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what to do if my all google apps are not working properly
I need a serious advice from android experts. When I was managing my apps space in my android phone, I accidentally crashed all inbuilt google apps like google account manager, google play services and all related apps of google. If I open any regarding app of google like play store, a popup showing google play not responding properly and google maps not responding properly. This is my problem so please help me to solve my problem.

What Android version are you using? Are you using a stock ROM, or a custom one? Is your phone rooted?

Try a restart. If that doesn't work, please try telling us what phone you have and what Android version you are running.

Its is not necessary to fully wipe the phone. You can go to app manager and reset all google apps to their factory states and update them once they are functional. This is only for not working apps in case you did not get stuck during rooting. If in case you tried to root it, then try unrooting and rooting again and if this does not fix the problem, then do a factory reset.

root it doesn't help.after flash any rom, phone need wipe for many reason ...

I'm unable to understand what you are trying to tell properly. Please be a bit clear.

Thank you. But as I remember, it does uninstall all updates of the application. I do not know a problem of moving apps except when rooted as you can move all apps to sd card. So I may not be of help now.

If you are rooted install a custom ROM and flash gapps.zip file for your ROM else you could download play services apk, a factory reset might also help.
Hope this helps.

Try a restart. It will restart the Google Apps too, which might help.
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU WITH MY INSTRUCTIONS
Here's last resort if my answer or the other answers don't work -
Method One: Do a factory reset
Go to Settings > Backup and reset > Factory data reset and click RESET PHONE
Method Two: Get a custom recovery (if you don't have one already) and flash GApps
Flashing recoveries can be difficult for a novice, but if factory resetting doesn't work, then this is what you have to do.
Find out what your phone model is, then find a guide online.
Once you're done with that, boot into your new recovery if you haven't already.
Since you probably have adb configured on your PC at this point, if you have TWRP, tap Advanced, then ADB Sideload.
Click this link on your PC to download GApps.
Based on your Android version (most on 5.0, but tell us to make sure) and architecture (most on ARM, but tell us your phone model just in case) and download the file. Once downloaded, rename the file to gapps.zip
Now, inside of file explorer, go to where you've downloaded the .zip. DO NOT EXTRACT.
Click and type Shift + Right Click and click

Now, type adb sideload gapps.zip.
It might have to load, if it doesn't show that it has sideloaded but only started adb up, try the command again.
Once done, reboot the device. You're done!
Once again, I am not responsible for what happens on your phone with this method.

Just wipe dalvik cache and you're good to go. Fixed it for me though.
To do that follow these steps:

Turn off your device
Press on/off button and volume button down on the same time (volume up/down varies for every device)
You should come into the bootloader menu, go down to recovery
Once you're in recovery, you'll go to the wipe tab and select "wipe dalvik cache"
Eat a cookie and be happy with a working phone again

Stock recoveries don't have an entry to "wipe Dalvik cache", that would require a custom recovery (or root do do it manually).

@Izzy they do have that... all my 8 devices had it, so the chance is 100%...

None of my 10 devices had it (before I installed a custom recovery). So what does that lower your 100% to? 8 devices out of how many? To my experience, stock recovery offers to wipe cache, yes – but not Dalvik unless you could the factory-reset. Would be interesting though to know what those 8 devices were: all the same brand?

Samsung, LG, Motorola, Xtreamer, Huawei, Sony, Motorola, HTC. 8 devices, all got standard dalvik cache wipe option. To do the percentage math: ((10 * 0 + 8* 100)/18) = 44.44%

OK, I had HTC, Motorola, LG, Samsung (phones) plus some tabbies from "minor brands" here where I didn't find an option to wipe Dalvik. Cannot check anymore as they all have custom recoveries now. Googling on the topic always says either custom ROM or using fastboot, see e.g. How to remove dalvik cache without using custom recovery (from 7/2015). So even if all your devices had it in "3e recovery" (hard to believe as it is), you cannot take it for granted all other devices have it.

PS: All I wanted to say is you should [edit] your answer and point out that this might not work on each and every device. Suggestion: Add a note at the end, e.g. If in step 4 you cannot find the "wipe dalvik cache" option, your recovery doesn't support this. If your device is rooted, you still can manually wipe dalvik cache (see e.g. here). Otherwise, the only way to wipe dalvik would be a factory-reset.

You can try to fully remove google play services, delete any google accounts you have activated on your phone and then reinstall google play services.
I had a similar problem, and a corrupted google play service was the cause.

If you cannot find a gapps package for your device, and clearing data on "Google Play Services" and "Google Account Manager" doesn't work,
Your last resort would be to do a Factory Reset:

Backup your data manually, by copying your pictures to your SD card or computer, then using the adb backup command if you care about your app data. If you want to keep your text messages, export them via SMS Backup & Restore if your Messaging app doesn't have a built-in backup function.
Go to Settings.
Then scroll down and click on "Backup and Reset".
Uncheck Back up my data and Automatic restore.
Press "Factory data reset" and Confirm
Wait for device to reboot

What do you mean with this? Do you think the answer is factory reset? Then please state it first and share your opinion on why it might be the reason.

The question was asked 1 year ago. However, I can see how this would be useful for future Googlers.

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Update to 4.4.4 from 4.4.2 Kitkat, mobile data unavaliable
I hadn't updated my software since 4.4.2 on my S5 and just updated it today. However, after updating to 4.4.4, my mobile data stopped working, I can still make calls and connect to WiFi, but mobile data does not work anymore. I even tried a factory restore but that did not help. Anyone ever experience this problem?

Check your APN settings and make sure they are correct. APN settings are dependant on your carrier, but you can look at this answer here as it will show you sort of what you need to set if your APN is not in the list.

try this :

full wipe with wipe cache,

remember ;

OTA Update not recomended.

easily, download last android version from SamMobile , then with odin flash it.
check last firmware :

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

goodluck.

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Device disappears from ADB devices when entering sideload
I'm installing a rom on my Oneplus One, so I go in TWRP, wipe, plug in my phone and use ADB devices. The device lists as usually. When I enter sideload in TWRP though, my phone disappears from the devices, so I can't sideload a rom.
TWRP version 2.8.5.1
ADB version 1.0.32

Seems to be a driver issue

I have the same problem with cwm.

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No exchange option in gmail "add account" drop down
I cannot see exchange account option on gmail add account. Gmail version 5.0.1. How to rectify this?

Gmail 5.0 added support for Exchange accounts, but it requires an additional APK (Exchange Services) which you can't get from the Play store unless you already have it.  As one of the other answers indicates it seems to just be with Nexus devices at the moment (maybe some newer Lollipop ROMs do for other devices, not sure).
However, you can sideload it!  I just did from APK Mirror (using this version) and after fully closing and restarting Gmail I had the option to add an Exchange account.

Thank you @Matthew Read, it worked like a charm for my Motorola Moto G 1st version. :)

This worked on a Nexus 5 running 5.1.1 http://imgur.com/ZIduwvS

Works on LG G2 with KitKat (stock rom)

Works on One Plus One too!

Worked on Samsung S7

Please check to make sure you don't have any disabled apps.
Go to Settings > Apps > go all the way to the right-most tab. If you have any disabled apps, there will be a tab called "disabled." If there are no disabled apps, there will be no tab. If you see anything related to exchange, please re-enable it.

Not sure why this got downvoted. It's not THE answer, but it is an answer that might be a solution for some users.

I was having this same issue and found by doing the following was able to resolve.
Goto Settings-->Applications-->Application Manager-->Scroll all the way to right side should be column ALL-->Select Gmail application, clear cache--> Go back to ALL column and search for Exchange Services-->Select Force Stop.
Re-open Gmail App and should be good to go!

I had the same problem on my Nexus 10 with Android 5.1.1.
I Couldn't create a new Exchange account; the option wasn't even listed. It used to work in the past.
I followed Mike's advise and first disabled my Exchange service after clearing it's cache. It then asked me if I wanted to reinstall the stock exchange service, which I did. After that I enabled the service again. Started Gmail, and it worked; It finally listed the option and I could make a new Exchange account.

Re-enabling the Exchange Services is tricky as system services are not visible by default.

