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2016/07/05 | 591 | 2,058 | <issue_start>username_0: 1. Current whatsapp is linked to a non-existent number.
2. I want to create a new whatsapp account for my new existing number
3. I **do not** want to migrate my old whatsapp account to the new number.
4. If I were to move the crypto backup files of the current whatsapp, will I be able to restore it on the new account?
**Note** -
Non existent whatsapp number is currently installed on a Moto G2, un-rooted, stock.
New number is on a Nexus 5X, rooted.
---
[Whatsapp FAQ page states the following:](https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/20887921)
>
> **Restoring or transferring a backup**
>
>
> WhatsApp will ask you to restore your chats and media from a backup
> when you verify your number. Simply tap "Restore" when prompted to do
> so. If WhatsApp does not detect a backup, it could be that:
>
>
> 1. You are not logged into the same Google account. **2. You are not using the same phone number that was used to create the
> backup.**
> 2. Your SD card and/or chat history is corrupted.
> 3. A backup file does not exist on the Google Drive account or locally
> on the phone.
>
>
>
The FAQ tends to imply that it might not be possible. I'm not sure if a google drive might do the needful. Has anyone had a swing with this?
Also, rooting the G2 might not be helpful as I'll need to unlock the bootloader first - which will wipe out the internal memory anyway!<issue_comment>username_1: As WhatsApp by default does not allow to transfer from a phone number to another, there's no way without root. Root would allow you to copy the encryption key and the conversation files located at `/data/data/com.whatsapp` folder to the target device.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can change your number in your first device i.e. Moto G2 by follwing this [link](https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/wp/28060001).
After successfully doing it make a backup locally and also on google drive then install whatsapp on new device and log in with new number. You should be able to restore chat from google drive.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/05 | 787 | 3,165 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently started receiving a popup overlay screen from ninaxu.com - Google logo appears behind the overlay screen. Says my Android has 13 virus most likely received from visiting porn sites, however, I have never sought out porn sites (not judging others from visiting those sites, but I wouldn't introduce my phone to such a risk). Anyway, a 2-min count down appears saying the SIM card would be damaged if Googles' antivirus isn't installed. I can't back out when this popup occurs and have to reboot my phone. The first instance of this popup occurred when I clicked on a link from my email subscription to "Mutts." I ran and regularly run, AVG and no virus were detected. Anyone else encounter this problem? Suggestions? Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: Yeah, get something like that at least once a month. Close the website whenever this appears and reload it. Today I've got the message that I've been selected to maybe win an iPhone or Samsung, if I take part in a Telekom survey. All with the typical magenta Telekom logo.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can tell this is nothing but a fake (trying to make you take the bait) by just some basic rules:
* a countdown: "If you don't act within 2 min, the virus will X". Interesting: How do they know that will happen in exactly 2 min? Nothing but panicking you.
* the SIM card would be damaged: nonsense. Never heard any malware attacks the SIM card. Or the battery, which those messages often claim as well.
* "Google's antivirus": Apart from the fact that there is no such app, Google definitely wouldn't chose an approach like that.
* "13 virus": *LOL* Name a single Android ***virus*** (hint: there is none. Especially not 13. The term "virus" is completely mis-used on the Android platform, most obviously either as a "scare word" or because people are used to that kind of "software" from their Windows machine. True, there's *malware* – but no virus. Read the [Wikipedia article on Computer Virus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus) on this, and take a special close look at the end of the first paragraph: "the defining characteristic of viruses is that they are ***self-replicating*** computer programs which ***install themselves without user consent***" (emphasis mine). Malware on Android is usually installed by the user himself)
So after explaining the background, I can only agree with Andrew:
>
> It's just a scareware popup by suspicious websites/ads. If you didn't follow the link on that popup, you're clean.
>
>
>
And you usually get out of that by pressing the `back` button multiple times, closing the relevant browser tab, or closing the browser altogether.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: You can refer to [my question](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/114360/android-browser-redirecting-malware-sites) and the answer for my question. It worked for me, and one more thing, I found out that sometimes if you request desktop site, the popup or redirect will not happen. (which means that those redirect will only happen if I was using mobile site, at least it was like this in my case)
Hope it helps =)
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/05 | 1,643 | 5,864 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using Whatsapp from a virtual machine since I lost my phone, and now need to transfer it to a new VM.
The easy way would be to use the backup feature native to Whatsapp, but it is disabled since the VM is connected via Ethernet (and Android thinks it's a Mobile connection). In fact the very "local backup" feature is not available. I have a ton of messages which I really wouldn't like to lose.
There's an Xposed module which could possible fake an Wifi connection in the Android VM, but at this point I really want to do the entire transfer locally as my internet is painfully slow right now.
I tried the built-in `adb backup` feature, only to find out it's disabled for Whatsapp and can't be easily enabled (requires decompiling the `apk` file).
So, how can I manually transfer Whatspp app data to the new "device"? What folders do I need to copy, and what files must be modified in order for the transfer to work seamlessly?
I do of course have full root access.
**[Update]** Neither of the following work:
* Copying the entire contents of `/data/data/com.whatsapp/databases` after installing Whatsapp, signing in and closing it. It will crash when opening, without any error message.
* Copying the same directory, but without opening Whatsapp and signing in after installation. Same error as above.
* Copying `/data/data/com/whatsapp/databases/msgstore.db` after installing Whatsapp and signing in. An error message is presented: "Something went wrong with your chat history"
* Copying the entire `/data/data/com.whatsapp` directory, after installing and closing it. It will crash when opening, without any error message.<issue_comment>username_1: You can find WhatsApp data in the directory `/data/data/com.whatsapp`, just copy all the contents of subdirectory `databases` with `adb pull /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases` and transfer it onto your new VM with `adb push path/to/saved/databases/directory /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases`, be sure the target it's empty.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: If you have root, you can use TitaniumBackup to save Whatsapp data.
If you don't have root, you can downgrade to Whatsapp 2.11.431 (you can find it [here](https://www.androidfreeapks.com/it/apk/whatsapp-messenger-2-11-431-apk/)) which was the latest version with `adb backup` feature activated, and then proceed backing up with adb ([instructions](https://stackpointer.io/mobile/android-adb-backup-extract-restore-repack/372/)).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I was encountering the crashing behaviour trying these approaches too, but @DeathMaskSalesman seems to've been on the right track—the crashes are indeed a permissions issue.
If you remove WhatsApp entirely, reinstall it, and copy `/data/data/com.whatsapp` over and adjust the permissions correctly *before* launching it the first time, then it should just need to reverify your number to work. This worked for me.
To adjust permissions, first use `ls -la` to check the permissions on what's put in the `/data/data/com.whatsapp` directory upon install, e.g.:
```
drwxrwx--x 3 u0_a105 u0_a105 4096 2018-07-14 00:55 cache
```
Then use the username and group (here both `u0_a105`) to rename the files after you've copied them in:
```
chown -R u0_a105:u0_a105 /data/data/com.whatsapp/*
```
Then WhatsApp should launch okay without crashes, and retain settings, messages, and multimedia.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: THX to this [guide here from xda](https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/whatsapp-restore-encrypted-backup-t3462246) I was handle to perform a manually transfer of my entire Whatsapp conversations (120000 messages :D).
Simple:
1. Make a full TWRP Backup of your old rom if possible +pull it with adb or MTP from your phone
2. Copy with TWRP Terminal, TWRP Filemamanger, ADB or with your running system with root access this file: /data/data/com.whatsapp/files/key
3. Check the filesize of that key-file. It should be 158 Bytes. If there are multiple, choose them all. But later you need the one with 158 Bytes.
4. Copy the key file and the Folder /sdcard/Whatsapp to your local-machine.
5. On your new phone: Install Whatsapp and open it but do nothing more. Let it open and hold the power-button to shutdown or restart into your TWRP recovery.
6. Within TWRP push "**W**hatsapp" folder with all it's content to your /sdcard/ folder and psuh the key file (that one with 158 Bytes) into /data/data/com.whatsapp/files/
7. Start your new phone again and start Whatsapp. Press restore, if you got the message that it does not found anything in "/sdcard/Whatsapp/backup", go ahead and verify your number. In my case WA found the database then and restored my 120000 messages.
If I understand that right:
* /data/data/com.whatsapp/files/key
Is the encrypton key for your database with all your messages.
* /sdcard/Whatsapp/Databases/msgstore.db.crypt12
Should be your database with all your messages in it. There could be some more with a date in the filename. These should be smaller and older then the msgstore.db.crypt12.
* /sdcard/Whatsapp/Media
Contains media :-P
If you lost this, only the messages would be there and the media had just nothing to link to it.
I am happy now. I was able to switch from Android 7 (LineageOS) to Android 8.1 (CarbonRom) without using Google-Apps anymore. So no Backup from the cloud would be needed. MicroG has a [bug](https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/issues/547) with that.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: I used to backup only the `msgstore.db` file located in `/data/data/com.whatsapp/files` before uninstalling, and copying it to the same folder after new installation. But this doesn't seem to work anymore since version 2.19.xx.
From the comments, I think `key` file is the new factor here. Will try.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/06 | 564 | 1,859 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm running Ubuntu 16.04
```
adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32
```
However, when I plug in my devices for testing via ADB, I always get an unauthorized error.
```
adb devices
List of devices attached
LGD855a1098057 unauthorized
```
adb works flawlessly on Windows 7 x64 SP1 with Koushik Douttas Universal ADB driver and my friend's Macbook, this singles out the Ubuntu 16.04 as the problem.
Things I have tried:
* I tried revoking previous USB authorizations: nothing happened.
* Switching adb debugging on and off: however, the CLI just keeps telling me with the unauthorized error.
* Switching ports: each port on my 16-port development rig has been tried.
* Updating adb:
```
android-tools-adb is already the newest version (5.1.1r36+git20160322-0ubuntu3).
android-tools-fastboot is already the newest version (5.1.1r36+git20160322-0ubuntu3).
```<issue_comment>username_1: Same problem here with exact same Linux Ubuntu version. The solution for me that works well is
1. `adb kill-server`
2. `sudo adb usb`
After this, your mobile will ask for authorization and work well. So, adb needs root privilege.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Kill the *adb* server if running:
```
adb kill-server
```
Remove `~/.android` directory with all its content:
```
rm -rf ~/.android
```
Don't forget to *Revoke USB debugging authorizations* in developer options on your Android device.
Start the adb server:
```
adb start-server
```
Search for devices:
```
adb devices
```
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: This worked for me:
* I revoked previous USB authorizations
* I killed and restarted the adb server using these commands:
```
adb kill-server
adb start-server
```
* I restarted the phone
* And ran `adb devices`
And the device didn't appear as unauthorized!
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/06 | 509 | 2,206 | <issue_start>username_0: This seemed to just start happening recently but for some reason Google Maps can't get my location (just have a gray dot). If I go into Settings -> Location and choose High accuracy or Device only then I will just get the gray dot. If I change it to Battery saving I can get the blue dot but it's obviously not as accurate so I'd like it to use GPS. At first I thought there was a problem with GPS with my phone so I downloaded a couple of GPS status apps and they were all able to get GPS signal immediately (even with poor conditions; e.g., indoors). If I go to maps.google.com in my browser on my phone (either Chrome or Firefox) I get a blue dot. I've also downloaded Waze and HERE Maps and they can get my location without problem.
In Google Maps app I can tap on the gray dot and I get a message saying it can't connect to Maps and I should try again in a few minutes. There is also an option to report blue dot issues. This has been happening for a couple weeks now and it's really frustrating as I use Google Maps all the time.
I was thinking that maybe there was some issue with Google Maps and Google Play services but I double checked and I have the latest versions of both (I'm on a stock non-rooted Nexus 5x). Is it possible there is a bug in Google Maps that I seem to be the only one experiencing? Any help narrowing this down would be greatly appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: I had the same problem; fixing it was as simple as enabling automatic date and time and automatic time zone. Not sure what program turned those off but correcting that make the problem go away. (When I turn them off, the problem re-occurs.)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Date and time. ....
Go to your device settings, Date and time. Check the automatic setting is on. If your device doesn't have auto setting for date and time, ensure your time is as accurate as possible. Should pop the blue dot up.
The Satellite connections seem to use this to assist your gps location. Without it, your position cannot be calculated and this will hamper route finding.
A recent update may have thrown this automatic date and time setting off. Curse 'em!
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/06 | 235 | 978 | <issue_start>username_0: So I am trying to download a torrent to my tablet, but it is 51.67 gb, which is HUMONGOUS. Any way to compress it and make it fit into my tablet?<issue_comment>username_1: I had the same problem; fixing it was as simple as enabling automatic date and time and automatic time zone. Not sure what program turned those off but correcting that make the problem go away. (When I turn them off, the problem re-occurs.)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Date and time. ....
Go to your device settings, Date and time. Check the automatic setting is on. If your device doesn't have auto setting for date and time, ensure your time is as accurate as possible. Should pop the blue dot up.
The Satellite connections seem to use this to assist your gps location. Without it, your position cannot be calculated and this will hamper route finding.
A recent update may have thrown this automatic date and time setting off. Curse 'em!
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/06 | 331 | 1,309 | <issue_start>username_0: While running the play store I am getting the message:
>
> The application google play store(process com.android.vending)has stopped unexpectedly. please try again,
>
>
>
Force close is indicated in box below the message. I'm unable to
proceed further. I did try few tricks like clearing the data and cache
in play store, but the problem still persists.
My phone details: Android version 2.3.6, model Samsung Galaxy S II, Android 4G, Model no.SGH-T989., kernel 2.6.35.<issue_comment>username_1: I had the same problem; fixing it was as simple as enabling automatic date and time and automatic time zone. Not sure what program turned those off but correcting that make the problem go away. (When I turn them off, the problem re-occurs.)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Date and time. ....
Go to your device settings, Date and time. Check the automatic setting is on. If your device doesn't have auto setting for date and time, ensure your time is as accurate as possible. Should pop the blue dot up.
The Satellite connections seem to use this to assist your gps location. Without it, your position cannot be calculated and this will hamper route finding.
A recent update may have thrown this automatic date and time setting off. Curse 'em!
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/06 | 399 | 1,655 | <issue_start>username_0: I restore my mobile and try to reinstall WhatsApp. It is not initializing, but I am getting notifications. In a pop-up, it shows "unable to connect".
I have cleared my data. My internet connection is very fast.
How to fix it?<issue_comment>username_1: Ensure that you have a fast and reliable internet connection.
If that doesn't solve the problem, try clearing App Data from `Settings -> Apps -> WhatsApp Messenger -> Clear Data`.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I managed to resolve it by doing the following for my android phone:
It seems to be a contacts sync issue.
For my Android phone (Note 20 Ultra from Samsung), what I did was the following:
1. Unlinked my google account that had contacts
2. Uninstalled and reinstalled whatsapp (might have done this first before step 2 also)
3. Went into the phone's settings --> accounts and backup --> manage account --> Whatsapp --> then proceeded to 'unsync' my account
4. Went through the login process again and somehow it did not need verification or it autoverified or something (can't fully recall)
5. It started initialising again and I am logged in
6. Had to link back my account to google to sync back contacts thereafter and turn on the 'sync contacts' settings again
There might be some backend issue on whatsapps end that doesn't sync well with the phones contacts on android.
Searched multiple online forums and a few suggested that it might be the contacts settings thus I trialed and error regarding the various settings.
Hope this helps if you have future people who encountered the same issue (i see multiple people online expressing it)
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/06 | 786 | 3,133 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently got a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and was using it just fine. I imported all of my previous apps and app data and everything went smoothly.
Then, a few weeks later, I tried to record a video, and received the popup:
```
Warning: Recording Failed
```
This only happened with the video, and NOT with regular pictures (I could capture still images)
I've tried:
1. Taking out the microSD card
2. Formatting the SD card
3. Restarting the device
4. Clearing camera cache and data
5. Clearing system-wide cache partition
6. Factory data reset
Option 6) actually solved it, so I think it may be the cause of an app. What's going on?<issue_comment>username_1: The culprit is probably an app that accidentally doesn't release a critical lock.
In my case, it was the [Cortana](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.cortana) app that was causing the issue. It has a setting for the "Hey Cortana" hotword in the app, which requires that the application grab the microphone lock. It seems like the app, when quit, never released the lock, and so the camera couldn't have access to the microphone (and couldn't record)
If you don't have Cortana, try scouring your app list for apps that will obtain a lock for (and have the possibility of keeping it across runs):
1. Microphone
2. Camera
3. Storage
P.S. I've also heard that this issue can be caused by interference from Smart Stay, but I've never had issues with it
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: On my galaxy S8+, I had to set options to High Performance for the video recording to work
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: this is because some app is locking your mic or camera. For example, if you have the Hue Disco app (which uses the mic to measure the music so that the Philips Hue lights can change) and then you try to load the Camera app to record a video, it will fail to record the video because the Hue Disco app is already using the mic. You can't have 2 apps using the same microphone at the same time.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: This issue started happening to me after the June 2018 update. I'd restart the phone and for about a min, the video recording would work fine. Then suddenly stopped working. I have a microphone blocker app. I disabled that and recording started working again.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: My new Galaxy S9+ worked great for the first two months then I also was unable to record video...still pictures only. I went into applications - permissions - microphone permissions - and turned ON and OFF microphone permissions on various apps. Luckily, I quickly found an app that had microphone permission ON and when I turned it OFF I was once again able to record video. Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I was having the same issue, the issue was with Sd card I think. I open the settings>device maintenance>storage>sd card> options at the upper right end> unmount the sd card. After unmounting I waited a minute, then mount the sd card. I opened the camera app and start recording. This solves the problem for me.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/07 | 706 | 2,815 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and I just looked at the home screen and some of my app icons have a grey circle around them.
Is there any meanings of this? Is it possible to turn it off while still using TouchWiz?
<issue_comment>username_1: The culprit is probably an app that accidentally doesn't release a critical lock.
In my case, it was the [Cortana](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.cortana) app that was causing the issue. It has a setting for the "Hey Cortana" hotword in the app, which requires that the application grab the microphone lock. It seems like the app, when quit, never released the lock, and so the camera couldn't have access to the microphone (and couldn't record)
If you don't have Cortana, try scouring your app list for apps that will obtain a lock for (and have the possibility of keeping it across runs):
1. Microphone
2. Camera
3. Storage
P.S. I've also heard that this issue can be caused by interference from Smart Stay, but I've never had issues with it
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: On my galaxy S8+, I had to set options to High Performance for the video recording to work
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: this is because some app is locking your mic or camera. For example, if you have the Hue Disco app (which uses the mic to measure the music so that the Philips Hue lights can change) and then you try to load the Camera app to record a video, it will fail to record the video because the Hue Disco app is already using the mic. You can't have 2 apps using the same microphone at the same time.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: This issue started happening to me after the June 2018 update. I'd restart the phone and for about a min, the video recording would work fine. Then suddenly stopped working. I have a microphone blocker app. I disabled that and recording started working again.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: My new Galaxy S9+ worked great for the first two months then I also was unable to record video...still pictures only. I went into applications - permissions - microphone permissions - and turned ON and OFF microphone permissions on various apps. Luckily, I quickly found an app that had microphone permission ON and when I turned it OFF I was once again able to record video. Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I was having the same issue, the issue was with Sd card I think. I open the settings>device maintenance>storage>sd card> options at the upper right end> unmount the sd card. After unmounting I waited a minute, then mount the sd card. I opened the camera app and start recording. This solves the problem for me.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/07 | 783 | 2,660 | <issue_start>username_0: I have installed Cyanogenmod (v13) on a Xiaomi Redmi 2 phone. So, it all worked, but then I tried a manual update.
I booted into recovery (TWRP), and flashed the new cyanogenmod ZIP file; then flashed the gapps ZIP file. But when I rebooted, I found two problems:
* the device won't finish booting (gets stuck)
* recovery mode is gone. If I try to boot into recovery, the Mi logo stays there forever
So, I could get into fastboot mode. Then I tried using the `fastboot` tool from a Linux PC.
The device responds properly:
```
# fastboot devices
78768331 fastboot
# fastboot getvar version
version: 0.5
finished. total time: 0.003s
# fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
# fastboot erase recovery
erasing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.041s]
finished. total time: 0.041s
```
**But**, when I try to flash a recovery image, it gets stuck:
```
# fastboot flash recovery cm-13.0-20160705-NIGHTLY-wt88047-recovery.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11136 KB)...
```
I have tried this from two computers:
* from a notebook, when I plug the device it is correctly recognized as a USB 2.0 device (`syslog` says it's a EHCI device), but no data is transferred. After some time, the kernel reports that "task fastboot blocked for more than 120 seconds" and prints a stacktrace to `syslog`.
* from a desktop computer (also Linux), the device is only recognized as OHCI (USB 1.0), and no data is transferred. But in this case, unlike the notebook, when it tries to transfer, the keyboard stops functioning (OHCI, I suppose).
I also tried a Windows flashing program for Xiaomi devices, which I ran on Virtualbox, but it didn't recognize my phone.
What else can I try?<issue_comment>username_1: Fastboot is so unpredictable, ouch. Try the following steps.
* **Check if your cable is the stock one**. If not, at least make sure it supports file transfer in fastboot mode.
* **Check that USB drivers are installed properly**
* **Try to rename the recovery file to just "recovery.img"**, I know it looks stupid, but it did the trick for me.
Finally,
`* the device won't finish booting (gets stuck)
* recovery mode is gone. If I try to boot into recovery, the Mi logo stays there forever`
yeah, obviously it doesn't boot, you erased the recovery partition.
Also, I think for fastboot flashing isn't really needed to erase the partition you are going to flash.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I deleted the old img files( that were used for flashing earlier) from adb and fastboot folder abd the error was rectified automatically…
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/07 | 572 | 1,805 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Xiaomi Redmi 2 phone on which I installed Cyanogenmod. So, after upgrading manually, the phone won't boot anymore (neither into recovery nor into the system). Only fastboot works. (Probably because whatever was in the recovery partition was lost).
So, I can get into fastboot mode, and the phone reacts correctly:
```
# fastboot devices
78768331 fastboot
# fastboot getvar version
version: 0.5
finished. total time: 0.003s
# fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
# fastboot erase recovery
erasing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.041s]
finished. total time: 0.041s
```
Then I tried flashing a new TWRP recovery, that I just downloaded:
```
# fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-aries.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11136 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.353s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.290s]
finished. total time: 0.642s
```
TWRP *was* the recovery I had installed before.
I also tried flashing the stock recovery, but it still won't boot.
What else can I try?
**edit:** I can boot a recovery image using `fastboot boot recovery.img`.<issue_comment>username_1: Can you access the phone using ADB while the phone is in recovery?
Also is it possible to set it back to stock rom?
That would be the first thing I would do and go from there
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: So, I got it working again. The method was to *not* flash using fastboot.
I actually booted the recovery remotely with
```
fastboot boot recovery.img
```
Then flashed cyanogenmod (the system) and gapps from the external SD card.
On reboot, the system updated itself and it's working again.
And I can boot into cyanogen recovery mode (but not TWRP, as before).
Seems that it's fixed! :-)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/07 | 669 | 2,278 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Play Service 9.2.56 drains battery within 30minutes
With the new version of google play service it drains the battery of older devices instantly. It gets incredibly hot, barely touchable.
There are tons of threads appearing on the web. Some here
Google Groups
Github
The only solution so far is to completely uninstall the service. You can not use older version since it will auto update itself soon or later. It does not care about update restrictions.
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 4.0.3
Anyone got an idea on how to solve it without uninstalling?<issue_comment>username_1: My "solution" is freezing Google Play Services 9.2.56 with the disadvantage that some Apps relying on that service will not work anymore.
Restore to the previous 9.0.28 version does not solve the problem, because it will automatic be updated to 9.2.56.
I tried to find a way to contact the Android developer team at Google, no success.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You will have to flash the whole Gapps(Google Apps) package of the same version. This happened to one of my friends. He switched to a Custom ROM and flashed the newest Gapps Package he could find. This is the only solution by now. Older devices have this problem because of the newer frameworks of the application. As you're using Android Ice Cream Sandwich which is a bit out-dated. Using a custom ROM will get you a newer flavour of Android such as Jelly Bean or KitKat
Google Play services have also had this issue in the past. You can use Greenify to hibernate the app (if you're rooted) but it will cause several apps to stop functioning.
As of custom ROMs, Cyanogenmod is a good option to go with. Download the latest stable version and flash it in your device. You probably don't want to flash a nightly because it's not fully stable and have features that are in beta state. You would have to root your device for this.
[Some documentation about rooting Samsung Galaxy S2](https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjvyYDz1PXNAhVCrY8KHUxQAy8QFggbMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikihow.com%2FRoot-the-Samsung-Galaxy-S2&usg=AFQjCNHUGIvrtkTgxGimqCz8JMYVr0ne0Q&sig2=mrN-1N7ywG67dd6inXIFkg&bvm=bv.127178174,d.c2I)
Good Luck !!
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/07 | 633 | 2,433 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently bought my first smartphone, a Sony Xperia T2 Ultra (D5303).
It has 8 Go of total memory space and I add a 16 Go SD Card.
Android System (5.1.1) takes 3.58 Go and Google/Android/Sony Applications take 4.19 Go.
There is less than 300 Mo of free space.
I always have a warning message that says that the memory is nearly full.
There is a lot of application that I never use (Google+, What's new, Docs), but I can't uninstall them nor move them to my SD card.
What can I do to have more free memory on the phone ?<issue_comment>username_1: Here's a few tips:
1. In **Settings**:**Apps**, you can move some applications to your SD card (Not all of them).
2. You can also uninstall updates and clean data stored in the applications you don't use.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can root your phone and use applications like **Link 2 SD** to move apps to SD card, this will free up some memory.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Recommended approach without rooting:
1. Go to *Settings › Apps* and select the "All" tab
2. Pick the first "useless bloatware" in sight and tap its entry
3. Tap (in this order): Force-Stop, Clear Cache, Delete Data, Uninstall Updates (if any), Deactivate
4. Repeat for the other bloatware items.
What does this do?
* force-stop: make sure the app doesn't continue to run and create new data/cache
* clear cache: remove all cache files belonging to this app
* delete data: remove all user- and configuration data the app might have
* uninstall updates: if there are updates for system apps, those are installed in user-space. So removing them frees space you can use otherwise – plus is required if you want to …
* disable: make the app unavailable. Though you cannot uninstall system apps, you can deactivate most of them. This ensures they don't clutter your GUI (all the app's icons on your home screen and in the app drawer will be hidden), the app should no longer start automatically (and create new data/cache), plus it should not be updated anymore
This won't entirely cure the issue (you cannot e.g. regain the space those apps use on the system partition), but should ease the effects. At least some space can be gained this way.
A little warning: If unsure what an app is for, better do not apply the above steps on it. Though the system shouldn't allow you to disable essential apps, better be safe than sorry.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/07 | 714 | 2,737 | <issue_start>username_0: So... How do I disable time traveling?
I have Cyanogenmod 13 on a Redmi 2 Pro (a snapshot version), with opengapps 6.0-pico-20160704. I recently noticed that, when I get from 2016-oct-15 on the calendar to the next day (for example, by choosing "day" view and scrolling to the right), it goes back to 01-jan-1970 (Unix zero time).
