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Can one download GMaps offline areas without signing in?
Can one download GMaps offline areas without signing in?

No, but you can sign in, download the offline maps, then use them off-line although they do expire in 30 (?) days if I recall correctly. If you do not/can't sign into Google, then you will need to find a different Map/Navigation app.

@acejavelin thank you sounds good please feel free to convert your comment into an answer.

Yes like @acejavelin said its impossible without signin in but there are many apps offering offline maps like this one  which i used before and recomend it.

From the comment section, it is currently not possible to download GMaps offline areas without signing in.

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No, but you can sign in, download the offline maps, then use them off-line although they do expire in 30 (?) days if I recall correctly. If you do not/can't sign into Google, then you will need to find a different Map/Navigation app.acejavelin Apr 4 '17 at 13:34
Yes like @acejavelin said its impossible without signin in but there are many apps offering offline maps like this one which i used before and recomend it. Silent 1 min ago


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Exploring device Logs
If an android phone was off and/or the user couldn't login using the password provided, is it likely that this information is recorded in an log ?
Equally if a signal loss occurred would that be logged ?
And where or how can I access logs ?

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Is it possible to make Google Drive folders available offline?
Can I create folders that can sync with Google Drive similar to Windows?
Actually I have to store some files offline in multiple phones, tablets, and computers. I'm fine with the Windows version of Google Drive: it stores files offline too.
Is there any way to do the same for Android?

To a certain degree, yes it can be done. It's easy if you are only concerned about a limited number of files.
For a single file, while connected to Google Drive on your phone, browse to your intended file, then click the right menu and choose the option "Available offline"
In general, you can also change the caching on your Google Drive app by going to "Settings > Cache Size" and increase it to the maximum available. I believe it's 1000MB at the moment.

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Huawei Nova CAN -Lxx?
I am asked to buy the Huawei Nova CAN-L12...it has to be above CAN-L12C635B140......
But merchants of the Huawei Nova do not specify if it is CAN-L12, or L02, or L(other)..What is the CAN-xxxx coding? -> is it a software version that I don't really have to worry about and can be achieved through updates?
Thank you for your help!

The sub-model (CAN-Lxx) indicates the network band it supports and therefore the region it best suits. A specs listing of CAN-L02 can be seen on PDAdb (you could search for other sub-models, too - just search "Huawei Nova CAN").
Inspect the "Supported Cellular Network" section and see how it matches up to your local carrier. It's unlikely that you won't be able to use the phone at all if you buy the wrong model (that doesn't match), but it's likely you'll lose LTE support if you do - all you get will be GSM/WCDMA/HSDPA.
The long trailing digits are the software revision for this particular sub-model, and can be updated to the latest one once you get your hands on the device.


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HTML5 Videos crashing System UI
I was watching videos on m.youtube.com and got this System UI error. Video kept playing, until I pressed ok and everything crashed and 5 seconds later i see the lock screen. I unlock with my fingerprint and anytime I put play it does the same. I tryed other videos and the same thing happens, restart fixed for 5 mintues then I re got the glitch and any other html5 video doesn't work anymore. Also sometimes the home, back and recent apps button and the top bars disappear after this glitch before the screen going black etc. Youtube app works fine though...
P.S. This happened on a Wiko UFEEL Prime running the latest update (6.0.1 [21]) I don't think it can be the hardware because I have 4GB of RAM and a 1.3GhZ octa-core processor.

I found a fix: also if @Geert-Jan Graulus is correct i would let it be a last resort as i keep lots of important stuff on my phone.
My fix: download another browser, like firefox, dolphin, etc. this worked for me. chrome sucks anyway

"i keep lots of important stuff on my phone" but you have backups, right? If you don't have backups, it can't have been that important.

Experiencing the exact same problem on my UFeelPrime...
Returning to factory settings without copying files from my back-up solved the issue in my case. However, it reappears as soon as you update Google play services. The problem must thus lie in the latest update of the latter OR one of the apps updated by play services.
I have not found a more permanent solution yet, but for now a hard reset and not updating Google play services is a valid solution.
Update: the problem lies in chrome for android itself: simply removing the updates and returning the chrome app to factory settings will do the trick untill a more permanent solution is found.

I found a solution for myself: when watching online videos i now use firefox, that seemed to solve the issue for me


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How to move apps on SD-card to bigger SD-card without PC
I need simple steps to switch full sd card that have some apps on that sd card larger memory I need to switch from fullsd card to my new 128GB sd card but i have no computer at all, no laptop as well.
I only have 1 tablet Samsung Galaxy Tablet model SM-T580??!! Can I just uninstall those apps before switch and insert new 128Gb sd card, but what happens to all my downloaded music, podcasts, etc. If I switch cards can I still listen to them if I was to later insert into another media player?
I'm beyond a newbie to using any computer (only have SM-T580 Tablet) If I uninstall my apps would I lose all my saved music& podcasts (there's a lot).
I need to know exactly step by step info & exactly what to be aware of I'm so new to my device, new to files and even how to identify them system/mine.

There are a couple of ways to do it:
For simplicity I prefer to split into categories:

Backup of files (music, documents, videos, any other media files and miscellaneous files)

Backup of installed applications

Other (e.g SMS/MMS attachments etc)

Method to back up Categoty 1 Data
Prerequisites:

Unlimited/suitable data plan

Must have signed to a cloud storage (or have one Google drive will do just fine)

You can easily upload the data to google drive or other similar cloud solutions.
To retrieve it you need to redownload it again.
Method to back up Category 2 data
To preserve the intergrity of all your apps (with thier data), you need additional app, capable of doing this. (Install in internal memory).
A good example is Helium - App Sync and Backup (doesnt require  root). Other similar app is Utimate backup, alternatively browse around playstore to pick one there.
It allows you to choose the apps you want to backup. Again if there is no enough space on internal memory use the cloud solution e.g dropbox or similar.

Method to back up category 3 data
This requires much less space than the 2 above. You can just back up in internal memory as well.
Retreiving data after installing new sd card

All the data that have been backup up can then be downloaded again, using the cloud solution previously used and from internal memory.

Well I am a root user so I use the app manager in (ROM toolbox) similar to Ultimate backup mentioned above, however I am not sure if it works on on non rooted phones so I just gave non root options, all these apps don't need a PC to perfom bckups so I thought to include them. And they allow backing up of applications ( with thier app data) so the apps are kept intact, just as they were in old sd card


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Find a stolen Samsung Galaxy Tab E
I gotten involved in an incident that i got my tab stolen. I have not used the device for so long and i have some personal details on the device.
The problem I have now in trying to recover this devices is that I am not sure I have enabled GPS tracking on the device.
The only lead I have on this device now is that my G-mail account is logged unto it and also my Google play store is logged unto it. Please is it still possible for either locate this device or remotely wipe it? Thanks in anticipation.

Did you had mobile data enabled at the moment of theft?

By logging into your Google Account, you can select "GET STARTED" under "Find your phone".

As long as the missing device is still logged into your Google account, it should show on the list on the next screen where you can tap on it for additional steps. From there, you can attempt to locate, lock or wipe the device.

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Moto G4 only boots into fastboot
I got the Moto G4 from Amazon and tried to use ADB and fastboot to unlock it, before realizing Amazon has oem-locked their version. In any case, now every time I turn on the phone it goes straight to AP Fastboot Flash Mode. I can then boot into the phone as usual, but it's really annoying to have to go through fastboot mode. Now I think it's interfering with an Android update. Any suggestions?

In the bootloader enter:
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
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Sharing decryption keys from OpenKeychain
I want to create keys that I can use to sign & encrypt files, and share the decryption keys so people can read the encrypted files and see my signature.
I've successfully created an encryption/signing key in Alice device, and I'm able to encrypt messages and files with it that I can decrypt in Alice device.
However when I try to share the keys I get an .asc file that when imported on Bob's device, has a orange ? icon, and when try to decrypt the encrypted file, I get "No encrypted data with known secret key found in stream!"
Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

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With OpenKeyChain as with any PGP app, you always generate key pairs: one private and one public key. The private key can be used to decrypt data which was encrypted with its public counter-part.
Now, when you share a key, you always share the public part – which can be used for encryption, but not for decryption. Hence, the message encrypted using Bob's key cannot be decrypted with Alice's key: on that device, only Alice's key pair and Bob's public key are present, so only Alice's private key is tried for decryption. Hence you get that error message.

my use case of document signing is the reverse scenario; the encryption key should be private, the decryption key public. How do I do it?

If Bob wants to send an encrypted document to Alice, he should use Alice's public key to encrypt it. Then Alice can decrypt it using her private key. That's how PGP works. If you want multiple people to be able to decrypt, use all their public keys for encryption.

that is not how document signing is supposed to work. Document should be public and anyone with my public key should be able to confirm that it indeed comes from me, because only me own the (private) key needed to encrypt/sign it

No, that's not how signing works. You've asked about encryption, not signing – and I've explained you how to do that with OpenKeyChain. If you have general problems understanding cryptography and its terms, this is the wrong site to ask.

See RSA Cryptography on Wikipedia.
You can simply share the encryption key and force decrypt unencrypted data with your decryption key. This works exactly the same as Digital Signature - anyone can verify but only you can sign.


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Changing file permissions in SD card with my phone
I have arch linux on a SD card and I need to change a configuration file. I can only do it with my phone (Android 6.0 cyanogenmod based). Problem is that the file manager (I'm using cyanogenmod default file manager but I tried ES file manager too) tells me I don't have permission to do it even having my phone rooted and having granted it superuser powers. I suspect it's an SD card thing, maybe it's Android that respects the fact that the file is a system file which was created in another environment. What can I try to do? I chose to post here instead on android network because I thought the permission thing was more relevant to this section

Since Android 5.x you can no longer write to the SD card directly, "for security reasons". As you can imagine, various workarounds are possible for rooted systems, but they are device-dependent.

Ahh that sucks... Hopefully I'll find a workaround. Thanks for the tip.

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about Android. Android is not a Unix system, even if it uses a Linux kernel. Privileges, in particular, are managed very differently from a Linux-based Unix system. You can ask Android questions on [android.se].


