texts: Is it possible to remove text from under the icons on the home screen?

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I'm familiar with all the icons on my home screen. I think it would look better, at least to me, if the text from under those icons is gone. Is this possible?

I'm willing to root my device for this, but not switch to an alternate home screen launcher app.

I am using Moto-G with Kit Kat.


texts: How to insert an emoji using adb shell input?

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I've been trying to insert emojis into my android phone using ADB.

adb shell input text "..."

works for inserting text, but when I tried to insert an emoji using the unicode(\uD83E\uDD70), I am only getting the raw text inserted. Is there a way to achieve this ?


texts: PPTP VPN Error 807 through Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

texts: Recently I noticed when my laptop (Windows 8) connects to the Internet through Android Portable Wi-Fi hotspot (Nexus One running stock 2.3), it can't connect to my company's PPTP VPN (resulting a 807 error). But if my laptop connects through USB tethering, it connects to the VPN just fine. Has any one experienced similar issues?


texts: Galaxy s5 Neo. Screen comes on intermittently

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(May 14, 2017) In the last week or so, whether my phone is plugged in or not, the phone will just wake up the screen will come on. When this happens, there are no notifications coming in at the time. If I'm in lock screen, the screen will stay on for a short while and if the phone was unlocked at the time, the screen will stay on for as long as I have my screen duration set for. This is obviously a problem as it is draining my battery. While typing this post, it has happened twice. I've deleted any recent apps I've downloaded with no change. There has been a lot of Google updates lately and I suspect one of them is causing this - or - my phone is physically damaged (I am a bit rough with it)

I have ESET Mobile security installed and a scan shows no viruses. My app list is fairly short: beyond the standard apps, I have a Craigslist app, a CraveTV app, Relay for reddit, Netflix, Nova Launcher, Roboform, an SMS Backup app and Zedge.

I would love to hear a few suggestions to try!

Edit :  I downloaded a phone cleaner and discovered an app was still installed (but didn't appear in google play store > my apps) and it was running. It is called Easyconnect (for mirroring phone to the car). Interestingly, it required me to go into developer options and turn USB debugging on. I had uninstalled that app two days ago! I'm wondering if this not be the perpetrator. I'll let you know.


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I just rooted my Galaxy S6 Edge using the PingPong root I believe it is called. Just to make sure, it is the root where you take the APK and put it on your phone and click one button and it roots it.

But now I keep getting a popup saying that there is a software update for the phone. How do I update the phone now that it is rooted? If it is not possible, then I have to go without updates, so how do I get rid of the popup??

Thanks guys!!


texts: How does Google Maps Navigation know you are in a tunnel when it switches to night mode?

texts: I suppose this isn't exactly a new feature but it is new to me since I don't travel through tunnels very often.  What exactly is the software using when it decides to switch over to night mode when in a tunnel?  GPS Location? A light sensor? A combination of both?


texts: Huawei Honor 6 factory reset in australia now lost android running system and everything to do with google

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This is my first Huawei and decided to go big and affordable. I live in Tasmania, Australia and when I first got the phone it had the android running system, could sync to my email  etc. Just the play store was slow so I tried a factory reset.

Now the phone has got Chinese apps and absolutely nothing to do with Google. It just doesn't have the KitKat 4.4.2 android running system in it anymore. I will be calling Huawei when they are open for technical support but if someone could help me reset my phone back to its android running system it would be much appreciated as I don't really want to have to send my phone back to the manufacturer if I can fix it myself.


texts: Control phone with broken screen and no root/adb

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I have an old Nexus 4 with a broken screen which seems to be fine otherwise. I would like to use it for something else which doesn't require a screen. But unfortunately it seems like it is stock Android with USB Debugging turned off and not rooted. I can't find it with ADB at least.

Is there a way to gain access to this phone? Maybe do a full wipe and get a ROM on there?


texts: Cannot add some YouTube videos to offline mode

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I'm trying to add videos to offline mode, but it added only one video successfully. For any other videos I try, it says,

  Offline Unavailable. Sorry, this video can't be taken offline.

What should I do?


texts: How to switch sd cards when using a data2whatever (d2w) custom ROM?

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I'm currently running MIUI XJ (Gingerbread 2.3.5) with d2w on my HTC Desire with the 4GB sd card it was shipped with, but as I found the joy of the occasional ROM-switch, I found myself running out of storage on the sd card, which was filling up with alternate roms, flashable updates for said roms, nandroid backups of different roms, titanium backups, miui backups and, well, the stuff I'd actually like to use (photos, music).

So my question is: How can I safely replace an sd card with a bigger one, even if the original one is partitioned in a special way to make use of d2w?
I realize I could simply partition the bigger sd card similarly to the original one, but what if I need a bigger sd-ext partition? (Which I, indeed, need for some Gingersense ROMs).
Will the system simply accept the bigger partition or do I have to make a nandroid backup with the original sd card and reflash that backup once the bigger, partitioned sd card is mounted? Would the partitions remain untouched?
Would there be any considerable loss if I boot the system with the partitioned sd card with an empty ext-partition? As you can see, I don't even really know what sort of data is stored there.

EDIT:

So, I did it.
My solution (not optimal, but worked. Keep in mind: With the HTC Desire, you can't switch SD cards while the battery is in, so no "on the fly" way. Also, I have no proper card reader lying around.):

Backup of ALL the things (Nandroid backup, just in case, MIUI/Titanium Backup for apps+system settings (things stored on the sd-ext partition) and a full copy of the previous FAT32 partition)
Put the new SD card in the phone and partition it (I used 4EXTRecovery so I could do it in the phone and increased the sd-ext partition from 256 to 1024mb)
Mount the sd card on a computer, copy the contents of the old FAT32 to the new one (FAT32 partition should now be the same as before and it has your MIUI/TitaniumBackup on it)
Boot the system (may be slow since there is now an empty data partition), when the system is up, you can restore your backups via MIUI Backup and/or Titanium Backup. I used Google to sync contacts and messages etc were synced with MIUI Backup, if you are not running a MIUI then you can use SMS Backup+ for messages.
System is now the same as before, but the partitions are bigger :)

Recommended solution I stumbled upon that seems easier to me:

Mount the sd card on a pc, open in the partitioning tool of your choice (I was told partition wizard would do the trick)
Clone the sd card as a whole
Apply that clone to the new sd card
Increase the partitions as you like
Put the new sd card in your phone. Should work exactly like before.


texts: How can I merge my social network contacts with regular contacts in android

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Suppose, that I have a contact Ann Fisher in my phone (it's syncing with my google account). And suppose that this Ann Fisher has google plus account Annie Fisher.

How can I tell my phone, that this is the same person?

Right now I see, that it would only 'knew' it if both names (in G+ and my phone contact) are exactly the same.


texts: How to change messaging and calling app in oppo r9s

texts: Is there a way to change messaging and phone call apps without the phone defaulting to stock on an unrooted oppo r9s. Thanks


texts: Will I be able to change the region on my HTC desire S?

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The RUU of the HTCdev cannot install to my Htc desire S. It always says that I need the correct RUU version and my region is SEA_WWE.

Is there any way to install the RUU without changing my region? or how do I change the region to make my phone compatible?


texts: My Tecno pop 2 power comes with pre install YouTube which is YouTube go but am trying to install the traditional or normal YouTube and it won't install why


texts: How to turn off "Suggested: ..." video pop-ups in the YouTube android app?

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I don't know if this is something new or I've only just started to notice it but very often a few seconds into most YouTube videos viewed on the app I'm finding an annoying white box with a letter "i" in a circle pops up, promoting some other video. It's possible to swipe it away, but that is also distracting and several times I've been hit by more than one of these in the same video.

Is there any way to turn this off?

I've looked through the app settings but couldn't find anything. I've already got all YouTube notifications turned off, and it seems to be unrelated to the "info" that some video creators add.

Here's an example of what it looks like:


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I have Samsung device( GT-S7562) with 5 mp camera . When I updated it into CyanogenMod , I lost its camera quality . It always force me to take pictures with 3 mp . There is now option to change it . I tried lot of camera apps( including Google cam, HDR cam, Ported xperia,Samsung &HTC cams ...) and all those apps saying I have only 3 mp cam . So i think it is about the OS .

where can i change it ? I am happy if you prefer me to edit system files ;-)

Thank you


texts: How to copy/export default android browser browsing history to android chrome?

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how's it going?
I have been using android default browser of galaxy j5 for about 1 year and it doesn't show browsing history beyond like 3 months (only last 3 months or less) and my browsing history is so precious to me.
How can I move/copy all this browsing history to android google chrome, or even desktop chrome.
And after all, what's the best way to save them for good, like in my computer?.
Much appreciated.
So eager to hear a sooner response.


texts: Voice commands for contacts with unusual names

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Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

My partner's name is not "anglo" and I have not worked out a way to pronounce it and have it understood. Are there work-arounds for this?

Can I get the phone to pronounce the name so that I can try to use the same tortured pronunciation?
Is there a way to set a simpler "nick name" for a contact that can be better understood?
On my device, can Google Now do the same thing instead of S-Voice I.e. "Call partner_name/nickname" and would it be any better?


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I bought a phone in Japan(Huawei P10) and in Japan by law the camera app has to make shutter sound. But, when I am back to my country, I want to disable that, because it's obviously annoying.

Do not disturb doesn't work. I already renamed the shutter sound files, which disabled it in apps like snapchat and whatsapp, but the stock camera app still makes a sound.
So I thought, that I maybe could disable the audio device and enable it again if I need it. Do you know how?

I have magisk and xposed if that helps.
I want to use the stock camera app and an open-source way (especially with an "accessibility service"-app)


texts: Is it safe charging a Galaxy Nexus through a USB 2A port?

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This is a newbie question. While travelling, I need to recharge my Galaxy Nexus and my digital camera, both of which are meant to be charged through a micro-USB port, ie. 0,5A.

To reduce charging time, I have an 1A AC adaptor but it only has a single USB port.

Google shows a number of two-port AC adaptors:

one port is 1A, the other is 2,1A (it looks like Apple devices expect 2,1A)
this one delivers 2A when using a single port, but 1A when using both ports

In case I only need to charge a single device, is it safe to have it fed 2 or 2,1A? I read that a device only uses the intensity it needs, but will it fry if it's fed too much intensity?