In month view, if I click on any day of that week, it also goes back in time.
It's funny: I can schedule events on a date within that week, but the calendar won't display them (that weeks stays empty). This happens with two different calendar frontends (Etar and AOSP Calendar), so it must be related to the internal Android Calendar.
Is this a known bug? What should I update in order to try to fix it?
And what will happen if I don't fix the bug before that week? Do I go back to the 70's?<issue_comment>username_1: Here's a few tips:
1. In **Settings**:**Apps**, you can move some applications to your SD card (Not all of them).
2. You can also uninstall updates and clean data stored in the applications you don't use.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can root your phone and use applications like **Link 2 SD** to move apps to SD card, this will free up some memory.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Recommended approach without rooting:
1. Go to *Settings › Apps* and select the "All" tab
2. Pick the first "useless bloatware" in sight and tap its entry
3. Tap (in this order): Force-Stop, Clear Cache, Delete Data, Uninstall Updates (if any), Deactivate
4. Repeat for the other bloatware items.
What does this do?
* force-stop: make sure the app doesn't continue to run and create new data/cache
* clear cache: remove all cache files belonging to this app
* delete data: remove all user- and configuration data the app might have
* uninstall updates: if there are updates for system apps, those are installed in user-space. So removing them frees space you can use otherwise – plus is required if you want to …
* disable: make the app unavailable. Though you cannot uninstall system apps, you can deactivate most of them. This ensures they don't clutter your GUI (all the app's icons on your home screen and in the app drawer will be hidden), the app should no longer start automatically (and create new data/cache), plus it should not be updated anymore
This won't entirely cure the issue (you cannot e.g. regain the space those apps use on the system partition), but should ease the effects. At least some space can be gained this way.
A little warning: If unsure what an app is for, better do not apply the above steps on it. Though the system shouldn't allow you to disable essential apps, better be safe than sorry.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/07 | 648 | 2,537 | <issue_start>username_0: Android asks for permission before an app records screen as following (a standard Android feature, not a part of the app):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M4NfF.png)
After I select "Don't show again", this prompt will not show up as expected. How can I bring it back for this app without uninstalling and reinstalling it?
I have checked App permissions, but it is not there. I have also deleted the app's cache to no avail.
**[Edit] 2016-07-08**
The following screenshot shows all the permissions (no screen record/capture permission):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/s2LYa.png)
The following screenshot shows the permissions of the app:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C4Gve.png)<issue_comment>username_1: You need to reinstall this app after uninstalling it from your device and you will start seeing this permission prompt again. I tried this on my Android device running Marshmallow 6.0.1 and it did the job.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: it seems there is no way to do that without uninstalling app or restarting permissions [Android Developer](https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting.html)
but if you want to restart the permissions
Go to `Application Manager` -> `App Permissions` -> `Requested Permission` -> turn it off / on for your program .
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I Found the screen recorder permissions after tapping on the menu icon at the bottom of each function's Permission page. In other words, I opened the permissions list for Storage, tapped on the menu icon, tapped on the show system link that came up and found the video clip recorder app towards the bottom of the list, then finally disabled it for Storage. I then repeated the same process for Microphone and Phone. Cheers. username_3
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Clear app data to remove granted permissions of the screen recording app.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6NxvI.png)
click image for larger variant
On the bottom right is where you go to Show System Processes. I came here looking for the answer and ended up figuring it out so figured I'd post the right way since I had the same problem and was initially getting the same results until doing this.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/07 | 394 | 1,215 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm thinking to buy a Galaxy S5, I have a question.
The Galaxy S4 can transmit IR signals, but not receive them.
I want to make my own remotes. Does Galaxy S5 (NOT mini) have an IR blaster (receiver, not transmitter)? I cannot find info, I wait for answers to this.<issue_comment>username_1: Maybe this is the answer to your question. I'm not sure but according to this link it can't. <http://www.tamatalk.com/IB/topic/190144-a-way-to-get-galaxy-s5-to-send-files-via-ir/>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I have a galaxy s5 g900f variant. It comes with a stock app peel smart remote which can basically be used to control most devices that are IR enabled. The IR blaster is located at the top left of the phone as a small black dot like shape which is easily noticeable. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sk0HR.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cgid0.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0QMTr.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/X11nS.jpg)
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/08 | 1,213 | 4,123 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an lg stylo2 from virgin mobile running android 6.0.1. I'm trying to free up some internal space by moving some apps to the sd card. Everything i have seen says that you go to apps, storage and click change. There's a problem. There is no change button on my phone, for any app.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKX6H.jpg)
Is this something that virgin mobile turns off or what? If i have to root the phone, which i am not opposed to, does anyone know how for this particular phone? I haven't been able to find a tutorial yet.
Thanks<issue_comment>username_1: According to this it was a feature removed in Marshmallow update.
Quoting user **tommytm75** from the [android central forum](http://forums.androidcentral.com/?utm_medium=navbar&utm_campaign=navigation&utm_source=ac):
>
> There is no solution yet. I have the same issue. After going back and
> forth with LG, finally someone answered my question. This is the last
> email I got from LG.
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>
> Thank you for contacting LG!
>
>
> We regret any inconvenience you’re having. Upon checking, I’m afraid
> that the Adoptable Storage feature has been removed on the
> Marshmallow update of the LG G Stylo and this means you may not be
> able to fully use the SD card as internal storage of the device. I’m
> so sorry to disappoint you in this matter.
>
>
> Should you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us
> again via Email, Live Chat, or Phone by calling 1-800-793-8896.
>
>
> Thank you and we wish you all the best.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Edrian
> --- LG Customer Service
>
>
>
Source: [LG G STYLO - not enough memory on sd card?](http://forums.androidcentral.com/more-lg-phones/635049-lg-g-stylo-not-enough-memory-sd-card-2.html)
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: From my point of view, the only solution is to root phone and install App2SD ROOT PRO from Play Store. I had similar problem. Do not use Link2SD because it does not work properly with MM.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: **HOW TO CREATE ADOPTABLE STORAGE FOR LG G STYLO (MOVING APPS TO SD CARD)**
I have the Lg g Stylo from Boost Mobile (Model# LGLS770) running on 6.0 and spent the last 3 days on figuring out how to make my 32gb SD card my default storage now when I download stuff it goes directly to the SD Card and not to the internal storage (mostly games)
Here we go,
**NOTE:** You don't have to root your phone to do this I did this from my PC (I used Windows 10).
1st "Download Java" -it is necessary.
You can find out where on the internet and then watch this video from Youtube if you need help installing it:
**"How to install Java JDK on Windows 10 ( with JAVA\_HOME )"**.
**NOTE: pay close attention to the part of the video when you get to around 5:53 in the minutes BECAUSE YOU MUST COPY AND PASTE THE PATH EXACTLY WHERE IT IS SHOWN and not at the end of the file path which he says. It actually goes right after the 1.0\; (one point zero backslash semicolon) don't worry it will all make sense when you see the Java installation video.**
Next download the **“Android SDK Software”** from the developer.android.com/studio website.
Get the zipped version/file... when you unzip it you will eventually find the “platform-tools“ which holds the "adb and fastboot” files you will need to install on your PC.
This Youtube video will help It’s what I used,
**“How to Install FASTBOOT and ADB using Android Studio on Windows PC”**
(The one Published on Jan 16, 2016 by <NAME>)
Once all that is installed connect USB Cable from PC to your phone **(Make sure to turn your phone USB Debugging on)**
Open your computer Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
**Then enter all five (5) codes separately type the first code then hit enter,** the second code then hit enter, third code then hit enter ect… until all five have been entered and your done !
1. Code:
adb shell
2. Code:
sm set-force-adoptable true
3. Code:
sm partition disk:179,64 private
4. Code:
sm set-force-adoptable false
5. Code:
sm list-volumes all
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/08 | 648 | 2,616 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought an android phone recently and tried to use it without any Google account and so far that was alright.
But I wanted to try Pokémon Go today and I cannot play without signing up with a Google account.
I heard that you could create a Pokémon club account instead of Google but I don't even have the option, only the button to sign up with google appears.
Does anybody have a solution for that?<issue_comment>username_1: Its only in certain countrys as part of a limit release for the beta but thankfully apkmirror uploaded it , they're a very safe site enjoy.
<http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/niantic-inc/pokemon-go/pokemon-go-0-29-0-release/pokemon-go-0-29-0-android-apk-download/>
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: As far as I know, Pokémon GO relies on Google positioning and map frameworks, so theoretically you are *required* to have Google Apps, or at least (?) Google Play, Google Maps and Google Play Services. Without them, even if you managed to log in without Google, you will not be able to get GPS position.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: If you do not see the "login with google" option you probably specified a too young age on the start screen when asked about you birthdate.
At least this was the problem when I had it, too.
You would only have to enter your birthdate once at the very first start of the app, but you have to enter it again if you clear the cache, apparently.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: *Revoke Pokémon GO’s Access to Your Google Account*
You must login to the Google account permissions page and look for the entry “Pokemon Go Release”. Click on it for a detailed view and then, click the giant “REMOVE” button.
But i have to tell you that this may lead to your Pokemon Game STOP.
Use a Burner Google Account
Okay, we get it. You want to keep playing, but are (rightfully) dubious about handing over your account. Here’s a little workaround: **create another free Google account, with nothing in it,** and use that to sign into Pokémon GO.
I think sooner or later, Pokemon Go won't require Google Play Acc anymore. This is a ridiculous thing about this game. I heard that Pokemon Go on Itunes no longer requires this account.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Unfortunately Creating a Google Account is currently your only option, It's not hard to create a new account and it will probably be beneficial for many other applications you might download. It's annoying to create a whole new account just to keep things separated but it's necessary to gain access to Google's location features on Android.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/08 | 1,375 | 4,608 | <issue_start>username_0: There's almost no Android user (and certainly no regular visitor of our site) who hasn't heard of the "insufficient storage" error – or even experienced it him/herself. That there must be at least 10% of storage free on `/data` sounds ridiculous at least when the total space on that partition goes at or beyond 8 GB. Thus we quite frequently have questions on this topic here.
On [one of the latest](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/150265/16575 "How can't install a 338KB app when I have 474MB free?") I've done some investigation of the relevant code, and [discussed that in my answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/150288/16575). Let me quote the relevant code-block (taken from the [latest code](https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/services/core/java/com/android/server/storage/DeviceStorageMonitorService.java#L58)) here again:
```
* This class implements a service to monitor the amount of disk
* storage space on the device. If the free storage on device is less
* than a tunable threshold value (a secure settings parameter;
* default 10%) a low memory notification is displayed to alert the
* user. If the user clicks on the low memory notification the
* Application Manager application gets launched to let the user free
* storage space.
```
Now please focus on lines 2+3:
>
> If the free storage on device is less than ***a tunable threshold value*** (a secure settings parameter; default 10%)
>
>
>
(emphasis mine). So here comes my question:
---
**TL;DR:** If that threshold is tunable, how to tune it?
---
Is it something in settings we overlooked all those years? Is this supposed to be "tuned" by the "ROM bakers" only? Or, taking the hint of a "secure settings parameter", is there some app utilizing the [`WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS` permission](https://android.izzysoft.de/applists/perms#WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS) to take care of that? By which means are we supposed to address this (if at all)?<issue_comment>username_1: You need to build your own kernel with preferrable settings, this option not writable by "normal\_apps".
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Low storage threshold is the minimum value of the two:
* `sys_storage_threshold_percentage` (default is [`5%`](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/tags/android-10.0.0_r1/core/java/android/os/storage/StorageManager.java#1304), was [`10%`](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/d5d5e926eb8ff2541a845d6a5657cee5e5c6e7b6) on Android 7 and older). It's multiplied with the total storage size to get threshold value in bytes. This setting is there since the early days of Android.
* `sys_storage_threshold_max_bytes` (default is [500 MiB](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/tags/android-10.0.0_r1/core/java/android/os/storage/StorageManager.java#1305)). This setting was [added](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/247fe74c934cb3fba85aae7e051a8044f460fb11) in Android 4.
In JellyBean both settings were moved from `secure` namespace to `global`. And the logic to calculate low threshold was [moved](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/be72215c39916af9ae42332260c04b696bc73d7f) from `DeviceStorageMonitorService` to `StorageManager`.
If the `5%` of total space on `/data` is greater than `500 MiB`, the threshold is always `500 MiB`. In order to set the threshold to even smaller value, e.g. to `100 MB`:
```
~$ settings put global sys_storage_threshold_max_bytes 100000000
```
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: >
> That there must be at least 10% of storage free on /data sounds
> ridiculous at least when the total space on that partition goes at or
> beyond 8 GB
>
>
>
Forcing the user to have 10% free space is not ridiculous, or stupid. It helps wear levelling, and is highly recommended for european users due to the continental 2y waranty law. Some manufacturers like Crosscall even provide 3y waranty (no restriction).
Spending long time using a disk with less than 5% can damage it. A friend used to own a large Flash disk, and after 14 months with 1% free space, the disk died. Yes, 1% free was between 1GB and 10GB free space; but the system needs to write loads of cache and temp files; and always rewriting the same cells killed the disk.
That's why phone manufacturers are very happy in europe with the Android 10% limit. This limitation is very frustrating when it triggers; I suffered from it this week; but it's preventing the Flash dieing before the 2y waranty.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/08 | 874 | 3,501 | <issue_start>username_0: My device is the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-9000H. Its battery drains very fast, even when the screen is off. It drains 70% overnight. The battery level becomes only 10% in the next morning, although the phone would've done nothing overnight!
Does anyone have a solution for this?<issue_comment>username_1: Backup your information and do a factory reset. That should clear up any issues you are having with the software.
[S5 hard reset guide](http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/factory-reset-galaxy-s5/)
If the battery is still draining quickly, then you should try and replace the battery. If this does not solve the issue, then their may be an issue with the device itself and will require you to take it to a repair shop for inspection.
Good luck!
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: First, check if one app is draining a lot of battery in the settings (like someone already mentioned). If there is an app that does that, uninstall it or turn it off completely when you don't need it.
If there's no such app or the battery is still draining fast, you also might need a new battery, depending on how old your current one is. A normal battery has an average lifetime of 2-3 years, after that it sometimes starts to malfunction, like draining very fast or just loosing all the energy all the sudden. If that's the case, you're gonna need to go out and buy a new battery - it doesn't cost much, ~25€. Also a good tip for having your battery live longer: Use only chargers which are specifically for your phone/battery. Other chargers might work as well, but if they give nit enough energy, your phone will charge slowly, and, even worse, if they give too much energy, it will charge very quickly **but** because the battery isn't made for that much energy, it'll break much sooner.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I notice that my battery drains faster if i forget to turn off bluetooth when i'm not using it.
Like the advice above says, check your battery usage to find out whats draining it so much.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Several things could be causing this. For example:
1.) The battery being too old. (These things do have a shelf life - ~2-3 years.)
2.) When you first got the phone, you may have had the phone plugged too frequently. Your exuberance can shorten the life expectancy of the battery. (Understandably, you don't want to run out of power when you need it, but you need to give the phone charging a break.)
3.) You may have applications that needlessly run all the time. Some apps continually ping servers for the latest information / updates / messages / location / etc. Take a look at those unnecessary programs and either shut them down or control them. If you did find some apps that could be a problem, determine whether you need to be updated all the time even while you're asleep. If you've found some of those apps, then I would check your wireless phone bill to see if your "data usage" is running high. I have found that those offending apps might be pickpocketing you. On the upside, your wireless carrier is always willing to sell you more "data". ;-)
For example, any application that requires your phone's "Location" setting to be set to "on." (e.g. Facebook, MapQuest, GoogleMaps, etc.)
4.) I am sure there are more...
I hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: My `Battery Draining` Problem is also Solved by upgrading Android `lollipop 5.0.1` to `marshmallow 6.0.1`.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/08 | 212 | 827 | <issue_start>username_0: I root my panasonic eluga A and delete some bloatware now my google map has stopped navigating my location.
My google map search location and everything is working but gps not working.
Please help me what to do now.<issue_comment>username_1: Try to flash your's device again. And you can try Osmand navigation app.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: download factory firmware and refalsh it it will restore the system apps you have deleted which will bring back the bloat
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: 1. Unroot your phone.
2. Do a factory reset.
**If Step 2 does not work:**
3. Flash your device's Original Stock rom.
(You can find it from your device's website)
**A friendly suggestion:
Don't Delete any system app, that you don't know about.
It might be an important one.**
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/08 | 1,846 | 5,637 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to check if I have a Snapdragon or Exynos chipset. How could I check this quickly? I need this info because I plan to root my phone, and it matters, exactly which chipset the phone has.
I have tried to find this info inside the phone, but no luck.
Do I need to install some app, or can I get this info without additional software, by reading it somewhere inside the phone?<issue_comment>username_1: The U.S. variant of the mobile phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, while Samsung's own Exynos 8 processor powers the international iteration of the phone.
<http://www.techtimes.com/articles/144278/20160326/galaxy-s7-snapdragon-vs-exynos-speed-test-which-model-is-faster.htm>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Please install CPU-Z from Play Store. I had similar problem with my Samsung Galaxy NOTE4 N910C.
Link -> [CPU-Z](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cpuid.cpu_z)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: First you'll need to find your device's Model Number.
You can find this in *Settings > About Device*, under the field *Model Number*.
It may look something like: `SM-G930F`.
If your device is in a state where you cannot navigate to *Settings > About Device*, please refer to the *bottom of my post* for alternative methods to lookup your model number.
---
Once you've found your model number, you can look up its chipset in [my source](https://www.techwalls.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-model-numbers-differences/), or in the tables below:
Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930
-------------------------
```
╔══════════════════╦════════════════════╦════════════════════╦════════════════╗
║ Country / Region ║ Cell Phone Carrier ║ Model Number ║ Chipset ║
╠══════════════════╬════════════════════╬════════════════════╬════════════════╣
║ Canada ║ BELL MOBILITY ║ SM-G930W8 ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ China ║ ALL ║ SM-G9300, SM-G9308 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ Europe ║ ALL ║ SM-G930F ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ KT ║ SM-G930K ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ LGT ║ SM-G930L ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ SKT ║ SM-G930S ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Southeast Asia ║ ALL ║ SM-G930FD Duos* ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ US ║ CRICKET ║ SM-G930AZ ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ AT&T ║ SM-G930A ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ METROPCS ║ SM-G930T1 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ LTE RURAL VERIZON ║ SM-G930R6 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ C SPIRE WIRELESS ║ SM-G930R7 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ SPRINT PCS ║ SM-G930P ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ T-MOBILE ║ SM-G930T ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ US CELLULAR ║ SM-G930R4 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ VERIZON ║ SM-G930V ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ UNLOCKED ║ SM-G930U ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
╚══════════════════╩════════════════════╩════════════════════╩════════════════╝
* Dual-sim
```
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge SM-G935
------------------------------
```
╔══════════════════╦════════════════════╦═════════════════╦════════════════╗
║ Country / Region ║ Cell Phone Carrier ║ Model Number ║ Chipset ║
╠══════════════════╬════════════════════╬═════════════════╬════════════════╣
║ Canada ║ BELL MOBILITY ║ SM-G935W8 ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ China ║ ALL ║ SM-G9350 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ Europe ║ ALL ║ SM-G935F ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ KT ║ SM-G935K ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ LGT ║ SM-G935L ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ SKT ║ SM-G935S ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Southeast Asia ║ ALL ║ SM-G935FD Duos* ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ US ║ CRICKET ║ SM-G935AZ ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ AT&T ║ SM-G935A ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ METROPCS ║ SM-G935T1 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ LTE RURAL VERIZON ║ SM-G935R6 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ C SPIRE WIRELESS ║ SM-G935R7 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ SPRINT PCS ║ SM-G935P ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ T-MOBILE ║ SM-G935T ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ US CELLULAR ║ SM-G935R4 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ VERIZON ║ SM-G935V ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ UNLOCKED ║ SM-G935U ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
╚══════════════════╩════════════════════╩═════════════════╩════════════════╝
* Dual-sim
```
---
If your device is in a state where you can't get as far as *Settings > About Device*, then you can resort instead to rebooting into *recovery mode* or into *ODIN mode*.
Recovery mode displays the model number `SM-G930F` like so:
```
Android Recovery
MMB29K.G930FXXU1BPHJ
samsung/heroltexx/herolte
6.0.1/MMB29K/G930FXXU1BPHJ
user/release-keys
```
And ODIN mode displays the model number `SM-G930F` like so:
```
ODIN MODE
Download speed: fast
Product name: SM-G930F
Current binary: Samsung official
System status: official
FRP lock: ON
Secure download: enabled
Warranty void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:1 K:0 S:0
```
---
Upvotes: 4 |
2016/07/09 | 2,367 | 8,185 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Fairphone 2 running Fairphone Open OS, and I'm making a quixotic effort to avoid installing non-free (as in freedom) software on it and to optimize privacy.
I want swipe input, but I don't want to install Google Keyboard, (LatimeImeGoogle.apk) By default, the OS has AOSP keyboard. I've also installed the wonderfully code-friendly AnySoftKeyboard (which also has awesome themes) and Hacker's Keyboard from F-Droid, but though they are useful to me, they don't have swipe input.
I've read [this post](http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/guide-how-to-enable-googles-gesture-t2012628/post34605586#post34605586) which makes me think I have to get the source and compile the keyboard. I don't know how to do this at the moment, but I'm prepared to learn. I tried just replacing the library (by cheating and taking the correct library from the Google apk) mentioned in the post, and nothing changed (if I delete the library the keyboard stops working completely, so clearly I am making a system change by replacing it - it just doesn't do what I want).
I would like any of the following, in order of preference
1. a nice code-friendly FOSS keyboard with gesture input
2. a simple\* way to enable gesture input for AOSP
3. confirmation that I do, in fact, need to build AOSP myself to do what I want
4. any other relevant advice(!)
Obviously, I have root :)
\*I have an Ubuntu system to play with on my laptop if it helps...<issue_comment>username_1: The problem
-----------
The default AOSP keyboard does not ship with swipe. It will not appear in the settings.
The easy (but awkward) reason is that Google considered this feature to be too "secret" or so to release it in the open source code and thus they ship it in a proprietary library.
The solution
------------
If you want, you can push that library to your device after the ROM installation (and each update!). It is named `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` and needs to be put in `/system/lib`.
For me (Android 7.1, ARM) this lib was a really small (944 kB) and oldish (updated 2008) thing. (sha256sum: `442a2a8bfcb25489564bc9433a916fa4dc0dba9000fe6f6f03f5939b985091e6`)
Detailed guide
--------------
1. Download the correct Google Apps from <http://opengapps.org/>. (although I guess the lib may be the same for some versions, but well… just download the correct one)
2. Now get into the ZIP, respectively extract it. In the `Optional` dir you'll find another archive `swypelibs-lib-arm.tar.lz`. Extract that and you'll get the `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` file.
3. Now have your phone/device ready in recovery mode. Make sure to mount the `/system` partition in a writable way. In TWRP you have to go to "Mount" -> (if needed, uncheck) "mount /system in read-only" and then mount it by checking the box for "/system".
4. Now just push to file to your phone (`adb push /path/to/libjni_latinimegoogle.so /system/lib`) and restart.
It should work!
OTA survival
------------
I said you need to do this for each update. You can, however, also create a small OTA survival script, which backs up the file when the system is updated.
Here is my (currently, experimental) proposal:
```
#!/sbin/sh
#
# /system/addon.d/95-latinimegoogle.sh
# During an OS upgrade, this script backs up /system/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so,
# /system is formatted and reinstalled, then the file is restored.
#
. /tmp/backuptool.functions
list_files() {
cat <
```
Also available on GitHub: <https://gist.github.com/username_1/a4c9fa11c5c031faf45602d6bf922a1c>
1. Just save that file, push it your device into the `/system/addon.d` dir (`adb push 95-latinimegoogle.sh /system/addon.d`). (Yet again, you have to make sure `/system` is mounted.)
2. And make it executable: `adb shell` into your device, go to the dir via `cd /system/addon.d` and: `chmod +x 95-latinimegoogle.sh`.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: 1. The OTA survival script/configuration fragment hack stopped working on the OnePlus 3T after the last OEM firmware update from OnePlus. (Even though the final OEM firmware update for the OnePlus 3T was relased by OnePlus in July 2019, I feel compelled to still write this because I have not seen anyone mention this so far.) I think this is because the LineageOS maintainers of `oneplus3` started using digest files and this verifies system components against some set of signing keys, which will always cause the phone to vanish the custom OTA survival script. So, this means you are limited to the "top" half of the solution from [username_1](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/158241/username_1). So, according to my experience with the phones I have, I think the "bottom" part of the solution only works on either: older 32-bit Android devices (such as the OnePlus One/`bacon`) or any 64-bit Android devices with LOS builds that do not use digest file checking. (I do not know how to check for this on arbitrary LOS-available devices.)
2. The `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` hack requires TWRP as your custom recovery to work. Since LOS 17.1-18.1, Lineage Recovery has been offered for any device with LOS builds. However, do not use Lineage Recovery if you use this `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` hack. For some reason, if you have Lineage Recovery, the `/system/lib64` directory simply does not exist, even when you mount the device storage via Lineage Recovery. This was observed on a OnePlus 3T/`oneplus3`.
3. Based on what I have read, I infer that this `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` hack will simply not work on any custom ROM that properly implements verified boot via relocking the bootloader. As of May 2021, CalyxOS and GrapheneOS are 2 ROMs which use verified boot. So, dropping `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` among system files will probably be prohibited. Even if this gesture typing library hack was hypothetically possible, I feel like that would be an extremely bad security practice/move. Instead, if your use case/threat model allows for open source third-party keyboards, I would recommend [FlorisBoard](https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard), which has recently implemented what it calls "glide" typing and is [available on F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/). (Just to be clear, I am not affiliated with CalyxOS, GrapheneOS, or FlorisBoard.) AnySoftKeyboard promised some sort of glide/gesture typing, but that was back in 2018 and ASK never fully implemented this feature, back when I tired ASK once in 2020, IIRC.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: **Update for username_3 (Android 10.0)**
Based on this [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/MicroG/comments/ig9t7d/aosp_swipe_writing_on_microg/), step 4 of *rugk’s* detailed guide differs as follows (using TWRP since pushing the file with adb didn't work):
* transfer `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` onto your phone (`/sdcard`)
* start TWRP, check under "Mount" that `system` is mounted and "read-only" is not checked
* launch the command line under "Advanced » Terminal" and enter the following commands:
* `mv /sdcard/libjni_latinimegoogle /system/product/lib/`
* `chmod 644 /system/product/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle`
* `cd /system/product/app/LatinIME/lib/arm/`
* `rm libjni_latinime.so`
* `ln -s /system/product/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so libjni_latinime.so`
The above solution works like a charm with a Samsung S5 Neo (s5neolte/SM-G903F) and username_3 (Android 10).
