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How do I add another keyboards into Remix OS (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand Keyboards)
I have a problem which are I cannot add another keyboards namely, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. I cannot change the Keyboard from English language to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand languages.
I have tried Khmer Smart Keyboard, Cambodia Keyboard APK and Phum Keyboard for Cambodia keyboard;
Keyboard ManMan, Gadgetdoor Thai Keyboard, Thai Gingerbread KB and Thai Pack Without ALM97774503 for Thailand keyboard.
My host OS is Windows 7. I use VM-ware player to run Remix OS and Remix OS is marshmallow.
How do I add another keyboards into Remix OS please?
Kindly please help me out. Any suggestion, I would appreciate it.

Try RedrawKeyboard, i think it has Cambodian and other languages like those.

Hi, how to use the redraw keyboard. it has 2 features, namely enable keyboard and activate keyboard. but when i tried to click both of them, nothing happen. please guide me @Geo


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Getting and error saying "unfortunately, Google Play store has stopped" ..please anyone help
I have done everything I could do -

Reset app preferences
Clear data/cache and uninstalled updates
Remove google accounts
And even Factory Reset.

But its still not working.

I have a Coolpad note 3, with Lollipop.

if you have a custom recovery installed you could try flashing a Gapps zip

Or simply flash your phone with a stock firmware. You may have been hit by malwares

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Formatting a Corrupted microSD
Received a 128gb Samsung Evo+ microSD card that had originally been encrypted or used as adopted storage on another android device.
Current partitions, gpt table

/dev/mmcblk0p1 android_meta 16.00 MiB; /dev/mmcblk0p2 android_expand 119.74 GiB

I tried formatting it through android with no success, so moved to a pc with a card reader. Windows detects the partitions but formatting and re-partitioning is unsuccessful. Diskpart ends in successful readout, but after ejecting and reinserting the disk no changes have taken effect.
Under lubuntu, using gparted, usually results in a

i/o error during write on /dev/mmcblk0

and

error fsyncing/closing /dev/mmcblk0: i/o

Fdisk shows successful readout, but still not operational. Wrote 0's to the disk using dd and then tried again in gparted and same errors.
Any other ideas? Is the SD card shot?

If you wrote 0's to the device with dd and still can't write a partition table and format successfully, the card is bad. Contact Samsung customer service, I believe those have a lifetime warranty.

run the diskpart command from an elevated windows command prompt.
type "list disk"
type "select disk #"  (get number from list disk command)
type clean

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Auto-repeat "unread SMS message" notification sound
I'm about to replace my "dumb" old mobile phone with an HTC One M8, but (initially, at least) there are likely to be days when I never even think about using it.
My old phone was set to beep once a minute until I activated it to read any messages, which was good because if someone sent me a text overnight I'd be repeatedly reminded to look at it when I got up next day (I don't normally take my phone to bed).
On the downside, if someone else gets up before me they have to put up with the phone constantly beeping (or invade my privacy by activating the phone, or bury it under cushions, or whatever! :)
I've lived with that imperfect solution for some years now, but I was kinda hoping for a way to give me much more control. What I'd really like is the ability to make my phone raise an audio alert every minute initially, with the time interval between alerts gradually increasing so it's maybe only every hour or two after a while.
Well, if we're talking about what I really, really want, obviously I don't want a beep at all - I want a way to recognise who sent the text, and to synthesise voice output saying they've texted me.
Anyway, that's the gist of what I'm after. Am I likely to be able to find anything good?

@beeshyams: Thanks. But I wasn't really asking for specific app recommendations - I'd be more than happy just to be told that the kind of thing I want to do is doable (and is the kind of thing others want to do, so configurable abilities for this aspect of functionality are commonly available). It might be that there are no suitable API's enabling a general-purpose app to handle such event, or control the frequency at which it gets reactivated to raise another repeat alert. As yet, I have no idea.

Oh OK..sorry - it sounded like that and you may suitably amend your question- my intention was to avoid closure on grounds of app recommendation- meanwhile I have posted solution. Give it a shot- it addresses what  you said is really wanted so doesn't address the earlier part

@beeshyams: I've ordered my new phone, but it won't arrive for a week or two. I had a quick look at what Macrodroid can do, but it doesn't seem likely it'll do exactly what I want. More to the point, the lack of response (present company excepted, ty! :) suggests that few other people are particularly interested in this level of control over how phone alerts work, so  I'm not likely to find what I want. Maybe my next step will be to find out if the necessary Android APIs exist for such a feature (i.e. - could I, at least in principle, code it up myself?).

That's perfectly fine... All the best and hope you post your own reply when it is satisfactorily done

@beeshyams: Oh. I see you've deleted your answer. Perhaps it's "gaming" the system, but I'm thinking in terms of editing my question text when I finally do get the device, in hopes that this will "bump" it in the "active posts" list, so maybe I'll get another bite at the cherry. But many thanks for your responses, anyway.

Maybe I will revert later when you do get your device and hope to see if I can contribute. Reason for deletion is simple, the solution doesn't match your needs. So I will give it a shot once you get the device and need becomes clear


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Android communication sync keeps installing itself
My Android 4.4 based phone somehow gets 'Android communication sync' program which can be removed from downloaded apps.
This program shows fullscreen ads whenever I unlock phone.
My phone is rooted.
I install apps only from Play Market (few of them, only popular programs) and can not understand how it can be installed by itself (which app can do this).
I uninstall it and later (after week/month) in the morning it is installed again (it was not installed in the evening).


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Infinite boot animation screen Nexus 5
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SO I AM RENDERING THIS NEXUS 5 DEAD (BRICKED FOREVER)

My daughter was using this Nexus 5 device and the power button started causing her problems.
Well I removed the power button and ordered a new one. So now the power button is not an issue.
But I guess during the time that the phone constantly kept rebooting due to the bad power button, something got corrupt.
Now the device gets to the boot animation and never goes any further.
There are no options in recovery for me to use.
I have working ADB and Fastboot on my PC. I can see the device with Fastboot but not ADB because I can't get the device to boot into the OS for me to enable USB debug.
But I know ADB works because I used it just the other day on a Galaxy S5.
I have tried to run fastboot oem unlock, it unlocks the device then once you reboot the boot loader, it says locked again.
I have tried using Nexus Root Toolkit and hit unlock and it unlocks then says the phone will reset itself and just be patient. It may appear to bootloop but just wait.
I waited for an hour and still just sits at the boot animation.
What are my options without being able to enable USB debug since the device will not boot to the OS?
I am able to Temporarily boot to a custom recovery, but I can't mount data!!!
With Temporary TWRP, I am able to use ADB and I get a success message when I push a new system image to it, and when I push twrp recovery to it, but when the phone reboots, I find out that neither the system image or recovery were actually installed.
I looked into bad partitions, tried some fixes, and nothing works. I am so far beyond frustrated with this thing. I guess I will wait one more day to see if anyone else has any other ideas for me to try, then I am just going to put it in the trash.

Bootloop
Bootloader doesn't stay unlocked
Unable to mount storage
USB Debugging is not enabled and can't be enabled
Can't install OS image
Can't install Recovery
Can run TWRP temporary
Can use ADB when TWRP Temporary is running, still can't mount anything

Welcome! FYI, Its a boot-loop. Same thing though.

Hmmmmm, sounds like a soft-brick. Can Nexus root toolkit flash the Stock ROM? If so, do that; you will lose all personal data

No it won't work. I tried that several times and still gets stuck in boot-loop. When I try to format and erase in Temporary TWRP, it says unable to mount storage.

Did you use the mount option in TWRP to mount it manually? Does help ;)

Yeah, it won't let me mount /data. I tap on it and it thinks about it, but never mounts it. it lets me mount /system and /cache.

Your partitions may be Screwed then. Ack, I don't know how to fix that. Hold on...... I can't find anything. You may have to contact customer services, or maybe you' have to wait and see if anyone else here knows what to do.

Ok, thank you for your help so far. I will look more into partitions.

Cannot modify partitions. I am assuming this is because USB debugging was never enabled on the device. And since I can't get to the OS, I cannot enable USB debugging.

Ack. Oh well, sorry we can't help!

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/110991/nexus-5-reboot-loop hope this thread helps

That didn't help either. I think this is done for. Maybe the memory is dead.


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How can I update old Android devices to get fixes? (for issues such as Dirty Cow)
Recently there has been the discovery of the Dirty Cow bug in the linux kernel which allows the unlogged access to superuser privileges:
Dirty Cow CVE-2016-5195 (from https://dirtycow.ninja/) :

Why is it called the Dirty COW bug?
"A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory
  subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private
  read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged local user could use this
  flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and
  thus increase their privileges on the system."

The Guardian - 'Dirty Cow' Linux vulnerability found after 9 years

That also applies to Android: the mobile operating system is affected.
  While top-end Android devices, such as the Galaxy S7 and Pixel,
  receive regular security updates, the vast majority of Android devices
  sold receive few, if any, post-sale updates.
Google declined to comment, but confirmed that Android is one of the
  Linux distributions affected. The company has posted a Partner
  Security Advisory to alert Android partners, one of the steps to those
  partners then issuing a patch

AFAIK Android M is based on Linux 3.4, but I know usually with supported Linux distros running older kernels that compatibility and security fixes can be backported.
My androids devices are running Android 6 (Marshmallow) - most of these are Motorola and got updated from Android 5 (Lollipop) probably about half a year after it was released - but I also know that many people are still using devices running 4 (KitKat) and older.
So to get a newer version of Android which has this (and other issues) patched, do I have to:

...get a new device running Nougat? Apparently updates are supported much better - but only on new devices that come with it (finding reasonably priced ones with Nougat seems difficult in the UK at least)
...wait for a OTA update?
...try and flash updates myself? I think with non-Nexus devices this is difficult... largely due to drivers?