Thank you.


texts: How to import Yahoo Mail contacts into Google?

texts: I need help with importing my Yahoo Mail email addresses to my Gmail contacts list, using a Samsung Galaxy S4. Whenever I try to email anyone from my Gmail contacts list, I can't because they aren't imported from my Yahoo Mail account.


texts: In samsung galaxy ace s5830i the photos in sd card are not displaying in galary folder why? That is some image folder are not displaying but it is there in myfiles folder. Even songs are getting removed automatically from playlist why it happening like please someone help on this.... Recently im facing this problem. Plsss help.....


texts: How to block notifications in a certain period?

texts: I get notifications all day long, which always interrupt me while I'm working. So, I'd like to know if there is a way to block all these notifications in a certain period.


texts: Formatting Android storage "zero out" technique

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I have an Android mobile (Galaxy S3), and am really worried that my corporate information will be retrieved after a reset. I've seen shared video showing it is possible to recover data after hard reset.

Mac has an interesting format option, i.e., to write zeros all over hard disks (lengthy but effective). Is it possible to perform such formatting on the Android phone? And how?


texts: How to make chrome not swallow bluetooth play/pause event?

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On my nexus 5, when listening to music, I can pause it on my headset by pressing the pause / play button.  It seems to work regardless of what app in focus.  Unless that app happens to be chrome.

The same follows for starting music (same button).  If I am browsing the web and hit this button it does not work.  It seems like chrome is swallowing this event somehow.

How can I prevent this from happening?


texts: Why are some apps on the market incompatible with my device?

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I own a Motorola Flipout, Android 2.1 stock ROM. According to the market the app "Handyticket Deutschland" is not compatible with my phone. The required Android version is 1.5 or above. How can I tell why the app will not work for me?

The Flipout has a comparably small screen. Is it possible that the publisher just forgot to mark my phone's display resolution as supported?

Note: Users from outside Germany see a different message. I believe, those country-restriction are unrelated.


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I want to install an application as a system application.

To do so, I must remount the system partition RW, to do so I run the command adb shell remount rw in a terminal, but I get the error /system/bin/sh: remount: not found.

How can I remount the system partition RW?


texts: Cannot access adb shell on emulated x86 phone

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Trying to get access to a phone on Android emulator via adb. Error message returned:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell error: device unauthorized.
This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set
Try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong.
Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>

I have deleted the adbkey and adbkey.pub files from the .android folder as suggested in some question/answers for physical phones without success. Also disabling and re-enabling USB debugging on the phone.

Phone details:
Device - Nexus 7 (7.02", 1200 x 1920: xhdpi)
Target - Android 8.0.0 - API Level 26
CPU/ABI- Google Play Intel Atom (x86)

Any ideas on how to get adb access? Thanks.


texts: Where does SafariOnline store downloaded books?

texts: I used the Safari Books Online "Safari to Go" app to download a book to its "Offline Bookbag". In what format is the book stored? I ask because I'm hoping to use a reader other than Safari's own app to read the downloaded book.


texts:
So I prefer how my iPhone works in that the volume keys adjust the media volume.

Samsung has an option for this called "Default volume key control."

Is there a way to do this on a rooted device?

Basically I don't like how there are 2 separate volumes that I have to deal with.  I just want one.  I put my phone on silent when I don't want it to ring so I'm not concerned about the ringtone volume.


texts: How can I resize the system partition in NAND using PhoenixSuit / Livesuit?

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I'm using a Android 4.2.2 ROM (sun7i_android_sugar-cubieboard2-8192cu.img) for Cubieboard.

I need more room in system partition for install more goodies!

After flashing, the partition table is like this:

NAME          SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
nand          3.8G
|-nand1        16M            Volumn
|-nand2        16M
|-nand3        16M
|-nand4       512M
|-nand5       512M
|-nand6        16M
|-nand7        32M
|-nand8       320M
|-nand9        16M            PRIVATE
|-nand10      256M
`-nand11      2.1G

The SYSTEM partition is the nand4 (nandd). As you can see, its size is 512MB.
(http://linux-sunxi.org/Android/partitions)

Inspecting the sys_partition.fex file, I can see nandd info:

;------------------------------>mmcblk0p7/nandd
[partition]
    name         = system
    size         = 1048576
    downloadfile = "system.fex"
    user_type    = 0x2

The first point is: 1048576 is not 512MB ( it's 1GB ).

Any changes in this file do NOT changes anything in final result after flashing the re-packed image (the partitions size does not change).

How can I change the partitions size in "Stock" ROMs before flashing to NAND?

All of these steps is working fine: Unpacking stock ROM, repacking stock ROM, flashing stock ROM (with PhoenixSuit).
I don't need resize the partition IN the device. I need resize BEFORE flashing, to share my new ROM with other people.


texts: Last GPS position of a out of battery/sim Android Phone

texts: Having no specific apps on the lost android phone (e.g. GPS tracker etc), is there a way to find out at what position the last GPS signal was sent? I use Android Device Manager and there it actually states when the last time the phone was online, but it does not say anything about last position. Note that GPS is activated on the lost device which by the way has no SIM card and no battery left.


texts: How to prevent android system from creating folders on internal storage

texts:
Is it possible to prevent Android from creating additional folders inside /data/app/

That is, this is the folder where (user-level) apps¹ are installed. So making the whole thing recursively unwriteable will mostly likely break the apps and that's not really what I'd like. (although if you know how to do that I don't mind testing it out) But my primary reason is that I want to prevent any folders from being created there. Specifically the temporary folders that Download Manager is creating there. This is part of my quest to take control over the Download Manager. I can't replace it, so I'm trying different approaches to, well, manage the Manager.

Additional info:
Device is rooted. Storage is internal. Android: v6.0.1, ROM: MIUI 8.5.3.0

¹ meaning the apps (APKs) themselves, I'm not speaking about /data/data/<package_name>/*


texts: On my LG G3, the volume down button no longer silent incoming calls for some reason. Does anyone know how to re-enable it?


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So, I want to flash a new rom with gapps.
I've done this before, but I always did a factory reset and flashed the new rom which was in the downloads folder in my phone.
I was wondering, if I wipe my data and system via twrp, will my internal partition be wiped? Because if it does, I have nothing to flash cause that's where my rom is stored.
I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which doesn't have a sdcard, so that's not an option.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Google Assistant on my phone recognises appointments from multiple calendars, but Google Home does not

texts:
If I 'OK Google' into my phone to ask what meetings I have that day, it is able to show me the calendar entries from my work calendar (which is also a Google Calendar, but not my personal account) as I have linked that calendar to my phone.

However, my Google Home is not aware of any events on calendars other than my personal one so will give me a different answer to the question than my phone does.

How can I get Google Home to recognise entries in other linked Google calendars?


texts: Why can't I shoot in raw on my galaxy s7 after upgrading to nougat?

texts: I recently upgraded to nougat through a T-Mobile service update and now all of my camera apps say that my camera doesn't support raw capture. Is there a way to fix this? If not, is there a way to revert back to marshmallow without losing all of my data or voiding my warranty?


texts: How to detect filesystem type of un-mounted partition?

texts:
These commands won't work:

fdisk -l      #outputs nothing...
su; fdisk -l  #nothing..
sudo fdisk -l #sudo not found...
parted -l     #parted not found...

Is there any app that shows that easly?

EDIT:

For now I had to attach the sdcard to PC and let Linux mount it, I found the partition was ext3 and not ext2 that I thought! All I read says partition must be mounted to know its type. I think we must create a path and mount it with automatic detection and see mount output to know the partition type.


texts: Determining the cause of a strange "the other side can't hear me" issue

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Recently I started to notice that a lot of people who call me, can't hear my voice during the call.

The phone is an almost 2 years old Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro, so I guess the microphone could just get old and somewhat start to fail.

Also it could be wrong from the beginning. I didn't had that much calls until recently. I think noticing it just now might be reasonable.

According to my experience the problem only occurs during incoming calls, I've never experienced it while I called somebody. And only in the first incoming call, if I was recalled right after the first call, everything was fine. This makes it look like if it is the provider's issue.

And of course some app blocking my microphone also came into my mind, but I don't have many installed and I don't know if any of them would do such a thing anyway. (The phone was never rooted, it has the official 2.1 ROM, etc.)

The question is: because I still have some of the warranty left... how could I determine if my problem is a hardware problem, a software problem or a provider problem to know where should I go with it? (According to my experience if I just say something is wrong without hard evidence, the repair service and the provider will only try to make the other take the blame. Not to mention that they will factory reset the phone, say that they couldn't reproduce the problem, so it had to be one of my apps.)


texts: Samsung Smart Switch - Do I need the same version of an app on both phones?

texts:
I mean to transfer only selected apps from my J7 2015 (Phone #1, P1) to my new J7 Prime (Phone #2, P2) using Samsung Smart Switch (SSS).

Some of these apps are already installed in P2.
Since different versions of an app may use a different file structure to handle its data and work, I conceive that SSS is not smart enough to be aware of this (it would be too much asking from SSS), and therefore that the switch requires first to have the same version of the apps to be switched in both phones, for the transferred data to be operative in the new phone.

Is that correct or not?
Can anyone provide authoritative answers/links?
Did anyone had specific experiences with different versions of apps (which app/version in each phone)?

PS: At first, I had a non-updated version in my old phone, and SSS was not going through (and not throwing any error or warning message). Then I updated SSS and it worked. So at least SSS requires some degree of "similarity" in its own versions.

PS2: In some apps, I can confirm that login info was not properly transferred, and I had to login again in the new phone.


texts: Prevent switching keyboard layout when pressing Shift+Space on an external keyboard

texts: When I use a Galaxy Note together with an Apple Wireless Keyboard, pressing Shift+Space switches keyboard layout. This is really annoying. Is it possible to disable it?


texts: Using smart phone, how to make phone call using google voice number?

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I have an Android phone (Motorola E) with the official Google Voice app installed.

I always give people my Google voice number. For this reason, when I call people I need my google voice number to appear instead of my real mobile number so that they recognize me.

