texts: Skype showing me as online - after stopping app and even after device shutdown?

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Scenario A:

start Skype
do some other work
shut down the Android device

Problem:
My contacts are still seeing me as being "online".
Strangely enough there seems to be no heartbeat feature implemented in Skype.
So even after 1 day my contacts are trying to call me - even though the device is powered off.

Initially I thought this symptom would occur in case i forgot to manually quit the Skype app before shutting down the device.
So i was searching for an answer how to configure Skype to automatically log off / quit when the Android device is shutting down?

But now it turned out the situation is even worse:

Scenario B:

start Skype
do some other work
quit the Skype app
shut down the Android device

After step 3 I'm still listed as being "online".
When a contact sends me a chat message it pops up.
So it means: even though Skype no longer appears in the task manager it seems to be running as a secret, invisible background task!?

And after step 4 the behaviour is the same as in Scenario A. I'm not transitioning to "offline" state.

Summary:
There seem to be 3 problems:

no heartbeat feature implemented in Skype
quitting the Skype app is not properly terminating / signing off
shutting down the Android device also is not influencing the online status

The only thing that works for me so far:
You must switch to Skype, tap on your profile, at the very bottom manually do "sign out".
That's just not bearable.

This is:
Android 4.1.2
Skype 4.9.0.45564
Skype 5.0.0.49715
Skype 5.1.0.56619
Skype 5.1.0.58677
Skype 5.4.0.5871 (at least I'm now showing as being "Away" - instead of "Online")

2015-08-15 - the problem is back and it's even worse:
Android 5.1.1
Skype 5.9.0.14047
Even though I'm manually signing out, terminating the app and shutting down the Android device I'm still being shown as being "online"!!

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All of the above tested @ Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (WiFi only) / GT-P3110


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I have a Chinese MID9000 tablet, and when I tried to install an app it took forever. I checked why and the device said that internal storage had 00.00 bytes when I hadn't even installed anything yet. Everything else functions perfectly except for app installation and the fact that it always acts like it's the first time opening it when I restart it.

So I tried to factory reset it from the settings menu to see if it would fix the issue, but all I saw was an Android laying on its back with light blue circuits running through it for a second, then it flashed to a red exclamation mark. Now I have a 150 dollar piece of tech that is useless.

I don't want to send it back to Newegg because I want to see if there is any way to get it working first to avoid the hassle. I have tried searching for solutions, but everything I found required a Windows computer and I use Ubuntu. Are there any solutions that don't require using a Windows computer?


texts: Android device is listed and recognized using adb, Hardware Overview but won't show in Finder?

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I'm using a Macbook Pro OS X Sierra, with Android File Transfer installed. When plugging in an Asus Zenfone 2, a popup shows with the message (minus the Initialize button):

However, this is followed immediately with another window listing the contents of said phone, with buttons for both Internal Storage and SD Card. Drag and Drop/Copy-Paste file transfers are possible as well (not my screenshot but very similar to mine):

Also, when checking System Information in About This Mac/Overview/System Report/USB, "Android" is visible under the USB Device Tree. Clicking this further shows additional data such as Product and Vendor IDs, etc. (image not mine but similar):

When in Terminal, typing "adb devices" will list the device's Vendor ID.

Long story short, the device is recognized except in Finder.

Any suggestions how to make the device appear in Finder's Sidebar, under Devices? Any help would greatly be appreciated. TIA!


texts: Android Wear App shows a notification after uninstallation

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I installed Android Wear app for connecting with wearable emulator. After finished my job I uninstalled it. But the problem is, A notification is shown sometimes like "Android Wear connecting...". Can anyone tell me how can I get rid of it.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Connectivity problem with an app on my Android phone

texts: What can I do about this message: "Could not complete the action due to poor connectivity"--Says Network Issue? I have downloaded an app called LYFT. Everytime I try to get into this app, that message comes up.


texts: After enabling Data Monitoring, if I do OTA update download and install, will data used during OTA download be monitored?


texts: Deleted .nomedia file but still photos in that folder not visible in gallery

texts: Created an .nomedia file in a folder and it worked. But now I've deleted that file but still photos are not visible in gallery app.How to recover from this? Any help?


texts: Voice typing -how to continue dictation in new line without restarting microphone?

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The solution in accepted answer here works on Nougat 7.1.2 using Gboard

What do I say to make a new line when using voice recognition?

But irritatingly, microphone switches off when you move to new line or paragraph and you need to activate it again, breaking the dictation and thought flow

How to prevent that on Nougat 7.1.2 ( not rooted)?

Please don't suggest any apps


texts: I have a Nokia 6.1 with several geofencing based Applets to turn on/off the ringer, etc.  All of these recipes I got from IFTTT.  I just realized that none of them have run since December 6th.  Any idea what's going on?  My phone is a Nokia 6.1 running Android Pie.


texts: Unable to enter download mode on Lg D290n

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I have LG L Fino (D290N) and I am not able to start andorid os at all. I have tried to enter recovery mode, but unfortunately I am getting error. Also, I've tried to enter download mode but the same error shows up.

here is the picture of the error.

Does anybody know how can I enter download mode in order to flash the device?

thanks


texts: How to Plug and Play a USB Barcode-Printer in android devices

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We are trying to print Barcode using USB Barcode Printer from an android device.

The available printer model is GODEX EZ520, we used printer-share app from Playstore and it detected the printer-device but they do not have supporting drivers for this printer.

Do we need to write separate drivers for printers to print from android or Is there any other ways to connect android device and Barcode Printers via usb.


texts: Telegram select part of message and copy

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How to select and copy some part of telegram message, one word, for example, without copping the whole message?
And how to search telegram history matching half words?
Now if I have message with text "1234567890", if I search history for letters "1234" - no messages are found :(


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I see incorrect photo when accessing Android via USB. It's different from the one, I see in telephone itself. If I copy this photo to desktop, I get wrong image. If I move photo to desktop, I loose data.

This completely compromises USB access to Android.

Is it possible to avoid such situations by 100%?


texts: How do I change my default alarm clock app?

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So trying to get it so I can say "ok Google, set alarm x".  But it defaults to the basic alarm on my phone which is not a good alarm clock.  Looking through settings, apps, there seems to be a way to switch the default program for everything except alarm clocks.
Thank you


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I have heard many sites saying that  rooting makes phone faster but in technical detail it just increase process and more process = slow phone so why people say it

Example : we have phone   A  and phone  B   A  is rooted and  B  is not but   A  runs without any root apps so which will be fast (according to sites A will be fast)


texts: Android adb doesn't see my Android device on macOS Catalina

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My system is this:

macos: 10.15.7
device: xiaomi redmi 3s

Adb works fine with the android emulator, but it can't see the real device. The debug mode is turned on.
When I connect the real device via usb, I see that device is charging, but I don't see an option to choose File Transfer connection on device.
Adb connection with the device works fine on my Windows PC. How to make macos to see it?


texts: How to install XAPK packages on Android 4.4 (API 19)?

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There is an Android 4.4 (KitKat, API version 19) device, that should get some external programs with XAPK packages. These XAPK packages does not contain any OBB files, they just have a "main" .apk, then a lot of configuration APKs.
How to install that mentioned XAPK files? If I install the APKs manually, then the app simply fails to launch. The XAPK Installer app, which could handle this, is available from Android 5+, so also not an option.
Updating or upgrading that device is also not an option. So, no need the comments like "that is outdated" etc.


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I am using the latest stock ROM for my phone (SGS3, Vodafone variant, although rooted) and I have installed a GPS live tracking program that stays on the taskbar as a service all the time (and that's the way I want it to).

When I load up some RAM-hungry games that I've installed, sometimes that service dies (along with other processes that I don't care about) because Android tries to free up memory automatically (I have no task killer installed).

Is there a way to make that service having higher priority, so it won't get scooped along the other things that Android's garbage collector trashes when I open my favorite enormous apps?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Pandora app fails to open after being used

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New phone, LG V20 from T-mobile. Android Nougat (7.0 right now). Latest Pandora app.

The problem first manifested when I expected Pandora to wake me the next morning. It didn't. Checking my phone the Snooze/Stop circle buttons were there on the lock screen as if Pandora was running, but there was no music or even the tone Pandora plays when it can't access Internet.

Later, using Pandora during the day I found that if I'd used Pandora closed it (either by pressing the X in the notification or just by leaving it alone and paused long enough the OS closed it) and then opened it several hours later or the next day, the app would begin loading but would not progress beyond the splash screen.

I have removed the app and reinstalled. I have cleared cache/data.

I have not reset the phone.

Silent hours are set up but not for alarms and they stop before the alarm goes off.

Update 1

I set the phone Clock app alarm for the same time as the Pandora alarm. The phone alarm will go off briefly, then Pandora will start playing music, then once the first song is done on Pandora the phone's alarm cuts over Pandora and starts sounding again.

Odd.

I also changed Quiet Hours so they end 5 minutes before the alarm goes off (Alarms are allowed to sound through Quiet Hours already).

Yesterday I completed a full remove/reinstall of Pandora but forgot to re-enable the Pandora alarm. I'll do more testing today.

Future steps involve a full wipe/reset of the phone (don't really want to do this for another month though, after I've got the full unlock from TMobile completed).

Update 2

I contacted Pandora support. The steps they took me through were:

Update Pandora App to latest version.
Disable any battery saver or task manager. Android Nougat has a built-in Battery Optimzations function, and the ability to allow specific apps to ignore the optimizations. I enabled ignoring optimizations for the Pandora App.
Clear data.
Verify app is installed in local memory (not external/storage card).
Switch between normal and HQ audio (this is a data network-specific setting, and I'm using home wireless, but still switched it).
Uninstall and reinstall.

After completing all these without improvement or resolution, Pandora support asked for details of my phone and software and forwarded this to the engineering team.

Two days later (Monday this week) the Pandora alarm worked perfectly, and again Tuesday. The phone had been running for perhaps 5-7 days this point without a restart.

Wednesday morning the issues reoccurred. The Alarm interface loaded on the lock screen but no sounds playing. Thursday was the same, and battery usage was very high that morning with Android Operating System using the lion's share. I restarted the phone Thursday, and this morning there was also no alarm.