EDIT: Ok for the first part of the answer I found these saying YES (despite searching before posting...):

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/140430/cve-2016-5195-dirty-cow-on-android (links proof of concept and a article)
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/140418/what-is-the-possible-impact-of-dirtyc0w-a-k-a-dirty-cow-bug which has answers.

How should I apply updates to older devices?

Unless there's a kernel module that you can load that fixes this (very unlikely), there's no generic way to apply a fix to any device.

Maybe this is more like what you are looking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/galaxy-tab-2-unified/kernel-anykernel-t3484739/post69241933#post69241933
I dont know if this gonna work for you right out of the box probably needs to import the ramdisk files of your device and if its append dtb then you would need your dtb binary
https://github.com/osm0sis/AnyKernel2

For its particular device, this is quite good. I should know, I use it!

@DanBrown you can add support for your device easily

That, and I have a Tab 2 :)


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Nexus 5 won't boot into OS, bootloader/adb won't let me do anything either

Nexus 5 power button started "sticking" and would get itself into a "boot-loop". I looked it up and it seemed lots of users were having issues with the power button on the Nexus 5, so I just decided to live with it (I could un-stick it if I fiddled with it enough).
Cue two weeks later and the power button is getting stuck more often and also getting harder to unstick, oh and the phone won't boot into the OS anymore (It just sits permanently on the Google loading screen). Took it to a repair shop and they told me it wasn't hardware related.
Now I have two problems, power button is still a pain in the ass, but not being able to boot into the OS is even worse. Could it be software related?
Try "Wipe data/factory reset" and also "Wipe cache partition". Doesn't work. Keep getting E: failed to mount /cache errors
Install ADB and Fastboot. Try running adb devices (no device), then I select "Apply update from ADB" on my phone and then try "adb devices" and the device is recognized (as "sideload"). I try running adb sideload ROM.zip and I get "error:closed". The phone logs:
Now send the package you want to apply
to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid Argument)
E: failed to mount /cache
E: failed to set up expected mounts for install; aborting
Installation aborted.

If I try to run any adb command on my phone I keep getting the same errors (error: closed and E: failed to mount /cache)
Any ideas of where to go from here?

Welcome do the site! Have you tried flashing the stock ROM?

I was pretty much having the same problem.
I was told that my partitions might be messed up.
Unfortunately I won't be able to test out a fix for it until I get home from work today. But definitely look into corrupt partitions.
Infinite boot animation screen Nexus 5


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remove password from my verizon S4 mini
I forgot my password for my phone and i eventually did a factory reset which i was told would remove all my data including the password. Well that was not the case. They password is still on the phone.  and verizon was no help either.Please help me. I'm not in the position to purchase a new phone. Thank you in advance.

I FIGURED IT OUT!! I went back into factory reset mode because it had other options on the list besides factory reset, I noticed that it had something about cache and then i remembered that when you want to do a clean install of anything and want to start from scratch, you have to make sure that you clear the cache too. So that's what i did first and then i did another factory reset which worked this time. No more issues with the forgotten password!!! – elaine.c


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fastboot devices returns nothing while adb devices does
Device is OnePlus 3. I'm unsure of why this is happening - I have made sure to install the fastboot and adb drivers correctly, however fastboot devices does nothing when I put it into cmd even though the adb devices returns my phone normally.

Do you connect the phone in Fastboot mode? If so, does it appear in Device manager?

Booted phone in fastboot mode and it shows up in Windows 10 device manager after I enable "USB connected to switch files" instead of just charging from swipe down menu

I found the solution - I needed to enable the installation of unsigned drivers on my system (Windows 10) and manually install the OnePlus bootloader driver while the phone was plugged in and in fastboot mode.

In order to use fastboot you need to boot to fastboot. If adb does list your device you can use adb reboot-bootloader to reboot to the bootloader (fastboot). Now you can see your device with fastboot devices

I boot my phone in fastboot mode and it doesn't show up!

And adb shows your device if you are in fastboot?

Yes it does, one thing - when I boot in fastboot mode, once I reach the BIOS-esque screen saying I'm in fastboot mode should I stay there, or navigate to and press start using the power button to complete the fastboot mode boot?

As long as adb shows your device, you are not in fastboot... or you don't have the drivers needed. My HTC doesn't need any drives but according to http://www.technobuzz.net/download-oneplus-3-usb-drivers/ you need usb and fastboot drivers for your oneplus 3.


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where/how to find/extract official android os (open source) translation/localization/glossary
Since the open source android (https://source.android.com) is available in multiple languages, can I extract all the translated strings in the OS so I can use them as a reference for my own app's translation? (for example for error messages...)
Or is this list available somewhere?
Probably harder to get, but I'd also like to ask the same question for the official non-open source version...
Thanks!

Hm, that's rather a development question (and thus off-topic here) – unless you can point out how that might be relevant to end-users :)

Thanks izzy :) Well, maybe you're right, but I'm not a developer, I'm just a translator and I just want to find the translation files so I can make my translations consistent to the official translations.. Should/can I move the question or should I post again somewhere else?

Hm, not sure. Your explanation can count qualifying this as "power-user question". Localization help is something every user could do. As despite of my comment nobody flagged it off-topic yet, I'd say it can stay here – though changes for good answers would be higher at SO (where the devs sit). BTW, talking "strings": you know there are strings.xml files in use for things like that, even with AOSP source? Related: Android sync strings.xml // Android strings.xml Best Practices?


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andriod wifi dhcp problem: trying to solve via restoring a modified backup
It's not the first time this problem is listed. Suddenly connecting to any wireless networks fails by getting stuck on obtaining IP address. This happened after I enabled airplane mode for the first time. I enabled wifi while in airplane mode (shouldn't be possible right?), realised I was still in airplane mode and disabled it. This broke the wifi, I'd guess the DHCP.
A workaround is using a static IP, this still works. A solution is a factory reset, this solves the problem. I backed up before this, restoring the backup also restores the problem. I'd like to find an actual fix and not install and configure everything again.
So I made a backup of a fresh factory reset system and I have the backup of my own system. By using this:
dd if=userdata_xxxxxxxx_yyyyyy.backup bs=512 skip=1 | gunzip -c | tar xv

from here
How to extract .backup files created by android stock recovery?
I can read the content of the backup of my broken system.
So to solve the issue I need this:

to find the files responsible for the wifi mess and replace them
reverse the extraction process

I can make resonable guesses about both but help is needed. For the first I would guess this:
 find . | grep dhcp
./misc/dhcp
./misc/dhcp/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid
./misc/dhcp/dhcpcd-wlan0.lease
./misc/dhcp/dhcp6c_duid

As per here:
https://thealarmclocksixam.com/2013/10/26/dhcp-failure-on-android-wifi-stuck-on-obtaining-ip-address-how-i-solved-it/
And maybe these
find . | grep wifi
./data/com.asus.wifidirect
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/cache
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/cache/com.android.renderscript.cache
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/shared_prefs
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/shared_prefs/wifidirect_SharedPreferences.xml
./data/com.asus.wifidirect/lib
./misc/wifi
./misc/wifi/sockets
./misc/wifi/softap.conf
./misc/wifi/p2p_supplicant.conf
./misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
./misc/wifi/entropy.bin
./misc/wifi/ipconfig.txt

Simply replacing those directories would be worth a try
The second problem: first creating a tar, applying gunzip in the correct way and then using dd or cat to add the first 512 bytes header. I'm no hero with shell commands, I nearly always understand what I'm doing but coming up with them is different.
I'd guess something like
tar -czvf userdata.tar.gz *

Should do the complete trick for the packing.
dd if=userdata_20161009_165440.backup bs=512 count=1 of=userdata_header

Should give me a header out of the original file
cat userdata_header userdata.tar.gz > userdata.backup

Should finish the process
If this works it may be a solution to a common problem that doesn't require rooting the device or living with a static ip workaround. All went well so far but when I tried to restore my home made backup file I get:
error: checksum compare failed

Which makes be suspect the header is actually a checksum, but I have no experience with those. Can anyone give me suggestions? If I can determine how the header is a valid checksum I can then try to make my own for my custom backup

You can try to simply delete the .pid and .lease files in /data/misc/dhcp as described in the linked side you mentioned (https://thealarmclocksixam.com/2013/10/26/dhcp-failure-on-android-wifi-stuck-on-obtaining-ip-address-how-i-solved-it/).

Enabling WiFi while in airplane mode is a feature and correct behavior. WiFi has much less range than a normal cellular connection and some planes even offer WiFi in the business class. Cellular connection is onlybanned because of the high range and interference (and the fact that the next cell tower has to direct its power to you when you are near enough).

That requires rooting the tablet, something I don't want to do


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PhilZ Touch 5 problem
I am trying to root my phone through PhilZ Touch 5 but I am getting this error.
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
press any key to continue.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini VE running Android 4.2.2, with PhilZ Touch 5.

What Provider? Also, why not CF-Auto-Root it?

will u give me a link on how to CF-Auto root my phone?

It's an ODIN package. Download CF-Auto-Root(autoroot.chainfire.eu) (Use CTRL+ F and search Your build number, which you can find in settings > about phone) and download ODIN(odin.ownload.com). Put your device in download mode (Google it), open ODIN, Put the AutoRoot package in AP/PDA (Depends on ODIN version), and click START.


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google account on android permanently asking for sign-in after change from googlemail to gmail
I have recently changed my email from ...@googlemail.com to ...@gmail.com (can be done in settings).
Now android continuously tells me it can't sign-in with my ...@googlemail.com account.
All other google services changed automatically the email name, leaving everything else unchanged.
Every other interaction with gmail works flawlessly (web login, thunderbird, ...). Only Android seems to have these issues...

This is the expected issue for this change.
To fix this you only need to delete the google account in your android device and then add it again with the updated email.
Finally a reboot is needed to stop the notifications.
You don't risk any data loss by doing this.
Source: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/vxxPMMv5kXg


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Can I turn off notifications for multiple apps at the same time?
I have many, many dozens of apps installed and hate the bother, distraction and inconvenience of notifications. I want notifications on for a very small number of apps that I'm willing to interrupt myself for. Is there a way to select multiple apps to disable notifications for all of them at the same time, ie a bulk action? It seems to take many seconds to turn off notifications for each one separately.