However, when I turn on "Always use Google voice to make call" in the GVoice app, the number that makes the call is some other number (my guess is a number created by Google) and NOT my GVoice number.

I've tried to do this for a long time but in vain. Could anyone help?


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I have a new moto x
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-Moto-Z-Play-XT1635-03-64GB-FACTORY-UNLOCKED-5-5-3GB-RAM-Black-White-/202006426506?var=&hash=item2f0885738a:m:m4lAgEM6Gyne3vodvWp9W-w

I just purchased and trying to get rooted.

There appeared to be no lock on the device as indicated
 ROM

So I uploaded the TWRP image

# fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-addison-eng-modified.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14020 KB)...
OKAY [  0.055s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [  0.201s]
finished. total time: 0.256s

And then boy, was I surprised to find out that I should of uploaded a copy of the image to the sdcard "first", before I wiped it clean.

Now I can only get to the ROM image splash screen w/menu or the TWRP setup. TWRP ask for that image file locally.  There is no externally accessible standard sized sdcard slot on the device (onboard 64gb or 2 nano sim slots only)
Note: I have no nano sized sdcard to attempt

I tried to push the image up to the device

# adb get-devpath
usb:2-2

# adb push -p /home/Downloads/twrp-3.0.2-0-addison-eng.img  mtp://[usb:2-2]/
error: device '(null)' not found
# adb push -p /home/Downloads/twrp-3.0.2-0-addison-eng.img  mtp://[usb:002,038]/
error: device '(null)' not found

The file system appears to be in write protect, but I can write a test txt file to the sdcard via TWRP shell and vi.

note: in the TWRP shell, I can see SELinux is active

How do I push the proper image file via USB to my Moto X play 1635-3, or any other recovery method?

Update:

adb push -p /home/brads/Downloads/twrp-3.0.2-0-addison-eng.img  /sdcard/

got the image uploaded to the onboard sdcard.
Now my file system is not 'write only' as well. Since the push, I can use the GUI to transfer image files back and forth like cake.
The push must of unstuck something I guess.

Image failed to load when I tried to install to /boot partition from TWRP.

Trying suggestion from below now.


texts: How can I stop the native clock app's countdown-timer from throwing one notification per minute?

texts:
I have Android 8.1.0 installed, and when using the countdown of the native clock app, it throws one notification per minute. I would just like to turn that off.

In the Settings under:

Apps & notifications

Clock

App notifications

ALARM_NOTIFICATION_LOW_CHANNEL

Importance

I picked "Low - No sound or visual interruption".

When I listen to audio from another app, the timer doesn't make a noise, but it pauses the audio I am listening to and shows a notification dropdown. This dropdown is also annoying while using a browser, because it overlaps the URL bar and the top part of a site...

Unfortunately, googling made me no wiser. Thanks for any tips on how to turn that off.


texts: Block IP/Domain (youtube.com, facebook) and other distracting sites connected via phone's hotspot

texts:
Is there a way to block youtube.com and other distracting site like facebook.com when my Laptop is connected via android hotspot at my phone's end i.e. blocking sites via android hosts file. After reading the following techrepublic article, makes me think it's possible but not sure so asking this question.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/edit-your-rooted-android-hosts-file-to-block-ad-servers/
To edit phones hosts file, android phone must be rooted so I want to be sure before rooting my phone,
If this is not the correct approach then what other options are available.
Thanks


texts:
What's the URL for Lenovo drivers?

I tried to run my first Android app on my Lenovo tablet (Android 4.2).
http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html

My OS is Windows 7. I tried to download the Lenovo driver here, but the URL is corrupted:
http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#Drivers


texts: How can I stop this "Not signed in...setup phone" error?

texts:
I recently upgraded to Marshmallow by CyanogenMod Nightly 13.0 in my Moto E (first generation). Then I flashed GApps 6.0 Nano.
But then after my phone rebooted and I had those "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped" error.
I fixed it by giving all permissions and rebooted again.
And then this error popped up:

Click on image for larger version

I keep on clicking on "set my phone" and this keeps popping up.

Please help me. Nothing in my phone is working.


texts: Why does SSH Server (Ice Cold Apps) with a command fail?

texts:
I wish to ssh into my rooted Android Samsung Galaxy S4 v4.4.2 phone and run a command.  I have SSH Server installed.  If I just SSH, it works fine:

bash-3.2$ ssh -p 35151 10.1.10.22
u0_a253@jfotevzx:/ $ pwd
/

But, if I pass a command to execute to ssh it fails:

bash-3.2$ ssh -p 35151 10.1.10.22 pwd
exec request failed on channel 0

What does exec request failed on channel 0 mean? How can I get the SSH Server from Ice Cold Apps to work with a command to execute?  Is there a different ssh android app that I could use instead that would work?


texts: How to move applications to external memory card on ICS

texts:
I have an android ICS tablet and I'd like to install applications on the external memory card (not the internal memory / internal SD).

Is it possible to do so? A solution that does not require rooting would be great.


texts:
What do I do? My PIPO M2 has been booting continuously for 3 days. I have tried to switch on and off overtime but still not coming up.

Please help me out, I feel like throwing  the pad away.

Kindly treat.

Thank you.


texts: How to stream audio from PC to android device through USB?

texts:
How to stream audio from PC to Android Device over Bluetooth

Is there a way to stream all audio from PC to Android via USB?

Can I stream video from PC to an android device over USB?

I have found these questions, but since they're asked a few years ago, is it possible for now?

I've seen some new feature in android 5.0 and above, like this.
https://source.android.com/devices/audio/usb.html#androidSupport

But I don't know how to use those features to stream audio from pc to android device via USB, please help me!


texts: How to edit init.sh file and where is it?

texts:
I want to edit init.sh but I can't find it. where is the location of that file ?
I want add this to that file:

  alsa_amixer set PCM 100 unmute


texts: Are PIN lock and lock screen widgets incompatible in ICS?

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My wife has a Bionic and I've got a Galaxy Nexus. So she has the older Android version and I've got ICS. We both use PIN locks.

On her phone, she first has to swipe-unlock to get to the PIN screen, which means her first screen has lock widgets on it.

On my phone, I only see the PIN screen. This means I don't have any lock widgets, which is disappointing. I have to unlock my phone in order to mess with music that is playing.

My question is: is this an ICS issue or is there a setting I missed that lets me see the lock screen (with widgets) before the PIN screen?


texts: how do i move the setting to sd card for the downloading apps

texts: My problem is, when I download apps in my mobile through playstore which is android it says insufficient space even tho I have space of 16 gb in memory card and the setting is also on ad sd card,it's says primary storage on sd card,but my phone's memory is full,and I have to download it to sd card but still while downloading it says insufficient space


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I started to have for some reasons duplicated entries in 'All apps'. For many apps it was not a problem but one of apps is Google Maps - how to get rid of the problem without:

Restoring to factory defaults
Uninstalling Google Maps permanently

Edit: My phone is HTC Wildfire from 3 (to respond to comment).


texts: How can I type special symbols on my Android device like ☺ or ♥ as a regular character?

texts: How can I make special symbols on my Samsung Galaxy SII, like ☺ or ♥?


texts:
In the Google keyboard, I can type most of the characters I want to type, but I'm having trouble getting the keyboard to suggest the katakana ji. Is there a specific way to coax it into doing that?

Cheers


texts: Unable to reboot Sony Xperia XA in recovery mode

texts:
In order to root a Sony Xperia XA phone I followed the steps described here, until the step to reboot the device in recovery mode. Using an Ubuntu computer and the phone connected by USB, I ran the following command:

sudo adb reboot recovery

after I copied the recovery image to the phone as described on the page linked above.

However, the phone rebooted normally and not in recovery mode. There was no option to load the root file to flash the device.

Is there any other way to reboot the device in recovery mode?


texts: How to change status bar icon color Android 9 [Pie]

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I have a rooted oneplus 3t phone running Android 9 on a Lineage OS that I wish to style after the Fallout game franchise. I have many details figured out, except that the status bar color only seems to have the option of black or white. I would like the status bar icon colors to be green. This would especially be helpful as I've noticed that these white icons burn into the screen when a phone is old enough.

I first tried GravityBox which took forever to install only to find that they removed the status bar color tweaking features out of respect for other android releases that gave us this option by some other means... but Pie took them back.

I also tried Substrathum which gives an error page saying "Could not fall back to rooted mode. There are no other theme engines able to be utilized on this device at this current time." I found some sources which claimed to have it working on Pie, but their instructions were unclear or not specifically useful for getting past this error in Pie.

Can anyone help?


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My phone is Pixel I. I got a notification for the latest Android 8.0.0. The screen says it is updating, and it has been two weeks...looks like it is not going to finish forever.

There's no indication whether it is ongoing, or is stuck. No button to stop/restart.

Any idea how to fix this?


texts: How to set static IP on command line or adb shell?

texts: I can't seem to use netcfg on Nougat. If I use ifconfig ip is not updating.If there is another method to change IP on command line or adb shell, I am all ears.


texts: My google play is logged in a different E-mail than my google account

texts: For some reason my google play is under some other E-mail but my google account it still signed in.. So when I tried to purchase an app it made me add my card info and it added it to this other E-mail. When I try to remove it I am sent to google where I am logged in... So how do I remove my card from this other persons google play account? I have no idea who this is so I cant even ask for them to do it for me.


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I have stock (rooted) android on my acer lcona B1 A71.
My notification bar is empty since I had to do hardware reset my machine by pin pressing with toothpick above the power button.

I can't for example receive any file via bloototh - confrmation is required but there is nothing since my notification bar is 'frozen'.
There are some things that still work: input selection when keyboard is active and wifi network name is allways correct.
What's interesting i can toggle rotate/lock screen orientation but can't get into settings by pressing icon next to it.

Have you got any clues what may be the cause?
Which process is responsible for notifications? Maybe I can clean some corrupted cache files or something?

I'm tech guy but not from android-world.
I can invoke some shell commands to give you more data etc...

Maybe there is some related thread on xda forum or answered question here that I've missed.
Just point me to it if you know there is.