Settings → Applications
"..." (action overflow button in top-right) and enable System apps
Go back to the list of apps, find Exchange Services, and activate it.

To make sure everything was fine, I also uninstalled and re-installed the GMail app (although this was probably unnecessary).

The Gmail app does not support Microsoft Exchange.
To add an Exchange account go to Settings> Add Account > Corporate


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Unlock phone with dead screen locked through Android Device Manager
My screen is dead and I want to unlock my phone so I can access it through Kies to backup my pictures.
I locked the phone through Android Device Manager setting an easy password (was hoping for an Unlock option once I locked it) and tried various methods to unlock it for example:
adb shell input text 1234

Since I don't know what the lock screen look like I'm not sure of the correct inputs to unlock it.
I know the phone is on and that it responds to adb. I am also able to run apps on it through Eclipse. It's a Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android 5.0.

I've managed to get a view on the screen through Droid@Screen but the phone keeps saying wrong pin code even though I'm sure it's the same I set through Android Device Manager.


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hidden pictures in Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 are gone
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (Kitkat)
I hidden some pictures then it just says "unable to hide item" but it will be gone on the gallery so I tried to look for it on "My Files" but I still cannot see the pictures. I tried to click settings>show hidden files but i still cannot view my files. Please help. Thanks!

All Samsung gallery is equipped with a hide item option which moves the picture you choose to hide to a separate folder. It might be possible that you could have deleted the folder or moved it away. The folder is named .hide in hidden folders in Device Storage. In case of any problem you can go to it and move the pictures away. Please do not delete system folders as they can be useful.

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I need to do a factory reset on my phone
I need to do a factory reset of my phone. I have the Alcatel one touch fierce 2
How and where do I back up my apps and data.

Margaret: First welcome to Android Enthusiasts! You've already found our backup tag. On our site, most tags have a tag-wiki with first aid and information if you hover your mouse over them and select the "info" link. You might wish to see our backup tag-wiki, which gives you all details you need, e.g. pointing to Full Backup of non-rooted devices / How to backup an Android device? and other places, plus giving details on different methods.

Super Backup can backup your apps, contacts, calendars, messages and call logs. If your phone is rooted, it can also backup your apps' data.
In terms of data, just plug your phone into your computer and copy paste everything you need.


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Lost my phone on aeroplane mode
I lost my Samsung s5 on a flight the day before I took the last photos of my honeymoon they are the only ones that are not backed up. Could some one tell me if they will ever be backed up? Or will my phone need a internet signal?


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MicroSD card MP3s are deleted/unplayable on Note 4
I have a brand new Samsung 128GB EVO Micro SDXC for use with my Note 4. I did get it from eBay, but it came in actual Samsung packaging and looks legit. If it's a fake, they did a hell of a job.  I formatted it on my Mac in good ol' FAT 32 and copied about 70 gig of music over with a USB adapter, then reinstalled in my phone. Using DoubleTwist, suddenly I only had folders in the 0 - C title range, all else has been deleted.  Also, certain mp3 tracks within those retained music folders wouldn't show as playable, the "unknown file format error" yet all of these files are good ol' mp3 files..When viewing the files in Android File Transer, they look just fine. Coping them BACK from the card to my Mac, they're unplayable, and VLC says they're "undf", so perhaps corrupt.
So I get frustrated and reload the missing D - Z files (several hour copy processe), reload my phone and use the generic "music" player by Samsung.  Now I've got 0 - D folders, nothing else! I've also tried VLC (won't load!) and PowerAmp, these 'unknown' mp3 are still unplayable. I don't see how the card is bad, as it was brand new in the OEM packaging.  Should I just reformat again and try again?  Just so strange how it retains some folders in alphabetical order then gives up on down the list...?
Thank you,
Aaron

What about you try and format it on the tablet itself instead of formatting it elsewhere.
sdxc's I believe are catchy and not compatible with every hardware. While you did format it your Mac I have no idea what was the default allocation size of the cluster and the tablet might not like that.
Also check that the card is firmly inserted in its place.
But before anything else... Check that your Samsung Tab 4 actually supports 128Gb card since my guess is that it doesn't but only 64 - check their specs.
Cheers.

Thanks gitr.  It's the Samsung Note 4, not the tablet.  Yes, it supports up to 128 gb. I did originally format it on the phone, but it put it in a format that OS X couldn't recognize, some sort of windows based, perhaps exFat, I don't recall.  Granted, this is an old MBP running OS X 10.6.8

well, I suggest an approach that helps: e.g. either format (externally) the card in a format that the os (operating system) of the Samsung Note 4 recognizes (I guess they will be a lot, could be ext3, ext4?) or install a patch to the OS X version you use that recognizes the SN4 format... Remember: FAT32 supports 32Gb max partitions, that is why micro$oft invented "exFAT" which is prone to corruption if you do not unmount / eject it properly.


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How to paste text between existing words?
When writing on Android, such as YouTube comments, I sometimes need to change word orders or paste words. Cutting an existing word is easy: just long press the word and then select "Cut". But I have been having difficulties in pasting the test at the right position.
For example, let's say that I have copied "vicious" in the clipboard, and I want to paste it into an existing sentence "I saw a dog." between "a" and "dog". If I try to long-press the space between "a" and "dog", the word "dog" gets selected. I can then select "Paste", but then the current selection gets replaced by it, which is not what I want. I cannot find anyway to past a word without selecting anything.
I am using Gboard (Google Keyboard).

Put some soaces between the words, then long-press and paste.

Thank you for the workaround. And for the Irfan View.

Select the Google symbol in the top left of Gboard.

Select the -I-.

Use the arrows to move the cursor where you want to paste the word. Select paste.

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Does downloading too many games slow down a device?
I have over 15 games on my device. Some do occupy some memory; others not so much. I have enough leftover memory on the phone.
Is it true that this can slow down the device?

Problem is mainly not with storage occupation, but whether they're running in the background... Go check Running Apps and see if you can spot any of 'em.

@AndyYan No I can't spot any of them. So no problem then?

Not in my eyes. Still, other members might come up with different criterias - just wait for a proper answer.

When you download and install a game on your device, the data is stored within internal storage. When you run the game, it loads all the assets into RAM, which is Random Access Memory. Accessing RAM is much faster than accessing internal memory, which allows games to load scenes, animations, and other things faster. The game should know exactly where the assets are in RAM with an memory address. It can jump right to that point and pull the information down.
However, games are not the only thing that uses RAM. The operating system, system applications, and other installed apps are also using RAM. The more RAM that is used, the less there is for new operations to occupy temporarily. If RAM gets too full, then it could cause problems.
Leaving applications running in the background leaves RAM occupied. After a while, the memory should automatically be cleaned up, especially if you start new applications that require that space in RAM.
Another culprit that could be slowing things down is cache. Cache is used to store app information, web site data, and other information that the app will use to speed up load times. If too much cache is used, then it could be slowed. Games can use a lot of cache since they need to load images faster. Clearing the cache occasionally is typically a good thing.
TL;DR
Yes, running many games can cause a slow down on your device. RAM that does not get cleared and having too much cache are the main culprits. RAM should resolve itself over time, though closing the app completely is a good idea just to make sure. Clearing cache every so often is a good idea as well, especially if you run many of the games often.

+1. Another point is that most games would (I suppose) want internet access for various reasons. If a bunch of them are accessing internet while you are browsing there would be resource clashes and browsing may be slower --> impression / actually slowing down. I am guessing since I don't play games

Downloading too many Apps (not only games) might slow down your device.
It depends strongly on the apps you are dealing with.
The mechanisms for slowing down Android performance are various.
It may be due to background processes, low available memory, and perhaps communication issues.
The question is quite broad, and I will try to avoid repeating information, so I will point to appropriate sources.
You could check which apps are eating up your resources.
For instance, Trepn profiler is recommended here.
I have used it some time ago and I recall finding it quite useful, in particular for a slowed-down device.
Note that when identifying resource hog apps, it is likely not a good idea to use an app killer on them.
Related:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/246051-does-downloading-lot-apps-slow-down-your-phone.html
This old question and its answers might be useful:
My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving/crashing. What can I do?