As mentioned above, you can extract `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` from [Open GApps](https://opengapps.org/). Concerning the download options, it doesn't matter that much which Android version you choose. It seems the file hasn't been changed at least since Android 7.1. I used the following settings:
* Platform: arm
* Android: 10.0
* Variant: nano
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: A simple pre-built solution is now available in the form of [OpenBoard with Gesture Typing](https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/releases), a fork of OpenBoard which I believe just adds the proprietary swipe library. Also [AnySoft Keyboard](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard) does now have gesture typing, though I've not found it to be as good.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/10 | 2,152 | 7,455 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently bought a Jio Lyf 4005 which has Android 5.1 Lollipop running. But it does not have Google Play Store, instead it has Lyf Store (provided by the ISP) which has only a few apps available. Is there any way I can install Google Play Store on it?
I have already tried following and failed:
* Downloading and installing Google Accounts Manager, Play Store and Google Play Services APKs. It keeps showing the message "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped." When I try to open Google Play Store it shows the "Cannot Connect to the Server [RH-01]".
* I have rooted the phone and tried to copy GApps files to system folder but I am unable to paste anything there.
Any help is much appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: The problem
-----------
The default AOSP keyboard does not ship with swipe. It will not appear in the settings.
The easy (but awkward) reason is that Google considered this feature to be too "secret" or so to release it in the open source code and thus they ship it in a proprietary library.
The solution
------------
If you want, you can push that library to your device after the ROM installation (and each update!). It is named `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` and needs to be put in `/system/lib`.
For me (Android 7.1, ARM) this lib was a really small (944 kB) and oldish (updated 2008) thing. (sha256sum: `442a2a8bfcb25489564bc9433a916fa4dc0dba9000fe6f6f03f5939b985091e6`)
Detailed guide
--------------
1. Download the correct Google Apps from <http://opengapps.org/>. (although I guess the lib may be the same for some versions, but well… just download the correct one)
2. Now get into the ZIP, respectively extract it. In the `Optional` dir you'll find another archive `swypelibs-lib-arm.tar.lz`. Extract that and you'll get the `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` file.
3. Now have your phone/device ready in recovery mode. Make sure to mount the `/system` partition in a writable way. In TWRP you have to go to "Mount" -> (if needed, uncheck) "mount /system in read-only" and then mount it by checking the box for "/system".
4. Now just push to file to your phone (`adb push /path/to/libjni_latinimegoogle.so /system/lib`) and restart.
It should work!
OTA survival
------------
I said you need to do this for each update. You can, however, also create a small OTA survival script, which backs up the file when the system is updated.
Here is my (currently, experimental) proposal:
```
#!/sbin/sh
#
# /system/addon.d/95-latinimegoogle.sh
# During an OS upgrade, this script backs up /system/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so,
# /system is formatted and reinstalled, then the file is restored.
#
. /tmp/backuptool.functions
list_files() {
cat <
```
Also available on GitHub: <https://gist.github.com/username_1/a4c9fa11c5c031faf45602d6bf922a1c>
1. Just save that file, push it your device into the `/system/addon.d` dir (`adb push 95-latinimegoogle.sh /system/addon.d`). (Yet again, you have to make sure `/system` is mounted.)
2. And make it executable: `adb shell` into your device, go to the dir via `cd /system/addon.d` and: `chmod +x 95-latinimegoogle.sh`.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: 1. The OTA survival script/configuration fragment hack stopped working on the OnePlus 3T after the last OEM firmware update from OnePlus. (Even though the final OEM firmware update for the OnePlus 3T was relased by OnePlus in July 2019, I feel compelled to still write this because I have not seen anyone mention this so far.) I think this is because the LineageOS maintainers of `oneplus3` started using digest files and this verifies system components against some set of signing keys, which will always cause the phone to vanish the custom OTA survival script. So, this means you are limited to the "top" half of the solution from [username_1](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/158241/username_1). So, according to my experience with the phones I have, I think the "bottom" part of the solution only works on either: older 32-bit Android devices (such as the OnePlus One/`bacon`) or any 64-bit Android devices with LOS builds that do not use digest file checking. (I do not know how to check for this on arbitrary LOS-available devices.)
2. The `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` hack requires TWRP as your custom recovery to work. Since LOS 17.1-18.1, Lineage Recovery has been offered for any device with LOS builds. However, do not use Lineage Recovery if you use this `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` hack. For some reason, if you have Lineage Recovery, the `/system/lib64` directory simply does not exist, even when you mount the device storage via Lineage Recovery. This was observed on a OnePlus 3T/`oneplus3`.
3. Based on what I have read, I infer that this `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` hack will simply not work on any custom ROM that properly implements verified boot via relocking the bootloader. As of May 2021, CalyxOS and GrapheneOS are 2 ROMs which use verified boot. So, dropping `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` among system files will probably be prohibited. Even if this gesture typing library hack was hypothetically possible, I feel like that would be an extremely bad security practice/move. Instead, if your use case/threat model allows for open source third-party keyboards, I would recommend [FlorisBoard](https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard), which has recently implemented what it calls "glide" typing and is [available on F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/). (Just to be clear, I am not affiliated with CalyxOS, GrapheneOS, or FlorisBoard.) AnySoftKeyboard promised some sort of glide/gesture typing, but that was back in 2018 and ASK never fully implemented this feature, back when I tired ASK once in 2020, IIRC.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: **Update for username_3 (Android 10.0)**
Based on this [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/MicroG/comments/ig9t7d/aosp_swipe_writing_on_microg/), step 4 of *rugk’s* detailed guide differs as follows (using TWRP since pushing the file with adb didn't work):
* transfer `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` onto your phone (`/sdcard`)
* start TWRP, check under "Mount" that `system` is mounted and "read-only" is not checked
* launch the command line under "Advanced » Terminal" and enter the following commands:
* `mv /sdcard/libjni_latinimegoogle /system/product/lib/`
* `chmod 644 /system/product/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle`
* `cd /system/product/app/LatinIME/lib/arm/`
* `rm libjni_latinime.so`
* `ln -s /system/product/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so libjni_latinime.so`
The above solution works like a charm with a Samsung S5 Neo (s5neolte/SM-G903F) and username_3 (Android 10).
As mentioned above, you can extract `libjni_latinimegoogle.so` from [Open GApps](https://opengapps.org/). Concerning the download options, it doesn't matter that much which Android version you choose. It seems the file hasn't been changed at least since Android 7.1. I used the following settings:
* Platform: arm
* Android: 10.0
* Variant: nano
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: A simple pre-built solution is now available in the form of [OpenBoard with Gesture Typing](https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/releases), a fork of OpenBoard which I believe just adds the proprietary swipe library. Also [AnySoft Keyboard](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard) does now have gesture typing, though I've not found it to be as good.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/10 | 921 | 2,668 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently received some updates today from the Play Store. Every so often a pop notification, one of those bubble ones at the bottom of the screen with Chinese characters.
The most recent update I've noticed is the ES File Explorer. I wouldn't mind, but my device is rooted and so I am at risk. I have a screenshot of the notification.
My device is the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 and I have stock ROM installed.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bOfiJ.jpg)
What my question(s) are: Do I have a virus (it's not being picked up by Avast) and if I do, how do I remove it?<issue_comment>username_1: Try to boot into safe mode, and then carefully scan through the app drawer, and active processes in settings and try to find anything that seems suspicious, or without a description. Personally i have never seen any app use these bubbly toast messages, unless modded. It would be easier if it were written in Latin alphabet, and not Chinese hanzi.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Based on the information given, it's indeed caused by the latest update (9 July 2016) of ES File Explorer. From some of recent reviews,
>
> * This new version has a new issues, whenever I open the ES file explorer it's showing some errors in Chinese language. It's affecting other apps too... ([link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&reviewId=Z3A6QU9xcFRPR2tNT0wycHJZdDk3b2tibWRjZ2s3LWFTWnZ5VmhhT3kzRVZ5UTRsU0YwZnNxSHRUV0dkb205M2NuaDl2X0xQR2NfZ3ZhOXNiMDBPSDlTaGpZ))
> * Latest was a series of Chinese toast notifications being displayed even when not using the App. ([link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&reviewId=bGc6QU9xcFRPRjQ1b0VJcUZXZE5BU0hmLVR4VzBLclFVY3BnSzhHSjdzMzM5RGFzbUFMUTBUWC1uamd3bVVBWWo3MUJ3S1pOZXNvZmlkMVRHRVRaakVhWW9J))
> * new problem raised while using app some chinese lang messeges display which is distracted the main usage ([link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&reviewId=Z3A6QU9xcFRPSDJpbTgwMFUtR0VsT0ZZaFdEUWhBWF9PSlZZdkNEQU9PT3MxSUw0Y2RMeHhXRFZNZ29VOVgyOUNRa0p3YlR5a2ZFU29QMHZZZE9tdko3TlE0))
> * Latest update now causing messages in Chinese to popup near the bottom of the screen. ([link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&reviewId=Z3A6QU9xcFRPRXl0Yk9uYlhwTkkwWkVlYzl6c3pramxyOXV3MDdkSXV3ZDV4Vk9Zam5welhlRnRJLTA3UUxVTHNtNENVTVpjNEZlWER4SjdmNmkwYnlTWVB3))
> * and many more...
>
>
>
I *don't think* it's a virus. It supposed to be kind of "helpful" messages to the user (who can read it).
Upvotes: 3 |
2016/07/10 | 286 | 1,146 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a new Android user and I am considering encrypting my device for more security. My notebook runs Linux Mint and I have been transferring files to my Android (version 4.4) using the USB cable via Mint's default file manager Nemo. My question is: if I encrypt my device, will I be able to transfer files using the same method? And if I connect my device to other computers using the USB Mass Storage, will I also be able to see/add/remove files?<issue_comment>username_1: Most android phones have encryption by default id recommend reading this first. <http://www.howtogeek.com/141953/how-to-encrypt-your-android-phone-and-why-you-might-want-to/>
id also recommend adding a password verbal or using numbers on the lock screen keep usb debugging off unless needed and look into a app that can locate your phone or remote wipe it if lost. such as Avast
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Absolutely ! As long as you can unlock your device you can transfer files. Encryption works as usual but will encrypt the data but that doesn't mean you can't access it. Go for it ! Hope this helps !
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/11 | 788 | 3,034 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently updated to Android 6.0 and made my new 64GB SD card as adoptable storage. Unfortunately, as per [here:](https://source.android.com/devices/storage/adoptable.html)
>
> *Apps can be placed on adopted storage media **only** when the developer has indicated support through the android:installLocation attribute.*
>
>
>
This is problematic since I only have roughly 4GB of internal storage and some of these unmovable apps are quite large.
Without going into partitioning the SD card into 2 and using Link2SD/Apps2SD, is there a way to move these unmovable apps? My device is indeed rooted so that should hopefully help.
Edit: In reply to the user1871, and also I will add: I already put all those things on the SD card. Right now I have roughly 1 GB free in the internal storage. Also I do not want to uninstall anything. When I used DiskUsage to see what was using up a lot of the space, it was the data/app folder which contains a whole bunch of unmovable things such as base.apk, lib and oat folders.
These types of unmovable files is what concerns me since they will quickly add up and overtake my free 1 GB. I just want to find out a way I can move (or at least create symbolic links to those files after putting them into the SD card) without using Link2SD type apps. I'm leaving doing that as a last resort since formating an adopted SD Card will result in me having to factory reset my phone :(<issue_comment>username_1: Apps like Link2SD/Apps2SD can be falsely miss interpreted, apps once installed can have extra data moved to the sd card but a main portion of the app like the launcher will need to remain on the internal storage. there for a app cant be 100% on the sd card. you can set apps to auto install on the sd card but they still need a part on the internal. id suggest move any media pics,videos,music ect on the sd. uninstall any unneeded apps
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You just need a free app to do this without root. Please note that this does not work for preinstalled apps (like Google Play Books, etc.)
App: APK Editor
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.heagoo.apkeditor&hl=en>
Open the APK editor and choose 'Select APK from app'. Choose your app from the list that will appear and select 'Common Edit'. Change the 'Install Location' field to 'External Preferred'. Click Save and then Install. (you may have to uninstall it first.) You will now be able to use `Settings/Apps` or your preferred app manager to move the app to your SD Card.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: 1. Open the **APK editor**
2. Choose '**Select APK from app**'. Choose your app from the list that will appear
3. Select '**Common Edit**'
4. Change the '**Install Location**' field to '**External Preferred**'
5. Click **Save** (Working.... )
6. (you may have to uninstall it first.) **Remove app** and then **Install** again.
7. You will now be able to use Settings/Apps or your preferred app manager to move the app to your SD Card.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/11 | 531 | 2,066 | <issue_start>username_0: On a Galaxy S6 with Android 6.0.1 I use OpenVPN Connect.
It works properly when the device is not in power saving mode. However when I turn the power saving on, the OpenVPN connection immediately becomes flaky. The client connects to the server, but after a few seconds it loses connection and tries to reconnect.
I have explicitly turned off OpenVPN Connect in "App power saving".
Is there anything I can do except for turning power saving mode off?<issue_comment>username_1: Apps like Link2SD/Apps2SD can be falsely miss interpreted, apps once installed can have extra data moved to the sd card but a main portion of the app like the launcher will need to remain on the internal storage. there for a app cant be 100% on the sd card. you can set apps to auto install on the sd card but they still need a part on the internal. id suggest move any media pics,videos,music ect on the sd. uninstall any unneeded apps
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You just need a free app to do this without root. Please note that this does not work for preinstalled apps (like Google Play Books, etc.)
App: APK Editor
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.heagoo.apkeditor&hl=en>
Open the APK editor and choose 'Select APK from app'. Choose your app from the list that will appear and select 'Common Edit'. Change the 'Install Location' field to 'External Preferred'. Click Save and then Install. (you may have to uninstall it first.) You will now be able to use `Settings/Apps` or your preferred app manager to move the app to your SD Card.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: 1. Open the **APK editor**
2. Choose '**Select APK from app**'. Choose your app from the list that will appear
3. Select '**Common Edit**'
4. Change the '**Install Location**' field to '**External Preferred**'
5. Click **Save** (Working.... )
6. (you may have to uninstall it first.) **Remove app** and then **Install** again.
7. You will now be able to use Settings/Apps or your preferred app manager to move the app to your SD Card.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/11 | 324 | 1,225 | <issue_start>username_0: Suddenly my Android always pops up this ad that always in that position, even sometimes a video ad, when I wake my phone from sleep. Anyone has idea?
When I open the recent used app, it displays the correct recent used app.
I have tried uninstall my but no luck:
>
> * FF Record Keeper
> * 3rd party theme
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mEPfS.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: I advice you to try and find which applications are running by using a program that displays your current processes. One of those will be the adware. You could also try and install some android anti-adware blocker, or even cut out the banner with an image editing program, make an image search and find which program or advertisiment the image matches, then you will know which program it is and you can find instructions how to remove it.
If you install [termux](https://termux.com/) you can run the command `ps -al|more` and paste the output, then we will see which processes are running.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Not sure why and how, but the ads gone by itself in 1 week. I still believe this is a malware though.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/11 | 1,273 | 5,081 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to disable the default "Internet" app. I can't deactivate it via the app manager. I need it disabled, because the Tablet should not be allowed to use an internet browser, but other apps should still be able to connect to the internet. The device is hardened and only a few apps are allowed. But through the settings the user can reach the user manual, which opens the default internet app. Therefore I need to uninstall or disable it.
Has anybody an idea how to get rid of built in apps without rooting the device?
Thanks alot!<issue_comment>username_1: You can go to Settings > Applications > Application manager and navigate to all apps tab then found your browser in this list and tap on it and then you see turn off button, when you disable it using this button, browser should disappear from applications menu. If this is not working for you, there is no other way, you will need to root your tablet.
**Update:**
After you root your device, you need to download root explorer, total commander or ESFile Manager and go to system/app where you should find browser and delete or cut it from here.
**IF YOU DELETE IT FROM HERE, THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO RESTORE THIS WITHOUT REFLASHING ENTIRE ROM!**
But there is a second way, which I recommend to you. With downloading Titanium Backup from Google Play Store and freezing your browser from this powerful app. After this you could restore it any time you want.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Download "Package disabler" from google playstore,open it and scroll down to find "internet" disable it,it automatically vanishes from your app drawer.You dont need to need root access.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Go to app manager, select Samsung Internet, then disable all permissions, you will reach a point where you are asked if you would like to uninstall all updates and to go back to the factory stock of the app, just click ok. It will uninstall, and when you go to your default apps, Samsung Internet is no longer there. Just did this!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: From <https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/>:
>
> **WARNING** Uninstalling system applications can be dangerous so please know what you’re getting rid of before you complete these steps. Failing to do so could result in your phone becoming unusable until you perform a factory reset. Of course, by removing any given system application, another system application that may depend on it may also break so be careful what you remove.
>
>
>
1. Install the USB drivers for your device (Google has a list of some universal USB drivers [here](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb.html))
2. Download the [ADB binary](https://www.xda-developers.com/google-releases-separate-adb-and-fastboot-binary-downloads/) for your particular OS ([Windows](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip), [Mac](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip), [Linux](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip))
3. Extract the zip file into a folder that you can quickly access.
4.
On your phone, go to Settings and tap on About Phone. Find the Build Number and tap on it 7 times to enable Developer Options.
4.
Now enter Developer Options and find USB Debugging. Enable it.
5.
Plug your phone into the computer and change it from "charge only" mode to "file transfer (MTP)" mode.
6.
On your computer, browse to the directory where you extracted the ADB binary.
7.
Launch a Command Prompt in your ADB folder. For Windows users, this can be done by holding Shift and Right-clicking then selecting the “open command prompt here” option.
8.
Once you're in the command prompt/terminal, enter the following command: `adb devices`
9.
You will see that the system is starting the ADB daemon. If this is your first time running ADB, you will see a prompt on your phone asking you to authorize a connection with the computer. Grant it.
10.
Now if you re-run the `adb devices` command, the terminal will print the serial number of your device. If so, then you’re ready to move on.
11.
Enter the following command: `adb shell`
12.
Execute the `pm list packages | grep ''` command to find `package names.package list`
>
> **ALTERNATIVELY:** You can also easily find the package name of an installed system application by installing the [App Inspector](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubqsoft.sec01) app on your phone. I prefer doing it this way so you know exactly what the app name is of the application that you are about to uninstall.
>
>
>
---
**If you have App Inspector follow the steps below:**
-----------------------------------------------------
Step 1: Tap on "App List"
Step 2: Find the app you want to uninstall. (eg. "Compass")
Step 3: Find the package name under the App Name (eg. "com.huawei.compass")
---
14.
Execute the command like so: `pm uninstall -k --user 0` command to uninstall a specific system application.
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/11 | 364 | 1,461 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I block ads on youtube on my android device? I have tried proxy websites - hide.me and plenty others, however, they work only on a windows machine, on android, they don't work, the webpage says "javascript not enabled". I have tried ad blocking proxy apps- adblock(no root), SEVEN adclear(non play store and play store versions), Adguard(non play store and play store versions). but it seems like youTube has found a way to bypass them all. IS this possible on android? if yes, how do i make it work?
PS: Or is there any free vpn app (not free trial) which blocks ads. I want this to work on all webKit (webView) based browsers<issue_comment>username_1: If you have root you can use adaway app. It's completely free and 100% working. You can download it here <https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway> . This app blocks all ads in browsers, all apps and games and youtube too, it uses hosts file to do so.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You won't be able to block ads in the Youtube APP as long as you don't want to root your device. Blocking these ads requires changes to the DNS settings and you can't change these settings without root, nor can an app.
When you don't want to root your device the only option I see is just to use Firefox (or a similar Browser), install the Adblocker addon and watch your videos through the browser. Less comfort, but the only option remaining without root.
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/11 | 1,912 | 7,875 | <issue_start>username_0: If I create a secondary user and install an app while using the phone as that user, will the permissions for that app carry over for the primary user?
For example, let's say I have a primary user, Foo, with a Google account <EMAIL>. I then create the user Bar with the account <EMAIL>. Whilst using the phone as Bar, I install an app with the "find accounts on the device" permission.
Will this allow the app to see the accounts I have registered with the primary account, i.e. <EMAIL>? Will it even be able to find the primary user at all or are there hard boundaries between user "workspaces" (for lack of a better term), and as far as the app can see, there's only Bar and its registered accounts on the device?
I'm just generally concerned with apps finding out about my personal data, contacts, emails, etc, and would like to use a "dummy" account for any app I consider hostile in this regard. Would this work?
I have a Nexus 5X running Android 6.0.1.<issue_comment>username_1: The two accounts should be separate, both in terms of data and in terms of permissions.
From [Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0-marshmallow-thoroughly-reviewed/5/):
>
> Permissions are unique to each user, so if anyone out there is actually using Android's multi-user mode, one person granting a permission doesn't affect anyone else.
>
>
>
And from the [Android Developer guide](https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.2.html#MultipleUsers):
>
> Whenever your app saves user preferences, creates a database, or writes a file to the user’s internal or external storage space, that data is accessible only while running as that user.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Google has documented both the [multi-user feature](https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/multi-user.html) itself, and the [associated API](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManager.html) which shows what an application could do with it.
Behind the scenes, the multi-user feature relies on SELinux multi-level (MLS, aka. multi-categories) system where each user is associated to its own SELinux category (see NSA's presentation [SELinux in Android Lollilop and Marshmallow](http://kernsec.org/files/lss2015/lss2015_selinuxinandroidlollipopandm_smalley.pdf) for reference, in particular slides 13 and 14). This provides a very robust and reliable separation between users, enforced at Android's kernel level and therefore hardly bypassable.
In this scheme, there are public and private resources. Public resources are shared between all users, while private resources are the own private property of each user and cannot be accessed by others.
* Public resources include mostly installed applications and global phone configuration. Note that you can restrict the way secondary users may use the device, for instance secondary users can be prevented from passing any phone call.
* Private resources include mostly local user's settings, local application and user's data.
Now let's see what are the concrete consequences of these statements (I reuse your convention of user Foo as the primary user and user Bar as the secondary one).
>
> If I create a secondary user and install an app while using the phone
> as that user, will the permissions for that app carry over for the
> primary user?
>
>
>
Installed applications are considered as public resources, therefore if the user Bar installs an application then the same application will also be available for user Foo, even if the user Foo did never explicitly accepted the application's requested permissions.
However, user Bar will have no way to make the application run into Foo's profile, neither it will have access to Foo's private data. Moreover, except in the case of a badly buggy or downright malicious application (ie. an application which would copy private data into some shared location), both Foo and Bar can run the application, Foo and Bar's private data will remain safe (they can even use it at the same time if the application supports it, if it does not it will simply refuse to start or crash).
>
> For example, let's say I have a primary user, Foo, with a Google
> account <EMAIL>. I then create the user Bar with the account
> <EMAIL>. Whilst using the phone as Bar, I install an app with
> the "find accounts on the device" permission.
>
>
> Will this allow the app to see the accounts I have registered with the
> primary account, i.e. <EMAIL>?
>
>
>
I just want to warn to not confuse the *"Find accounts on the device"* permission with the multi-user feature which is unrelated. Each user has its own list of accounts which is considered private information, and therefore not shared to any other device's users.
When Bar runs the application, only Bar's accounts will be available, whereas when Foo runs the application only Foo's accounts will be available.
>
> Will it even be able to find the primary user at all or are there hard
> boundaries between user "workspaces" (for lack of a better term), and
> as far as the app can see, there's only Bar and its registered
> accounts on the device?
>
>
>
The users list seems to be considered as public information, most likely as a Unix world historical inheritance since I do not see any technical reason for this. Personally I would have appreciated if it wasn't the case (ie. users more as transparent sandboxes than standard Unix users, at least as long as applications are not granted some specific permission).
Anyway, the [Android API documentation](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManager.html) page linked at the beginning of this post lists the methods that an application can use to gather information about current and other users. Most of them do not seem to require any specific permission.
>
> I'm just generally concerned with apps finding out about my personal
> data, contacts, emails, etc, and would like to use a "dummy" account
> for any app I consider hostile in this regard. Would this work?
>
>
>
Yes, I even think this can be a very good idea, just be sure to be in your dummy account when launching it since the same application may also be available for your primary user.
***Usability notes:***
The multi-user feature in Android systems still seems very young and not very mature. This means that there are impacting changes between Android version and compatibility issues.
For instance:
* User types and authorization handling: how the primary user and/or a corporate central device administration platform may define or restrict secondary/restricted/profile/guest users rights in terms of functionality and applications they may use or install is subject to heavy changes between Android versions and underlying devices (while still running Android, tablets may offer different options than cellphones).
* The same also applies to the way applications installation, permission requests, applications sharing and uninstallation are processed (they may be directly available, they may be displayed but marked *"Not installed for this user"*, they may not be displayed at all while still leaving the APK available, etc.).
* Some feature may come and go between the broken and fixed state between versions (the *"Allow unknown sources"* setting for secondary users has been [reportedly](https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79728) unavailable for 5.0, fixed in 5.1, broken in 6.0, fixed again in 6.0.1).
* Some applications may not work when using a secondary user ([F-Droid](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/78) for instance).
There are still what I consider to be missing features, for instance there is no proper way for a user [to log out](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/125571/107603).
Upvotes: 3 |
2016/07/11 | 358 | 1,457 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to delete my whatsapp history from my stolen device. How can I do that?<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunetly, WhatsApp does not have a remote delete function that I know of. If you **really** want to get rid of the history, you can wipe your device remotely if you have anti-theft installed. I recommend trying [Android Device Manager.](https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager) It is most likely already activated on your phone. You can wipe it from there (If Android Device Manager has permissions to), or at least lock you phone and set a new device unlock code. I would always reccomend using Google's Find your Phone page, which is linked below. It will lead you through the different steps you can take to deal with a lost phone, and links to Android Device Manager.
[Google's Find Your Phone Wizard](https://security.google.com/settings/security/find-your-phone)
[Additional Information on using Android Device Manager](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6160491?hl=en)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Well, yes there's no remote functions for WhatsApp. But you can do this, Block the old sim and take a new sim with the same number and install and setup WhatsApp in another phone. This will prevent your old device from accessing your WhatsApp. Also you can use Android Device Manager to remotely wipe or lock the device. Hope you'll be safe from misusing of your lost phone and sim.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/11 | 497 | 2,045 | <issue_start>username_0: I am fine with staying with the current Android OS but I just want root in order to be able to change the default installation location, etc.
I also want to know how I will be able to unroot it.
I do not wish to use Kingroot at all.
I am asking this because I couldn't find any guide about rooting LG G4 Beat.
I want a safe and reliable way that won't need too many permissions and won't upload my private data to remote servers like KingRoot does, I read in the internet that that's what it does and that is pretty creepy so I would like to avoid using KingRoot or any other one click root app, I can follow steps as long as they are clear and not too complicated<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunetly, WhatsApp does not have a remote delete function that I know of. If you **really** want to get rid of the history, you can wipe your device remotely if you have anti-theft installed. I recommend trying [Android Device Manager.](https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager) It is most likely already activated on your phone. You can wipe it from there (If Android Device Manager has permissions to), or at least lock you phone and set a new device unlock code. I would always reccomend using Google's Find your Phone page, which is linked below. It will lead you through the different steps you can take to deal with a lost phone, and links to Android Device Manager.