Thank you.


texts: Android Market not showing full list of app updates

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When I have app updates, the android market notifies and takes me to the list of apps that have updates but some apps that have updates are not shown sometimes. Only when I go to search and key in the exact app name, the app shows up with its status showing there is indeed an update to it.

I hope you get my point. Why is this happening. Why doesn't the android market show all upgrades so that I can batch upgrade it?

I have around 135 apps Installed (as shown by Android Market 3.3.11)


texts: Moto Z2 Play crashed, now stuck in boot mode

texts: Phone crashed (apps suddenly started flashing up and went to black screen). Now stuck on the M for Motorola when I try to reboot. I got a unique_key unlock code from Motorola and used the command fastboot oem unlock UNIQUE_KEY but when it executes I keep getting: "Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Android Settings" but of course I cannot access Android Setting since phone is stuck in boot mode. Anyway to get around this? Have unsuccessfully tried recovery and factory mode from the Flashboot Flash Mode screen as well. Thanks!


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Can you flash different carrier firmware on the exact same model phone

For example can I take a Straight Talk Galaxy S5 and Flash u.s. Cellular Galaxy S5 firmware to it and make it work

Reason why dropped my s 5 for u.s. cellular and broke screen I was at Walmart today and seen a brand new S5 for straight talk or some other Walmart carrier and it looks nice I thought it'd be nice to have my S5 back and have a brand new one at the same time


texts: Using a presentation pointer with Android tablet

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I have recently bought the Nvidia Shield Tablet, which happens to have Mini HDMI output. As a PhD student in Maths (potentially staying in academia afterwards), I give and will most likely continue to give presentations on a regular basis and was wondering whether it would be possible to do away with bringing my heavy laptop to conferences and just completely rely on my tablet instead.

It seems like the answer is positive, as there are Android versions of pretty much all the computing software I use and a Bluetooth keyboard should allow for a rather smooth 'working experience'. One final issue that stands out is presentations and in particular the comfort of having a pointer to work with. The way cheap wireless pointers work these days is that you simply plug in a small usb stick to your laptop and immediately it starts to work. Can something similar be achieved with Android? Quickness is key here, I really want to be able to just plug things in and be good to go. I can see two possibilities:

1) Use the so-called USB On-The-Go adapter (micro USB to normal USB) and then plug in the usb stick provided. Any chance of this simple approach being a solution?
2) Buy a more sophisticated pointer which has Bluetooth support and use it to connect it to your device. I guess once it is connected it should work immediately?

King apologies if this question is a duplicate (I sincerely think it isn't, I have done a fair bit of digging) or whether the answer is simply 'both (1) and (2) will work', but I just wanted to be sure before I order relevant accessories.


texts: Since I have upgraded my mobile to marshmallow I am not able to see the files in  my san disk 128 gb pendrive on either MX player or file manager which I have downloaded from play store. I was able to do so earlier. However when I connect my pendrive a notification pops up in my notification bar saying sandisk usb drive. But the problem is I cannot see these files in MX player or file manager. Niether can I delete any files from san disk usb drive. Files are only readable there and I can only copy them. They can't be deleted from there. Also when I go in the menu options of the drive my options for moving pictures and video are frozen. I don't know how to access them. They are not clickable. Please help me to allow my pendrive to be readable and writable in mx player and file manager


texts: block particular apps from accessing vibration

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I'm using Samsung S9 ( OneUI version 2.5, Android version 10 ).
Is there any way to stop a particular app from accessing the vibration feature of the phone?
Even if I turn on the silent mode and turn off the vibration for all notifications, certain apps keep on vibrating the phone even for minor actions. I find this really annoying and I want to block these apps from having access to the vibration feature. How to do this?
In detail :
I'm the kind of person who doesn't like the concept of vibration haptic feedback. I'm okay with my phone vibrating for essential notifications such as calls and texts when I'm in a meeting and my phone is in silent mode. However, I don't like the phone vibrating for silly things such as a key-press, or forwarding a video etc. It gives me a weird feeling and also vibration consumes the battery.
Recently this problem became really annoying, as Youtube introduced segments in videos. Now, when I try to forward the video using the progress bar, the phone gives a really strong vibration, Which is annoying and consumes a lot of power.
I looked in the settings of the Youtube app and there is no way to stop it from vibrating. Is there any way to block the youtube app from having access to the vibration motor?


texts: Is it possible to rebuild a Huawei (or other) phones firmware from a existing installation?

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I wondered, if you can install a firmware to a Huawei phone from a update.app file, could it be possible to reverse it and build the update.app back? I mean it like create a update.app from the currently installed firmware on a Huawei phone.

I need it, because i have a Huawei Y560-L01 (Firmware build Y560-L01V100R001C577B043), and it seems i cant download this update.app version anywhere. If something happens to the phone, i could repair it with the update.app. Is it possible to rebuild the update.app from the currently installed firmware on a Huawei phone?


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How does one root a Samsung Galaxy S II GT-i9100 (with its original Android 2.3 Gingerbread), preferably under Linux Mint?

This questions pertains specifically the GT-i9100 version (not GT-i9100G nor GT-i9100T, et cetera), which currently has no entry under the rooting index.

I am particularly looking for a rooting method which does not wipe the data on the phone, as I am hoping to recover data afterwards. I have an 8GB external SD card.


texts: Take notes, and enter into a Google Docs spreadsheet using Google Assistant.

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I have a pair of Google Assistant compatible headphones, and I want to use Google Assistant to help me keep track of my spending.

Essentially, I want to be able to say:

'spent $20 of groceries', or 'spent $10 on transport' etc,

and that map on to an spread sheet like:

datetime             type         amount
11/11/2018 5:10pm    groceries    20
12/11/2018 5:55pm    transport    10

I am happy to use an IFTTT integration to do this.

What would the best way to achieve this?


texts: Is it possible to flash CM for Samsung S3 I9300 on different version?

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Is it possible to flash CM on a different version? The other one is a SCH-I939 which was bought in China. Can someone explain to me how I can do it and why I can't flash it? I flashed CM13 on the SCH-I939 but it shows not SIM card. The sim card is a US one and works on other phones so there is definitely no problems with it.

Thanks in advanced!


texts: Samsung tablet 2 10.1- why is the adaptor in two separate parts

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We have just purchased a Samsung galaxy tablet 10.1 and there are no directions for charging - so we put the adaptor together to plug into the wall and it does not come apart - why is it in two separate pieces and why can't we get it apart?
Thank you


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I recently use VPN client on my Android 5.1.1 after network was censored in my country. Later, after uninstalling, I can remark that when connecting to wifi, my phone is still configuring proxy, and I cannot connect to internet correctly.
Is there a solution ? What do I need to do ?


texts: How can I uninstall Alkido 1.1 when both Alkido 2.0 and Alkido 1.1 are installed on my Samsung Galaxy S

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After installing my Archos 101 tablet, I noticed that the Alkido version I installed on it was version 2, when the version installed on my Galaxy S was still version 1.1.

The market when run on the Galaxy never told me there was an update.

I just installed version 2.0 of Alkido on my Galaxy, resulting in both versions being installed.

However, I find no place where I can install version 1.1 !

Settings - Applications - Running applications show both version 1.1 and version 2.0 ( cause I just started both programs ).
Pressing version 1.1 does not give me an option to uninstall (e.g. the Uninstall button is greyed out)
Settings - Applications - All show both version 1.1 and version 2.0
Settings - Applications - Third-party only show version 2.0

Both programs have their own data folder so it seems, as I don't see the books visible in version 1.1 being displayed in version 2.0.

The market, as I said, only shows version 2.0.

Any other place I can start an uninstall ?


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I would like to see an option that allows the list of available languages reduced to those I actually need.  When I use Voice Search, switching between English and Spanish is a pain: way too many options to choose from.  All I need is a selection of the  few languages that I speak, and not the entire list time and time again.

When I input using a keyboard, I can have different types of keyboards, eg. US international and Dutch.  It is easy to switch between those, but the voice input does not follow suit.

I don't know why Voice Input language should not be in sync with selected keyboard option.

This is on HTC Wildfire S with HTC Sense, btw.

Any views?


texts: Is it possible to prevent the screen from locking while connected to the USB

texts: Generally when there is a USB cable attached to the phone it's not in my pocket, so the screen lock isn't doing anything usefull for me and I'd like to disable it.


texts: Scan WhatsApp QR Code from device with broken screen to access WhatsApp Web

texts: i need to get a bunch of Whatsapp contacts off my phone, however i cant see anything on the screen. The phone still works.I tried to get it into debugging through usb mode but i cant see anything and is pretty much impossible. I need a way to either mirror the phone to pc without being able to interact with the device or retrieve all my whatsapp contacts via usb. Much appreciated.


texts: How to change Android's Google Chrome's default downloader? (not under app - set default)

texts: I set Android's Google Chrome's default downloader to ES File Explorer and now I want to reset it back to Google Chrome. I found this to be impossible on Android 7.0 - I tried to uninstall both Chrome and ES File Explorer and then cleared all default application in app settings yet when I download a file ES File Explorer comes up. The only solution is to remove ES File Explorer from the system. Is there another way to fix this without reinstalling the OS or do a factory reset?


texts: I had to flash/reset my phone so everything is back to new. I had used Titanium Backup pro to backup everything to Google Drive. I had used encryption. Now how do I get things back? In particular how do I restore from the cloud? I connected to Google Drive, but those backups don't show under the Backup/Restore tab? TI backup is confusing to use.


texts: Disabling Samsung Calendar on Galaxy S4 mini

texts:
I'm trying to disable my Samsung calendar so that I don't get two notifications of events on my Galaxy S4 mini.
In settings I don't seem to have any options to change application settings.


texts: Why preinstalled apps have more privileges than third party apps?

texts: This question is based on an observation of Android's powerful security features, In my old Android Lollipop third party apps had read access (but no write access) to external SD card, but my Android Pie prevents apps from even reading / writing data to the external SD card? But the preinstalled  apps will prompt to aquire these permissions. Is there a way for app developers to circumvent this ?


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I have a TTF font file which I can double click in windows and click install and that font gets installed. But in case of Android

Putting TTF in /system/fonts alone doesn't help
Using font changers from market (what they do is basically put the TTF file in the fonts directory renaming it to Roboto) works, but they change system wide font

What I want is, use my default font everywhere except in say an Urdu eBook which declares specific Urdu font to be used which I want to install.