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Bootloader questions
I'm trying to learn about the android's bootloader.
However, I got into some questions :

There are the SECURE BOOT and LOCK STATE. The LOCK STATE (if enabled) makes all partitions to read-only mode (right?). So what is SECURE BOOT? Is it possible to disable it it?
Is it possible to boot (not flash) an unsigned image and pass kernel options using fastboot, while the bootloader is locked? By kernel options I mean override the boot state to green.
Is it possible to boot a temporary image on locked not-rooted stock device using fastboot?

Thanks for all the helpers!

If 2 and 3 were that easily achieved then there wouldn't be so many devices locked down and waiting for exploits or official unlocks...


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Automatically Extract Text from any app using Tasker
I've recently started playing with automation of simple routines in my Android device, and I've encountered an issue I cannot seem to solve.
What I need is a way to detect if a change to the Clipboard has been made (preferably after I copy a piece of text from anywhere), and automatically paste that text to any app of my choice (either Evernote or Keep, doesn't really matter).
Is there any way to open an app using Tasker ONLY when a copy event was fired?

After doing some thorough reading of the Tasker Documentation I believe I have found an elegant way to accomplish this:

Basically this is a recursive task, constantly checking against a variable called %CLIPTEXT that it is equal to %CLIP (which is a predefined variable containing the contents of the Clipboard) and acting upon accordingly if it is not equal (aka changed) by opening the desired app.


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How to cancel file download on Chrome?
I accidentally clicked the download button of a 1.2 GB (my WiFi speed is slow so it's a problem) file from the Chrome browser on Android 4.4.4 KitKat. Now I want to cancel this download package, but it seems impossible to me.
I googled and found this similar question but none of those answers helped me.

My device download manager doesn't show Chrome's current downloading.
When I close my WiFi, the download pause, but when I turn on WiFi, then the download resumes.
When I force-stop the Chrome app, the download stops, but when I open it again, the download starts again.

My device is Xiaomi Mi Pad 1 (China version) running on MIUI. My device is not rooted.

You can press on the file name which is downloading. After clicking it, you will get 2 options below that file: Cancel or Pause. Click on Cancel.

If you used xiaomi device,then you may know long pressing on notification will only opens notification settings of that app(chrome).

You can download an app called download manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tt.android.dm.view

Go to Settings - Apps - Download, and force stop the Download application and clear data.

It will delete my accounts passwords which were saved :/ that's only thing stopping me to do so.

@Fawad The download manager does not store any passwords.

OK,I force stopped both downloads and download manager,but it seems that chrome is downloading files. (Chrome app shows downloading notification). @MatthewRead

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How to install jdk for offline compile?
I want to compile java offline.
I have project on PC, will just copy and make small changes to it, and test it, when I am away from home.
Doesnt need to be an IDE. Not even code editor. Just a working compiler.
No need to be an app apk, a method to install it thru usb adb would suffice.
I am looking for a 100% free option too.

Why not just remote to your PC? As for what you asked, I only know AIDE, but given I have not looked into programming on phones further, there could be more choices.

@andyyan because of the cost of the mobile data connection. I am looking for a 100% free option.

Possible duplicate of Compiling and running java applications from android terminal?

@andrewt. My goal was to not need any app to compile from inside android, so I could just run javac. I found that oracle has an arm jdk, still have to test it tho

If your project only uses Command Line Interface, and only uses sub-packages from java.lang , then you can try "TERMUX" android app, it's a terminal emulator, so you should be familiar with linux terminals.
As of now , it doesn't have the entire JDK, but I can provide you a package that has basic tools like javac and jar,
that you could use with termux.
BUT if your project uses AWT classes, this method won't help.


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Youtube video shut down automatically
Im using wifi internet on android mobile. Watching youtube video after few 3-5 minutes the video shutdown and it comes on the main screen of the mobile. Whats the problem how to solve it. Any suggestion. Thanks

Does this happen every time you watch a video?

What's the device model and Android version? Did you watch it on YouTube app, or mobile browser, or 3rd-party app? Did this happen recently?


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Is wireless adb encrypted?
When I connect my phone to a new computer's adbd - whether via USB or wireless - it prompts me to confirm the computer's RSA fingerprint. This seems to imply that there is, in some form, cryptography involved in adb communication.
Exactly what does that crypto look like? Is adb traffic encrypted? If I wirelessly pull data via adb from my phone, will someone be able to sample that traffic? Or is it unencrypted, and merely signed?
I searched around, but didn't find any meaningful results (mostly just people talking about disk encryption).

See this for RSA authentication- it didn't talk of adb stream being encrypted.

@beeshyams opening that in the Android app gives me "unavailable for viewing"

@strugee That's a link to Google India, https://books.google.com/books?id=y11NBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=adb+authentication+keys+nikolay&source=bl&ots=nU-wCSuX4E&sig=sBrkjBUiO_2Lai87VTsfvWDtcW4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMsO6A7I7TAhVCuY8KHb5sDaAQ6AEILDAD#v=onepage&q=adb%20authentication%20keys%20nikolay&f=false works here (google.com instead of google.co.in)

Interesting question, let's just try it out in a practical test. I connected to my device (running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop) through ADB over Wi-Fi using adb connect 10.0.0.10 and ran some tests. What you are seeing is the output of the packets that I captured using Wireshark.
Starting a shell in ADB by sending adb shell:
2290    127.822126  192.168.0.41    10.0.0.10   TCP 85  14804 → 5555 [PSH, ACK] Seq=60 Ack=106 Win=65536 Len=31

0000   90 ef 68 cc f4 48 54 04 a6 a1 a4 3f 08 00 45 00  ..h..HT....?..E.
0010   00 47 63 e1 40 00 80 06 00 00 c0 a8 00 29 0a 00  .Gc.@........)..
0020   00 0a 39 d4 15 b3 57 0e 4a de 41 6b 58 7c 50 18  ..9...W.J.AkX|P.
0030   01 00 cb 14 00 00 4f 50 45 4e 06 00 00 00 00 00  ......OPEN......
0040   00 00 07 00 00 00 52 02 00 00 b0 af ba b1 73 68  ......R.......sh
0050   65 6c 6c 3a 00                                   ell:.

Response received:
2295    127.928185  10.0.0.10   192.168.0.41    TCP 94  5555 → 14804 [PSH, ACK] Seq=130 Ack=91 Win=64256 Len=40

0000   54 04 a6 a1 a4 3f 90 ef 68 cc f4 48 08 00 45 00  T....?..h..H..E.
0010   00 50 2a 73 40 00 3f 06 46 5a 0a 00 00 0a c0 a8  .P*s@.?.FZ......
0020   00 29 15 b3 39 d4 41 6b 58 94 57 0e 4a fd 50 18  .)..9.AkX.W.J.P.
0030   03 ec 74 0a 00 00 57 52 54 45 01 00 00 00 06 00  ..t...WRTE......
0040   00 00 10 00 00 00 81 04 00 00 a8 ad ab ba 72 6f  ..............ro
0050   6f 74 40 72 6b 33 31 38 38 3a 2f 20 23 20        ot@rk3188:/ #

Writing some text to a file:
816 61.121728   10.0.0.10   192.168.0.41    TCP 190 5555 → 14804 [PSH, ACK] Seq=122 Ack=102 Win=1004 Len=136

0000   54 04 a6 a1 a4 3f 90 ef 68 cc f4 48 08 00 45 00  T....?..h..H..E.
0010   00 b0 2e 7f 40 00 3f 06 41 ee 0a 00 00 0a c0 a8  ....@.?.A.......
0020   00 29 15 b3 39 d4 41 6b 9e 27 57 0e 70 8a 50 18  .)..9.Ak.'W.p.P.
0030   03 ec 69 a3 00 00 57 52 54 45 01 00 00 00 06 00  ..i...WRTE......
0040   00 00 70 00 00 00 04 14 00 00 a8 ad ab ba 0d 72  ..p............r
0050   6f 6f 74 40 72 6b 33 31 38 38 3a 2f 73 64 63 61  oot@rk3188:/sdca
0060   72 64 20 23 20 65 63 68 6f 20 22 54 65 73 74 31  rd # echo "Test1
0070   32 33 22 20 3e 20 74 65 73 74 2e 74 78 74 20 20  23" > test.txt
0080   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
0090   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 08 08                ..
00a0   08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08  ................
00b0   08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08        ..............

Sending the command for reading out that same file:
1130    71.683380   10.0.0.10   192.168.0.41    TCP 204 5555 → 14804 [PSH, ACK] Seq=2782 Ack=1546 Win=1004 Len=150

0000   54 04 a6 a1 a4 3f 90 ef 68 cc f4 48 08 00 45 00  T....?..h..H..E.
0010   00 be 2e f2 40 00 3f 06 41 6d 0a 00 00 0a c0 a8  ....@.?.Am......
0020   00 29 15 b3 39 d4 41 6b a8 8b 57 0e 76 2e 50 18  .)..9.Ak..W.v.P.
0030   03 ec 35 14 00 00 57 52 54 45 01 00 00 00 06 00  ..5...WRTE......
0040   00 00 7e 00 00 00 cd 12 00 00 a8 ad ab ba 0d 72  ..~............r
0050   6f 6f 74 40 72 6b 33 31 38 38 3a 2f 73 64 63 61  oot@rk3188:/sdca
0060   72 64 20 23 20 63 61 74 20 74 65 73 74 2e 74 78  rd # cat test.tx
0070   74 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  t
0080   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
0090   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 08 08                ..
00a0   08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08  ................
00b0   08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08  ................
00c0   08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 20              ...........