[Google's Find Your Phone Wizard](https://security.google.com/settings/security/find-your-phone)
[Additional Information on using Android Device Manager](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6160491?hl=en)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Well, yes there's no remote functions for WhatsApp. But you can do this, Block the old sim and take a new sim with the same number and install and setup WhatsApp in another phone. This will prevent your old device from accessing your WhatsApp. Also you can use Android Device Manager to remotely wipe or lock the device. Hope you'll be safe from misusing of your lost phone and sim.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/12 | 295 | 1,242 | <issue_start>username_0: Can other smartphone manufacturers beyond google sell phones with stock android?<issue_comment>username_1: yes they can sell it with stock android
Upvotes: -1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Depends on what you mean by "stock Android". Android itself is open source (see Wikipedia: [Android Open Source Project (AOSP)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#Open-source_community)). But that doesn't include the Google Apps. If they want to ship those, they need to sign the [Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA)](https://www.droidwiki.de/MADA), which comes with a set of rules (which Google apps they *must* install, which must be placed prominently on the home screen, and more). It also requires them to get their devices "certified" by Google.
If they are willing to take that burden, they of course can. Many manufacturers still chose to ship devices with their own modifications of the user interface, to make their products "more outstanding", and also include a bunch of [bloatware](/questions/tagged/bloatware "show questions tagged 'bloatware'") of doubtful value (often duplicating what the Google apps forced upon them by MADA terms already provide).
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/12 | 425 | 1,876 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently purchased the Galaxy S& Edge, but as of yesterday I have been experiencing a strange problem with the screen. The screen is divided into sections, alternating between sections of normal color and brightness, and sections where the color and brightness seems darker. When I adjust the brightness of the screen to max, the dark areas get smaller and smaller until they completely go away at max brightness. The same goes for the normal areas at lowest brightness - they disappear. Obviously I don't want to keep my phone at max or min brightness all the time, so does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I have tried restarting and clearing the system cache, and starting in safe mode, but to no avail.<issue_comment>username_1: yes they can sell it with stock android
Upvotes: -1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Depends on what you mean by "stock Android". Android itself is open source (see Wikipedia: [Android Open Source Project (AOSP)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#Open-source_community)). But that doesn't include the Google Apps. If they want to ship those, they need to sign the [Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA)](https://www.droidwiki.de/MADA), which comes with a set of rules (which Google apps they *must* install, which must be placed prominently on the home screen, and more). It also requires them to get their devices "certified" by Google.
If they are willing to take that burden, they of course can. Many manufacturers still chose to ship devices with their own modifications of the user interface, to make their products "more outstanding", and also include a bunch of [bloatware](/questions/tagged/bloatware "show questions tagged 'bloatware'") of doubtful value (often duplicating what the Google apps forced upon them by MADA terms already provide).
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/12 | 156 | 590 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a OnePlus X running Android 5.1.1.
I noticed that the ring volume keeps reseting itself (or is reset by s.t.) to zero. This usually happens when I switch the phone back from no-interruptions mode but also at essentially random moments (if much more rarely then).
Is there any way to stop this?<issue_comment>username_1: My Problem is Solved by upgrading Android lollipop to `marshmallow 6.0.1`.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Many users claim that turning off *Settings > Device > Call > Increase Volume in Pocket* resolves this problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/12 | 308 | 1,131 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought a Google Nexus 5X a week ago, and I'm surprised by the autonomy. Being 100% charged at 9:00 AM, at ~7:00 PM the battery is empty. I use about an hour of Spotify a day and Facebook & Messenger are installed.
I run on a Android 6.0.1 that seems to be fully updated.
I can give it back to my reseller, but it is really an anomaly ?<issue_comment>username_1: OH Facebook and messenger theirs your battery killers. plus anything using the net will kill it. i charge my 5X and im good for 3 days. I dont play games but i use it for some web browsing well away from home. also i listen to music on the device which dont eat the battery as bad
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: For people who were wondering, after a product replacement and a few weeks of use, I had about 12 hours of autonomy with a regular use (without Facebook app but with Facebook Messenger).
Then, I installed the Android Nougat update in the same phone, and I now have about 1.5-2 days of the same use ! The autonomy is almost doubled.
It seems to be really dependant of the software optimization and the usage.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/12 | 2,269 | 5,814 | <issue_start>username_0: I just bought a new LG Nexus 5X. Stock 6.0.1, not rooted. For some reason, Google Contacts has been force-closing. Clearing its cache & data did not resolve it. I can't reproduce the issue in Safe Mode, so apparently it's caused by a 3rd party app. The only apps that have the ability to update contact information are Google Plus & Facebook Messenger. I tried uninstalling both, but the problem still occurred.
I also have Google Contacts installed on my LG G3 with all the same apps and it works fine. When I set up my 5X, I imported apps & data from my G3. I tried a factory reset yesterday and restored apps & data from my most recent Google backup of the device with no joy.
**EDIT**: I forgot to mention I'm able to access and edit my contacts via the contacts tab in Google Phone just fine.
I took a bug report, here's the crash info. No idea what it means. I hope someone has an idea.
```
------ SYSTEM LOG (logcat -v threadtime -d *:v) ------
--------- beginning of crash
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.google.android.contacts, PID: 24506
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.google.android.contacts/com.android.contacts.activities.PeopleActivity}: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.provider.action.QUICK_CONTACT flg=0x4000000 pkg=com.google.android.contacts (has extras) }
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5422)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.provider.action.QUICK_CONTACT flg=0x4000000 pkg=com.google.android.contacts (has extras) }
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:1798)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1512)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3930)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3890)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4213)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4181)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.contacts.common.util.ImplicitIntentsUtil.startActivityInApp(ImplicitIntentsUtil.java:75)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.contacts.activities.PeopleActivity.processIntent(PeopleActivity.java:294)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.contacts.activities.PeopleActivity.onCreate(PeopleActivity.java:233)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6251)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1107)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2369)
07-11 17:18:54.398 24506 24506 E AndroidRuntime: ... 9 more
07-11 17:24:34.384 28315 28653 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-3829
07-11 17:24:34.384 28315 28653 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.paranoidgems.potential, PID: 28315
07-11 17:24:34.384 28315 28653 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'java.util.Iterator java.util.List.iterator()' on a null object reference
07-11 17:24:34.384 28315 28653 E AndroidRuntime: at com.paranoidgems.potential.i.run(BatteryStatusBroadcastReceiver.java:541)
```<issue_comment>username_1: OH Facebook and messenger theirs your battery killers. plus anything using the net will kill it. i charge my 5X and im good for 3 days. I dont play games but i use it for some web browsing well away from home. also i listen to music on the device which dont eat the battery as bad
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: For people who were wondering, after a product replacement and a few weeks of use, I had about 12 hours of autonomy with a regular use (without Facebook app but with Facebook Messenger).
Then, I installed the Android Nougat update in the same phone, and I now have about 1.5-2 days of the same use ! The autonomy is almost doubled.
It seems to be really dependant of the software optimization and the usage.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/12 | 270 | 938 | <issue_start>username_0: When I cannect another phone to my phone by bluetooth tethering, to use my phone's data internet, the data internet icon (4G) disappears and no longer is connected (while data is on).
What is wrong with my phone?<issue_comment>username_1: id just recommend setting up a wifi hotspot. <http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/how-tether-google-android-phone-image-3279408/>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I just encountered this same problem.
I fixed it by following [this blogpost](http://blog.podrezo.com/android-no-valid-tethering-apn-issue-resolved/), basically at the bottom he describes that you need an extra APN setup just for the tethering.
iOS has a dedicated tethering APN setting, but for android, you need to add one for yourself.
I had to add an extra APN where the APN-type was "dun".
After I added this one, tethering worked for me and the 4G icon stopped disappearing.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/13 | 1,193 | 4,535 | <issue_start>username_0: Background
==========
SleepBot is a freeware sleep-tracking app. It includes a ["smart alarm"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SleepBot#Features) feature which claims to help prevent early-morning grogginess and [sleep inertia](http://enwp.org/Sleep_inertia).
There are other competing free apps, but they aren't great. There's also [Sleep as Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.sleep&hl=en), which is a very good app; but it's trialware, and it costs US$4 to remove the [restrictions](http://sleep.urbandroid.org/documentation/trial/) after the trial ends.
The problem
===========
Various individuals, such as [this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/3zflgf/3rd_party_alarm_apps_not_waking_device/cz6adte) and [this one](https://www.facebook.com/sleepbot/posts/1097826330280187), complain of problems with SleepBot's alarm functionality when using Android 6.x "Marshmallow". They tend to complain about problems regarding SleepBot's smart alarms never ringing at all, or about problems with the alarms' snooze function.
My questions
============
I don't own any Android 6.x device. But I wonder:
* Does Android 6.x "Marshmallow" truly cause problems with SleepBot?
* Are any of these problems due to "Doze" mode?
* Is there any workaround for any of these problems?
---
Possibly related: ["Alarm clocks aren't working on Android 6"](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/145848/alarm-clocks-arent-working-on-android-6).<issue_comment>username_1: You should be able to turn off App Optimization. Go to settings -> apps -> click the gear at the top right -> then click Battery Optimization. Add the app to "Not Optimized."
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I wanted to add this as a comment to the accepted answer but I didn't have enough reputation.
I am using a Galaxy Note 5 and have upgraded to Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow". I am experiencing the same problem. I have since:
* uninstalled and reinstalled SleepBot on Marshmallow.
* added SleepBot as a "Disabled" app in App Optimisation.
These are my observations:
* My movement-tracking graphs show nothing but a flat line (before I upgraded, the graphs were very dynamic).
* Smart alarms or normal alarms will not fire within the smart window or on the instructed time respectively. Only when I hit the "Home" key to turn on the screen, the alarm will fire.
* They will, eventually, go off without waking up the phone by hitting the "Home" key. For example, the smart window is 6:45 - 7:15, the alarm went off at 7:27.
It may be noteworthy that all my testing has been while the device is in flight mode (because I keep my phone under my pillow and don't want the radios on while it is near my head for 7ish hours :) ).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I've experienced similar problems on my Samsung Galaxy S7 running Android 7.0 where the SleepBot alarm hasn't gone off in the morning. I don't use it in smart alarm mode, for the record. When I've picked my phone up and activated it (after thoroughly oversleeping - thanks so much) the alarm has gone off immediately. The problem has been intermittent, and I haven't really noticed a pattern. I'll often keep my phone under my pillow, but also sometimes next to me or on the nightstand. I haven't noticed if there's a correlation between the phone's location and whether or not the alarm has gone off as expected. I've restarted the phone more than once in the time I've experienced these issues.
I looked at the phone's sound settings today, and I have a theory that I've been causing the problem. At the end of the sound settings there's an Easy mute option, which when activated will *mute incoming calls and alarms by putting your hand over the screen or turning the phone face down*. I have certainly left my phone upside down some nights, although I don't imagine I've slept with my hand on top of the screen. Either way I turned the feature off, so here's hoping that'll fix it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I have also noticed this, on a galaxy S6 running android 7. However, I have additionally linked it to the fact if the phone is plugged/charging it never occurs. If the phone is running on battery, then it occurs nearly 100%, exactly as username_3 describes. I am going to attempt to disable the App Power Monitor settings, i.e. add it to the exclude list. This didn't happen when the phone was new, it is definitely an issue with either later versions of SleepBot or later versions of Android.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/13 | 830 | 3,352 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone's screen is broken and I'd like to transfer files from it to my pc, but I can't acces them as Charging Mode is enabled by default. Does anyone have any idea how I can get access to my files through my pc? My phone is a rooted Motorola Moto X Style, running Cyanogenmod 13.
Thanks alot!<issue_comment>username_1: You should be able to turn off App Optimization. Go to settings -> apps -> click the gear at the top right -> then click Battery Optimization. Add the app to "Not Optimized."
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I wanted to add this as a comment to the accepted answer but I didn't have enough reputation.
I am using a Galaxy Note 5 and have upgraded to Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow". I am experiencing the same problem. I have since:
* uninstalled and reinstalled SleepBot on Marshmallow.
* added SleepBot as a "Disabled" app in App Optimisation.
These are my observations:
* My movement-tracking graphs show nothing but a flat line (before I upgraded, the graphs were very dynamic).
* Smart alarms or normal alarms will not fire within the smart window or on the instructed time respectively. Only when I hit the "Home" key to turn on the screen, the alarm will fire.
* They will, eventually, go off without waking up the phone by hitting the "Home" key. For example, the smart window is 6:45 - 7:15, the alarm went off at 7:27.
It may be noteworthy that all my testing has been while the device is in flight mode (because I keep my phone under my pillow and don't want the radios on while it is near my head for 7ish hours :) ).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I've experienced similar problems on my Samsung Galaxy S7 running Android 7.0 where the SleepBot alarm hasn't gone off in the morning. I don't use it in smart alarm mode, for the record. When I've picked my phone up and activated it (after thoroughly oversleeping - thanks so much) the alarm has gone off immediately. The problem has been intermittent, and I haven't really noticed a pattern. I'll often keep my phone under my pillow, but also sometimes next to me or on the nightstand. I haven't noticed if there's a correlation between the phone's location and whether or not the alarm has gone off as expected. I've restarted the phone more than once in the time I've experienced these issues.
I looked at the phone's sound settings today, and I have a theory that I've been causing the problem. At the end of the sound settings there's an Easy mute option, which when activated will *mute incoming calls and alarms by putting your hand over the screen or turning the phone face down*. I have certainly left my phone upside down some nights, although I don't imagine I've slept with my hand on top of the screen. Either way I turned the feature off, so here's hoping that'll fix it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I have also noticed this, on a galaxy S6 running android 7. However, I have additionally linked it to the fact if the phone is plugged/charging it never occurs. If the phone is running on battery, then it occurs nearly 100%, exactly as username_3 describes. I am going to attempt to disable the App Power Monitor settings, i.e. add it to the exclude list. This didn't happen when the phone was new, it is definitely an issue with either later versions of SleepBot or later versions of Android.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/13 | 325 | 1,353 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 5.0.2 stock, and I'd like to use the facial recognition in addition to drawing an unlock-pattern. This works fine, my face is recognized, but after that, only the dots of the unlock-pattern disappear, meaning I still have to swipe the screen in order to get to the home-screen (where the icons are). I'd like to go to that screen directly when my face is recognized, without the swipe-part. So what's the clue getting rid of that? If I have to swipe, faciol recognition is useless in my opinion, because if I swipe the screen or if I swipe a pattern makes no real difference. So how is this intended to work?<issue_comment>username_1: In some of the Samsung devices there is a bug in the stock rom that forces the swipe unlock to prompt even when you have by-passed your lock screen and acts as a double lock screen. This is solved if you switch to a custom ROM instead. In Some cases you want to check the lock screen tab under the settings menu and uncheck something as Use Swipe to unlock. And select the facial recognition under the settings -> Lock screen option.
Hope this helps!!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Here's an Xposed module I've just created that does what I think you're looking for:
<http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.samstenner.instantunlock>
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/13 | 545 | 1,788 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to setup fingerprint unlock on my Nexus 6P. I believe I have it setup correctly, but when I go to unlock the phone by putting my finger on the sensor, it vibrates once then makes me put in my pattern to unlock the phone. Isn't there a way to unlock with just the fingerprint and not have to do the pattern also?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jbubN.png)<issue_comment>username_1: Hope this helps ! [Setting up the finger print on nexus devices](https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiZ1bCB8vDNAhVLwI8KHWr0C4UQFggdMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.google.com%2Fnexus%2Fanswer%2F6285273%3Fhl%3Den&usg=AFQjCNGwe-vCSnatC0aopcMqKqjUqKaCgw&sig2=RbG-yP78XuQSqWW3wAUNlg&bvm=bv.126993452,d.c2I)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You got both finger print and pattern turned on. just shut off pattern
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: You probably need to set up your fingerprints again, making sure to cover as much of your finger as possible. You need to do the tip, sides and center of the tip of your finger in order for it to be able to properly identify your finger. If you don't train it properly then it won't be able to reliably identify your fingerprint so will vibrate to let you know it hasn't read it properly.
The more you are able to successfully unlock your phone the better the detection gets as it learns with each unlock.
If you have successfully set taught your device your fingerprint(s) the you should be able to unlock it with either your fingerprint or the pattern. It should not require both to unlock (although both do need to be configured so that you have a backup option if your fingerprint isn't recognised)
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/13 | 554 | 2,112 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Nexus 4 that was soft bricked during an OTA update. I have tried to flash several factory images to it and every time it gave me the error "FAILED (data transfer failure (Value too large for defined data type))". When I tried to flash Occam 4.4 it seemed to finish without any problems. Now when I try to boot it up it doesn't get past the Google screen. I have left it on the Google screen for over an hour and tried wiping the cache and factory reseting it but it is still stuck on the Google screen. Also I tried to flash Occam 4.4 again but the same error displayed when I tried. The bootloader on the phone is unlocked. Can anyone help me either with getting past the Google screen or re-installing Occam on it? I run Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04
**Note** USB De-bugging is not activated<issue_comment>username_1: Regarding the message `FAILED (data transfer failure (Value too large for defined data type))`, in my case the issue was resolved using another USB cable (first one was from a Samsung Galaxy tablet, second one from a Nexus 7 tablet)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I was using adb from an Armv7 device and trying to sideload a ROM, where I got this error (`adb sideload ROM`).
Frustrated, I tried pushing the ROM (`adb push ROM` and make sure the phone is NOT in the sideload state) and got the exact same error.
This turned out to be the fault of the USB driver, and was nothing to do with adb nor the ROM.
I have heard that USB 2 ports are better for flashing, but my laptop only has USB 3 ports.
So what could I do?
Well, the android shell provided by TWRP contains the `cat` command. So I `split -b 100M rom-parts-` on my laptop, to split the ROM into several parts, and then did `adb push rom-parts-* /sdcard/`.
This transferred the files fine. I could then do `adb shell` to get access to the android shell on the device, and then did `cat rom-parts-* >` and then verified it was the same file by doing an md5sum or sha256sum and comparing with the original file online.
In TWRP I was then able to install the image easily.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/13 | 775 | 3,087 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to ask if there is a quick way to control my android devices volume from my pc. All solutions I find in Google are the otherway round. So does anybody has an idea?
Thank you in advance<issue_comment>username_1: You can try a remote control app that would allow you to control anything on your android phone from your computer. If you are okay with this approach you can try app called [Vysor - Android control on PC](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.vysor&hl=en).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I found a free workaround: on your android device where you want the volume to be changed, install tasker and pushbullet. Also install pushbullet on your device that you want to use as your remote (this can also be a computer or ios device). Simple configure pushbullet on both devices so you can push notifications to each other. Then open tasker and make a new profile > event > filter on 'push' > 'receive a push' > configuration > filter on text: 1 > new task > media volume to 1. Repeat this for text: 2 > media volume: 2 etc. Send 2 and tasker will set your media volume to 2. If testing its good to know that sometimes tasker needs a restart before changes are made.
Let me know if this works for you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I use an application called [Vysor](http://www.vysor.io/download/)
for this. Install it to your pc (allow USB debugging from your mobile phone) and you can control your phone from it as long as it is connected to your pc or mac.
You get 1 ad every half an hour but it is the best app that I have found so far.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I am proud to announce that I have just published an application on Google Play Store and Github to address this exact problem.
It is (and will remain) free, without ads, and open source.
It will let you control the sound volume of your Android device remotely, easily, from any device that has a web browser (this includes PC or iPhone per example) and is connected to the same local network (Wifi).
You can get it :
on Google Play Store : [Web Remote Volume Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.username_4.webremotevolumecontrol)
on GitHub : [username_4/androidapp-webremotevolumecontrol](https://github.com/username_4/androidapp-webremotevolumecontrol)
Some times ago, I did land on this stackexchange question when searching how to control volume remotely easily. I did try the Vysor+SliderWidget solution, it did work, but I was not happy with that. Moreover that solution did not include iPhone as the remote controller. So I have built this app for myself, but finally I have decided to make it public.
If it can be useful to even a single person, I will be very happy.
EDIT : my app now has more than 150 users located all around the world : I am very happy :D
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_5: The thing is: you'll need a desktop app that will communicate to your Android app via TCP/IP or Bluetooth (BluetoothAdapter) which will control the entire volume of the mobile.
Upvotes: -1 |
2016/07/14 | 771 | 3,088 | <issue_start>username_0: I was just wondering, if you get Maps to load directions and start navigating, then turn off the data access, can Maps function fully, or does it need to constantly pull data to run directions?<issue_comment>username_1: You can try a remote control app that would allow you to control anything on your android phone from your computer. If you are okay with this approach you can try app called [Vysor - Android control on PC](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.vysor&hl=en).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I found a free workaround: on your android device where you want the volume to be changed, install tasker and pushbullet. Also install pushbullet on your device that you want to use as your remote (this can also be a computer or ios device). Simple configure pushbullet on both devices so you can push notifications to each other. Then open tasker and make a new profile > event > filter on 'push' > 'receive a push' > configuration > filter on text: 1 > new task > media volume to 1. Repeat this for text: 2 > media volume: 2 etc. Send 2 and tasker will set your media volume to 2. If testing its good to know that sometimes tasker needs a restart before changes are made.
Let me know if this works for you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I use an application called [Vysor](http://www.vysor.io/download/)
for this. Install it to your pc (allow USB debugging from your mobile phone) and you can control your phone from it as long as it is connected to your pc or mac.
You get 1 ad every half an hour but it is the best app that I have found so far.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I am proud to announce that I have just published an application on Google Play Store and Github to address this exact problem.
It is (and will remain) free, without ads, and open source.
It will let you control the sound volume of your Android device remotely, easily, from any device that has a web browser (this includes PC or iPhone per example) and is connected to the same local network (Wifi).
You can get it :
on Google Play Store : [Web Remote Volume Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.username_4.webremotevolumecontrol)
on GitHub : [username_4/androidapp-webremotevolumecontrol](https://github.com/username_4/androidapp-webremotevolumecontrol)
Some times ago, I did land on this stackexchange question when searching how to control volume remotely easily. I did try the Vysor+SliderWidget solution, it did work, but I was not happy with that. Moreover that solution did not include iPhone as the remote controller. So I have built this app for myself, but finally I have decided to make it public.
If it can be useful to even a single person, I will be very happy.
EDIT : my app now has more than 150 users located all around the world : I am very happy :D
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_5: The thing is: you'll need a desktop app that will communicate to your Android app via TCP/IP or Bluetooth (BluetoothAdapter) which will control the entire volume of the mobile.
Upvotes: -1 |
2016/07/14 | 268 | 1,090 | <issue_start>username_0: I used whatsapp for past 2 months and it gets uninstall by mistakenly and I tried to install it again but i can't install again it shows that I don't have sufficient storage what should I do please help me I need whatsapp for my study purposes<issue_comment>username_1: Maybe Your phone memory is full you have to cleanup the internal memory of your phone.
Go to settings then application and clear the RAM.
When the sufficient amount of memory is clear from your mobile then again install whatsapp.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Check your phone whether having enough space for the app. Normally it requires more space than the size of the app during installation.
If your phone has enough space, try to clear both cache and data for your Google Play in App Manager and perform a restart for your phone after clearing cache and data. It should work afterwards.
[Credit to this post. I tried this method and it worked for me](http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-mini/435361-apps-won-t-install.html#post3884883)
Hope it helps =)
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/14 | 142 | 644 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone since was reset because it kept showing unfortunately android has stopped every app I selected it said the app unfortunately has stopped now my issue is ever since then my phone's network doesn't work. I can't connect with any network provider, what is the problem?<issue_comment>username_1: Me also facing same problem on my phone earlier. i uninstall some apps from my smart phone and problem was resolved. so you can try this. uninstall some app from your android app.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: You may need to clean your cache, or if you are using CWM, try cleaning up DALVIK Cache
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/14 | 1,667 | 6,300 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently started running Android-x86 version `6.0-RC1` on my iMac, and I am considering making it on of my several daily drivers. There is one major issue however that is casting some doubt: I cannot seem to find a way to install flashable zip files. I have looked into a custom recovery, however apparently the directory structure of Android-x86 is too different from that of its mobile-device counterpart to run or even install one directly. I have attempted to use Chainfire's FlashFire, however it unsurprisingly does not work for similar reasons to the last method.
I've read on a very short conversation in the XDA-Developers forum discussing this topic that a recovery would be relatively unnecessary because "you could simply use a lightweight Linux distro as a recovery". I am assuming from the wording that you would do this by booting a small Linux distro on the same machine, mounting the main image for Android-x86, extracting the flashable zip and running the install script contained within, however I am entirely unsure as to whether or not this method would work in practice, as I cannot find any more info on it.
I need the ability to flash a flashable zip file as it is the only way as of current aside from using a custom recovery to install the Xposed framework on android, upon which I rely heavily for everything from personal conveniences to more manually configurable security functions to ease of development. Given Android-x86's inherent compatibility with virtually anything compiled to run on an Intel Atom or Celeron based android device the lack of Xposed is the one factor stopping me from being able to attempt custom ROM development, as well as starting to port several already under development projects that have been until now exclusive to BSD/Debian distros over to rooted Intel based android devices.
UPDATE: I've managed to mount the Android-x86 fs from a live GParted CD, and chroot to it, but when running `flash-script.sh` it starts the installer, and output the following error log:
```
******************************
Xposed framework installer zip
******************************
-Mounting /system and /vendor read-write
/tmp/META-INF/com/google/android/flash-script.sh[102]: can't create /dev/null: No such file or directory
/tmp/META-INF/com/google/android/flash-script.sh[103]: can't create /dev/null: No such file or directory
/tmp/META-INF/com/google/android/flash-script.sh[104]: mount: not found
/tmp/META-INF/com/google/android/flash-script.sh[105]: can't create /dev/null: No such file or directory
-Checking Environment
/tmp/META-INF/com/google/android/flash-script.sh[112]: head: not found
/tmp/META-INF/com/google/android/flash-script.sh[112]: sed: not found
/tmp/META-INF/com/google/android/flash-script.sh[114]: cut: not found
*Continues till line 121*
Xposed version:
! Wrong platform: arm
! This file is for:
! Please download the correct package
! for your platform/ROM
```
Now I'm assuming the reason this happened is that the Linux version I'm using is too lightweight and doesn't include the required programmes, however that does not explain the fact that the error log reports the system as ARM and claims the x86 version is incorrect for my platform given that I'm running a copy of Android-x86, so if anyone has insight, please supply!<issue_comment>username_1: This is caused by the install script incorrectly detecting your platform as ARM.
In order to fix this issue, which is specific to the Xposed ZIP file, you must ~~hack~~ edit **flash-script.sh**.
Search for:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
exit 1
fi
```
Comment out the `exit` command, by adding a `#` before it.
At least in the current version of Xposed (v86), this is **line 162** of the **flash-script.sh** file.
The resulting block will be:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
#exit 1
fi
```
**[Edit]** Since you are having a great deal of trouble, I'm going to provide detailed fool-proof steps for successfully installing Xposed on Android-x86:
1. Download Xposed ***to your computer***
2. Extract the contents of the compressed file somewhere
3. From your file manager (Finder | Windows Explorer | Nemo | Some other), open the directory where the file contents have been extracted to and browse to: `META-INF` \ `com` \ `google` \ `android`
4. Select the entire contents of this directory and `Control` + `C`
5. Go back to the directory containing the resulting files (same as Step 3) and then `Control` + `V`
6. Among the files you have just copied is `flash-script.sh`. Now you must edit this file with a text editor of your choice, according to the previous part of this answer.