More like a Windows approach to install a font, how can I do that in Android? I'm using 4.4.4


texts: How can you tell whether you are running a official Android program or one modified by your phone maker?

texts:
So many times , in this forum , I see answers with descriptions of their phone, contacts or messaging application, with options, settings or feature I don't see on my Samsung Galaxy S.

I presume that either I am running a modified version ( made by Samsung ) or the questioner is.

But how can you tell ?

How do you know your application is not the stock application of Android ( btw: is that the correct term ? stock application ? )

If I look at Settings - Applications - Manage applications - Running, I see f.i. Email. Clicking this tells me it's version 2.2.1. Same with Dialer. Contacts on the other hand , shows version 1.0.

But since no manufacturer info is present , I cannot tell whether this is the official Google software, or some other program.

And following that, can you download the stock application from somewhere ? Maybe it's better than the version on your phone ?


texts:
A couple months ago I tried putting CyanogenMod on my sprint galaxy s3. I used the one click cyanogen installer on my windows PC.

I don't remember why, but the install didn't fully flash because unless I'm going into recovery mode I never see the cyanogen boot up screen. I have gone into About Phone but I can't find anything telling me that Cyanogen is actually running or even on the device.

Ever since I did try to flash this ROM my phone hasn't been able to fully function. Certain apps that I previously had or reinstalled off of the play store either don't work or certain functions within the app don't work. All I know is that when I enter recovery mode it does show clockworkmod as my recovery.


texts: Where are IP addresses stored on Android?

texts: Where are IP addresses stored on and Android device? In what location on disk, or otherwise; how are they stored?


texts: Can android 2.3 be located through android device manager?

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I'm willing to buy a Galaxy Y Duos just to track my car and I'd want to know if its android 2.3 supports being tracked by the android device manager on my PC? I just need to set up a google account, turn GPS and WiFi on, and then go to PC and track it?

Will it work?

Thanks.


texts: Disable Notification Vibration for Specific Apps

texts:
I would like to change a setting for my Android (v5.1.1) to make my YouTube app show notifications (on the Lock Screen and Status Bar as it currently does), but without vibration and sound.  That is, I want to override the default notification volume/vibrate settings.

Looking at other Android StackExchange questions such as this one, it appears that this might be a feature I would need to rely on the developers of the app to implement.  Assuming this is not the case, is there is any setting that would allow app notifications while disabling the volume/vibrate only for that app?


texts: How can I find why I'm using so much data on mobile network?

texts:
According to my provider, I've used 6.8MB of data within 3 days.

The thing is, I don't know how. I've installed DroidWall and WiSync and only used Waze (a navigation app). I installed Traffic Monitor which shows Waze using less than 800KB and other apps even less (some of them used traffic before I setup DroidWall)

Any clues as to what is using 6MB??


texts: No SIM card detected after installing new ROM

texts:
I probably did some mistake which I don't know how to solve. After I installed a new ROM I get message:

  Slot 1: No SIM card detected

  Slot 2: No SIM card detected

„SIM management“ is inoperable, „Sim Toolkit“ can't launch because it cann't detect SIM card.
Calling emergency number gets „Out of service area“.
Everything else works just fine (including WiFi) except I can't get SIM card to work and get signal.

Information about the phone:
FEITENG GT H9500
Android version 4.2.1
Baseband version MOLY.WR8.W1248.MD.WG.MP.V6.P4
Kernel version 3.4.5 root@android #1
Build number drx_0.1
I have both IMEIs and IMEI VS visible
CWM v6.0.2.8

What I did prior to loss of SIM card functionality:
-   Made backup of „user data“, cca. 350MB
-   Rooted the phone using instructions as follows:
1.Download usb driver ----> mirrorcreator.com/files/RJDKYXRH/ and open Driver_Auto_Installer_v1.1236.00.rar and run install.bat it install driver automatically
2. Plug your phone to pc
3.Download this file ----> www.mirrorcreator.com/files/09XPAELB open Motochopper_Auto_Root.rar and run run.bat your phone has root

Downloaded ROM update FEITENG H9500 - Update - 06/01/2013 and Recovery from:
www.needrom.com/mobile/feiteng-h9500-3/
Followed instructions:
Unpack FlashTools, and Click on Flash_tool.exe
Select a the MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt in Recovery
Turn off your phone, remove the battery.
Press F9 (or hit Download button) and connect your phone into the computer via USB data cable.
The process will start and a red progress bar will appear after color purple, yellow.
And green circles display
Installed ROM from SD card ( in CWM)
NOTE: I downloaded only update file H9500_DRX_03, and in „Flashtool“ only „Recovery" option was checked. I don't remember was the SIM card inside during installation of the ROM (probably wasn't).
FlashTool V3.1252.1.sn104
I installed that ROM with most of its options and wiped data and cache before installation.
ROM got installed and after restart I lost SIM card visibility.
No external damage was done to SIM slot.

What I tried to fix it:
-       Both SIM slots are not damaged, this happened just after reboot
-   Tried different SIM cards from anothers phones
-   Tried my SIM card on other phones to make sure that it works
-   Format eMMC
-   At „factory mode“ Detect SIM test failed
-   Did wipe data/cache several times before and during attempts to install different roms
-   Tried installing another ROMs (with SIM card in and without), all with „clean install“.
-   During installation (download and upgrade) of ROMs from FlashTool selected all options (preloader,mbr,ebr1,uboot etc.)
-   Tried installing „original“ ROM from: needrom.com/mobile/feiteng-h9500
However it said „Installation aborted“ but I see the ROM was installed.

What I did wrong from what I know:
- I didn't backed up old ROM that I got with my phone
- I did „Download“ with update ROM v3 and not the initial version
- I didn't do „download“ the first version and then „Upgrade“ the rest of upgrades (I don't know is that relevant)
- I did not selected all options (preloader,mbr,ebr1,uboot etc.) in Flashtool except for „recovery“ when I first installed the ROM if that is relevant

So, I don't konw is there any relevant information I can provide since I honestly don't know what can be relevant and what not.
Is there something that can help with this?
Thank You for Your time.


texts: How to make apps know that I actually have internet /make them not check for wifi etc when I'm reverse tethering?

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I've researched the issue of some apps not connecting properly to internet  and it is caused by the apps checking the state of wifi and other standard Android internet connections instead of actually trying to connect to internet which makes them not connect to internet even though the device is connected.

I've also done what the thread at XDADev says with the reverse tether guide:
netcfg rmnet0 dhcp and other netcfg (like wlan0 and p2p0 which appear after you turn on wifi. (They appear as a response to ifconfig.))

How do I fool them?/Make them know I am connected?


texts: Cannot sign in Mi account after MIUI 12 update on Redmi Note 8

texts:
Recently I updated my Redmi Note 8 to the MIUI. Since then, I get this notification.
I've tried "signing in" again but it doesn't work.
Also can't sign in more than one google account anywhere on the device.
Help!


texts:
I'm trying to update this phone to the latest software. Its not supported by verizon anymore. So I grabbed all the stuff from Lineage. Now I need to get the files off the phone.
In the past I was able to connect a Motorola moto to a Fedora machine. The /etc/udev change, etc. I loaded adb that comes with fedora 32, failing that downloaded the software directly. No dice. I've searched a LOT. I'm coming up empty.
What happens is when I connect via usb cable if it connects at all it's not stable. Even if I can get it to stay long enough to do an adb devices and it shows up as offline, it's not there to connect to anymore. I've also tried to connect via Dell laptop running Fedora 32 as well as Kali linux. Same problems. Here's a dmesg tail:

[313081.375507] usb usb3-port2: attempt power cycle
[313082.066383] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[313082.084634] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1004, idProduct=62ce, bcdDevice= 3.18
[313082.084637] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[313082.084639] usb 3-2: Product: VS995
[313082.084640] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: LGE
[313082.084641] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: VS9953a904c56
[313089.369651] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 5
[313089.369960] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: WARN Set TR Deq Ptr cmd failed due to incorrect slot or ep state.
[313089.710320] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[313090.903327] usb usb3-port2: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
[313091.914316] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[313092.092351] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[313092.376342] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[313092.478402] usb usb3-port2: attempt power cycle
[313093.171294] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
[313103.431222] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: Abort failed to stop command ring: -110
[313103.431256] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: xHCI host controller not responding, assume dead
[313103.431265] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: HC died; cleaning up
[313103.431346] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: Timeout while waiting for setup device command
[313103.847212] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 8, error -108
[313103.847295] usb usb3-port2: couldn't allocate usb_device

Maybe I'm taking the wrong approach?
Thanks,
Rob


texts: How to keep Google Maps sounds in Phone, while calls in Car Sound system, while driving?

texts:
I am driving with Google Maps, while Bluetooth on. I cannot hear any Google Maps sounds if Bluetooth is on, my car stereo system is not playing them, while listening radio (I know you could change the input source but I do not want that).
So I turn Bluetooth off because then the sounds of Google Maps come from the phone.
How can you force all sounds from Google Maps to come from the phone, although you have Bluetooth on and connected to car stereo?


texts: Hangouts Crashes on Start can't seem to write to com.google.android.talk

texts:
I recently updated to a more recent version of the 12.1 nightlies of Cyanogenmod on my Nexus 5. Everything Google related seems to work except Hangouts. When I open hangouts it crashes immediately. The logs seem to show an inability to write to data/data/com.google.android.talk and an inability to read the SQLite databases within (some exploration in the shell reveals that the folder is empty).

What I've tried:

Wiping the caches
Installing new versions of Gapps
Wiping data and cache for Hangouts
Installing Hangouts Dialer
chmod 757 on that folder

I see that just about every data folder has a unique owner and group, could hangouts have somehow gotten mixed up?


texts: I have a rooted Galaxy Nexus (maguro) runnung an AOSP 4.4.4 rom and Franko.Kernel r396. I also have Gravity Box installed and have replaced the battery percent icon with the circle battery. As far as I can tell, these are the important factors relating to my issue. I have an app that shows battery voltage next to percent, and at 50% the voltage is 3600, but from what I've seen 3600 is supposed to be zero. If my battery falls below 50%, I have to keep my screen off or the phone dies instantly with no warning.


texts:
I have a phone where I like to have the time a few minutes forward the right time. Now, when I chat with people through Google Talk, I got all message mixed up because the received messages arrive with the sender time. If the answer is faster than my forwarded minutes, it appears before my message.