Received response containing the file's contents (which was written to the console):
1144    72.085985   10.0.0.10   192.168.0.41    TCP 109 5555 → 14804 [PSH, ACK] Seq=2983 Ack=1619 Win=1004 Len=55

0000   54 04 a6 a1 a4 3f 90 ef 68 cc f4 48 08 00 45 00  T....?..h..H..E.
0010   00 5f 2e f7 40 00 3f 06 41 c7 0a 00 00 0a c0 a8  ._..@.?.A.......
0020   00 29 15 b3 39 d4 41 6b a9 54 57 0e 76 77 50 18  .)..9.Ak.TW.vwP.
0030   03 ec b8 6b 00 00 57 52 54 45 01 00 00 00 06 00  ...k..WRTE......
0040   00 00 1f 00 00 00 3f 09 00 00 a8 ad ab ba 54 65  ......?.......Te
0050   73 74 31 32 33 0d 0a 72 6f 6f 74 40 72 6b 33 31  st123..root@rk31
0060   38 38 3a 2f 73 64 63 61 72 64 20 23 20           88:/sdcard #

Retrieving the file by sending adb pull /sdcard/test.txt:
3711    236.234344  192.168.0.41    10.0.0.10   TCP 102 14804 → 5555 [PSH, ACK] Seq=2776 Ack=4435 Win=255 Len=48

0000   90 ef 68 cc f4 48 54 04 a6 a1 a4 3f 08 00 45 00  ..h..HT....?..E.
0010   00 58 6b 17 40 00 80 06 00 00 c0 a8 00 29 0a 00  .Xk.@........)..
0020   00 0a 39 d4 15 b3 57 0e 7a fc 41 6b af 00 50 18  ..9...W.z.Ak..P.
0030   00 ff cb 25 00 00 57 52 54 45 0a 00 00 00 02 00  ...%..WRTE......
0040   00 00 18 00 00 00 5d 07 00 00 a8 ad ab ba 52 45  ......].......RE
0050   43 56 10 00 00 00 2f 73 64 63 61 72 64 2f 74 65  CV..../sdcard/te
0060   73 74 2e 74 78 74                                st.txt

Received response containing the file's contents:
3717    236.242351  10.0.0.10   192.168.0.41    TCP 94  5555 → 14804 [PSH, ACK] Seq=4491 Ack=2848 Win=1004 Len=40

0000   54 04 a6 a1 a4 3f 90 ef 68 cc f4 48 08 00 45 00  T....?..h..H..E.
0010   00 50 2f e9 40 00 3f 06 40 e4 0a 00 00 0a c0 a8  .P/.@.?.@.......
0020   00 29 15 b3 39 d4 41 6b af 38 57 0e 7b 44 50 18  .)..9.Ak.8W.{DP.
0030   03 ec 8d b1 00 00 57 52 54 45 02 00 00 00 0a 00  ......WRTE......
0040   00 00 10 00 00 00 66 03 00 00 a8 ad ab ba 54 65  ......f.......Te
0050   73 74 31 32 33 0a 44 4f 4e 45 00 00 00 00        st123.DONE....

Conclusion: ADB over Wi-Fi is not encrypted (at least not by default).

Simple but effective experiment! +1


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Cant install OpenGApps on Lineage OS
I recently installed Lineage OS on a Nexus 6, using TWRP, followed by OpenGApps installation which crashed at 4%. So I started phone, switched off went to TWRP again, tried installation same problem. I used aroma for arm 32-bit. Any idea whats happening?
Lineage OS  : lineage-14.1-20170331-nightly-shamu-signed
OpenGApps   : open_gapps-arm-7.1-aroma-20170405
There are no Google Apps on the phone, the Lineage is working fine (or I say brilliant) but sigh, no Play Services no other apps.

open_gapps-arm-7.1-aroma-20170405 is broken,  I repeat this build is broken. I used stock version and it worked.

open_gapps-arm-7.1-aroma-20170405 is broken, I repeat this build is broken. I used stock version and it worked. Also this build of Lineage OS has connectivity issues, you may face extremely slow downloads on WiFi (tested on Nexus 6 shamu).

I would like to get someone else confirmation about the issue here. How are  more recent releases doing?


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Battery misinformation
I have a Droid Turbo (called Moto Maxx here in Brazil) which started to show a strange behavior. With normal use, its battery decreases til 53% percent, and the phone power off suddenly.
When the phone is still with 54% of battery, the battery widgets indicates a 3.4V and looking at the battery statistics on the settings, the sum of the power consumption since the last full recharge is very close to the 3900mAh.
It looks the battery actually is doing ok, but the system isn´t calculating the battery charge correctly.
I´ve tried some tutorials where I have to leave the battery drain off completely, and so, do a full recharge, and a full discharge, but the problem persists. So, how could I effectively 'reset' this battery statistics?

If you let the battery drain completely, plug it in below 53%, and try to turn on the phone, does it display the percentage as nearly dead?

I´m going to test it.

Try the battery recalibration described here https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-165413/

@beeshyams I tried this procedure already. Ethan Actually it neve get below 53% without shutdown.


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Restore app data from 4.x in 6.x
I have an old phone which I used for a few month when my S4 was broken. I managed to backup and restore the app data from S4 to this phone by just copying /data/data/appname - however both devices were 4.x .
Now I have a new phone with 6.0 Marshmallow and I intended to do the same thing - and failed.
Example whatsapp: I copied the old apk, installed it to 6.0 and then (in twrp) replaced /data/data/com.whatsapp with the old one.
For testing I also set it to chmod 777. Whatsapp shows a notification (A problem with chat history) and if I start whatsapp it closes (crashes?) immediately.
Any idea how to copy the old app data to marshmallow? thanks.

Assuming that you still have the old device and it works properly, I'd advise that you use Titanium Backup to migrate your apps. Check out this answer for more details about it.
Honestly, I have never tried to restore app data between different Android OS major versions (such as 4.X to 6.X in your case), but it's worth a shot. By the way, WhatsApp has its own built-in feature to backup and restore data, in case you were wondering. And please let me know how this turned out, I'm curious to know the outcome for myself.


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HTC M9 Bricked...
Original issue.
My cousin plugged in his HTC M9; he said it showed a count down from 5 to 1 then shut off.  To which he discovered that the charging port had visible signs of burning and smelled as such.
I replaced the charging port ribbon cable and was able to immediately start charging the phone.  However it wouldn't boot up normally.  It would boot directly to the bootloader and I could transfer from there to download mode but not into recovery to wipe cache partition.  I could also issue fastboot commands via ADB. (still virtually useless)
I tried to flash stock recovery but didn't have enough battery level on phone so had to wait.  I plugged back into wall outlet to improve charge time.
Once it reached 32% I transferred usb cable back to computer when phone instantly went blank and showed no signs of power remained.  No count down; no signs of internal damage to any area.  I didn't take the phone apart further than the case to check ribbons etc.
I thought maybe display just went out:
    fastboot devices

nothing listed.
I tried vol up+pwr button to force cycle the power only to receive audible prompt from computer that usb device was connected but no connected device shown.
I held all the buttons for more than 5 minutes while connected to computer only to receive audio prompt every so often without any visible results from phone or computer.
Device manager shows: Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM9)
Computer management:  Doesn't Shows any connected USB storage devices..

@S. Mitchell What are you talking about?!?

@Wayne what does the Device Manager show when you plug the phone to the computer?

Try the battery reset logic explained here and here - could be faulty calibration

Device manager shows:
Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM9)  .....
Battery reset logic did nothing

you can charge the battery outside using universal battery chargers . if the green screen is there you can flash original firmware back. if no green screen there you hawe to install boot-loader/some kind of BIOS, to chip. its in general device specific.so there comes the word bricked we can call for the device since we will need specific firmware . :D but actually its wiped device that can be restored only by original software and sometimes some specific devices programs designed to install is needed.

Unibody design makes the battery charging outside the phone a mood point.  I wouldn't even know what to purchase to make that an option.  Given the lack of function.  I haven't been able to diag it properly.  the screen hasn't lit up in any way since I last plugged into computer.


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ADVENT Vega tablet - USB Drivers
I just got my hands on an old ADVENT Vega tablet. All the download links in its official website are broken. I the file named USB System Driver. I can't find it anywhere else either. Every link I came across turns out to be broken.
Can anyone provide a healthy link to it?
The device seems to be forgotten. Any other files related to this device are welcome.
Thanks.

Just to confirm is this the Nvidia based tablet

I really don't wanna lie, your device support accessories are outdated. Its really difficult to find the official softwares for your device.
However after a bit of digging I found out its a bit of proceedure to get the instalation of your device drivers. Based on the following thread: ADVENT VEGA USB DRIVER PROBLEM
You might need to find the two tools :

AUDI - Automated USB Driver Installer
VegaTools

You need to  download the 97MB file (which include the tools, custom rom and drivers) Ignore the ROM files, we just need the USB drivers (containing NvidiaUsb.inf" and the other has: androidwinusb86.cat, androidwinusba64.cat, android_winusb.inf )
here: r8-vega-update-modacocustomrom
Read full instructions here: ADVENT VEGA USB DRIVER PROBLEM
Credits:
Vega clone USB drivers problem (and bootloop)
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Tablet does not connect to the hotspot
My Samsung tablet was working just fine. Now it does not connect to the Internet via our hotspot. It does not even scan and see the available connections. When I try to turn WiFi on, it turns ON momentarily and then again turns back OFF saying To see available networks, turn on wi-fi

What kind of hotspot are you trying to connect to?

This happened to me once and I just made a factory reset. However this did not work for a friend.


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Connecting ZTE Axon 7 to Ubuntu via ADB - doesn't work with some cables, does work with others
I've edited the question title and I'm adding this prefix. The problem of my computer (via ADB) not seeing my phone at all seemed to entirely depend on how I was physically connecting the phone to the computer. Via three different USB-A (old big rectangular plugs, computer side) to USB-C (phone) cables, the phone remained invisible. When I plug any of the same USB-A to USB-C cables into an old USB "extension" cable (USB-A female on one end, male on the computer end), everything works fine.