I would advise you to report your own issues to Pandora support so they'll be more aware of the breadth of the issue.


texts: Google Play Store uses mobile network, ignoring Data Saver settings?

texts: One of my apps is allowed to use the mobile network, and all others are confined to wifi. This is specified in my Data Saver settings, but according to GlassWire, Google Play Store is still using the mobile network. Any suggestions on how to confine Google Play Store to wifi are welcome.


texts: How can I fix the Wi-Fi button or prevent Wi-Fi errors when turning it off and back on?

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Sometimes after I shut off Wi-Fi using the button inside the notification bar drop-down, I can't turn it back on with that button.  Hitting the button does nothing, it's not even highlighted.  When I go into Settings -> Wireless and network -> Wi-Fi settings the status under "Wi-Fi" shows Error.  If I click "Wi-Fi" to turn it on from here, it usually turns on without any problems.  Occassionally I have to reboot to fix it.

Is there a fix I can use to make the TouchWiz Wi-Fi button work the same as enabling/disabling the Wi-Fi in Settings?  Or, ideally, is there some way I can prevent the Wi-Fi from getting into an error state when I turn it off and back on?

I have a Galaxy S Vibrant running 2.2, but this has been reported on other Samsung phones as well (example).


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My work WiFi routes traffic through a proxy server. Is there a way to enter proxy server settings so that my Android can successfully make web requests?
My previous phone was a WinMo 6.0 and this was easy to do (part of the setup wizard).

I have a Milestone on Android 2.1


texts: Blackberry Priv won't connect to Windows 7 for file transfer

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I posted this question before but it was "protected", so I can't answer it. So I'm reposting it so that I can answer my own question.

I can't get my Blackberry Priv to connect as anything other than charging via USB. My PC isn't recognizing that a device is connected. I've downloaded and installed the Tethering and USB drivers here. I restarted after installing them. On the phone, it never gives a notification that it has connected as a charging device, and I know that's what you'd normally click on to change to file transfer. Also, in the settings options, in Storage and USB, there is only information about device storage, nothing about the USB connection type. I've enabled developer options. In there, I've turned on "USB debugging" and "Allow USB debugging in charging mode". I'm at a loss as to what else would need to be done to get file transfer working, and honestly I'm completely confused as to why it's not showing up in the Storage & USB options. I'm having a hard time finding anyone else mentioning this issue.


texts: How to customise directions path rendering in OsmAnd?

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OsmAnd+ 2.3.5

Is there a way of modifying the look of the directions path? There is too much going on there to my liking so I would like to:

remove the yellow arrows (not sure what they signify but they obscure the road names)
remove the black arrows (they are less intrusive but still obscure road names)
change the colour and transparency of the purple path


texts: Delete individual cookie on andriod phone?

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I have an android phone (Samsung s3 mini). Can I delete an individual cookie?

I can see how to delete all cookies, but this isn't what I need to do.


texts: Make Galaxy S7/Android install drivers for MTP (Nougat, Win 7)

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Is there a way to make Android/a Galaxy S7 prompt Win 7 to install the drivers for MTP?

I own two S7 I use for work, one I've had for a while and used it to develop Android apps, the second I got a week ago and set it up today. Both I updated to Nougat 7.0 today (they were both on 6.0 with different Builds) and my old one instantly made Windows install the drivers for MTP and PTP but the new one only did it for PTP. I can still access everything on it with MTP but Eclipse/Android Studio/adb devices don't see it with that.

I tried killing the adb server, unplugging, restarting, changing the setting to PTP and back,... but nothing has worked so far.

The devloper mode and USB debugging are enabled on both S7s and I also updated the Google USB driver and installed the Android 7.0 SDK Platform through the Android SDK Manager today. The latest version of Kies is installed too but it also can't see the new S7 in MTP mode (to be honest, didn't test with PTP mode).

So, is there a way to kind of reset the whole MTP deal on the new S7 (preferebly without resetting the phone), so it makes Win 7 look for drivers again?

Bonus question: Can I make Nougat's developer settings' USB debugging default to PTP? Every time I unplug the phone, Android sets it back to MTP.


texts: How does the Asus transformer keyboard dock work?

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From a software and hardware standpoint, what kind of interface does the keyboard use? I'm guessing it's not just a usb-hid interface, or if it is there's something special for the special keys.

If I were to make my own device like that, say based on an Android sbc, what would I have to do to replicate it?


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I'm trying to automate a task on my (non-rooted) Android phone.
While I have it "working" using input, it is quite slow due to taking ~0.7s per event. (Basically, I just need to send a bunch of tap events, so what I have now is a sequence of adb shell input tap $x $y.)
I tried sendevent, but it gives me "permission denied". (I'm not sure why; the device is allegedly writable by the input group, of which the shell user is a member... and obviously, the input command can send events.)
Is there some trick to getting sendevent to work? Or some way to send multiple commands in a single invocation of input?
I'd prefer solutions that don't require installing third-party software...


texts: FitBit Charge 3 not connecting in new android Phone after previously synced with iPhone

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I previously used FitBit Charge 3 on my IPhone 6S, After it was totally broken and damaged I bought a new Samsung Galaxy M30S Android Phone.
While setting up new device I can see the message tracker found, but the Connecting is not working and buffering forever.
I tried several options like turning off Bluetooth and on, reboot fitbit device and other mentioned in forum but no luck.
I contacted customer support and they say that since you already sync with iPhone first you need to unpair from iPhone which I cannot do as it is damaged.
They suggested restarting fitbit for pressing 8 seconds which also did not work.
They said sorry and could not replace the product as warranty expired.
Does anyone have any suggestions ?


texts: can you "voice to text" without using wifi or data

texts: Is there a way or app that allows  "voice to text" when I am not near wifi or have data?


texts: Is there a way to clear your Google Play App history? (Not the search history)

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to remove apps from “all downloaded” in Play Store

I'm looking to see if there is a way to clear the actual history of installed apps in Google Play, as opposed to the history of searches (which one can do right from the app).

It'd be nice to be able to wipe out the old apps that I tried months ago and uninstalled. The sorting of the "All" apps list is actually pretty good, in that such apps tend to be at the very bottom; but if I go on a tangent trying a dozen different similar apps until I decide on one, I'll have those in my list for a bit.

And, sure... there are a few apps in that list I installed then removed that might generate a blush or two if someone else saw it.

I wouldn't expect to be able to remove apps that I have installed on any of my devices (nor would I want to, anyway)... just apps that I installed previously but do not have any longer.


texts: Need to upgrade from Android ver. 4.4.4 to Android ver. 5.0 with unlocked bootloader

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I have an Xperia Z and recently I unlocked the bootloader. However now I cannot install (upgrade) to the Lollipop Android 5.0 (10.6.A.0.454) from Android 4 (10.5.1.A.0.292) through the Sony website. I always get the message "cannot be installed because I have an unlocked bootloader".

Please advise on a step by step process to lock the bootloader again if possible or advise on how to upgrade to 5 version.

Please make it for dummies because I am not experienced or a developer whatsoever.


texts: Formatted Micro SD Card as internal storage, after flashing a new build the card is unusable with any device

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I've tried reformatting as portable storage and internal storage and neither work, choosing portable storage shows no errors it just doesn't do anything while internal storage errors.

I've tried taking out the card and plugging it into my computer to reformat but Windows doesn't pick it up at all (including the SDFormatter tool) and GParted gives the following error when trying to change anything:

  Input/output error during write on /dev/mmcblk0

  Error fsyncing/closing /dev/mmcblk0: Input/output error

Trying to reformat it using the Disks tool in Mint gives me this error:

  Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object(udisks-error-quark,0)

The parted command line tool gives similar errors.

I've been tearing my hair out all day over this, I can't seem to find any way to bring the SD card back. This is actually the second card this has happened to, I ended up throwing away the first one and then I've gone and done it again.

I've had a look at http://nelenkov.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/decrypting-android-m-adopted-storage.html, but as I've flashed a new ROM the key is gone?

Any help is appreciated!


texts: How do I delete all Google Photos pictures uploaded from a specific device only?

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I have a Google Photos account which is constantly being backed up to from 3 devices (i.e. 3 phones back up their photos to the same Google Photos account.) Is there any possible method through which I can delete all photos uploaded /backed up from a single device without deleting the others? For instance, If I wanted to delete all photos ever uploaded by phone 1, can I do that without having to delete photos uploaded by phone 2 and 3 as well? Thanks!
P.S: If there's anyway I could separately browse between collections of photos uploaded from each device, that would be even better


texts: How do I hard reset my Samsung Galaxy S2?

texts: I have forgotten my password. I have seen some answers to similar questions, but they are all the same. I have tried these, but it always asks me for my password, which is the reason I can't get into my phone. This is also the reason I need to reset my phone.


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I got Huawei P30 lite with Android 9. There is a page on the main screen (if you swipe right from Home) which looks like combination of Google assistant, search, news, weather etc..

What is it called and how to remove it?


texts: Storage Space running out - can't access phone at all

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I have an LG Volt (LS740).  Woke up this morning and couldn't get into the phone at all.  When swipe, I just get black screen. Notification indicates "Storage space running out: Some system functions may not work" but clicking on notification just gives me black screen.  Rebooting the phone doesn't seem to help.

I've gone thru similar questions posted but they all seem to have access to either Settings or a file manager.  I can't access any functions on the phone.  Occasionally I can get the icon desktop, but the system won't respond to taps.

Do I need a reset of the phone or is there some magic incantation I can perform to get some control back?


texts: Tablet [Element 7v3] - cannot be resetted (Technical problem)

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I trying to reset Element 7v3.
It cannot enter recovery mode when is turned off. It has only 3 buttons at all [Volume Up, Volume Down, Power Button](no touch buttons like home).

I tried:
Holding - [Volume Up] + [Power]
Holding - [Volume Down] + [Power]

I entered recovery mode from the settings/backup and recovery (Reboot and enter recovery mode).
It reboots and shows the recovery mode, the [Volume Up] and [Volume Down] works, but the [Power] button doesn't make any actions. I think it must execute "select" option, but nothing happening. I tried all possible keys combinations to select "wipe data/factory reset" - with no luck.

