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Google Photos really doesn't care for folder hierarchy on backups?
I've enabled the auto-backup feature from Google Photos on my Android phone, and every here and there it asked me through notifications if I wanted to backup a new given folder.
I keep my photos organized on my device through a couple of folders, such as "Parties", "Work events", "games", and so on.
Well done, some of those folders were gone from my phone, not sure why. That's a task for the backup feature, right?
Wrong, it seems! I can't seem to find the given folders in my Google Photos. Am I mistaken or the backup feature selects folders but ends up placing all pictures in the same basket, only organizing by date?? It should backup folders as well, not only the files inside them, getting rid of the hierarchy! How stupid could that be??
Is it possible to enable folder backup with their current hierarchy?
Furthermore, there are some very old pictures (2008/2009) which are showing up as 2022/2023, clogging up my "recents" view. How do I fix that?

I have the same issue. They seem to suggest making a feature request to Google Photos developers ! https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/photos/unYhvcUfGyI


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I recently reset my Galaxy S5 to manufacture and lost all contacts, Can I retrieve my contacts back
Can I retrieve my contacts back to my device .I recently reset my device to the manufacturers original.

It would be worth checking to see if google automatically synced your contacts to your gmail account. If so, they are recoverable if not they’re toast.

The best and easiest way to backup your contacts is to sync them with your google account. If you have done so then you can recover them without any issue, if not then unfortunately you won't get any contacts back.

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Nexus Player has blank screen after factory reset
I have an old Nexus Player which I am trying to get working. I ran a factory reset from the UI when I got it up and I was able to get through all the Google TV setup config steps like setting up wifi and enabled location detection. Once that is done I get a blank screen.
I am willing to try flashing the device but I am not sure how. I cannot enable USB debugging because I cannot access the developer options.
I am able to access the Recovery menu where I can wipe data and reinstall the OS but I cannot see a way to install a new img.
I am a noob here. I have tried factory reset a number of times to no avail. I tried to list all devices through adb on my laptop but it does not show up. I really just want to get this thing to work.
What can I do?

Which model is that device?

May be you should consider visiting this forum:  https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-player/ROM

It's an ASUS TV-5001

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GPS message when turning on phone
I have a Nexus 5 running android 6.0, I was updating som apps when the phone turned off for low battery level. When i switch it on again I had a dialog saying that GPS is not active (as ever) and apps can't access to position. I have 2 options:
Close
Activate GPS
I've never seen this message before,.but now I have it every time i turn on my phone and it's  pretty annoying


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s6 camera tremble
I have a Samsung galaxy s6 with android 6.0.1 and I have a little problem with the camera. While I focus, sometime it trembles. If a take the picture it isn't damaged but it is a bit pesky.
Is it a commom problem? Can I solve it?

Try to delete the data of the application. I had this problem and I solved it in this way.


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Activate screen buttons on the CyanogenMod
I have a Xiaomi Mi3 running an Android 6.0 Cyanogenmod version and the back button doesn't work anymore.
In which way can I implement the standard touch buttons on the screen (home, back and menu) in order to use them?

Edit /system/build.prop and add the line qemu.hw.mainkeys=0. Save and reboot. Should you want to revert, change that "0" to "1".
Alternatively, use a non-native solution such as LMT Launcher.


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How do I understand the text file of a bugreport?
My phone crashed for no reason. A bugreport was created and I sent it to my own email-address. It is titled titan_retaildsds-user 6.0 MPB24.65-34-3 3 release-keys and contains a zip file with a text file in it. How do I understand the text file to determine the cause of the crash?

How can we guess the content of the text file, either?

@DeathMaskSalesman They are structured the same way every bug report is. I want to know what to look for not for you to point me to the cause of the crash.


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Every album has the same icon
I downloaded Shuttle(free version) to listen to music on my Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro.
I downloaded a lot of music albums(only mp3 files), but the last one created a problem.
When I downloaded this album, its main icon(so the image of the album) has took the place of every other album's icon in the app and I don't know the reason.
Is this a problem of the 'download' directory? Or is this a problem of Shuttle?

Problably in the song property there isn't the album tag. You can modify it and add the name of the album using a Music tag editor. You can also change the pick of the album.
I use the app "Star Music Tag Editor"


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Is it possible to use icon packs with the ASUS launcher?
I have a DigiLand tablet that I have downloaded and it runs the so-called "ASUS" launcher. I had downloaded many icon packs before my switch to this launcher. I am wondering, if it is possible to use icon packs, how do I do it? Thanks.

In the descriptions of the icon packs is usually specified for which launcher these can be used. (Not every Icon Pack is compatible with every launcher)
Most preinstalled launcher do not provide support for icon packs at all. If you want to use icon pack you have to read the description and change to a corresponding launcher.


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Relevance of the ฯ character
I've noticed that there's a seemingly Thai character (ฯ) on page 2 of my Android special characters keyboard. I couldn't find any reference to the character's usage outside of Thai orthography, but I assume it must have some broader usage if it's important enough to merit its own key. Could someone illuminate its typographic significance for me?


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How to fix the back button light on Samsung Note 3
My note 3 back button light doesn't  light up. How to fix this issue?

The light is broken. This is a hardware problem, so we can't fix it for you.
You need to take it to your local phone repair shop, or return it to Samsung if it's still under warranty, and get them to replace the broken part.


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"force allow apps on external" on EMUI 5.x not toggling on
so i've been trying to force allow apps on external storage by ticking the option: force allow apps on external
 under the developer options segment of the phone but it just doesn't seem to work. Every time I try to  toggle this setting on, it just refuses to turn on it goes back to its original greyed out state.
Please note that I have set my Default Storage" to SD; Could this be the reason ?
Thank You,
Wael

Please note that my device is Huawei GR3 2017. I tried to switch the default storage from SD back to INTERNAL, then tried to switch the option: "force allow apps on external" but it still acting the same (the moment I move the slider to the right, it goes back to the left to its OFF state). I even tried to turn on this setting on a different Huawei model (also EMUI 5.x) the same thing happened. So I guess it's a bug with EMUI.

any updates here? i encountered this issue too

Huawei has disabled this function. It won't work unless you root the device.
Source: Huawei support website.


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How to root and install TWRP on LG G3
I would like to install LineageOS on my LG G3 d855.
Therefore I need to install TWRP.
Therefore I need to root my device.
I am running an ubuntu laptop and tried to use PurpleDrake-Lite but it ended up with the fallowing log:
chmod: cannot access './assets/linux/': No such file or directory
Launching PurpleDrake for Linux

Welcome to PurpleDrake!

Please ensure your phone is connected, powered on, and USB debugging is properly enabled.
Your phone should be showing your homescreen with no other apps open. This is to ensure a clean state.
When you're ready, press [enter]...

Press [enter] to continue...
Waiting for device... . Found device!

Your phone is a [ LG-D855 ] on [ VDF ] running SW version [ V30n ] ...

Alright. We're ready to go. We're going to temproot your phone first. Press enter when you're ready!
Press [enter] to continue...

Rebooting phone...
Waiting for device... ....... Found device!
Found device, checking if vulnerable...

ERROR: Your phone is not running a compatible software version. No vulnerable mode detected, rebooting phone.
We tried to temproot you, and it didn't work. This phone isn't vulnerable, it would appear.
Please post on XDA with your phone model, carrier, and SW version in the PurpleDrake thread and someone will take a look.
Your phone has been rebooted back to normal system mode, no changes have been made. Thanks for trying!

Well I am wondering about the really first line. PurperlDrake tried to change permissions on assets/linix. I checked out this directory, but there is only linux32 and linux64. I am totally confused what to do next. Rooting my old Nexus device was pretty easy done by the adb tools. But the LG G3 seems to be much harder to root.
What is the right way to root my LG G3?

You see, LG phones usually don't have an unlockable bootloader. Devs find ways to work that around, but usually requires the phone itself to be rooted prior to flashing TWRP, via another means. You might wanna search around XDA for more clues.

Ok, well I searched around for a while and found hundred of different solutions but most of them do not work for 30n. I found now this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-how-to-root-twrp-lg-g3-d855-v30n-t3507306 it is for windows, so I'll need to search for my old Windows Laptop...


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My LG X Power volume keeps resetting to 2
I turn down my ringer to 0, with no vibrate.  I leave it on my desk, and when I get a message,  I hear the message ding.  When I check, the volume is at 2 (i mean 2 levels higher than vibrate).
This is happening several times a day.  What could be causing it?
I'm using Android 6.0.1

I figured it out.
It was the "Call Blocker" app from AndroidRock.
The problem went away after I uninstalled the app.  To be sure, I reinstalled it, and the problem came back.  I tried this about 3 or 4 times to confirm.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidrocker.callblocker&hl=en


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Getting rid of AwareMem_Kill of Huawei
I have a Huawei Mate 9. Somebody thought that using more than half of the memory is evil, so the system kills (yes, actually it does a hard kill, they're even removed from the task switcher etc.) random apps (even low-memory ones, freeing up only a few megs) over and over again (it's sometimes a constant flow of restarting/killing/restarting/killing for a while), when the free memory is around ~ 1.8 GB out of the ~ 4 GB, just to "improve performance" (yes, that's what support guys said).
This line is logged for a few times (and searching for AwareMem_Kill in the internet doesn't bring up results):
<datetime> 1024 12427 W AwareLog: AwareMem_Kill: updateGroupList package: move high frequent=<fancy-app>, uid=<uid>

Any idea how to disable that "feature" and why Huawei has that weird engineers doing hard kills when 2 GB of RAM are available and not using the Android functionality? Or does the device even not have 4 GB and they're only claiming that and trying to hide the fact? I have no idea ...