Yes. Believe it or not, the less free space you have in ROM, it can eventually affect the load speed for apps and their the files associated with them because it takes longer for the phone to find and access the info it needs, especially if you have less than 32 GB total storage. Not so much if you have a large memory (like an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy, both of which come  w/ up to 128 GB, depending on the model). It still will get slower the more memory is used, but the memory access time for a phone with that much storage is such that even if it takes 2-3 times as long, it would still be so fast you couldn't notice the difference.

So you mean to say the total free rom space on the device affects its speed? Each app is only a few MB. What if I download a video of a few GB? I haven't noticed much of a change even then.

Storing applications does not take up ROM space. ROM is used mainly for firmware instructions. When an application is downloaded and stored, it is put on the internal memory chip, which is usually an SSD type storage.

Yes it does..at one point of view....it basically EATS your RAM and this causes slowing down of other apps and your whole phone......it also causes superheating problems.....it also depends on your mobile set.I.e.its hardware and all.anyway.....the final answer is YES

This is nonsense.  Downloading apps doesn't permanently take RAM, they're not stored in RAM.

I didn't say it gets stored in RAM....i said that RAM is used very much when we use it...ROM gets decreased... And RAM gets decreased temporarily...

Of course RAM is used when the phone is used.  That's why it's there.  That's a meaningless statement that has nothing to do with the question.  Neither of these are going to "superheat" the phone (CPU/GPU use will and only if the phone does not properly regulate them).

Anything that increase the AVERAGE amount of RAM used will increase the CPU temperature to a point... The that's what causes any phone to heat up when there's no excessive battery drain...The screen will heat up the battery also, but it's because the screen itself is one of the main drains on the battery, but  has nothing to do with the CPU

In my case That is not correct because when you install certain games are applications at that time some of they contain  i mean they required low cpu and GPU power and some of them they don't even required that

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Android 9 (Pie) sd external card conventions
My Moto g6 asked to reformat my SD card after the official Pie update. No app was able to access the SD card and only the System and Total Commander even recognized it. After Android formated, I could read from and write to my SD card. The problem is the following.
I fast transfer my libraries from my computer. This is I put the card in my computers card reader and copy my files into the root of card's directory tree. (I don't see that it matters but I rsync from a Linux installation.) Now android wants to reformat again as if I hadn't formatted. To restate, no app is able to access the card and only the System and Total Commander recognize it.
Where should I move the files, and where can we check the conventions? What are the protocols and what is going on with Pie? Any references are welcome as well as a direct answer, thank you.
Possibly related question: SD card is unwillingly used for apps

Did you correctly unmount the sd-card in phone and PC before ejecting it? Which file-system is used on the sd-card?

Sorry, the card wasn't unmounted before removal. A quick test seems to show that unmounting a newly formatted card solves the issue, thank you @Robert. (The fs is exfat as formated by Android.)

The card was corrupted at removal time because it wasn't properly ejected (unmounted) beforehand. Remember to eject your removable devices even if you think it is safe to remove them.

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Can I change which SIM a phone is using for its LTE interface using ADB?
I have a set of phones that have dual SIM cards. What I would like to do is have them connected to one network using SIM card 1, run some test, disconnect from the network, then have them connect to a second network using SIM card 2. Is there a way to do this through ADB? Preferably without root access, but if that's not possible, then with root access is okay.

This post didn't get much attention, so I don't know if it's worth posting the answer, but I did find a solution.
I didn't know when posting this that the solution is dependent on the version of Android. In my case, the phones have Android 9 (Pie).
The command that I found to turn on/off SIM cards is:
adb shell service call phone 180 i32 X i32 Y

where X is the SIM card number (1 and 2, in my case) and Y is 1 for enable and 0 for disable.
If anyone is interested, I found the solution by digging through source code on android.googlesource.com. Once I found the interface for ITelephony (it was a .aidl file), I had to count the functions, because the number 180 in the command meant the 180th function in that file. I also derived the arguments i32 X i32 Y from the arguments to that function. The answer here helped me a ton: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20227326/where-to-find-info-on-androids-service-call-shell-command.


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How to Get Back the External SD Card Notification
I used to have a notification whenever the external SD card was in the tablet. Recently that notification has disappeared. How can I get this notification back.
I like this notification since I am able to eject the card from it without needing to go thru the settings menu to get to it.
What is interesting is that when I insert a different card the notification is back. I only am missing it for the original card. Last time I had this problem I factory reset my tablet. I would rather not have to do this again.
I searched for a solution but only found solutions to get rid of the notification, not the opposite. I tried to reboot my device but that didn't help.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Another great solution, but your device must be rooted to be able to use this option (ASFAIK).
Use the sm tool
sm forget [UUID | all]
This makes the device forget the storage device with the given UUID or if you do all it forgets all the devices.
If your using Termux terminal emulator (as I am) you need to do tsu -p in order to be able to use the sm tool. If not you get an error. Basically what you need is for the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point first to the android library path and -p prepends those paths BEFORE the termux library path.
I didn't try this in any other shell or terminal, but I'm assuming it should work there as well.

Change the volume serial number of the sd card.
There might be various ways to do it, this one worked for me when I had the same problem after touching "clear all" when displaying notifications.
Mount the SD card on a windows PC.
Note the drive letter of the sd card by opening a windows explorer window.
For example let's say it was mounted as E:
In a command prompt window type the following command to find out the current volume id of the sd card, assuming the SD card is E: drive.
vol E:

It should give you a number like 1234-5678
Download the Microsoft utility "volumeid" from this link at Microsoft:
Follow the instructions at the link for using the utility and give the SD card a new volume id.
Make sure you use the right drive letter, the drive letter of the SD card. You don't want to change your hard disk by mistake.
In a command prompt window, the syntax is:
volumeid E: 1234-5679

This will change the volume id of E: drive to 1234-5679
When you put the SD card back in you android device the device will think it's a different card and show the sd card mounted notification.

Great answer. Is there any way to do this in Linux? I don't always have access to a windows PC.

To add to @Morris's answer a way to do it in Linux (or on the Android device itself using Termux)
Run sudo blkid to find which device is the sd card. (On my device it was /dev/block/mmcblk1p1)
Now run sudo mlabel -i REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-SD-CARD-DEVICE -n (-n generates a random Serial Number you can use -N xxxxxxxx where you replace the x's with hex digits for the serial number you want see the man pages for mlabel).
The idea of using blkid and mlabel I took form Here! See JonathanS answer. and the exact way of writing the mlabel command to use the undocumented -i option I took from Here!
[I ran these commands on the tablet using termux and instead of sudo I ran it as superuser doing tsu -p and then eliminating the sudo part of the commands.  I also needed to downgrade my libandroid-support.so library for it to work. I found that just doing tsudo (termux's version of sudo) gave me a large number of devices when I ran blkid and it was hard to figure out which one was the sd card.]


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How does game guardian collects data from?
I have a rooted android phone, I just only wanted to know how to get apps Variable values by using the android shell.

Would you clarify apps Variable?

Like the value of no. of coins in a game, or any string value, or any data stored in memory address

Those must be saved in some kind of database in app's data folder, may be encrypted and not simply readable.

"Game Guardian" sounds more like an app that scans and manipulates app data in-memory. This requires knowledge of the general in-memory structure of Linux processes. A generic manipulation tool that can be accessed from a PC would be Frida.

Thank you for telling me about Frida, but i want variable values, not manipulating functions

It works by scanning the /data/data/com.example.app/ database file's...

You select the game, or it grabbs the active application from running applications.
It uses the selected package name like so ...
grep (options) "/data/data/"+com.example.app+"/*.dbs"

It searches the text of all (.*) databases and sometimes other files like configuration files..
If multiple of the number you are searching for is found, then it will ask you to change the number ( buy something - Make your money value change ) Now it will check the lines in the dstabase that it found the first search at, and look for difference's...
So lets say you had 100 dollars in-game ... Your initial search for 100 gives 5 results in various places...
You buy something and your value changes to say 95..
The app uses a grep or similar command to search the 5 initial results and see what has changed to 95 .... When it locates the line responsible for the 100 to 95 change, it has located your Money Value in the game databases .... Now you can manipulate that line to say 1,000,000 ... When you restart the game, you'll have the additional money ...
This is a very old form of game hacking and these days, you can just buy the money from Google Play without paying anything by using an Intent Override...
The game asks you to complete the purchase in Google Play, Instead you can intercept the request and automatically accept the payment as-if it was successful...
If you are interested in that avenue, have a look at LuckyPatcher.apk ... I will not provide a link due to the nature of the application, you'll need to find that yourself.