When I was in the recovery mode (entered from the settings menu), I was unable to exit the recovery mode screen.
For example:
Cannot turn off the phone form the [Power] button, I cannot select any option in the list.
The tablet was turned off because battery was too low. (the battery was full when I entered the recovery mode).

Do you have any ideas how to reset it?

I accept any ways, including debugging within USB or Android SDK fix. I am not very familiar with Android, but I good experience in web development.

I wanna reset it cuz I was unable to create or use an existing Gmail account, I cannot download google play applications and I have many other problems.


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I have a connection problem with any app on Android 2.3.5. I can access the internet with the stock browser but any other app with full network permissions isn't able to connect to the internet. My handset is a Simvalley SPX-5.

Any ideas?


texts: Half of touchscreen is unresponsive. How can I make Android only use the top half (rotated by 90 degrees)

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So I have a broken LG G2 and a near-empty bank account, so buying a new phone isn't exactly an option right now.  The bottom 50% of the screen doesn't respond to touch.  Right now I am running BlissPop which allows 180 degree screen rotation, and that is currently my workaround.  But I'd like to use the top half of the display only.

I've tried using:

adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,960

but it breaks most apps (probably due to the weird resolution)

so what I'd like to do is use the top 50% of the screen, but rotated so that the 1080 pixel wide side is oriented up/down and have a shrunken phone in that top 50%.

This is what is going on right now:

And this is what I'd like to do:

Basically, what I'm asking is how to get Android to assume my screen is rotated 90 degrees and only spans the top half.  I'd prefer if the resolution was 4:3 so I could use more of my screen, but if 16:9 keeps better compatibility with apps, I will do that.  Thanks in advance!


texts: How to fix a black screen (bricked) after rooting an encrypted device

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Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)

Per work policy to add an exchange account I had to encrypt my phone. After doing so, I needed to root it to create a swap partition as it was constantly running out of RAM. I did what I had done in the past which was to flash CF-Auto-Root with Odin3. After the process finished, the phone restarted and I was shown the usual screen for entering the PIN/Password, so I did and it accepted it showing the unlocked Android icon, but instead of booting to the OS, it froze on a black screen. I have tried flashing the stock firmware, which has had no effect. I have managed to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery, but since everything's encrypted I could not get access to any data.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance,


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About once a week, GO SMS Pro "receives" (I don't know if it comes from somewhere or if it's written into the application) a nag message from "c10000@go.chat" along the lines of:

  Most of users loves GO SMS Pro because of themes. Thinking of cool & stylish messaging experience? Try out another bestseller: ColorGlass Theme  (Apply it through menu->theme)

It's extremely annoying. I believe I've logged out of GO Chat (though it tends to log itself back in without asking and won't stay disconnected), and have tried going through the app's settings multiple times without finding any way to kill these notifications. They're driving me batty.


texts: How to move apps from internal to external storage?

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I'm trying to move with Lucky Patcher (also with app2sd and Samsung stock app) some apps from internal to external storage, but everytime with every apps movable I got this message:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: New installs into ASEC containers no longer supported

I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 with Android 8.0 and root.

Do you now why this happens? Maybe, Android 8.0 doesn't allow anymore this?


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How can I clear my DNS cache on my android phone? (Droid3, Gingerbread, rooted to be specific)

Ideally I'm looking for a command to run through a terminal emulator, something similar to

ipconfig /flushdns

On a windows machine.

What's the Linux version of this?


texts: Remove Whatsapp backup from Google account that is no longer used

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Last week I tried to move my Whatsapp account to a new phone. For some reason it didn't want to restore the backup, even if I moved the backup file manually. It turned out that the file was encrypted using another Google account.

This is an old work account. It's inactive, and I can still login. That made it possible to restore my backup, so I'm happy with that. But I don't work there anymore, and I don't want the backup to be in that account, even if it's encrypted. And even if it's encrypted, how does the new phone know the unlock code?

Questions

How can I move the new backups to my normal account? Will deleting the old account suffice?
How can I remove the old backups from the old account?
Could someone else with access to the old account restore my entire Whatsapp history?


texts: China phone after factory restart in recovery mode stuck on formating data

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Can´t get to recovery mode, can´t connect via USB becouse it still rebooting. And it says Fromating /data....
mount system/ error

Can somebody help me?


texts: How to set up a network connection between Android phone and Windows PC without Internet

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Is it possible to connect my Android phone (Galaxy S3) directly to my Windows (7) PC in such a way that I can make network connections to the PC from the phone, without a pre-existing WiFi network?

My specific issue is that I want to be able to browse a website that is being hosted on the PC from my phone.  It's for doing web development on the PC, and using the phone to check how it looks/behaves on mobiles.  There is no WiFi access point or network available.

Ideally I'd like a solution that doesn't involve the Internet at all - neither from the PC nor the phone.  In my particular situation, it would also be ideal if this can be done over Bluetooth, but over USB or WiFi would suffice.


texts: How to restore backup taken using stock recovery?

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I have an unrooted Coolpad Note 3 lite. I backed up user data using recovery. However, I'm not able to restore from .backup file.

I only have Windows in my PC.

Is there any way i can restore from .backup file using ADB COMMANDS???

Is there anyway I can restore from that backup file, preferably without rooting?


texts: How to change privacy level of a Facebook post?

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I'm using the official Facebook app and I've used it to update my status. Inadvertently, I made this status update public. Is there any way within the app, or the Facebook mobile website to change the permissions of a post to friends-only or a specific friends list?

The only way I can find of doing it is to either use the full FB website, or use Friendcaster instead. (Since some of my friends have set their accounts to not allow access from third party apps, I've switched back to the official app from Friendcaster).


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I've purchased S6 and when unlock the there is a phone screen on by default instead of home screen. How to set the default screen to "home" after unlocking device ?

Related : Unlocking screen brings up Phone app on Lollipop

Update :
I used default lock screen and swiping to right to unlock caused issue


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have Samsung s5, rooted.
I need your help to understand something..
Here is my directories related to storage SDCard

/sdcard -> /storage/emulated/legacy (SymLink)
/mnt/extSdCard -> /storage/extSdCard (Symlink)
/mnt/sdcard -> /storage/emulated/legacy (Symlink)
/storage/sdcard0 -> /storage/emulated/legacy (Symlink)
/storage/extSdCard mounted to the SD-Card
/storage/emulated/legacy mounted to the internal storage
/storage/emulated/0 mounted to the internal storage

So only /storage/extSdCard is the real sdcard.

It is not seems to be right.. how can Applications know where to write to?
For example, Whatsup cannot find the SD for some reason - I believe it related to this issue..

what do you think of it?


texts: How can I resize (not crop) an image with Samsung Photo Editor? I haven't been able to find any option to resize. I use Android 10.


texts: Is there a way to make voice recognition multi-language?

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I am German but my Android is in English for various reasons. However, I like using voice commands since it is the fastest way to get the music playing I like.

It recognizes most bands without any problem, but I cannot get it to recognize any German bands, e.g.:

Ok Google, play Unheilig Schutzengel

recognizes as

1 highlights

and results in a google search for this term. The only ones working are bands with Latin names like In Extremo or Rammstein.

Is there a way to solve this problem? Or is my accent not American/British enough for it recognize bands with German names?


texts: How can I install wpa_cli on my rooted device?

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I rooted my device, then I go to adb shell and type su to enter wpa_cli. I was surprised that wpa_cli: not found appeared, although I get information when I type wpa_supplicant.

I know that wpa_cli is from same library wpa_supplicant .


texts: Install WhatsApp on Android x86 virtual machine

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I installed android-x86-6.0-r3.iso on

$ virtualbox -help
Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager 5.1.22_Ubuntu

using:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 17.04
Release:    17.04
Codename:   zesty

If I open Play Store app and select WhatsApp, there is no option to install it. Only the option "add to wishlist" appears.

Is it possible to install WhatsApp via Play Store app on Android x86 virtual machine?


texts: Trying to replace a modem but encountering errors

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I've been having connectivity problems on my i9505 LTE on every ROM I've tried since August. Searching around reveals that the outdated modem is the source of the troubles, and that by using the latest firmware the problem should cease.

I've downloaded my latest firmware (XXUGNF6) and tried flashing with Mobile Odin Pro. I get the error "Memory lock in place - TriangleAway may fix this. Skipping flash."

To use TriangleAway I have to be on a stock kernel and recovery (I think). However if Mobile Odin can't flash a new modem, it's going to struggle flashing a kernel and recovery right?

First question: by stock, does it mean stock Android (i.e. AOSP?) or stock as in original for my phone (Galaxy S4 i9505 LTE (H3G)?)

Here's the plan of action, do you agree that this should work?

Full wipe and install a stock ROM. This should contain a stock kernel.
TriangleAway reset.
Mobile Odin the latest firmware modem.
Reflash my current ROM

NB: I can't use Odin on PC as I'm at work with no admin rights. Failing this I could try at home. Does anyone think just flashing the modem straight away via PC would work?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy 8.Every 5 minutes or so I hear my phone buzz then I hear a gong sound. This gong sound is driving crazy.

Here is what i tried:

1: restarted my phone

2: killed all applictions

3: Ran a good antivirus

Also every time this song comes, if im watching a video on YouTube It causes to pause.

Any ideas?


texts: I can't install showbox apk into Huawei P10

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I installed showbox apk to my xiaomi phone it works well.
But, when i install it to my other android phone (huawei p10)
it just get stuck near at the end.

i have enabled install from unknown sources as well. help.

Link: https://showbox.guide/download-apk/


texts: The link APK Downloader is not working. Is there any other convenient method to download the APK file to my notebook?

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The link APK Downloader is not working.

Is there any other convenient method to download the APK file to my notebook ?


texts: Internal memory on my Android is full: even after factory reset (and no apps downloaded). What can I do?

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I can download apps of up to 16 MB or so but that's about it. I can't free up enough space to download a single "big" app like Facebook. And it's weird because my phone was able to download this app (and many more) the first time I used it.

So I'm guessing there must be junk files on my internal memory, but I've done EVERYTHING in my hands to find them: deleted cache; logcat; even apps like "Clean Master".