I'm trying to get my ZTE Axon 7 to connect to an Ubuntu 16.04 installation via ADB. I've actually done this before, but for whatever reason it simply does not work now.
The relevant output from lsusb is
Bus 003 Device 032: ID 19d2:0306 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM

I've tried the phone in every USB connection mode it offers, all with the same non-operational result.
From the Ubuntu machine, I run
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices -l

The phone is plugged in via its stock cable (and I've tried two others). Running adb devices lists nothing.
The "USB Debugging" option is enabled on the phone. I've restarted the phone multiple times.
Again, I've done this before, and it worked without incident. I'm probably just missing some important step.
I'd connect with MTP if I could, because all I need to do is transfer files, but it doesn't work; mtpfs just hangs indefinitely when I start it. I've read that Ubuntu should be able to deal with MTP without any additional tools, but I have no idea how that's supposed to work. When I plug the phone in, here's what I get in kern.log:
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.845536] usb 3-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 34 using xhci_hcd
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.862996] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=0306
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.863005] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.863009] usb 3-2: Product: Android
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.863013] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Android
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.863016] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 293baffd
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.864244] usb 3-2: Enable of device-initiated U1 failed.
Apr  5 23:02:44 turandot kernel: [ 7858.864594] usb 3-2: Enable of device-initiated U2 failed.

I've tried ADB with my older Moto X Pure, and ADB can connect to it without issue from the same Ubuntu laptop.
I'm really not sure what the next step is; I've followed the exact same notes I used last time I transferred files to the Axon but it absolutely doesn't work now.
edit — well progress. I had in the past been plugging my phone into the computer via a fairly old USB "extension" cable. Today I was plugging the USB-C to USB-A cable directly into the laptop. When I returned to the old extension cable, the phone was recognized. I'll leave the question here because maybe somebody knows why that might happen.

I found following this article https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-connect-your-android-device-on-linux/ to setup your linux installation for mtpfs file system.  In a nutshell:
1) On your Ubuntu Linux:
    sudo apt-get install mtpfs
    sudo mtpfs -o allow_other ~/mnt
2) On your phone:
   Under Settings -> Connect to a PC, select "Media Device MTP"
This should immediately allow connection (with whatever cable in usb) to your Ubuntu 16.04 (which I use with my Axion ZTE 7 Mini) and allow access to phones internal storage and SD storage with file manager.

Does mtp_connect actually work for you?  For me, it sits there for a long time and then fails.

Oh wait no it did seem to work. Really slow though. Nevertheless, thanks very much.


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My phone is sending out MMS messages to unknown numbers
My phone is sending out MMS messages without my consent to random unknown numbers and out of my contacts. The message that is sent out on my phone is as follows:

You have received an MMS message. Read here.

Then there's an HTTP address I won't put it here, don't know what on earth it is.
I've run an anti-virus app. Can someone help me please, do I need to do a factory reset?

I sounds like you have managed to install some malware - check the Application settings for those with permission to send MMS messages and disable MMS functions for any that you don't recognise or need to be able to send messages and possibly uninstall them. It is probably worth doing this periodically anyway.
If you go to Applications in the Settings area, (the gear), and select the options, (the pile of 3 dots on the top right on my version), you can select SMS to get a list of all the Apps that can send SMS, and presumably MMS.

I've never had an app that actually sent any messages. I've had some that requested permission to send MMS messages but none ever did. If my device did something like yours is I'd swear it was hacked or even cloned. Whatever is going on with your phone has one simple fix. I'd reset the device to factory.


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I have lost my Phone - Please help
I lost my phone somewhere and I know it is not in my house; it is ethier in my car or at the place where I got out of the car (which is by my school).
I do not know if my phone is dead by now and if not, then it is on silent mode. My question is:
How can I find where my phone is?
I got no apps and I tried the Google android device manager and it is saying no location found.
So, how do I find out where it is? I searched EVERYWHERE in the car. I need to know as soon as possible, and if there is no way you can help me, then is there anyway I can get my photos and videos etc from my LOST phone and transfer it to my NEW phone?

There is a solution: Since Device Manager (follow the link https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager? ) does not seem to help you and since you do not have another security application for tracking your device, I am sad to having your told that your mobile phone is lost.
This means that your old phone has not been turned on since it was lost. Another option was that it had a reset after that was "lost", which means it was stolen.
I hope someone else have a good idea to help you, bui it seems you cannnot do anything to recover it unless you physically find it.

You have to acrivate this first on your phone to make it work so no this isn't helpfull right now.

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Remote Calls & SMS
I am sick of using 2 phones. I have a private one and a company phone. Call forwarding from company phone to private is easy done with SIM Settings... but how to make a call from the private phone in order to use the number of the business one?

I don't really know the answer to this but here are a few things you could try.
Are you able to take the sim card out? If so, a service like rightcall might work  although it would need credit adding to the service. I'm not sure if there is a service that will let you do this for free, but I am also interested in this since I have several phones that I use.
There is a sim card called one-sim or something like that. It supposedly allows you to copy 16 sim-cards onto it and then you can use one sim card for 16 numbers.
However, I'm not sure if this actually works or not and you would probably need permission from the service provider and destroy the original sim otherwise it may be classed as sim card cloning.
Here is a link.
www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/33515-39-multi-cards-phone-solution-super
You could also set a service up so that you could text the number you want to dial to the business phone and have the phone ring that number and your number as a conference call. Although, I'm not sure how to do this but an app like MacroDroid, automate or Tasker would probably work. These are automation apps which can be quite difficult to work out how to use but are really powerful with the right set up.
MacroDroid is quite easy to use and tasker is probably the most powerful but harder to use.
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How to back up user data from recovery mode?
My micromax canvas nitro A311 is stuck in boot loop.I have tried to solve the boot loop problem but couldn't succeed.The only solution seems to me is to format my phone.I am able to go to the recovery mode.It shows the following options:-

reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from sdcard
apply update from cache
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
backup user data
restore user data

When i select the "backup user data" option ,it shows "SD card  did not have enough free space".It is reading my internal sdcard but not the external one.Is there any way I can back up data on an external sdcard or on my PC?My android phone is rooted.

With the option for update via ADB, you can likely use ADB commands while the phone is in recovery and connected to a computer.

First, you will need the ADB files: found here

Unzip the contents to the computer. I recommend root of drive i.e. C:\adb

Next, you will need USB drivers to connect the phone to the computer and be able to execute commands: found here

Install drivers via usual Windows methods

Go to the folder where you extracted ADB files

Hold the Left Shift key and right-click mouse

Select "Open command window here"

Connect the phone to the computer and boot to recovery. Test connect:
adb devices

You should get the output for the server starting and a line showing the phone's serial number if the connection is possible

Providing all is well:
adb pull /sdcard/.

This should pull all contents on the internal SD card to the current directory
This will NOT retrieve data stored elsewhere such as phone logs or text messages or contacts.  Unfortunately, those will be lost without the option to recover from the boot loop. It will only recover data saved on the data partition in phones, such as photos, music, and other misc info saved by apps.

Try wipe cache partition to see if that gets past boot loop. The only option I can think of. Or simply flash a custom recovery like TWRP that allows access to an external SD card: https://forum.xda-developers.com/a310/orig-development/twrp-recovery-micromax-canvas-nitro-a311-t3066387

Update from ADB only is usable with the adb sideload and adb devices commands in stock recovery, other ADB commands are not supported. The adb service in stock recovery is very limited and you cannot access user data or other 'normal' functions of adb on a fully functioning device.

His device is rooted.. said so himself.  I've connected and ran adb commands on android devices in recovery so read before you down vote something.

Not stock recovery... TWRP, CWM, or PhilZ perhaps, but not stock recovery. OP's menu clearly is stock recovery. And don't assume I am the one who down-voted your answer just because I commented.

symantics.  I could have phrased it differently in my answer.  I don't contest stock recovery; or its limitations.  but not every android device is developed the same.  I had a non-branded alcatel that allowed commands in stock recovery without root.  And I did suggest loading custom recovery in my answer and provided link.

When I start my S6 in recovery mode "adb devices" returns always empty. I can see the device only if I enter to Apply Update from ADB, is that normal? should we enter there first?

You can backup and restore with TWRP via:
adb backup --twrp

adb restore --twrp

Source: https://nerdschalk.com/twrp-backup-pc-adb/


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Reboot encrypted phone without having to enter password and PIN after crash
Last week my phone crashed when using Amaze File Manager. This Xperia Z1 Compact phone with Android 5.1 is encrypted. It rebooted automatically. I see the encryption lock and expect a password request. Then I see the normal lock screen. After a while I see that the network is up without having to enter the PIN to unlock the SIM card. Only one device manager is active, F-Secure Antivirus. Normal restarts require me to enter both the encryption code and PIN.

Phone crashes
Reboots without having to enter encryption code
SIM is unlocked automatically
No device manager is active that should do this

How can this happen? Shouldn't a crash result in a compleet restart? Can you explain this?


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Text message notification- vibration during call
I am on Moto G4+ with Android N, version 7.0.
I am facing a weird issue where any incoming text message causes the phone to vibrate even when I am in the middle of a phone call.
Is there a standard first party way to turn this behaviour off? This is really annoying.

I hope this works for you.
Go to Settings > Sound and vibration > uncheck Also vibrate for call box.
If that does not work, try just disabling the vibration at all (Which is not what you seem to want)
Go to Settings > SMS > Notifications > Vibrate off

This turns off vibration for calls also.

Another way may be:
Go to your dialer, then open settings and unselect the notify during calls options.

Couldn't find the said option.

If you use message+.. open up message+ like you're going to send a text, open the menu (the 3 lines in the upper left corner), touch settings, go to the bottom and touch advance, then uncheck 'notification during call'

It's a bug in 7.0.  And very annoying.


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adb backup not working for certain app
I need to get all files of a certain app (com.valvesoftware.android.steam.community), but adb backup only gives me a 1KB AES encrypted file. upon decrypting it there is nothing inside the tar archive
I tried: adb backup -f steam.ab  -noapk com.valvesoftware.android.steam.community
Upon entering my backup password (not the encryption password!) the steam.ab package is made. My problem is that there is just about 1KB of AES encrypted information in it.
However, it seems I can back up other apps just fine.
What is the cause of this?

Developers can decide to have their apps opt-out of backups (ALLOW_BACKUP=FALSE). If you try to backup such an app via adb backup, the resulting file will contain nothing but the backup header (usually a 41 byte file). Working around that limitation is only possible on rooted devices, e.g. using the XPosed module Backup All Apps.


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Custom ROM and 4g/ LTE error.
I installed Noble ROM in my SM J200G. After installing it, I was not unable to connect to LTE which I was before. My stock rom, when rooted, used to connect to LTE without any error. My carrier is Airtel (India). What should I do to connect to LTE? I have correct internet pack which allows 4g/3g.
In my phone settings, the data mode it LTE/WCDMA auto mode.

