My apps > It just keeps loading. Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: Is there a way to enable Qi Wireless charging for Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X?

texts: Is there a way to enable Qi Wireless charging for Nexus 6P or Nexus 5X? They had wireless charging in all the previous Nexus models and I'm sure it's a hidden feature in there somewhere.


texts:
Sometimes an SMS fails to send but I would not notice it as I already put the phone in my pocket?

How do I set Android to automatically retry sending failed SMS?


texts:
tl;dr: Is there a way to find the email address required by the factory reset protection?

This is what happened: Mother in law gets a new phone (first smartphone) for Christmas, and to simplify things the giver set up the phone pre-christmas. Tries to set it up with FirstnameLastname@gmail.com, that address is already taken, so they just picked one of the suggestions of FirstnameLastname####@gmail.com; Something didn't work as they wanted, factory reset the phone according to random internet instructions, but forgot to write down the exact email address.

Now the phone hit the factory reset protection and requires the exact email address to continue. We know the password to the account, but don't know ~4 characters of the email address.

I've found instructions to circumvent the FRP by downloading APKs onto the phone, but prefer to avoid that if possible.


texts: Creating a playstore account for someone

texts: I purchased an android for my stepdaughter who lives in another state. How can I set up a play store account for her so she can download apps? I have an IPhone myself


texts:
I'm using OP6T Oxygen OS (Android 10).
After scrolling through lot of data, the phone becomes a bit laggy. Restarting fixes it. Is there a quick fix without restarting?'
Any tips?


texts: Is there a weather app that can be moved to an SD card, with a separate widget program?

texts: In know some apps offer separate widget apps so you can move the main app to the SD card.  Is there any weather apps designed like this?  I haven't been able to find one, so does anyone know if one exists?


texts: Why can't I install apps to my LG Optimus F3Q's Micro SD?

texts:
I got a 32 GB for my LG Optimus F3Q (model number D520) in hopes I'd have more space for apps. I followed this guide:
http://www.howtogeek.com/114667/how-to-install-android-apps-to-the-sd-card-by-default-move-almost-any-app-to-the-sd-card/

but the suggested command line code didn't work, so I did:

adb shell pm set-install-location 2

After my get command, it confirmed that everything should be installing to card.

I tried to install Snapchat, and was told I have insufficient space. Same with Yik Yak. I tried moving a few apps to SD card from within my phone's Settings → Apps option, but only Trivia Crack, Uber, and one other app gave me the option.

So even now I can't figure out how to default app installs to the SD card.
I've consulted quite a few StackOverflow questions in that time, but none of the proposed solutions have helped.

UPDATE: I can move enough things to SD card to install wanted apps, but I still can't install directly to my Micro SD card. What can I do?


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We have a kiosk application that needs to be able to periodically do OTA updates using our self-made OTA update .zip files.

Our custom OTA update .zip file have the following files:

/data/misc/adb/
        adb_keys
/system
    /priv-app/
        MyApp.apk
    /vendor/
        build.prop
/META-INF/com/google/android/
        update-binary
        updater-script

We have used many different tablets like Galaxy Tab 3, Galaxy Tab 4 and Yoga 3, the only thing we have had to do is to replace the mount command arguments inside updater-script with the right ones for each tablet.

Of couse, since we do not have the release keys of each of these tablets, we have had to replace every Recovery with its own TWRP Recovery replacement, in order to be able to flash our custom OTA update file. All this worked like a charm every time.

Now we bought new tablets from a chinese manufacturer and when we tried to flash our OTA update package we got the following error:

Verifying update package...
E:footer is wrong
E:signature verification failed
Restarting adbd...
Installation aborted.

From that message is clear that error occurred because the OTA update .zip file was not signed. So, I asked from the manufacturer the release keys and the instructions in order to sign our OTA update .zip file and being able to flash it.

The problem is that the manufacturer's engineers have no clue of how to do this (signing OTA update files so they don't get rejected by their Recovery), which seems like a very common problem because we asked in multiple manufacturers and nobody knows how to do this.

So, I would like to ask for your help since I cannot find the instructions on how to sign it. Anybody knows how to do it?


texts: Smart Lock unreliable/not working with NFC tag?

texts:
I’ve been trying to get Smart Lock to work on my Android device (OnePlus One on Cyanogen OS 13.1.2, i. e. Android 6.0.1/“Marshmallow”).
I’ve configured an NFC tag as a trusted device and want to use this NFC tag to unlock my phone instead of having to type my long password every time.

The problem is that unlocking using the NFC tag is really unreliable. Most of the time, when I activate my NFC tag on the lock screen, nothing happens, even though the pulsing circle around the lock icon at the bottom of the screen is present (indicating that Smart Lock is active).
Sometimes, however, the NFC tag is recognized and unlocks the phone without problems.
I haven’t really figured out the circumstances under which it happens.
For example, when I turn NFC off and then on again in the settings and lock the phone then, unlocking using the NFC tag once always works without problems, but the next time, it won’t work again.

What could be the issue here? Am I somehow using Smart Lock incorrectly? Does Android perhaps turn off NFC or the process responsible for Smart Lock after a while when the phone is locked (Doze mode)? If so, how do I prevent this?