7. Save and close the file. *Make sure it is actually saved*.
8. Make a new `.zip` file with the updated contents, including of course the `flash-script.sh` file which you have edited.
9. Send this *new* (make sure!) `zip` file to your **Android-x86** environment with a method of your choice. ADB, e-mail to yourself, some anonymous temporary file upload service, etc.
10. From Android-x86, extract the contents of this new `zip` file.
11. Launch Terminal Emulator.
12. Type in `su` and hit `Enter`
13. If you are asked for Super User privilege, **confirm** (i.e. hit "Allow")
14. Type `sh "flash-script.sh"` and hit `Enter`
15. Reboot your phone and launch the Xposed APK to confirm whether it's been successfully installed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Why can't you unzip the file on Windows and simply do
```
adb push apk\purenexus-gapps-mm-mr1-x86-leanback-20160202-signed\system\. /system
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I was also looking for something like a custom recovery for android-x86. But, it seems to be quite unnecessary for android-x86 in the way they are as in mobile phones.
Gladly i found something related called `GearLock`. Also found a bunch of flashable kernels and some other good stuff. Surprisingly it got some sort of recovery mode and flashable zip support.
Leaving the link below in case it sounds interesting.
<https://supreme-gamers.com/resources/gearlock-custom-recovery-replacement-for-android-x86.40>
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/14 | 956 | 3,483 | <issue_start>username_0: I was curious about Pokemon Go so I downloaded it and started creating a character. After about 3 minutes my phone said it was stopping all applications because my phone was overheating. Curious as to how pokemon go could overheat my Galaxy S4? As an aside, apps on my SD card keep moving back to device storage. I had to put them back on SD card again to get Pokemon Go to download so that may have been related but I am not sure?
How can a phone overheat?
And yes, I have uninstalled Pokemon Go now.<issue_comment>username_1: This is caused by the install script incorrectly detecting your platform as ARM.
In order to fix this issue, which is specific to the Xposed ZIP file, you must ~~hack~~ edit **flash-script.sh**.
Search for:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
exit 1
fi
```
Comment out the `exit` command, by adding a `#` before it.
At least in the current version of Xposed (v86), this is **line 162** of the **flash-script.sh** file.
The resulting block will be:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
#exit 1
fi
```
**[Edit]** Since you are having a great deal of trouble, I'm going to provide detailed fool-proof steps for successfully installing Xposed on Android-x86:
1. Download Xposed ***to your computer***
2. Extract the contents of the compressed file somewhere
3. From your file manager (Finder | Windows Explorer | Nemo | Some other), open the directory where the file contents have been extracted to and browse to: `META-INF` \ `com` \ `google` \ `android`
4. Select the entire contents of this directory and `Control` + `C`
5. Go back to the directory containing the resulting files (same as Step 3) and then `Control` + `V`
6. Among the files you have just copied is `flash-script.sh`. Now you must edit this file with a text editor of your choice, according to the previous part of this answer.
7. Save and close the file. *Make sure it is actually saved*.
8. Make a new `.zip` file with the updated contents, including of course the `flash-script.sh` file which you have edited.
9. Send this *new* (make sure!) `zip` file to your **Android-x86** environment with a method of your choice. ADB, e-mail to yourself, some anonymous temporary file upload service, etc.
10. From Android-x86, extract the contents of this new `zip` file.
11. Launch Terminal Emulator.
12. Type in `su` and hit `Enter`
13. If you are asked for Super User privilege, **confirm** (i.e. hit "Allow")
14. Type `sh "flash-script.sh"` and hit `Enter`
15. Reboot your phone and launch the Xposed APK to confirm whether it's been successfully installed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Why can't you unzip the file on Windows and simply do
```
adb push apk\purenexus-gapps-mm-mr1-x86-leanback-20160202-signed\system\. /system
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I was also looking for something like a custom recovery for android-x86. But, it seems to be quite unnecessary for android-x86 in the way they are as in mobile phones.
Gladly i found something related called `GearLock`. Also found a bunch of flashable kernels and some other good stuff. Surprisingly it got some sort of recovery mode and flashable zip support.
Leaving the link below in case it sounds interesting.
<https://supreme-gamers.com/resources/gearlock-custom-recovery-replacement-for-android-x86.40>
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/14 | 1,376 | 5,106 | <issue_start>username_0: First of all, thanks for taking the time to read this. I know it's a long post, I'm just trying to be as detailed as possible.
I've a Moto G XT-1032 that stopped working a couple days ago. It has the original battery, original software. USB debugging mode wasn't enabled. It didn't came with an original charger, so I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Tab one. The phone is almost two years old.
This is how it all started: It had low battery. When I got home it connected itself to the wi fi, and tons of whatsapp messages came at the same time. It went off.
I thought maybe it had drained the battery. Plugged it in to charge, didn't get the led on, and the battery showed 0% for an instant. Then the phone turned itself on, got the M logo and then the screen went black (like... some sort of backlight is on, but the screen is just black)
I turn it off, and it goes back on. No battery image, straight to the M logo, and then black screen. I tried holding power + vol down keys for more than 120 secs, finger pain is the only I got. It can access fastboot mode, but doesn't matter which option I pick, normal powerup, recovery, factory... I select them and then press vol up, but it just goes to the white screen with the M logo, then black screen.
When I plug the charger, and go to fastboot mode, it doesn't show battery charging. Just says battery low (or battery ok). When I plug it to the computer via the usb cable, and access fastboot, it shows battery charging (and it went from low to OK, so it actually charges).
The computer doesn't detect the device at all. First time I plugged it, it tried to install drivers, but failed. I downloaded them from motorola's page.
If I open motorola device manager, it tells me there aren't updates for my phone... So... I guess it's recognizing it? But I still can't see it. Windows only shows me my C and D drives, but not the phone. Tried different usb cables, different usb ports. Nothing changes.
I sent it to a service, they tested the battery and charging port, they said those were fine. But didn't find the problem.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks in advance!<issue_comment>username_1: This is caused by the install script incorrectly detecting your platform as ARM.
In order to fix this issue, which is specific to the Xposed ZIP file, you must ~~hack~~ edit **flash-script.sh**.
Search for:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
exit 1
fi
```
Comment out the `exit` command, by adding a `#` before it.
At least in the current version of Xposed (v86), this is **line 162** of the **flash-script.sh** file.
The resulting block will be:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
#exit 1
fi
```
**[Edit]** Since you are having a great deal of trouble, I'm going to provide detailed fool-proof steps for successfully installing Xposed on Android-x86:
1. Download Xposed ***to your computer***
2. Extract the contents of the compressed file somewhere
3. From your file manager (Finder | Windows Explorer | Nemo | Some other), open the directory where the file contents have been extracted to and browse to: `META-INF` \ `com` \ `google` \ `android`
4. Select the entire contents of this directory and `Control` + `C`
5. Go back to the directory containing the resulting files (same as Step 3) and then `Control` + `V`
6. Among the files you have just copied is `flash-script.sh`. Now you must edit this file with a text editor of your choice, according to the previous part of this answer.
7. Save and close the file. *Make sure it is actually saved*.
8. Make a new `.zip` file with the updated contents, including of course the `flash-script.sh` file which you have edited.
9. Send this *new* (make sure!) `zip` file to your **Android-x86** environment with a method of your choice. ADB, e-mail to yourself, some anonymous temporary file upload service, etc.
10. From Android-x86, extract the contents of this new `zip` file.
11. Launch Terminal Emulator.
12. Type in `su` and hit `Enter`
13. If you are asked for Super User privilege, **confirm** (i.e. hit "Allow")
14. Type `sh "flash-script.sh"` and hit `Enter`
15. Reboot your phone and launch the Xposed APK to confirm whether it's been successfully installed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Why can't you unzip the file on Windows and simply do
```
adb push apk\purenexus-gapps-mm-mr1-x86-leanback-20160202-signed\system\. /system
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I was also looking for something like a custom recovery for android-x86. But, it seems to be quite unnecessary for android-x86 in the way they are as in mobile phones.
Gladly i found something related called `GearLock`. Also found a bunch of flashable kernels and some other good stuff. Surprisingly it got some sort of recovery mode and flashable zip support.
Leaving the link below in case it sounds interesting.
<https://supreme-gamers.com/resources/gearlock-custom-recovery-replacement-for-android-x86.40>
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/14 | 1,017 | 3,749 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which was weeks ago fully functional but had some glitches like it couldn't run games such as clash royale without an external power supply; in this case I used a power bank. After every use of apps, I would restart my phone, to prevent slow performance. Then, one time I used till the phone auto-shutdown due to low battery power, after it was charged to full I turned the power on. Unfortunately, it couldn't boot up, it was stuck in samsung logo. Now it is unbootable, though I can navigate to recovery mode but not safe mode. I want to recover data from the phone and I know one or two things about adb and CWM. Can anyone take me through step by step in order to recover data from device storage? I'd appreciate any opinions. Thanks<issue_comment>username_1: This is caused by the install script incorrectly detecting your platform as ARM.
In order to fix this issue, which is specific to the Xposed ZIP file, you must ~~hack~~ edit **flash-script.sh**.
Search for:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
exit 1
fi
```
Comment out the `exit` command, by adding a `#` before it.
At least in the current version of Xposed (v86), this is **line 162** of the **flash-script.sh** file.
The resulting block will be:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
#exit 1
fi
```
**[Edit]** Since you are having a great deal of trouble, I'm going to provide detailed fool-proof steps for successfully installing Xposed on Android-x86:
1. Download Xposed ***to your computer***
2. Extract the contents of the compressed file somewhere
3. From your file manager (Finder | Windows Explorer | Nemo | Some other), open the directory where the file contents have been extracted to and browse to: `META-INF` \ `com` \ `google` \ `android`
4. Select the entire contents of this directory and `Control` + `C`
5. Go back to the directory containing the resulting files (same as Step 3) and then `Control` + `V`
6. Among the files you have just copied is `flash-script.sh`. Now you must edit this file with a text editor of your choice, according to the previous part of this answer.
7. Save and close the file. *Make sure it is actually saved*.
8. Make a new `.zip` file with the updated contents, including of course the `flash-script.sh` file which you have edited.
9. Send this *new* (make sure!) `zip` file to your **Android-x86** environment with a method of your choice. ADB, e-mail to yourself, some anonymous temporary file upload service, etc.
10. From Android-x86, extract the contents of this new `zip` file.
11. Launch Terminal Emulator.
12. Type in `su` and hit `Enter`
13. If you are asked for Super User privilege, **confirm** (i.e. hit "Allow")
14. Type `sh "flash-script.sh"` and hit `Enter`
15. Reboot your phone and launch the Xposed APK to confirm whether it's been successfully installed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Why can't you unzip the file on Windows and simply do
```
adb push apk\purenexus-gapps-mm-mr1-x86-leanback-20160202-signed\system\. /system
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I was also looking for something like a custom recovery for android-x86. But, it seems to be quite unnecessary for android-x86 in the way they are as in mobile phones.
Gladly i found something related called `GearLock`. Also found a bunch of flashable kernels and some other good stuff. Surprisingly it got some sort of recovery mode and flashable zip support.
Leaving the link below in case it sounds interesting.
<https://supreme-gamers.com/resources/gearlock-custom-recovery-replacement-for-android-x86.40>
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/15 | 981 | 3,531 | <issue_start>username_0: I purchased a cheap smart watch [(this one)](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00X9L8R7K). It doesn't support wifi. At the moment I can surf and watch videos by being connected via bluetooth to my tablet.
But I plan to root the device and install google play on it. I would like to install other apps on it afterwards too. It has a simcard slot and I can use a 2G network to do that.
But I am wondering if I could either buy a plug and play module or build something that would enable me to access wifi on the watch? Or is it not possible?<issue_comment>username_1: This is caused by the install script incorrectly detecting your platform as ARM.
In order to fix this issue, which is specific to the Xposed ZIP file, you must ~~hack~~ edit **flash-script.sh**.
Search for:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
exit 1
fi
```
Comment out the `exit` command, by adding a `#` before it.
At least in the current version of Xposed (v86), this is **line 162** of the **flash-script.sh** file.
The resulting block will be:
```
if [ -z $XVALID ]; then
echo "! Please download the correct package"
echo "! for your platform/ROM!"
#exit 1
fi
```
**[Edit]** Since you are having a great deal of trouble, I'm going to provide detailed fool-proof steps for successfully installing Xposed on Android-x86:
1. Download Xposed ***to your computer***
2. Extract the contents of the compressed file somewhere
3. From your file manager (Finder | Windows Explorer | Nemo | Some other), open the directory where the file contents have been extracted to and browse to: `META-INF` \ `com` \ `google` \ `android`
4. Select the entire contents of this directory and `Control` + `C`
5. Go back to the directory containing the resulting files (same as Step 3) and then `Control` + `V`
6. Among the files you have just copied is `flash-script.sh`. Now you must edit this file with a text editor of your choice, according to the previous part of this answer.
7. Save and close the file. *Make sure it is actually saved*.
8. Make a new `.zip` file with the updated contents, including of course the `flash-script.sh` file which you have edited.
9. Send this *new* (make sure!) `zip` file to your **Android-x86** environment with a method of your choice. ADB, e-mail to yourself, some anonymous temporary file upload service, etc.
10. From Android-x86, extract the contents of this new `zip` file.
11. Launch Terminal Emulator.
12. Type in `su` and hit `Enter`
13. If you are asked for Super User privilege, **confirm** (i.e. hit "Allow")
14. Type `sh "flash-script.sh"` and hit `Enter`
15. Reboot your phone and launch the Xposed APK to confirm whether it's been successfully installed.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Why can't you unzip the file on Windows and simply do
```
adb push apk\purenexus-gapps-mm-mr1-x86-leanback-20160202-signed\system\. /system
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I was also looking for something like a custom recovery for android-x86. But, it seems to be quite unnecessary for android-x86 in the way they are as in mobile phones.
Gladly i found something related called `GearLock`. Also found a bunch of flashable kernels and some other good stuff. Surprisingly it got some sort of recovery mode and flashable zip support.
Leaving the link below in case it sounds interesting.
<https://supreme-gamers.com/resources/gearlock-custom-recovery-replacement-for-android-x86.40>
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/15 | 300 | 1,003 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently installed "Pokemon Go" game in my Redmi Note 4G. The game is working fine. But I noticed something peculiar in my booting screen. It shows up just after the MIUI logo. I took a photo and did a little research and came to know that the logo is of Cubeon, a Pokemon character. I don't know why this is happening. Is there any security issues? How did the app get access to my boot menu?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rXZuz.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: It's not from Niantic, it is the silhouette of the MIUI character head.
It's possible comes with a MIUI theme what you downloaded and applied.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: That appears when you install custom themes like in iOS 9 theme (afterglow or retouched I'm not sure), as the theme engine includes options for a theme to change the boot screen.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/15 | 1,064 | 4,420 | <issue_start>username_0: Since a couple of days/weeks, I noticed that my widgets aren't updating anymore on my home screens of my Nexus 6 (Android 6.0.1). It's not related to a single widget, it's all of them. I haven't found a single one that updates at the moment. I have several widgets that should update regularly: chats, weather, Google Fit, call logs etc; and none of them is updating.
When I reboot my phone, it updates the widgets one time, and that's that. Afterwards no more updates.
For example, I have the widget for Google Fit on my home screen, and it is still showing the status from a couple of days ago; when I rebooted my phone.
I tried the Android N beta some time ago (I can't remember if the widgets updated then though). But because there were some problems with applications I use daily, I reverted back to my old Android 6.0.1 build. This revert includes a factory reset. So I tried the factory reset solution. But I'm guessing the Android N beta has nothing to do with my problem?
Are there some things I can try? Are there some settings that I could have executed that froze my widgets? Maybe something with battery optimizations or something?
I don't have to mention to you that widgets that aren't updating are very annoying.
As I already mentioned, I'm using a Motorola Nexus 6 with stock Android 6.0.1 on it. I have all the latest version of the Android version for my phone, and have installed all security patches. Including the July security patch from a couple of days ago.
Update: I'm using the stock Android launcher. I don't have any special applications running that should customize my battery behaviour (like Greenify).<issue_comment>username_1: This happened to me quite time ago. Make sure you're not using Greenify or some other app to hibernate your apps. If you hibernate those apps then they won't be able to update because they are not running in the background
Clear the cache and the data for the widget apps in the settings and also for the launcher you're using. Set them up again and they will work just fine. Hope this helps !!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Possible solutions you could try if you have the same problem as me (as [mentioned](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/151063/25403) by [username_1](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/176268/username_1); I just repeat them to be complete but give a vote up there too):
* Make sure any battery saving apps are disabled. Or at least aren't interfering with the widgets;
* Try to clear the data of the launcher. Best is to delete both cache and app data.
But in the end, this didn't work for me. So I got into the Android widget documentation to find out what made the widgets tick. Or in my case, why they didn't tick.
So I found out, that one widget can actually block the updating of the other widgets. Not on purpose, but by accident.
So by adding every widget seperately, with a lot of time in between, I could notice that the problem occurred after a while. The time in between was rather important, because if I did it immediately there was no problem. But after a time the widget would probably crash or something (not visible though), and other widgets stopped too.
So the best solution for me was:
* Remove all widgets;
* Add about one widget a day (giving the faulty widget time to crash);
* As soon as you see the widgets misbehaving, you know the culprit widget; probably the one you last added.
Some tips on this solution:
* Best to take a widget that updates regularly as the first widget. So you have an idea when something goes wrong really soon;
* For some reason the stock clock widget keeps working, even though the other widgets stopped working. So probably that widget uses a different updating mechanism or something.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Here's how I tried a solution on huawei cam L21 based on the answers above, and it worked.
Settings -> apps -> app\_of\_widget -> battery -> keep running after screen off...
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: For me solution that worked is going to settings->Device->Battery and turned off Standby intelligent power saving.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: For me following worked under Android 9:
Settings -> Smart Assistant ->Appblocker (which is enabled) -> selecting the app:
disabling following options:
1. Boot blocker
2. Start blocker
3. Background cleanup
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/15 | 252 | 1,070 | <issue_start>username_0: so I'm signed into an app (pokemon go) with my primary google account. However I have credit on my secondary account that I want to use to buy some in app purchases. It won't let me do this and only gives me options to pay using the first account, this makes sense but its quite annoying. Is there any work around?<issue_comment>username_1: Once you are logged into an account, you have to use that account. It is the way it "remembers" or saves progress. What you could do if you had say, 20 bucks on your other account. Send gift credits to the account you want to use. I think the increments are in 5 only though so it may hinder you from adding more. I hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Figured it out. I just uninstalled the app, logged into my second account on my pc on the play store website. Then I installed it from the website using the seconds account. After that I logged into the pokemon app using my first google account then i was able to spend the credit from my second account.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/15 | 279 | 937 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought a blu r1 hd and am absolutely loving the phone but i do have one problem. the amazon tweaked android 6.0 is not my favorite. is there a way that i could flash a stock android rom onto the phone? if so, how would i do it?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes you can do it. You need an Stock AOSP ROM.
You will have to root your device and flash the ROM via recovery.
Steps :
Root your deviceFlash a custom Recovery (TWRP is the most favourite) Flash a Stock AOSP ROM and Gapps
[XDA Developers](http://www.xda-developers.com/) is a good resource to look up for !
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It seems that the people from XDA Developers has just come out with a way to root the [Blu R1 HD](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67890278&postcount=486). And [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67904010&postcount=4) you have more information about that.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/15 | 784 | 2,739 | <issue_start>username_0: I wanted to install OpenGApps in an Android emulator (created in Android Studio). The emulator is running with Marshmallow. There is enough storage space available, so this is not the problem. I tried everything which I found on Google, but it just wont work.
While the emulator is booting up, and I keep spamming `adb remount`, first it shows `remount succeeded`, and just after the desktop shows up, it suddenly says `remount of /system failed: Read-only file system` and `remount failed`.
So it doesn't work either when I try to push an OpenGApp `.apk` using `adb push`. If I try after booting up, it says: `adb: error: failed to copy 'Phonesky.apk' to '/system/priv-app/Phonesky.apk': Read-only file system` (or whatever the `.apk` is).
I can't remount `/system` with `rw` either: When I make the following:
```
$ adb shell
> *some remount command*
```
Following shows up: `mount: Read-only file system`. I tried it with various commands (substitute one of them with `*some remount command*`, the output is always the same):
* `mount -o rw,remount /system`
* `mount -o rw,remount /system /system`
* `mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/vba /system`
* `mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system`
* `mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system`
I also tried to run `su` after `adb shell`, but it had no effect either. I also tried to remount `rootfs` to `/` first with `rw`. This worked without an issue, but the remount for `/system` gave the same error as without remounting `rootfs`.
Could anyone help me with this struggle?
**Edit 1**: I also tried it with various different emulator settings, it didn't change a thing either. So I guess this problem is not depending on the emulator itself...
**Please note**: A bounty was offered to resolve this question, but I don't have much time for this at the moment. I would be grateful if you would ping me on twitter if an answer worked for you, so I can eventually accept it after I have tried it by myself. But this would save me a lot of time. Thanks<issue_comment>username_1: Yes you can do it. You need an Stock AOSP ROM.
You will have to root your device and flash the ROM via recovery.
Steps :
Root your deviceFlash a custom Recovery (TWRP is the most favourite) Flash a Stock AOSP ROM and Gapps
[XDA Developers](http://www.xda-developers.com/) is a good resource to look up for !
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It seems that the people from XDA Developers has just come out with a way to root the [Blu R1 HD](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67890278&postcount=486). And [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67904010&postcount=4) you have more information about that.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/16 | 678 | 1,926 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to change `/system/etc/hosts` file on my emulator, and no matter what I do, I get "read-only file system" error. Does anyone know how to do it?
I tried editing the file manually as `su` in `adb shell`, I tried pushing the file in device monitor (in Android studio), also tried `adb remount` to remount the file system as many online resources suggest.
Thanks!
Konstantin<issue_comment>username_1: I found this question Googling for the same issue. I solved with these steps:
(for italian-speaking people: see my full writeup [Guida definitiva: come modificare il file hosts di Android tramite PC (senza errori adb: error: failed to copy 'hosts' to '/system/etc/hosts': couldn't create file: Read-only file system oppure Permission denied)](https://turbolab.it/pc-642/guida-come-modificare-file-hosts-android-senza-errori-couldn-t-create-file-read-only-file-system-permission-denied-1130)
Mount FS as RW
--------------
```
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
```
( [credit](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7794659/how-to-change-the-hosts-file-on-android#comment31429467_8749733) )
Run ADB as root
---------------
```
adb root
```
credit: @Noob Food
Push again
----------
```
adb push hosts /system/etc/hosts
```
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I tried your answer but it didn't work.
Eventually the following [Stack Overflow Answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41117715/how-to-edit-etc-hosts-file-in-android-studio-emulator-running-in-nougat#47622017) worked.
>
>
> ```
> 1) android-sdk-macosx/tools/emulator -avd -writable-system
> 2) ./adb root
> 3) ./adb remount
> 4) ./adb push /hosts /etc/hosts
>
> ```
>
> Android file host can be
>
>
>
> ```
> /etc/hosts <--- This worked for me
> /etc/system/hosts
> /system/etc/hosts
>
> ```
>
> Check
>
>
>
> ```
> 1) ./adb shell
> 2) cat /etc/hosts
> 3) ping customsite.com
>
> ```
>
>
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/16 | 444 | 1,748 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently updated Google Photos (Build version 1.23.1.126715090) on my Android phone and noticed that my photos are no longer set to automatically sync to the cloud. I went into the app's settings and I cannot find the option that formerly existed: "Backup while on WiFi only."
Is this feature hidden somewhere or did Google (perplexingly) remove it? I really counted on this to save on data usage, especially when uploading video.<issue_comment>username_1: OK, so I did some testing and have determined that although the wording on the Photos "Settings" screens has changed, it **is** still possible to back up your photos solely when the phone is connected to WiFi.
On the Settings-->Back up & sync screen, enabling "Back up & sync" means "WiFi ONLY" **by default**. Lower on the Settings screen, in the "Cellular data back up" section, enabling "Photos" means that you are **allowing** photos to back up when on your cellular network. Leaving this switch off will **prevent** cellular backup of photos, but by virtue of having "Back up & sync" enabled at the top of the screen, your photos **will** back up via WiFi.
See the screen shot below. I have drawn in red to emphasize the toggle switches mentioned in my answer.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ymzsO.png)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If "Back up & sync" is enabled, "Cellular data back up Photos" is disabled, and "Only while charging" is enabled, it will prevent backup of the photos if you have no wifi but you are charging the battery (a good thing...).
After charging, you just get a notification like "n photos were not backed up; check your settings".
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/16 | 335 | 1,189 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm planning to get a new android smartphone and have eyes on the Moto G4 Plus. I took a look at the [specifications](http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g4_plus-8050.php) and noticed that there is no compass sensor. I would like to play Pokemon Go but the [hardware requirements](https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/221958248-Supported-devices) says it needs a GPS.
**Edit:** There's a website that says a camera, compass and a gyro is necessary for AR (augmented reality). That means i'm able to play, right?<issue_comment>username_1: I had a similar issue- but do not worry! Your device can grab your location using your mobile data/Wi-Fi. Its less accurate than the GPS, but it certainly works.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yes, without compass, your experience is incomplete, you needed it for know the way to follow the pokemon, but AR works fine.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I use the HTC Desire 626, which also lacks a magnetic sensor. You can load up Pokémon GO, create a character, and get your starter, but you are unable to load any additional pokémon, any pokéstops, or gyms.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/17 | 3,872 | 12,882 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to ask a question about the facebook app (but it is not only one that does this).
Currently, when I save any photo from facebook, it saves into /DCIM/Facebook.
Now I would not normally care where the photos are stored as long as Gallery app sorts them right, but the fact it goes into DCIM folder makes it behave wrongly with the Google Photos app.
Google Photos treat all those Facebook saved posts as "Camera photos" and tries to synchronize them to server, which I obviously do not want (I store photo albums on GPh, I do not need meme pics among them) and I cannot refine the synchronize options any more (only "Camera" is chosen to sync).
Is there a way to exclude those downloaded pictures from sync? Or make Facebook save its downloads to, say, /Pictures/Facebook ?
Same as above also happens in DCIM/Screenshots while clipping parts of screen.
Phone is Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Android 6.0.1
Thanks in advance<issue_comment>username_1: I had EXACTLY the same problem. I couldn't find a solution else where. The only solution was to use a .nomedia file in the `/sdcard/DCIM/Facebook` directory and moving the \*.jpgs to another folder. I had made a Tasker task referring to a reddit post in [/r/tasker](http://reddit.com/r/). Here is the description and the XML for importing it. You have to create the `%destpart` and add a `.nomedia` in `%sourcepath` for it to work. You can run this task in a profile as an exit task for Facebook and as an entry task for other messenger apps like Telegram/Whatsapp, etc. so you get your memes right!