Example:

Phone 1 time        Phone 2 time       Sender       Message time        Message
08:01               08:18              Phone 1      08:01               I'm fine
08:00               08:17              Phone 2      08:17               How are you?

Is there anything I can set up (beside the right phone time) to avoid this?


texts: Google Authenticator used by native apps?

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I recently turned on two-step verification for my Google account and installed the Google Authenticator app on my Android device. Based on what I have read everywhere (even Google's official info: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1173270), I was under the expectation that I would have to generate an application specific password for some of the apps on my Android device - gmail, youtube, etc. However, that hasn't happened. Everything continues to work fine on my device including gmail, youtube, sync functionality, etc. I have restarted the device, forced it to sync manually, etc...no problems, and I'm never prompted to enter a verification code, never set the device as trusted, etc.

How does this work? Are the Google Android native apps using the Google Authenticator service behind the scenes to generate codes?


texts: What methods can I use to block adult content?

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I'm looking for something along the lines of K-9 for my phone.  Does such a thing exist?

My goal: to have all adult content blocked.

I would like to know if this is possible and if it is, how to do it.


texts: Install Android 4.1 on unknown custom Chinese tablet with X210 processor

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I want to install Android 4.1 on a custom tablet running custom hardware and a custom Android 4.0.4 because I need TLS 1.2 to work on it.
I understand there is quite a big chance of bricking the tablet but I'm willing to risk it.
Here is some info for the device

Device Model: Unknown
Android: 4.0.4
Processor: X210 (armeabi-v7a)
Processor frequency: Unknown
Cores: 1
Audio chipset: X210
GPU: Imagination Technologies Power VR SGX 540
Display resolution: 753x480 @68 Hz (6.2")
RAM: 381 MB
Internal Storage: 540 MB

I'm just not sure how to go about it or what ROM should I use.
Do I try to find an original Google ROM or one of those custom CyanogenMod ones? I want to try something with the maximum chance of success, so any tips and guides are highly appreciated.


texts: how to connect VGA monitor to android mobile and mirror screen using Chrome Vysor?

texts: I have tried Chrome Vysor with USB cable to connect my laptop to samsung galaxy on7 prime.Now I need to connect my VGA monitor to this phone and mirror screen.Would Vysor be of help there or do I need to use any other app and please suggest me those apps that can capture my mobile screen and display it full screen on my monitor with a good quality  , rather than like Vysor which asks for money to provide the above mentioned features. Quality is must because I have to study on the monitor.


texts: WhatsApp messages are not appearing in chronological order

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When in a group chat, if many messages are exchanged between other people in the group, when I check my Whatsapp, the messages are grouped according to sender and not chronologically. I know that my phone isn't the problem as I have recently changed my phone, however, I'm still experiencing the same problem.

I have tried uninstalling and re-installing WhatsApp on my phone, and the same problem still occurs.


texts: my samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100 totally formatted or wiped. how to fix it. How to install new ROM

texts:
internal sd card also formatted.
external sd card also formatted.
rooted successfully, installed CWM recovery successfully but there is a problem while installing new ROM. how to fix it.


texts: Cancel All Market Updates/Downloads at Once

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I just re-flashed CM 6.1 and when I opened up the market to download Titanium Backup, 27 apps started to automatically download, simultaneously. I'm not sure why they'd do that, and they never have done this before after flashing a fresh ROM.  Needless to say, is there any way to stop all downloads all at once, or prevent this from happening in the future?

Android 2.2.1, Moto Droid 1.


texts: OTA update to Jelly Bean 4.3 fails (Nexus 4)

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I just purchased a used Nexus 4 online and it came with Android 4.2.2 (stock, as far as I can tell).  The phone does have an unlocked boot-loader and is was rooted.  I was able to un-root using supersu, but the OTA update to 4.3 still fails.  It starts to install, then it just shows a screen that says "Error" with a dead robot.

Is there anything else I might need to do in order to allow this upgrade to go through?  I don't care about keeping the unlocked bootloader or anything.


texts: Clean LineageOS 17.1 install and empty device - can't work out how to mount data partition in TWRP?

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I'm installing LineageOS 17.1 on my new phone. It works fine, but I can't get to data in TWRP.
As usual, to install, I wipe everything, drop into TWRP, format (not just wipe) data, wipe cache/davlik/system, and flash the LineageOS installer file. When the system starts first time, it gives a message "encrypting data", which doesn't have a "skip" option.
When I drop back into TWRP it asks for a decryption password to access data, but I don't have one because I haven't entered one in the first place.
How do I get LOS to not encrypt data, or alternatively, what decryption password should I use in TWRP?
Note: this isn't a duplicate question. Other questions about decrypting data involve corrupt data or system issues that prevent data being accessed because of encryption, or trying to recover files from data. In my case, it's a clean install with no prior data content, but I can't figure how to access data in TWRP because it seem to encrypt it automatically but there's no hint what key to enter in TWRP.


texts: Possible hacking of my OnePlus6. Contacts disappearing under 'Speed dial'

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The speed dial section in my One Plus 6, until now had a list of contacts who I used to call recently and/or contacts who I used to call on a frequent basis, never used to be a speed dial contact that I had manually added.

But now, all of a sudden, it's empty.
What can be the reason? Is there a good chance my phone is hacked?

Can someone please me


texts: Prevent Chrome from accessing passwords on the web?

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I have my Google Account set on my android phone. But I want to prevent passwords from being saved on my phone and my possibility of people accessing my password list on my Google Account.

Is this possible? If so, how?


texts: Bypass 4GB limitation of Android file transfer

texts: Both my phone and my SD card (exFAT formatted) support big file size. However, Android File Transfer app does not allow send files bigger than 4GB. Is there a way to bypass the limitation?


texts: Is there a way on a DUAL SIM Android phone to configure on a per-app basis, which app uses which sim card to access internet?

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Let's say, I have two SIM cards, the first one has an unlimited but slow 3G internet connection, the other SIM has a very fast LTE Internet connection with limited data volume.
So I would use the first SIM card for all apps, downloads, web surfing, app updates, music streaming, data synchronisation like Dropbox and Google Drive etc.
But for Skype/WhatsApp video calls and HD video streaming I would prefer to use the second sim card with LTE.
Is that possible on Android?

If it is inpossible, probably another scenario will work somehow: if I start Skype/Netflix, all background internet connections should be stopped and the second sim must be activated for internet connections.

If there is no app for that yet, but it is possible to do so programmatically without rooting, that would work, too.

Thanks


texts: I keep getting alerted regarding unread Facebook messages even though there is none

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My phone beeps and tells me I have an unread Facebook message even though I don't. I've got a hunch what the source of the problem is. I have both the Facebook app and the Friend Caster app and they are connected to different Facebook accounts (one's for work one's for my personal life). Is there way I can stop getting these false "new message" alerts?

I want both my Facebook accounts on my phone because then all the contact numbers get pulled off both accounts. If anyone can think of a better way I'm open.


texts: Does installing, deleting and reinstalling an app make your phone slower?

texts: I recently bought my oneplus 7 pro and I was wondering if installing a certain app, deleting it, and reinstalling it again makes my phone slower. I was forced to do this to a certain application today.


texts: Does android keystore and “Clear data” of the “Settings” app are related?

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I am working on a system app where i am storing some sensitive data in EncryptedSharedPreference.
I realise that my app is not working as expected if I do clear data of android Settings app. That is happening because my sensitive data stored in encrypted shared preference was changing.
When I observe the encrypted_myapp_pref.xml file, I observe that encrypted value of those sensitive data is not changing. but value of key material was changing (androidx_security_crypto_encrypted_prefs_key_keyset and androidx_security_crypto_encrypted_prefs_value_keyset). Hence while decrypted my sensitive data, it gave me wrong value and that was affecting on app. When I tried the same logic with priv app or user app (without using sharedUserId="android.uid.system" it is working as expected.
So the problem is, if I am using system app with shared user id and clearing the data of settings app, on device reboot, key material of my own app changes and Encrypted shared preference will not give proper values back.


texts: Setting up ringtone on Nexus 5X with Android 7.1.1

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I am just writing about what worked on my new Nexus 5X which has Android 7.1.1. As I have read many answers about how to set up a ringtone and none of them worked.

I installed a file manager app and then I transmitted the custom ringtone MP3 from the old phone to the Nexus 5X using Bluetooth which put it in the Downloads folder that I was able to browse in the file explorer app. So far so good.

I then tried copying the file to the Ringtones folder in the root directory (/storage/emulated/0) but couldn't select it in Ringtone settings so I had to try reading some messages to work out where I could try to put the file to get Android to detect it.

After looking at a few places I ended up putting it in the Android/media/com.google.android.talk/Ringtones folder. After that the Ringtone was able to be selected in sound settings.


texts: SGS with CM10 says sdcard is full although there is plenty of space

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I've been using CM10 on my SGS for almost a month now and yesterday the sdcard became full somehow although it isn't.

I can't take photos or download files.

The SD-card has plenty of space, in fact all 3 memory spaces visible in Settings-> Storage have over 500MB each.

Any idea what the problem might be?


texts: Google contacts sync issue with Lenovo Vibe K5

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I have Lenovo Vibe K5. I have several contacts in my Google account, and tried to sync them to my phone. I'm suffering from two issues.

Issue 1:

Contacts with same name (with possible permutations) were not syncing. Look at the examples to understand better.

Example 1:
In google, if I have these contacts:

Ram Kumar - 9876543210
Kumar Ram - 9876543211

then, only one of the two gets synced to my phone. I got only Kumar Ram synced in phone.

Even though, after syncing, if I delete Kumar Ram in Google contacts, and re-sync in phone, only Kumar Ram gets deleted and Ram Kumar doesn't appear though. It appears only after deleting the account from phone and re-add and sync again.