Sounds like a ROM issue, would recommend returning back to stock.

Revert back the stock, Luke! That's it.

dont revert back there is an option
go to youtube and search for this yo will find volte fix file just go to system and paste all files their


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Need a good app for writing Android applications on phone itself
I am a beginner in Android programming,  and have started very recently. I mainly used to work on my computer (loaded with android SDK and versions 4.0 to 6.0 and having android studio and Eclipse IDE).
But, currently, for a long time, it is not possible for me to sit at my computer. Is there any good app where I can write, compile and run applications on phone itself?
I have a Samsung Galaxy On7 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
Update: please suggest anything but the AIDE IDE available in Google play store.


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"Sign in to WI-FI network" & "500 Internal Server Error"
Problem is that this occured to my phone, I could not access the internet with my phone but it is fine with other devices. So I am quite sure that it is not the router. It's so weird because awhile ago it was working then after a few minutes after reluctantly trying to forget the network and put the password again and again. There it was  " Sign in to WI-FI network". Then i pressed it and loads. 500 Internal Server appeared. I've tried changing the ip setting, but it still led me to the Internal Server problem. I've tried everthing on the internet but I'm still hopeless.


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Fonts on tablet looks a bit blurry
This is hard to explain in a technical manner as I do not know the proper terms, but it has something to do with cleartype / font anti alising.
The font in my phone looks so much better than on my tablet. I tried to screenshot it (on my tablet) but it looks fine when the screenshot is sent to a different device (my phone). I guess the issue is only on the tablet rendering. Anyone have ideas on this?


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How can I remotely unlock my phone with a non-working display?
I have a Samsung S5, model SAMSUNG-SM-G900A. My screen was already fairly damaged and I could not get a replacement yet, and today my phone fell and the screen is now completely black (although the touch keys at the bottom still light up when I press the power button on the side).
I thought I could maybe perform screen mirroring using Vysor to at least temporarily have access to my data (authenticators etc.), but unfortunately this requires the phone to be unlocked first.
I took a look at Google's Android Device Manager (where my device was already registered), but did not find an "unlock" option - only lock, ring and erase.
Do I have any options?
To reiterate:

The device itself is working, the screen is not.
I wish to perform screen mirroring (e.g. on my laptop) using Vysor or something similar.
I cannot do the above due to the phone being locked.
I only need the mirroring to be able to input my pass on my laptop.

Is there any way to accomplish this?

Did you by any chance have USB debugging enabled?

I have had it enabled at some point, but I am not 100% certain that it is on at the moment.


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Disable Gmail tablet view on browser?
Here's how the layout of gmail.com in Chrome looks on a tablet:
(note this is an old pic I just Googled but layout is simlar)

How can I disable this so that it doesn't show subjects and messages side by side? I want it to be like mobile phone view where the whole screen only shows subjects or message at a time (not side by side).


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adb shows different battery capacity
My device is Coolpad Note 3 and it's 15 months old.
Recently, I've observed that the battery suddenly drops randomly to 20-30% and shuts down. When I plug it in for charging while it's powered off it shows that it's charging from 20-30%. If there is some charge left inside it then why won't it turn on?
And while charging it suddenly bumps up from 40-50% to 70-80%. Why does this happen? I don't think that the battery is failing because it's relatively new compared to my 2½ year old Redmi 1S (which is working perfectly).
Interestingly, adb shell dumpsys batterystats | grep "Capacity:" shows that my battery capacity is 1000 while the manufacturer mentioned that it is 3000 mah. I was getting nearly 5 hours of screen on time before this happened. Did the manufacturer do something to the device by giving some update ? Recently many other users reported such battery drain issues. Malwarebytes scan shows that the themes and ota updater apps have coolreaper malware which can be used to directly install any apps.
Here's the complete output:
$ adb shell dumpsys batterystats | grep "Capacity:"
    Capacity: 1000, Computed drain: 0.1000, actual drain: 0.00000000
    Capacity: 1000, Computed drain: 0.1000, actual drain: 0.00000000

Edit:
I got the battery replaced from the service centre and it's working properly but adb is still showing the battery capacity as 1000 only.


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Samsung A9 Pro - an error has occurred while updating the device software
I just purchased this phone from ebay and when I turned it on I get the following error:
an error has occurred while updating the device software
Anybody know what's wrong with this phone?
Thanks.

Something scary:) I'd rather return the phone to seller or open Ebay case if he refuses. I highly doubt this thing is recoverable on your own.

It actually wasn't that bad. I just had to reinstall the device's firmware.


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Sound Recorder not playing back
After recording several hours of music on my ZTE android phone , using the phone's mic placed next to a radio and utilizing the 'Sound Recorder' App , I tried to play it back later that day and got the error message "Unable to access storage space".
  I was using an SD card as storage so I switched to Phone Storage and got the same message.  Tried again using phone storage and was able to play back my recording.
  Seems to be an intermittent problem but I can't be sure.  I've done this before and never had this problem.  I hope this enough info because that pretty much explains the issue.  If there's anything else that's needed , please let me know.
  Thanks in advance for your help.
 Mike

You need to give more details before anyone can understand your problem. What app were you using to record the music, and what steps did you do to try to play it back?


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App breaks after resigning apk?
For fun and giggles, i got the latest musical.ly apk, i then used this ( https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3267216/can-i-resign-an-apk-with-a-different-certificate-than-what-it-came-with ) to delete the META-INF folder.
Then i ran zip aaligner on it and signed it with apksigner and used the debug.keystore.
used adb install to install it on my emulator.
the app runs, but trying to login gives a "Network" error, even if i did not change ANYTHING in the code.
Is there something i'm missing? i'm totally new to this

We can only guess, but this sounds like the key to sign the app is used to authenticate the app with the server. A trivial way to deter modified versions of an app.


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I Need help installing android 6.0 marshmellow on a lg gpad f v495 tablet?
I did try the automatic way by going under settings, about device, and clicking the update device button, but I received a message that the tablet is currently up to date, even though it's android 5, and has not updated since Oct 28 2015. I could not find a actual apk to just download to install myself and I can't find any help other than geek squad that said the would do it for $40.00, but that is out of the question since I have to update 3 of these tablets, any help would be great.

Not all devices receive all updates. Usually, manufacturers drop that support pretty soon: you're lucky if they still send updates after the warranty period. As I know LG, your device has long dropped from the update list. For more details, take a look at our updates tag-wiki.


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Problems connecting Huion H420 Drawing tablet to android tablet
I had bought a USB-OTG cable for the sole purpose of connecting my Huion H420 Drawing Tablet. When I connected it, it recognized it as a mouse, but no cursor showed up when I hovered my pen over, and if I clicked, it would only click the middle of the screen. I know Wacom Tablets work, because I saw a question on here that had it work for a Wacom tablet. Maybe its not compatible with the Huion H420, or is there any workaround?

Those devices likely need a driver which Android doesn't necessarily have...


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Google App & Google Play Services Draining Battery in Cyanogenmod
I have an old Sony Xperia Z I want to use in my car to use Spotify/ Google Maps/ Google Navigation/ Android Auto.
The phone is running Cyanogenmod 13.0-20161219-NIGHTLY-yuga / Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow).
There are hardly any apps installed and I've got pretty much every single power saving feature switched on but the battery is still draining in a little under 24 hours. Google App & Google Play Services make up the bulk of the battery usage.
I've setup the phone to only wakeup when it's charging and go to sleep when it's not - so this battery usage is happening when the phone is (theoretically) asleep.
To complicate things Cyanogenmod is defunct and LineageOS doesn't have support for the Sony Xperia Z.
Is there a known issue with/ fix for this battery drain?
Or should I install another custom ROM (and if so, which one?)

that's common in any custom roms... i have used Cyanogenmod and its normal because they all are not that optimised .... or may be you could try flashing some other kernel.. but i think you will never get better battery backup than stock rom.

If a phone is old enough to not have even gotten stock Lollipop, won't a custom ROM based on Marshmallow allow for better battery life?


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Turbo charger, charges slow,why?
My Motorola g4 plus has turbo charger when I charge in that it takes to charge full about 4 to 6 hours.But in Moto specification it was given that it will charge to 80% in 30 minutes.

It's cable matters. Or maybe you didn't plug in correctly.

Are you using the same cable that came in box? if so then it should charge fast not that fast 80% in 30 min... that's test lab results... in real life application those figures may differ... its pretty much normal.

Can be a problem either in phone or charger or cable. It takes almost 40 minutes to charge upto 75% on turbo charge. I know it because I own it.
If this is a new device you can claim warranty and get replacement. FYI turbo charging will work until battery reaches 80% or so and after that it charges slowly. So total time to charge whole battery is 1hr 20 min in my case.
Are you using the cable supplied with the charger?
Ps. Moto Turbo charger supports 3 modes of charging. Please read what's printed on it.


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Root on Android x86_64
I have an Intel development board with an Atom processor running Android 6.0.1 and kernel version 3.14.64-x86_64. I can adb into the board and gain superuser privileges by typing su (su binary in /system/xbin), but any application requiring root permission does not run. RootChecker says that the device is not rooted. How can I run apps requiring root permission? do I have to root it some other way?

Is there any su file under /system/bin?

su binary is in /system/xbin not in /system/bin

Please notice that I specifically asked if there's any file called su, under /system/bin. I'm perfectly aware that your su binary is placed inside /system/xbin, as it should be.

No, there is no file called su under /system/bin

If we are lucky, then this may be the culprit. From a root shell, issue the following commands: ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su, chown 0.0 /system/bin/su, chmod 777 /system/bin/su. Once you performed those, reboot your device and check again with RootChecker.

I ran all the commands and rebooted. Still no root. Should I install Superuser apk as well?

You could, but I don't think it'll made much of a difference.

installing the apk did not make a difference still no root. It did say that the SU binary needs to be updated, but continuing with the update does nothing. It just says failed

also after running the commands. i am unable to SU in the shell get the following message
su: setgid failed: Operation not permitted

I also have the source code for the android build running on the dev board. Can it be modified to allow root to other applications?