```
The Meme Mover (3)
A1: Variable Set [ Name:%sourcepath To:/sdcard/DCIM/Facebook/ Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A2: Variable Set [ Name:%destpath To:/sdcard/Pictures/Facebook/ Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A3: Variable Set [ Name:%suffix To:(1) Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A4: Variable Set [ Name:%counter To:0 Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:On Append:Off ]
A5: List Files [ Dir:%sourcepath Match:*.jpg/*.png/*.jpeg/*.gif/*.3gp Include Hidden Files:Off Use Root:Off Sort Select:Alphabetic Variable:%filestomove ]
A6: For [ Variable:%thispathfile Items:%filestomove() ]
A7: Variable Split [ Name:%thispathfile Splitter:/ Delete Base:Off ]
A8: Variable Set [ Name:%len To:%thispathfile(#) Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A9: Variable Set [ Name:%filename To:%thispathfile(%len) Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A10: Variable Clear [ Name:%exists Pattern Matching:Off ]
A11: Test File [ Type:Type Data:%destpath%filename Store Result In:%exists Use Root:Off Continue Task After Error:On ]
A12: If [ %exists !Set ]
A13: Move [ From:%thispathfile To:%destpath%filename Use Root:Off ]
A14: Scan Card [ File:%destpath%filename ]
A15: Else
A16: Variable Split [ Name:%filename Splitter:. Delete Base:Off ]
A17: Variable Set [ Name:%filename1 To:%filename1%suffix Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A18: Variable Join [ Name:%filename Joiner:. Delete Parts:Off ]
A19: Move [ From:%thispathfile To:%destpath%filename Use Root:Off ]
A20: Scan Card [ File:%destpath%filename ]
A21: End If
A22: Variable Add [ Name:%counter Value:1 Wrap Around:0 ]
A23: End For
A24: If [ %counter eq 0 ]
A25: [X] Flash [ Text:No memes? Sad. Long:On ]
A26: Else If [ %counter eq 1 ]
A27: Flash [ Text:%counter meme moved! Long:On ]
A28: Else
A29: Flash [ Text:%counter memes moved! Long:On ]
```
**Remember to have .nomedia in %sourcepath**
Here's the XML for direct import:
```
1489093858387
1489219027762
3
The Meme Mover
100
3
me.regalstreak.movefb
1.0
`547`
%sourcepath
/sdcard/DCIM/Facebook/
`547`
%destpath
/sdcard/Pictures/Facebook/
`342`
false
%destpath%filename
%exists
`37`
%exists
13
`400`
%thispathfile
%destpath%filename
`459`
%destpath%filename
`43`
`590`
%filename
.
`547`
%filename1
%filename1%suffix
`592`
%filename
.
`400`
%thispathfile
%destpath%filename
`459`
%destpath%filename
`547`
%suffix
(1)
`38`
`888`
%counter
`40`
`37`
%counter
0
0
`548`
false
No memes? Sad.
`43`
%counter
0
1
`548`
%counter meme moved!
`43`
`548`
%counter memes moved!
`547`
%counter
0
`412`
%sourcepath
\*.jpg/\*.png/\*.jpeg/\*.gif/\*.3gp
%filestomove
`39`
%thispathfile
%filestomove()
`590`
%thispathfile
/
`547`
%len
%thispathfile(#)
`547`
%filename
%thispathfile(%len)
`549`
%exists
![]()
com.facebook.katana.LoginActivity
com.facebook.katana
```
Copy the code above and save the file as `The Meme Mover.tsk.xml` in `/sdcard/Tasker/tasks`. Then go to Tasker, long press on Tasks, and import this.
Pro Tip: Enable A25 just for testing if you want to.
Edit: Code corrected and updated. (1 memes moved was triggering my OCD.)
Edit 2: Had some problems, corrected again.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Anyone else looking this in the future and don't know how to use Tasker or find it difficult to understand.
1. Download [this](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.duong.picturemanager) app.
2. Go to organizer section.
3. Make a service job to move files as soon they are found in the Facebook folder to some other folder.
Hope you don't have Meme UI or Samsung which kills everything in the background.
If that's the case, check [this](https://dontkillmyapp.com/).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xvg4V.png)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I stumbled across the Tasker answer above while searching for a way to deal with Facebook's image downloads, and while it mostly works fine for Facebook, there are some issues with it, especially when you try to extend its functionality to other scenarios.
I'm completely new to Tasker, so it took me a while to figure it out, but after a day of tinkering, I've made some big improvements to the task. The main issues with the original version that I've solved are:
1. While the original version could detect if the file being moved already existed in the destination directory, it could only handle one iteration of the conflict. For example, if example.jpg were being moved, but it already existed, it would rename the file being moved to example(1).jpg. However, if example.jpg were being moved and both example.jpg and example(1).jpg already existed, it would simply overwrite example(1).jpg.
* My version will run an iterative check on names which increments the suffix variable until a non-existing name is found. For example, if example.jpg is taken, it will check example(2).jpg. If that is taken, it will check example(3).jpg, and so on until an available name is found. It also correctly appends the first duplicate with (2) rather than (1).
2. The original version assumed the first "." in a file name was also the last "." before the extension. While this is fine for images from Facebook, it's not an ideal assumption, and breaks down when adopting the task for other uses, such as moving APKs. With the original, if com.example.app.apk already existed in the destination directory, trying to move a second copy of it would result in com(1).example.app.apk.
* In addition to fixing the suffix and making it iterative, I've also changed the logic for its placement, such that it will always go before the last ".". In the above example, the apk would now be renamed to com.example.app(2).apk. This doesn't always work perfectly (consider .tar.gz and other similar cases for instance), but it does a good enough job without having to hard-code in every possible extension.
3. This appears to vary from device to device, but on my devices, the original version would leave behind broken references to images in gallery apps and other programs that utilize the media provider (most messaging apps that have an image selection UI) due to not correctly refreshing this data. This was not an issue for moving images out of a directory containing a .nomedia file, but caused issues if you wanted to use it in a directory where you didn't want or couldn't have a .nomedia file (such as automatically moving downloaded images out of /sdcard/Download/).
* Tasker's Scan Media action seems to act in wildly different ways depending on not only the Android version, but also the vendor variant you're using. I've fixed the issue on my devices (and hopefully many of yours) by running a Scan Media action on not only the file in it's destination directory, but also on the original file path (referencing the file that's no longer there).
I also updated variable names for clarity, and rather than using events that trigger when entering or exiting apps, I've set it to run on a File Modified event monitoring the source folder, with the event set to Closed Write. This works for most purposes, but breaks in some cases. You can fix most issues by either using a different event parameter (such as Create, Modify, or Move To) or by using stricter regex in Action 3 of the task.
>
> I've heard that devices with slower storage (or slow external SD cards) can have issues with this if files take too long to write. In that case, you may have to experiment with adding delays or using different methods to trigger the task.
>
>
>
I'm attaching not just the task here, but the entire project I've created, containing multiple copies of the task for various use cases, and their respective profiles to trigger them, so that beginners who are new to Tasker can easily get started using this task and have some examples to reference when adopting the task to their own needs.
The examples included in this project are:
* When Facebook downloads an image to /sdcard/DCIM/Facebook, move it to /sdcard/Pictures/Facebook.
* When Samsung Notes saves an image to /sdcard/DCIM/Samsung Notes/, move it to /sdcard/Pictures/Samsung Notes/. (This works, but Samsung Notes will claim it failed to save the image, due to it checking for the image after it has already been moved by Tasker.)
* When you create a GIF using Smart Select, move it from /sdcard/DCIM/GIF/ to /sdcard/Pictures/Smart Select GIFs/.
* When you export an APK from ReVanced Manager to /sdcard/Download/APKs/Original/, move it to /sdcard/Download/APKs/Modded/.
* When a new file is detected in /sdcard/Download/ . . .
+ if it's a download from [Craiyon](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.craiyon.twa), move it to /sdcard/Pictures/Craiyon/
+ if it's an APK, APKM, APKS, or XAPK file, move it to /sdcard/Download/APKs/Original, *unless* it is base.apk (I leave that file in Download since I use it for other things.)
Remember to first create the source and destination directories before testing the examples. I also encourage you to check Action 3 in each example task (some of them use simple matching and others use regex) for a better understanding of how they work.
Now that that's out of the way, [here](https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8muDtUMUinWRgAU1OWJnoaabd2%2FEvIjpA82A70DVV8kZn3j5nK5YjuLIbNt&id=Project%3AFile%20Organizer)'s the project. You can import it directly to Tasker from there, or download it as an XML. If you choose to download it, save it in /sdcard/Tasker/projects/. You can then long press on the home icon on the bottom left corner of Tasker to import the project.
Unfortunately the entire XML is too long to post here directly, but for the sake of keeping this answer as complete as possible, I'm including the XML for *just* the Facebook task below. I strongly recommend that beginners import the entire project using the link above however, so you can get an idea of how to customize the task for your own needs.
The Facebook task:
```
1489093858387
1677367714628
3
Move Facebook Images
6
3
me.regalstreak.movefb
21
1.0
`547`
%sourcedir
/sdcard/DCIM/Facebook/
`547`
%destdir
/sdcard/Pictures/Facebook/
`37`
%fileexists
12
`547`
%currentfilename
%currentfilepath(%pathlen)
`888`
%suffix
`590`
%currentfilename
.
`547`
%namelen
%currentfilename(#)
`890`
%namelen
`547`
%currentfilename(%namelen)
%currentfilename(%namelen)%null()(%suffix)
`592`
%currentfilename
.
`135`
`38`
`412`
%sourcedir
\*.jpg/\*.png/\*.jpeg/\*.gif/\*.3gp
%filelist
`400`
%currentfilepath
%destdir%currentfilename
`459`
%currentfilepath
`459`
%destdir%currentfilename
`888`
%counter
`40`
`37`
%counter
0
0
`548`
No memes? Sad.
`43`
%counter
0
1
`548`
%counter meme moved!
`43`
`547`
%suffix
1
`548`
%counter memes moved!
`547`
%counter
0
`39`
false
%currentfilepath
%filelist()
`590`
%currentfilepath
/
`547`
%pathlen
%currentfilepath(#)
`547`
%currentfilename
%currentfilepath(%pathlen)
`342`
false
%destdir%currentfilename
%fileexists
![]()
com.facebook.katana.LoginActivity
com.facebook.katana
```
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/17 | 410 | 1,636 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to know which method of transfering offers the highest speeds. It happens once in a while that I lose my data while making ROM updates etc. as my phone is encrypted and that sometimes makes issues.
I'm using a OnePlus One with its fast charging cable. I wonder if I'm faster transfering files using adb push instead of using Windows Explorer. I reckon that I read that somewhere. Or are there WiFi apps that can transfer quicker?
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: I am using an APP Web PC Suite to wireless transfer files between mobile and PC. It's very easy and fast to share files when your phone and pc are in the same Wi-Fi network. Most importantly, it's totally free.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: The best answer is
**It depends on the situation.**
Let me explain: Some solution make work better than others for some files than others. For instance, use Bluetooth to send a picture, or Wi-Fi based FTP for small files. For larger files, you may want to use a cable and transfer them manually, or even load these files onto a high-speed SD card and plug that into your PC. It really depends on circumstance. For me, I send files by Wi-Fi to my laptop for anything smaller than 100mb, then cable it for bigger files.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I've actually made an app specifically so I can transfer files to and from my phone at the absolute fastest speeds possible. Here's the link for the app: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.brandonharris.speedsyncads> and here's a YouTube video explaining how to use it <https://youtu.be/Qbjg7Hh-pCc>
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/17 | 636 | 2,398 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm going overseas soon and bringing my "usual" personal phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5, with me. I mostly just want to use it for Internet access. But one of the reasons I'm bringing my own phone instead of buying a temporary one is just in case there's an emergency I want to be able to call and text with my regular number. I don't want to get most calls and texts on vacation though! Is there a way I can turn off calling and texting from my phone but leave WiFi and NFC working? Just turning off receiving would be best but turning off sending would be fine too.<issue_comment>username_1: On the s5 you can turn on airplane mode, and you'll still be able to use wifi.
*So actually the wifi will turn off when you turn on airplane mode, all you need is just turn back on WiFi.*
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Just check your QuickSettings:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQipa.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eGkHi.png)
QuickSettings (Kitkat / Lollipop; click images for larger variants)
They will look a bit different on Samsung devices (and newer Android versions), but the basic elements should be there. In the first screenshot, see the last icon in the second row, titled "E-Plus+"? It will have a different title for you (as that's the network provider) or no title at all, but look similar. This icon is for your cellular connection. Tap to turn it off, and you'll have no cellular connection anymore – that means no calls, no SMS, no mobile data. Still, the first icon in the same row (WiFi) will be unaffected by that – so you'll still have WiFi available (and NFC too, of course).**1**
Now, when your mentioned "emergency" comes, simply swipe down the notification bar to get to the QuickSettings, and tap that icon again – a few seconds later you should have calls and SMS available again.
Just in case this does not work (e.g. because that icon is missing), take the hint [Mord gave](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/151253/16575): Tap the airplane-mode icon in QuickSettings, and then tap the WiFi icon to switch WiFi back on. Same effect – and for your emergency case, simply deactivate airplane mode again.
1Corresponding icons in the 2nd screenshot (Lollipop): 1st row #3 (labeled "o2 - de+") & #1
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/18 | 572 | 2,100 | <issue_start>username_0: I think somehow my baby locked my phone and i can't unlock it I even tried changing the password and that doesn't work. I have an HTC One M8. Any clues how I can get back into my phone? If my baby locked it there's no way of guessing a password that would unlock it<issue_comment>username_1: On the s5 you can turn on airplane mode, and you'll still be able to use wifi.
*So actually the wifi will turn off when you turn on airplane mode, all you need is just turn back on WiFi.*
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Just check your QuickSettings:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQipa.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eGkHi.png)
QuickSettings (Kitkat / Lollipop; click images for larger variants)
They will look a bit different on Samsung devices (and newer Android versions), but the basic elements should be there. In the first screenshot, see the last icon in the second row, titled "E-Plus+"? It will have a different title for you (as that's the network provider) or no title at all, but look similar. This icon is for your cellular connection. Tap to turn it off, and you'll have no cellular connection anymore – that means no calls, no SMS, no mobile data. Still, the first icon in the same row (WiFi) will be unaffected by that – so you'll still have WiFi available (and NFC too, of course).**1**
Now, when your mentioned "emergency" comes, simply swipe down the notification bar to get to the QuickSettings, and tap that icon again – a few seconds later you should have calls and SMS available again.
Just in case this does not work (e.g. because that icon is missing), take the hint [Mord gave](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/151253/16575): Tap the airplane-mode icon in QuickSettings, and then tap the WiFi icon to switch WiFi back on. Same effect – and for your emergency case, simply deactivate airplane mode again.
1Corresponding icons in the 2nd screenshot (Lollipop): 1st row #3 (labeled "o2 - de+") & #1
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/18 | 1,679 | 5,674 | <issue_start>username_0: My wife has a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, she didn't install any new apps on the phone today or yesterday, but now her Google Play services is crashing constantly (like every 5-10 seconds).
We tried the obvious stuff:
* Uninstall a bunch of apps she's not using
* Close all the apps
* Reboot lots of times
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/djrvt.png)
So my next step was to enable USB Debugging and Connect with ADB. This gave me this clue when the error dialog shows up:
```
07-17 19:14:05.078 18130-18130/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.google.android.gms.persistent, PID: 18130
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service com.google.android.location.internal.server.GoogleLocationService: java.lang.SecurityException: !@Too many alarms (500) registered from pid 3620 uid 10015
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:3817)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2100(ActivityThread.java:221)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1882)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7225)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120)
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: !@Too many alarms (500) registered from pid 3620 uid 10015
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1620)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1573)
at android.app.IAlarmManager$Stub$Proxy.set(IAlarmManager.java:217)
at android.app.AlarmManager.setImpl(AlarmManager.java:484)
at android.app.AlarmManager.set(AlarmManager.java:466)
at irq.a(:com.google.android.gms:162)
at irq.a(:com.google.android.gms:210)
at irq.a(:com.google.android.gms:199)
at idq.e(:com.google.android.gms:457)
at idq.(:com.google.android.gms:164)
at com.google.android.location.internal.server.GoogleLocationChimeraService.a(:com.google.android.gms:107)
at com.google.android.location.internal.server.GoogleLocationChimeraService.onCreate(:com.google.android.gms:85)
at com.google.android.chimera.container.ServiceProxy.onCreate(:com.google.android.gms:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:3807)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2100(ActivityThread.java:221)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1882)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7225)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120)
```
I keyed in on this portion of the error:
```
Unable to create service com.google.android.location.internal.server.GoogleLocationService
```
So I revoked Location permissions from a few more applications, and changed the Location Mode from "High Accuracy" to GPS Only. At that point the error message became manageable when not in an application that needs it, but still comes up very frequently if I open Google Maps.
What else should I be trying to resolve this issue?<issue_comment>username_1: This is very common problem when [installing google services on Genymotion emulator](https://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/how-to-install-google-services-on-genymotion/en), Seems to me like version related problem, Try to go to google play store and update the app. (You can get new vesrion apk [here](http://www.droidviews.com/download-google-apps-gapps-for-your-android-device-on-gbicsjb/))
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Google Play Services stopped may be due to various reasons.I would recommend you to try out these steps-
1. Check for enough memory on your Phone.
2.Try to Check the Play Store. Is it working fine? If not then try to force stop and clear the Data.
3.Try to update your Play store Services.
4.If you want to get rid of this error that pops up on your Screen.Just Go to Settings>Apps>All>Search for Play Store Services and Press the Disable Button to stop this error screen forever.
Hope this helps!
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: As a last resort before resetting her phone, I saw she still had "<NAME>" on her phone. I uninstalled that and the problem went away. It must have some background services too, because the app wasn't running in the task swap view.
When I reinstalled the app, I picked her profile, and it reloaded. The phone worked fine for the last few hours, so it seems to be resolved.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Hi guys everyone who is facing repeated issues of Google Play Service crashes.
I'll give you a simple method to resolve this issue.
Steps to Follow:
1. Go to Settings menu.
2. Click on option APPS and select "Google Play Services".
3. Under the info. Click on "Uninstall Updates".
4. Make sure your security software is **OFF**.
5. Try running YouTube and it will ask you to Update "Google Play Service".
6. Update it and run YouTube again.
7. Check back, your problem should be Solved.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I found similer issue.
What I found most of the time I found it is because of weather app.
Disable locations permissions of weather app.
And check.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/18 | 186 | 687 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to test my app to my device. I have moto x but i am not able to connect moto x to my android studio.can any one help me with that?<issue_comment>username_1: You need to enable developer options in your device.
Steps are: settings->about-phone. Tap seven times on build number and you are a developer now. Now open developer options and enable usb-debug, good to go now.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It is solved,
I download the [Driver](https://motorola-mobility-en-in.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/89881/action/auth),then i went Device Manager and right click on the motorola device name and select uninstall
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/18 | 305 | 1,062 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I get rid of this really annoying performance suggestion that pops up probably 50 times a day?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eziNL.png)<issue_comment>username_1: It seems like it was the Samsung Smart Manager that was sending these suggestions. I had to root the device using [Kingo Root](https://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutorials/how-to-root-galaxy-s4.htm) and then remove Smart Manager using [Kingo Super Root](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kingouser.com).
[This link](http://forums.androidcentral.com/ask-question/587792-app-causing-your-device-run-slowly-hundreds-times-day.html) also has a similar problem.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If you are using Android version 5.0 or above you can always block notification of a app.
Long click on the notification you want to block, you will get a icon 'i' at right corner
Click on it and then select block all and we are done.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/18 | 356 | 1,442 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently I started using VLC 2.0.X for Android. It mostly works fine, but I don't find a way to delete items from a a playlist.
When I tap on a playlist, it immediately starts playing with the first song. Dragging upwards from the bottom of the screen then expands the playlist and shows all titles. I can then drag an item out of the screen to the right and get a notification that the item was now removed.
However: if I switch to another playlist and then go back to the first one, the item is back unchanged.
I might be misunderstanding the playlists. Any idea how I can get rid of items from a playlist. I would not mind editing a text file, but I am afraid the items are in a DB.<issue_comment>username_1: This wasn't the case with the older versions of VLC for Android. Dismissed/removed songs shouldn't appear again in the playlist. I emailed the developer about this issue and they acknowledged this bug. You may check the attached screenshot. I'm sorry if it doesn't answer your question.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/P8qwp.jpg)
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you are simply wanting the files removed from the VLC list delete them from the file manager in your device and reinstall VLC after the files are removed when VLC reboots only files existing on your device will appear on the app.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/18 | 467 | 1,736 | <issue_start>username_0: My name is Joseph, and I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
I own a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, and I'm trying to download Pokemon GO.
All my friends have it, but I cannot find it on my device.
I updated everything and checked daily, but it would never show up.
Please tell me why I cannot download Pokemon GO, and if possible, when I can download it. Thank you.<issue_comment>username_1: From the Pokémon Go entry in the Google Play Store:
```
- This app is free-to-play and offers in-game purchases.
It is optimized for smartphones, not tablets.
```
Your device is a tablet
```
- Compatible with Android devices that have 2GB RAM or
more and have Android Version 4.4 - 6.0 installed.
```
Your device isn't running KitKat (4.4) and only has 1 GB of RAM
```
- Compatibility is not guaranteed for devices without GPS
capabilities or devices that are connected only to Wi-Fi networks
```
Your device only has Wi-Fi so unless the Poké-stops are around Wi-Fi hotspots your collection is limited.
```
- Compatibility with tablet devices is not guaranteed.
```
Your device is a tablet.
**Answer**: Save up your allowance or get a summer job to buy a device which is supported by *Pokémon Go*, and if your allowed to a cellphone data plan.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The primary reason it isn't showing up is because you are on Android JellyBean (4.1/4.2/4.3) and not KitKat (4.4) or higher which is required for Pokemon Go, according to Google there never was an official update to KitKat on the SG Tab3 Lite... This is the core requirement, the rest of the issues should not stop you from downloading and installing, although they could cause the game to not function correctly.
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/19 | 798 | 3,434 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using rooted but stock Nexus 5 D820 with service provider Airtel in India. When I occasionally glanced my phone it said that the SIM is not detected.
I soon discovered by various means that my phone is accepting the SIM while there is no problem with the SIM and the network. I isolated these by trying other working SIMs in my phone and my SIM works on other phones. Also switching from 4g->3g->2g also tried.
IMEI is okay and not changed. EFS folders are backed up. This issue did not happen during any tweaking operation, rather should have happened after few minutes after receiving the call.
Service center staff said they had to replace the entire board.
**Question:** If you are still reading, though my SIM is not detected, the phone can still search network providers when I choose `manual` option for network selection. When I choose my service provider manually it fails to register.
My question is if the hardware or the SIM has gone defective, how it can scan for available networks but not register with my network?<issue_comment>username_1: The SIM card isn't actually what allows your phone to connect to a network, but it has your subscriber details (i.e. the information that links the phone with your account with the phone company). If you think of it like the Amazon website, you can load the site and look at goods without logging in, but you need your login details to actually place an order. Typically you can connect to any network without a SIM card, but the network will only let you make emergency calls.
As you suspected, there might be a problem with the hardware of your phone reading the SIM card, in which case you'll have to replace the parts as the phone company suggested. One other possibility is that the SIM card is slightly loose in the tray, and it's worth looking at this first. This is especially likely if it works sometimes, and if (as you say) it's only this combination of SIM and phone that doesn't work reliably. I had a similar problem once with a SIM I'd cut myself to micro-SIM size: it was slightly too small, and any impact to the phone would knock it loose, putting the phone into "emergency calls only" mode.
If the SIM card is too loose, a piece of tape or stuck over the side without the contacts might help to keep it in place, or use a small piece of paper inside the SIM card tray (if you have one).
Also, if it's only this SIM card that doesn't work with the phone, it's worth asking your phone company for a replacement. Typically they'll send a replacement for free, and if there is a charge it'll be much smaller than a phone repair. There might be some nuisance about getting the new SIM card associated with the old phone number.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The main thing to check is the way you have being handling your phone in matter of network choice, as a matter of fact you **MUST** be careful under all circumstances. N ever choose something that do not know.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: This is gonna sound ridiculously easy but I had the username_3e problem. Phone wouldnt recognise new sim. Telstra guy said sometimes old phones too sensitive that doesn't recognise new sim when it's gotten used to an old SIM with 'grooves' in it. He said I'd have to buy a new phone. Instead I just pushed the SIM in, pulled it out, pushed in, pulled out til my new sim got 'grooves' now it's working!
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/19 | 888 | 3,225 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a hearing problem and I need to custom balance right and left outputs for my headphones.
How can I do it on Android 6.0.1 ? (I have a Nexus)
Conclusion so far: It seems like Android system is lacking some of the standard accessibility features that can help people with disabilities access and experience the Google Play applications. My next mobile will be iOs.<issue_comment>username_1: There's an older related post on this topic: [How do I adjust audio balance of my Android phone headphones out?](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/68729/16575) – but it seems that it's not matching recent versions of Android anymore. Like [this CNET post](http://www.cnet.com/how-to/adjust-your-phone-or-tablets-audio-balance-for-better-listening/ "CNET: Adjust your phone or tablet's audio balance for better listening") it recommends going to *Settings › Accessibility* and check the "Hearing" section (which I could not found on my Lollipop devices – according to the linked question, it might be device-specific and not available on all devices – the [Samsung S6 e.g. seems to have this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJxc0U3tziQ "Youtube: Adjust earphone left or right sound balance on Samsung Galaxy S6"), for other devices it [seems to have been removed](http://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/357257-no-more-sound-balance-option-accessibility.html "AndroidCentral: No more sound balance option in accessibility?")) for either the "Sound balance" or the "Music Effects" item. So if your device has that: great, you're done!
If your device does *not* have this setting, there are 3rd party solutions. But as far as I am aware, they all require your device being rooted. If that condition is met, you can e.g. use:
* the [Audio Balance](http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.robertogl.audiobalance "Audio Balance module in the XPosed repository") XPosed module (see [this XDA thread for details](http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/app-audio-balance-t3189218))
* the [Viper](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223 "Viper at XDA") music effects app recommended in the linked question (still maintained; the [download page](http://vipersaudio.com/blog/?page_id=48 "Viper Download") mentions "Android 4.0~6.0")
As much as I've looked around, these seem to be the only options available currently.
---
Update by [<NAME>](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/177293/victor-spinei) after evaluation:
In order to download and install this you might need to check:
1. Settings/Security/Unknown source to be ON
2. Settings/Google/Scan device for security threats to be OFF
3. Close security applications like Lookout
4. Do not forget to restart all those services after installing the audio apps.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Android itself has a.f.a.i.k. no balance setting (which is a shame!).
But you can try in Googles Appstore **"Bass Booster and Equalizer"** - which installs itself as MusicPlayer and allows - amongst many other audio settings - to adjust the balance.