Note: Also tried on someone else’s phone running Android 7 (“Nougat”), same thing: after setup, unlocking the phone using NFC works exactly once, but immediately locking the phone again and then trying to unlock doesn’t work.


texts: Where does "Voice Recorder" save files to on Samsung S6?

texts: I don't seem to find the recorded files on my Samsung S6. What is the file path to the save recording files? Google doesn't tell me the answer.


texts: Can I run Samsung apps (app market from Samsung) without a SIM and mobile connection?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S with Android 2.2.

I have read that now there is a "Kies" app available from Samsung which would allow to upgrade the OS on the phone without connecting it with the USB cable to another computer.

That article said I have to install it through the "Samsung apps" app. So I started it, but it said it won't work without a SIM card.

But I intended to use only WiFi, I don't need the SIM card and the mobile connection.

Why this problem? Is it solvable (without a SIM card)?


texts: Export photos from Galaxy Nexus (w/ Jelly Bean) to Win 7

texts:
I upload photos from my Galaxy Nexus (w/ Jelly Bean) directly to Google+, but I would also like to periodically export photos from my phone to my Win 7 desktop.

I tried Picasa 3.9, but it would always freeze and I would have to force quit Picasa.

I tried Windows 7's photo software (Windows Live Photo Gallery), but it would export every photo, including cached websites.

Is there a simple solution? Or will I need to manually move photos from my Galaxy Nexus to my Win 7 desktop? FWIW, the only feature set I really want is exporting photos/videos to folders based on date taken. Thanks!


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Hear me out. I know that this has been asked before, but I am hoping that there might be a workaround or some new information.

My boyfriend has a [Phone X] that has been sent in for replacement twice, and he now has two [Phone X] registered to his google account, and neither one of them is his newest phone.

This is the weird part: somebody has one of his old phones and is using it. He can see everything they download and install onto the phone.

What is going ON here? I know it is possible to "hide" that phone, but it just does not seem good enough, from a security standpoint.  His android market account is connected to a google wallet account.

((I am the one asking because I am more interested in tech and more patient about troubleshooting.))


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Few days ago I started my Nexus 9 and it didn't manage to load. It started looping.
The loop goes like this:
The four colored dots circling around and then loops again - 5-6 times then it shuts down.
I haven't done anything with it - it's unrooted, original firmware, used it normally since the day I bought it (have it for about 5 years).
I tried anything I knew:
-factory settings,
-wiped cache,
-flashed original (newest firmware),
-flashed earlier versions,
-flashed original HTC firmware,
-sideloaded newest firmware,
-sideloaded an earlier version.
Every procedure ended with a success, but the result was always the same - four colored dots circling around and then loop again ...
Any suggestions (besides "get a new tablet")?


texts:
Stuck in Verify your account, I have only Google Voice keyboard and I cant type my number or @, what to do?
I can't  do anything with factory reset, i can't get in safe mode.


texts: Is it possible to restrict access to raw user data in fine-grained manner?

texts:
Usually, to allow an app to read user's data we add some lines to the android manifest stating a specific permission for that app. However, android does not have any kind of control over the raw data that an app may read. For example, if an app has the permission to read the call logs of the user, it will be able to access to all the raw call logs information without any kind of restriction. Furthermore, it happens exactly the same when an app tries to read the contacts. It can read every entry without and restriction on the raw data. The fact that apps does not have any restriction on user's raw information once they have access really concerns me. It would be more desirable that, for example, a social app would have only access to your contacts email and not phone numbers, addresses or phone office numbers.

I am trying build an app that could restrict the access to raw information in a fine-grained manner. That is, an app that could restrict the access depending on user's preferences so that two different apps that, for example, have the permission to access to the call logs could view different processed versions of the same call log. One could only see the calls made during an specific day and the other one could only see the calls during the last moth. The idea could also be applied to contacts so that sensible user information would not be disclosed.

I have been researching a lot into the topic but I have not found any answer. From all the sources that I have read, I guess this cannot be done (yet). However, if anyone could shed light on how to implement this I would be very grateful. Would it be possible to restrict the access to raw data in a fine-grained manner?


texts: Is Nexus 9 capable of accessing data when I connect USB storage?

texts:
Info about Nexus 9:

http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/nexus/9/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_9
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_nexus_9-5823.php

I have no idea how latest Androids work therefore asking a pretty basic question: Will latest Android (6.0 Marshmallow) detect additional storage?

(cannot find this info in marketing materials out there)


texts: I have a Oneplus 2. The bluetooth and wifi stopped working. It also does not get detected when connected to my laptop. Just keeps getting charged.

texts: This issue started after the phone fell in water. I had given the phone for servicing. Still no use.


texts: How can I tell if I have ClockworkMod recovery installed?

texts: How can I know if my Galaxy S2 has ClockworkMod recovery installed? I want to install CyangenMod and installing ClockworkMod is the first step. I'm running Android 2.3.3 and I use a Mac laptop, if that's relevant.


texts: Android on Samsung Galaxy Duos is too slow

texts:
I've bought a Samsung Galaxy Duos GT-S7562 with Android 4.0.4 3 months ago. The phone is so slow and getting slower by the ay, it has become almost useless. For instance, to look up and call a contact can take more than a minute. Some apps simply won't start, nor work and prefer crashing. I can literally count to 3 between the moment I click to take a picture and the moment the camera will actually take the picture.

I haven't found a solution to this on Internet so far. The only thing I can think of is tossing the phone on a wall, but somehow I think that won't help.