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How to know the data consumption of android device within a very small date range
Background
I watch my data consumption religiously, since the telcom operators in Lebanon charge an arm and a leg for every MB spent. The bundles cost ok, but when you exceed the bundle they charge you like 6 cents a MB.
What happened last month is that I eventually exceeded my 20GB bundle at May 12, 8:12 AM, so I immediately turned off my data usage on my android, and tried to upgrade the bundle. It turns out that the operator system was down. I called them, they said keep your data turned off until the system is back up again.
So eventually the system got back and I upgraded my data bundle at May 13, 1:53PM.
Problem
Come monthly bill time, I got charged crazy cash. I called them and they claimed that I consumed 3.6GB worth of extra data! Now the above is my side of the story, I would like to prove it using the data manager of my android device
The data manager of my android device shows consumption per cycle (which is defined by me, i set it at the 16th of every month since my billing cycle with my telco operator ends at the 15th midnight).
Question
What I would like to do is basically zoom in the data usage report and basically see exactly how much was consumed between May 12, 8:12AM and May 13, 1:53PM. Is that possible using android settings natively or through a third party software? Please bear in mind that this must be done to historical data, not from future data as it's impossible to predict the future.
Tech Details
My phone is Nexus 6p running Android 7.1.2


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How do I disable "Supply power" over USB?
With my Nexus 5x connected to a desktop PC over USB: when powering down the desktop I've noticed the phone switches from "Use USB to just charge this device" to "Use USB to supply power to the other connected device". On one occasion this appears to have drained the phone battery.
Is it possible to disable the "Use USB to supply power" option?


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Unable to change display language in Twitter app on S4
I want to change the laguage Twitter is displayed in from English to German. I can easily do this from the laptop web version. However the Language is still in english on my app.
Some notifacations bubbles that pop up on my phone are auf Deutsch.
Is the display language for the App always default to your location?
Thank you.

The Twitter app language match the current phone's language. With a English US phone, my app is set to en-Us.


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Issue with Viewing Netstat Process Info on Android
I am unable to view the PIDs or process names associated with network activity on my android device. I was wondering if there is another way to go about doing that, besides netstat? Or if anyone might know what netstat: '234/nvram_agent_binder' > 21 bytes means?
Below I have a copy/paste of the help message of my android device's version of netstat, followed by my attempt to run netstat with the -p flag. This is being performed over adb with root access:
1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -h
netstat -h
usage: netstat [-pWrxwutneal]

Display networking information.

-r  Display routing table.
-a  Display all sockets (Default: Connected).
-l  Display listening server sockets.
-t  Display TCP sockets.
-u  Display UDP sockets.
-w  Display Raw sockets.
-x  Display Unix sockets.
-e  Display other/more information.
-n  Don't resolve names.
-W  Wide Display.
-p  Display PID/Program name for sockets.

netstat: Unknown option h

It doesn't like when I use -p:
1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -tulpn
netstat -tulpn
netstat: '234/nvram_agent_binder' > 21 bytes
1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 #
1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -p
netstat -p
netstat: '234/nvram_agent_binder' > 21 bytes

Other options appear to work fine:
1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -t
netstat -t
Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 ::ffff:192.168.1.x:33380 xxxxxxx.net:xxx ESTABLISHED
root@DEVICE:/proc/234 #

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

To anyone who runs into this: I solved the issue by getting the relevant toybox binary from here  https://github.com/landley/toybox and transferring it to my device via adb.
Then using: ./toybox netstat -p
That worked well

Strangely toybox didn't fix the issue either. I suspect it's probably xposed interfering though.


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What does the padlock on wifi icon in status bar mean?
What does the Padlock on the WiFi icon in the status bar mean? I haven't seen it on my phone, but I'm curious as to what it means.

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What device is that? I guess it's a secured wifi network (padlocks always mean secure)

Yeah but since when is this icon in status bar instead of just usual wifi icon?

Since android is 100% customisable, this may be a custom icon for this manufacturer. What device is this?

Looks like a Mediatek device

@esQmo it's LG K10 2017 edition I don't know exact model name, but since is Russian here it could be mediatek device, how do you know that?

Because of the modem version name: MOLY.LR11.W1552....

It means, it is a secure WiFi network, the device is connected to
Edit: See Wi-Fi lock symbol here

For me it's hard to believe because nowhere there is actual picture of icon. I will be very thankful if you can provide some link with it.

Linked to material icon symbol page

I saw the icon but no explanation, that is what I search for icon and explanation on same place. Thanks however.

I too couldn't find both in same place. Will update of I find. Thanks for accepting

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Should I unlock bootloader before changing from Cyanogen to Lineage OS
My phone is YU Yureka (AO5510) Which comes with Cyanogen pre-installed but not rooted. I bought it 2 years back and I am still at CM 12.1 which is based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and I am not getting any OTA updates.
I would like to change from CM 12.1 to Lineage OS 14
The question is,
 because of some internal issues, Cyanogen OS is dead and the code then forked and maintained as Lineage OS. Also the codename is same (Tomato for my device).
So, should I unlock the boot loader to install the Lineage 14 or without unlocking am I able to install it?

What's the reason not to unlock? I mean, there are countless examples where people get stuck and can't recover just because they have a locked bootloader, turned off OEM Unlocking in OS, and can't boot.

The reason is Lineage is similar to cyanogen. IThe same code is forked and maintained by a new community. Will it be treated as official rom(since cyan is dead)?

Cyanogen OS is different from CyanogenMod - not "the same code". COS is more geared towards the mass, therefore contains a bunch of closed-source services, plus no root built-in for security sake. As far as I know, YU loads their phones with Cyanogen OS. Can you verify?

@AndyYan please check the image https://i.stack.imgur.com/RzEbo.png

The kernel version, it is CyanogenMod

Did you not notice the "Cyanogen OS version" on top? You have COS. The kernel version there only means that a machine from CyanogenMod built the kernel.

Let us continue this discussion in chat.


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

Try checking power saving mode options ("toggle" turn off power saving and reboot) or start the phone on safe mode and see if problems persist

Tried that, still didn't work

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Samsung Note 8 GT-N5110 restarts by itself
My Note 8 (stock android 4.4.2) worked perfectly until one day it decided that it would restart by itself every time after I shut it down. To make a long story short, if I reset the device to the factory settings and leave the battery disconnected for a few days the table will work fine after reconnecting the battery. However, if I connect the device to the internet it updates untold thousands of applications and the problem reappears. I have repeated this process about four times and have concluded that there is an update that is causing the problem, but have no idea of how to identify the problem application(s). I have also decided that there are applications like Allshare Controlshare Service that will update themselves once they see the internet even if you tell the device not to update anything. They will also reinstall the update even if you roll it back to the factory default. I would appreciate any ideas on how to safely reconnect this tablet to the internet.

All I can say is that your device has been hit by malwares! You can't get rid of them by simply resetting your device, they're installee as system apps. What you need to do now is to flash the device with a clean firmware then everything should be back to the normal

Following esQmo's suggestion, I followed the general instructions given at
Install Original Factory Rom on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and reinstalled the stock firmware. Never did anything like that before, but to my surprise it worked and the tablet now is behaving itself.


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Household material to mimic touches?
I'm using my Android 5.0 tablet as a drawing board, but it is hard to draw small details with finger. So, is there any common household material to mimic touch.
I already tried pencil, but it won't works.
[I do not want to buy a touch-stick or something]

Not even most touch-sticks would achieve good precision, believe me...

@Andy finally, I found a way: Wrapping aluminium foil around any edgy object such as pencil works. But, you are right it doesn't have good precision. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5mJVnuQTXo)


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Casting from mobile hotspot phone
I'm on android 6.0.1. My main and only Internet is my phone. I don't have a router, Access Point, nor switch in my home. I use the mobile hotspot feature so other devices can connect to the Internet. My TV connects to the mobile hotspot as well. I am trying to cast from my phone to my TV but it doesn't seem to find it. Other devices have no problem. It's this at all possible to have mobile hotspot and be able to cast from the same device?

Its possible, it is much easier if you have two devices (e.g 2nd smartphone, tablet or PC)

Create a mobile hotpot AP using the secondary device.
Once setup, connect the primary device (where you are going to setup chromecast) to the mobile hotspot AP and the TV
Setup the chromecast as normal with the primary device and since the setup is once off you don't necessarily need to use the secondary device after inital setup. The Chromecast stays configured to the hotspot's wifi until otherwise reconfigured.
The trick is to setup the Chromecast  and use the same WiFi settings when creating your hotspot. Chromecast doesn't look for a specific router as the source of the wifi signal. It just looks for hotspot name (SSID) and tries to connect using the stored encryption and password
The consequence is that you just use the same WiFi settings when configuring mobile hotspot for the primary device.

Acknowledgements

Chromecast Help Forum
Casting from Android device using mobile data?

Try to keep both the devices as similar as possible. In my testing:
Secondary (Moto G4) with Primary (Moto G3) only worked if I used an open wifi hotspot (no password). However, it didn't work if I tried to use a authenticated WiFi (with exact same credentials and name). My guess is that it was because the G4 supports 5Ghz, and the G3 does not (The hotspot was on 2.4GHz in both cases.

It was hard to do but I did it, my Chromecast put out a wifi network labeled "Chromecast7002.b" I connected to it with my note 4 (the one I would later be using as a hotspot) and engaged the setup.
Once I got it to ask which wifi to connect to I chose other, and for simplicity sake labeled it "Hopefully this works" and had it unprotected. I then set up my hotspot to match (without completely closing out Google home) and turned it on.
Then I used a moto z force and connected that to my hotspot, at this point I could see both the Chromecast and the phone connected to hotspot, and had to wait for the Chromecast to give up trying to connect, so I could reengage setup from the moto z force, afterwards it worked brilliantly.

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slow adb pull/push
On my previous arch linux install the adb pull/push worked at a speed of around 25mbps. Recently I recently reinstalled arch linux and since then the pull/push operation are working very slow, at around 10 mbps. The mtp transfers are working just fine. I suspect there might be a software bottleneck because the transfer speed with adb is constant at 10 mbps. I pushed and pulled a 481 mb file back and forth a couple of times and the time was always around 48.5 sec, differing at the fourth significant digit. What might cause the adb operations to slow down like that?