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root ubislate 7CI with android 4.1.1
I have one table UBISLATE 7CI (DATAWIND IC: 12016A-7CI) and I need a step by step method or program to root the device. I was trying with some suggestion but I can't find a right method.
Anybody know the way?

The rooting process of Android devices has become easy these days. Look into these links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997403
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
According to the 2nd link, the person has developed a script to root devices with ease.
The procedure is to:

Download file. Extract it. Click RunMe.bat file. Choose Normal mode.
  Follow steps as instructed and done.

Things to remember:
a) Make sure you've:
-> ticked "USB Debugging" in Developers Options in Settings
-> ADB drivers are installed.

b) This process will void warranty and might brick your tablet.
All the best!

thks but are you sure that it's work on ubislate 7ci? because your links mentions Xperia and not ubislate.

sorry for such a late reply. Well if you have seen the first link, the second link APPEARED in the first link by a guy who claims to have successfully rooted the tablet. Although it maybe of Xperia group, at your own cause, take that risk.
You never know the outcome right


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Disabled app notifications getting automatically re-enabled
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3.
There's an app I use frequently, but don't want notifications from. Under "App info" I unchecked "Show notifications", and initially this does dismiss the app's notifications. After a few days, I get a notification from the app. Returning to the "App info" page I find that "Show notifications" has become checked again.
It's happened about 5 times in the last month, using the app a couple times per day. Automatic updates are disabled, and I have not updated the app recently. I've checked and verified that notifications do not get re-enabled every time I launch the app, or after a reboot, but otherwise I'm not sure what specific condition precipitates it. The app crashes occasionally on startup, but I don't know if this correlates to notifications getting turned out, especially as the app only sends occasional notifications, imploring me to use it more.
Is there a way to prevent notifications for this app from getting re-enabled?
EDIT: It seems to be getting re-enabled every time I reboot. Will test further to see if  I can reproduce it with other apps.

What app is it?

Subway Surfers.

May have something to do with the app crashing. Do you have any log info as to why it is crashing?

The phone is not rooted. Can I collect any useful log info?

If an app force closes you can choose to preview and save crash info before sending it to the developer. There may be something in there that will help us out

I have the same issue (my son loves the app), and thought I'd add that I've not seen the app crash on my S4, so don't think that's the cause.

I'm having the same issue on my Galaxy S3.  Maybe a Samsung-created bug? I started a bug report on the Android Open Source Issue Tracker.  If this is still a problem for anyone reading this, please star it on the issue tracker to get it more attention.  https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=75544

Maybe "Show notifications" gets re-enabled every time Subway Surfers does an update! and it does update so often :)

Here's the solution that worked for me. When 4.3 came out the first thing i did was place all my apps on the SD card which was great for freeing up space on the phone. Unfort. all app notification settings reset upon reboot as you described which was super frustrating. Specifically i'm talking about the app notification check box you see in every app when in android settings. I took 2 games in particular that kept waking me up at night with notifications and moved them back to phone storage which fixed the problem. Did 2 reboots in a row and it worked perfectly. Boxes are still unchecked
Hope this helps.
Source : Android Central

This was a bug in Samsung's 4.3 ROM and SD card issue. +1 for this. Also worth noting, many apps have a notifications option within the app itself that can be disabled, rather than going through the Settings>Applications route.


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disable autocomplete on galaxy s4
I have the Galaxy S4. Is there a way to turn off the Autocomplete on the dialpad so that the numbers that I dont have saved in my phone won't pop up?

I'm assuming from the way the question is written, you may want Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN).
The Samsung Galaxy S4 can be set so that it may only call certain numbers from a set of specified prefixes. This is useful if you only want to call people on a specific network to save additional charges on inter-network calls. To do the restriction, you may need to follow these procedures.
Phone > Menu > Call Settings > Additional Settings > Fixed Dialing Numbers > Enable FDNFollow the prompts to supply the rest of the information needed.
If you have FDN already enabled, and the number list is too broad, you can try disabling it, and using dialing presets instead.

I don't think melissa wants to restrict the numbers she can call. My guess is rather she wants to get rid of the "advertisements" of local shops etc. introduced with KitKat. The new dialer makes a look-up (using Maps AFAIK) for numbers not found in the user's contacts.


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Encrypted phone no longer asks for pattern when turning on?
Nexus 6 running stock 5.0.1 not rooted. It used to ask me for my pattern every time I turned it on from a powered off state. Now it seems to boot fully without asking. Under Settings > Security it still claims to be Encrypted and tapping the option does nothing.
Would upgrading from 5.0 to 5.0.1 change this behavior? Am I still secure?
Would this behavior stop if I add my Android Wear watch as a trusted device?

FYI, there's a bug report about this issue here.

I have since figured out my own answer. I can reproduce it with the following process:
1) Settings > Security > Screen lock > put in current pattern > Select Pattern > Note that "Require pattern to start device" is checked
2) Make no changes and back out to Settings (or press home and re-open Settings)
3) Go to Accessibility
4) Turn on any Accessibility Service (I turned on Pushbullet but it doesn't seem to matter what service you do)
5) Follow step 1  until you see that "Require pattern to start device" is unchecked.
In the Android M Preview 2, turning on Push Bullet prompted me with "If you turn on Pushbullet, your device won't use your screen lock to enhance data encryption" and pressing ok brought me to a screen where I needed to enter my current pattern. The text reads "Because turning on Pushbullet affects data encryption, you need to confirm your pattern." I do not remember this screen in 5.0 or 5.0.1 but I believe this is what was causing it.

This seems to be a bug in Android; at some point asking for credentials at boot has been disabled. You can re-enable this by changing your password/pin (you can "change" it to the same one you're currently using, too).

authors: Сергей Карасев


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How can i change text vibration on my Galaxy S3?
I want to change sms vibrations on my Galaxy S3 but I can only change it for incoming calls.
Can someone tell how to change notification vibrations for sms on my Samsung Galaxy S3?
Thank you in advance.
PS : I am using Hangouts.
Edit : If possible, I don't want to install an app to solve my problem.

I have answered, but I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'change' the vibration, I've given the answer to disable/enable them. As for changing the duration, type etc you can't unless rooted.

In Android each application can control the notifications itself. So if you turn off vibration for calls, texts will still have the option, and so on.
In the case of Hangouts:

Open the application.

Swipe from the left to open the menu (technically it's a navigation drawer).

Tap "Settings"

Tap "SMS"

You can enable/disable vibration here:

(source: techcovered.org)
If you wish to change the intensity/duration/pattern of the vibration you either need an SMS app that supports this feature or root access to your device coupled with a custom kernel that allows this feature.
Alternatively (though you specified you don't want to) you could try an app like Vibrate tools and see if that fits your need. I have not tested this app.

Ok thank you for your answer. So you are telling me that whithout a specific application or using a custom kernel it is impossible? edit : I am talking about intensity/duration/pattern of the vibrations.

@Maxime as far as I know yes. I'll keep looking for you though, but as of now the only way I can find is using S-Tweaks or something similar to change kernel settings.

I will try it, thank you very much for your time.

@Maxime no problem, happy to help! I've added a link to an app that might help. I know you don't want to install one, but it might be the way to go in this case.


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Samsung galaxy S3 GT-I9300 4.3 Jelly Bean to 5.0-lollipop
I would like to know if it is possible to update my Samsung Galaxy S3, which is in 4.3 Jelly Bean, to 5.0-lollipop. And in this case, I would like to know :

If it is a good idea ;
Will my phone support it ;
What benefits it might bring me if it is possible.

I also would like to know the best way to proceed, to update my phone.
Thank you in advance.
Edit : I have a friend that has the same phone, and his phone updated itself. Why not mine?