Is there anything I can do to at least download Facebook and nothing else? I don't want to buy a new one just to use that app. My device isn't rooted by the way.

EDIT: Sorry for adding a reply down there. I asked the question as a guest and then realized I couldn't logged as said guest again to comment on my post.

If it helps, running the app "DiskUsage", I get this info:

Out of 186.4 MB of internal memory:
132.8 MB appear to be free; 32 MB are taken by the system data; and 21.6 by apps (they're all system apks that take up the space: Google Play 9.05 MB; Maps 3.01 MB; Gmail 2.26 MB; etc.)


texts: Memory Expansion For Asus Eeepad Transformer

texts: Hello I am planning on getting the 16GB version of the Eeepad Transformer, however I would want to upgrade the memory via the expansion slot.Does anyone have an idea up to how many gigs the expansion slot supports ?


texts: Read adopted and encrypted SD card with external SD reader?

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My Moto G5 sd reader doe not work anymore, and does not read the SD card that was adopted and encrypted. I want to access the sd card to save the data/pics etc.

I thought that I could use an external SD reader, and that the phone would recognize that this is the "internal" card, and hence give access to the data. It does not seem to work: using a file reader like amaze, I see the OTG option, but nothing happens? Which steps could I do? Note my phone is not rooted.

Thanks!

PS: an alternative would be to read the SD card in my Linux machine, and follow the instructions from this page, this one or this guide. My understanding is that I would need to root my phone, and hence potentially loose all data anyway.


texts: Based on what does translate appear only in some apps and some places it misses translated?

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I happen to open  a Chineese application and in that page all the info was Chineese so on top right corner there was a translate button On clicking translate it did translate the page but not the whole page.

Places like what's new section was still Chineese Why is it not translating the what's new section in some places it simply removed the text

I opened other Chinese app also and in that the translate  icon doesn't appear.

So based on what does the translate icon appear on some apps and also why does translate doesn't translate completely


texts: what in xposed caused this bootloop and how to prevent it from happening again?

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My android phone is stuck in a boot loop. To troubleshoot it I was able to boot into TWPR and use adb pull /sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops to get some boot logs (is that even the right file?).

When opening the file in a text viewer it is very corrupted, with missing letters like in this example...

Is there another procedure I can follow to either get a correctly encoded or uncorrupted log file or fix the one I got? It was literally the only way I found of pulling some logs from TWRP terminal...

On the troubleshooting part: prior to last known good status no particular action was done... just using telegram briefly.

Then I started getting crashes of system app so I rebooted. This now is the result...

Update: it seems that adb connects during the boot animation. I was able to do adb logcat -v time -b events -b main -b system -b radio >> boot.log and i got a stream of logs, will post the result once it's done boot looping or battery dies.

Update: indeed I was able to get real-time log of the boot process. It is boot looping since my logfile is growing bigger, so it's not "stuck".

Trying to look for information in the log I found this pattern of "waited one second"... which seems to indicate that something is not running or failing to run.

Here is a screenshot of what I mean:

The figure of 838 seconds waited seems right since I had my phone logging for about 15 minutes...

I am continuing to log until something happen, but now I think I need some help debugging this problem...

There seem to be two things that are waited for:

07-01 22:58:59.863 W/slim_daemon(  951): Waited one second for android.frameworks.sensorservice@1.0::ISensorManager/default. Waiting another...

and

07-01 22:59:02.359 W//system/bin/cameraserver( 3000): Waited one second for android.hardware.camera.provider@2.4::ICameraProvider/legacy/0. Waiting another...

My conclusion for now is that there may be something wrong with camera or sensors...

This seems to be readings for temperature.. 53° is pretty hot...

Also this seems to imply that the battery stats dumping took 262k milliseconds. (?)

Are there things I can look for specifically  in the log, like some known line or checkpoints like

I would attach the log file, but how can I clean any private data that may be in in there?

Initial problem is solved

I was finally able to boot, disabling the Xposed module did the trick:

booted to TWRP recovery
flashed Magisk Manager for Recovery Mode(mm-201904040.zip)
run it in TWRP's terminal with */mm
selected m) Magic mount
selected xposed_27
confirmed
rebooted with the reboot command

It booted in safe mode, since I previously had modified some files to induce that, so I rebooted again from power menu and it booted normally.

Now I think I want to know what happened specifically so that I can re-enable xposed, since I have some modules I rely on for customizations.

Also with no configuration changes I'm still baffled at how the phone got bootlooped, i remember frequent ANRs of the system app to the point of not able to run anythng and rebooting.

Is it really xposed fault or merely disabling it removed a symptom of something else ?

So the question should be what in xposed caused this bootloop and how to prevent it from happening again ?


texts: How to upgrade Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1 to 4.3

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It would be great if someone can suggest procedure to update the OS from 4.1.1 to 4.3 (FYI.. my phone does not get automatic update, bought it from South Korea now using in India):

Below are my phone details

Phone Model: Galaxy Nexus (maguro)
Android OS version: 4.1.1 (JRO03C.M420KRLB1)
Product Code: yakjukr
Root Access : NO

Google has provided factory image matching with my device: Factory Images "yakju" for Galaxy Nexus "maguro" (GSM/HSPA+)

Can some one please provide details how to update it to 4.3 using above factory image.

B/w though Google has provided all factory images, where does Google tell the installation instructions?


texts: What is the "Safe Center" in Android 6.0?

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On my non-rooted Android 6.0, there is an "Safe Center" in System Settings.

Clicking on it opens "Background app management" which has features for restricting apps:

I've not seen such setting/feature before in previous versions of Android. So, I want to know what the "Safe Center" is and How it works.


texts: How do I get split screen apps to both stay active

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I am trying to run 2 apps in split screen with both staying active at the same time. Most results on google are saying this is not possible and they blame the app for it not working. Below is some detailed testing I have done.

This is an android issue/setting, not an app issue. The reason I know this is because I have 2 phones both using split screen. One can/will/does keep both apps active at the same time while one pauses whichever one is not in focus. The apps are identical across both phones.

Apps for testing: Pokemon Go (Pogo) + Jurassic World Alive (JWA) (both AR games that use GPS and real time location constantly).
Phones for testing: Moto X4 and Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus (I have previously tested on the Axon 7 and the Nexus 4-5-6, both behave the
same as the Moto X4 currently does).
Android versions: Redmi5 - Android 7.1.2 (MIUI 9.6.2.0) | Moto X4 - Android 8.1.0
One item of note: On the Moto I had to enable developer mode and turn on 'Force activities to be resizable' before either app could be
put into split screen. On the Redmi5 this was not needed as it was
already enabled.
Test method: Open Pogo normally. Use the 'intents' (app switch) button and at top click the section titled "split screen" (both
phones have slightly diff wording here). Drag Pogo up there and it
takes up the top half of the screen. In the bottom section, select
previously running JWA (or start it from home screen) and it will
take up the bottom section of the screen.
Wanted outcome (Redmi 5 Plus): Top portion continues without pausing and bottom game loads and works without pausing. Both apps
continue to run as if they were running in full screen and were
active
Unwanted outcome (Moto X4/Axon7/Nexus(4|5|6): Top app freezes
or pauses when you load the bottom app. To unpause it, click on it,
but this pauses the bottom app. Whichever app was last clicked on is
active.

Since the apps I am using to test are identical across 3 of the phones I am testing (never tested JWA on the nexus phones) this cannot simply be an issue with the apps not supporting it. There has to be some setting that Xiaomi or MIUI enabled to allow this to work.

Another note, I am not trying to get only these 2 apps working, but these are 2 I would like to have working and made for good test apps due to how they run.

I realize my ask here may be unclear. I want to know how to duplicate the functionality from the Redmi 5 Plus on my other devices (Moto X4, etc).

'Duplicate' edit: I do not feel like the question listed as duplicate answers mine other than "you cant", but obviously MIUI or Xiaomi did. Also that answer seems to point to some side effects I should be experiencing on my Redmi that I am not (apps not pausing when minimized/unfocused).


texts: How to stop ads redirecting to Google Play store?

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I have a similar problem to
How can I stop being redirected to the App Store/Google Store by dodgy ad-scripts?
however the solution provided there doesn't work:

I'm opening in-app ads on purpose for in-app rewards (freemium game), and some of them open the Play store after they finish playing. I want to continue seeing these ads, so I can't just block them, and redirecting to a web browser changes virtually nothing on the problem. Can I prevent those ads from sending me to the store?

I'm using an older Samsung Android, 4.4.4 according to the device.

I think a redirect tag would fit this question as well, but it doesn't exist.


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My phone is Galaxy Wide4 (SM-A205S Korean SKT model).
I successfully installed a custom kernel today with the help of the xda forum, but I was amazed that the built-in storage was only 6GB. (Stock: 32GB)
I tryed find my partion table in TWRP...... but I don't known this problem.
Maybe I formatted the data partition once in TWRP that.
It seems that I used gdisk and fdisk to do similar actions while searching on Google, but my Android doesn't seem to work as the data partition is automatically encrypted in TWRP and is not recognized.
Custom kernel: Eureka SM-A20xx
I want this problem solution. Thanks.


texts: How can I move my AOL contacts to either my GOOGLE contacts or my Motorola Droid X?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Problem with my thumbnails in gallery.

Why is it that the thumbnails of my images in gallery are not the same with the actual image? The images that I deleted was the thumbnail of the images now. Need some help here. Please


texts: Is it possible to retrieve app's local data after uninstalling it?

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Background

I was playing a multiplayer version of a game, in which character progress is "automatically saved on the cloud" (as the app states).

However, I never had a Play Games profile, so when the game prompted me to use my Play Games account the first time I tried to enter the Multiplayer, I clicked "Cancel". However the game proceeded normally to the multiplayer. And so I played for weeks without any problems, despite not using any Play Games profile.

Last week though, I uninstalled and re-installed the app, using the same Google account (in Google Play) as I always used for this app. Then when I opened the game, it started all over again.

It's as if the "linkage" to my online progress was saved on a local file in my device, that was deleted when I uninstalled the app. However, I think that the progress is indeed uploaded to some servers somewhere, since I tried to use the same username when I started a new multiplayer testing character and I got a message saying that the username is already being used.