Yeah. BTW, if you have a custom recovery, try adb push/pull from there for once. You might get better speed but not at par with MTP. I don't know why though. // Related: https://stackoverflow.com/q/28314131/4720957


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How to convert my Android contacts to iPhone?
I was using an Android phone which has 1500+ contacts, and I don't want to miss them because now I am using an iPhone and I want to convert all Android phone contacts to iPhone. Is there any solution which can help me?

Download and launch iTunes.
Connect your iPhone to the computer.
Open the handset's device summary page.
Click the Info tab.
Check “Sync Contacts With” and then select “Google Contacts”.
Type your Google account's username and password.
Click Apply.

Nobody mentioned Google. Maybe the contacts only exist in the phone itself...

There's an Apple app available on the Google Play Store designed to help you migrate - Move to iOS
From iMore - How to move your photos, contacts, and more from Android to iPad and iPhone which also has pictures & additional links to Google software available for iOS

Set up your iPhone or iPad until you reach the screen titled "Apps & Data".
Tap "Move Data from Android" option.
On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store and search for Move to iOS.
Open the Move to iOS app listing.
Tap Install
Tap to accept the permissions request.
Tap Open after it's installed.
Tap Continue on both devices.
Tap Agree and then Next on the Android phone or tablet.
On your Android device, enter the 12-digit code displayed on the iPhone or iPad.

After entering the code, the Android device will connect with your
  iPhone or iPad over a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connection and determine what
  data will be transferred.
It will ask whether you want to transfer your Google Account info (so
  that you can quickly log in on your new Apple device), Chrome
  bookmarks, text messages, contacts, and the photos and videos in your
  camera roll. Select everything you want to move over.
Connecting to the iPhoneSelecting what data to transferTransferring
  data
Your Android phone or tablet will transfer the selected data over to
  your iPhone or iPad and place the appropriate content into the correct
  apps. The two devices will disconnect and Android will prompt you to
  take your old device to the Apple Store, where they'll recycle it for
  free, although you could just sell it yourself.
Once the transfer process is complete, tap on Continue Setting Up
  iPhone or Continue Setting Up iPad on your device and carry on
  setting up a new Apple ID or logging into your existing one.
Once the setup process is completed, you'll be prompted to log in to
  the accounts you transferred from your old Android device. Do that,
  and then you're good to go!


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Device has screen shots that I didn't take - Security Risk?
Quite unintentionally, I clicked open this system folder
/data/system/recent_images

to find screenshots of apps used, images from sites visited and you tube videos
Googling this, led me to this GitHub post which claims that it could be a possible NSA backdoor and that screenshots correspond to entries in
 /data/system/recent_tasks

Can somebody explain the purpose behind it and should it be a security concern?

Sounds rather like a conspiracy to me. Aren't those the thumbnails used if you scroll through your "recently used apps" list? Of course everything may serve a double purpose.

@izzy: not all pertain to recent apps, pictures from Chrome browser, for instance- all I did was view them using image tab. I am not saying it is a designed conspiracy , there could be a sound reason too- curious. Reading that GitHub does give more pointers ( camera) for instance, to support the conspiracy angle and lack of documentation as claimed may or not be a good enough reason to suspect

And you didn't use Chrome? Or there are multiple thumbnails of it (which would also make sense as, by default, each tab stupidly counts as its own "app"). But as I wrote, I have no sound proof – just pointing out what IMHO those directories are for.

I did use Chrome but it's got only what is viewed in images tab - that's the only one from Chrome despite multiple tabs used. Let's hope to get some understanding on this


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How to add route with busybox (for specified destination and gateway)
I tried the code:
alias netstat='/system/xbin/busybox netstat'
alias grep='/system/xbin/busybox grep'
alias awk='/system/xbin/busybox awk'
alias route='/system/xbin/busybox route'

gateway=`netstat -rn | grep ^0\.0\.0\.0 | awk '{print $2}'`

route add -net 1.0.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw $gateway

It doesn't run and print out the manual for route command...
Does busybox support route add -net $des netmask $mask gw $gateway? If so what did I do wrong?
Update: I tried to update to magisk 12.0, and now it just shows applet not found instead...
So I did try /data/magisk/busybox route This gives me applet not found again. Then I tried /dev/busybox/route It prints '/dev/busybox/route not found'. I checked and the file '/dev/busybox/route' exists (as a shortcut), so I am not sure what is going on anymore. BTW, I did run su before I tried to run these commands.
Also if I run these commands line by line, I will get different error message than "not found" when I put them in a .sh file and run sh script.sh

Magisk:
/dev/busybox/route add -net 1.0.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw $(getprop net.dns1)
Busybox:
/system/xbin/busybox route add -net 1.0.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw $(getprop net.dns1)


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Rooting introduced adware; how to get rid of that (if needed including unroot)?
I have Lenovo Android tablet and I rooted using Kingo root. After rooting my device I started getting unwanted ads. So I unrooted the device using some Google references. But still I'm getting the same ads in my device.
Please help me getting rid of those.

Possible duplicate of Is it possible to unroot a device?

@iBug possibly not. Though it might seem so on a quick glance, if you take a closer look the question is rather "how to get rid of those ads". OP even states already having unrooted (I've just slightly edited the post to make it clearer).

By rooting the smartphone usually only an app (like SuperSU) to manage these rights installed is installed. However, the apps do not display ads.
However, Kingo root might install additional apps during the rooting, which might then display ads.
In a first step, you should uninstall all (Not system) apps that are not used.
If the advertisement is still displayed, further apps should be gradually excluded, for this they can also be uninstalled.
If this is about in App advertising, it may be because an update has added advertising. To remove this type of advertising, an adblocker can be installed.

Oops... LOL. OK, as you've updated that, I'm removing the comments now. Thanks :)

Root shouldn't have caused any ads. I think because you used kingo root app that might have installed some virus as well as root. Best way to fix is to factory reset otherwise its hard to know what your problem is.

Certainly no virus (as such a thing doesn't exist on Android), but possibly some malware. Having root capabilities, I doubt a factory-reset will fix it, as it might be placed as system app – in which case the only thing that helps is flashing a clean ROM.

Does factory reset not restore it back to original state so system apps are gone? Well learned a new thing lol

Only partly. For details, check with our factory-reset tag-wiki. A common misconseption: A factory-reset neither restores to the Android version the device shipped with if there was an update applied already. Note the full term is "Restore to factory settings –" not to "factory state". So all your settings (incl. data and user-installed apps plus cache) are gone, but that's it.


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Will Installing A Google factory Image Give Me The Ability To Receive OTAs Again
If I restore my Nexus 5x using a Google official factory image, will I receive OTA updates if I don't root afterwards?
Sorry for the previously confusing question.

Yes... It returns it to out of box factory condition. You can accept OTA updates like normal.

@acejavelin You should write that as an answer so that Luke can accept it.

Yes, please!  :)

Yes... It returns it to out of box factory condition. You can accept OTA updates like normal.
Be sure to follow the complete flashing instructions using the latest factory images from Google, available here. Once this has been completed your phone is essentially "new" and completely stock, and you can accept any OTA or other official updates as you wish.


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Can I change the app icons?
Is there any way I can change the icons (displayed on the home screen) for apps on my Android device?
(Apps includes both system apps and apps downloaded from play store)

You can't change throughout the device, but this  app worked for me on my first device on KitKat, to change on desktop. Haven't used it since

I changed app icons on my launcher by editing launcher's database with sqlite3 CLI program. However that's too complex for an average user so I'm not posting it here. Update layout Set icon = ReadFile("new.png") Where _id = "xxx";

As beeshyams has already written in the comment, it is possible with this app.
Alternatively, another launcher can be installed. Many launchers (Like Nova) can be customized with various themes.

If you want to change icons and edit the size, placement, color virtually anything i suggest a launcher. go to the play store and download Nova Launcher. install it and play around with its many options. As you will see editing your entire Android experience can be done with this launcher. However you need tp go back to the play store and down load some Icon packs. I cute icons I downloaded upbeat monsters icon pack.
after it is down loaded go into Nova settings and choose look and feel. a list of icon packs will be listed choose upbeat monsters and it will automatically change them. for more editing you can long press any icon and it will give you options to edit if you pick upbeat monsters again you will get a ton of icons to choose from.
This is only one example of many launchers and thousands of icons


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Manually Rooting - What Else Is Needed?
I have copied the su binary and superuser.apk to my device via an adb root shell. The su binary is in both /system/bin and /system/xbin, and I am able to successfully use it in my adb shell (for example, I get the help menu when executing adb shell "su -h"). The superuser.apk as well as a good copy of supersu.apk (obtained from reading other similar posts here on stackexchange) are installed in /system/app.
su has been chown'ed and chmodded with the proper permissions. I've double checked that the superuser.apk and supersu.apk have been chowned by root.
Launching SuperSu.apk I get a message that says "Root undetected"
Superuser.apk shows 2 entries in the logs as having granted root
I have tried removing each of the .apks and trying just one on the system. I've also tried different precompiled su binaries I've found through XDA forums and stackexchange.com
No rooted apps work properly: I never get a prompt from Superuser.apk to grant root permissions, and root checking apps find the su binary and superuser.apk but fail to execute as root.
Can someone tell me what I'm missing?
I did find some random github article for rooting a different device that mentions a roothandler https://github.com/Unkn0wn-0nes/RootMyValet/wiki/Manual-installation-Instructions
Please note one odd constraint: I am trying to manually root, I don't care if it's just a temporary root. Flashing via TWRP is not an option, I cannot alter/remove/backup user data from this particular device, so I don't want to risk wiping it.

You missed to include Busybox, seems that's the reason. Please also include your Smartphone details for better answers.

How to manually root a phone?

You also need to copy the busybox binary to /system/bin and /system/xbin. This may be the only step you're missing. Also, you only need one of superuser or supersu.
edit I was wrong, although for anyone else following along, the busybox binary from busybox.net includes su, which I thought was pretty cool. Anyway, it seems that rooting a modern android phone takes a bit more work. I took a look at the supersu zip, and from what I can tell, it creates a whole new ext4 system image and mounts it at /su. It also installs a few system daemons and initialization routines.