How can I make my phone be worth the 200$ I paid for again?


texts: Is there any launcher app that behave like Iphone?

texts:
I've just switched from Iphone to Android (CM7), and I strongly prefer the Iphone way to manage apps. The separation between Home screen and App Drawer screen on Android is very awkward. Is there any launcher app that behave like Iphone, ie. manage, arrange apps right on the home screen?

Apps I've used: LauncherPro, GO Launcher Ex, and ADWLauncher


texts: How can I disable the "Send Message?" warning with emails having blank subjects/bodies?

texts:
I frequently email attached files from my phone to myself. I am not worried about cataloging or anything, so most emails have blank subjects and blank bodies. However, whenever I send the email, the "Send Message?" warning message asking, for the hundredth time, "Send this message without text in the subject?"

Although yes, this might be a life-saver for others here or there, it is more of an annoyance for me and my usage; so how do I disable the error? (Yes, I am aware of other apps to make files accessible by cloud, but email is seems fastest and most universal for on-demand stuff.)

[2.2.2][FRG83G]


texts: Android wifi says "Connected, no internet" but internet works just fine

texts:
This is a strange thing that started happening with the wifi network at my work.  Android devices connected to the network say "Connected, no internet" however the internet works perfectly well.  This has happened to devices running android 6 and 7.  This is a small business in the US and theres no proxy or captive portal that is blocking any DNS.  Windows and Ubuntu laptops connect and say everything is fine, seems to be something Android specific.

Does anyone know how exactly Android determines weather a network has internet access?  This seems like the solution will end up in the router configuration, but knowing what could cause Android to behave this way would be helpful.  What steps could one take to troubleshoot this issue?


texts: remote: Permission Denied Asus Zenfone 2

texts:
I recently (dumbly) removed my internal through TWRP on my Asus Zenfone 2 whilst trying to flash SuperZen from xda. So now I'm attempting to go back to stock, and I've tried doing a factory reset with the stock recovery, but with no luck. I'm currently trying to flash boot.img, recovery.img, droidboot.img and system.img via fastboot on Linux and Windows, but I get:

$ fastboot flash system system.img

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied)
finished. total time: 0.136s

for each one. This is when trying to flash using version WW_2.19.40.22. The interesting thing is, is that when I flash twrp.img or recovery.img(stock) it still gives me that same error, but when I boot into recovery, I have either TWRP or stock recovery, which shows that it did work. Sadly, this is not the case with system, so if I reboot into the system, it does not work properly and hangs on the "Powered by Android" splash screen.

EDIT:
just tried using fastboot update -w Zip_Name.zip and it gives me:

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt

EDIT 2:
booted into TWRP and used "Install" to try and flash the .zip I put on the SD card, I got the logs copied to the SD, and here is the relevant section:

minzip: Missed a central dir sig (at 0)
E:Zip file is corrupt!
MtpServer::run fd: 13
E:request read returned -1, errno: 5, exiting MtpServer::run loop
Error flashing zip '/external_sd/UL-Z00A-JP-2.19.40.21-user.zip'
Updating partition details...
I:Data backup size is 0MB, free: 55424MB.
...done

Basically, it gave me E:Zip file is corrupt! and ended up with "Failed".


texts: Sending sms from tablet not allowed or not possible?

texts:
This is more of a meta question, but the best place to ask I'm sure..

Why can't I send an sms from my samsung galaxy tab 10.1 3G tablet? Is it because the hardware does not support it (most likely), or because android 3.1 does not support it (least likely)?

Cheers!


texts: Is it possible to download the new emails from the Gmail account while online, and then read them while offline? Is it possible to write emails while offline that will be sent when online?


texts:
Is there a way see if any of the apps on my phone have updates available?

I occasionally get a notification that updates are available but is there a way of checking manually?

If I clear the notification area is there a way to see what apps had updates available?


texts: s4 mini SD card makes battery drains fast?

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I have inserted a 8GB SD Card in my S4 mini i9190 and since then only GPS enabled my phone loss abt 5% per hour battery. For me it is a big shock to only last a day at best as usually my old phone which is way smaller last for 2 days on battery...really awful but if I remove the SD Card and use the replacement battery got from MPJ, the battery life is awesome.
Is the SD Card fautly or something wrong with my phone??


texts: How does Android perform Data-Wifi Switch

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I am trying to learn from Android source on Data-Wifi automatic switch.

The closest I can get is DataCommand and WifiCommand, they seem to switch network preference (through ConnectivityManager), by which I suppose can switch active interface. But I cannot find where these commands are actually used.

http://androidxref.com/4.4.4_r1/xref/frameworks/base/cmds/svc/src/com/android/commands/svc/DataCommand.java

http://androidxref.com/4.4.4_r1/xref/frameworks/base/cmds/svc/src/com/android/commands/svc/WifiCommand.java

Can any one has experience in Android framework point for me where to look at?

I know this might be the wrong place to ask source code question, but any help is appreciated.


texts: Xiaomi A2 stuck in a reboot loop because of data partition

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I installed the October 2020 update for my Xiaomi A2, and then it entered a reboot loop, giving me a "Cannot load Android system" message.
Actually, when I boot up the phone, I automatically get to the recovery menu, which only gives me two options: wipe the data partition, or reboot. And rebooting sends me back to the recovery menu.
Here's what I did:

First, using fastboot, I reinstalled the entire OS except the data partition. That ended up in the same reboot loop.
Then, using TWRP and executing it with fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-1-jasmine_sprout.img I could adb shell into my device. From there I ran an fsck -f which did find a couple inode problem. But fixing those problems still did yield the same reboot loop.
Using TWRP again, I locally cloned my data partition using adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p69 data.img, then I tried the "wipe the data partition" option. My phone did reboot properly, but of course it was reset to factory settings.