The only disadvantage is that the settings are limited to the application itself (the music player), and not system-wide effective.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/19 | 269 | 943 | <issue_start>username_0: In Gmail email threads can be [muted](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/47787?hl=en). How can they be muted in [Google Inbox](https://www.google.com/inbox/) mobile?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes. You can mute an email conversation in Google Inbox. You need to open the email and long press "Done" on your phone. Remember muted conversations will pop back if a reply is addressed to you and no one else, or if you're added to the "To" or "Cc" line in a new message. You may refer to "Mute all replies to an email" section of this help center page: <https://support.google.com/inbox/answer/6067561?hl=en>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To build on Neal's answer:
* On mobile, long-press on Done
* On web, enable shortcuts (shift + ?), click on the email, type 'm'
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: On mobile Android, long pressing on the tick also brings up the mute option.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/19 | 253 | 917 | <issue_start>username_0: I DO NOT want to lose my data/photos!
Finger won't work
Forgot back up password
Never set up Samsung acc't
Can't access phone via Google/Gmail<issue_comment>username_1: Yes. You can mute an email conversation in Google Inbox. You need to open the email and long press "Done" on your phone. Remember muted conversations will pop back if a reply is addressed to you and no one else, or if you're added to the "To" or "Cc" line in a new message. You may refer to "Mute all replies to an email" section of this help center page: <https://support.google.com/inbox/answer/6067561?hl=en>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To build on Neal's answer:
* On mobile, long-press on Done
* On web, enable shortcuts (shift + ?), click on the email, type 'm'
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: On mobile Android, long pressing on the tick also brings up the mute option.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/20 | 465 | 1,943 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy Express phone running Android 4.1.2
Is there a way to delete Google Drive from the phone [without rooting it]? In the Application Manager, there is no DELETE button for Drive. The only buttons are to FORCE STOP and UNINSTALL UPDATES.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't beleive so. Drive (I beleive), along with Gmail, Maps, etc is a required app that Samsung must include with their phones, and it can't be uninstalled - at least not easily without the likes of rooting.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: If you see a button labeled "uninstall updates", that's a system app which you cannot remove without root powers. User-installed apps never have that "uninstall updates" button, for a simple technical reason:
* a "system app" has its original `.apk` file installed on the `/system` partition, which is mounted read-only. If it receives an update, it thus cannot simply replace its original `.apk` – so the update gets placed on the `/data` partition (along with the user-installed apps).
* a user-installed app gets installed straight on `/data` – so if there's an update, it replaces the originally installed `.apk`.
Hence, by the simple existence of a button labeled "uninstall updates" you can tell that's a system app. You then can push that button: after uninstalling updates, in most cases it changes its lable to "disable". Push that button again, and the app is "disabled" – i.e. doesn't turn up in your app drawer, on your homescreen, or anywhere else except for *Settings › Apps* (where you could re-enable it when needed). That's the closest you can come to uninstalling without rooting your device.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: You cannot "delete" Google Drive without rooting the device, but you can at least disable the app or force stop it which is like deleting it except that you will ***not*** get the disk space that the app is using up back.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/20 | 807 | 2,851 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Osmand running on Huawei Y560 with 5.1.1. Osmand was running in internal storage. I have performed "move to SD card" operation. Currently maps folder is set to `/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.osmand.plus/files`. Looks this folder is in internal memory anyway. I'm trying to change folder to `/storage/sdcard1/osmand` , but Osmand complains that it can't write to this directory. How to place maps to external card?<issue_comment>username_1: Simply go to
1. OsmAnd settings, General settings (to configure common settings for the application)
2. Under Miscellaneous, Tap Data storage folder, there is a pop-up info to ask where you want to store your Maps data.
3. That's it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Selecting "Storage 2" or other pre-definded storage-names concerning the SD-card does NOT help, if Android or whoever insists of the real name of the SD-Card (which may be e.g. "22E-23D..." and not simply "extSDcard" or "storage 2").
You can get this name of your SD, if you look in the properties e.g. of a jpg-file which is stored on your SD-Card. If you look closely on the different items of "properties", you will discover "details" (or some item named similiar to that). There you will find the path to your jpg-file and in the path-name you will see - at last - the real name of your SD-card.
That's it.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QpNCK.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cs6lI.jpg)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Both of the above answers did not work for me. But today - just by chance - I came across this discussion here on github:
<https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/issues/1838>
Some people in there are mentioning problems they had when the app itself was pushed to SD. I had a look, and indeed my tablet's "move apps to SD" feature had moved OSMAND to the card. After I had moved it back I could select "Multi user storage 2" (in German: "Mehrbenutzer-Speicher 2") in Osmand's settings. This was the only option really working, and since it did I didn't bother going through more experiments. All files are now stored below
```
/storage/[sdcard-ID]/Android/obb/net.osmand.plus
```
Hopefully that stays as it is now
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: After having moved the app to the SD card via the app preferences (as you did it already) I was able to select "Interner App-speicher" (which should translate to internal app storage) which also showed a path to
```
/mnt/expand/.../user/0/net.osmand.plus/no_backup
```
which is where my external sdcard is mounted. So I assume that the internal app storage is on the external sd card as soon as the app is moved there. Also the free storage was then displayed correctly. osmand 3.0.4, android 6.0.1.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/20 | 252 | 1,028 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Motorola Moto 4G 2nd gen and since purchase I have used google's gmail application for my email. Everything worked fine. I would receive emails very quickly without having to do much.
However, after some problems with my phone I upgraded to lollipop (5.1) and what a disaster. The biggest problem is it now doesn't automatically download my emails. I seem to have to visit "Social", or "Promotions" and then click back in to "Primary", which seems to trigger a sync and find my awaiting email.
How on earth can I fix this? I cannot spend my day having to do just between Primary and Social to check whether I have an email or not.<issue_comment>username_1: You could try removing and re-adding your Google Account.
Settings > Accounts > Google.
Remove it, reboot the phone, and then go through the process of re-adding it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Your setting for Sync is disabled. Enable the setting for Sync in Status-bar.
Hope your problem may be solved.
thanks
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/21 | 380 | 1,490 | <issue_start>username_0: This was totally my fault but now I'm stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I just bought 2 nexus 5x phones and planned to install Cyanogenmod 13 on each. I succeeded on the first attempt but this is what happened on the second:
I forgot to re-enable USB debugging after unlocking the bootloader but managed to proceed with installing twrp and vendor.img. When it came time to push (adp push) cm13 to /sdcard, adp gave me this error: "adp: error: connect failed: no devices/emulators found". "fastboot devices" shows that the phone is connected and the recover mode screen shows fastboot mode. (install instructions: <https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_bullhead>).
I can get into twrp but trying to boot the phone normally does not work. I get an error saying that the device is corrupted, and then the boot hangs at the weird google animated logo. The screen never shuts off and the animated logo just keeps going around and around.
I can't do a hard reset because I keep ending up at twrp when I try to follow the hard reset instructions.
What should me next steps be?
Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: You could try removing and re-adding your Google Account.
Settings > Accounts > Google.
Remove it, reboot the phone, and then go through the process of re-adding it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Your setting for Sync is disabled. Enable the setting for Sync in Status-bar.
Hope your problem may be solved.
thanks
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/21 | 685 | 2,738 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently bought a Meizu m3 note. Everything works fine in the play store (after I put the SIM in), except the downloading on mobile data connection.
I can browse, search apps and request to install. But the download won't start. It's stuck on the "Waiting for network..." message. See screen cap below.
When switching to WiFi, everything works OK.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0MUBo.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: It seems that when disabling `Data on WLAN only`, in the Download app, Google Play's app download started. See screen cap.
Strange that the Download app and Google Play are connected.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VANbA.jpg)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Goto All Apps settings and Force Stop default(preinstalled) download manager app. Cheers!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I had same issue on my Xiaomi Mi5, reseting preferences and changing setting didn't work. Finally I tried uninstalling updates in Google Play Store app and that worked.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: just got done troubleshooting with Google via the play store help feature. I was told that i am experiencing an issue with the current nougat 7.0 OS. I know this thread started before nougat was released, but I just started experiencing this. Running nougat on Axon ZTE 7. They're flavor of nougat is MiFavor 4.2. developers are aware and are"working on the issue work phone manufacturers."
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I have the axon 7 go to settings then apps then Google play then tap 3 small boxes in top right corner and uninstall update.... This worked out for me
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_6: Uninstalling the google play update worked for me..
This now raises new questions and concerns, but yeah this got the downloads going again for me
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: Same issues here. ZTE Axon 7 running 7.1.1 with "waiting for network" message when attempting to download anything from the Google Play Store.
Only fix thus far is to "Uninstall Updates" from the Google Play Store application. Be careful to cancel the automatic update of Google Play Store app the next time you open it, or you'll have to repeat the process.
I have found that doing this seems to bugger my Android Auto, and basically removes links to any 3rd party apps (Like Slacker or Pocket Casts) and requires an uninstall & reinstall of those apps for Android Auto to "re-link" them into the app. This seems to be a Google Play Store issue, not an issue that is specific to one particular manufacturer.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/21 | 456 | 1,966 | <issue_start>username_0: "1 search pending" notification from Google App is stuck on my Marshmallow phone since yesterday. Based on other answered questions about stuck notifications, I tried:
1. To Cancel the pending search
2. Rebooting my phone
3. Turning off and turning back on the notifications for Google App
4. Forcing the Google app to close
5. Turning off the notifications for Google App, rebooting the phone, and turning notifications back on.
6. Trying to search the same thing again
None of the above "solutions" worked.
I had applied the June 2016 security updates from Google last week. Not sure if this had something to do with it.
Any help in this regards is appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: When you try to uninstall the Google app, it would ask you if you want to replace the app with the factory version. Select yes. That should do it, worked for me. :)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: first you should try to disable Google app updates, after that application manager will ask for the turning factory version you should accept that request. that solution worked with me.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Toggling notification block for the Google app seemed to clear the stuck notification on my HTC One M8 running Lollipop. This should also work in Marshmallow:
* Long press on the stuck notification until it says the app name, in this case "Google App"
* Press the 'i' to open notification prefs (or go to settings > sound & notification > app notifications > Google app)
* **Switch "Block" on then off again**
* the stuck notification should be cleared
No uninstall needed. No settings lost. No home screens cleared.
Note: The question mentioned "turning off notifications for the Google app" which is unclear. There is a notification on/off setting in the Google app, but a notification block at the system level is different. Unsure if the OP tried this method, but it worked for me.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/22 | 1,163 | 3,743 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to root my phone. I have flashed TWRP recovery from [here](https://dl.twrp.me/zeroltetmo/) using Odin. I have installed Android Studio for Android SDK. The command `adb devices` shows the device connected but `fastboot devices` just gives me a blank. I have searched for solutions but most of them suggested to install drivers. I have installed the drivers suggested whenever applicable but, the result did not change. I have this issue too, when I select *Apply update from SD card* in custom recovery I get the following error
>
> E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
>
>
>
The solution suggested in many sites to side step the above error was to use `adb` and `fastboot`. Please help me solve this issue.
**My Phone Info:**
* Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
* Android 6.0.1
* SM-925T
* G925TUVU4EPF1<issue_comment>username_1: For most Android devices, there is a fastboot menu with and image of an open Android and some options. Accessing it usually involves turning on the phone while pressing one or both of the volume buttons. However, Samsung devices have it differently.
Instead of using fastboot, you use Odin. (These instructions are for a galaxy tab 3, might vary by device.) If you turn on the phone while pressing home and vol down, you enter download, or if you used Odin before, Odin mode. This is used instead of fastboot to flash Roms.
There are many videos on how to use Odin to flash Roms like CWM and TWRP, so search for one of those.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I guess the problem is that you are still using the **stock-recovery** as it seems.
`Apply update from SD card` is typically used in stock-recoveries.
TWRP typically looks like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/37A75.jpg)
Thanks to [Technobuzz](http://www.technobuzz.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/TWRP-Install-ROM-Files.jpg) for this picture
So again you have to follow this procedure for the Galaxy S6 Edge on Android 6.0.1:
1. Download [TWRP 3.0.2.0 from their official site](https://dl.twrp.me/zerolteeu/twrp-3.0.2-0-zerolteeu.img.tar.html) and place it on your desktop.
2. Download [Odin3 from here](http://www.chip.de/downloads/c1_downloads_hs_getfile_v1_16080236.html?t=1470132027&v=3600&s=a270c0918c7c3ca2f976e147d02da6f3) and extract it to your desktop. It is a german site - but the download starts after 3 seconds and is clean atleast.
3. Make sure Samsung Kies is not running, then start Odin with administrative privileges.
4. Add the downloaded TWRP file under AP / PDA in Odin.
5. Boot your phone into **download mode** (volume down + power button), then confirm the dialouge by pressing the volume up button and connect it to your pc via USB.
Your setup should look something like that (don't mind the filename) :
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJiMW.png)
Thanks to [pocketpc.ch](http://www.pocketpc.ch/attachments/samsung-galaxy-note-3-root-und-rom/137366d1380471782-anleitung-root-twrp-cwm-recovery-fuer-galaxy-note-3-a-unbenannt1.png) for providing this image
Then start the flashing process, wait until Odin says **PASS!** in its message box. Then reboot your phone into the recovery mode and you should be good to go.
If this procedure does not work for you, repeat the process but untick the `Auto Reboot`checkbox before flashing. Then manually reboot by holding the power-button for like 5 seconds and try booting into the recovery.
Further Readings:
1. [HOW TO: Install TWRP 3.0.0 Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge](http://www.teamandroid.com/2016/02/15/how-to-install-galaxy-s6-edge-twrp-3-0-recovery-complete-guide/2/)
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/22 | 1,242 | 4,058 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the Android smartphone “Lava Iris 455”. My phone is not rooted. Since last week I installed APK file from some website. After a second day I realize that a trojan is installed on my phone. It is downloading Android apps automatically when data connection is on my phone.
I installed AVG Antivirus from Google Play Store. It is showing following trojan is installed on my phone:
* Name : netalpha 3.1.8
* package : `com.play.photo.json.alpha`
* location : `/system/app/LibsCore.apk`
* installed Date : 2016/07/19\*\*
1. AVG antivirus failed to remove this trojan.
2. Lookout antivirus shows un-installed unsuccessful
3. After factory reseting, it is getting back again.
4. I tried manually to force stop service, disable, clear data. it is getting enable automatically.
I searched this problem on Google, but I did not found a solution.
Last option is flash android stock ROM to phone with flashing software.
I have two questions:
1. How is the trojan installed on /system/app directory even if my phone is not rooted yet?
2. Obviously, if it installed on System App directory, then it should be removed without rooting my phone.<issue_comment>username_1: For most Android devices, there is a fastboot menu with and image of an open Android and some options. Accessing it usually involves turning on the phone while pressing one or both of the volume buttons. However, Samsung devices have it differently.
Instead of using fastboot, you use Odin. (These instructions are for a galaxy tab 3, might vary by device.) If you turn on the phone while pressing home and vol down, you enter download, or if you used Odin before, Odin mode. This is used instead of fastboot to flash Roms.
There are many videos on how to use Odin to flash Roms like CWM and TWRP, so search for one of those.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I guess the problem is that you are still using the **stock-recovery** as it seems.
`Apply update from SD card` is typically used in stock-recoveries.
TWRP typically looks like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/37A75.jpg)
Thanks to [Technobuzz](http://www.technobuzz.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/TWRP-Install-ROM-Files.jpg) for this picture
So again you have to follow this procedure for the Galaxy S6 Edge on Android 6.0.1:
1. Download [TWRP 3.0.2.0 from their official site](https://dl.twrp.me/zerolteeu/twrp-3.0.2-0-zerolteeu.img.tar.html) and place it on your desktop.
2. Download [Odin3 from here](http://www.chip.de/downloads/c1_downloads_hs_getfile_v1_16080236.html?t=1470132027&v=3600&s=a270c0918c7c3ca2f976e147d02da6f3) and extract it to your desktop. It is a german site - but the download starts after 3 seconds and is clean atleast.
3. Make sure Samsung Kies is not running, then start Odin with administrative privileges.
4. Add the downloaded TWRP file under AP / PDA in Odin.
5. Boot your phone into **download mode** (volume down + power button), then confirm the dialouge by pressing the volume up button and connect it to your pc via USB.
Your setup should look something like that (don't mind the filename) :
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJiMW.png)
Thanks to [pocketpc.ch](http://www.pocketpc.ch/attachments/samsung-galaxy-note-3-root-und-rom/137366d1380471782-anleitung-root-twrp-cwm-recovery-fuer-galaxy-note-3-a-unbenannt1.png) for providing this image
Then start the flashing process, wait until Odin says **PASS!** in its message box. Then reboot your phone into the recovery mode and you should be good to go.
If this procedure does not work for you, repeat the process but untick the `Auto Reboot`checkbox before flashing. Then manually reboot by holding the power-button for like 5 seconds and try booting into the recovery.
Further Readings:
1. [HOW TO: Install TWRP 3.0.0 Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge](http://www.teamandroid.com/2016/02/15/how-to-install-galaxy-s6-edge-twrp-3-0-recovery-complete-guide/2/)
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/22 | 468 | 1,826 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking to flash twrp on my device. Are there any risks involved in it, beside the bricking,etc.
I understand that the bootloader will be unlocked, but is this any risk of something such as a privacy issue?
Twrp is supported on my device which is a Samsung Galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition smp605.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't believe the bootloader will be unlocked, that'll remain locked.
Risks? Bricking the device, not being able to take an OTA update are the big ones. If you flash something not meant for your device, you could brick/cause issues requiring you to get back to stock.
I'd recommend making sure you know how to flash and get back to 100% stock before flashing a recovery/rooting the phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The risks that are commonly mentioned, as RMarkwald said, are **bricking your device** and **not being able to receive OTA updates**. In my opinion, though, if you install a custom recovery such as TWRP, is because you want more control and flexibility than those provided by a stock device.
Regarding privacy... it must be said that, very often, a mere combination of keys and physical access to your device are required to start the recovery, thus enabling a potentially ill-willed user to perform malicious operations.
Now, on a stock (**3e**) recovery, the possible operations are very few, the worst being a factory reset. From a custom recovery such as TWRP, though, one could:
* **sideload and install unsigned ZIP packages**;
* **format only selected partitions**;
* **push and pull files arbitrarily**;
* **change file permissions and ownerships**;
* **convert user apps to system apps**;
* **features both a terminal and a file manager**.
---
May this serve as a general overview. Thanks to @DanB for the reminder.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/23 | 495 | 2,003 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an elderly friend that has an app - the app has a button that opens a website. When this person taps that button multiple times during the day a new browser tab opens every time. I can't teach this person how to close tabs, they just don't get it and at the end of a week that have 30 tabs open. Naturally the tablet slows to a crawl....
Is there a setting that prevents new tabs from being opened? Instead just using only one tab for everything?
Thanks for the help....<issue_comment>username_1: I don't believe the bootloader will be unlocked, that'll remain locked.
Risks? Bricking the device, not being able to take an OTA update are the big ones. If you flash something not meant for your device, you could brick/cause issues requiring you to get back to stock.
I'd recommend making sure you know how to flash and get back to 100% stock before flashing a recovery/rooting the phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The risks that are commonly mentioned, as RMarkwald said, are **bricking your device** and **not being able to receive OTA updates**. In my opinion, though, if you install a custom recovery such as TWRP, is because you want more control and flexibility than those provided by a stock device.
Regarding privacy... it must be said that, very often, a mere combination of keys and physical access to your device are required to start the recovery, thus enabling a potentially ill-willed user to perform malicious operations.
Now, on a stock (**3e**) recovery, the possible operations are very few, the worst being a factory reset. From a custom recovery such as TWRP, though, one could:
* **sideload and install unsigned ZIP packages**;
* **format only selected partitions**;
* **push and pull files arbitrarily**;
* **change file permissions and ownerships**;
* **convert user apps to system apps**;
* **features both a terminal and a file manager**.
---
May this serve as a general overview. Thanks to @DanB for the reminder.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/23 | 324 | 1,390 | <issue_start>username_0: Are there any browsers that automate downloading time? For example I want to download a huge file during a certain time that I would be unavailable with my device but I'd like the file being downloaded at that exact time. Are there any android browsers that support this kind of feature?
If there aren't what are the ways that I can achieve this?<issue_comment>username_1: I think it's unlikely that a browser will support such behaviour; I'm not able to find any, and I think it's especially unlikely that they would support Gingerbread. If you had a newer version of Android, you could use [Termux](https://termux.com/) to wait until it was time to start the download, then download the file using something like this command:
```
cd storage/Download; sleep && wget
```
but unfortunately Termux only supports Android 5.0 Lollipop and newer.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can use [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) app and create a recipe for it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: [ADM - Advanced Download Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dv.adm)
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It has a browser and scheduled download capability.. It also can intercept the clipboard for download links etc...
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/24 | 303 | 1,218 | <issue_start>username_0: Can somebody help me
I had done factory reset on my phone unite A106 unite 2 micromax and now I am unable to use my Google Play Store can't create gmail account what to do?<issue_comment>username_1: I think it's unlikely that a browser will support such behaviour; I'm not able to find any, and I think it's especially unlikely that they would support Gingerbread. If you had a newer version of Android, you could use [Termux](https://termux.com/) to wait until it was time to start the download, then download the file using something like this command:
```
cd storage/Download; sleep && wget
```
but unfortunately Termux only supports Android 5.0 Lollipop and newer.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can use [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) app and create a recipe for it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: [ADM - Advanced Download Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dv.adm)
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It has a browser and scheduled download capability.. It also can intercept the clipboard for download links etc...
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/24 | 215 | 825 | <issue_start>username_0: I have started using CM Security on my new phone which runs Android 6.0. I use the Applock feature, but the problem is it doesn't work because... just as I kill the window from my recent apps, CM Security also stops running in the background and as a result the password protection doesn't work.
So I was looking for a way to keep the app always running on the background.
P.S: My phone is not rooted.<issue_comment>username_1: Simply try another security software like *Avast*, *AVG*. For example I have system (*KitKat*) with built in deamon *App Permission Manager* so it's never stop.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The app [Wake Lock Revamp - Power Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wldonate)
helps to keep apps running in the background.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/24 | 2,495 | 8,901 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a very strange behavior on an Android device (Nexus 7) when trying to access local network applications. Instead of getting the actual IP of the machine on LAN, the Android device gets the *public* IP, which means that Chrome, Firefox or any other browser simply shows the web page of the router.
I have an internal DNS server which handles the local networks. Doing `ping` from a PC works correctly:
```
$ ping s.pelicandd.com
PING pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.524 ms
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.578 ms
^C
```
On an HTC One device (accessed with `adb shell`), it works well too:
```
shell@m7:/ $ ping s.pelicandd.com
PING pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.56 ms
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=27.8 ms
^C
```
However, this is what I get when doing the same `ping` from Nexus 7:
```
shell@flo:/ $ ping s.pelicandd.com
PING pelicandd.com (192.168.3.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from LFbn-1-2441-42.w90-78.abo.wanadoo.fr (90.78.26.42): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.56 ms
64 bytes from LFbn-1-2441-42.w90-78.abo.wanadoo.fr (192.168.3.11): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=8.63 ms
^C
```
Instead of resolving to the internal IP, it resolves to the public one.
The network configuration is—except the IP address of the device—exactly the same on both devices: IP settings are set to *Static*, and DNS servers are the internal ones. Both Android devices are connected through Wi-Fi (unlike the PC). A major difference, however, is that Nexus 7 is using Android 6.0.1, while HTC One uses Android 5.0.2.
There is no `nm-tool`, `dig` or `nslookup` on Nexus 7. The device is not rooted.
The problem existed since I bought the device a few weeks ago, so it could hardly be the issue with DNS cache.
What can I do to further inspect this issue?<issue_comment>username_1: We recently encountered this issue, and we narrowed it to occurring ONLY on devices running Android v5 and newer. Android v4 and all other OS's have no issue.
With that tidbit, we determined that Android v5 and newer insists on using IPv6 for DNS name resolution. (Since we've completely disabled IPv6 on our network, this jibes with the issue.) If Android v5(+) can't get an IPv6 response from local DNS, then it reaches out to Google's public name host (8.8.8.8). Hence, no internal DNS, just external.
We worked around the issue by creating DNS records on our public-facing DNS servers for select internal names and IPs. With that done, Google's public DNS could resolve these internal names with internal IPs, and the devices could then reach our internal hosts.
We're proceeding with fully enabling IPv6 on our internal DNS servers (domain controllers) as a permanent fix.
=========================================
UPDATE--
Well, it turns out this may be a total red herring...or not. My home network is Win2008R2, single-domain with DHCP and DNS and no IPv6 binding. Tested an Android v5 device from there and had NO ISSUE. Office network with issue is Win2012 (non-R2), single-domain.
Bypassed current office WAPs with stand-alone Linksys WAP and separate SSID for testing, issue persists.
Differences between office and home networks (that I can think of):
- Windows version - 2012 vs. 2008 R2
- router model (Cisco vs. Linksys)
- WAP model (Dell-branded Aruba Networks vs. Linksys)
Proceeding with whatever further testing I can think of for narrowing the issue. Any suggestions or input is extremely appreciated!
=========================================
PROBLEM GONE (?!)
Our issue seemed to disappear on its own following a network topology change that I wouldn't think was related, but here's the info in case.
(HUGE APOLOGIES for this long, drawn out story, but this is when our Android issues disappeared, so ride this out if you can. I'm probably providing WAY too much detail here, but because I can't see a direct connection, I'm laying it all out exactly as it happened.)
Our ISP is Comcast Business Class—a cable modem with a static IP block of five addresses (weird number but that's how Comcast sells them). Comcast's cable modem is essentially a combination modem/firewall/router/switch, with our static IP block remotely programmed into it.
For 10+ years and almost as many employers, I've always built office networks the same way:
Configure a LAN IP for the ISP modem/router, which NAT's traffic from the internet. Couldn't be simpler, and that's how my current office network has been configured for four years.
Recently our office internet service went down. Usually a modem restart corrects it, but when it didn't we called Comcast who sent a tech, who replaced the cable modem to restore service.
A few days later, the same thing happened again. We called again, and the onsite tech (different tech than before) attempted to replace the modem again, this time with a newer model. Surprisingly, the newer cable modem did not support changing the LAN subnet address. The default subnet is 10.1.10.0/24, and it cannot be changed. (Only the 4th octet was configurable.) As our office subnet is 192.168.100.0/24, I let the tech know we couldn't use it without being able to change the LAN subnet. He understood, but had no info as to why the cable modem would prevent the change. So he installed a replacement modem of the same model as before, which we configured identically, and internet access was restored.
Another day or two passes, and the service goes down again. This time when I called Comcast, the initial tech I spoke with asked detailed and knowledgeable questions about our network configuration. When I explained that the cable modem was configured with a LAN IP on our subnet, he seemed puzzled by this. He said that most Comcast customers connect a NAT'ing router between the cable modem and LAN rather than use the cable modem's NAT'ing. In fact, he said he wasn't aware that the cable modem supported NAT'ing.
Comcast sent out another tech with a brand new cable modem (latest model that doesn't support changing the LAN subnet). He did extensive testing on the existing modem, and finally determined that it was only passing IPv6 traffic—no IPv4. He also confirmed what the phone tech had said--that it's recommended to use a separate router for NAT'ing, and to not change the LAN subnet on the cable modem (which we can't do on the newer modems now anyway).
And now we finally come to the network change we made. I installed a simple LinkSys router between the cable modem and our core router, configured with our static IP on the modem side, and a LAN IP on the inside. Internet service was then restored, and has remained stable for some time now.