Example 2:

In google, if I have these contacts:

Rahul Sharma - 9876543210
Mirza Sania - 9876543211
Sharma Rahul - 9876543212
Sania Mirza - 9876543213

then, only Sharma Rahul and Sania Mirza gets synced.

Again, just deleting the Sharma Rahul in Google contacts, and re-sync in phone won't fetch Rahul Sharma to my phone. I need to delete my Google account from phone and re-add and sync again.

Note: All contact numbers are unique. Also, tried syncing in other android mobiles, it works perfect. The issue only happens in Lenovo Vibe K5.

Follow up issue:

When I add some contacts (similar to Issue 1 with such contacts) to my Google account from my phone, the contacts gets added, synced to Google accounts, but, got DELETED from the phone's contacts (under google account). It appears only in Google contacts website. Syncing again and again, but it doesn't appear in phone's google contacts area.

Add these two contacts in phone under Google account :

Ram Kumar - 9876543210
Kumar Ram - 9876543211

Sync now, and both gets added to Google. But, one among them or, sometimes both gets DELETED from phone (under google accounts contacts). [Issue 1's case again]

Case 1: Add first contact, sync, and then add second contact - now only one contact will be deleted in phone. (In the above example, Kumar Ram gets deleted.)

Case 2: Add both contacts, and then sync - now both contacts gets deleted from phone.

It will only appear in Google contacts web version. Never ever in your phone. If you remove the account from your phone and re-add and sync, then Issue 1 will occur.

This issue happens only in Vibe K5. Tried same Google account on other phones, it synced perfect.

How can I fix these?


texts: Go back to previous custom rom - adb issue

texts:
I decided to try a custom ROM from here.

I downloaded Exodus ROM to my computer, and via ADB transmitted it to the sdcard/0/ folder. I then rebooted and flashed this custom ROM. Everything went well but I don't like this version, partly because it seems old.

The problem is that I don't know how to go back to the previous ROM(Jellybean).

I made a backup of Jellybean to a folder of clockwordmod, but when I flashed the Exodus ROM the Jellybean ROM was not there.

So, what to do? I have it on my computer, but the problem is how to put it back to the phone. The problems are:

The ADB connection is not working via USB cable any longer.
I could download an ADB app from Play Store that uses Wi-fi, but the Play Store is missing in the phone.

How could I possibly solve this issue?

Very grateful for answers.

Edit: I succeeded to downloading it to my phone, that is the zipfile that holds the OS jellybean. But at the bootmenu where I select the zipfile it starts but soon fails (installation aborted).

finding update package
opening update package
installing update
installation aborted*

And then the droid is laying down with a read exlamation above.

The zipfiles contents look like this


texts: How can I determine why my phone won't sleep?

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When my phone won't go to sleep, what is the best way to trouble-shoot what the problem and/or offending app is?

(In my case I am running CyanogenMod, and so I don't know if the solution will be the same or different than for stock Android)


texts: I usually hand over my Samsung Note 3 to my kids to watch Netflix , videos and play games etc. I recently notice that my status bar will not take off, I looked at every settings option, and I can't find the option to turn it off. I would appreciate if someone can help me thank you.


texts: Replicating features of Doze mode using other tools/apps

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target android version: 4.2.2

Doze mode is one of the new features of Android 6.0 Marshmallow; In the documentation it is said that:

The following restrictions apply to your apps while in Doze:

Network access is suspended.
The system ignores wake locks.
Standard AlarmManager alarms (including setExact() and setWindow()) are deferred to the next maintenance window.
If you need to set alarms that fire while in Doze, use setAndAllowWhileIdle() or setExactAndAllowWhileIdle().
Alarms set with setAlarmClock() continue to fire normally — the system exits Doze shortly before those alarms fire.
The system does not perform Wi-Fi scans.
The system does not allow sync adapters to run.
The system does not allow JobScheduler to run.

My question is how we can create Doze mode behavior by tools like Amplify, Greenify or other available tools?

For example how we can create a condition that in which the system ignores wake locks? (What tool/app? what config?)


texts: Can I root my stock-Gingerbread Captivate without flashing a new kernel?

texts:
I updated my AT&T Captivate to the stock Gingerbread a few weeks ago, and I've had nothing but problems since -- hangs, lockups, and that constant TetheringManager crash.  I'm about to do a factory reset, but I'd really like to be able to back it up properly first, which of course requires root.

I've done a little research, and SuperOneClick definitely does not work in my situation.  I've seen some people refer to flashing a new kernel, but a) I've never done it, b) it sounds a bit scary, and c) I don't need anything else out of a custom kernel, other than root access.  Is that my only way forward in this situation?

(I found this similar question, but people seem to have ignored the "how do I root" part once they figured out that the OP didn't need to in the first place)


texts: how do I get rid of this google searchbar?

texts:
I have a Google searchbar in a tablet I have borrowed

For me it's in a very inconvenient location and I keep on pressing it accidentally.
It looks like I can't click and drag on it to move it to another location either.
How do I hide this toolbar? I need to be able to get it back as well, since the tablet isn't mine, but I want to hide or disable this search bar while I use it (or at least move it to another location)


texts: Homemade update Sony Xperia to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and DRM restoration

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I have a Xperia smartphone, Android 4.4.

Is it possible to upgrade my device with new Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and restore previously backed up DRM keys so Sony proprietary features can work as before? Or maybe the keys are bound to specific Android version?

I know about the tool Backup-TA and about the fact that Sony has recently released AOSP version for Xperias.

Please, if you can, give me answer which will be more than 'yes' or 'no', I always like to understand the way things are :)

PS. Sorry if this questions is unclear or could be a duplicate. Let me know about it please. I just could not find any information on the web about restoring DRM keys into new system version.


texts: How to use the Search box on these Stack Exchange sites with the Galaxy S?

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When I type something into the search box at the top right of the main page, I get a Next key instead of the Go or enter key.  If I enter text in search, pressing Next takes me to the interesting tags input, then to the ignored tags input; pressing Go from there takes me back to the main page, with my search text sitting in the search box and no way to do anything with it!

My phone is a Galaxy S and I've tried all three of the input methods -- Swype, Samsung and Android -- and all behave the same way.

From https://android.stackexchange.com/search (it's the same text on other SE sites):

  To search, type in the box at the top right of every page and press Enter.

How can I provide the Enter that the search functionality depends on?  If I can't do it directly, are there any workarounds?

(I'm certain I've run into this problem on other websites too, but I can't think where right now.)


texts: I have a Kindle book with a deviating font, can I change it to normal?

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Most of the books on my Kindle for Android app display with the same font, which I find good enough for reading.

But I have just one book which uses different typography, and it is bad enough to distract me from the reading experience. I checked maybe 10 other books and none displays that way. So I assume that this must be a publisher font. Kindle is supposed to support reset of publisher fonts since 4.3. I have 4.4.0.71 and can't find how to do it. A solution from Amazon help says

  While reading, press the Menu button and then select Change Font Size.
  Next to Publisher Font, select "on" or "off".

But I have no such option.

If this is a publisher font, how do I get it to normal? If it isn't, why is this book displaying so differently from all the others, and again, how do I get it to normal? (device is not rooted).

The below screenshot shows what I see in the settings for the book. (There are no font settings in the two real Menu buttons, this comes from the aA button which changes the book's appearance). It also shows the strange font with low readability (both screenshots are taken at the same line spacing setting).


texts: Centrally managing large number of android tablets

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I'm involved in a project that will deploy approximately 400 android tablets. All the devices are on the same network. Is there an easy way to centrally manage the following:

Creating and updating policies to restrict users from launching apps or updates
Update a custom written application
Set device into kiosk mode and auto start an app

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Flashed addonsu-arm-signed.zip on LineageOS, still no root

texts:
I just installed LineageOS 14.1 using TWRP.

Then, following this guide I downloaded addonsu-arm-signed.zip to my SD card and installed it, also using TWRP.

PROBLEM: Then I installed Titanium Backup from Play Store, an got this message:

Is there a mistake in my procedure?
Is there a missing step?


texts: Someone is sending FB messages that appear to come from my android! HOW?

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We recently had a house guest who asked to use my phone. She is sending Facebook messages drom her Android phone that appear to be coming from me! This is causing serious problems! I want to catch her. I suspect she has also stolen items that could be used for identity theft. My device is an unlocked LG. I don't have a carrier, I just use our Wi-Fi. Her phone is also an LG through Boost Mobile. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you


texts: My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 downloaded three copies of a file called iipsrv.fcgi. I have the apps Gamedia Browser, uTorrent and VLC Media player on my phone and am wondering if this download is related to o e of these apps. Should I be concerned about this being malicious files?


texts: prestigion tablet : lost my pattern and google account and dont have recovery menu

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i lost my android pattern and my google account password.
my tablet dont have any recovery menu and download mode ...
i hold down Vol Up + Power OR Vol Down + Power OR Home + power and ...
no resone to go in recovery menu ...
no fastboot and no adb is active ...
how i factory reset my table without adb,recovery Mode and fastboot ?
is any way to auto update from update.zip from sd card in boot time like some HTC phone ?

tablet model : Prestigio PMP5197D Ultra

help me


texts: Will flashing "ADB enable" trigger Knox warranty bit?

texts:
I have ghost touch and I am unable to unlock my phone anymore, so I want to flash a file to enable ADB using Odin and then perform a factory reset using ADB... Will it change the KNOX fuse?

File is here: https://zfirmware.com/download-all-samsung-adb-enable-files-removing-security-frp/

Thanks.


texts: Gallery images appearing in mixed up order

texts:
I have an HTC One X with stock Android 4.1.1. As you know, Android 4.1 introduced a "nice" feature to the gallery which allows grouping images by events. Unfortunately, after this update I started to notice a very annoying and intermittent bug: sometimes, if I have a group with hundreds of images, some of them appear in jumbled up order. I use Dropbox to sync them to my PC, so I don't usually connect my phone via USB to the PC. After seeing this issue, I browsed via USB to some of the images that appear in the wrong position and it looks like the EXIF date is correct, but, for some reason, the phone shows a different hour for this images in the "Details" section. It appears as if it misreads the hour when indexing them, showing them as having been taken one hour before the date in the EXIF data.