Please mention your device OS / version. Also mention if  your device is rooted or not

switch off notifications could be tried. If device is rooted notification off . Let me know


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Any way to format external sd card as FAT?
I've been searching on Google to find a way to format an external sd card in FAT file format, but I didn't find anything. Every links were asking for FAT32 or EXT4.
I use AndroidM. Recovery is TWRP 3.0.2-0 (if my memory's good).
I don't have any computer, so that's why I'm trying to do it on my phone.
Thanks in advance.
Update: my device is rooted.

Have you tried aParted in the Play Store? I don't have a card small enough to test if it does straight fat or only fat32 though, fat12 max out at 32MB and fat16 at 2GB.

@acejavelin yes I did , but unfortunately it doesn't do FAT.

Use mkdosfs or mkfs.vfat commands from Terminal.. See its documentation for usage..

@GokulNC isn't this for FAT32?

No, it also supports FAT16.. Check the docs


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DNS leak on Android emulator
I run a VPN on my local PC before running my Android emulator (MEmu). This successfully changes my IP, but my DNS remains the same as the exact DNS on my local PC.
I would like to know how I can block or change the DNS on my Android emulator so it matches the one from my VPN/proxy.

Normally you can set the DNS server if you configure a static IP. This can easily be done in the wireless settings.
I don't know how your emulator connects to the network (cellular or WiFi). If it's using WiFi, you can go to wireless and networking options, Wifi settings, More, Advanced, and finally Use Static IP. Now you can set your static IP and the DNS server. This will not work if your emulator uses a cellular connection.
If you don't want to set a static IP you can use third-party apps like DNSset, though it might not be the right app because it will open a separate VPN connection. However, Dns Changer might work. Simply enter your DNS server in the dns server field and press DNS to accept the change.

thanks, you didn't really explain how I would go about changing the dns server through static ip or dnsset in my android emulator

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Find serial number of Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
How can I find out the serial number of a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge without the sticker on the phone / box?
I've tried a few 'secret codes', but nothing happens when I type them in:
http://geekofreak.com/2013/01/all-secret-codes-of-samsung-mobile-phone.html
I've tried downloading Kies on my computer, but it says my phone is unsupported and I need to download SmartSwitch. I've installed SmartSwitch on the phone but it doesn't seem to be for verifying the phone.

Isn't it in Settings - About Phone - Status like every other Android device?

No for me it isnt.

I would suggest you try using Phone Info Samsung. It is a very versatile app and gives you a lot of information on Samsung devices (many may come as a surprise). I have used it for four years on my previous devices. Developer has an active thread at XDA
Play store  snapshot claims that it displays serial number too. It did that on my old Note 2


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Frequent configuration messages on Samsung J5
I am getting some configuration messages frequently and have no idea what it is. How can I prevent it?
Any help would be appreciated.

This comes from your service provider. Call them.


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Does Cyanogenmod 13 support APT-X (on my Moto G)
just a short question. Does CM13 have APT-X support built in? For my moto g, it has from stock (as it's website reads), and now I'm wondering if Cyanogenmod has it too, because its proprietary and has to be built into the bluetooth stack afaik (so, no ordinary codec).
Thanks :)


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Trying to install Copperhead OS on Nexus 6P
I want to install CopperheadOS on my Nexus 6P. They have installation instructions here: https://copperhead.co/android/docs/install
Unfortunately, I'm already stuck at the beginning. The installation instructions say that I need to extract the factory images and flash them. Unfortunately when I try to flash them, as soon as it reaches the system partition it returns the following error:
sending 'system' (1174469 KB)...
FAILED (remote: data too large)
I am now unable to boot the phone at all, and stuck in the bootloader. What can I do?

Revert back to stock firmware, if you can reboot to download mode. It obvious the rom isn't compatible with your phone.

Make sure you are downloading the correct image for your phone.

Easy instructions are on Encrypt the planet: https://encrypt-the-planet.com/easily-install-the-copperhead-os-or-stock-google-os-on-your-nexus-5x-or-nexus-6p/

wrong fastboot!
1st i used android-tools-adb and android-tools-fastboot from ubuntu -- didn't work - same error
following the instructions https://copperhead.co/android/docs/install - it worked

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. Otherwise, your answer becomes useless in case the link dies. So could you please [edit] your post and include the basic steps?


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Find out model code for Samsun Galaxy 7 edge?
Under "About device" I can see my model number is SM-G935F. However when I try and register my phone with Samsung it needs the "Model code/name" eg "SM-G935FZDABTU Galaxy S7 edge United Kingdom".
How can I find this extra information?

under the battery.

Which is not removable...

lol under the battery, are you serious?

@esQmo:: Heh.. Samsung says so.. I clean forgot that this didn't have recoverable battery, like Note 2 which had removable battery, my last Samsung device. Added other options in solution below

@beeshyams +1 for that. ;)

may be the bot is sleeping somewhere :D

Related: Find serial number of Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. Same solution might apply here (I'd wonder if that app @beeshyams mentions there wouldn't cover this one, too).

@Izzy:: It does, but the developer of the app himself mentions that the database may be inaccurate and suggests an alternate method, which is the last bullet point in the answer // Hint to OP- reason of mentioning developer XDA thread in previous answer, was to get  quick answers to Samsung device related stuff

Were you able to solve the problem?

@beeshyams No I havnt.

Will search and post if I can find. Download mode didn't reveal?

see the long list of model codes for your device here.  (Since you didn't mention your country)
OEM says for S7, it is under the battery, so that's likely where you could find, but as mentioned by you , it's not removable

Reboot the phone into the Download Mode (a.k.a Odin Mode) to see the Model.

( From the developer of Phone info Samsung mentioned in earlier question )


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Are there any rowhammer resistance phones?
It's taken 31 years but someone finally get around to implementing rowhammer for the arm instruction set.
So are there any ECC or MEU RAM chips available for phones or currently in use in any phones?

Now ECC has an issue; https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/potentially-disastrous-rowhammer-bitflips-can-bypass-ecc-protections/

The list from the
Drammer app mentioned in your first link, shows some devices are not vulnerable, E.g, HTC Desire 510.( Row hammer wiki suggests that ECC overcomes TRR mentioned below the table)

Quoting from Source

We encourage everybody to try our Drammer test app and help figuring out how widespread mobile Rowhammer is. We expect, for example, that devices equipped with LPDDR4 are less vulnerable. This is because the LPDDR4 standard includes optional hardware support for the so-called target row refresh mitigation.
I have a phone with LPDDR4 memory. Am I safe against Drammer attacks?
Again, we don’t know. Chances are that your DRAM comes with the Target Row Refresh (TRR) mitigation, which makes it harder – but still not impossible, in theory – to induce bit flips. Moreover, TRR for LPDDR4 is optional, so your DRAM manufacturer may have decided to drop this technique and leave you vulnerable.

I doubt if you get that specific confirmation of implementation as you can see from How to know whether a RAM module is vulnerable to rowhammer before buying? a question on Security SE
From another question on Security SE, answers imply ECC is not necessarily a protection against the rowhammer vulnerability

Using ECC, whilst not a guarantee of security, might lower the probability of successful exploitation.

Edit: Based on the paper submitted on 26 Oct 16 by the authors in the annual CCS 2016 , which is quite beyond my understanding, my conclusions are :

There are many countermeasures and ECC is one of them ( clearly my understanding that ECC was the sole reason is wrong as also pointed out by OP in comments

Following devices were shown to be not vulnerable in the tests and as mentioned in the conclusion of paper x86 devices are not

There is plenty of RAM that is made well enough to resist for longer so just because a RAM chip is not susceptible dose not mean that it will stay that way or that it has ECC...

with an N=1 it's not saying much.

With N = 1, I assume you mean statistically ; I am not sure what N should be to make it a reliable indicator as the same device model can have RAM from different production batches with different performance ( within acceptable parameters)?


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Internal Storage issues
I have a Motorola Moto E2 phone. The product info page shows it comes with 8GB of internal storage, but I am only seeing 5GB of space when I look at it through my USB connection.

Every app that can move has been moved to my 16GB SD card.
The only thing that I cannot move are the Android updates and the data from my Text conversations.
I cannot stop the Android updates, and I need the Text history for legal issues.
How do I stop this phone from running out of space? I have had it for only 6-months.

I have also gone into every app on the phone to clear the cache.

Answered already many times: Guess where the OS resides. You've to subtract that. As the /system partition with recent devices easily goes up to 2 or 3 GB (even more with some Samsung devices), there is no space missing at all. It's just confusing advertisement. See: Why the Galaxy has 25GB instead of 32GB

@Izzy, I was not asking why my phone reports 5GB for an 8GB drive. You missed the point of my question completely. My point is that NOTHING is installed on my phone's drive. You can see that all of my content is installed on my SD card. Still, my 6-month old phone is out of space because of Android Updates. Again, How do I stop this phone from running out of space?

Apologies – I indeed misunderstood your question. I've just added the insufficient-memory tag (which should fit your issue) to your post. As these kind of questions pop up here very frequently, we've collected some information and first-aid in its tag-wiki. Could you please check with that? Afterwards, please [edit] your post again to reflect what you've tried and where you're stuck – or let us know if (and how) you were able to solve your problem. Depending on which, I'd then re-open the question. Fingers crossed!


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how to toggle oem unlock from fastboot?
i have flashed a new rom , nano gapps , a new firmware(which i think may be corrupt and have created problems),so now i see the oneplus logo for almost 500ms and then black screen appears though i can boot into fastboot mode but not into TWRP.
Main problem is I don`t have enabled oem unlock from developer option as i have just flashed a new ROM.So,i just need a method to toggle oem unlock further all things can be done by me.
company OnePlus
model OnePlus 2

Why don't you just flash a stock firmware and retry the installation of the custome ROM?

can you link me to a tutorial doing so,I couldn`t find  one.