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Upgrade/downgrade OS without custom recovery and root
My smartphone model is Lenovo A7000a. Let's say I want to install Lollipop in it. More specifically, I already have Lollipop installed, but I want to reinstall Lollipop. Or say, I want to install downgraded versions like Jellibean, etc. Now my phone is rooted, Xposed installed, custom recovery installed.
Now, I don't want to install custom recovery. I want to know how the service centers install OS without custom recovery and even root.
Can anyone please tell me this process? How service centers installed any released OS in phone with only stock recovery and without root?

I believe you only need to unlock the bootloader. For Google Nexus (and I believe Pixel) products, they can just flash the stock ROM without needing to flash custom recovery. Root is definitely not needed (it even prevents the flashing in Nexus)

They simply flash a firmware (stock) which comes with a stock recovery and has no root.


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Cannot install google play store on xiaomi Redmi2
Google play store stopped working so i tried to uninstall/reinstall it
The problem is that when i try to install it by the Google Installer app (i downloaded the apk of the google installer and transferred it by usb) the download automatically pauses as soon as it starts and remains paused forever... In the notifications, google installers says that its "waiting for network"
Im using a functional wi-fi connection (can use the internet in other apps without any issue).
I already tried to:
Unistall updates/force stop/clean data of Google Play Services (wich is already installed);
Removed my google account;
Added a fresh google account;
Restarted the device several times;
Try to install using other internet conections;
but i just cant make it work...
Does anybody have a clue on how to solve this issue?
The device is a xiaomi HM 2LTE-BR, Android version 4.4.4 KTU84P

Try to use Gapps, download and flash it through recovery mode


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Android wear 2.0 install bug?
I recently updated my Moto 360 2nd generation to Android Wear 2.0. Due to the fact that I didn't get a notification for it, I forced the installation by spamming the green tick saying that there isn't a update available on version 1.5.
After the installation, I set it up and due to the fact that it got quite hot, I went to setting>system then powered it off.
After holding down the power button to turn it back on, it came up with a boot screen screen. It had various options such as normal boot, recovery, and power off. When I selected normal boot or recovery mode, the watch just seemed to turn off.
I managed to boot back into the Android Wear 2.0 operating system by putting the watch on the charging dock with the dock connected to power. The watch turn on normally when connected to power.
Is this a bug? Are there any fixes for this issue. FYI, I did have about 30% battery, I'm not sure if this is the cause, I highly doubt it though.
Any help and suggestions are much appreciated.
Sid.

Problem solved!
I wanted to see if the watch would reboot so I selected reboot in settings and it seemed to boot perfectly fine into the Android Wear 2.0 OS.
I then tested to see if the problem was still there so I powered off then turned the watch back on. To my surprise, the watch booted up normally into the OS.
I guess I just had to reboot the watch...

it probably is a bug, try to install the old firmware, then install android 2.0, pheraps it risolve your problem

Yes, I used that trick too on my Moto 360 2nd Gen. Man, was I tapping on the check mark over and over again until it finally decided to work. Other than that, I found no problems with the installation.


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How can we get a list of URLS recently visited by an android device? And the amount of time spent on a URL?
I am trying to figure out how much data collection for time tracking can be automatically done on android devices.
So basically I want to collect the amount of time that a user spends on youtube, facebook etc. It is possible to log the currently running activities, which can be used to figure out roughly for how much time a particular app, e.g. FBMessenger/WhatsApp, was opened. But, I want to also track the browsing pattern of a user in an app-agnostic way.
There are a few parental control apps that promise to do this such as:
https://www.qustodio.com/en/family/how-it-works/

And I want to figure out how they might be doing so, which api/permissions allows for this level of access?
UPDATE: For example the Net-Nanny android FAQ says that
Once those settings are done Net Nanny will Initialize and invite you to
browse the Web! – This will be done thru the Net Nanny Browser.
All other browsers will be blocked.

This is a bad solution since this presumes that a user has to change his/her behavior in order for me to monitor them. I don't want to block anything for the user, only create usage stats.
I also don't want to install a VPN server if it can be avoided because it gives a persistent warning message to the user.

As a side question: did you actually think that your users may not like you to spy on them?

@DeathMaskSalesman There are legit use cases of such "spying" such as parental controls, or research into HCI. In any case I am currently trying to figure out capability not morality.

+1 to your comment, but I have no idea as to how implement it.


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T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Wifi calling with different dialer app
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with 7.0 Nougat. I have the google dialer ported and installed to my phone. Since my phone is T-Mobile, I have wifi calling. If i use this 3rd party dialer app, will I still be able to use Wifi-Calling?

Through experimentation, I found out that any dialer app can use wifi-calling because wifi calling is built into the baseband chip's code.


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Unpatching (Disable .APK Signature Verification & Signature verification status always true) in Lucky Patcher?
I applied the patch (Disable .apk Signature Verification and Signature verification status always true) in Lucky Patcher by going to Lucky Patcher >>
 ToolBox >> Apply Patch to Android.
Now I want to unpatch, but there is no option to do so kindly help!

This occurs because it has been applied to Xposed settings
You can do like so, to restore this setting to its default:

Go to Toolbox >> Xposed settings and untick:

(1) .apk Signature Verification,
(2) Signature Verification status always True and then click apply.

Your device may reboot or not but after that it should show that the patch is not applied on respective options.

Alternatively just disable ALL patches already applied in Android via the Lucky Patcher:

Toolbox >> Untick;

(1) Remove all patches from core.jar and
(2) Remove all patches from services.jar

Actually I was installing some apps and those apps were showing "App not installed error" That's why I applied the patch. But It didn't worked.Can you suggest me more help on this? Kindly provide me your WhatsApp or  other option to have chat and talk on this topic. I will appreciate your help on this. Awaiting for your reply.
Regards,
Sagar

They use different signatures? Have you tried resigning them with same signature, try decompiling them with Apktool then sign again

Actually , I don't have enough knowledge about app decompiling.Can you edit the app signatures so that It will install on any Android device? I can provide the link of the Application if you say.I will appreciate your help!


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Some apps do not display notifications when closed
I have a Huawei Y536A1 (Huawei Fusion 3) on Android 4.4.3, and I'm having an issue with some apps not giving notifications when they aren't opened, but apps like YouTube and Skype (sometimes) giving notifications even when they're closed. I checked my notification manager and all apps are set to allowed. Any idea why this is happening?

Possibly related https://android.stackexchange.com/q/152649/131553

@beeshyams I have protected apps, and even with some apps enabled (like an app that replaces the home button), it still closes

Is it because of doze feature in Android 6.0 and above? Check if those affected apps are excluded from doze. I don't know, what the equivalent of doze is in Huawei. Protected apps feature was there before doze

@beeshyams it's android 4.4.3

Sorry, missed that part in the question.  I have no further ideas. All the best


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Updation frequently fails on MIUI 8.2.5
I want to update my Redmi 3S Prime with miui 8.1.1 stable ROM to miui 8.2.5 (643 MB ;STABLE), I just downloaded the ROM via updater app in the mobile and when it completes the app shows that please retry to download the file. Since the the release of ROM in May 2017, i downloaded the required ROM about 10-12 times.Now help me solve this issue.

after download, please check folder named 'downloaded rom' in internal memory. If you can see miui zip there, your download was successful. And, after downloading, the updater app  process zip file, and tells you to reboot after complete.

No way ????????  It continues like this
https://i.stack.imgur.com/8JUVF.png

Check updater app  settings, like download updates automatically, through WiFi  etc  are set. 2. Go to settings->applications, clear cache of updater app( system app). then try again

Install Xiaomi PC suit from this link: pcsuite.mi.com/
Go to fastboot mode (Turn Off phone turn on using power and volume down
button) and connect device to computer and turn on PC suit
Here is process to install rom from PC suit
en.miui.com/thread-95630-1-1.html
Select a Global option and click on the flash device.It will install China Stable Rom.
After that download Global Stable Rom from the following link
http://en.miui.com/download-303.html Flash it from updater app

Note: Please take the backup before doing any steps. It will wipe out your staorage

I want to update without lossing data's. Is it caused by phone ???

I had the same issue with Redmi 2 prime It was not updating I tried several options. This thing only worked. You can also take backup using PC suit. It has a backup and restores option.


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How do I stop PDFs opening in RollerCoaster Tycoon?
I have an unusual problem with Chrome when I try to open PDFs. If I have already downloaded a PDF and try to download it again, I can open it by tapping its name; in the screenshot below, I could tap "pdf.pdf" to open the file.

The issue is that tapping this link actually opens RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic! If I choose to download again, Chrome redownloads and opens the PDF correctly, so it's not a huge issue, but still an inconvenience.
In Settings, it says that RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic has no defaults, and I am unable to change the "open supported links" setting.

How do I stop RollerCoaster Tycoon  trying to be a PDF reader?

Suggestion to install better open with app and set the default for opening PDF app worked for OP. Possibly, RCT didn't figure in the options, but setting it to Google Drive fixed the issue


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How to get router's ip aka gateway in Android's shell?
In a normal linux environment we can do
gateway=`netstat -rn | grep ^0\.0\.0\.0 | awk '{print $2}'`

or
gateway=$(netstat -rn | grep ^0\.0\.0\.0 | awk '{print $2}')
but since Android's busybox/magisk doesn't support netstat -rn, what other commands can we use to get the gateway or router ip?

It is as simple as getprop net.dns1

This is only true when your gateway / router is also the DNS server. On home networks this will work but this will fail on more complex networks with dedicated DNS servers.

@GiantTree how to get it on a more complex network system


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Google Voice does not provide spoken prompts
I'm using a samsung s7 and google voice in Always Listen mode.
I can say Ok Google, then  "text john".
 It works, but  google voice does not SAY "ready", " ready ro send?"
On Straighttalk on verizon network.

Say Ok Google and go to Settings in Google voice and turn on Voice Output to Always.