I'm sorry to say that I've never had the occasion to build Android from source, hence any suggestion I may advance will be purely hypothetical. Also, since I cannot reproduce a situation that's similar to yours, I guess that it'd be best to wait for other experts in the field.


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Rollback Samsung Galaxy S7 camera app to the one in Android 6?
When my Galaxy S7 updated to Android 7, the built-in camera app also got updated to a newer version. I preferred the previous one, mostly because I could easily change the picture ratio/resolution without having to dig into option menus.
Is there a way to install the previous version, either as a replacement, or side by side, of the new one?


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How to extract the saved passwords on your phone?
EDIT: Sorry for the uninformative title, it kept saying "This title looks like spam!" so I had to rearrange the title a few times before I could post this.
I forgot my gmail password and the only way I can get into it is with my android phone which seems to remain logged in. Well actually I read how it works, the android gmail app stores an authentication token in a .db file, then it sends that authentication token to gmail, and only then gmail sends the password back. So if an attacker was to hack your phone, all they'd get is the authentication token.
Now I know I probably answered my own question there, that its impossible to get the password from the phone, but I just wanted to ask it anyway in case theres something I haven't taken into consideration.

Are you able to auto-login using a web browser (e.g chrome) or its only through the gmail app?

If you need help recovering your Gmail account (rather than extracting passwords from your phone), I'd be happy to help. Just reply back @owlswipe.


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Edit code in android phone with Bitbucket server?
I'm using bitbucket server and Source Tree application as my source control service in android studio,
Is there anyway , I can edit code or see files in the cloud or something with my android phone?
recently I've founded the CodeAnyWhere app but it got some major problems,
Thanks in advance.


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Is there a way to force a new update to show up on Google Play?
Since apkmirror.com is not an official source, I would like to download directly from the Google Play Store.
But say, Pokemon Go updates have always been announced, and not available on Google Play but available on apkmirror.com
Wouldn't there actually exist a way to force a new update to show up on Google Play?  Maybe Google Play doesn't want a large amount of traffic to happen all of a sudden, so it does the release worldwide, region by region. But right now is 4am Pacific time. If it is open 4am in Pacific time, it really should not be too much traffic downloading it. If an update can be forced to show up by some advanced user during the non-peak hours (such as 1am to 6am), the traffic really should not be that much.

Try going to google playstore and search for the app (Pokemon GO) and exit google play, and reopen it and now go ahead search for it (like you want to install it) this time it show the update button (instead of open) I use the same trick to force update  some apps which delay , I guess its just syncing delays

hm, thank you, to me, this method still shows the open button only

Probably it may be that the updates won't be uploaded to google servers as yet, because apkmirror and some independent app sites get updates much earlier, since apk mirror is an official trusted store, you could alternatively get an which fetch these updates from apkmirror apk updater

APKMirror is, I would say, as safe as the Play Store. Never had an issue and well regarded to be safe! Other APK markets, not so much.

I think at least for Google Play, if anything happens, you have Google to stand behind it (and have Google to guard against it), so if it is backed by one of the top tech companies in the world, then the confidence level can't be much higher than that


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Benefit of using Android encryption if my files are in sdcard?
I tried using Settings > Security > Encryption but found out it did not encrypt the sdcard.
My question now is, what kind of data is being protected by Android's built in encryption ? Is there any benefit to it if I am storing personal files to sdcard anyway?


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Android Notification Center
I would like to send a notification to an android device pair with router in the same network , what is the best solution to make this true ?
The notification is just a text message , the requirement is if the device in the range covered by the Wifi range and paired . i want to send a notification as that in application notification


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I recently found that my inbox emails are not showing up on my Android
I tried adjusting settings to select inbox default but it's not working.  I can ready messages on my laptop, but they simply are not showing up on my smart device.  I get a message saying "You're all done.  Have a good day".  But I'm not having a good day....

Okay...kinda can help until you provide more information...What kind of phone?  What application are you using to view your mail?  Is this a Google account, Exchange account, Office 365...?

It's an LG K7 and I use Google Gmail.

And if I select All Messages on the drop-down, I can then read them. But my default, Primary, does not automatically bring up the list of messages, like it was doing a few days ago.


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Issue with fastboot giving remote: Command not allowed
I have an Honor 5C that I try to modify bootloader variables. First I need to get the list of variables by doing fastboot getvar all but it returns me an annoying:
aaaaaaa@bbbbbb:~$ fastboot getvar all
getvar:all FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.005s

My phone is rooted, I can do anything with adb, be a superuser on the phone, ask its reboot with fastboot, but this command won't work as I would like. Does anyone has an idea about it ?


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Remove auto-fill text from native captive portal app
I accidentally entered my password in the username field of the captive portal and that now comes up as an auto-fill suggestion for the username, which I would like to delete/reset. This does not open up in the browser, but does so in some separate default window which I don't seem to have much control over. Is this possible?

Have you tried clearing the saved passwords in your browser?

@xavier_fakerat: Yup. First thing I'd tried; no effect.

Go to Settings > Apps, and show all system apps.
Find the CaptivePortalLogin app in the list and clear all the data for it by going to Storage > Clear Data.


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Gmail message = Noise proof, coming call - ringing sound
I'm looking for a app that you can make the coming gmail message to give non sound but only vibration but when it comes to incoming call, you can hear the ringing sound.
Is there a app for android to do it?
Thank you!

What exactly do you mean by "noise proof"? It sounds like you're simply trying to silence Gmail's notifications, and I'm pretty sure Gmail's settings provide a way to do that, so you wouldn't need an app. If that's not what you're trying to do then I think it would be helpful if you could clarify.

is it better now

So, again, why are you looking for a separate app to do this? Doesn't Gmail have notification options in its settings? Is that not working the way you expect?


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How do I sign out of the GitHub app on Android?
I think I've looked everywhere but I don't see how to sign out of the GitHub app on Android. Any ideas?

Can you give me the link to the GitHub app you're referring to? I can find around 20 on the Play store.

Oddly, the app I'm using seems to have disappeared from Android Play. Maybe GitHub withdrew it.

Try accessing the Authorized applications setting on the browser, then check if you can revoke the authorization.

try cleaning app data from settings, then reboot. beware, it is going to open like the first time you opened it. don't recommend it if you have any data  saved on the app.

I tried that but wasn't logged out. Given that the app seems to have been withdrawn from the Play store, it is likely there's no way to logout.


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How do I access the new Oculus Browser in the Samsung Gear VR?
I've come across a lot of news articles, like this one and this one, which say that the newly updated "Oculus Home" interface for the Samsung Gear VR headset comes with a built-in new web browser that's superior to the "Samsung Internet" browser which was the default way to browse the web in Gear VR until now.
My question is, how do you access this built-in web browser?  I have noticed other changes in the updated Oculus Home interface, like the ability to create Avatars and the "Hey Oculus" voice control feature.  But I don't see a built-in Oculus web-browser anywhere.  There's just the old "Samsung Internet" app.  Is the Oculus browser something you need to install separately?
EDIT: Here is what Oculus itself says:

Navigate the Web in VR with the Oculus Browser
  The Oculus Browser launches today on Gear VR. A fully native app that renders incredibly sharp video, images, and text in Gear VR, the new browser lets you search the web directly from Home.
Using the keyboard, navigate to your favorite sites like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube just like you would on a desktop. The browser brings 2D and most 360 video content right into Oculus Home, with all the benefits of our newly built experience.

But I'm not sure where this "Oculus Browser" and "keyboard" are located.

looks like it might not be released yet.  The first article says the new gear doesn't ship till the 21st.. it would make sense that that's when they ship the new software too.

Indeed, the new Oculus Browser is out, however no clear documentation has been given from Samsung support website, fortunately a few workarounds are available:
Possible fixes for launching Oculus Browser:
1. Uninstalling and re installing the software.
Users have suggested to use the following order when uninstalling: (Gear VR service, Updates Gear setup, Gear VR video, Oculus, Oculus home and Oculus system activities)
After that reinstalling the software to make sure all latest updates are received.
Some instructions have been described here: Samsung Internet

Search and install Samsung Internet browser from the Oculus Gear VR Store
launch the Samsung internet browser from your GearVR Library
Navigate to a WebVR-compatible site
Accept the option to enable WebVR.

2. 3rd party apps
You can try third party apps like Launch Oculus browser 1.01 developed by muchenmusik.
The authour claims it is capable of launching the new Oculus Browser on GearVR compatible phones
3. Tweaking the hardware setup
Some users described here: How to fix Gear VR not launching when phone is plugged in? have complained of related issues with the browser especially when plugging in,
and a simple fix was to remove the connector on the GearVR and then putting it back. Check if it works.
Hope this helps
References (some included in text)

SOLVED - VR application closes "unexpectedly" whenever I put the headset on.

In oculus home just look at the bottom of the main menu a tab says internet, click on that and that's it.


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How do I get a stable LineageOS build?
It seems like all LineageOS builds are marked as nightly, which makes it impossible to pick out more stable builds from the not-so-stable ones.
How do I find a stable build? Is there a plan to mark some builds as stable, or make snapshots as CyanogenMod used to? Should I hold off before moving to LineageOS until those appear?

The only info I could see is this old post, which doesn't mention stable builds.

I've been running CyanogenMod nightlies for years and LineageOS nightlies since a couple of months now. I haven't experienced any problems. Having said that, it's going to take a while before they mark a nightly as stable so if you're prepared to wait that long, go for it. Just know that the experimental builds for migrating from CyanogenMod to LineageOS are going to disappear soon, which means you would have to do a clean flash (something I would recommend doing once anyways for good measure and a fresh start).

@famdekk If you can backup your apps' data, then skip the experimental and directly go for the weekly, I'd say.

@DeathMaskSalesman Well yeah, of course. That should be the first thing you do when flashing ROMs.

Stable is just nightlies branched at a certain time, and thus might still have problems (even fatal ones), just not as likely. Also, there has been no stable build ever since CM12-ish.