Question: is there a way I can restore my phone to a working state with my previous data? I really don't want to reconfigure all of it…
Also I don't really understand what's the problem with my original data partition. Is there a way to know why Android doesn't want to boot with it and why it sends me to the recovery partition?
More info:

Running fsck on the local data.img says it has no error whatsoever
I can mount the data.img and browse it. It's full of, well, files!


texts: SIM contacts do not show up in my lenovo k6

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How to show my sim contacts in my cell phone? I want to delete my sim contacts because I have received sms by my sim contacts not google account. Contacts are displayed of google account but not showing my sim contacts.
Any help regarding this issue will be appreciated.


texts: I have just updated my rooted nexus 7 2012 running android 4.3 to android 4.4. How do I root the new version? Thanks in advance.


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My proximity sensor is broken, and, Whastapp turns the screen off during call/audio. Not even power button will turn it back on.

All "solutions" out there tell me to clean the sensor. Impossible here.

How to disable this completely ?

I've tried Xposed's Disable Sensor module, entirely disabling this sensor or mocking it's values. No results.

I thought about revoking a sensor usage permission for that app, but could not find a module that has such an option

I can't remember if the problem happens during phone calls, but if the fix could be extended to this area, great

Xperia Z3


texts: Galaxy can't boot up, stucked at Samsung logo

texts: I recently upgraded my stock ROM of my Galaxy GT-p1000 from Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3.6 and got stucked. I used the Odin to flash the ROM, it was successful by indicating that the ROM has been flashed OK, it rebooted and hanged at Samsung logo there rebooting & loop back to restart rebooting again over and over. Someone told me something about flashing the boot image with ADB, I do not even know what's ADB talking less of where find. I'm stuck, what should I do for my tab to boot up?


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I have several devices that can connect to my phone via bluetooth. For example, bluetooth headphones, my car etc.

What happens is that if one of these devices is on and in proximity, I actually have to turn off the bluetooth in order to play Spotify though my phone speakers.

Is it possible to switch audio outputs when they are multiple devices connected that can play audio? The only thing I've found is the phone app which allows you to do it, but I would like something device wide and supporting all apps.

I have a Nexus 6p with Nougat 7.1 installed.


texts: Is system apps and pre-installed apps two different concepts?

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I recently started learning android ROMs. I have heard system apps with some special (not root) permissions.

Is there a difference between system apps and pre-installed app when we build a ROM? I those two concepts?


texts: I’ve just bought a new samsung s20 plus from my local reseller and the seal was broken. I had dumpstate log generated and found out that the MasterClearConfirm was performed 2 weeks ago. Can you help me navigate through the dumpstate log? I need to know how much the phone was used, eg. what is the total battery run time or any other trails.


texts: Transparent notification bar after Android 4.3 Update on Samsung Galaxy S3

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I've just updated my Galaxy S3 to the OTA 4.3 update and whilst its fine, there are a couple of really annoying niggles.

The main one is the notification bar at the top - where the little icons are shown. This used to be black with white icons and they were easily visible.

Now its transparent.

I use a nice landscape image as my wallpaper, so I have pale blue sky and white clouds, and you can imagine the white icons on white cloud background isn't exactly what I'd call usable. short of editing my wallpapers to have a black bar at the top, is there a way to revert this?

It seems the update is fine but for the lock screen that has so many pointless changes that result in usability problems I'm tempted to downgrade.


texts: Windows explorer freezes when trying to transfer files from mobile

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I tried to transfer files (of extension PPT, DOC, MP4 and so on) from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to my laptop (Windows 10; tried on two laptops from Dell and Lenovo). Once  I plug the USB cable I can see both device storage and card storage and I can sometimes (let's say 1 out of 3) browse the folder. When I try to copy the file from that mobile folder into my laptop mobile, it works 1 out of 10 times! Most of the time explorer freezes or it starts to browse the folder (i.e. the path bar is progressing but never ends).

I installed USB drivers on my laptop. I even installed Kies but then Kies itself launches explorer and loops.

Please do not tell me to use Wi-Fi as I am in a hotel with very poor connection and I am using my 4G phone to actually download files and then (I thought that would be easy) I was thinking to transfer those files to my laptop through USB cable.

Actually, what is working is: I plug the cable, I go into the folder and select the file. Then I unplug the cable but I keep the explorer opened.
Then I plug again and at that time I right-click, copy the selected file and then I am able to paste it in a laptop folder. Yes, that is working. But I would not do that for all the files I need to transfer.

There should be a simple way, right?


texts: Okay I have never rooted a phone and from what I have heard, rooting can cause bricking. Can you guys tell me lile is it safe to do so? And give me link of some easy and safe tutorials? Thanks :)


texts: How do you manualy disable headphone jack?

texts: I have an Android (Samsung Galaxy 3) it seems that my headphone jack has malfunctioned is some way as it will automatically detect that headphones are pluged in when they are not. I can still plug in headphones and hear music etc. However I would like to hear my pgone without headphones even if it means no headphone jack.


texts: Is it possible to show ongoing notifications under regular notifications?

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On my Galaxy S3 (4.0.4) when I drag the notifications bar down to see the list of the notifications, the ongoing ones (e.g. wifi) are always on the top and the regular ones (e.g. gmail) are the at the bottom.