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How to put Google Voice into Hands Free mode?
Google Voice can be set to provide voice ptompts Always or only on Hands Free mode.
I want the latter.
But how do i put my s7 into Hands Free mode?


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Disconnect a Google/Android account from a phone number
I recently lost my phone for a few days and tried to sign into my Gmail account to let acquaintences know. Gmail wouldn't allow me to sign in, as it was an unfamiliar location, and the only ways I could confirm my account involved my phone and my phone number. How can I disconnect my Gmail account from my phone number to make sure this doesn't happen again?

Instead of deleting your phone number I advice adding an additional recovery email.
But if you want to delete your phone number from your Google account, you have to go to myaccount.google.com and then select access and security, then select recovery phone. Finally enter your Gmail password, press edit and delete the phone number.


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Home button camera
On my Samsung Galaxy S7 if I press two times the home button the camera will open.
How can I disable this function?
Where I've to go in settings?

Does Galaxy S8 have a home button? I mean a physical one? I thought you can launch the camera by pressing two times on the power button...?

sorry, I've writed wrong in a hurry, I have a S7 ahahah

Okay. The same apply on Galaxy S7

I don't own a Galaxy S8 but I have the same feature on my Galaxy J5 that is called Quick Launch Camera.
To disable it, go to Settings > Advanced features > Quick Launch Camera and toggle it Off.
Additionally, there’s a Settings menu inside the camera app. Launch the camera and look for the gear-shaped settings button on the corner of the display. From here you can change the picture size, video quality, autofocus, ...,  and the option for Quick launch camera. Toggle it On or Off.

Thanks! I didn't remember that I had to go into Advanced Features.
I couldn't find it before!


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How to root android device with lollipop without internet connection
I want to root my smartphone to use reverse tethering but when I install apps KingRoot, KingoRoot they require internet connection
How to root without internet connection?

Did you try the desktop software version? iRoot desktop doesn't require internet connection. BTW, which device is that?

thx no I try :) ! sony xperia z1

Oh oh! Rooting a Sony device is not easy. You need to unlock the bootloader first!

but I used only KingoRoot Windows version and done rooted

Oh lucky you! Your bootloader was probably already unlocked. Congrats

Reverse tethering (for TCP and UDP) is possible without root access using https://github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet (disclaimer: I'm the author).


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Rooting Samsung Galaxy S6 without voiding warranty?
Is there a way to root a Samsung Galaxy S6 without voiding the warranty, while also allowing it to OTA update to the latest version of Android supported by the device?
Using a PC to help in the process is fine, if needed.

Rooting always voids the warranty!

Most if not all rooting methods trip Knox.


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How to save files to external SD card on a non-rooted Android?
I'm using the Terminal Emulator app on a non-rooted Android 5.0.2 phone.
When moving files from a folder of the external SD card to another with:
mv /storage/extSdCard/DCIM/Camera/* /storage/extSdCard/phone/

I get:
mv: rename /storage/extSdCard/DCIM/Camera/20170519_161315.jpg to
     /storage/extSdCard/phone/20170519_161315.jpg: Permission denied

Is there a solution for this (without rooting the phone)?

Note: ls -la in /storage/extSdCard gives:
drwxrwx--x root     sdcard_r          2016-08-10 02:18 Android
drwxrwx--- root     sdcard_r          2016-11-20 09:45 DCIM
...
drwxrwx--- root     sdcard_r          2017-05-19 15:46 phone

Filesystem level write access to physically external SD card without rooting phone is not possible since pre-KK days. However apps can always (with or without Storage permission) read and write to their private directories on shared storages. So you can move files to /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/.

On Android 6+ external SD card is visible at /storage/[UUID] where UUID is that of filesystem. This filesystem path is only available for reading (to apps with READ|WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission granted) and traversal (for all apps). Latter case is to let apps read/write to their private directories. Like internal emulated filesystem, permission control is implemented through mount namespace and everybody (9997) GID. SD card is mounted with three distinct VIEWS of different permissions:

vold creates an isolated mount namespace for every app and depending upon app's status of Storage permission, bind-mounts a VIEW to /storage/[UUID]. For detail see What is /storage/emulated/0/? and What is the “u#_everybody” UID?

Since none of the three VIEWS has write permission, apps don't have filesystem level write access to public directories on external SD cards. However apps - like mostly file explorers - which make use of Storage Access Framework (SAF) (or Scoped Directory Access on Android 7+ or Scoped External Storage Access on Android 10+) are able to create and delete files on whole SD card.

USB OTG is treated almost in similar fashion, but with one prominent difference:

"MOUNT_FLAG_VISIBLE means the volume is visible to third-party apps for direct filesystem access.
  ...
  transient volumes like USB OTG devices should not be marked as visible; their contents should be surfaced to apps through the Storage Access Framework."

So USBs aren't exposed as VIEWS, instead apps see /storage/[UUID] (which is not an actual) filesystem path through SAF for both reading and writing. That's why contents of removable media aren't available through MediaStore too. Neither available to apps through APIs:

"The returned paths do not include transient devices, such as USB flash drives connected to handheld devices."

Multiple external storage devices:

"External storage devices surfaced through these APIs must be a semi-permanent part of the device (such as an SD card slot in a battery compartment). Developers expect data stored in these locations to be available over long periods of time. For this reason, transient storage devices (such as USB mass storage drives) should not be surfaced through these APIs."

However Adoptable Storage is always visible to apps, whether SD card or USB.

RELATED:

How to stop apps writing to “Android” folder on the SD card?


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Sound via Bluetooth shuts off during quiet
We have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1, running Android 5.1.1 (U.S. Cellular, if it matters). We're connecting it to a Sony HT-CT80 Soundbar via Bluetooth.
While this works perfectly most of the time, during some shows that feature extended periods of quiet (such as Law & Order SVU, when there's an extended pause in the conversation, of about 5 seconds or so), the speaker appears to disconnect, in that the speaker is completely silent. When sound returns on the show we'll miss less than a second of the sound before the speaker starts back up. We've also had it do this while listening to the radio (WPR - Wisconsin Public Radio - via their Android app).
The tablet is connected via USB and fully charged, with the screen on the entire time. The soundbar is plugged in and doesn't lose power.
We've tried checking the bluetooth settings but don't see anything obvious, and suggestions online suggested that keeping the screen on might help with keeping the bluetooth connected, but as noted above the screen is definitely staying on.
Are we missing a setting that might explain why the tablet appears to be temporarily disconnecting during periods of quiet?

It's the "feature" of the soundbar called "Auto Standby" -- it shuts down the audio amplifier when there is no audio to play, and then it needs some time in order to turn the amplifier back on when it detects that audio has returned. Unfortunately, it does that even when connected to power source (to reduce power consumption). I've checked the manual (https://docs.sony.com/release/HTCT80_EN_ES_FR.pdf), and it seem that on your model it isn't possible to turn auto standby off.
The only workaround is to prevent the soundbar from going into standby by periodically playing sound on it, but that will be very annoying, since it must be a real sound, not silence.

Hmm. So "The system enters standby mode automatically when you do not operate the system for about 15 minutes and the system is not receiving an input signal." But it seems like it's doing it after just 5 seconds or so. (Sorry, it looks like I wasn't clear about how long the periods of quiet are. I'll update the question accordingly.)


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Enabling ADB on Nexus 6 with dead screen
So I acquired a Nexus 6 with a completely dead screen. (Dead as in I cannot see anything)
The phone powers on (and off) and is detected by my computer.
I want to be able to see the phone's display on my computer. I believe the process will be straight forward if I mange to get ADB enabled
The phone is presumably locked (I do know the unlock pattern) and USB debugging is disabled.
adb devices gives no output
When I boot into recovery mode, fastboot devices recognizes my device.
The phone is probably unrooted and has a locked bootloader. I do not need to preserve any data.
If I manage to get ADB working, I known of tools that will allow me to view my phone screen, which is my end goal.
I looked at Broken screen while debug mode was disabled. How can I re-enable adb? but when I tried booting CWM recovery rom, I got the message "FAILED (remote failure)" because the bootloader is locked?
Similar problem with Android toolkit.
Anyone know of a way to enable ADB through fastboot when USB debugging is not enabled
Thanks in advance
EDIT:
I followed this guide to not avail
$sudo fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-shamu.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11757 KB)...
OKAY [  0.535s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.189s]
finished. total time: 0.724s
$ sudo fastboot reboot
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
rebooting...

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! While waiting for answers, it's definitely worth having a look at our broken-screen tag-wiki, which has some first-aid and links to related questions (yes, you're not the first one with that issue ;) Good luck!

@Izzy Thank you for the relevant information. I tried following the instructions, but I believe I am doing something wrong. My device is never detected by ADB. I have found recovery images through Google and tried booting them with fastboot to no avail. Any advice?

I've never been in that situation (luckily), but I'd try with TWRP first – as there I'm sure ADB is built-in and active per default.

@Izzy I followed this guide: https://twrp.me/devices/motorolanexus6.html,
but when the device reboots, adb still won't detect it. Any other advice

I forgot to boot the recovery image; my bad; adb detects the device, but says I don't have permissions; EDIT restarted with sudo and it worked

I followed this guide

I went into fastboot mode by holding down the power button (force restart) and the volume down key (recovery mode)
I downloaded a twrop image from: https://dl.twrp.me/shamu/
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot (while holding the volume down key see note)
Then I booted the recovery image
adb with root permissions detected my device. If you get a permission denied error try killing adb and running with sudo

*Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install.

Note that if you don't want to modify your stock recovery, you can also boot TWRP "from image" when needed: fastboot boot twrp.img. Good job!


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My new Galaxy S8+ is set to Norwegian Language
Swith to Norwegian as Country/Area for Bing.  It defaults to Chine
When trying to use Bing as a search engine, it comes up with chinese, but I can't see how to change it to norwegian or any other language.  I can choose Norwegian, but can't save the setting

What do you really want to accomplish?