Yes, it's a good idea.
Yes, your phone will support it. I've seen ROMs for the S3 (i9300) up to 5.0.2.
Benefits include: security fixes, better stability, improved battery life, new features and a lot more!

To update your phone, I would suggest

rooting it (there's a lot of information on rooting over at the XDA Developers Forum,
flashing a custom recovery like CWM, and
installing a custom 5.0.2 ROM. There are lots of them on XDA, so I'd spend a little time having a read up on the various functionality available.

As for why your friend got the update: it's possible that he has flashed a custom 5.0.0+ ROM also.

Thanks for your answer, I found very clear tutos to update the S3. I will try it later and share my experience. Just for information my friend didn't flashed anything, his phone proposed him automatically few days ago.

@Maxime No problem. I'd like to hear how you get on! I haven't used my old Galaxy S3 for a long time; thus cannot verify whether there is a Stock Update. It's possible that you will also receieve one soon (could be a slightly different model for the rollout procedure). I think you will find many benefits from using a custom rom nonetheless.

Not recommanded!
I tried it days ago on I9300 and the phone goes horribly wrong with some 5.x Lollipop specially 5.1.x :

Bugs and glitchs.
Heating problems.
Battery life problems.
App crashs...

I tested more than one 5.x ROM (Based one CM12,CM12.1,...) on it and the same result every time!! but it work so much better on i9305(with 2GB of RAM). for that i think it could be a memory problem. That's why, i recommande the stock 4.3 updated ROM or a 4.4.x kitkat instead..

Maybe you can try and share your results, but dont forgot to backup your Data first.

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts - thanks for taking your time to answer a question. It is however often useful to include links and references as sources for your answer. The current answer is just a suggestion based on your experience - there is nothing wrong with it but it would help if you add details - like which ROM have you been using - what problems were you having and is the developer aware of these problems.

i'll keep that in mind :) but i tested more than one 5.x ROM on my ex-i9300 and the same result every time!! but it work so much better on i9305. for that i think it could be a memory problem.

Would not recommend it. My i9300 had a lot of trouble running 5.0.2 (CM12) smoothly. Furthermore, batterylife decreased severely up to the point that the phone even discharged noticeably when actively used whilst charging. I ended up restoring a backup to 4.4 after two days of use.

I have an i9300 that runs CM12 and have no problems at all.


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Cannot connect to mail server that requires no authentication: "invalid username / password"
I just picked up an Android tablet running 3.1 and am having a nightmare of a time configuring the email settings properly. It's quite embarrassing, really. This is my issue:
I have several POP3 email accounts from domains that I host. I am able to configure the android tablet to receive email from those accounts quite easily. However, I cannot get the bloody thing to connect to the SMTP server. I am in Canada, so port 25 is blocked and I need to use either 26 or 587. I use 26 on both my Linux laptop and my Blackberry. The server does not require authorization so I have that disable on both of the other devices. However, when I try to connect using the Android tablet I keep getting a server error for an invalid username / password. I have unchecked the "Require Sign In" box, so the device should not be trying to authenticate, and I have verified that the service is not asking for authentication. Yet, here I am with an authentication issue.
I know this has to be something ridiculously simple, but for the life of me I can't find it. I'm using the same settings that work on other devices and getting zero love from this tablet. I've tried using 587 and get the same response. I've been all through the settings on the device looking for another place to turn off SMTP authentication but I can't find anything anywhere other than the mail program itself. What am I missing here?

After you've set up the server and port, if you revisit the settings, do they still show what you've entered? This is a known issue in 4.x: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=36776

The Android mail app might have some bugs, especially because Honeycomb is relatively old and the mail app can't be updated.
Have you tried configuring GMail instead of the stock mail app? You can add POP or IMAP accounts in there too. It has all the features the mail app has, but it still receives updates so bugs are fixed.


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OTG Drivers To non-otg Android Phone.?

My Phone Details :
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Model No - LS-4005
Model- LYF FLAME 6
My phone doesn't support otg drive.
Can I install otg support manually ?
If yes, please tell me how.

The kernel has to support it, so a custom kernel would have to have the necessary modification/modules to allow OTG (meaning that you would have to download the source, modify it, compile it, flash it to device).  Otherwise the manufacturer would have to implement it.

Where I Find Suitable Kernal To My device And How To Modify it.

No idea, you'll have to look online and see if that even exists.  Try XDA Developers.


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Is it possible to remove the battery percentage on my Samsung S5?
I have a Galaxy S5 running 4.4.2, unrooted.
In the top indicator bar, there is an icon of a battery, and a percentage of remaining battery life beside it (not inside of it, as I've seen other people mention).
I find the percentage being there kind of stresses me out. I look at it and wonder if the drop from 90% to 80% over the last little while is indicative of lots of battery use, and whether or not my phone will last the day.
Can I get rid of it? I'm okay with just a battery icon.
Ideally, a percentage would only show once I'm under a critical point, like 20% or so.
Here is what my battery settings look like:

Click image(s) for larger versions

I upgraded to Android 5.0, and now the option to hide battery percentage is available with a simple checkbox in the battery settings interface.

Battery percentage is used by users to charge the device based on the percentage(if the charge <25 % then charge the device till 100% and if not less then 25 % then do not charge in order to extend your battery life)
The below steps are common for all the Android devices with version greater then Android 4.1(jelly bean) to the present Android 4.4 (KitKat) only with some minor modifications.
You can simply uncheck the Show Battery Percentage in the Settings.
Go  to the settings>Battery.

In that you can see that the Show battery Percentage is checked. You can simply uncheck that and the battery percentage will not be displayed.

If at all the check box is not under the battery menu then you might be having it under the Display menu.
Last but not the least please check if your device is available for the Update to Android 4.4.4 if yes then go ahead with the update.

Thank you for this response. However, in Android 4.4.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S5, there is no checkbox in the location you've indicated. The screenshots look like maybe they're from an earlier version of Android perhaps.

@DaveMG check the updated screen shots. Moreover the above steps are common in devices running with Android 4.1 and above.

Thanks for the update. However, I swear my Samsung does not have the "Show battery percentage" checkbox anywhere in the battery settings. It looks exactly like your second image with the graph and the list of applications, but no checkbox for battery percentage.

@DaveMG then could you please attach the screen shot of the settings menu as well as the battery menu to get a clear view of the problem(press the power/lock and the home button together for few seconds and the screen shot will be captured to your phone memmory) .Also add the software version of your phone from about phone.

I've added screenshots to the question. Also, I've already stated the Android version is 4.4.2. I'm not sure what other software version you might be referring to.

@DaveMG check my update and I was referring to the Settings>About device .In about device menu you can see the exact Android version installed on your device (to make sure you are giving the correct Software about your device and is helpful for some people as some manufacturers specify another Android version in the specs and install a different Android version on the device)

The exact Android version is 4.4.2, as stated. There is no other software version information that I can see. I checked for updates, but none were available.

This was a boggle for me as well, but I found it if click on battery, then the display at the top and then display at the bottom once more and finally about half way down you have display battery percentage.

Thank you for this response, but your description is not clear. What do you mean by "then the display at the top and then display at the bottom once more"?

I was losing hope of finding this on my Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet which runs Android 4.4.4, but finally I did. On my device it's under Settings -> Device -> Personalisation -> Status bar icons.
Hope this helps you find it on your Samsung device as well.

Thank you for responding. Unfortunately, under settings, I don't have a Device, Personalization, or Status bar icons screens anywhere that I can see.

With regards to the screenshot above try at the bottom of the list of apps under battery, if not try under settings > display and might be there somewhere

Thanks for this response. There is no percentage option in either of these locations.

The only other option I can think of for you is to root your phone and then install Wanam Xposed from the google play store, when you open the app it will prompt you to install the Xposed Firmware so go ahead and do that, back then to Wanam you'll be able to do many customizations to your notification/status bar including remove the percentage from battery

@DaveMG Are you sure? On a 4.4.2 Galaxy S4, it's definitely in Display settings (if you have tab view, Display is on the My device tab). Did you scroll down? It's not visible when you first open the Display settings page. You have to scroll way down, it's one of the last settings. Not very intuitive; it really should be in Battery settings (or in both locations, if they must have it under Display).