That seems reversed. It means to see a recent notification that just beeped a user has to drag the bar down and then scroll down.

Is there any way to reverse them so the recent/non-ongoing ones are on top? Either in 4.0, or perhaps something i can look forward to in 4.1, or perhaps in cyanogenmod (I will switch to eventually).


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I have a LG F60 phone, it has only 1gb of internal storage, and I can't find a way to empty the "Pictures, videos" folder.

Any help?

The pictures and videos I want to keep are already backed-up in Google Photos. I have the regular 'File Manager' that comes with the phone. If I browse the folder I only see the files in the external storage and what I want is to delete all the pictures and videos from the internal storage.

Regular File Manager

Regular File Manager

I go to images and as you can see most of the folders are in the external memory... the thing is that I can't access that 'storage/emulated' folder..

If I go to videos folder, all external.

And if I go to 'All files', Internal I see this 'storage/emulated' folder which I can't access..


texts: Nexus 6P charges slowly on stock 6P charger, but 5X charges rapidly

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TL;DR: My wife's LG Nexus 5X has no issue charging with her LG charger or my Huawei charger. My Huawei Nexus 6P charges slowly with the Huawei charger but at full speed with the LG charger. Is there an explanation for this, and am I likely to run into more incompatibility (i.e. is it my phone or the charger)?

I have a Huawei Nexus 6P, and my wife has the LG Nexus 5X. When we first received them, we could use both either charger/cord combination and we would get the full 3A/5V ("charging rapidly" message appeared).

After a month or so, I noticed that my phone wasn't charging as quickly as I was used to, so I looked and saw it said "charging" but not "charging rapidly," which is what I get when I use a regular 2.1A charger. I looked and this was on the stock Huawei charger (that went with my 6P). I tested this setup with my wife's phone, and her phone said "charging rapidly."

At this point, I used her LG charger, and I once again got the "charging rapidly" message. I then tried both cables in both chargers, and it was only the original cable with the original charger that gave me a slow charge (charger and cable from Huawei). I did the experiment back-and-forth several times to make sure it wasn't just a fluke.

That was fine, I just switched the cables and was able to use either charger and get the "charging rapidly" message.

Eventually, though, I noticed the issue again, but this time with the cable from LG and the charger from Huawei. I tried switching the cables, but it didn't work.

So now my Huawei phone can't charge at full speed with the Huawei charger, but my wife's LG Nexus 5X can without issue. My 6P can charge at full speed with either cable using the 5X charger, but won't charge at full speed on the 6P charger with either cable. The 5X can charge at full speed using either charger with either cable.

I realize that I could just pitch the charger and maybe never have to think about it again, but that doesn't make any sense out the problem. I'm curious about the very specific progressive incompatibility, and I also don't want to deal with the same problem with another charger or set of chargers down the road.

So, is there any explanation for this hardware incompatibility? Also, is there a good chance this is a software issue? I noticed it after flashing either PureNexus or Chroma, but I'm sure it carried over after going back to PureNexus from Chroma, so I'm assuming it wouldn't be fixed by going back to the stock ROM.


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I recently bought an Alcatel OneTouch phone and put in a 64gb sd card, but now I have insufficient storage?? How do I get my apps to the SD CARD (there is no "Move to SD Card" option) and free up some space?

I already went to Settings -> Storage -> Default Write Disk -> SD Card but that doesn't seem to do much of anything.

Why would someone create an android phone which an SD Card did nothing?
I understand I can move pictures to it, but the apps take the most amount of space.

Thanks.

I have Android 4.4.2


texts: Is there a weather widget/app that has both very good location support and supports multiple locations?

texts: Is there a weather widget or app that has good location support (Central Europe) and support for multiple configured locations?


texts: 5.1 update downloaded to my Nexus 7, incorrect version number

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I got a notification today on my Nexus 7 (2013 version) that an Android update has been downloaded.

It's currently running Android 5.1, build LMY470.

The update screen says:

  This software will upgrade your Nexus 7 to Android 5.1
  ...
  Update size: 18.0 MB

I read an article indicating that the 5.1.1 update is coming out soon. Is the downloaded update really for 5.1.1, and the "5.1" in the notification is just an error, or is something else going on?

This article says that the 5.1.1 update is 18MB, which is consistent with what I have.

UPDATE 2015-07-08:

Something very similar has happened again. My Nexus 7 (the same one) is currently running Android 5.1.1, build LMY47V. I've received a notification for an update to Android 5.1.1, the same version. The update size is 18.0 MB. I applied the update; it now says it's running Android 5.1.1 build LMY48G. A Google search for "LMY48G" gets a number of hits, but few if any details about what's in it.


texts: What happened to my dotted underline in the keyboard suggestion strip?

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I've recently upgraded my phone, and have mostly managed to get the keyboard back to how it was, with one exception.  When I used glide typing before on my old phone (AOSP keyboard), the middle word in the suggestion strip had a dotted line underneath that allowed me to long-press on a suggestion ('be', 'a', or 'so') and get a popup list of more suggestions:

On my new phone (Gboard), this no longer happens and a long-press merely prompts me to remove the suggestion:

What happened to this functionality and can I get it back?  Have they simply removed it?  I found the former behaviour far more useful.


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After enabling two-factor identification on my google account, I lost my android (Samsung 9) phone, so I tried to use the Find My Phone app on a friend's phone. Of course, the two-factor ID correctly prevented me from being able to use that app to find my phone.