Can you not switch to Norwegian and save the setting at http://www.bing.com/settings.aspx ?

I want to use Bing as the search engine instead of Google
The language on the phone is Norwegian.
When loading Bing using Opera as browser it starts with chinese
I sekect Norway as Land/area
I can't find where to save the new setting so it remains as chinese

Are you using a VPN of some sort? Plus did you get right domain extension? You might me using one of the Chinese domain extensions... or you could just change the language....


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How do I add an app-specific (i.e. Trello) URL to my home screen?
I've got an app-specific URL that opens in a particular app, rather than my webbrowser.
In this case Trello, for example someone sends me a link to a Trello card, like https://trello.com/c/xyz123abc/Some-Random-Card in an email or text message. When I click that, it opens in Trello.
Now I want to add this as a shortcut in my Android home screen. How do I do that, or how do I get that to open in the intended app (in this case Trello) rather than my browser?
What I tried was visiting the URL in my browser (which shows a web view of the particular trello card) and add that as a bookmark to the home screen. But when I click that bookmark, it opens in my browser again, it doesn't recognize the URL as being intended for Trello, as is the case when clicking that same link in an email or messaging app.

Your app must implement this in it's manifest and register itself for a specific action to take when a user open a specific link. So you should ask the app developers for this.

@esQmo_ Thanks, but this seems to be the case already, because if I click those links in an email or messaging app, it correctly opens in Trello instead of Chrome. I'm really looking for a way to create such shortcuts or bookmarks on my home screen. I think because I explicitly created this home screen shortcut from Chrome, it is somehow linked to Chrome or set to open in Chrome. So maybe if there is a generic way to just set up a URL as a home screen shortcut (not adding it from Chrome)? I guess that might do the trick.


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I accidentally boot looped my Lenovo A2010-a
I recently flashing ResurructionRemix 7.1.1 unofficially ported for Lenovo A2010 and after successfully flashing and booting into the ROM I noticied that the touch screen is not working properly (touch points were jumbled).
So I booted into recovery (TWRP) to flash another ROM (CUBOT) which was working without any problems. But even in TWRP I the touch points were jumbled and I couldn't swipe to confirm the flashing.
So I tried to flash the stock rom (which i downloaded) with 'SP flash tool' but ended up with boot loop. Then I tried to reflash TWRP and I ended up with a bootloop and NO custom recovery.
I am still relentlessly searching for a solution so please help.
EDIT: Flashing stock rom as mentioned by @esQmo_ fixed the bootloop but the touch screen problem still persists.

Flashing an appropriate stock firmware will solve this! Did you try booting in recovery then perform a factory reset?

Thanks @esQmo_ it worked. But the touch problem still persists. And for the recovery, its as i said touchscreen problem.

You may have a touchscreen problem. You need ro change it

Hey bro I also meet the same thing I repair this by flashing stock frimeware from PC using so flash tool

Had same problem, spent hours figuring it out. Only thing I can tell you, that problem is NOT the touch screen or its fw but LCD. Something in custom rom forced LCD parameters to overwrite resolution and that causees touch screen to think touch points are where they are not. I bought new phone, never figured how to solve it.


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Force desktop version of websites
How to force desktop version of websites ?
Changing the user agent of the browser is useless.
Many sites steal your resolution info to shove the mobile version down your @$$
How to overcome that ?
I use Opera browser, for information sake. Altough I suppose the fix lays outside of the browser
Got Xposed

Launching browser in desktop mode is related to the browser and not something that needs to be tweaked in Android OS. I have no idea for Opera, but for :
. Chrome - see How to make Google Chrome definitely remain as the desktop version?
. Mozilla has Desktop by default add-on

The question was more about "how to make it work" than "how to make it work permanently". But yeah, Chrome works much better. Been testing it, and it seems like pages actually obey the "Desktop version" order. Thanks for the tip

Brave Browser allows one to force the desktop version. The setting is under settings->site settings.
Unfortunately it is missing per site choosing of desktop/mobile versions

Well..using Android 7 and the latest Chrome version.. you just need to open the web site  http://m.version.com...
Then using the optios on the rigth top address bar you select the option Desktop Site...then the page is open in its original desktop layout as http://www.version.com...
Once in the desk top version, you just create the short cut of this page by adding it to the home screem..by selecting the option Add to Home screen in the address top rigth options menu...
Once the system add it to the home screen it just copy the actual address of the page added..which will be the desktop version..www.version.com..
So now every time you need to access the page, using this short cut, it will be in ist original layout www.version.com..
However, if you pretend to use this option to every page you view..it wiil no be a solution since you will end with a crowded home page...probably many pages to surfe the wanted page. Taking in consideration that most of the home pages hold at least 30 shortcut icons.....too many to be good.


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Is it possible to run video over type-C smartphones?
Is it possible to run a video from a PC (over type-c, hdmi, or displayport) to a type-c smartphone for VR? What limitations would be faced?

If your PC happens to have a WiFi adapter, you don't need to care about the connection type and can stream video content to your device via an application like Plex or Moon VR Player for example.
The limitations are inherent to the video player you choose to use on your phone.
I assume you are interested by VR headsets since you included the tage "samsung-gear-vr".
For Plex for example, there is currently no native support for Gear VR, so you have to access the web interface by Oculus browser or Samsung Internet browser (it also seems to be supported by PhoneCast). You can also use a more complex setup such as the one described in this post.

A wired connection would decrease latency and increase bandwidth dramatically

Wired and wireless certainly both have their advantages and inconvenients. Personally I like to be able to use the headset while moving "freely", without having to connect it to some cables.

The phone wouldn't have spacial tracking, just rotational, so it isn't like I'd be moving around a lot. A thin and light type-c cable would decrease (if not get rid of) compression artifacts.

Sure. Personally I don't notice those artifacts on my device, but it depends on several things, the type of content, your Wi-Fi router, resolution on your phone and the software used. I also only watch movies or series, maybe artifacts are indeed more noticeable if you're trying to stream a 60 fps VR game. It is worth trying to see if you can accept this level of compression.


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Network unavailable error when screen is off or after exiting the browser whilst downloading files
I am using  UC browser mini , Iam using jio internet . When my phone's screen turns off or I exit the browser UC browser mini, the downloading file says that network unavailable what is the reason? How can I fix that?
My phone is Samsung galaxy grand prime 4g

Does this happen with other browser too?

Do you have disabled Background data for UC Browser?

In the advanced WiFi settings, the keep WiFi on during sleep option may be the cause.


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/system/xbin/custom-command cannot be found
Originally I copied a shell command  file to /system/xbin/ as custom-command and it worked, meaning when I am in terminal emulator, I could type
custom-command
and it runs. What I did was simply copying the sh file to /system/xbin/ after removing the .sh extension. Now after I restart my phone, I re-enter the command and it fails to run, instead I receive "sh: /system/xbin/custom-command: No such file or directory" message in the terminal...

Did you make the file executable using chmod and can others (not root that is) read that file?

@Firelord yes, with chmod 777


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Oneplus One is not recognised at all by Windows 10
I've been having this problem for a long time, can't remember how much exactly. No matter what I've tried, I haven't managed to get my computer recognize my opo (Cyanogen 13.0).
When I connect it absolutely nothing happens. The device manager doesn't flash (doesn't recognize a new device connected), so I cannot find/update/remove the drivers anyhow.
Developer options on my phone have a bunch of things but none seems relevant, apart from open/close Android debugging (adb) and select USB Configuration (Charging/MTP/PTP etc). I've tried several options, nothing seems to change.
I've also installed some Windows MTP drivers (see here) which were supposedly solving the issue caused by a Windows 10 update, but no luck (which could have been the issue, but can't be sure-I can't remember the last time I was able to browse my phone's memory).
Any ideas? It seems so strange to me that I am the only one with that issue.
I know CM was abandoned and was thinking to change to another version, but I can't even move my files right now :(

Does this happen on Windows 10 only ? Did you try on another computer/Windows version ?

I know it might sound dumb, but it was the cables' fault after all.
I had already tried two different (one of them was the original which worked fine until some time ago), but none of them worked so I figured something else was wrong. Until I came across a third one, which seems to be the only functional one....
Thanks anyway! and beware of your cables xD

When the mobile phone is connected to the computer, mobile phone down the status bar, click is connected to the USB debugging, and then click on the file transfer, I hope you can understand, because these words from Baidu Translate, I am a Chinese developer

Also you can try to use third-party Oppo PC suite: Mobogenie, Moborobo, MOBILedit and others; try to Google it and you will find the links to download the software. These utilities can help you to connect your Oppo device to computer.

usb wire is the only problem...a normal usb cables has 4 small wires in it for audio video or any file transfer and charging your device....so of what i could think of in this case there could be 2 problems in your usb cable :-

some usb cables are only made for charging your device and hence only have two wires inside them and so there are no wires for transfer of files and hence not recognised by device or computer

2.this one could be rare but possibly the two wires responsible for the transfer of files are some broken somewhere in between and hence behave as a wire which is only used for charging and hence ur device and computer cannot recognize it.
so the only solution is to try changing the usb cable..and it should work
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All my Internal Data Has Been Removed Without Reset.. Help?
When i had charged my Device in morning in Switch-off Mode after Charging i had Boot up the Device (Device Details Below).. I got all my internal data Gone.. All Internal Apps, Apps Data, Music, Video all gone.. I've not did Factory Reset nor Access the Recovery Mode since i've been using the Device..
Device Information :

Device Name     : Samsung Galaxy Note III (SM-N900)
Android Version : v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Root            : Still not Rooted since the Purchase running on Stock OS.

All the Google Apps and Galaxy Plus Apps have been removed out of no-where, even the PlayStore has been Gone.
All the Data is Gone it shows Device Storage have Data but it doesn't appear anywhere nor in File Manager or Computer.