Sorry for the delay. I hope you did fix your problems long ago. If not, try this : https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3146568/post61613924

Just try these fastboot commands:-
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock-go
//To Toggle
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem lock-go


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Lock password required after some time of not using it
Unlocking my phone every time gets a bit annoying, but I still want the phone to be locked for security purposes.
Is there a way for the phone to ask me for my passcode only if I haven't used the phone for longer than say 30 minutes?
This way if my phone is lost it will still have the password protection, and when I am using my phone in short spurts it won't force me to enter the password.
Nexus 6p
Android 7 Nougat

@beeshyams no it isn't rooted.  I updated my Q.

Sorry, deleted my solution as I didn't quite realise you are on Android 7. You can try this option and let me know if works .This may work is Macrodroid , easy to learn automation app ( may work since developer claims there could be issues due to Android implementation). Trigger: Empty Trigger ;Action: Screen Lock Off; Constraints: None. From the app widget . Select the widget, drop it on to your home screen and assign this macro to the widget. Click to manually enable / disable the macro

All  of what you need can be done on Native android; No apps or root required. Go into your settings, Display, and Set 'Sleep' To 30 Minutes of inactivity.
Then, go into the Lock screen/security settings, and untick 'Power button instantly locks device'
Now, even though hitting the power button turns the screen off, it won't lock, and if you leave the phone to it, it will lock and turn off after 30 mins.
As Ethan Said, you can also adjust how long after the screen turning off the phone locks, then just disable lock on power button as before.

With my android emulator I was able to prove that this is a native setting within Android. Assuming you have a password already (duh), go to settings-> Security -> screen lock settings (the gear) -> automatically lock. This is the setting that will determine how log after the phone is put to sleep, the password is enabled again.
However, this is only when the screen times out from being left on. When the screen is locked manually, the password will enable regardless. The only way to override this behavior is with rooted apps, and your device is not rooted.


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How do I stop my Galaxy S5 phone from waking in my pocket?
I had this problem when I had an HTC One M8 and now I have it with my Samsung Galaxy S5: I will get a notification and my screen will wake-up in my pocket and cause all sorts of bothers (skipping songs, taking pictures, etc).
Is there some option in Android OS to stop the screen from waking up when it receives a notification? I have googled this issue and all I see is suggesting involving rooting the phone and buying new cases, but nothing that directly addresses the issue. This is frustrating because it seems like it would be so simple to have the phone not wake upon getting a notification. Is there such option?

cause all sorts of bothers (skipping songs, taking pictures, etc)

Is the touch sensitive option enabled. As it will increase the touch sensitivity, your device will work abnormally for any touch like sensations (like that of keeping in your pocket).

Is there some option in Android OS to stop the screen from waking up when it receives a notification?

I guess not in our S5's stock firmware. So you either use external methods to stop it or turn off the touch sensitive and decrease the screen timeout.


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How to change the display name in the Google Play Store app?
In the Google Play Store app, the account name is shown inside the drawer menu.

How to change that name?

There should be a pre-installed Android app in your phone called Play Games. Click that. You will see your username and your display pic. Click your username and then the top right edit icon of a pen. That way you can change your Google PlayStore username.
Hope this helps :)

I tried it and it works! This should be the Accepted Answer.

This doesn't work for play store app reviews

From Google help Edit your Google Account information

You can edit information like your name, birthday, gender, and the email and phone number associated with your account. This basic information is used to help others get in touch with you more easily in products like Hangouts, Gmail, and Maps.

Sign in to My Account.
In the "Personal info & privacy" section, select Your personal info.
Choose the information you want to edit and follow the onscreen instructions.

But doesn't that change your username on your entire Google account? What if I wanted to change the display name without changing the name on the entire account?

I don't think it's possible

That is what I have concluded from subsequent web sleuthing as well.

all_licenses: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


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Need to be able to use UTF-8 playlists
DISCLAIMER
I am aware that asking after an app to accomplish a task is generally off-topic here. If the solution to this question involves an app that's great, but this is mostly about unicode-aware playlists on Android.
Without further ado...
I regularly use OS X (iTunes) at home, linux at work, and an android phone. I would like to be able to share playlists across devices, and even wrote a little command line utility to convert iTunes XML playlists to m3u8/xspf and correct the file paths depending on the target machine.
But there's a couple of catches:

My music collection is fairly large (~27 GB) and I have yet to find any syncing software (e.g. doubletwist) that doesn't keel over and die. So I need to keep this stuff in sync manually, no automagic (unless it actually works).

I have a number of files who's names contain Spanish characters, Norwegian characters, or Japanese kanji, so the playlist has to be in a format that recognizes UTF characters (i.e. m3u8 over m3u).

I could care less about what format gets used, assuming it has a spec I am more than willing to write code to convert to it.

My stuff I've already done works fine for linux (VLC media player does fine), but VLC android doesn't seem to deal with unicode-aware playlists, nor does doubletwist cloud player.
Searching around the internet has found things mostly related to streaming lists (I don't care about streaming at all), usually pertain to video (I only care about music), or are about libraries one would use writing an android music player (which I'd prefer to avoid). I also see alot of questions here on android SE about timestamps, play counts, and other bells and whistles I don't really care about, I just want my playlists to work.
Does anyone know any way (player, syncher, whatever) to get unicode-aware music playlists working on android reading the local filesystem (which AFAIK is unicode-aware)?
*PS if it matters, HTC M8 running Marshmellow.

It turns out that vlc and doubletwist cloud player can read unicode in .m3u file extensions just fine (even though they theoretically shouldn't), but only if the strings have been normalized to not use the combining character codes for inflections.


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Asus zenfone 5 how to bypass flipcover screen without flipcover
Recently I got an asus zenfone 5 which is stuck on flip lock screen.
I want to bypass that screen without using flip cover.
Is there any way that i can bypass it without using a flip cover.

I had the same problem and I solved just with a magnet on the left bottom side of my zenfone 3.

I was able to bypass it by covering the sensor on top of the screen by hand and by that i was able to enter to settings and disable the settings. Hope this will help you.
This is not a sure shot solution I think I just got lucky.

This thread on the Asus forum may help.

It Did not help But thanks for answering

Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. Please do the needful and that's probably the reason why it was down voted. Ping me once done. Thanks

Wow, that not-an-answer of mine :D I was so innocent  2 years ago  :D


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Turn off notice sound
I keep on getting audio notice alerts when the apps alerts me on posters updates; where do I go to keep the notice alerts silent?

See this answer.  Select the app you wish to silence. Let me know how it goes


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Can't mount /system as RW
I own an old Motorola XT910  that has several malwares, so I'm trying to delete them from the /system/app folder (since they're set as system apps), but when I try to mount the system as read-write, via adb shell I get Invalid argument. I've tried many commands but no success. Anyone knows how this can be done?
What I've tried:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount , rw /system
mount rw, remount rw /system
mount -o rw,remount /system

The phone runs Android 4.1.2, rooted, BusyBox installed

You may like to try Root Essentials  . It does it for me well ( I am not comfortable with adb , so prefer an app). It is by one of our site regulars

But I've also tried with Terminal Emulator, the system just refuses to mount!

You have root on the device?  So when you type in "su" in the Terminal Emulator, it asked to grant root permissions and changed the $ to a #?

Permissions granted, $ > #

@beeshyams Not exactly the same problem...

Just to mention: the first two mount commands are invalid (,, rw and remount are no valid options – note the spaces in between). However, the last one looks valid. Do you perhaps get a different error message on that, like "permission denied"? Please also let us know the Android version running on your device, as that might well be relevant here.

No, I only get Invalid argument. Or if the comments are incorrect: Usage [-r] [-w] [-o] [-t] . The phone runs Android 4.1.2

Do you have a custom recovery I.e. TWRP? It can both mount /system, and allow you to delete the files you want to remove via its own File manager.

No, just the stock recovery. I finally mounted the system as rw.


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Retrieving my google contacts
My smart phone kept turning off and wouldn't power back up or stay on long enough to use it much unless I had it plugged into an electrical outlet; so I cancelled my cell phone service but continued using it too look up my contacts so I could call them on a landline. Is there a way I can retrieve my cell phone contacts saved on google by using my computer?

Did you synchronize them with Google? As in that case, you can simply log in to Gmail using your web browser and export them from there.

As your contacts are synchronized with your Google account, you can:

get them in Google Contacts or
use an export tool to select just the contacts you want and export them to a CSV file.

You should just be able to sign into your Google account on your device and if you had your account settings to automatically back up your information such as contacts, photos etc they should come right up on any device you log into.


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Excessive "sponsored ads" in FB Lite on one of two tablets
As an owner of very low end (Azpen) tablets the Facebook Lite app has been a godsend, requiring very little space and eliminating the need for separate Messenger app.
I have this app installed on a 4.2.2 tablet and a 5.1.1 tablet.  On the 4.2.2 it's awesome, what FB should be.  But on the 5.1.1 there are excessive "sponsored ads".  Every third or fourth post is one of these, always asking the user to install an app.  The number of ads coupled with the small screen makes the app almost unusable, since pretty much half of what you see are these ads.
I suspect that these ads aren't really coming from Facebook but rather from something sinister, since the "hamburger menu" at the bottom right of these ads does not work.  On a real FB ad this menu gives you the choice to say "show me less like this" or similar.  But on these ads, touching the hamburger menu just refreshes the feed.
How can I isolate what may be causing this difference in behavior, and put an end to it?
Note: both tablets are rooted.

Check your apps list, there should be apps that seems unusual

Are you really using the Facebook app or a modified version? The Android Authority posted about this here

I sideloaded the same .apk to both tablets, that is what is so puzzling.