I found my phone this time, but in the futue I would like to be able to use Find My Phone app on another device, authenticating myself with two-factor ID still enabled. I'm sure there is a way to do this, perhaps by pre-authenticating myself on Google Authenticator on my PC or a friend's phone, so in the future I can Find My Phone but others cannot. Please help! Thanks.

Siirandler


texts: Vibrations or not depending on phone position

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Is there any chance to disable phone vibrations when phone is in straight horizontal position? (eg. on the table).

I want to have vibrations turned on only when I have it in my pocket, close to the body, in other situations turned off.

Is there any app for this? Maybe there is some profile switcher based on the phone position?


texts: How to remove a Virus that installs an unlimited amount of APPs causing the smartphone to stop once an internet connection has been established?

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Once the smartphone (android 4.4.2, kazam tornado 350) has been booted, is connected to WIFI and an unlimited number of APPs is installed causing the phone to stop, i.e. swipe is stopped, another home screen is installed.

Symptoms

A number of unwanted apps is installed once the phone has been reset to factory defaults
Unlimited amount of unwanted apps is installed once wifi is installed
Phone battery is consumed quickly
Home screen cannot be entered
Popups that ask to install (fake) security updates appear

Attempts

The unwanted APPs remained installed on the smartphone once the phone was reset to factory defaults
The installation of the APPs persisted even after encryption and subsequently resetting to factory defaults
Resetted the phone to factory defaults, disabled wifi, disabled malicious apps, rebooted and enabled wifi installed an unlimited number of APPs again
Tried to install a Virusscanner, but everytime the connection to internet is established various malicious apps are installed immediately
The issue persists as well once the SD card was removed
The internal phone storage cannot be removed. In an attempt to remove it the screen was busted :'(

Discussion

The APPs that are installed do not appear in the downloaded APPs section
After resetting to factory defaults, there seems to be malicious APPs recognized as default APPs, e.g. com.andriod instead of com.android

Question

How to remove this Virus?


texts: USB debugging enabled on phone, but can't debug apps

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I am using a custom ROM on my device (MIUI), and I have enabled USB debugging in Settings, but still, when I connect my phone to my laptop and try to debug apps, it is not showing my device.

This is not an issue with other custom ROMs. I am facing this problem in MIUI only. Any workaround on how to enable USB debugging, without flashing another ROM, as this one serves my purpose correctly (only USB debugging not working).
Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How do I send articles viewed in my web browser to my Kindle from android

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In my desktop web browser I have the Amazon "Send to Kindle" add-in which produces a readable version of a web page and sends the article to my Kindle for reading later.

I use this primarily for newspaper articles to read them later on a larger more readable screen and I don't usually have an internet connection when reading articles on my Kindle.

What I'm looking for is a product or solution which achieves the same on my Android device.

What I've tried already:

I can print web pages to PDF from my Android device and send these PDFs to my Kindle, this is not ideal as I just want the text content to read.
The Instapaper Android app lets me send a link to an article to my Kindle, but it doesn't send the readable version of articles it has created. I can push articles to my Kindle from the Instapaper website, but then I might as well use the Send to Kindle add in.
I tried to install the Readability Android app, but this refused to let me create a new account from the app.


texts: If There Is 2 Version In Play Store, How To Download An App's Other Version

texts: If there are 2 version in any App's Play store console (for 2.3 and 4.0), how can I download 2.3 version in my Android 4.0+ device?


texts: Xiaomi RedMI Note 7 - broken power button - phone not started up, how to start it up?

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I am owner of an Xiaomi RedMI Note 7 with broken power button, the button itself is not attached to the phone anymore.
I need to start up my phone. How can I do that? I tried using a pen directly to the lever down the power button, that did not work.
I also tried connecting that to the PC or battery charger but that does not startup Android so it is useless.
Any other piece of advice?


texts: I was having some issues with my samsung galaxy s2. I took it to an I.T. store to get it fixed and now all is working fine, except play store is no longer there. I went into 'all applications' in settings and  play store is not there either so there is no way for me to set it back up. When I try and download straight from the internet version of plays store, an error tells me I do not have a device. Can anyone please tell me what I can do to fix this or if there is any other way for me download apps such as facebook and snapchat? Thank you in advance.


texts: How does the Google Calendar app determine which images to show me for the seasons?

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The Google Calendar app for Android has these illustrations for each month:

They fit my current location (northern Europe) very well, but if I was in the southern hemisphere (where the seasons are opposite from here) or the tropics, they would not fit.

I'm guessing that these images may change based on the user's location. If that's the case (which I realize it may not be), then how does the app determine this? Is it based on the geolication of the Android device, or the country of the Google Account the user is using?


texts: "Switch to mobile data" setting - Will apps configured to do updates etc while in wi-fi only mode use mobile data if wi-fi is down?

texts: I have a number of apps that have settings to require a wi-fi connection in order to synch/update/download and I have them configured as such.  What I'm wondering is if I have wi-fi on and configured to switch to mobile-data when the wi-fi connection is lost and now the only connection I have is via mobile data, from the Android/app perspective, is this still considered wi-fi mode and said apps will update using mobile data?


texts: What is the difference between archiving and backing up, a WhatsApp chat?

texts: Both are some kind of storing mechanisms. Both occupy memory space. But what is the difference between archival of a whatsapp chat and backing up a whatsapp chat?