I contacted the support but they told me that there is no way to get my progress back for some unknown reason. I'm still waiting for an answer though.

Questions

Question #1: What's the usual practice for games that back the players' progress online? Don't they store the data to some private servers that they have complete access to (meaning having read/write access to the database)?
Question #2: Assuming the progress is already in servers that the company has access to, what could be a technical reason that getting my progress back is not possible? I suggested that they could replicate the data to a new character I make, or even changing a foreign key somewhere in a table that relates the saved progress with a Play Games account. Doesn't that sound reasonable? After all, the data is still there, they are not lost.
(Answered) Question #3: I thought that an app's data stayed on the device even after the app is uninstalled. Judging from the above experience, this isn't true. Or is it? If it is, is there any way I can get the lost files back? Could they be somehow.

Generally, what do you people think about the support's response to my issue? Doesn't what I'm asking sound feasible?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Google account does not sync and is not cancelable

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The device in question is a tablet with Android version around 4.2 I guess. I do not have direct access to it.

The Google account shows errors when synchronizing. I want to remove the Google account and add it again.

The problem is that there is no "Remove account" button. I guess it will appear if I cancel the sync in progress. It looks like it hangs and does never terminate. At the bottom of the account avtivity appears the error:

  Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.

But how to cancel it? There is no button for that either and rebooting does not change anything.

I also tried to reset the whole device, but after that I get the exacft same problem.


texts: How to set Google Maps Home address accurately?

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My home is in a remote location and as Google Maps doesn't have street-specific database for my location, I can't write my address like (House No, Street, Society, etc). I can only set my home to my society and the home on Google maps is around 200 metres away from my actual home (center of the housing society).

Is there a way I can set my home address accurately (e.g. through coordinates)?


texts: How do I turn off the shutter sound for the Android camera?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I disable the 'click' sound on the camera app?

If the phone isn't in silent mode, taking a picture using the stock camera application always plays a "shutter" sound. Is there a way to turn the sound off?

I'm using stock Android 2.2 on a Nexus One.


texts: ADB - Can't enable USB Debugging, phone stuck on boot screen

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My phone stopped working and stays stuck on the boot screen. I've tried wiping both cache partition and data reset, still nothing. So I decided to flash a new ROM, but I can't connect through ADB as my USB debugging is not on. Is there any way for this to work?

I use a Freetel FTE171A.


texts: my mobile data is not working after i reseted my sumsung galaxy note 3

texts: I wanted to format and reset my Samsung galaxy note 3 and I did a factory reset but after that my phone is having a hard time to identify the network provider(took a very long time to sign into the network automatically) and the mobile data is not working. I tried making it on airplane mode and then restarting it multiple times but it is still the same. please let me know if you have any suggestions and thanks in advance.


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I've stored some images in Google Drive, and I'd like to view them on my tablet.  The problem is, I can only view them one at a time and the procedure goes something like this:

Open Drive.
Navigate to image folder.
Select image to view.
View image.
Press back.
Select another image to view (while trying to remember which image I just viewed, so I don't view it again).
Repeat steps 3 - 6.

If I could download the files onto the tablet, I could view them in the default image viewing application and the procedure is more like this:

Select image to view.
Slide left/right to view next/previous image.

Is there a way to download the files stored on Google Drive to an Android device?

Update:
I found a slightly awkward workaround.  If you login to Google Drive using a web browser, clicking on the image will download it to /storage/sdcard0/Download/. You can then view the images using the default image viewer application.

Update:
After this question was asked, there have been many updates to the Google Drive app. Saving files to the device is now quite easy.

Click the three dot menu button below a file, and choose Download.
Long Press to select the file. Press the three dot menu button of the app, and choose download (can be used on multiple selected files).
Probably other ways I haven't described here.

Also, the primary problem I was having has been solved. You can now swipe to view the next/previous photo.
Thank you for all the answers, but this question is now obsolete.


texts: Any way to sync Bookmarks between Android and Blackberry?

texts: Is there any way to sync my Bookmarks between my BlackBerry Torch and My Samsung Tablet?


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I'd like to SSH into my phone, download an APK, and install it remotely. Is there a command available on the phone that would allow me to do this?

EG:

wget localhost/file.apk
android_install file.apk

Need to automate an install, as I just accidentally wiped my SD card and everything on it. :(


texts: Move viber to another device without activation?

texts: I want to transfer viber from old phone to new, but i don't want viber to send a notification to all my contacts that i joined viber. I hate this option. How can i avoid it? There has to be a way...I've tried Titanium Backup and obviously the activation windows popped out anyway, but how exactly does it detects that it' a new device?


texts: How to switch the layout of a hardware keyboard without changing language?

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I have bought German T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), and thus I have German hardware keyboard. In stock firmware I used English language, but the keyboard was still German - that was OK. I got used to that layout, and all was well.

Then I upgraded firmware to CM6.0, keyboard was still German.

Then I went restored backup of stock 1.6 firmware, and suddenly android thinks that I have US keyboard. I can't type quickly because the symbols printed on the keyboard are for German keyboard, but the keystrokes generate characters for US English.

Is there a file containing the key mappings, that I can save using adb with correct layout and restore on the firmware with wrong layout? Thanks.


texts: I have to delete my deleted call logs permanently

texts: I tried many apps like complete wipe,but I am unable to delete my deleted call logs permanently,whenever I start recovery program they show my deleted call logs can u please suggest how to permanently delete call logs which cannot ne recovered ASAP..Please help Stucked very badly..


texts: What does the setting option mean entitled "allow multi-thread downloads" in Es file explorer?

texts: What does the setting option mean entitled "allow multi-thread downloads" in Es file explorer' under download manager settings?!


texts: How do I tell whether an app or website has accessed my account password?

texts: Is it possible for apps to access one's Google account login credentials? How can a user determine whether this has occurred?


texts: How to disable mobile data for one of the sim

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I have a OnePlus 2 and have 2 sims in it. My question is how can I keep Mobile Data for SIM 1 on and off for SIM 2?

I have tried options in SIM and network settings but option to enable/ disable mobile data is in general setting and not in SIM specific settings.


texts: Use 2G instead of 3G on Samsung Galaxy SL I9003

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy SL I9003 mobile phone. I prefer to use 2G data connection instead of 3G but I am unable to turn off the 3G service in my phone. How can I turn off the 3G service and use 2G instead?


texts: How to bypass lock screen in Cyanogenmod 7.2

texts: I set up my phone to use a gesture based unlock, and told it to hide the unlock button.  Now the gesture isn't working and I can't get past the lock screen.  For the standard Android lock screen, there is a feature whereby if you enter the wrong pass code 5 times, you can press a button to enter the username and password of your Android account to reset the lock screen.  Is there any way to do this, or any other way to bypass the lock screen on Cyanogenmod 7.2?  I have adb shell access to the device.


texts: resize screen for dead touch zone (using adb command)

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My Oneplus One fell recently, and I can't use the bottom 2-3cm of the touchscreen.

I found this question here: Resize screen for Dead touch zone

I tried the option using adb.
I only used the command: adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,400

But I get this screen:

Apparently it uses the overscan double. Once above the soft-keys, and once above them.

Anyone has a solution?


texts: what if you cant get out of FTM but you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in?

texts: what do you do when your phone is on FTM mode and wont get out even  though you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in?


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I have a rooted LG-D520 (Optimus F3Q) running Android 4.1.2. The internal memory that came with the phone was so small that I installed an 8GB SD card. I formatted it using MiniTool Partition Wizard with 1.5GB of ext2 (the rest is FAT32). Using Link2SD I've moved many of my apps over to the ext2 partition.

I do not have a ton of apps (they just seem to keep getting bigger), yet I only have 5% space left on the ext2. My internal memory has 27% left (355MB), but I've had to delete a lot of stuff to make room. I'm only using a small portion of the 5.9GB FAT32 partition, so I'm wondering if...

I can increase the size of the ext2 beyond 1.5GB. Is there a maximum size and, if so, what is it? Can I repartition without losing my apps & data or do I need to backup, format and start over?
I can add another ext2 partition to my SD card and load apps into there. Can you have multiple ext2 partitions and, if so, would that work with Link2SD?
Are there any other options ?

This has been a frustrating endeavor and it's unbelievable the lengths you have to go to in order to do basic stuff on an Android phone, so I'd appreciate any advice.


texts: Gmaps location not obtained while using ART

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I've been trying to get the current location on my Nexus 5. When I click on the location button on the bottom right corner it keeps showing "waiting for location", but nothing happens. But it does work fine in Dalvik.

Is it a bug or is it some setting?


texts: Two-finger swipe 'breaks' heads-up notifications on Lollipop?

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I have a Nexus 7 (2013) and a Moto X (2014) running Lollipop. On both of these, if I get a heads-up notification (i.e., those that show up on top of the screen when the device is unlocked) and swipe down on it with 2 fingers, it 'breaks' further heads-up notifications:

I can't tap on them to open the responsible app
For, e.g., an incoming phone call with 'answer' and 'dismiss' buttons, tapping the buttons does nothing. I can't answer phone calls anymore!

I can still swipe to the side to dismiss the notifications, and they still disappear on their own after a few seconds. I haven't been able to find a way to get the correct behavior back aside from a restart.

Yeah, the obvious workaround is to not two-finger swipe on them, but it's second nature as that same gesture expands notifications in other contexts.

I'm guessing the problem is generic, but I've triggered it on Hangouts and Phone notifications.

Do others experience the same thing? Any known 'fixes' aside from restarting?


texts: Xperia XZ1 won't boot after changing to pseudolocale

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This would be the most ridiculous brick I've encountered
What I did:
Having enabled Developer options, I tried setting cibarA [XB] (Arabic when reversed) as my main language.