All the Internal Storage & Downloaded Apps are shown Corrupted.
Internal Storage App data is also Gone.

x What's Good :
Only the SD card Data can be seen and SD card Apps, though the SD card apps
  have been lost its data (such as i have a Chat App which is in SD card it's
  there but lost its all chat history, when i opened the app it ask to
  sign-in, and i sign-in and it's all gone all the chats are gone).
x What i Did :

I've tried installing the corrupted apps and then to see in application manager it shows still its an corrupted app.
I've checked in computer as if it shows, no it shows the new data.
I've checked whether it shows in Recovery Mode, no it doesn't shows.

Let Me Know For More Information. So Please Help me Out with the Problem and Recover the Data of the Internal Storage.

I think your eMMC memory is corrupted that's can explain your data loss! I'm afraid that you may not be able to recover your data anymore...

Same idea as @esQmo_ . You'd better look for your previous backups and send this phone to aftersale repair.

Is there any solution 'cos i take backup of my documents regularly on weekly basis upon cloud storage and on pc, but i need these week's data, is there any thing i can take out documents from eMMc memory !!


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Use Android phone as Android Wear device
I would like to install my old Android phone as a bike computer. As many apps now have support for Android Wear, it would be cool to be able to use that phone as a display for Google Maps Navigation and Runtastic tracking.
Is there any way to run Android Wear apps on an ordinary Android phone?


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Cannot call toll free numbers or 3-digit numbers using voip.ms with softphone apps
With my LAN phone plugged into a Grandstream HT701 ATA, I am able to call toll-free numbers and three digit numbers like 311 and 211 with my voip.ms account. When I call 3-digit numbers with my Android phone using cSipSimple or Zoiper, I get a voice message that says "The number you have dialed has not been recognized". When I call toll free numbers with those apps I get a voice message that says "41611" with cSipSimple and "41613" with Zoiper, followed by "We're sorry because of technical difficulties we are unable to route your call". I am able to dial regular 10 digit phone numbers without any problems.
Is there a way to fix this or is this just a limitation of softphone apps? I also don't get the above errors with Android's native SIP client but I would like to use cSipSimple for it's features e.g. call recording.

Not clear is this question is related to Android. One place to check is that you aren't reusing account names per: http://wiki.voip.ms/article/FAQ#Can_I_register_2_or_more_different_devices_with_the_same_account_username.3F

@Morrison No, my Android phone and LAN phone are using different subaccounts.  https://wiki.voip.ms/article/Sub_Accounts

three digit numbers????


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HARD BRICKED AFTER INSTALLING 4.4.4 UPDATE IN MOTO E 1st gen
When I updated my mobile, it power offed then it gone to bootloader mode then I pressed on normal power, but it didn't, so I press on recover, it gone to TWRP mode and I pressed on recover, there some codes happened, and then it gone off.  till then nothing working.
not even charging,  and not opening bootloader too.
pls I need your suggestion. THANK YOU
This video on Youtube (published March 2015) is showing same problem that I have. You can see in the comments that still this problem is going on.
see article about Easy JTAG on internet.  you can understand how this begin and end.

Can you access recovery by holding VOL DN (not VOL DN + PWR) and connecting a USB cable to a PC? I will provide an answer but it isn't likely what you want to hear... this is a known issue that just happens with some Moto's, and not just the E, the G and X have it on occasion as well but it is rare.

I added my answer... like I said, you probably won't like it but it is an honest one. :/

There are really only 4 viable solutions for a hard bricked Moto "letter" device, assuming this is truly hard bricked and not a battery or charging issue. Being hard bricked on one of these devices means that the bootloader is inaccessible and the device doesn't boot, if the bootloader is inaccessible we have few options remaining for self-repair.
Qualcomm HS-USB Qloader 9008 - All Qualcomm devices have the ability to be hard flashed with the proper files. Although this is an option for many devices, it is not for these devices because Moto/Lenovo will not release the necessary files. Thus this is not a valid option for these devices, I only bring this up because searching the internet will return many references to this tool, but we cannot use it thanks to Moto/Lenovo policy on these devices. - Source
JTAG programming - Requires an external device and ROM files, assuming the partitioning is still intact this is a viable option although for lower end or older devices, the price of the programmer is often significantly more than the value or replacement cost of the device, with modest units costing around $200USD (source) without the necessary cables which sometimes need to be purchased separately or fabricated, and the initial cost of this device when new was $100USD and it's current value is around $30USD, most likely makes this option undesirable.
Authorized Service Center - Have the device repaired by an authorized Moto service center. Due to the age of this device, it is likely out of warranty and the cost will likely be more than the device's value or replacement cost. I have no reference for this information, so it might be worth your time to investigate it yourself, if this was the result of an official OTA update, it may be possible to find a sympathetic ear at a local authorized repair center.
So this brings us to the Final Option... As noted in some of my previous options, the cost/value of the device needs to be considered here. The Moto E is a low-end, low cost device and was released in May 2014, just over 3 years ago. This device has very little value and a replacement unit would likely cost less than any valid repair option, so it may just be time to discard/recycle the device and purchase a new or used replacement device.
Like many things in life, not everything can be feasibly or economically repaired, sometimes you just have to accept that and move on.

hello, have a nice day, please guide me, that I have gotten device QUALCOMM HS-USB QDLOADER 9008. and then I opened the BLANKFLASH.and showing Massege ( FAILED ‹blank-flash:sdl-transfer-image:sdl-hello:error sending packet› )

what to do now?

@BLUENIGHT We do not have the proper files to perform a QDload, the blankflash from the thread linked in the other answer if for the Moto G, it will not work. The thread was closed on XDA because it was WRONG and didn't work. There is no working "unbrick" for the Moto E.

OK, so mean,  I have to go to service center...... Lastly found the solution

Rolling back to old os may be difficult. So you can try custom os. But if you need stock rom back try fastboot rom. Check whether fastboot rom is available for you. You may want to use tool to do that

Sorry, Ankith: But how is this answering the question? OP reports the device "hard bricked", i.e. it doesn't boot in any mode. So there's no way in flashing a ROM or anything like that.

Just something before my answer : softbrick is when you still CAN boot into recovery functions of the phone (fastboot or recovery) or still see some logo appearing on your screen at plug / bootup state ;
While hardbrick is when everything went wrong and you destroyed a reserved system / bootloader space that you weren't supposed to touch anyway, so your phone can no longer access anything.
Supposing, from your answer that you are hardbricked, if nothing shows upw
, well... Your phone is pretty much stuck in this state...
It is a good idea to ask a reseller or the manufacturer for a repair; but sometimes this involves a full motherboard change because you touched some DRMs or OEM stuff needed for boot.

I think that there is no other reserved system space except your internal storage.

There are some OEM partitions, like Sony's TA which is accessible from TWRP, and if you wipe it, your phone is dead forever.

Your phone internal storage is just like a flash drive. Even if you wipe it completely along with the OEM partition causing it to hardbrick you can reflash it using USB by connecting it with PC. It is just required the right tool.

defat, can you tell me tools name?  I've tried to connect device to pc but, it's not connecting to the pc,  then I've realise that my mobile was on before that so the battery gone.  then I connected to charger, now it is blinking flash light.  but How to know that my mobile is On or Off?

@BLUENIGHT  xda has some guides how to flash new ROM in hardbricked phones. I don't know about the tools.

it says everything depend on hardware devices as EASY JTAG, but I want to flash it by pc without buying any external device. BECAUSE EVERY EXTERNAL DEVICE FOR THIS FUNCTION are  MUCH EXPENSIVE. so help me.

@defalt internal storage has many partitions. Blank the wrong one, and you can no longer boot. Kill the bootloader, and you can say Goodbye – unless you're able to play with JTAG and its tools (nothing for the "average user").

@Izzy My friend's phone was completely erased along with the bootloader. It was become a piece of electronics with no software to operate. He still managed to flash new custom ROM into his phone by connecting it with PC. He did use some tool to flash it. How manufacturers install their stock ROM when manufacturing of the phone hardware is completed?

@defalt depends on the hardware. First, they of course have the means (correct JTAG setup), second they probably just through it away and send you a replacement. Third, it makes a difference whether you've got an MTK (which seems to have a kind of "read only emergency boot loader" so Flashtool can connect it even if "hard bricked" – though there's also some "partition" you shouldn't touch), or something not having such a special setup.


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Disable android on-body detection suggestion
Before the latest Android security update every time I have some form of Do Not Disturb on I get suggestions from Android to enable On-Body Detection. I click on the three dots and then it goes away - temporarily that is and it just keeps coming back.
Motorola Moto G4 - Noughat 7.0

You didn't even tell which phone model is that nor its android version

Sorry you are right. I have updated it now.

As mentioned here in the comments by Android Explained.

You need to go into Google settings, activate on body detection and
  then deactivate it again. Once that is done then you won't get
  reminded about it anymore.

(This worked for me)

This happens probably because you've set one of your device as trusted device. So, whenever the phone detects your body sensors, it prompts you this notification.
The feature is called Smart Lock. This automatically unlocks  your device when trusted places or devices have been detected, so you don't need to manually unlock your device.
You can disable it at Settings > Lock Screen and Security > Secure Lock Settings > Smart Lock, then toggle it to Off.


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How do I change permissions of a file on SDCard?
I am making an image file of the partitions on my phone's internal memory. The images are being stored on the phone's SD card (for obvious reasons, I can't store them on interal memory).
I'll need to view these files in Windows later. However, dd is creating them so only root can see them.
Apparently, changing permissions of files on the external SDCard is difficult, but I need to do it.
Alternatively, how do I make dd create the file with the right permissions in the first place?

partition backup is an app - as an alternative

Good suggestion, but I've already polluted the phone with loads of SMS recovery tools which didn't work and may have overwritten the data I need. Would like to avoid installing yet another utility if I can avoid it.

That's fine, was pointing to an alternative :)


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'push' and 'pull' command return "push: not found"
I can't seem to pull or push files from my phone. The file exists, and I can get into the adb shell. But whether I do the command adb pull or adb shell and then pull, it doesn't work.
If I do it via shell, it gives me 'push: not found'. If I do adb pull on the Windows command line, it just gives me a list of all ADB commands (so it doesn't understand push or pull).
I am using the correct syntax:

Within shell: push (or pull) /path/to/file
Outside shell: adb push (or pull) /path/to/file

I am working as root too.
The file I need doesn't seem to be visible to the graphical file manager I have on the phone, even though it has root permissions and is showing hidden files. It's visible via adb, so it's definitely there!
What's wrong, and how do I fix it?