texts: Droidexplorer cannot find device. Galaxy Note 4

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I accidentally deleted the entire photos folder on my Galaxy Note 4. My quest to recover the photos in this folder has led me here. I have installed the SDK on my PC (Win7) and droidexplorer is all set up, but it won't detect the device. Yes, developer mode is activated and yes, the USB debugger thingy is turned on. Droidexplorer sounds really super helpful, but it's not detecting my phone.
I saw several other threads about platform-tools needing to be reverted to an older version, but I can't figure out how to find the version I need, and it is difficult to understand some of the posts/events/etc. between stackexchange and github because I am not super experienced with coding.
I got this far because I'm not very good at giving up on things, but I am just about out of time to spend on this problem.
About the device:

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (refurbished, in case it matters

Unrooted. Not necessarily opposed to rooting the phone, but if it would wipe memory that won't work.

Running 5.1.1

I need help figuring out why droidexplorer cannot find my phone. Do I need to replace the platform-tools folder? Is it something else? Is the damn thing too old for this?
Thanks to anyone who is willing to help.


texts: How can I see what IP address my android phone has?

texts: I would like to know what IP-address my Android phone has. E.g. if I use my phone over WiFi, how can I get the local IP-address that is assigned to my phone?


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I am running a Nokia 8.1 with Android 10. Now, I'd really like to change my MAC Address, though no shell commands I've found work for me. Now, I would use the randomised Mac Feature, that only gives me one random Mac per network though, which is apparently not changeable.
Now, for several reasons, I'm really not into rooting my personal main phone, so is there any way I can change my Mac without root access?
If it was needed, I'd even consider a system reset.
Thanks.


texts: How can I use Activity Manager to request alerts/notifications/etc via ADB?

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I am working on a project where I need to provision a large batch of phones (Samsung S7/S7 Edge, unrooted, no SIM, if that's relevant) for use in the GearVR at a semi-public event. I need to disable any and all alerts/toasts/notifications/etc so that our application is not interrupted while the experience is running.

I believe I have already determined all the required settings and services I need to configure/disable, and have been able to automate applying these settings via ADB. I now need some way to test that they are actually doing what I want.

I think the way to do this is by using Activity Manager to launch various intents, but after reading through the AM and Intent docs I'm still confused on how to do this, or if it's even possible.

A basic example of AM control from ADB is something like this:

adb shell am start -a "android.intent.action.VIEW" -d "http://developer.android.com"

How could I leverage Activity Manager to do things like:

Raise an alert dialog with an arbitrary string, or ask the system to show me some kind of dialog from an existing app with the right manifest permissions?
Raise a toast/heads up/alarm/etc with an arbitrary string, or request a toast/heads up/alarm/etc from some existing system application or setting?

Am I even on the right path? I've tried exploring service calls, but that only left me more confused.


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I have several Android devices in a local network. (Android Set Top Boxes from Geniatech, running 4.2 Jelly-Bean)
If these boxes have problems or need debugging, I simply connect to them via

adb connect ip-address

there I have full access to the (rooted) devices.

Unfortunately everybody in the network has this possibility. I understand that it is the responsibility of the network admin, to protect it against hackers and stuff, but I would like to add additional security. So my question is:

Can I somehow protect the adb-connection to the Android with a password?  (or a Certificate or something) Or does anybody of you know alternatives?

ADB must remain open, so I can access the devices from the network, e.g. to directly make apk-updates, or read the logfiles.

Best regards


texts: How can I reclaim space used by the defaul email client

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The default email client on my phone is reported as have almost 2.5Gb of data.   It's used to sync with my work Exchange account.   I've reduced the number of days to sync and the number of folders to sync, with no reduction in the reported space used by the app.  I do notice that the trash folder claims 999+ messages, even though I delete the contents most days from my laptop client.   That folder doesn't offer sync settings, and I can't find a way to select all of the messages to delete them.

Short of clearing all data for the app and setting my account up again, is there any way to reclaim some of this space?


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I bought another Defy + for my daughter. I also have one which is fine.

Hers keeps shutting down and rebooting, especially when it's away from the WiFi. It also has the latest system update. We tried switching batteries, but hers kept rebooting so it's not a battery issue.

Any help out there?


texts: Cannot add "Amazfit Bip" watch as a "trusted device"

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I've got a ZTE Axon 7 phone, and it generally works fine. I also have an Amazfit "Bip" watch, and I've successfully paired it with the phone via Bluetooth. However, when I try to add the watch as a "trusted device" via the phone "Security" settings, it doesn't work; the phone just immediately tells me that it "Can't add device" even though the watch is turned on and immediately adjacent to the phone. (The watch shows up as a choice in the "trusted device" screen.)

What is it that I need to do to get the phone to pay attention to the watch as a trusted device? I've done this before with the same watch and another Axon 7 phone, and I had no problems then.


texts: Is there an easy way to count the number of installed apps in my Android phone?

texts: Maybe this info is in some file. I can also have it mounted in my computer and run a bunch of linux commands.


texts: How to make a Nexus 4 a wifi access point / repeater without using mobile data

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I have a spare Nexus 4 phone after recently upgrading to a Nexus 5. I would like to root the device and use it to share a wifi connection. To be clear, I am not talking about the stock android wifi hotspot functionality which shares a mobile 3G/ 4G data connection wirelessly. I would like to connect to a wifi hotspot from the device and then share that wifi connection to other devices, creating a WLAN. So wifi in, wifi out.