On LineageOS, there is no "stable" build, but despite the naming, "nightly" builds are considered stable.
There was a discussion on Reddit, Why are all downloads of type "nightly"? where it was revealed that that is just how LineageOS went with the naming since it is always built from the latest commit automatically (i.e. "nightly"). An official answer by a mod of the subreddit said,

LineageOS is a "rolling release" software. It means that new builds are continuosly produced (every week for each device since it takes a long time to get through all the devices builds without abusing the hardware) and there's no "stable" / "recommend" release.
All our official builds are meant to guarantee you the hardware will be working (from 15.1 onwards this is enforced, but most 14.1 builds should be fine too).

Another reply by user 'goosnarrggh' also explained the distinction from CyanogenMod's nightlies,

As you correctly inferred, the nightlies are produced automatically using the most recent commit on the currently-supported branch of development for each component of the OS. That's all that officially exists. Despite the word "nightly", however, each device receives a build once per week (all things being equal) due to limited build hardware resources.
Every device listed with downloads from LineageOS's website does have an active maintainer, and those devices do provide a minimally complete functionality as spelled out in an informal process that will be formalized soon through the project's charter. However, bugs can and do crop up occasionally from one build to the next; sometimes they're device-specific and sometimes (but more rarely) they may be project-wide.
In LineageOS's predecessor, CyanogenMod, there used to be a distinction drawn between the bleeding edge of development, "nightlies" and feature-frozen builds which had been manually judged to be of adequate stability, labeled as "snapshots". The snapshot builds would have been proposed for points in the OS's development in which the feature set was considered reasonably functional, and then each device which was demonstrated to be in proper working order would receive a build based on that snapshot. LineageOS has not continued this practice; at least in part, this is due to the demands that workflow would have imposed on the project's volunteer maintainers.

This is unlike CyanogenMod which has "snapshots" for stable builds, where "nightly" can be considered unstable.


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How to continue setting up Moto E phone when setup is stuck in a loop?
I have a 2nd generation Moto E phone running Lollipop. As a family member set a lock screen and forgot the password, I did a factory reset by selecting "Power" + "Down Arrow". Now, it is giving the initial Motorola setup screen. When I go through these settings, it keeps looping. It asks me to set the Privacy Settings. Then it asks me to enter my Google Account phone number and password. After entering this, it returns to asking me to enter the privacy settings. And then asks for the Google Account details again. It is in an endless loop. How can I setup the Moto E phone and get it out of this loop?

Can we have a screenshoot (photo) of that screen?

Sounds like you are in a FRP (Factory Reset Protection) loop, not entering the correct credentials... You must enter the email and password for the Gmail account that was active on the phone prior to the reset, otherwise as esQmo stated, some screenshots would be nice.


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What is this icon- pi symbol in circle
I have a pi symbol inside a circle on my phone's notification bar. What does this mean?

Can you please post the screenshot

A quick pi search on Google play store showed up 3 or so apps with similar icon.

Do you have Pi music app? I get the pi symbol when Pi music is open.


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Repairing system partition of Yuphoria
My Yuphoria is currently hardbricked and whenever I try to flash its factory image, it gives up during the flashing of the system image, saying remote: flash write failure. The reason seems to be corrupt system partition. How can I repair it?

Try With This Method:
Flash With This Firmware
Flash-Tool : QPST.WIN.2.7_Installer-00430.1.rar
Firmware : SW_T86519A1_V011_M21_MP_MMX_CM_YU5010_signed_qfil.rar

How to resolve No Port in QFIL ?


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I want to automate backups on an encrypted device; how can I soft reboot into TWRP so I don't have to enter my password?
I've recently been exploring my options for automating backups, and I noticed FlashFire soft reboots into its environment, thereby eliminating the need to enter an encryption password. FlashFire has been extremely unreliable on my device, however, so I wonder: Is there any sort of command-line wizardry I can use to soft reboot into TWRP instead?

Did you try reboot recovery?

That's just a standard reboot to recovery.


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Where are the PRL and profile stored on the filesystem?
I'm talking about what can be updated in Settings->More->Cellular networks->Carrier settings. Where are they stored? On what partition and where, if anywhere, on the filesystem?


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Remote erase of Android phone that's been turned off
I am trying to do a remote lock and factory reset of my Android phone (Samsung S7 Edge) which has been stolen. I've gone to Android Device Manager and Google's "Find your phone" page and both say the phone last synced an hour ago and can't locate the device, which means the thieves probably turned the phone off.
Anyway, I've set up both the "Lock" option (where a password is required to open the phone) and the "Erase" option (where the phone is reset to the factory default), and both try and fail to find the phone. If I then refresh the respective pages, the options are available once again, without any demonstration that my previous requests were stored.
Does this mean that I can only request these operations when the phone is on? Or does the request remain registered in the system and, as soon as the phone powers on and connects to the network, it performs the requested operations?

The request is queued... If the erase is successful you will receive an email with the time, date, and location (if available) of the device when the command was successful.


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Google settings account information showing error
I am using Jio LYF LS4503 Mobile. It is re unrooted via kingroot App. Now the problem is that in Google settings Account information showing error. It is loading after a few seconds it shows error like screenshot.

I am using Jio 4G network. It works fine and i also tried using wifi but every time error appears.
What should i do to fix that?

I can manage account from chrome browser, but in  Google settings , it shows error.


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Bluetooth LE device cannot connect to LG G5 SE when phone is sleeping
I have LG G5 H840 (SE) with unmodified stock firmware.
I use cogito watch with it to receive notifications. This a Bluetooth LE hybrid smartwatch. When I go out of range and go back then my watch fails to reconnect with phone if phone is sleeping and running on battery.
If I wake it then connection is made successfully.
If I leave it sleeping but connected to charger then connection is made successfully too.
I paired my watch with my wife Huawei P8 Lite and my watch works with her phone without problems described above.
It looks like my LG is doing some aggressive battery optimization. I tried to disable "battery optimization" for bluetooth services and my watch application but this did not helped. Maybe someone had a similar problem and can give me some advice what could it check or change?


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Text message on multiple Messaging applications on same device
Presently, I am using stock Message app(Lineage 14.1, System app). Now, I have installed and made Google Messenger as default app(installed from Play Store). When a message is received, a message notification is displayed(Google Messenger). I opened Google messenger app and deleted that  message. But, while I opened stock message app, the deleted message still visible. Why is this so?

After few hours of observations, it came to know that, clearing ram usage of both apps, makes both of them with equal number of messages. Actually, messages received on android device is stored on a database, which requires a root to explore. And, this database is actually fetched to both applications.
Path:
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db (jellybean)
data/User_DE/0/com.android.providers.telephony/databases (nougat)
source

This is possibly because when a message comes in to your phone it is caught by both applications and saved. The data is duplicated across both applications and if you delete from one it is not deleted from the other.
If you do not wish to use the reinstalled messaging app you cad either remove its privileges or force stop it.


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After rooting my Samsung Galaxy S7 with Odin Windows Tool, I am locked out of my phone
I have followed the instructions here and used Odin to root my Galaxy S7 edge. During the process the phone has rebooted and is now asking for my draw pattern. However, it won't accept my pattern. Any suggestions...?

Tried to enter recovery?

I had to do a factory reset. Luckily it didn't matter since this was a new phone with nothing of importance on it, otherwise I would have been screwed. I strongly advise anyone attempting this to firstly remove all security locks from your phone.


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How to go back to stable rom from beta rom in Redmi Note 4?
I have Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Snapdragon 625) smartphone. I had updated it to Nougat Developer ROM Version: 7.3.23 (MIUI8) few days ago. But this update led me to some bugs, so now I am deciding to go back to Marshmallow Stable ROM Version: V8.2.2.0.MCFMIDL (MIUI8). I know I can not simply revert back to it via using phone's in-built updater app. So please help me how can I achieve it?
My phone is NOT ROOTED. It's bootloader is LOCKED. How can I once again install stable global ROM which was factory installed by the company when I bought it? I don't want to unlock my phone's bootloader because in order to do so I will have to request to the Xiaomi and I don't know whether it will be accepted or not and who knows how many days I will have to wait for the result.

I would suggest to apply for the unlock. The possibility of not being accepted is rather low. it takes around two days to get accepted but do not forget to go into the developer mode and pair the phone with the account because that needs to be done 3 days prior to attempting an unlock.
Now to the main question. You can download the zip for the version of the ROM you want to go back to and from here
Throw it in the downloaded_rom folder, go in the updater app, click dots on upper right corner, choose update package.
Now... there is a slight possibility that it might not work, failing when it tries to verify the package. If that happens then unlocking the bootloader is your only option.

I have already flashed stable ROM after successful unlocking bootloader through official method.


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how do i change font style of any website on Android browser without rooting?
I want to know how can I change the font style of the webpage on any browser, it may be chrome, Mozilla, opera, or any other without rooting in android phone.

you must the application "font Changer" of the google play store or change the option on settings of your phone

Seems like any methods would be browser-specific. At least on Firefox, you can use extensions to do this. Chrome doesn't have extensions AFAIK, but you could (for example) use it to download Firefox (/me runs). But on a serious note: This seems overly ambitious (and overly broad for a question) to do for all browsers, especially without root.


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How can I export Samsung memos?
Using the built-in Memo app on a Samsung Galaxy Avant, I've created several memo files, and they are saved on the device and synced with my Samsung account.  How can I export the memos as text files, or some other readable file format that lets me get the text into another program (e.g. Google Keep)?

I tried looking in /Android/data/com.samsung.android.app.memo using Android File Transfer, but the only thing there is an empty Cache folder.

i installed 'samsung notes' app. Then i imported all notes from memo(from settings menu of that app). Then synced it to samsung cloud. This way I didnt have to export them one by one. But the problem is I still cant export the memos as text so that I can import to other apps.https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6/587633-export-stock-memo-app-data.html

on a newer version of the samsung notes app, you can export the notes as 'sdoc' files also.