What about trying a different app? Since you say that you'd need Facebook and Messenger in a single app, your best bet might be Metal for Facebook.

@DeathMaskSalesman your suggestion looks good.  If you care to post it as an answer, I will accept it.

The major benefit of the Android OS is that, usually, there are more than just one app to accomplish a certain task.
This is also the case with Metal for Facebook, a wrapper for the site, giving the user the possibility to avoid both the official Facebook app and FB Messenger as well, for it resembles the way the site looked when visited by a mobile device, before its company's enforcing of the Messenger app, thus allowing a lightweight, all-in-one experience.
I'm in no way affiliated with the developer of this application.


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SuperSu doesnt show up on TWRP
I installed TWRP successfully. On my phone i downloaded the SuperSu Zip. When i click install on TWRP it doesnt show up. Can Anyone tell me what to do to make it show up.
Info:
-Phone = J7 (2016) j700T
-NETWORK T-Mobile

Did you browse to the /sdcard/Downloads folder?

@acejavelin there are plenty of bugs with TWRP and the Samsung J series. But, to the point, TWRP can Install SuperSU itself, no extra files. Try that!

I tried that but SuperSu just doesnt show up on TWRP when i click install. I checked everywhere

You are probably using the wrong version of TWRP. Many links for the J700T are posted in the forums and it took me a while to get a developer to give me the correct link.
For Twrp, flash TWRP-3.0.2.0-J700T with ODIN.
Put SuperSu on the internal SD if you have to, but TWRP should be able to read the external SD.
My source is this thread on XDA Developers. Afterwards, go to page 1 for detailed instructions on installing SuperSu and enabling Data partition backups in TWRP. (Hint: you need to backup your apps with Titanium Backup before formatting your Data!)


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What is this "Rowhammer" vulnerability in news said to affect millions of devices? Is my device affected?
Rowhammer vulnerability is making news and blogs/ websites claiming millions of Android devices could be affected?

What is it? How does it work?
How do I test if my device is affected?

While this is is a self answered question, updates / additional inputs are welcome

tl:dr; Rowhammer is a hardware vulnerability ( memory based ) that can potentially root your Android device and access data. A malicious app with zero permissions could be used to aid this

What is it? How does it work?

What is Row hammer?

It is a vulnerability . This vulnerability was previously known ( see Project Zero [Google]) in the context of PCs / Linux (see this)  and Row hammer wiki covers the technical aspects and mitigation

Rowhammer is a hardware bug that allows attackers to manipulate data in memory without accessing it.

What is DRAM Rowhammer Attack?

The Rowhammer attack involves executing a malicious application that repeatedly accesses the same "row" of transistors on a memory chip in a tiny fraction of a second in a process called "Hammering."

As a result, hammering a memory region can disturb neighboring row, causing the row to leak electricity into the next row which eventually causes a bit to flip. And since bits encode data, this small change modifies that data, creating a way to gain control over the device.

In short, Rowhammer is an issue with new generation DRAM chips in which repeatedly accessing a row of memory can cause "bit flipping" in an adjacent row that could allow anyone to change the value of contents stored in the memory.

Pictorial explanation from Wiki

OK thanks ..what about Android?

Rowhammer vulnerability for mobile devices has been reported first by vusec

This vulnerability has been marked as critical by Google and assigned CVE-2016-6728 by Google and Google is expected to release a patch in November. Due to the nature of  attack  – exploiting a hardware vulnerability – implementing  comprehensive patch is not easy according to vusec

Rowhammer RAM attack for rooting Android devices, and can even be combined with existing Android vulnerabilities such as Bandroid and Stagefright. This means that an app having no permissions can potentially root Android device (see vusec paper, which also has videos demonstrating this )

How do I test if my device is affected?

An android app Drammer (Deterministic RowhAMMER) has been developed by vusec and can be side loaded. (See edit )

The app does not give you a nice popup that tells you whether you are vulnerable or not. You can easily spot induced bit flips by glancing over the output and looking for the obvious keyword FLIP. Sample output from my device below

Your phone might still be vulnerable, even if the app detected zero flips! Because of current implementation of app and it may not have fully tested  memory , which implies results may not be conclusive

Hammertime Simuator is also available on GitHub

Vusec test results

Not every phone is susceptible for the Rowhammer bug.   27 devices and were able to flip bits on 18 of them. In the table below, you can find statistics on devices that were tested so far.

Is there an Android phone that is not vulnerable? ( See edit 2 below)

I don't know and there has been no report on internet by researchers or OEM's claiming that they are not vulnerable. Also see this related question Are there any rowhammer resistance phones?
Edit 1 I got a warning from Google against this Drammer app though I sideloaded from official vusec link

Edit 2: Based on the paper submitted on 26 Oct 16 by the authors in the annual CCS 2016 , which is quite beyond my understanding, my conclusions are :

There are many countermeasures both software and hardware

Following devices were shown to be not vulnerable in the tests and as mentioned in the conclusion of paper x86 devices )


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What kind of charger do I need to get for my Galaxy Tab?
I have a older Galaxy Tab 1 I'm assuming because all it says on the back is Galaxy Tab Samsung. And I need to know what kind of charger I need to ask for when I go and purchase one or order offline so if anyone knows the exact name or what ever I'd appreciate the feedback thanks.

If memory serves, it's a 28-pin. Looks like an old apple charger port, but is a bit smaller?

The original Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) is a 7-inch device with one very distinguishing feature - the capacitive keys below the screen.

If this is indeed the one you have, you will need to find a charger or a USB cable with this flat connector on one end:

Given its age, it's quite cheap - sells for < $5 in my region. Usually just vaguely searching would give you reasonable results. You can just grab a cable and pair it with any modern USB charging adapter too.


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Android app not working in Reliance JIO 4G connection
I have an android app which is working completely fine in WiFi and 3G connection.
However, I have found that the app is not connecting to my web-services when Reliance JIO 4G connection is used.
With the same connection, when I open my webservices in Google Chrome, it works fine(slightly slower than other networks).
What could be the possible reason for this?

Had the same problem.
First sign up on the MyJIO app.
Then restart your device.
This did the trick for me.


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LG Bello II - Block numbers
How do I block numbers on LG Bello II?
I get a lot of calls from mr. "Unknown" so I would mostly like to block those. If possible I would prefer not to install extra apps for this.
I tried following a couple of guides I found but my phone doesn't seem to have what's needed. My settings have no tabs and I don't see anything called "Call rejection" or just "Calls".
I recently bought this and have not done major things with it, as in no rooting. I've only installed a task killer and a VPN app.
I'm from the pc world and no mobile expert.

Model number: LG-X150
Software version: V10g-EUR-XXX
Android version: 5.0
Kernel version: 3.10.54+
Build number: LRX21M

AFAIK this is not a standard Android feature.  If you can't locate it using Izzy's answer below, you may well have to use an app. That could be an automation app or standalone. Let me know if you favour automation approach

@beeshyams I don't know the difference of the two.

See app usedhere trigger would be incoming calls unknown number and action reject calls

Open your phone app, switch to the call log tab. Look for the entry you want to block and tap that. You should see a button/link labeled "more" or "details", tap that. On the next page (which shows details on the call), tap the "overflow menu" on the top-right of the screen (the "3 stapled dots"). Select "Add to block list". Done.
Note: I've verified that on my device running Lollipop (Android 5.1). Still, this feature might not be available on all devices. According to an article on DigitalTrends:

There is no universal path for blocking contacts on Android smartphones, and it’s a feature the vanilla versions of Android Lollipop and Marshmallow oddly omit. But some devices allow users to enable a per-number blocking mode through the phone’s settings.

So if that feature does not exist on your device, first cross-check with the linked article for possible other locations. If it really cannot be found, you'll have no choice but to revert to a third-party-app for this feature.
Btw, for LG (as you mention your device is an LG device) the linked article writes:

LG’s made it relatively simple to build an auto-reject list on its handsets. To start, open the Phone app. Tap the 3-dot menu in the top right corner, and from the dropdown menu that appears select Call Settings > Call reject > Reject calls from. Select the Plus icon, and then add the number you’d like to block from the call log or your contacts. You can also find it by going to Settings > Wireless and networks > Call > Call reject > Reject calls from.

Unfortunately none of it is possible, so I'm going to look for a third party app.

Sad to read that. But in this case, for a starter, may I recommend you my app listing on Call Blockers? If you can't identify one matching your needs, be welcome to our SoftwareRecs sister site.


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Google Hangouts is still goes into phone storage
Recently I have changed my android device default app storage location as SD card by changing adb shell. My android version is 4.42 Kitkat. After doing this, it's working well with most apps that correctly going into External storage. But Google hangouts is still going to phone storage. Why Hangouts go to phone storage. Can i solve that?

Might be due to how Hangouts works.

Google does not support the Moving of Hangouts to SD. you can, of course, root your device, and use Link2SD To force the app over


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Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Gallery not showing external storage images and videos?
Prior to move my images and videos to External Storage via File Manager, I was still able to see them in Gallery, but not after I have moved all.
How to enable Gallery, to show my External Storage images and videos?

I am not sure how Gallery can be enabled but see if both apps mentioned here can help

My bet is you need to rerun the media-scanner to update the corresponding database. Easiest way to achieve that is a simple reboot (for more details, follow the link). Have you tried that already?

Yes I have tried both of you guys suggested but nothing works..


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How to run a script on USB OTG Drive?
First up - I do not have any experience at all with programming in Android or Linux environments. So, very sorry if this question sounds stupid. Here is what I am looking for:
I use a USB drive in my car for music and I transfer files to this drive from my mobile using an OTG cable. There are around 600+ files in it and the music player in the car just randomly plays them. Problem is, since there are so many files, the player seldom plays the newly added ones.
Hence I was wondering if it would be possible to write a script for this - like a batch script or VBSript in Windows. When run, it would copy the latest 20 or so files, based on the date modified, to some folder, say "New". The script would be placed on the drive, preferably, and next time it is run, it would clear the existing folder and copy fresh files again.
Would this be possible?
Model: OnePlus One Android Version: 6.0.1 Cyanogen OS: 13.1.2

Certainly possible – though the question is how to automate that. For hints, see our automation and especially tasker tag wikis. There are apps like IFTTT, Tasker etc which can react on certain events (e.g. a given BT device connects) and then perform defined actions (here you could place your script). Just a raw idea, I didn't yet have that specific use-case :)

Thanks for the tip, will try that. Even then I wouldn't know how to handle the script part.