@AdiInbar, on my device, under the Display section, the bottommost item is Increase touch sensitivity. There is no check box for showing the percentage. I have looked in every location suggested in every answer and comment, and the option does not exist on my phone in any of the locations suggested so far.

@DaveMG For the record, I didn't say "bottommost", I said "one of the last". It should be the third item above Increase touch sensitivity. But actually I just noticed that I do have it in both places. There's also a checkbox scrolled off the bottom in the Battery settings. Odd that you wouldn't have it in either place; documentation for the S5 indicates that this hasn't changed. Are you using a custom ROM? I notice that you have a different them (no cogwheel, different organization). If you bought it used it's possible that you might have a custom ROM without even knowing it...

@AdiInbar, I don't have a rooted or custom ROM that I know of, but it is possible that my carrier (DoCoMo) modified it in some way.

Go to settings>>>battery>>>scroll down and uncheck the "Display Battery Percentage" option.

Thank you for this response. However, in Android 4.4.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S5, there is no checkbox in the location you've described.

If you're using android 4.4.4 goto Settings>Battery, then up the top right hand side click on the battery icon. This should bring a drop down menu to change the battery symbol.


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Google Drive has taken over my internal memory
OK so I decided to migrate all my pics (10gb+) from Dropbox to Google Drive. Everything went as planned but surprisingly after installing the Drive app from the Play Store, it synced all my 10gb data back onto my internal memory
Forgive my "noobness" but isn't the whole point of cloud storage the avoidance of such nuisance? How do I get back my internal memory without losing my data on Google Drive
Thanks in advance.

Logically, from what I know about Drive, all items that are marked appropriately will automatically sync to all devices where Drive is installed (to provide offline access).
I don't personally use Drive often at the moment, but I believe there is both a switch for offline access while viewing detailed file info, as well as a star feature, that both function to show which items are set to sync to all devices (there's been a few updates since I used Drive often).
You might have accidentally checked a setting that told Drive to mark all those uploaded items as favorites/offline accessible files, while uploading.
I've never personally added so many files to a current versions of Drive, web or app. So, I'd have to compete a test of the activity with some test files and follow directions based on what exactly you did to identify, with certainty, what happened.
And in order to correct the issue, regardless of the cause, it may be easier to use one interface rather than another. For instance, Drive via webpage/PC may allow you to select all folders and mark all internal contents as not available offline in one click, but the app may not.
I'm not sure which would be more efficient for such a purpose, I just wanted to suggest that it may be worth experimenting.
And there's always the possibility that it is just because of a glitch in drive.


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Can't recover data on honor 5x Android 6.0.1
I have done factory reset of my honor 5x Android 6.0.1 by mistake. This phone is rooted and I have tried disk digger pro, desktop applications like easeus recovery via USB debugging. It detects only recent data but not deleted one.

I have not overwritten any data ;
Phone did not has encryped storage before reset ;
It has fingerprint lock before factory reset ;
I want to recover phone storage data ;
PC applications unable to find any deleted data after scanning all sectors on phone storage.

I have done recovery on Android 5.0 lenovo s850 and it was fine so I have recovery experience.

Has factory reset cleared all sectors ?
Does Android 6.0.1 not support recovery ?
Should I rollback to 5.0 and then try ?
Any method available ?


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Can't send mms with Hangouts
I have a Galaxy Note 4, running Android 6.0.1 and I can't send MMS with Hangouts. I can receive and send MMS with the stock SMS app, but only receive MMS with Hangouts and I can't find whats is going wrong because it worked perfeclty fine before.
Hangouts is my default SMS app.
I deinstalled/reinstalled Hangouts, no changes.
I can sens MMS with other apps, I tried Textra, but now my battery drains really fast.

Do you mean send and receive mms with your GV number, or your cellular number, and if the later, what carrier?

I am using my cellular number, and the phone carrier is SFR.

Check your APN settings as described here by your carrier: http://assistance.sfr.fr/runtime/mobile-et-tablette/offres-mobile/parametrer-apn-sfr.html

I have just checked and I have the same settings. The thing is that I never modified anything and it worked fine several weeks ago.

On many devices, messaging apps (even those with full access to SMS) are unable to send MMS messages unless they are set as the default SMS app.
This same issue affects to me on my Nexus 6P: my default SMS app is the Messenger app, and even though other messaging apps on my phone (Textra and Pulse) have access to SMS & MMS, neither can send MMS without being set as the default SMS app in Settings. Both of those apps prompt me to set them as the default SMS app when attempting to send MMS, I'm surprised that Hangouts does not.
So, to fix the issue: go to Settings -> Apps -> gear icon in the top-left -> SMS app -> Hangouts. Or, alternatively, search through Settings for "Default apps" or "SMS app".
tl;dr: Setting Hangouts as your default SMS app will fix the issue.

Thanks for your answer, I misspoke, Hangouts IS my default SMS app. I was trying to say that I could send MMS with the "Stock" app, but not with Hangouts.

@Maxime So did the issue get resolved, or is this still happening? If it's still happening, mind trying to download an MMS app like Textra or Pulse and seeing if you can send MMS from those?

It seems to be working with Textra, it means my problem comes only from Hangouts. It bothers me alot because I'd like to find a solution without installing another app.

My battery drains REALLY fast since I installed Textra, have you heard similar cases with this app ?

@Maxime Eek sorry!! Either try deleting it or go into Settings -> Battery to see what's eating up juice.

I deleted the app it is much better now, but my problem with Hangouts is still here. Guess  I'll have to send my MMS with the stock app now.


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App permission management is running notification
Is there any option to get rid of those not useful, permament notifications on Android 5.1, in particular App permission management is running
They are just taking space and focus, are not helpful to the user at all.

Edit: please note that I'm asking about the notification messages, not the icons.

You can disable the notifications  for individual apps if you hold the notification and tap the bell icon.

@Firelord that didn't work for me, there's no bell icon for the "App permission management..." notification

I am sorry to say that it is not possible without root access.
If you do have root access, then there are a number of options. One simple method which I have used in the past is an app called "Notifications Off" from the Play Store. Another more advanced option is to use GravityBox via the Xposed framework.
But care needs to be taken. You can only choose between all or nothing for a given app. Therefore it is only safe to disabled the App Permission Management notifications if you have Permission Management switched off, otherwise you will miss all the dialog boxes which occur when an app requests a permission, causing many apps to be completely unusable.

causing many apps to be completely unusable So the simple answer is that it is impossible to have notifications without at least one (per app) permament notification displayed?

@Sfisioza it shouldn't be quite like that. It is only one App Permission Management notification which we are stuck with, and that is only if you choose to have it enabled. If you disable app permission management then you can dismiss the notification once after power up and it won't return until next reboot

The easiest way to fix this is to block the notification from showing. There are two ways to fix this.
First method

Go to your notification and long press the persistent notification.
Tap ! mark on the right side. That will take you to Settings
Select Block and turn it on.

Second method

Go to Settings → Apps
Select the app with the persistent notification
On the same screen select Notifications
Select Block and turn it on.

Yeah great block all notifications from the App permission management app and then dont get notified when an app needs to be granted permission, so you cant grant it. Great idea.

Well you choose if you want the notification or not

The detail is... We want to retain the pop up notifications which occur as part of the Permission Management app, but just not the one permanent one which is stuck there all the time. There doesnt seem to be a way to distinguish

Nonetheless, a vote up for the shortcut to notification settings. Didnt know that.

You can block both or non

Unfortunately on some phones with Android 5.1, you may not have the option to block notifications from the permissions app, i.e. the block button is absent for it; example: http://i.imgur.com/VMejQmA.png

Go to Settings -> Security -> Disable "App permissions" under Device administration section.

-1 this isn't what the OP asked for.

I had to turn it on first. Then turn it off.

Click on it until it changes to an android face and permission control text with an (i). Click on the (i) and disable it. Click on the app and force stop.
I think it does the trick.