After internet service was restored, I thought about the oddness of the IPv6 issue with the cable modem, which in turn reminded me of the Android v5 issue. I then tested our Android devices in the office, and was stunned to see that the DNS issue was no longer occurring.
Adding the LinkSys router for NAT'ing is the ONLY NETWORK CHANGE WE MADE. Coincidence?? Possibly, but it just seemed a little peculiar that both were related to IPv6.
Anyway, sorry again for the long story, but our Android issue is gone. Make what you can out of it.
username_1
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I came across this post while trying to get my Android 6.0 device to use the locally configured DNS server to resolve local hostnames. One answer above indicated that Android 5.0 and newer insists on using IPv6 DNS servers. This was the clue that lead me to my solution.
My router was advertising the IPv6 DNS servers provided by my ISP using DHCP-PD. I reconfigured my router to stop advertising the IPv6 DNS servers and now the Android 6.0 device is resolving the local hostname using the IPv4 DNS server provided by DHCP (IPv4).
I also have a DNAT to redirect all DNS queries (TCP/UDP port 53) to my local DNS server. This was in place before disabling the router advertisement with IPv6 DNS servers so I don't know if Android 5.0+ falls back to the Google DNS servers (as claimed in the previous answer) and I caught them with my DNAT rule or whether my Android 6.0 device just used the DHCP assigned IPv4 DNS server. Either way, the local hostname resolution is working now.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I was finally able to solve this by setting up a DHCP server myself on the same network, which configures the correct Search Domain to send to the clients.
Once I had a dhcp server, in my case isc-dhcpd with the configuration in dhcp.conf:
```
option domain-name "myrealdomain.tld";
```
Android was able to resolve local A-records set in my DNS server.
Upvotes: 2 |
2016/07/24 | 684 | 2,869 | <issue_start>username_0: Device: Lenovo A806 with Android 4.4.2
Problem: Cannot log in to google account while on data (**works on wifi**)
Description:
Cannot open google play (connection failed, retry) or add a new google account to the android settings (signing in, may take minutes). Also cannot eg log in to PokemonGO with google account while on data, but can log in with non-google account. The game keeps playing if later I go off-wifi. Wifi is required only for sign in. If I disconnect and allow some time to pass then cannot log in again on data.
Tried:
1. Date and time settings are automatic and I verified that the difference to atomic clock is under 1s.
2. Different SIM in different country has the same problem (network operator-independent)
3. Cannot add new google account (account independent, not related to 2-step verification or wrong password etc)
4. Hosts file contains only 127.0.0.1 localhost.
5. Uninstalling/Reinstalling, clearing cache, clearing data, forcing to stop the app and restarting does not seem to help because more than one app have the same problem.
6. Captured the HTTP/S traffic using Drony but didn't manage to understand which is the call to the google account, and see its status.
I know the question may seem a duplicate, but I haven't found any solved question about having this problem ONLY on data (wifi works so that rules out many solutions)<issue_comment>username_1: Do you have background data restricted? Usually I can't login to my Google account with background data restricted. Try with removing background restriction.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I also faced the same problem in LE 1s, So,I have done system settings-->dual sim and mobile networks-->data management-->connection control-->select app that you want in mobile data.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: [SOLVED] by Patroklos A Jul 25 '16 at 15:39
I think it got fixed, it was probably something similar: The mobile data access was available for google services in android settings but there is a built-in lenovo app called 'security' which has a submodule called 'firewall', and this was blocking google services when on data to save on MB usage. Thank you –
go to settings > security > apps with usage access > google play services > click on 'i' icon > data usage > uncheck restrict background data
you can also access it from settings > apps > google play services > data usage > uncheck restrict background data
Done! Thanks for the clue, Patroklos!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: When I installed my phone for the first time, I probably restricted too many apps from using mobile data.
I have system apps called 'msa' and "Browser services". When I turned mobile data for both apps back on, I finally was able to log into my Google account again via a mobile data connection. ':-D
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/24 | 922 | 3,531 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using a Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 (SM-A310F) smartphone with Android 5.1.1. I am trying to combine several icons on the home screens into folders, like I did on various other Android devices before.
Samsung's manual for SM-A310F indicates that creating folders works like on the other Android devices I used; by tapping and holding an icon for a few seconds, then by dragging it onto another icon (to create a new folder) or onto an existing folder (to add the icon to that folder).
However, this does not work on the phone I am using: Holding an icon does not do anything while in the normal mode:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YWasB.png)
The home screen can only be edited after tapping *Bearbeiten* (*Edit*) in the top right corner of each of the home screen pages to switch to an edit mode:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uctW4.png)
In there, icons cannot be dragged, only deleted (each icon is adorned with a little "minus" overlay icon in this mode). If this is not the standard behaviour of Android 5.1.1, I am seeing no indication of that in the system info.
So, my question is: **How can I create folders on the home screens in Android 5.1.1?**
I found [one vaguely similar question](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/120947/how-to-create-nested-folders-on-home-screen-in-lollipop), but I am not looking for installing any special launcher apps or exceed the built-in maximum number of apps per folder, I just want to access the folder feature that has always been around on previous Android versions on devices by different manufacturers.
One additional option is described on [Solvemix](http://www.solvemix.com/index.php/android-smartphones/357-android-lollipop-create-folder-for-apps-how-it-works), where it is explained that users should tap "at the top right on the three-point symbol" in the app menu. However, no such three-point symbol is present in the app menu on the device I am trying to configure.<issue_comment>username_1: Do you have background data restricted? Usually I can't login to my Google account with background data restricted. Try with removing background restriction.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I also faced the same problem in LE 1s, So,I have done system settings-->dual sim and mobile networks-->data management-->connection control-->select app that you want in mobile data.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: [SOLVED] by Patroklos A Jul 25 '16 at 15:39
I think it got fixed, it was probably something similar: The mobile data access was available for google services in android settings but there is a built-in lenovo app called 'security' which has a submodule called 'firewall', and this was blocking google services when on data to save on MB usage. Thank you –
go to settings > security > apps with usage access > google play services > click on 'i' icon > data usage > uncheck restrict background data
you can also access it from settings > apps > google play services > data usage > uncheck restrict background data
Done! Thanks for the clue, Patroklos!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: When I installed my phone for the first time, I probably restricted too many apps from using mobile data.
I have system apps called 'msa' and "Browser services". When I turned mobile data for both apps back on, I finally was able to log into my Google account again via a mobile data connection. ':-D
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/25 | 817 | 3,284 | <issue_start>username_0: I accidentally tried to pair with a mystery bluetooth device from somewhere in the neighborhood awhile back, confusing it with a device I was trying to pair with. Now every time I turn on bluetooth in my house I get a pairing request from a mystery device. The neighbors don't know anything about bluetooth devices and I would feel weird going through their home looking for devices (plus that's really inappropriate). Can I get android to ignore this pairing request or is this a bug in android? If so, it seems like a serious flaw in the android OS itself. It's driving me nuts. I would pay money to stop this from happening. I use a Samsung Galaxy S5 with android 6.0. My next step is to reset my phone and see if that helps. I can't believe google left this big of a flaw in the android os that you can't block things when they spam you via bluetooth.
Just an update as of 8-23-2016. This looks to be a flaw in Android. I just wiped my phone completely and set it back up and the mystery device is still spamming my phone with connection requests and there is no way to stop it.<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunately, I think it's not your phone, but the other device. When you tried to pair with it, it remembered that (I can almost tell for sure you did not only try, you *succeeded* to pair with it). So now, when the other device sees yours in range, it automatically fires up request to pair. That's how Bluetooth works, and that's why the protocol is so convenient.
Check if this thread works for you:
[Ignore / stop incoming bluetooth connect/pair requests](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/66909/ignore-stop-incoming-bluetooth-connect-pair-requests)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: So it turns out it was the bluetooth on my CPAP machine. I installed an add-on unit to my cpap machine for phillips respironics dreammapper. The device was named pr bt bf0d. The code for that is 1008. Android should have a feature where it can add and remove devices to a bluetooth ignore pair request list.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I had the same pairing request problem. I thought my Android Galaxy S5 was trying to pair with my Plantronics Back Fit PR BT 9A8D bluetooth device. I kept getting a pairing request for Plantronics PR BT 9A8D. The device was turned off and unpaired but I kept getting the request.
Apparently my Galaxy S5 was seeing my bluetooth Dreammapper on my CPAP machine. Once I entered the CPAP code 1008. I was able to get my CPAP data and the pairing request stopped.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I've been told that if you pair to the device that is asking to pair with you from *another* device (not your phone), then it will stop spamming your phone.
Just make sure the other device isn't one that will normally be in range of the spamming BT source, otherwise you'll just get the notice elsewhere.
In my case, the spamming BT device (Uconnect in a Jeep) can't be connected to from any other device. So I'm going to have to destroy it with a sledgehammer, once I found out where it's located.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: My problem with the constant pairing tries was related to the smartband app (fitpro). I erase all data, force stoped the app and it was sucessfull.
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/25 | 389 | 1,625 | <issue_start>username_0: I just recently downloaded the Yahoo app to get my email on, and I am constantly getting notifications from Yahoo News. I want to turn off the news notifications but *not* the mail notifications.
I turned off all notifications, but I get time-sensitive email messages and I am missing a lot of deadlines with the notifications off, so I turned it back on.
But now I'm killing my battery because I am constantly having to check my phone because I never know if it's an email or news that I don't care about.
Can this be done?<issue_comment>username_1: Settings -> Sound & notification ---> App notifications.
Turn off the app you don't want to raise Notifications
Also see Advanced option if any application can read notifications and should be allowed or not.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The news notification can be set inside the Yahoo Mail app itself.
1. Open the left navigation drawer (e.g. by swiping from left to right, or tapping the "hamburger" icon on the top-left)
2. Tap **Settings** at the bottom
3. Under **General**, select **Notifications**
4. Under **News notification settings**, tap **Enable notifications** to switch it off/on
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Select the three bars next to "inbox". Select "Settings" in the list. In the General section select "Notifications". Scroll to bottom to see News Notification section. Turn off "Breaking News".
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: when you see the alert, press and hold for a few seconds until you see two icons. tap the one for notifications (looks like a bell with an "x" through it).
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/26 | 382 | 1,531 | <issue_start>username_0: When I plugged in my phone to my computer for the first time it gave me a list of options to choose for what to do when it is plugged in. I tapped one of the choices and then mistakenly tapped "Always" instead of "Just Once." I want to choose a different action, but how do I reset it to give me the choices again?
(And yes, I tried going into Settings>Apps>Reset app preferences, but no luck.)
I am running Android 6.0.1, unrooted.<issue_comment>username_1: Settings -> Sound & notification ---> App notifications.
Turn off the app you don't want to raise Notifications
Also see Advanced option if any application can read notifications and should be allowed or not.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The news notification can be set inside the Yahoo Mail app itself.
1. Open the left navigation drawer (e.g. by swiping from left to right, or tapping the "hamburger" icon on the top-left)
2. Tap **Settings** at the bottom
3. Under **General**, select **Notifications**
4. Under **News notification settings**, tap **Enable notifications** to switch it off/on
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Select the three bars next to "inbox". Select "Settings" in the list. In the General section select "Notifications". Scroll to bottom to see News Notification section. Turn off "Breaking News".
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: when you see the alert, press and hold for a few seconds until you see two icons. tap the one for notifications (looks like a bell with an "x" through it).
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/26 | 1,857 | 5,472 | <issue_start>username_0: Using [Terminal Emulator for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en), is there a way to enable a persistent command history?
So far, I've tried the following:
* initial command of `export HISTFILE=$HOME/.mksh_history`
* user mksh profile */data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app\_HOME/.mkshrc* containing `export HISTFILE=$HOME/.mksh_history`
* system mksh profile */system/etc/mkshrc* containing `export HISTFILE=/data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME/.mksh_history` (though preferably the solution does not involve writing to */system*)
I'm able to get other Android shells (ash and bash) to write histories into *app\_HOME* without issue. I'm also able to get mksh to write *HISTFILE* on Linux without issue.<issue_comment>username_1: mksh developer here.
We disabled persistent history for mksh on Android, in order to not tax the flash memory with too many write requests.
You can re-enable it in a custom ROM by setting `-DHAVE_PERSISTENT_HISTORY=1` in `LOCAL_CFLAGS` in [Android.mk](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/mksh/+/master/Android.mk). You can also recompile mksh like that and copy that onto your ROM, if it’s rooted and the base OS version is the same.
Furthermore, you can copy any statically-linked binary for the same architecture on the phone and use that. The mksh-static binaries in the Debian package, however, also exclude persistent history.
If you really think this feature is worthwhile, persuade Google to enable it; for that, they need to edit [mkmf.sh](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/mksh/+/master/mkmf.sh) and remove the following lines…
```
# even the idea of persistent history on a phone is funny
HAVE_PERSISTENT_HISTORY=0; export HAVE_PERSISTENT_HISTORY
```
… then rebuild Android.mk from it (which they do for every new version anyway).
Oh, and you could ask the Terminal Emulator for Android developer to bundle a version of mksh with history enabled. This is probably no bad idea anyway, as it’ll be newer than what you get in the stock ROMs, and it won’t overwrite the system shell `/system/bin/sh`, but be available to CLI users.
That all still won’t enable persistent history by default (I’m strictly opposed to it, as it’s a surveillance feature), but enables users to set `$HISTFILE` themselves to enable it.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: To write android shell history to file from android terminal type
`history > /path/to/file/history.txt`
If you use termux instead of terminal emulator then your history is then preserved.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I built a working custom `mksh` from source on an android device using termux and replaced `/system/bin/sh` with it (rename or backup `/system/bin/sh` first). You need to install `build-essential` in termux then:
```
wget http://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/mir/mksh/mksh-R57.tgz
tar -xvf mksh-R57.tgz
cd mksh
mkdir build
cd build
sh ../Build.sh -o CFLAGS="-Wall -Werror -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DDEBUG_LEAKS -DMKSH_ASSUME_UTF8 -DMKSH_DONT_EMIT_IDSTRING -DKSH_VERSIONNAME_VENDOR_EXT=\" Android\" -DMKSH_BUILDSH -D_GNU_SOURCE -DSETUID_CAN_FAIL_WITH_EAGAIN -DHAVE_STRING_POOLING=1 -DHAVE_ATTRIBUTE_BOUNDED=1 -DHAVE_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT=1 -DHAVE_ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN=1 -DHAVE_ATTRIBUTE_PURE=1 -DHAVE_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED=1 -DHAVE_ATTRIBUTE_USED=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_BOTH_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_BSDTYPES_H=0 -DHAVE_SYS_FILE_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H=0 -DHAVE_SYS_MMAN_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H=1 -DHAVE_BSTRING_H=0 -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_IO_H=0 -DHAVE_LIBGEN_H=1 -DHAVE_LIBUTIL_H=0 -DHAVE_PATHS_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1 -DHAVE_ULIMIT_H=0 -DHAVE_VALUES_H=0 -DHAVE_CAN_INTTYPES=1 -DHAVE_CAN_UCBINTS=1 -DHAVE_CAN_INT8TYPE=1 -DHAVE_CAN_UCBINT8=1 -DHAVE_RLIM_T=1 -DHAVE_SIG_T=1 -DHAVE_SYS_ERRLIST=0 -DHAVE_SYS_SIGNAME=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST=1 -DHAVE_FLOCK=1 -DHAVE_LOCK_FCNTL=1 -DHAVE_GETRUSAGE=1 -DHAVE_GETSID=1 -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY=1 -DHAVE_KILLPG=1 -DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_MKNOD=0 -DHAVE_MMAP=1 -DHAVE_FTRUNCATE=1 -DHAVE_NICE=1 -DHAVE_REVOKE=0 -DHAVE_SETLOCALE_CTYPE=1 -DHAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET=1 -DHAVE_SELECT=1 -DHAVE_SETRESUGID=1 -DHAVE_SETGROUPS=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_STRSIGNAL=0 -DHAVE_STRLCPY=1 -DHAVE_FLOCK_DECL=1 -DHAVE_REVOKE_DECL=1 -DHAVE_SYS_ERRLIST_DECL=0 -DHAVE_SYS_SIGLIST_DECL=1 -DHAVE_PERSISTENT_HISTORY=1 -DMKSH_BUILD_R=571 -DMKSH_DEFAULT_PROFILEDIR=\"/system/etc\" -DMKSHRC_PATH=\"/system/etc/mkshrc\" -DMKSH_DEFAULT_EXECSHELL=\"/system/bin/sh\" -DMKSH_DEFAULT_TMPDIR=\"/data/local\" -static -PREFIX=\"/system\""
```
Got most of the compile flags from [here](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/mksh/+/refs/heads/master/Android.bp). After that, edited `/system/etc/mkshrc` to include `export HISTFILE=/sdcard/Android/.mksh_history`. This was a permanent solution so it worked with remote adb shell and persistent after reboots. You could copy the binary to terminal emulator home folder and set it as the shell command but `~/.mkshrc ~/mkshrc ~/.profile` does not appear to work so you will also need to add `export ENV=/sdcard/Android/.mkshrc` to `/system/etc/mkshrc`.
Download the compiled binary here. [sh for android with history enabled](http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=46242830215523087643)
Upvotes: 0 |
2016/07/26 | 254 | 1,154 | <issue_start>username_0: I've recently discovered Google Location History, however my history map is made up of lots of very long straight lines because it doesn't appear to get checkpoint/location information very often.
Is there any way to increase how many times it gets the location in order to get a more accurate view of my movements in a day? I understand that this may reduce battery life.
Thank you.<issue_comment>username_1: "Start driving"[1] in Google Maps increases the frequency to 15 seconds per sample. Then send it to background, turn off the screen. It consumes more battery but not much.
[1] since the side menu has been removed, the feature can only be used by adding a shortcut (sometimes called widget) to your home screen.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: From experience, I've noted that Google Maps increases the frequency with which it captures location data if I'm using another device that intensively uses the phone's GPS, such as a Bluetooth-connected activity and fitness tracker. When it is active it seems to induce Google Maps to collect the same data with the same frequency as the fitness tracker.
Upvotes: 1 |
2016/07/26 | 2,059 | 9,127 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the technical differences between root based firewalls (like AFWall+) and non-root based firewalls (like NetGuard)?
Is there any impact on the security effectively provided by such software?
I've already checked a bit in NetGuard's source code to make myself an idea, but I think this may still be a good question and I'm interested to get other people's analysis on the subject.
I would like to restrict such question to the core technical feature provided by such software (like the kind of firewalling: stateless or stateful, are there any hardcoded exceptions, the robustness of the code handling untrusted packets, etc.) and not on secondary features or anti-features they may have (ads, tracking, cosmetic, ...) unless they concretely affect the core objective of the software.
In other words: no rants please ;) !
In case there are limitations, it might be worth mentioning if they are implementation specific (the consequence of some choice made by the development team) or a consequence of the technology used (relying on very different systems, it is possible that one has to cope with limitations that the other does not have).<issue_comment>username_1: To my knowledge, it's the approach:
**Root based firewalls** use [IPFilter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipfilter "Wikipedia: IPFilter") / [iptables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iptables "Wikipedia: iptables") to control the flow. This automatically applies to all apps, whether there's a network connection available at all or not, whether the routing is working completely or not at all, or whether you're in a "closed environment" (Intranet) without access to the "outer world" (Internet). Apps you've got blocked are blocked. On a pretty low level.
**Non-root firewalls** do not have access to that low level, so they must use work-arounds. In most cases this is done using Android's [VPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network "Wikipedia: VPN") facilities. Depending on implementation, this either works completely on-device (i.e. again regardless of what network connection might be available), or via "external services" (connecting you to the app provider's VPN). In the latter case, things break as soon as that service stops being available – a fact you might notice or not. In either case, I'm not sure if really all apps honor the VPN or if there are ways around.**1** Another nasty fact with VPNs I've read about is the annoying permanent notification coming along, saying ["Your network might be monitored"](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/56292/16575 "How do I get rid of “Network may be monitored” in KitKat?") – but AFAIK that should only turn up if the app in question needs its own certificate installed.**2**
**Verdict:** I'd personally trust a root-based solution more. But where [rooting](/questions/tagged/rooting "show questions tagged 'rooting'") is not an option, non-root solutions should be almost as good. In that case, my recommendation would go towards open-source solutions like [NetGuard](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=eu.faircode.netguard "NetGuard at F-Droid") (its developer also made *Xprivacy* and is well trusted). Speaking of which: For further details, take a look at the [XDA introduction of *NetGuard*](http://www.xda-developers.com/netguard-gives-you-back-control-over-apps-internet-access-without-root/ "XDA: NetGuard introduction"), which explains the background with some more details.
---
**1** I'm not familiar with the technical details behind Android's VPN implementation, but quoting WhiteWinterWolf (see below comment), *it's up to Android base system to enforce this, there is no reason to think this is not done properly.*
**2** Again quoting WhiteWinterWolf: *the [VPN API](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService.html) used by NetGuard allows all data to be intercepted by an unprivileged application, this is what Android effectively consider as "monitoring", it has no relation with any certificate and this warning is an unavoidable and expected consequence of using this API.*
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: 1. Aside from the general consensus that actual security is out the window for rooted devices and of course depends on the user, AFWall+ offers a kernel level approach to filtering traffic while NetGuard uses encryption. I think the ability to run as Android administrator with without the need to stay in the foreground is important...
2. AFWall+ optionally uses system level startup script preventing data leakage during boot time (and shutdown too, I believe)
3. If used, it also has a built-in tasker plug-in that offers the ability to auto-switch profiles when a connectivity change is detected ( I really like this one)
4. Linux based iptables as opposed to VPN method used by Netguard
5. I don't see any options to password protect the app's settings in Netguard, but I've also never used this feature in AFWall+, so...
I do think an important feature to note about Netguard would be the ability to filter specific addresses on a per app basis. This is a paid option.
I can't say certificate based VPN vs iptables. That would likely depend on your kernel and android version for iptables and for NetGuard, the algorithms used to encrypt the data, whether it is being logged and where it is stored. My answer may not be as technical as what you were looking for and as long time user of AFWall+ (donate version), I'm definitely biased towards it. However, I do know that the developer of NetGuard also actively maintains XPrivacy, a **very** well known/trusted and robust Android privacy manager. AFWall+ hasn't been abandoned at all but definitely hasn't received an update as recently as NetGuard has. They both employ different methods of maintaining control of traffic but ultimately, I think it mostly depends on the user how secure any part of their device is.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: As the author of NetGuard I have first hand experience in this field.
A disadvantage of a firewall based on a local VPN is that not all traffic types can be handled, because the (Android) Linux kernel does not allow forwarding all traffic types over a socket based connection. An example is IPsec, which is being used for IP calling by some manufacturers. A partial (not for IPsec) solution to this would be to use a remote VPN server to forward traffic, but this is privacy wise not acceptable for a lot of people and would come with additional complexity and probably also with extra battery usage. In practice handling TCP and UDP traffic appears to be sufficient for 99,9% of the NetGuard users. Since Android 5 it is possible to exclude applications from being routed into the VPN (the VPN implementing application decides if this is mandatory or optional), which can be used to address problems arising from not being able to forward all traffic. Another option is to exclude address (ranges), which NetGuard uses to 'fix' IP calling for some manufacturers.
Another disadvantage is that forwarding traffic will increase battery usage on mobile devices, because it involves some processing, because packets needs to be inspected and to be forwarded. Using iptables, which is integrated in the Linux kernel, is more efficient as thus more battery friendly.
In general it has appeared that Android routes all traffic into the VPN, even traffic of system applications and components, but a manufacturer could decide to exclude certain traffic types, reducing the security that can be achieved by a VPN based firewall.
NetGuard does not analyze the data itself, except for DNS requests to provide ad blocking, but if it would it could raise a privacy concern. Nevertheless, technically seen this is an advantage of a VPN based firewall (if you still want to call it that way), because it would allow state-full inspection of data streams beyond what is possible with iptables. This would likely be at the costs of battery usage, because of the processing involved. Note that it would require a local MiT attack to inspect SSL streams.
Yet another disadvantage is that Android doesn't allow chaining of VPN's, so using a local VPN to implement a firewall will prevent using of a real VPN service, unless the firewall provides such a service itself or alternatively a forwarding or proxy mechanism to another VPN application.
Lastly, a VPN based firewall depends on the application providing the firewall VPN service to be running. This seems to be trivial, but it is not, because some manufacturer Android versions/variants are too aggressively killing processes in low memory conditions (IMHO it is a bug if Android kills applications providing a VPN service).
Finally, rooting of Android devices is becoming increasingly difficult, leaving a VPN based firewall as the only choice for many people. I don't expect Google to add a system based firewall anytime soon, because it could affect their ad revenue significantly. iOS does have a system based firewall.
Let me know if there are any questions and I will try to answer them.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/26 | 250 | 1,051 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a car that handles Bluetooth and that plays on the car speakers my phone calls, but doesn't play my music.
Would someone know a trick or an app that would simulate a phone call and redirect the music sound stream as it was the caller stream?<issue_comment>username_1: I read that BTmono is an app that does that kind of thing, but I had no success using it in my car with a Galaxy S7 Edge.
Without any app, I noticed that sometimes after ending a call the car keeps hanging on the the BT stream allowing Google Map's navigation directions to be announced through the car speakers treating it like an in-call sound. But I'm guessing that's probably a bug with the software in the car's entertainment system.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I tested a similar App 'Blue Mono sound' github & opensource. I connected the BT to my car, then launched the music, then this App. After playing with the sound volume I finally got the music on my car speakers. YAAATAAA! Thanks for your input
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2016/07/26 | 448 | 1,821 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone’s screen broke from a 30 cm drop. The touchpad is dysfunctional while the display itself still works (i.e. I can see everything).
* USB mode is **charge-only**, so connecting to the PC is not working (`./adb devices` yields empty results)
* Developer mode is **enabled**, USB debugging is **enabled**
* A MicroUSB to USB (OTG USB) cable is available, I can control the phone with a mouse
* Phone is a LG G2 with Android 5
Now since the USB mode is charge-only, I cannot set the mode to MTP because I can't control the phone while it is plugged into the computer.
How can I switch to MTP mode or have my computer recognize the phone so I can retrieve data from it?
(I guess I could just move the data I have on there to a cloud storage, but I prefer to do it via computer)
(Honestly, not being able to set the preferred USB mode without a active USB connection is a pretty big design flaw for scenarios like this. It would be so simple.)<issue_comment>username_1: Probably its too late. I had exactly the same problem and i used a Bluetooth keyboard with a touch pad / a Bluetooth mouse should also work. Use the OTG to connect the Bluetooth device then disconnect the OTG. Connect it to the Computer and you can change the mode with the Bluetooth device.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: this is probably an old question, but if you can still see the screen, download a "Remote control" program, such as Teamviewer. you can use your mouse via OTG cable, turn on TeamViewer App [or whatever], connect via the PC you're going to be using and download/run the remote control program [Teamviewer]. connect to your phone, make sure it's all working, then move your phone from the OTG cable to desktop. use Teamviewer to switch the mode over to MTP and you're good to go.
Upvotes: 1 |