As I figured out now, this should be a pseudolocale.
Since not everything was reversed, I thought a restart might make even more things reversed, but it actually made my phone not able to boot (properly) after that.
Current state:
On startup, it shows the Sony logo (as usual), then a black screen with tools icon for a while (also usual), then animated Xperia logo (also usual), but after that, the animation gets stuck and remains like that. When I press the power button the screen goes black and the phone is in a kind of semi-turned-on state. Pressing the button again lights up the black screen for like half a second, the green led indicator of charging also seem to brighten a bit during the time. When I hold down the power button I get a reduced power menu:

I tried to hold down the Power down option to boot into Safe mode, which it did, but I ended up in the same situation, except that there is "edom efaS" written down there on that black screen :D.
I tried searching a bit, but could not find anything for such a specific case. I thought maybe using ADB (although im a noob in that) could help, but I found this post which says I would need root. Which reminds me:
My device:
Sony Xperia XZ1, non-rooted, latest official firmware, from EU (Czechia), developer options enabled, with USB debugging hopefully allowed for my PC in the past?.
I hope this is sufficient, since I cant get into the system to check for details.
Ill be glad for any tips or guides on what I can do or which you can point me to. I use my phone quite a lot on a daily basis with important stuff on it. I should be able to grasp technical terms (am an IT student), altough I havent done much Android experiments myself except rooting my older Z1 Compact a few years ago. Thanks!
EDIT:

I tried to get to fastboot, but it did not find my device, i guess probably would need unlocked bootloader for that?
I tried to use adb shell in that half-on state, but the UI is not there, so I cannot confirm anything, and on pc it still says "adb.exe: device unauthorized." and on next line "This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set".
I tried flash mode and Sony Flash tool, just to see what it says. It says This phone is locked and points to unlocking Bootloader. But I can see the IMEI here at least.
Holding Volume down and power button as described here does vibrate, lights up a black screen for a short while and then dims, and then vibrate again and does a casual startup process described above. I guess again, an unlocked bootloader needed?
Was able to pick up a phone call! It rang in my bluetooth headphones, so I picked it up, and then a call UI showed on the screen. Although, I was not able to move on, I found eg keypad codes here, but I cannot confirm them when in the call. After ending it I get back to the black screen. So I guess the phone actually IS booted, but just the UI is not working. Could this help?


texts: Forgot the password that my HTC U11 was set with and after factory reset it is asking for the password

texts: how do I get around this? as I don't know what I can do? to fix this issue


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I have an SGS-I8190 with CM11 from http://maclaw.pl/

I explored the Xposed Framework, but it is not compatible with ART. It switches back to the old buggy and lame Dalvik. XDA says, that ART provides a Bootloop in addition to xposes.

Is a workaround to use both, or do I have to live with either one?


texts: Where (and how) does Android store music playlists?

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I've noticed that Android keeps the same music playlists across music apps. Where are these playlists stored? How (in what format) are they stored? Can I access them remotely via the USB storage link, or is there instead an app I can use to access them?

Related question: Music transfer and playlists


texts: How to control how long Google Assistant keeps listening when there is silence?

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I'm using Google Assistant to take notes on my phone via my bluetooth headset.  However, when I'm taking a note, if I don't talk for about 1.5 seconds, it immediately asks me if I want to save the note using Keep, even though I'm (sometimes) not done with the note yet!

This is unfortunate, because I have time it, and from the point I tap my headset and go through all the (voice) steps to start recording until I can actually start dictating my note a minimum of 13 seconds have passed.  This extra delay means I have to keep in my head exactly what I was going to say for at least that long, while remembering the things to say to get it to start recording.

As a workaround, I tried just continuously talking.  However, after just under a minute of talking (speaking numbers at a rate of about one per second) it stopped automatically to save the note and I found it had transcribed only 55 numbers.

Update: It's okay if Google Assistant stops and saves my current note, as long as it keeps listening for additional commands from Bluetooth.  Currently, it seems like as soon as the note is finished it stops listening and I have to start all over again.


texts:
I often hear the following annoying sound on some of my android devices, especially a OnePlus One.

This seems to be an error or warning sign of some sort, and it's extremely troubling.

Any idea what is the cause of this sound?


texts: Can I make Google Play not run a background process (on CM10)?

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There is always a background process for Google Play Market in the CyanogenMod 10 system (Android 4.1.x). I don't like this. Since my device (Samsung Galaxy S) doesn't have much memory, I'd like to make it not run in the background.

Instead I'd like it to run only when started manually to install a new app or check for updates, or from time to time (to give it the possibility to sync).

Is this possible without de-installing Goolge Play?


texts: Whatsapp last seen versus blue double check for sent messages

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I have experienced a weird situation with Whatsapp, and I don't know what it means.
I sent a message and it got the blue double checks at 18:00 hrs, but the person to whom I sent the message was last seen at 16:00 hrs.

How could my message got  blue double checks if the person hasn't opened Whatsapp?


texts: Jelly bean phone won't let me get to the APN setting

texts: I just bought a android Jelly Bean phone and I use straight talk, I still have a active Sim card, but the phone won't let me get to set the Apn. When I press on settings for the Apn I doesn't go there. Is there another way to get there to set the APN? Please help. Thank you


texts: ICS stock email client consumes too much traffic for POP3 accounts

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I have two different POP3 accounts under two different domains. I was using my Samgung Galaxy S2 (I9100 unrooted, unlocked) with stock Gingerbread (2.3.6) and my monthly data usages for emails were ~100 MiB. But, after upgrading stock ICS (4.0.3 I9100XWLP7-Turkiye), in a single day it was ~50 MiB. Due to this reason I've switched K9 client. But, it constantly deleted all of my account settings in a random interval. After realizing it's a known bug for a long time, I've desperately returned stock email. After several tries, a friend of mine advice to "mark all messages as read" immediately after setting accounts to prevent excessive traffic usages. At first, this doesn't make sense to me, but he explained that some old Windows-based email clients were acting in that way (unread messages were constantly downloaded over and over again). Interestingly, it worked. But, after using it for a while (precisely 1-2 days), "Onavo Count" started to warn me again about that email client consumes too much traffic. While investigating the problem, I've noticed that for a single check, it consumes 1-3 MiB traffic even though I've marked all messages as read. And now email client reached ~300 MiB traffic usages in total (I've only 1 GiB/month data plan).

As a summary:

I was happy with Gingerbread email client.
ICS client consumes too much traffic for each check.
K9 was tried. It's very buggy.
I don't want to add my POP3 accounts to Gmail to avoid excessive traffic usages (using push notification and such).
I don't want to pay an app due to such thing (why should I use Android if even I can't read my emails properly!?). I was happy with stock client. If there is way that I could use it, I prefer that way.
I don't want to root my device due to such problems
As a last attempt, I could even write my own client which could optimize traffic usages (check only header on 3G connection, download all emails on WiFi etc.)

Any help?

EDIT: Seems something is not right with Onavo Count. It frequently warns me about email client (now ~650 MiB) even though I've increased check interval "5 min" to "once a day". And what's more, Onavo Count reports my total traffic usage as ~6 GiB now (still increasing). But, according to ICS's built-in data monitor and my operator I didn't used that much traffic (only ~1 GiB). But again, this doesn't changed the fact that email client consumes too much data (around ~200 MiB which means x2 after upgrading to ICS, it's verified by both ICS's built-in data monitor and my operator reports).


texts: Galaxy S5 device does not receive ip packet

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I have the following setup:

Android Galaxy S5 Mini. Android version 5.1.1.

I have 2 network interfaces:

Interface1 with ip: 192.168.5.1
Interface2 with ip: 192.168.5.10

I create a DatagramSocket using Android SDK and bind it to address: 192.168.5.10(Interface 2), port 2525.
I put this socket in receive and wait for packets. I use another device to send the packets.

Packets from ip address: 192.168.5.4 is received.

Packets from ip address(different device): 192.168.5.1 (same as the device's Interface1 ip) is never received.

It seams that the network stack rejects packets which have source ip address which exists in the device, regardless of the interface it was received in.

If I modify the ip address for Interface1 to something other than 192.168.5.1 it works fine.

Devices on which it didn't happen:

Samsung tablet T113 Android 4.4.4 (Stock rom)
LG G4 Android 6.0 (Stock rom)
LG Nexus 5X Android 7.1.2 (Stock rom)

Devices on which it did happen:

Galaxy S5 Mini Android 5.1.1 (Stock rom)
Galaxy Note 3 Android 6.0.1 (CyanogenMod)
One+1 Android 6.0.1 (CyanogenMod)

What is the mechanism which rejects the packet with source IP 192.168.5.1(same as the device's Interface1 ip)?


texts: A contact can not be found by name in dialer but exists in contacts

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There is a contact in my contacts which can't be found by name in dialer, but if type her number in the dialer the name appears. All my contacts are stored in my Google account.

How can I solve this issue?

My phone uses Android 7.0 (Samsung Galaxy Note 5)


texts: Samsung galaxy note knocking off other computers wifii

texts: My Samsung galaxy note 10.1 32gb knocks off the other computers on the WiFi network when I connect.  Mine connects fine, but the other computers (laptops) get knocked off and have to be rebooted or repaired to gain access again.  Why does this happen and how can I fix it?


texts: MicroSD card MP3s are deleted/unplayable on Note 4

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I have a brand new Samsung 128GB EVO Micro SDXC for use with my Note 4. I did get it from eBay, but it came in actual Samsung packaging and looks legit. If it's a fake, they did a hell of a job.  I formatted it on my Mac in good ol' FAT 32 and copied about 70 gig of music over with a USB adapter, then reinstalled in my phone. Using DoubleTwist, suddenly I only had folders in the 0 - C title range, all else has been deleted.  Also, certain mp3 tracks within those retained music folders wouldn't show as playable, the "unknown file format error" yet all of these files are good ol' mp3 files..When viewing the files in Android File Transer, they look just fine. Coping them BACK from the card to my Mac, they're unplayable, and VLC says they're "undf", so perhaps corrupt.