The script part would rather be a general Unix&Linux issue :) If all your files are in the same directory initially: rm -f /target/*; cd /source; for music in $(ls -tr |head -n 20); do cp $music /target/; done (quick raw hack: Delete all files in target directory, get the latest files in source (ls -tr: sort by time descending) and copy the "top 20" (head -n 20) files to the target directory; should work in Bash, but I've not tested it, just put together here in the comment box ;)


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I can connect to WiFi but all websites refuse to connect
I have a device running Android version 5.0.2 that connects to our WiFi network, but browsing to any website using Chrome displays a page with:

The site can't be reached

and

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

This device used to connect without a problem
I also have a second device running Android version 4.2.2 that still connects to the same network without any problems.
How can I troubleshoot the first device?

I'd go for some Network Diagnosis app and check whether you can ping the sites affected, if the routing is OK, plus compare the settings with the ones on the working device (gateway, name servers). Fing Network Tools is a good "Allround Toolbox" for that kind of stuff. Well rated, available for free – give it a try and please report back!

try checking the date and time of your device

@Izzy I installed Fing Network on both devices and they can both successfully ping google.co.uk. So, some higher level problem...any suggestions?

If there is WPS button or reset do that after clearing device Passwords and reconnect. I don't know if it will help but the suggestion is on the nature of trying to start afresh. Also clear the browser cache or use another browser to see if it's working

@KamalShetty has a point here: if those pages use HTTPS, and date/time on your device are "too far off", that could be an issue – as your "mis-timed device" thinks certificates are either not yet or no longer valid. To test that out, go to Settings › Date & Time and check what's shown there. Temporarily switch it to manual, and enter the current date/time – then try calling up those pages again. As your ping succeeded, your network obviously is OK – if the IP of the pinged server is correct (note: you could ping 127.0.0.1, but there wouldn't be a web server to respond :)

@Izzy tried everyone's suggestions. Nothing working...

Have you checked if the IP address ping receives responses from is the same from both devices, and really belongs to the host name you've pinged? Have you compered the traceroutes? This is just to rule out the possibility your DNS etc. got somehow "hijacked" (malware might have modified the system, for example). Also, Fing offers a service discovery so you could see whether e.g. www.google.com offers HTTP/HTTPS at all. If that all looks fine, and you've tried different browsers, I'm out of ideas.

@Izzy Ok, tried all of that, but no luck. So I did a hard reset and we're up and running again. Unfortunately I lost a small amount of data. Many thanks

With a hard reset you shouldn't lose much. Guess you've rather done a factory-reset – last resort, and admittedly the only remaining option I can think of. If you have a little time, it would be a good idea to sum up what you've tried (and failed, and how), plus the "last resort", in an answer (which you then later "accept") – and we cleanup the comments here?

Correct. Followed instructions from here - http://www.hardreset.info/devices/asus/asus-z300c-zenpad-10/

Try using a VPN, I recommend Thunder VPN if you are an Android user.
So far, this is the only solution that I thought of and that is what worked for me, but there are also other VPNs.

This might happen due to some misconfiguration in settings.
You can try these tweaks to troubleshoot this error

open wifi networks, hold on the connected network, FORGET this and then again connect to the network
Try to change the SSID of the wifi
Try to make wifi OPEN( no password) and then try again to connect to the network
Also, check wifi-configuration on your router and make sure this device is not blacklisted.

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Control Dual Sim Mobile Data
I recently purchased a ChatSim card (Chatsim mobile data is for specific messaging apps such as Messenger, Whatsapp, etc.) and they will lock your account if you use mobile data on other apps.
I have a ONEPlus 2 running android 6.0.1, OxygenOS 3.1.0 with a dual sim cards.
So here is what I want to do:
I would like to set only specific apps to use the Chatsim mobile data and have all other apps use my other sim cards mobile data.

Is there a way to control this with android system?
Is there an app to control this?


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Google Play Services Sync problem on Android 2.3.6
I have a phone Samsung GT-S5302 it has stock ROM and root.

When it connects to internet it started to sync as always (sync icon appears), but the icon doesn't disappear even after 8 hours and I can't enter Google Play Store, Google+ account, Hangouts, I get an error "Google Talk authentication problem" and it reduces all phone performance.
Then I try to freeze Google Play Services with Link2SD problem disappear: sync works fine, error disappear, I can enter to Android Play Market, download and install app...
But in this case Google+, Hangouts of course don't work because they need Google Play Services to work fine.
What I've already tried:

I tried to erase cash, app data of the next processes: Play Market, Google Play Services, Google Services Framework and reboot device.

I tried to erase userdata and add only my google account again with no changes.

I tried to reinstall gapps for gingerbread using CWM unsuccessfully again.

I tried to switch off automatic date/time settings and after reboot turn on again - no luck.

I tried to delete Google Play Services and reinstall it with Play Market - the same problem.

So the question is:
Is there any way to solve the problem with Google+ or may be one know where do I need to look or what do I need to do further?

Have you tried restoring factory settings? Is the problem new?

After restoring factory settings, adding Google account and launch Google Play Market I get the same problem: Google play market download Google Play services and it try to sync something. So as I understand it is not because of my installed applications (they are absent) or root privileges (I removed root but it doesn't help). I start to think nowadays that it is because of mobile hardware that can't work properly with new versions of Google Play Services.

Maybe if you look at the log it might lead you somewhere. Good luck.

After looking through verbose log of my mobile phone I noticed that Google Play Services (GMS) can't find class "android.os.UserManager" and it has another dead codes connected with Google Play Services (gms).

And this blocks of errors apear over and over again so Google Play Services restarts them self. Class "android.os.UserManager" require API level 17; my phone has API level 10 so I decided to install the older versions of Goolge Play Services.
After that I find out that problems appear with versions of Goolge Play Services greater then 8.3.0. With 8.3.0 and below there is no such problem. Google+ works fine with this version of GMS.
I install all programs that I need using Play Market and after that I delete all data and updates of Play Market to prevent updating Goolge Play Services (I find out that Play Market respones for updating Goolge Play Services).

I too had this problem. I think you too have noticed that the Google Play Services app crashes as well. So I firstly uninstalled it.
Then after rooting my phone, I factory-resetted everything (lot o f times) and after that, now it works smoothly. And no problem in synchronization either.

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! Please don't use "txtspeak" / "SMS lingo" on SE sites, but rather fully spell each word. Many users here are no native English speakers, and some already have a hard enough time to follow normal English.

I don't think suggested variant might help me. Because I tried even to format data, system, cache partitions using CWM and after that I flash stock ROM using Odin. And this doesn,t help.


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New Phone - Google location not syncing/sharing to desktop
I've just got a new phone (Oneplus 3 from old Samsung S4), and I'm having issues with location in Google Maps - I'm trying to share my location with family (via G+ app), but overall I'm seeing some odd behaviour.
If I go to Google Maps on my device, my location is correct.
If I go to Google Maps on my desktop machine, my location is wrong (out of date from the time at which I swapped mobile devices)
My G+ location is also refusing to update - showing the out of date location on my desktop, and on the G+ app on my device putting a red dot for me in the correct current location but with the text of 'old location 19h ago'.
Stuff I've tried:

Check location sharing is on (both pinpoint and city) in G+
Check location is on in Google Maps 'Google location settings'
Check location history is on in Google Maps
Logging out of Google Maps (on device) and logging back in again
Closing Google Maps (and G+) apps on my device
Check correct device enabled on Location History (via Google Maps)
Check location is correct in Google Maps (on device)
Check I'm signed in on the same account with device, G+ and Maps (I only have one)
Try Android device finder from desktop (it is correct!)
Try 'Your Timeline' >> 'Today' in Google Maps on desktop (it is correct!)
Turning device off and on again (multiple times)

I'm running OxygenOS (3.2.5), with Marshmallow (6.0.1)
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Got this fixed via the Google maps forums. Nothing exciting, some horrible caching going on requiring a bit of resync.
see: https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/maps/1t32l4OC9Mo/RkLr1hV3AAAJ
 for fix. Just providing an answer for anyone encountering this issue!


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Android Marshmallow: How to disable vibrate on call connect?
I recently bought a moto e3 power phone with Android Marshmallow OS. The phone vibrates every time when the receiver takes the call. It is annoying. How to disable this option? I have checked the settings. There is a option "Vibrate for calls". But disabling this option does not remove the vibration.

This feature is common for Motorola phones, search for Vibrate on Call Connection. I use Samsung, there is no such option.

@esQmo I use moto e3 power and it also does not have that option :(

Open the dialer and click the 3 dot menu in the upper right corner and select Settings, then Sounds and vibration, under "In-call vibration" there are options for Vibrate on Answer, Vibrate on Call Waiting, and Vibrate on Hang up, select or unselect as desired.

I use moto e3 power and i tried to do as per suggestion. There are no Vibrate on Answer, Vibrate on Call Waiting, and Vibrate on Hang up options.

@prashanth I haven't seen the E3 yet, just assumed it was like other AOSP based devices by Moto. Settings - Sound & Notifications would be the only other are it could be, but if this setting is changeable, it should be in the dialer (Phone) apps settings or else it can't be altered.

Not have this options in moto e3 power.....
Plz help me...

@Archana Then you may not have the option to change this setting.