You are listing the path to the file after using adb pull or adb push from Windows Command Line?  If you are just typing in adb push without anything else, you will only get a list of commands.

If you are "within the shell of Android", there is no point in using adb related commands and they won't work for achieving the end you're after. It's a different concept. If you are in the Windows shell than as RMarkwald says, you need to enter the full command (for push: both source and destination is required.)

As you question goes, you want access to a file that's only visible to adb, but your description seems it's visible to adb shell (in other words, visible to the shell of the phone itself). If you're willing to move a file within the scope of the phone storage, use the classic Linux commands cp and mv in the shell.

By your words, I suppose that you're running adb within an adb shell and that's wrong. See this answer for more details.
In case I misunderstood your question:
On Android, adbd is by default not running as root, so certain files and directories are not visible to the ADB client. Still, refer to my answer for more details.
There is no such command as push or pull on your Android device. All you can do is adb push from your host PC. Whatever non-existent command makes shell tell you aaabbb: not found so it's not a bug.

Use the following command from the Windows Power Shell or the Command prompt; not inside the adb shell: .\adb pull /system/etc/hosts C:\hosts
The .\adb is to show where to use the command adb from. It worked for me.

Thanks. I didn't knew this. Why though?

Use adb Directly in command prompt instead of adb shell use outside
adb  pull "/sdcard/WhatsApp Business/" "C:\Users\safva\OneDrive\Desktop\hi"


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LG G2 - No SIM and network also after hard reset
I have a problem with my LG G2 (D802).
It shows, without reasons, no network signal and no SIM.
I do an hard reset but nothing changed.
What's the problem?

There could be different causes:

The SIM card has no connection to your device. Maybe it has moved or would not be inserted correctly. It is best to remove the card and reinsert them.
The SIM card is broken. It is best to test another sim card or to check the own card function in another device.
The smartphone has a defect. It needs to be repaired.

There may be other sources of error and better investigation methods.

The SIM slot is clean and works well on other devices. So, is it the hardware? Is there a software to test it? Thanks for your reply.

Have you tried another sim card? I don't know any software to test this. In my opinion, it is a hardware defect. But I have no LG g2, so I do not know if this problem is more frequent appearance and whether it is possibly just a software problem. If this problem occurs more often with this device, you often find answers in the appropriate forums.

Yes, I tired with another SIM and it doesn't work. Only one time the signal reappears for a couple of seconds after one of many reboots.

If it still has warranty, you should bring the device for repair.


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I can't enter recovery mode

I tried every method I found but nothing worked when I try to enter recovery mode, Sony logo appears one second and the device vibrates at the same time any help? My device stuck at Sony logo and it doesn't boot, so I want to hard reset my phone via recovery

Which model is that phone ? May be this model doesn't have a recovery!

My device is sony xperia c and I entered into recovery once before ..

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Please use  hard reset key method to go into boot loader option . Some devices have two key method some has three . For sony Xperia device it was camera + volume down + power . Please find what is for your device model.
For Xperia C device:
Xperia C device doesn't allow user to go into bootloader using hardware key for this you have to unlock bootloader first .
But you can use flash mode to flash your rom which are as follows :
1) open adb shell .
2) connect your device by pressing volume down key to  laptop using usb cable.
3) you can now run scripts on adb shell to install custom roms etc.
Update :
Now when you unlocked your boot loader the official website will guide you to download few drivers and software. I will explain you that with details :

Now download android sdk which link are mentioned on website . Link

It is not mandatory to download android studio you can also download SDK without android studio IDE.

SDK : Official Link / filehippo Link
 Now run sdk manager
 Here you will find all the tools mentioned on website to download . Download and install them :

 Now go to the downloaded folder of Google USB driver:
Replace the original android_winusb.inf-file with the downloaded file in the usb_driver. ( which you have downloaded in step a.2 )
 Make sure you have installed ADB driver for your xperia C .
Link

Now proceed further . I hope you will not get any error after this .

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huawei y6 pro in bootloop:(
Today, after installing custom firmware into my Huawei Y6PRO it shows only boot (bootloop), and I went to fastboot mode, and by mistake turn on lock on bootloader :( so now I can't go into recovery mode, nothing happens when I click pawer + volume up / volume down or both:( any advise how to fix it?:(

Can you still enter fastboot mode? (Hold volume down and plug in a USB cable connected to your computer)

@ThunderStorm no:(

Is there any other way to enter fastboot mode?

None that I am aware of. You might want to use google.

Simply flash a stock firmware. You'll need an SD card for that

@esQmo_ ok, but how do that, if I can't go into recovery or fastboot?

@ThunderStorm ok, but how?

Huawei devices doesn't need recovery or fastboot to be flashed. There is a flash mode that can be used for that.

@esQmo_ ok, how can I go into that? what I need? could u help me with that? I have SD card:)

Please check my answer and follow the steps.

I've just read the specs and it appears that this phone model is powered by a Mediatek chip (MT6735P), so the SD card method won't work. We'll need a computer for that.
Assuming you have a Windows or Linux computer:

Download the firmware from this site
Download SP Flashtool here
Only required by Windows: Download MTK CDC, VCOM drivers here (Needed for the device to be detected by the computer as android preloader)

To start, unzip the firmware, SP Flashtool and (on Windows) install the drivers.
Now open Flashtool then click on Scatter-download. Browse to the firmware folder that you unzipped. Select a text file (MTxxxx_Android_scatter). Some files should load into SP Flashtool.
Important: Unselect the Preloader (Flashing the Preloader may permanently kill your phone).
Now click on Download (green arrow) then power off the phone (leave battery inside), connect the USB cable (Windows should install drivers).
Once USB cable is connected, the flashing process should start automatically. Wait till the end.
A big green check mark should pop. You're done.
Edit:
Another download link: http://consumer.huawei.com/np/support/products/downloads/detail/y6-pro-np.htm?id=87066
Edit 2:
Contrary to what I said before, the SD card method can be used on this model too. Follow this link get the files and a step by step guide. This site seems to have many ads, be careful and download only flashing files.
Update 3 SD Card method:

Unzip the firmware file
You'll find a folder labeled dload which contains UPDATE.APP
Plug the SD Card into the computer (use an adapter)
Copy that folder into the root of the SD card put back in the phone
Now hold volume up + volume down and briefly touch the power button.
The flashing process should start automatically

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Can play store in-app purchases be transferred among devices if I use the same Google account to make the purchases?
I recently purchased "Minecraft pocket edition" from playstore with my Google account. Me and my girlfriend are both using the same Google account and hence we have both been able to play the game. Recently I've been thinking of buying some texture packs and mash-up packs. If I do in-app purchase of these, will it only be available to me or can we both use it?(since we're both using the same Google account)
PS : We both have different Xbox accounts which we use to play the game, but the Google account is the same

How expensive are these?  I would recommend buying one inexpensive one and seeing what happens.

The dollar value of the texture packs come around $2.99 each after conversion. The mashup packs are around $5.99 each.

I don’t know about Minecraft or Xbox accounts but as far as Google accounts go, anything purchased on one devise is available on all of the other devices registered to that account.

I understand that and that's why my girlfriend and I used the same Google account to purchase the app. We both have access to it now by paying just once. However we both had to create an Xbox account when we launched the game. This has been bugging me as I don't know whether the in-app purchases will be credited to my Google account(in which case we can both have access to it), or to my Xbox account(in which case only I'll have access to it).There wasn't much info on Playstore either regarding non-stop purchase


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Proximity sensor stuck in one position
I have noticed that sometimes screen doesn't go black during call as it should, and also double tap to wake sometimes doesn't react. So I opened AIDA64, and under sensors/proximity sensors it shows 1 or 0 when sensor work fine but when it doesn't turn off screen sensor is "locked" to 1 or 0. After reboot sensor is going back to normal. Is there any way to find out who is to blame for locking sensor in one state?
The device is LG K8 (k350nds) running stock Android marshmallow 6.0, non-rooted.

What device, Android version, and is it stock or custom ROM? I have seen some devices that the sensor can be calibrated, but getting "stuck" is unusual... this is often caused by screen protector (or smudges/dirt on it) or a case that slightly overlaps the sensor's detection field.

@acejavelin Added info in question. Well I don't have any screen protector or dirt there. However in that case sensor would return 0 value like when it's hovered, not sometimes 1 and sometimes 0.

Hmmm... A common LG issue, try sensor re-calibration. To recalibrate the sensor, dial *#546368#*350# when you are presented with the options, go to Device Test and choose SAAT. Then tap on Service Menu Manual Test and then tap on Key and next tap on Test then Cal Start. This will help you recalibrate the proximity sensors. Use your phone after the recalibration to check if it works properly.

@acejavelin After I tap on Cal start nothing happens, I ended the test and tried calling but screen still doesn't go off during call.

And  what if the sensor was defective?

@esQmo_ I doubt it, because it works fine after reboot. I'm tired of rebooting..

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Samsung Galaxy s6 stuck in boot
My galaxy s6 is stuck in what appears to be the boot phase, where the logo is flashing on and off so the screen is not frozen.

I have tried:

Holding the start button and power button
Holding the start button, power button and volume up button
Plugging the phone into the computer to try and flash it, but the computer won't recognise it

Before it was like this, I was trying to unlock the phone with my fingerprint. The screen froze for a minute then went into what is currently being displayed (see picture).
Is there anything else that I can try?

Try hard resetting it, works in many cases of soft brick.
Force close your phone, hold power button + volume down for 10 seconds. Phone should power off.
Now hold volume up + power button, phone should boot in recovery. From there select Delete data and cache then reboot.
You'll lose all your data stored in the phone memory but phone should work normally.