So I get frustrated and reload the missing D - Z files (several hour copy processe), reload my phone and use the generic "music" player by Samsung.  Now I've got 0 - D folders, nothing else! I've also tried VLC (won't load!) and PowerAmp, these 'unknown' mp3 are still unplayable. I don't see how the card is bad, as it was brand new in the OEM packaging.  Should I just reformat again and try again?  Just so strange how it retains some folders in alphabetical order then gives up on down the list...?
Thank you,
Aaron


texts: Retrieve files from broken Samsung Galaxy S 4

texts:
I ended up stepping on my phone and cracking it to the point where I can see ink (liquid) coming out of the cracks. I need to know if there's some way I can get back photos and files off of it. There are a couple of catches though:

The phone is locked by a pattern
The screen is completely broken, does not respond to touch.
The panel (home, back, search) is broken, and does not light up.
Sound does not work (hitting the volume up button to the max does not make the beep I am accustomed to, and the start up noise does not play).
It does not show up with ADB (even after installing the "universal ADB drivers")
When I plug it in, it shows up in the explorer, but no files are visible.
It shows up in Kies, but again, it's locked.
Most of these files were stored on the internal memory, as I let my girlfriend use my SD card.
MOBOROBO does not recognize that a device is connected.
The USB A Male to USB B Micro adapter does not work, and keyboard input and mouse input don't work.
Bluetooth was not on before it broke (and is still not on).
Wifi was not on, and is still not on.
I did not have a Samsung account associated with my phone, so I am unable to unlock it via the Samsung website.

Is there any way that I can retrieve any data? I think I've nearly exhausted all of the suggestions I've seen (e.g. from the broken-screen tag-wiki). I did have Lookout installed, and I told it to backup the data (I was able to scream with the device somehow), but it hasn't showed up yet.


texts: How to create multiple user accounts with password for each in galaxy note 800 with Android 4.0.1?

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I have recently bought Samsung galaxy note 800 (10.1") which has android 4.0.1
How to create multiple user account accounts with passwords on it?


texts: Turning off the camera shutter sound in Lenovo K3 Note (Android Marshmallow)

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I'm using a Lenovo K3 Note running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. I want to turn off the camera shutter sound.

How to do it?


texts: Nexus 5 crashes, battery down to 0% on Android 5.1.1

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I'm currently running Android 5.1.1 (Chroma custom ROM) on my Nexus 5 and recently have been experiencing some weird issues with my battery, which have appeared more frequently in the last few days.

From time to time, when I use my phone (the screen is on), with a battery level of about 50-70% it just crashes (the screen turns black, no shut down notice etc) and when I power it back on, there is only about 0-2% battery left and the phone basically turns itself off again immediately.

After connecting my nexus to a charger and letting it power up again, I look at the battery statistics to find out that something pretty weird is going on:

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This gets really annoying if it happens all the time, as the phone really isn't reliable at all any more.

I don't have any unusual apps installed and this has happened to me on a few Roms so far, so I have gone through some factory resets as well without any success.
Can software discharge a battery in such a small amount of time or is this issue likely to be hardware-related (e.g. battery)?

Thanks in advance for your help!


texts: fastboot oem unlock resuts in unknown command (Alcatel 1s)

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I have an old Alcatel 1s 5024d with Android 9 and I wanted to try my hand at rooting it. I've been following a tutorial that's supposed to let me flash a boot.img patched by Magisk Manager.
I've enabled USB debugging and OEM unlocking in the developer options, installed the necessary drivers and I have downloaded the official platform-tools to be able to use adb and fastboot. Additionally I also have the original cable that came with my phone.
I have zero problems finding my device with and adb with fastboot, but when I try to use fastboot oem unlock (when my phone is in fastboot mode and connected to my pc) it just shows
FAILED (remote: 'unknown cmd.')
fastboot: error: Command failed

I have also tried fastboot flashing unlock, but that shows
FAILED (remote: 'Not implemet.')
fastboot: error: Command failed

There's frustratingly little information about rooting this 1s version, so I'd be grateful for any advice how to unlock the bootloader.


texts: Can widgets with settings be moved from one launcher to another?

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I want to switch from ADW.Launcher to GO Launcher Ex but want to maintain my desktop layouts and widgets. Is there any way to move or copy widgets from one launcher to the other so that they have the same configuration?

I've found that my Circle Launcher widgets could be copied easily as they have their own configuration backup and restore mechanism, so I could back a widget's config up in ADW.Launcher then simply add a new widget in GO Launcher Ex and restore the configuration and the widget was just as it was in the other launcher. Unfortunately other widgets don't provide a nice mechanism like this.


texts: How to add adoptable storage on android 6

texts:
I read an article claiming that on android 6, it is possible to format an SD card as adoptable storage (about time).

I have an ASUS Zenfone, with a PNY 128Gb SD card.  I have used an identical card for some time as external storage, but that's not very useful.

First, in settings -> System ->About indicates that the system is running Android 6.0.1

The article claims Settings -> Storage and USB, that I can click on the device, and it will offer to format as internal storage.  The only option I can see is portable storage, there is no choice for adoptable.  After I format, there are only two choice, eject and format.

How can I get the system to adopt the storage?

I found a video claiming that ASUS disabled the feature, and showing how to use adb and enable it by hand. Before I do this, I want to know if there is any easier way, and if there is any potential problem, including what might happen at the next upgrade.

Last, any idea why ASUS would do something as obnoxious as disabling a major feature like this?


texts: What apps need to be saved on internal memory in the S4?

texts:
I have read online that 16GB version comes at around 8GB instead. And that Burst Mode can only save on internal memory.

So I would like to know, what other Apps cannot save on an external memory card, and require internal memory storage to install correctly ?


texts:
I installed AdwLauncher. In the beginning it worked well.

But now, I can't delete the app icons from the desktop.

The situation is that when I longpress the desktop, the list doesn't show up so that I can't add shortcuts, apps or widget to the desktop.

Also, when I longpress the app icon on the desktop, list doesn't show up so that I can't remove, delete or edit the icon.

My cellular is HTC Desire. Is this a bug problem or I just set up in a wrong way?

Restarting the phone didn't help.

I used "home switch" to change the launcher back to HTC sense, then changed back to ADW but it still remains the same.


texts: How to load public route into Google Maps?

texts:
Let's say there is a route:

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&msa=0&msid=104314102588659350539.00043799567b09d5f132f&z=12

I have Google Maps (application) in my Android phone.

QUESTION: how can I load a route (as one above) so I could later turn it on (to see it over the map) and off (not to delete, just to make it disappear from the map)?

I am interested in downloading it (storing) for later off-line usage.


texts: How to get old whatsapp account back without using the current cellphone number?

texts: My Samsung Galaxy S4 recently broke. I've had a different whatsapp number and a different cellphone number. How do I get all my contacts back without using the current cellphone number but the whatsapp account number?


texts: I have a Samsung galaxyS3 the battery has been charging really slow. It can take up yo 10 hours to charge 100%. I have tried every thing I can think of. I've tried a new charger, new battery, shut down all apps running in the backgrond, taken out the battery and held down the power, volume and home screen button, deleted junk apps. I've thought about reseting my phone but idk if that would help or just make more work for me. Also I put both my old and new battery in a friends phone and both batteries worked fine. Any ideas?


texts: ERROR : I have enough memory but showing Insufficient storage; can't install app

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I am using Moto E(1st Gen.), updated to Lollipop.
Now my internal storage 235mb free,

I try to install hike messenger app. Which has only 16.78 mb,

But, when I try to install am getting an error message as insufficient storage,

When I click view storage,

How to solve it ?


texts: How to disable speed camera notifications in maps?

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Google maps has recently introduced speed camera notifications, and I had the misfortune of experiencing these for the first time yesterday.

Personally I find the audio "speed camera ahead" very annoying and distracting, and would like to disable it. I don't mind the little beep or the icon on the map, but I'm also quite happy to lose them if it means getting rid of the spoken announcement.

However much I search, I can't find an option to remove this, or any information on the internet about disabling this. Is it possible?


texts: How do I upgrade firmware on my Samsung Galaxy S without using windows?

texts:
So far Samsung has been rolling updates out using its windows only software Kies, and not over the air like the rest of the android world.

Is there anyway that non windows users can get these updates?


texts: My phone is downloading "Google Play", over mobile data

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My phone randomly shows the Download Manager downloading "Google play". I usually cancel this download since it seems fishy to me, and that's what my question (asked below) is about. Since this sounds all too common and like many questions posted here, let me clarify what this is not:

This is not a download within the Google Play store.
All apps are up to date in my play store.
My OS was recently updated to Oreo (Samsung Galaxy S8).
All my Samsung apps are also up to date.
As far as I can tell, I have set all updates to happen only on wifi, not on mobile data connections.
The download is happening via Download Manager. Long-press etc shows me info about the default "download manager" app itself, not about what it is trying to download.

This reeks of malware to me, wherein some shady app might have just named itself "Google Play" so that I allow it to be downloaded and run it. A malware scan shows nothing (of course, I aborted the attempted download  so that file was not scanned, but there seems to be no trojan trying to download more stuff) My questions are:

Has anyone seen this issue? Is it a regular deal, so that I should just let the phone do what it wants?
If this is "business as usual", how do I set it to happen on wifi and not on mobile data?
If this seems suspicious, what steps could I take to further investigate / remove the problem?


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Is it possible to see contacts from SIM on the incoming call screen and in SMS messages? I did only find apps for managing them.
I am using Cyanogen 7.2 (that’s Android 2.3.7) if that matters.

NOTE: I am not interested in paid apps.


texts: Where are the downloads from the Amazon Appstore stored?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Amazon App Store - Location of the downloaded APK

I like to grab the free app of the day but space on my phone is too precious to go though with the install. But I can't stop the download when I do purchase. Where is that download stored and how can I get rid of it?


texts: How to check if a phone is rooted from a PC

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I am trying to find a fast way to see if an android phone is rooted or not. I know you can use root checker app but due to numbers of phones it is far too slow to install and use.

I am looking for a way that I use. I know I have to turn ADB on, on the phone and plug it into my pc.

Is there a way to check this using command a line I can run in CMD?

I have android studio install so is there a way of running a script from this that will check to see if a phone has been rooted?

I know what due to number of way a phone can be rooted it not always 100% but I can live with that.


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I was about to download a CM ROM file for my phone, here

Now when I use that (first) uploaded link, it showed me a folder, in which there are a bunch of different versions, such as

anzu
aoba
mango
etc

and many more.

How do I determine which would be the correct version for me?

My Phone is a Sony Ericsson Xperia x10i, if that is of interest.

I hope this was not asked before, I was searching around for a while.