Follow these instructions:

Launch Settings app → "Sound & notification".
Under "Notification" go to the entry "App notifications". You can search for application you want to block, open it, switch the "Block" button and you are done.

that application is not there

Actually Yes,You can do it some Apps that are available in PlayStore the app i came across is 360 Security it has an option to stack all your system notifications using Notification Manager Still it puts up an permanent Notification where you can see your unwanted notification Its better to have 1 notification compared to several occupying your Notification panel :)


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Does CyanogenMod support the Google Play Store and Google Account integration?
As it says. I am looking into CyanogenMod as a stopgap measure before I upgrade to an iPhone this year or the next. My current phone no longer gets updated and I cannot justify having year old bugs still active.
However, I have invested quite a bit of time in my current Android ecosystem and I both do not want to ditch that AND I want to be able to easily transfer my apps to the iPhone when I am setting the latter up, through the Apple transfer app. Are both an option when using CyanogenMod in this manner?

Yes!,Gapps are supported in Canyogenmod. They are supported but you have to flash them instead of regularly installing them. You can find your flashible zip easily just google it.

On a custom Os like Cyanogenmod you must flash the googleapps.zip from the recovery. The apps and services aren't built in but are very easy to flash.


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What actually gets backed up, how many times?
Say I have a photo A taken by the phone camera. It is stored somewhere, but can be seen in the stock Gallery app as well as the Google Photos app. Q1:Are both apps using the same physical copy or are there two copies?
Then, say, my WhatsApp has a photo B I received in a conversation. It is I presumed stored in /WhatsApp/Media/whatsApp Images. It can also be seen in the Gallery and Photos apps.
My WhatsApp has backup set to Back up to Google Drive Daily using Google Account X. Q2:Is this a special arrangement between Google and WhatsApp, because I cannot see anything regarding this in https://drive.google.com.
In the Photos app, Settings, Back up & Sync, the BACKUP ACCOUNT is Y, my other Google Account I have configured on the same phone. In the Back Up device folders details, WhatsApp Images is enabled. Q3:Does this mean that my WhatsApp photo B is backed up to my Google Drive in account Y as well as the special WhatsApp backup in Google Drive in account X?

Q1:Are both apps using the same physical copy or are there two copies?

They are both the same copy. Both apps scan the location the photo is stored, and the location contains only 1 copy of the file. If you have 5 copies of the same file, in the same folder, both apps will show you 5 photos, not 10.

Q2:Is this a special arrangement between Google and WhatsApp, because I cannot see anything regarding this in https://drive.google.com.

I presume yes. On Android, WhatsApp uses Drive for backups, while on iOS, it uses iCloud.

Q3:Does this mean that my WhatsApp photo B is backed up to my Google Drive in account Y as well as the special WhatsApp backup in Google Drive in account X?

Yes. Although the accounts are differents, both apps have been configured to access the same folder (in this case, WhatsApp Images). Thus, when backing up files, they both backup the same files in both accounts.

Q2:Is this a special arrangement between Google and WhatsApp, because
I cannot see anything regarding this in https://drive.google.com.

There is close collaboration between WhatsApp Account & Google Drive - You can read the details for this in the FAQ of WhatsApp for backup
The major motive behind this is You can back up your chats and media to Google Drive, so if you change Android phones or get a new one, your chats and media are transferable.

Q3:Does this mean that my WhatsApp photo B is backed up to my Google
Drive in account Y as well as the special WhatsApp backup in Google
Drive in account X?

To determine which Google Drive account is used by WhatsApp You can do below steps - Tap Open WhatsApp & then go to Menu > Settings > Chats > Chat backup.
In this screen you should be able to see the Google drive settings that also displays you the name of Google Drive account used by WhatsApp


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Can user data be recovered after formatting and flashing stock ROM?
I am exchanging my old Android L phone for a new one. I have formatted the whole phone including bootloader and flashed its stock ROM using SP Flash Tool twice. I hope my data has been overwritten.
Are there any chances that my data may still be recovered?

It can be recovered using complex sector scanning, however if you used Encryption, your Data partition may still have information on it, but it will still be encrypted.
The main source for recovering Data other than using Root Access to do a full sector scan of the Data / Cache Partitions, is to undelete data on the External SD Card..
You can do a sector scan of your storage without Root Access also, depending on your Android Version.
You should Overwrite the Data partition, not Delete the data and then Flash it again...
Deleting the Data Partition and the Flashing it again, doesn't actually Overwrite the old user data... Formatting it is not Overwriting it Either...
You need to do a Full format of every sector to Overwrite it...
Try writing over the internal storage with another file, repeatedly copy and paste a file until your device can not fit anything else ... Then format it ...

I have formatted the whole phone including bootloader

Bootloader can't be overwritten, your device will be bricked. I think you meant boot partition which contains kernel. But that doesn't contain personal data you've been saving. That's saved on userdata partition which is mounted at /data and one of its directory /data/media/0 is exposed as /sdcard through emulation. So the major concern is to securely erase /data partition.

Are there any chances that my data may still be recovered?

Please note that on most newer device /data partition is encrypted by default (FBE/FDE enforced using forceencrypt or contents_encryption_mode flags in fstab). In this case your actual data is saved to /dev/block/dm-0 which is a logical volume mapped by device-mapper's crypt target over userdata partition. It means that data available on userdata block device is encrypted and not identifiable.
Secondly Android issues a scheduled/continuous TRIM command to flash storage (eMMC), which makes sure the deleted data is physically Erased from cells (which is a requirement before re-writing it; this is where Flash Media differs from HDDs).
Thirdly when you do a Factory Reset with stock recovery, BLKDISCARD or BLKSECDISCARD is issued before creating filesystem (formatting), which again makes sure the whole block device (userdata) is Erased. It means that all the Logical Block Addresses (LBAs) which belong to this partition will now return zeros if read.

If all of the three conditions meet on your device, be ensured that your data won't be recoverable.
Note that:

Overwriting data may not necessarily overwrite it, particularly on F2FS, which always writes data to new blocks as a part of it's wear-leveling strategy.
Simply formatting (creating filesystem) neither erases data nor overwrites it. It just recreates data structures (e.g. superblocks, file tables, directories, inode/block bitmaps, journals etc.). Formatting should be accompanied by TRIM or BLKDISCARD.
There is still a possibility that data is not Erased from physical cells (PBAs) even after issuing TRIM or BLKDISCARD, and it can possibly be recovered e.g. with chip-off forensics. There are a number of factors involved, including Over-Provisioning space, Wear-Leveling and Garbage Collection capabilities of the eMMC on your device.

For more details: How to make a complete factory reset, without anyone being able to retrieve my data?


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How to disable power button triple tap emergency call feature?
I'm using a OnePlus 6 (Magisk; systemless Xposed, stock ROM at Android 8.1.0). One of the features that constantly irritates me is the accidental dialing of emergency number. The system by-default looks for triple power button tap and automatically dials Emergency number (112). I read on XDA here that this is a feature specific to India and Indian SIMs, and I also bought this in India and use an Indian SIM. Other regional users, per some threads of OnePlus subreddit and OnePlus forums, do not have this problem and can customize the shortcut from Camera app or under Settings app, while I cannot.
I found this YouTube video but the recommended solution does not work because the Emergency Info app in my system doesn't have the activity used in the video. That app only has these two activities which only leads to editing Emergency specific user details:
.view.ViewInfoActivity
.edit.EditInfoActivity

How do I change this behavior? I'm looking to prevent emergency number dial on triple power button tap, and if possible, customization of that double power button tap to Camera launch. Furthermore, if possible, please provide a non-root based solution.

In Android Pie in OnePlus 6 you can now access the activity shown in the video via Settings → Security & lock screen → Emergency Rescue.