Here, in my opinion, is the best solution for this delemma. I looked everywhere for an answer to no avail. Tried several 3rd party apps for notes, including Evernote, which I didn't like. Get a free Google Drive account if you don't already have one. Then you can go into each Memo, and one by one share your notes (click on three dots) to Google Drive. This goes pretty fast actually. Some Memos you will just want to delete. Google Drive will preserve Memo's formatting (sentence returns) at least, instead of running every line together into one big glob of text (as Evernote will do). And after I did a few of them, it even started saving the Title too, as the name of the note. Now at least you will have access to your notes after you shut your Android down and switch to the iPhone. Then you can copy and paste the most important ones back into your iPhone later — I haven't got to that point yet. I had 95 Memos and was pretty pissed that after all these years, no one at Samsung has figured out how to transfer Memos to an iPhone??? Hope this helps someone.

At the time of this comment, you can actually just share it straight to google-keep.

The following applies to Memo app version 1.0.4517634 on Android 4.4.2.
The memo files are located in /mnt/shell/emulated/0/BeamMemo and have a .memo extension.
Each .memo file is a zip archive that contains a media folder and a memo_content.xml file.  The text of the memo is in the /contents/content node of the xml document.
I was able to find the files using adb, with the command:
adb shell 'ls -Ra 2>/dev/null | grep -i memo'

I was looking for an option to open .memo files transferred from my android based samsung mobile. Transferring was easy since I had only around 25 notes and did that one by one using the bluetooth facility of mobile and laptop.
After getting the files into pc, opening was an issue. Researched a bit and found that each .memo is basically a .zip file, which contains an .xml file as well as a folder for media. Hence, renamed the extension of these .memo to .zip and then unzipped to obtain these resultant files. Out of this, opened the .xml file to read in readable format the contents of my .memo file. Thanks for sharing the info which helped me solve this.

this is the best answer thankyou.  copy the files to your desktop, for me there were in phones root in ShareMemo  just rename the extension, they are a zip file.  then unzip them.  then open the xml files in notepad++.
The date is in Unix Epoch time, search online for an epoch date converter, paste the string in there, grab the real date, overwrite the xml tags with the date, and keep your original text, then resave the file.  delete the zips after...

Depending on your model, Samsung memos usually exist with the following file extensions: .smm, .spd
They exist in the the following folder: /storage/emulated/0/.ActionMemo or SNote Data folder
A suitable workaround will be  to convert Samsung memos to a text file or anything similar then extract data as plain text files either from a PC or  do it from the smart phone itself.
The following workarounds can extract the plain text from the memo:
1. Method 1 Extracting text from memo

open the memo that you need to convert and tap it so that you see the cursor.
click-and-hold the cursor (or somewhere where there is text) and choose Select All.
click-and-hold on the selected text and choose Copy
open your word processor (in my case Kingsoft Word) and paste the text.
Save and then export to Google keep as plain text.

2. Method 2  Saving by exporting

open up your Memos, click on more (top right hand corner on my phone) and then select share.
You then select (one at a time) the memo you want to save/read/open, etc., and a screen will pop up asking you where you want to send the memo.
You can share to your email, or other sharing options e.g (google drive)
You can then extract them from mail e.g outlook

Thank you for your answer.  Neither of the folders mentioned exist on the Samsung phones I've checked.  Are there other locations you can recommend checking?


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Autovoice stoped working till I close chrome
When I launch autovoice with voice command, it works first time, sometimes twice, but then hangs (totally no reaction) until I do one of the two things (I switch screen to google now which was closed by autovoice, or if I launch auto voice app)
Additionally, I must say that, when I say my command correctly, sometimes google now search stays active on the screen, and sometimes it is closed by tasker or autovoice. When it stays, all works fine.
I have samsung s7, android 7.0 no root.
here is my profile, task and command if you need I can record this strange behaviour

Might be due to entrance and exit tasks, check if you entered them correctly.

@xavier_fakerat my task is only react for voice command and do get request, thats all, how can I check entering and exiting them ?

How does  your profile look like? I mean lets say you linked your profile (trigger)  to your task right , so my question is what does that profile look like? Mind sending a screenshot?

@xavier_fakerat added image to my question, what i noticed is that sometimes google now search result is close and sometimes not, when is closed by tasker I need to make it active and voice recognision starts working again.

I get the feeling that autovoice is getting its process/service killed by the system in low oom conditions


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Accidentally set radio to USA band on Moto G4+, no way to revert it back
I have Moto G4+ and I was playing around with *#*#4636#*#* and accidentally set the radio band to USA Band. Now there's no way of changing it back, so now I can't even connect to a network, let alone use data.
I've searched for this issue and it appears that there were other people with the problem, but all of them didn't have answers. The only possible answer was to flash the ROM again, but there was no confirmation of it having worked.
And anyway my phone isn't rooted, and I don't want to root, since it is new, as well as the fact that it's not easy for the Moto G4+.

If you were able to set, it gonna be way to reset :)

There doesn't seem to be a way. When you dial that code, and you click on select radio band from the 3 dot menu, the only one option: USA. I guess there is a default option, but there is no button for setting that.

I guess, you have three options here:

Bring the phone to service center if your warranty is active. This is the most harmless way.
Flash the stock radio or complete stock image.
Hard reset the phone with ##786# code. However, you need MSL (master security lock) which you should obtain from seller/carrier, which makes this way a bit cumbersome. More on this here.

Just flash the Moto G4 QCN file using QPST Tool and it will be ok. Neither your warranty will be void as you have to change your baseband as your older baseband has by default take USA band, so it won't be possible to rectify it without changing its baseband by flashing the proper QCN file of Moto G4.
Remember, if your phone is in Nougat, then you have to manually downgrade it to Marshmallow and then again upgrade with OTA. The process is a bit tricky as QCN will change your IMEI number and you have to write your original IMEI with a hex editor in the QCN file which you have saved, and you have to reflash it to restore the original IMEI and SIM functionality.


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Installing Samsung Firmware on Different Region Device
I'd like to install Samsung Edge S7 firmware for Rogers (SM-G935W8) onto an ATT (SM-G935A) device.
I've read conflicting posts on whether or not this is, in fact, possible. My attempts at this so far haven't been successful, so I'm lead to believe not, but before throwing in the towel thought I'd confirm.

The Canadian variant, SM-G935W8, uses an Exynos SoC, and has a lightly locked-down (?) bootloader; the AT&T one, SM-G935A, uses a Snapdragon SoC, and is heavily locked down, to the point 3rd-party development on it is near nonexistent.
Unless someone manages to work around the lockdown and port the Exynos firmware to fit the Snapdragon hardware, I'd say it's straight up impossible.

Interrogative: by attempting to flash a W8 firmware, what are you trying to achieve here? Root? Debloat? More LTE bands?

Volte WiFi support..


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Where are built in sound file images (album art) showing in music player? (path)
Hi and thanks in advance
Samsung Galaxy S 3 Mini, gt-i8190n, android 4.1.2
My problem: there are preinstaled/default/built in images for sound files that appear in Music Player (they're ugly for me)
That's what I write about.
My question: where can I find them, what is the path to the folder with them, can they be accessed without rooting, can they be switched?
I don't need to nor I want to change album artwork with any app, I don't need to have  album artwork matched with every sound file, I'd just like to switch up those random built in images to some that don't hurt my eyes with their ugliness :P
And I'd really, really like to know where they are and what is path to them, even if I won't be able to change them, but at least to satisfy my curiosity, and I'd appreciate an answer with those informations the most.
Please and thank You :)


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How do you unlock bootloader on galaxy J3 (2016)
I need it unlocked to move forward with customizing my device

Go to Settings > Developers options >  OEM  unlock.
If the developer options is not enabled:
Go to Settings > About device > Software infos > Tape 7 times on Build number then go back to Settings the options should be visible now.

That doesn't actually unlock, it simply enables unlocking on some models.  Other models are locked down by the carrier for no reason.


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Android Wear 2.0 can you still synch "dnd" with phone?
The standard behavior before android wear 2.0 was that when I put the watch on DND my phone would go on DND too. That was precisely what I wanted. But now with AW2.0 they appear to be separate. Anyone know if I can change that back?


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Who is showing up on the direct share contact list
hello I have a quick question
Is it possible a contact that you haven't used in a few months to show up in the direct share quick contacts? Or the contacts that show up tehrr are always Recently used or most Frequently used contacts?
Thanks


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Freeze and reboot after a few seconds
I have an older Android Phone from Samsung (GT-S7390L), and I have been using it for some time now.
I took it on a trip, and used the 3G network for the first time (I always have some wi-fi nearby), it worked normally for some hours.
There, I tried using an open wi-fi, but it was asking me to register an e-mail, and I thought it was too bothersome and switched back to 3G while I was charging the phone... But then the phone got a white line horizontally across the screen and rebooted, when it finished rebooting, I thought it was just some weird glitch, unlocked the screen with my password, then tried to go back to the messaging app I was using (Telegram) and then it restarted again.
After that, my phone keeps restarting, but not as soon as it boots, but about half a minute later, just enough for me to unlock my screen with the password and try to do anything, like, turn off the wi-fi or something.
It looks like it uses a lot of battery when rebooting, because it always seem to lose 1% of battery at every restart, if I let it restarting for a while, it gets very hot.
It recharges normally if off.
I can only turn it off by removing the battery.
It restarts even if I use the time I have before it restarts tp try to restart or shut down before it restarts (White line appears over shutdown/restart splash screen)
If it's recharging and restarts, screen also gets brighter when the white line appears.
I can get it to the menu where I can factory reset it, but I have two problems with it:
1- I need the backup files for my whatsapp, as there are some important messages I have to keep
2- I don't have the number I used to make that whatsapp anymore, so I can't put it onto another phone
If someone knows what can I do, I'd appreciate a lot;
Thanks in advance!


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How to delete an app
I can't delete, or disable, the app YGPS,
on my Android tablet; and I didn't install it.

Related: What is YGPS and why does it have every permission that's in the book?

It's a preinstalled app(bloatware) so follow this guide and you should be able to remove it(NOTE:Requires rooting your phone which means voiding your warranty and beside rooting no way to remove them exists): https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-uninstall-preinstalled-android-apps#delete-preinstalled

Dino Bajič is probably right, yet also there could be some app on Google Play that could allow you to disable or block existing apps. Also directly deleting that apps files from the device (after backing them up!) could help. (I never really tried it myself, so be careful)