Thanks for any help!


texts: How do I use Android device with USB OTG device as MTP client for another device?

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I want this setup:

[My Android device, MTP client] --USB OTG-- [other Android device, MTP server]

For acting as MTP server, one simply chooses something like "Share files with computer running Windows or Mac".

How do I run MTP client for USB OTG connection?

Workaround:

Get root;
Setup Linux chroot
Download and build AFT insde the chroot
Use aft-mtp-cli or aft-mtp-mount.

I expect some proper application to use root access to talk to USB and act as MTP client for another device.


texts: Can a android VPN client route to the cellular network?

texts:
My phone is connected through an OpenVPN tunnel to a Windows VM that has no Internet access.
Can I access the phone's cellular network from the OpenVPN server host ?


texts:
is there a quick way to configure a big range of ports
to be forwarded when I use my mobile as a router connected by usb?
I need to open few ports and I would like do it easily.
I'm working from windows 10 and the developer mode is enable on my mobile.
Tnx


texts: DAVDroid CalDAV Calender does not show as phone calender account

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I have a Xiaomi Redmi 4X Device with Stock Android (no custom OS installation or modifications)
I run a Radicale CalDAV Server at home and have installed the DAVDroid app (via F-Droid). Inside DAVDroid App, i have set up the connection to my CalDAV Server and DAVDroid shows up the calendar so the connection to the server is fine.

Problems occur when I want to use the calendar with the Calendar App on the Phone. In the calendar app I want (i.e. i have) to chose the CalDAV calendar as "calendar account" but the DAVDroid account is not showing up in the list of available calender accounts although it definitely exists.

(I did some other tests using the aCalDAV app from the google playstore and the aCalDAV account shows up and is working).

Is there maybe a problem that DAVDroid has becuse it does not have all the needed permissions? I have no idea how to resolve the issue so any hints are welcome!


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I recently updated to the 10.1 M snapshot of CyanogenMod for my Sprint Galaxy S3 (d2spr). Ever since I did the update, I have been seeing crazy high battery usage from Google Services. I have tried just about everything I can think of to shut it off, but nothing seems to be working. I'm connected to Wi-Fi most of the day, so I don't think 3G has anything to do with it.

Attempted Troubleshooting:

Turn off Google Account Sync (per this question)
Turn off Google Now
Turn off Location reporting

If possible, I'd like to fix this without using Juice Defender or any other battery management apps, but if that's what it takes, so be it.

So how can I get Google Services to stop sucking the life out of my phone?


texts: My pixel 3xl wont charge when I plug it in. I have to plug and unplug it a zillion times. I tried cleaning it

texts: My pixel 3xl wont charge when I plug it in. I have to plug and unplug it a zillion times. I tried cleaning the port, different cables, different chargers. No joy. I can use the wireless charger, but it's slow. Plugging and unplugging it, and waggling does eventually start it charging, but takes ages to find the exact orientation so it charges. Do I need to buy a new phone???


texts: How can I connect two android devices to the same network over the internet?

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Many phone functions (local WiFi-only games, networking, etc.) are only possible/are made much easier by having the two devices connected to the same network.

I'd like to do this, if possible, between two Android devices. I imagine a VPN would do the job, but I'm not sure. How can I connect two (separated by distance) Android devices to the same network?


texts: How can I find the saved password in Android browser?

texts: I have Prestigio Tablet with ICS. I forgot a password from important site. It's remembered in the tablet's browser. How can I see it without rooting the tablet?


texts: How do I update my rooted Samsung galaxy s4?

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This is a complex question for me so I appreciate anyone helping me through it. I have a galaxy s4 that hasn't been updated since purchase b/c I was afraid to lose root.

I'm in the process of backing everything up now.

My concerns are...

1 Should I unroot? Will I screw up unrooting. I'm not familiar with the latest tools available and I don't know if it's necessary b/c...

2 I assume I can just do a factory reset and that will negate the need to unroot? Am I wrong?

3 Again I assume after doing the factory reset I can do the updates via my device OTA. Here's my most significant concern, that I shouldn't do all the updates b/c the most recent update has somehow thwarted whatever rooting tools might be currently available.

4 reroot, install a current ROM, reset up device.

I've done this a number of times with a number of devices but I haven't done it since I got this galaxy s4 shortly after release. That's how long it's been. I know there are tutorials and videos and tools and forums but I think I have some unique issues and context here. Any help will be appreciated.


texts:
So let's say I have got a split screen 3D video. My Google search results told me that if I just play it in VLC in my Nokia 3 and use a VR headset, I will get 3D experience. However when I play 360 degrees VR videos from Google, they are distorted and not rectangle in shape. So I am afraid that when I play rectangular side by side 3D videos, the videos will be distorted and the sides will be missing. So what should I do to convert the side by side video to the distorted VR like video? Is there any app or something?

I have not tried them yet as my VR headset has not yet arrived but I want to have everything ready as soon my VR arrives. (Basically I have decided to wait for some time and if I cannot watch 3D with cardboard I might not buy it)

Screenshot of how video should look like when seen by google cardboard(i.e. what I meant by distorted video)

And this is what 3D split screen loos like and I intend to convert this to above form :


texts:
I am looking for a way to limit read access for certain folders, for privacy reasons.

E.g. I want to have a folder that will be used for sensitive data. It shall only be accessed by a file manager app, office app, and picture gallery. And nobody else shall be allowed to read it (e.g. untrusted apps that may violate my privacy).

I am rooted, with CM11. Is there any existing solution for that? Or will it be a dirty hack?

I am thinking of creating a new user group, assigning the "private" folder to this group, and adding the apps (additionally) to this group. Is this possible? Or will I mess something up when doing this? I have a rough overview how the linux user system works, but I do not really know how the android users work in detail.


texts:
I want to view data of a specific application and ideally modify the data and upload it back. I know the application data files are implicitly protected to prevent malicious application stealing passwords/accounts and other information.

However isn't there any API to back-up the data and load the back-up back? I would find this quite handy before doing un-revertible changes in applications as well.

Can I somehow read/write the entry without rooting the phone?


texts:
I'd like to have this feature on outgoing calls:
- first vibrate (or beep) after 45 seconds call answered;
- then vibrate (or beep) after every other minute (1.45, 2.45, 3.45 ...)

I created this task in Tasker:
1. wait 45 seconds;
2. vibrate time 50;
3. wait 1 minute;
4. goto action 2;
and put in context: call outgoing.

It kinda works but has a few shortcomings:
- timer starts just after phone number is dialed, not when call answered;
- task keeps going on after call is terminated, need to manually stop it.

I tried with an exit task with an explicit stop action but did not work.
I read about AutoNotification plugin intercept feature but did not understand.


texts: How can I install Firefox on an Android with no service or Google account?

texts: This is for a very narrow use case with a phone that is used as a mobile GUI environment only. The phone has no service and is not associated with a Google account, so it can't access Google Play. Is there another way to install Firefox?


texts: Grub menu not showing in boot menu (Prime OS)

texts: So I already installed primeOS with installer file. And when they're done installing, "PrimeSwitcher" is showing on my windows 10 desktop. So i clicked and it restarting. But after restarting, it keeps booting in Windows 10.


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I recently came across fireplace market, which hosts fired apps banned by google. However it's apparently down.

I'm not really interested in the market app, I just would have liked to browse what Google does not like. Often such places offer nice to know niche apps.

Is there a list of banned-from-google-play apps?ds

EDIT: Does someone know what fireplace used to host?


texts: Is it safe to keep Android charging through USB all day?

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When I'm in front of the computer, I always keep my Android phone plugged into a USB cable so it's always at a 100% charge and I can type text messages from the convenience of my PC keyboard.

Still, I was wondering if charging a battery when it's already 100% charged hurts: Will it "wear out", ie. won't hold as long?

Generally speaking, is there a good article that explains how to charge and use the main types of batteries? For instance, I seem to remember that some batteries must never be left below 20% charge.

FWIW, I upgraded the original battery in my Samsung Galaxy Nexus to a slightly bigger Li-Ion 1900mAh.

Thank you.


texts: ADB shell input keypress play/pause doesn't work in Netflix/Hulu Android apps?

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I'm trying to control my Android Box (running Android 6.0, my guess is a modified version of a phone's os, definitely not the official android tv os) via adb for a home automation project & I'm having a bit of trouble with some apps not responding to emulated keypress events. So far I've experienced the following results:

Apps used for testing

Xfinity Stream - Pause & Play both work (using adb shell input 85, MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE keycode)
Hulu - Pause works & Play doesn't (again using adb shell input 85)
Netflix - Both Pause & Play don't work (tried both adb shell input 85 & adb shell input 127/126, PAUSE & PLAY keycodes)

Has anyone else experienced this issue of inconsistency with apps responding to keypresses? Is there any way I can reliably simulate the Play/Pause for all apps?

System-wide the Power & Mute/Unmute work, so I'm curious why the Play/Pause doesn't.


texts: cannot update applications because of confused memory

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Android 5.1.1 pulls this stunt off very so often.

Smart manager states 408 MB free.

But if I try to update some apps, Android imposes me to "Free up space", stating 79.51 MB is needed (in this instance which ended up requiring only 7.5 MB, go figure).  Suggesting to go to settings/storage.

Go there and an initial bar looks like what Smart manager states (used/available), then one second later shifts over to details, but still indicates 408 MB free.

It is confused and transmitting that state to this user.  What is going on?

After reading the answers, I conclude this is rather violent behaviour and incoherent in communication


texts: How to solve Inaccurate battery status after removing battery

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My phone battery is just about 2 months old. It can last for many days without browsing and over 12hours  streaming HD videos on YouTube. But something is strange. Any time I remove the battery ( high temperature or to switch SIM card or SD card ), phone doesn't care if battery was at 99%, on reboot, I realized battery has drastically reduce down to even 5%. At times I would remove the battery again and wait for some minutes (about 30)  and reboot again getting up to 40%.
What's the problem and how to solve it

Device : MTN Smart L 860 on Marshmallow 6.0


texts: i have my sgh-s730m Android phone my problem is my screen is being locked it appears EMERGENCY CALL can you help me on how to solve this kind of problem?