I have tried to clear the cache of the Media Storage application and restart the phone, but, unfortunately, this did not do the trick and I think that a few more images got mixed up after it finished rescanning.

Does anybody have any idea what might cause this bug and how can it be fixed?

PS: I installed Total Commander on the phone and it displays the proper date for the images and it also picks them up in the expected order, so this is clearly a bug in the Media Storage app.


texts: How to turn off notifications for individual apps?

texts:
On my iphone, there is a "notifications" setting section, which basically just allows me to choose which apps has the power to notify me.

I was wondering if there's anything similar that is available on the Samsung Galaxy s2?

Basically, we have a new app called Scramble For Friends. And it keeps notifying us every time someone has finished their turn so that I can play. We play random people so this could be in the middle of the night or in a meeting etc.

It just vibrates but still - it's annoying and we want to turn it off. We also don't want to turn off other notifications like Email, Facebook etc. - we just want to turn off the notifications for Scramble For Friends.

I've been looking around in the Settings but there doesn't seem to be a universal page which deals just with notifications.


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I have a Moto 360. I get a card saying there's a system update. I open the update and tell it OK to install. I get the red/blue/yellow/green spinning dots and a progress bar. When the progress bar reaches approximately 30%, the dots disappear. The green Android robot appears. He has a hatch in his stomach area, and a red triangular icon with an exclamation point inside of it appears. The watch stays like this until the battery dies (unless I hold the physical button until the watch shuts off). I can then reboot back to normal, but after a few hours (or sometimes minutes) the system update card will appear again and the whole cycle starts over.

What is causing the system update to fail? Are there any debugging steps I can perform?

When I go to Settings, my current software version is 4.4W.1.

I have tried doing factory resets twice and then updating, but the issue persists.

Update-I got in touch with Motorola support. They had me reset the watch and try updating. When that didn't work, they decided to replace my watch. They'll be shipping me a new one.


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I have a rooted android device I want to use as a toy server. I need to install GCC, so I can ssh in and compile other software.

How do I install GCC and whatever libs/headers I need to compile command-line binaries, without buying one of the commercial solutions like C4droid?


texts: Can I Download (Dump) kernel image (and full ROM) on Intel device?

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I need to download the ROM from an Intel device, and I can't unlock the bootloader.

I know that there are tools to do so on Meditek devices, that let you access the device before it boots to the bootloader. An example is the Wwr_MTK Tool together with SP Flash Tool. (See my post at Backup/dump kernel image (and full ROM) without root for Mediatek Devices).
I'm looking for a similar thing for Intel devices. This should let me download the ROM without having to use Fastboot.

P.S. If you have any other suggestions on being able to download the ROM I would appreciate it.


texts: How can I reset my device without losing images on it?

texts:
I know I can backup and restore. But I just don't want the images to be deleted (either phone memory or sd card). Meaning, have the folder of the images remain, so that Gallery can read all the images from it after reset.

I want to reset because after an upgrade to Lollipop, com.android.phone doesn't work. So I tried several options, but could not solve this, so now I'm looking to reset


texts: Android won't connect to WiFi without Internet connection

texts:
The title says it: Android mobile phone won't connect to a WiFi network that doesn't have an Internet connection.

Our clients can't connect to a SoftAP network that our device creates. They see the SoftAP network, try to connect to it and are immediately removed from the network.

When I connect to the same SoftAP network, there is a warning that the said WiFi network doesn't have internet access. I then have to approve being connected to the said network. After I approve it, the application we use works fine.

Our clients are from Austria and we are based in Serbia. Don't know if this has anything to do with it. Also, almost all of our Android test devices are in developer mode. Again, don't know if this has anything to do with it, just trying to give as much info as possible.


texts: Changing the default location of Receiving files of bluetooth

texts: Hi I am user of Samsung Galaxy S4, I want to know how can I change the default location of the Received files to SD Card instead of the phone storage?


texts:
I have added a new ringtone to the ringtones list in Settings->Sounds->Phone ringtone>Add ringtone. After that I can see the same ringtone file in Ringtones folder of Internal storage. I need to remove this ringtone? For that I have deleted that file from folder. But, the ringtone is still running there. How to remove it.

Device: Moto X4 Oreo 8.0 (non rooted)


texts: And by the course of the days, memory keeps stacking and stacking up on Android, I have the habit of restoring the phone after a while (even with root, SuperSU as system app). But now I have Xposed framework, and it is not a system app (but I can change that easily). Do Xposed framework keeps working when the phone is restored? (Assume that Xposed is a system app)


texts:
My phone is stuck in the strangest bootloop I've ever encountered. Last night my phone dropped to 0% battery, so I charged it on up and restarted it. I didn't look at it for a while but when I did it notified me of the phone being updated.

Weird, no updates in the pipeline, when I go to check it says I haven't downloaded a new one in months. Then my phone starts restarting. A couple second freeze, and then it's starting back up. Boots all the way up, then my background apps start up. Minute later, phone's restarting again. The phone keeps this up all night, and into the next morning, varying in the amount of time between boots and crashes

Okay, boot in safe mode, no difference. Clear cache partition, no difference. Factory reset via UI, no difference. Factory reset from boot menu, no difference. Put it in the fridge for 30 minutes, no difference. Wanna hear the weird part?

I decided to discharge the battery all the way, and charge it all the way back up. Might as well, right? Unfortunately at some point my phone decided to start shutting down and staying off, instead of restarting. Shit, well I guess I'll just have to keep starting it up. So I throw on a muted repeating youtube playlist, turned the screen brightness up, and it just keeps going... It plays the videos happily without crashing. When you leave youtube it eventually crashes.

Seems to me like a piece of software in the main OS that starts late in the boot cycle which crashes things and doesn't get factory reset (and youtube stops it from starting?).

So, is there anything I can try beyond flashing the original firmware?


texts:
I am using Genymotion to play Android games on Linux. But I can not play some games, as they have special control layout.
Do you know how to add keyboard mapping feature to Genymotion, like in other Android emulators for Windows such as Nox, Memu, BlueStack?


texts: I understand why Google placed a fadeout on the screen when on a call to help conserve the battery, but it fades so fast that when there's an automated system that answers the call, I have to frequently tap the screen to keep it lit up until I can get through all the options. I have looked for setting to change it to be longer or turn off the option. Does anyone know if it's possible to change or disable it?


texts: My phone is stuck In Twrp Mode And Touch is not working in this mode. And i am not normally booting. Please Guide?

texts: I wanted to root my Samsung Galaxy S4 And flash a rom but when i installed a TWRP recovery its touch is not working at all.Only power button works which turn off the screen.How can i exit from it? or How can i flash another Twrp whose touch is working.?


texts: How can I set up email on my GS4 to handle both email and gmail accounts?

texts: I just moved from iPhone to a Galaxy S4, and I'm trying to get it set up. I have a gmail account, and two NON-gmail accounts. What is the best solution to have all of my emails managed in one place/app? I would really prefer not having to switch between two apps to check my emails if possible. Thanks for any assistance.


texts: Samsung Smart TV keeps turning itself off

texts: My 2013 Samsung Smart Hub TV keeps turning off by itself every five seconds. When I turn it on, five seconds later, it turns off and then back on, only to repeat this cycle for fifty times. I checked the software update and it's apparently up to date, I checked the cable connections and they're secure, and I rebooted my wifi a couple times. The issue still persists and seems to go away on its own, after 10-15 mins of the on-off cycle. This is driving me insane. Can someone please help? Thanks.


texts: How do I take a shot without the volume display on screen?

texts: How do I take a screenshot on my Samsung Galaxy 10.1 without the volume display showing on screen?


texts: How do I get the tablet gmail client to allow me to swipe to archive like the phone client

texts:
I have a HTC One V and a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 - in the One V, I can archive a message by swiping it. On the galaxy tab, I need to select the message, and hit the swipe button. The phone runs android 4.01, and the tablet runs 4.1

Is there any way I can get the tablet gmail client to behave like the phone gmail client?


texts:
I'm trying to root my phone with Unrevoked recovery reflash tool and it all goes well - it installed the needed service and the root tool - up until it's supposed to actually do the root process.

It reboots the phone and then says "waiting for system to settle" and then it says "running root". Then it gives me the message "error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?"

But how do I tell if my firmware is too new? Do they mean the Android build number? And where can I see what versions are supported? Or is it my HBOOT version that's causes the problem?

Some info about my device.

Android version
2.2

Baseband version
32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

Kernel version
2.6.32.15-gf@5a401c
htc-kernel@and18-2#1

Build number
2.29.405.2 CL263770 release-keys

Software number
2.29.405.2

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010,17:52:18

Is this thing compatible with Unrevoked or not?

If not, will it help to downgrade to Android Eclair 2.1 RUU and then try to root?

Update: Downgrade attempt failed

I just tried downgrading from 2.29.405.2 to 2.10.405.2 using the RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.10.405.2_R_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_142828_signed.exe file but the process failed. I get error code 140 - "bootloader version error".

So much for plan B...


texts:
I have problem with WiFi on Android 4.4.2. (phone ZTE Geek 2)
After few days of working  WiFi stopped work and WiFi connetion has an error: “Saved, secured with WPA /WPA2”
Router reset, change configuration phone restart didnt work

I made hard reset of conifiguration of phone and it worked for few days (about 5 days) But it stopped work again. And now only that hard reset helps to make WiFi work again

Tested with 3 different routers.
Another phone work. This phone work only few days after reset.


texts:
I'm wondering how I can get the notifications to pop up on my phone, in the top bar. I've gone through all the settings and enabled all notifications but they do not notify me. With my twitter app, when someone mentions me in a tweet I get a notification on my phone in the top bar as well as in the actual app.
The notifications on Instagram only notify me of new comments/likes IN the app, not on my phone.
Help?


texts: How to remove an account from Google Hangouts?

texts:
I logged in to Google Hangouts using an account (which is NOT the account I use in play store). But now I cannot remove it. I can sign out, but to sign back in, it does not for the password and automatically signs in. I don't want just anyone to be able to pick up my phone from the table and log in to my personal account.

So how to remove that account from hangouts or at least make it forget the password?