Does the Nexus 4 support this?
Can it be done without rooting / installing a custom rom?
If not, what ROM / apps do people recommend?


texts: Where to find an original Android image?

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

I have found many custom ROMs for download. But now I want to use the official ROM for my phone. Is there any way to do it without a NAndroid backup?


texts: Sharing a directory tree problem from windows to android es explorer

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There are several child folders in parent folder on windows 8.

Times ago I shared some child folders and accessed them from android es explorer without problems. Then I removed all child folders shares and instead shared their parent folder.

During the parent folder sharing the window appeared listing some of the previous child shares and asking "some of the folders were previously shared. you can replace their current settings with the same setting you just applied to the folder you shared".

If I click change settings after processing for a while it ends up with "folder can not be shared". Despite the message it is shared but access to those children is forbidden, they are not visible.


texts: How can I troubleshoot a very slow initial connection when web browsing on WiFi?

texts:
This has been bugging me for quite some time.

When connected to my home WiFi, web connections take a long time to initially establish (like ~10 seconds+) on two separate Android phones (OnePlus 3, and HTC 10). Once the connection is made, the download rates are absolutely fine. Also, web browsing is absolutely fine (almost no latency) on all other devices connected to the home WiFi - MacBook, PC (Windows and Linux). This issue is not observed on other WiFi networks, or when using mobile data.

I imagine it may be something to do with DNS resolution, firewall, or something else funny on my home router, but the main problem is I have no idea how to actually debug/troubleshoot this on an Android phone.

So by way of an answer, I would really appreciate either:

Suggestions of tools for debugging something like this - something like the Developer Console in Chrome would be ideal
Suggestions on what the underlying problem might be

Thanks alot


texts: Can I use one number on two different phone(Device) on Whatsapp?

texts: I just want to know if it is possible to have on two phones the same whatsapp messages.


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I bought a Nokia 8 two days back, and updated it to Android Oreo 8.0.0. No more updates are available.

I have only installed some basic everyday apps such WhatsApp or Facebook.

I'm able to change wallpapers from the gallery. However, if I go to Settings > Display > Wallpaper, an error pops up, saying "Settings has stopped; open app again".

What can I do to correct this?

Clearing cache+data for the Settings app and restarting phone did not solve it. Rebooting into safe mode also did not help.

On repeated trials, I see a slightly different screen.


texts: How do I press power key on a bluetooth keyboard?

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How do I lock my Android device using the bluetooth keyboard?
How do I call up "Reboot, Airplane mode, etc." menu from keyboard?
Can I issue a forced poweroff from bluetooth keyboard, like when holding the power key?


texts: I want to execute shell commands on my pc from my android via USB

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I have a linux box, without any network interface, only usb. I have my andorid phone, and the USB cable. I would like to connect from my android device to the linux box,and execute shell commands on the linux box, via usb. there is not wifi, ethernet, oer any other interfaces.

Any idea? I tried ConnectBot, but could not make it work over USB.


texts: Is it possible to play DVDs (or other "optical" media) from file images on Android?

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Is it possible to open DVDs (possibly with all their multimedia features) from a file image on Android ?

(e.g. Nexus Player)

P.S.: Is other optical media handled similar to DVDs from file images, in general?


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Is it possible to connect my Android (Droid 2 Global) to my PC using an USB->Audio converter?

Square is able to interface with their device over the audio jack on Android.
iPod shuffles are accessible through their audio jack as well.

So, I feel that this is possible, but is it implemented/what is required to interact with my Android phone through it's audio jack?


texts: Why I am only getting 8gb storage when I was said that my phone contains 16gb storage?

texts: I recently bought Oppo A3s smartphone with 2gb RAM and 16gb ROM but I am only getting 8gb usable storage from which Android is using 2 gb. What should I do now?


texts: Your Devices Software is out of Date adware

texts: I keep getting popups from everywhere taking me to the play store saying I need to download Super File Manager. I recently installed an APK from the web. I knew it was a virus after I installed. The app doesn't show in the "apps" section in settings. Im trying to uninstall it, but I can't find anything. On a Moto z unlocked Android 6.0.1


texts: Will Security apps work even after flashing new rom?

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Assume that I have turned on Android Device manager to locate my phone in case of theft,  and I also installed some security apps which can send message when someone tries to change the SIM card.

Now suppose I lost my phone. The one who finds it is tech savvy. Firstly, (s)he does a factory reset after booting into Recovery mode, followed by flashing a new custom ROM, and then (s)he starts using my phone.

Will Android Device Manager still  work?


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I have a problem with many of my android devices,I figured out that my devices micro usb is easy to damage ( sad reality) so when I try to debug returns for me an empty List of devices attached,

My question is so how i can debug my devices now with a damaged micro usb ?

Knowing that my devices have an ethernet port + usb standard port.

Thanks for your support.


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USB port on my phone broke (can't transfer data). My phone uses built-in memory, no memory card.

It works, I connect to wifi, etc. Is there any software or easy way to copy all my files from phone to network? Mostly I need to get pictures and videos out. Using email will be tooo slow.


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I tried to flash Zenfone 2 but instead of writing droidboot.img I sent an .exe file. And now when I try to get into droidboot (Volume + Power button) the device gets stuck at USB logo.

Whatsoever I found online is related to Zenfone 4|5|6 and not Zenfone 2

How can I access droidboot again ?

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