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Forgotten Pattern/Pass Lock on Android
How to remove pattern/pass lock from an android device if the USB Debugging is off and Recovery Mode is inaccessible and it doesn't have a Gmail account?
It's a Chinese Tablet
Name & Model: Eken E902
Build Number: astar_m900-eng 4.4.2 KVT49L 20160322 test-keys
Kernel Version: 3.4.39
Firmware is exdroid4.4.2_r2-a33-v2.1
O/S version is Kitkat 4.4..2

Add more detail:, phone model, OS version

I've added the information

Did you try resetting it? With buttons combo (Volume up + Power button)

These always have a factory reset option somewhere, finding it can be difficult since it is often poorly, if at all, documented. Try various key combinations when powering on, the bad part of it is some of these require specific timing, like hold PWR+VOL UP+VOL DN until it vibrates then release PWR while holding other keys (just an example).  If you can come up with any kind of model or manufacturer, we may be able to narrow it down more.

Your first look should go to our locked-out tag-wiki. As this is a frequently asked question here, we've setup some first-aid there. Please check it out, then come back and let us know what you've tried and where you're stuck – or answer your question if you were able to solve your issue.

The full info has been added. Some of the tablets are able to boot in recovery others are not when (PWR + HOME) these are the keys however some are not although they're same model and kind. Also if I boot in recovery is it possible to remove patter/pass or I should do factory reset for that?


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Text message appears as Chinese Symbols in AT&T
When I send a text with letters (in English) and Emoji's to a friend from my Galaxy S5,  she receives text that looks all Chinese. She has a Galaxy S7 and we are both on AT&T

This blog says it is an AT&T specific problem and suggests how to go about it. Comments have some alternative ways too

Your network APN settings are messed up somehow. AT&T can assist you with fixing it but I had to change the mine to add admin into the string. It's worth noting it's happening on large messages. It just so happens emojis bloat the send size.


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Media files don't show up in file manager but their folders can be seen
I was tinkering with my Android's internal storage connected to my PC when suddenly all the media files (music and pictures) got deleted. The folders they belonged to remained unchanged. What happened, and is there a way to retrieve them?
Thank you.

You probably have 6.0 android.
You need to go settings>apps than tap on three dot button and select "show system" than find "External storage" and "Media storage" and clear cache and data for them. After that reboot phone and wait 5 minutes after booting to phone index files than connect to PC and see if you can find files now.


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Auto start an "add to homepage" link on desktop
Is there a way to have a link created via Chrome's "add to homepage" auto start on bootup?
I've tried apps that allow you to set this up, but they don't work because the link I am trying to open is not recognized as an app.

Probably through Tasker and Autoinput, give me some time.


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Is the app "SIM tools kit" important
I´ve CM 12.1 without the gapps. I would like to know the importance of the "SIM tools kit" app (I don´t know if that´s the exact name in english, in Spanish for me it´s "Kit de herramientas de SIM"), and if removing it will damage something, although the only thing it does is to show me publicity of my SIM´s provider.
And I also want to know if that apps meets the definition of free software according to the GNU project. Or at least if I can see its source code and license.

Go here and here to learn more about the STK (SIM Tool Kit)

According to the information I can find, the SIM toolkit is act as an interface to the cellular provider's services. Removing this will likely break phone's cellular capabilities, however I cannot confirm this as I do not want to risk deleting it on my device.
Because this toolkit is dependent on the SIM card itself and not the cellular provider, you will need to look up the source code and/or licensing for each SIM manufacturer individually.


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Does blue shade conserve battery life
I'm at forty percent battery life and I need to know if blue shade conserves battery life

For non-AMOLED devices, the battery consumption of the screen is solely (?) determined by the brightness - the content displayed, be it full black or full white, doesn't matter. Adding a blue filter won't change that either. If anything, the existence of the app itself may introduce a slight increase in battery consumption.

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No option to add user in Moto E3 Power on Android Marshmallow
It's been a while I tried few options, but I was not able to find how to add users in Moto E3 Power running Android Marshmallow. It is not present in the settings.

Any way to debug this or to activate this, as Android Marshmallow supports multi-users?

The Moto E and G series devices with Marshmallow do not have multi-user implemented, the only way to make it work is to flash a custom ROM.

@acejavelin moto g4 plus has multi user functionality

Your OEM removed/suppressed this functionality because they found the hardware unsuitable to support more than a single user. It's pretty much a normal thing in low-end devices. If your Android is rooted, try the trick Android One users follow to enable multi-user.

@acejavelin: thanks for the pointer. Edited answer based on it

@pkm I was unaware that the G4 had this functionality, I can confirm the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation G and 1st and 2nd generation E series devices do not have this functionality (I just fired up my original G and G3 to verify), however my Moto X Pure Edition does have this feature.

Other sources on the web also confirm that it is not supported on your phone, unfortunately

Your device does not support multi user mode
See reply by Senior Moderator in Lenovo forums

There are many features that are disabled on different phones due to hardware or other reasons. It could be that the GPU can't handle this. It could be that some features are reserved for mid or high end phones.
Another example is multi-user mode

(Emphasis supplied)
Sorry about that !

On supported Moto devices, you find this option under

Settings → Device → users → add user
Another way to find out is to use the search option in settings ( magnifying glass symbol on top right). Just typing  add brings up this option, as you can see in first Screenshot
From the notification bar, it has a user icon at extreme right, clicking on which will give you user options , as in second screenshot

Also, is there a user icon at the top right of notification shade? I haven't used Moto's implementation of "stock" Android.

Yes there is icon but on clicking doesn't show add user option ..... also not visible when I type "add"or in the top right corner

Unfortunately your device doesn't support * multi user* mode

My device was supporting it but after reset option disappeared.


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How to backup app in adb without using "backup"?
My Nexus 6 has a completely broken screen, but other parts of the phone seem to work fine. It is rooted, CWM recovery installed and USB debug enabled. Now I want to copy some of my old data to my new phone. The problem is:

I cannot unlock the screen since the screen is broken, so booting normally doesn't work. adb devices -l shows nothing since the phone is screen locked.
CMW recovery has a touch interface, so I cannot use that either.
I managed to enter the stock recovery mode and I can pull data using adb. But I can't run adb backup because it asks for confirmation on the screen.

Does anyone have any idea what should I do? Is there a way to backup without using "adb backup"?

CWM does have a touch interface but volume keys should also be available, which you can use to mount /data. ADB access should also be there by default - just plug in.

Copying data/data did work. But it seems that copying the files to my new phone caused some permission issues. I fixed this by backing up and then restoring in Titanium Backup.


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Easy Flashlight/Torch Toggle easily using tasker
I want to turn on the torch on the device by pressing the power button 3 times(or something convenient) and display a notification saying "Flashlight ON" and turn it off by simply swiping out(clearing) the notification.
I have achieved this by creating 2 macros in Macrodroid.
But I wanted to do the same exact thing with Tasker because obviously tasker can do a lot of things whereas macrodroid is limited to only a set of things and its not worth using both of them at the same time.

Here is a workaround you could use.
Create a Task to toggle torch ( alternatively get a TeslaLED plugin -it supports a lot of devices).
I am not sure if this is my device limitation but the Hardware state is only limited to media button and not power button but nevertheless I believe the outcome will be the same.
Profile
State >> Hardware >> Media button (Check both held down and stop event)
Tasks
Task 1 (entrance) You can name it TorchlightCtrl or anything.

A1 Alert >> Torch
A2 Alert >> Flash (text: "Flashlight ON" Enabled Long: On)
A3 Alert >> Notify (e.g Torchlight Enabled)

Save and exit this Task
Create another task
Task 2 (exit)

A1: Alert >> Notify Cancel (title: Torchlight Enabled)
Press back to exit
A2 Task >> Stop (Put the task created earlier -in this case TorchlightCtrl)

Explanation: Pressing the media button will trigger Task 1 (TorchlightCtrl) to flash the torch, and a persistent notification is displayed in the notification bar.
Dismissing the notification will trigger Task 2 which stops Task 1, additionally turning off the trigger.
Unfortunately my device Camera light is not working so could not expiclitly test it, please give me feedback if it works or not, so I can further improve it. Cheers


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Cannot hear my notification sound on my Samsung Galaxy On5?
Okay, so I got my new phone (A Samsung Galaxy On5) about 2 months ago, and just recently, the notification sound stopped working. I checked to make sure that it wasn't on silent or vibrate, and it's not. The sound is on, and ringtone is on too, but ringtone is the call sound. Instead of emitting a sound for my notification, it just vibrates. I've tried powering it down and back on again, but nothing seems to work. Help?

AskDifferent: "Answers for your Apple questions"

Ringtone doesn't work too?


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Stock mail app not showing email body
I use the stock mail app to check a number of email accounts, including my Hotmail account (via IMAP).
Until recently my email worked just fine but now when I read an email the body of the email doesn't load. I can see the from name and email and the subject, but I don't get the content of the email.
As far as I'm aware I haven't changed anything. And other accounts load the complete email.

It seems like no one else has had this problem I tinkered for several hours... AND I fixed it. The action that fixed this bug was removing the Hotmail (Which is actually called Outlook online now) account and adding it again.


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Syncronizing audio and ebook?
So the actual problem that I'm trying to solve is to read books via TTS on my phone and also read the same book as text at the same place.
Every ebook reader I've tried that does this sucks in various ways; I'll name them just to save y'all the trouble of suggesting them unless they've improved dramatically in the last few months: Moon Reader + Pro, Voice Dream (AKA "Reader" (really?)), FBReader TTS, @Voice.
The other thing is that running TTS seems to take some noticeable battery/CPU.
So I thought why not do the TTS in advance, save it as an audio file, read it in Pocket Cast, and have an ebook program be synchronized to the position I'm at in the audio file?  I mean, there are programs that sync an ebook with an Audible file, right?  Same thing, right?
The thing is, AFAICT the only thing that does this is Kindle/Whispersync.  I can't figure out how to take advantage of this; seems like I could provide my own audio file to go with Kindle books, but do the Kindle books need to be specially marked?  Does the audio file?
Maybe there are other apps or combinations of apps that can do this?
I'm highly technical, and while I've not programmed against Android I've programmed in perhaps 20 languages over my life and I'm sure I can figure it out, so writing actual code is an an option, but I have no idea where to begin; any thoughts?

Afraid that's rather a programming question – and this site is not programmer, but end-user oriented. And while I dislike that TTS myself (I like reading a good book, but TTS in general destroys the reading experience for me): what is it that "sucks in various ways"?

It depends on which program we're talking about.  Moon Reader+ has a bug where if you hit the rewind media key to jump back, it does it by chunks that are too small (like sentences, which can be only a couple of words), and if you hit it too many times in a row it jumps back an entire chapter instead.  Voice Dream crashes a lot and is absolutely abusive on battery life, and also has a deliberate design decision where the place in the book you're listening too and the place you're reading are distinct, which dives me crazy.  I can't recall the problems with the other 6 or so I've tried.


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How do I disable 1 of the 2 input devices that share a key in Generic.kl?
As the title says really, my Gamepad button A and Fingerprint scanner share a key in the generic keylayout file. I'm running Resurrection Remix ROM on a Xiaomi Mi Max, if that's any use.
I'd like to stop the fingerprint scanner acting as a button but keep my gamepad button usable. Is this possible? I'm presuming it may have to be done a deeper level than the keylout file itself.
Thanks :)

I found the resolution in the end. I had to replace the system library files (in "system/lib/hw/" and "system/lib64/hw/") for the Fingerprint Scanner to a version that they didn't trigger a key in generic.kl.


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Unable to connect to SSH server via Tor
I'm attempting to connect to my SSH server via Tor on my rooted Android.
I couldn't find an SSH client for Android that supports the use of a SOCKS proxy, so I tried to use transparent proxying with Orbot for a number of SSH clients.
So far I've tested JuiceSSH and Serverauditor.
JuiceSSH seemed to have issues with my private key for SSH and Serverauditor just reported that the connection failed.
SSH via Tor works fine on my computer.
edit: I've manged to get the private/public key thing working with JuiceSSH and I've also tried to use ProxyDroid (can't hyperlink due to low reputation) to proxy all system traffic through Tor (SOCKS5, 127.0.0.1:9050).
JuiceSSH now keeps trying to connect but doesn't get much further. Serverauditor still just very briefly tries, then reports that the connection failed.
How can I connect to my SSH server via Tor, using private/public key authentication?


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How To File Sharing From PC To Remix OS on VM-ware Player?
I have a problem, I have installed my Remix OS on my VM-ware Player and I would like to transfer file between PC and Remix OS.
how do file sharing between my PC and my Remix OS? Because it cannot just simply copy and paste. Please help me out. Thanks.

Have you tried to set up one or more shared folders for a virtual machine, be sure the virtual machine is open in Workstation and click its tab to make it the active virtual machine. Choose VM > Settings > Options and click Shared folders.

You can add one or more directories to the list. Those directories may be on the host computer or they may be network directories accessible from the host computer. All the files copied to that folder will be accessible in both guest (remixOS) and host (Windows) machines
Credits
Shared folders setup


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My android phone is showing up in my computer just as if it's a normal hard disk
Most of my android phones have once been so. I can see the internal eMMC's partition layout in "Windows Disk Management", counting there's over 20 parts. Some partitions have letters in "My Computer". The phone also appears as /dev/sdb in Ubuntu and I can access /data, /system and other ext4 partitions as normal. fdisk and parted can correctly recognize them and even modify them. Everything just acts like a plain hard disk. adb and fastboot have no response on these phones. However I can't reproduce this situation nor can I kick it out for sure (One of them got kicked back to normal accidentally). Can anyone tell me what's this special mode?
Note: All these phones that have this issue are equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs (I don't own MTK phones), namely S200, S410, S800 and S810.
Edit
Successfully got that S800 phone (nubia Z5S NX503A) again in the state described above. My operation is to first get the phone in fastboot (bootloader) mode and then, while holding BOTH volume keys down, press and hold the power button for 10 sec. Now the phone is here.

root@ubuntu:/dev# parted sdd
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sdd
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Model: Qualcomm MMC Storage (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 31.3GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name      Flags
 1      67.1MB  134MB   67.1MB  fat16        modem     msftdata
 2      134MB   135MB   524kB                sbl1
 3      135MB   135MB   32.8kB               dbi
 4      201MB   201MB   32.8kB               DDR
 5      268MB   269MB   524kB                aboot
 6      269MB   269MB   512kB                rpm
 7      336MB   346MB   10.5MB               boot
 8      403MB   403MB   512kB                tz
 9      403MB   404MB   1049kB               pad       msftdata
10      404MB   406MB   1573kB               modemst1
11      406MB   407MB   1573kB               modemst2
12      407MB   408MB   1049kB               misc
13      408MB   419MB   10.5MB               splash
14      470MB   1758MB  1288MB  ext4         system    msftdata
15      1758MB  10.4GB  8616MB  ext2         userdata  msftdata
16      10.4GB  10.4GB  5243kB  ext4         persist   msftdata
17      10.4GB  10.9GB  524MB   ext4         cache     msftdata
18      10.9GB  11.1GB  157MB   ext4         customfs  msftdata
19      11.1GB  11.1GB  10.5MB               recovery
20      11.1GB  11.1GB  1573kB               fsg
21      11.1GB  11.1GB  1024B                fsc
22      11.1GB  11.1GB  8192B                ssd
23      11.1GB  31.3GB  20.1GB  fat32        grow      msftdata
(parted) quit

In all my years as an Android enthusiast and developer (~Eclair), I have never heard of this ever occurring... it is like you were connected directly to the eMMC chip somehow which to my knowledge is not been possible through the USB port, other than the pre-JellyBean "mass storage" USB connection. Can you say what device(s) and Android versions specifically this happened on?

@acejavelin Yes it's weird. The S200 phone has Android 4.1.2, the S410 has 4.4.2 and the S810 has 5.1.1 with it. I can somehow remember that I once went through a tutorial to put a phone into this state but it's no longer there. I tried to google all around but no information is found. Not even anything that mentions this issue.

You're in one of Qualcomm's download modes - use a Windows machine to figure out which one it is from the Device Manager, and look up measures to revive accordingly.


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Force system to always ask for wifi password
I use my institutional credentials to connect to my work wifi network (using 802.1x EAP), and I don't want my password stored on my phone (i.e. I want to retype my password every time I connect). What's the best way to do this? A Google Pixel running stock 7.1, if that matters.

do you want to do it for a specific wifi of your institute or all wifi to which you connect from phone?

Would be nice if it could be wifi-specific, but I don't terribly mind forcing it for all wifi if need be.

I don't yet own Pixel device hence can't exactly say if it offers settings for what you want. But the easy way that comes to my mind is, & it is far from perfect, but may serve your purpose is this : Just forgot your work wifi network when you are done. That way any credentials that may have saved will be cleard. Next day when you turn on wifi, and try to connect to your work wifi network your phone will ask you to enter wifi password

If you are rooted you could just run the command chmod 0440 /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf. Before you do it you should first delete the WiFi network. Also make sure that you have all other WiFi networks saved because after you ran this command you won't save any other network again until you chmodded the file to r+w again.


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Note 5 Android 6.0.1, photo import Windows, PTP does not limit folder access to camera photos
I have a Note 5 running Android 6.0.1 when I try to import photos using Photos in Windows 10 it finds all of the image files on the phone.  This is not affect by choosing PTP or MTP in the USB settings on the phone.  Trying on different PC running Windows 7 has the same result.  To me this seems like an issue with the USB Setting on the phone for PTP not limiting the PC's access to only the photo folder.  It seems like I have not had this issue in the past unless I'm completely "mis-remembering".
I've seen this question asked before but the only solution seems to be to manually move over photos using windows explorer.  Is this really the only solution?  By not using the photo import option on Windows you are loosing the ability to auto-rotate, easily organize folders, name files, and only sync new images, to name a few.
I would really appreciate any help anyone has on this.
Thank you.

I don't understand what you are asking?


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onda v989 allwiner a83t octa core 32gb bootloop beacause i installed chainfire 3d :( i cant fix it, please help
i have onda v989 allwiner a83t octa core 32gb bootloop beacause i installed chainfire 3d :( i cant fix it, please help please, i need it so much. my FBgmail: huynam371@gmail.com . plese help me!!!! text me some mess or teamviewer for helping !!!! thanks a lots ..... i dont know too much about my tablet. i cant use adb shell, i typed "adb sideload [rom.zip]" and i got at all: e footer is wrong .................

Did you try flashing the stock firmware yet?

You just need to flash the stock firmware (ROM) for your tablet, this will overwrite all modified system files.
Since it is powered by Allwinner chip, you need a tool called PHOENIXSUIT (in English) or ONDASUIT (in Chinese) to flash the image file. Click this link to get the flash file (ROM image). Don't forget to unzip first.


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Lollipop boots only in recovery
I am using a Lenovo p70 phone with custom aosp 5.1 arm64 based rom! I am using TWRP recovery. Until today i had no problems with the recovery.
Today i rebooted my phone in recovery by typing reboot recovery in terminal emulator. Now everytime i try to boot my phone it boots only in recovery.
So now i can't boot my android os anymore.
P.S It also boots in recovery when i use adb shell reboot or adb shell reboot recovery. adb shell reboot bootloader still works as it intended.
Can anyone help?
P.S2 I found a file which tries to fix this problem, but targets android ics so i don't think it will help.

Did you try resetting the phone?

@esQmo what do you mean by resetting? Wiping data, cache? I plan to restore a backup but i have no physical access to the drive with my backup at the moment.

Yes this may help.

Can you wipe the cache partition?

@SuperThomasLab  I already wiped cache and dalvik-cache but there is no result.

Can you wipe the cache partition?