(Image sourced from OnePlus Forums)

For Asus Zenfone max pro m2
Android 9
devices below works
pm disable com.android.server.telecom/.EmergencyCallActivity

as below does not work
adb shell settings put global emergency_affordance_needed 0

I used logcat and found that the service GestureLauncherService (a sub-service of SystemService) actively looks for the triple power button tap and takes action accordingly. While I couldn't find such sub-service through GUI (Running services), dumpsys and cmd commands, I did notice this line in the logcat's output:
[ 11-15 21:21:27.368  1292: 1825 I/ActivityManager ]
START u0 {act=android.intent.action.CALL_PRIVILEGED dat=tel:xxx flg=0x10000000 cmp=com.android.server.telecom/.PrivilegedCallActivity} from uid 1000 pid 1292

I cross-checked it with adb shell dumpsys activity recents and found that PrivilegedCallActivity is the activity that shows up when the number is dialed.
So, while I can't prevent the gesture service, I  can prevent the number being dialed successfully. I immediately disabled the component PrivilegedCallActivity of the package com.android.server.telecom (Call Management app) using adb (requires root) like this:
adb shell su -c 'pm disable com.android.server.telecom/.PrivilegedCallActivity'

One can also use an app to disable that activity. From henceforth, that triple power button tap wouldn't make the call.
Note: disabling that activity does not prevent Emergency calls (both to user provided emergency contacts and country specific emergency numbers) from taking place from Emergency dialer at lock screen because that uses a different activity. It is just that the system cannot dial the emergency number without user's explicit consent on the dialer, anymore.

For those uncomfortable with disabling a component of a critical system app, as recommended here, they can use a solution which is safe and tested by others already.
At XDA, kashayapha1994  found this hack:
adb shell settings put global emergency_affordance_needed 0

That enables the quick capture shortcut setting in stock Camera app and in Settings app automatically. This also prevents dialing emergency number because system always fires the Camera app at double button press when the shortcut is enabled.
However, the hack doesn't survive a reboot, so anirudhnyg at XDA came up with a Magisk module (requires a rooted device) to automatically apply the aforesaid hack et al. Download it from the aforementioned link, install it and reboot. That's it.
You can also choose to apply that hack at boot using any app which can run a command/script at boot, such as Tasker, MacroDroid, Xposed Edge. Do note that all such apps would require root access or being set as Device Owner such as SecureTask (doesn't require root).


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Google Photos will not backup
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 running Android 9 and One UI. Google Photos will not back up anything.
All I am getting as a Getting ready to back up and 185 items left perpetual spinner at the top of the app. When I attempt to manually back up a single photo or a group of photos, I receive the message Will upload when connected to Wi-Fi.
I have unlimited data and am perfectly happy with it backing up over my cellular data connection. However, going into Settings->Back up & sync->Cellular Data Back Up, I see that both Photos and Videos are enabled. So it should be backing up over cellular data. But it's not.
What am I missing?

Thanks for replying. I have just tried a force-stop on the app with no success. Following that, I have also just rebooted the phone and the issue persists. This has actually been a problem that I've been dealing with for probably as long as I've owned the device (which is over 1.5 years now) but has not been a high priority until recently.

I was able to finally get Google Photos to back everything up. It's not a perfect solution, but it does seem to work for now.
Uninstall / Reinstall.
I just completely uninstalled the app, then immediately reinstalled it from the Google Play store. One of the first things it asked about in its "first-time setup" procedure was whether or not I wanted it to backup my files over cellular data. It defaults to "Wi-Fi only", but I changed it so it would back up on both Wi-Fi and cellular data.
After going through the rest of the "first-time setup" prompts, it began backing everything up, as well as giving me a "clean up ### MB of files" option. I chose that because, why not? I noticed that it did go ahead and back up all of my photos, but the spinner kept running at the top of the app, saying 285 items left (I'm not sure of the exact number) and appeared to be stuck at that.
I decided to let it go and see if it would eventually get through them all anyway. Hours later, I saw that it was on 162 items left. Finally, hours after that, I got the much-sought-after cloud-with-a-checkmark icon. It had finished backing them all up.
Perhaps it got stuck on some long video files or burst-shot photos—I don't know. In any case, I think the uninstall / reinstall procedure is what did the trick for me.

Always appreciate a user who finds an answer and explains it, instead of leaving us all hanging


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having problems with the home page S4
My S4 has been rooted 2 weeks ago,and today it locked up and I cannot do anything on it, cannot open settings, cannot receive phone calls, cannot send text messages. the home page is unresponsive, and when i try to press any buttons the only thing that comes up is a message saying "touchwiz in not responding". The computer is now not reading the phone. So not sure what to do, please advice. Thank you!
A friend rooted the phone for me, so not sure how it was done, and my friend is out of the country now.Did not change any settings.

What have you used root to do? Did you change any system settings that aren't normally accessible, overwrite system files, or use any apps that use root? Please [edit] your question to say, so that we have a chance of working out what could be wrong.

A friend rooted the phone for me, so not sure how it was done, and my friend is out of the country now.Did not change any settings.

did not even install any new apps since it was done. The phone worked fine till today. It was responding slow, so I restarted it, and now nothing works.

Did u try rebooting ?

Try factory setting option in settings.If it doesnt work,try updating it to next version os and again root it if necessary.I would suggest to just root it again it may happen that rooting process is not been completely successfull.

Thank you for your answer! I did a factory reboot, but the phone still does not work. It does not go pass the initial page where you choose the language options when I turn it on, the screen keeps "shaking", and I am unable to complete the original set up.


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Disable vibration in Samsung?
(Attention: Samsung's 9.0-Pie / One UI is different from stock Android)
Is there any way to completely disable vibration in a Samsung phone running their flavor of Android Pie (9.0)?
I already have Settings / Sound and vibration / Vibrate while ringing tuned OFF, but the phone still vibrates for various notifications.
The problem is that vibration makes this phone slide off whatever hard surface it's on.

Go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Vibration and switch it off

I don't see "vibration" under "accessibility". Are you also using Android 9.0-Pie?

yes men. my phone is running pie

can you share screenshoot in accessibility menu?

It's a bit of a hassle, bc I'm not using SE on my phone.

All my options are different from yours. I have: Screen reader; Visibility enhancements; Hearing enhancements; Interaction and dexterity; Advanced settings; Installed services

vibrate is in the accessibility menu and all android pie has this default feature

what model are you using?


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Make new notifications beep every 5 minutes?
When a new message arrives, my phone lights up the screen for 2 seconds and plays a notification sound.
If you miss it, you'll never know that you have new messages, unless you turn on the screen.
Is there any way to make it beep every 5 minutes or so?

For others reading this:
I found the option to do this hidden under Accessibility / Advanced Settings / Notification reminders on my Samsung.
(not the best place to put it, if you ask me)


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Does the use of Android One remove the risk of OEM spying?
China is forcing tourists to install text-stealing malware at its border.
Also, U.S. intelligence officials imply that Huawei, ZTE devices aren't safe for consumers (even in the West).
Some suggested avoiding Chinese phones:

Consider a scenario where you may use a Hauwei or KTE phone to have a
  conversation with a friend or a work colleague. It could be a
  discussion about a business deal, a programming project you’re working
  on, or important business meetings. You could inadvertently pass along
  proprietary information to a foreign government without even realizing
  it.
What global intelligence communities are hinting to the world is that
  there is enough evidence in their posession to warrant banning these
  phones from military bases and governments. Even if you don’t believe
  them, history has turned up enough wrongdoing by these companies to
  justify very real concern.
Avoiding phones made by Chinese manufacturers is a good start.

Assuming the accusers are correct, does the use of Android One, as is done by some Xiaomi phones, reduce the risk of OEM spying on you, or is Android One irrelevant here?
(There is a difference between trusting an American company, like Google, subject to US laws and regulations, and trusting a Chinese OEM)

Not at all. Android One makes it easy to get long term AOSP updates from Google. But after all device hardware and ROM is routed through OEMs, and they DO put a lot of stuff inside device. See /vendor partition on your device, those are all closed source binary blobs put by your OEM/SoC vendor. And then there are other firmware e.g. baseband processor (modem) which you never know what's doing in background, even when you think your device is powered off. And above all, Android One is a business deal between Google and OEM which makes sure every device has GApps; the legal way of spying.

@IrfanLatif Wikipedia says Google used to do the updates directly, but it's unclear how this is done now (The article on AO seems rather confusing)

Google might be updating AOSP directly, though it doesn't seems to be the case as discussed here. But the point is that Android != AOSP. See details of project Treble.

Unrelated to Android One, I believe I've heard about specialized Android phones to prevent this kind of privacy/spying threat (or whatever it is). Strange that I couldn't search and find it anymore...

So do you mean there are no laws and regulations (related to usage of technology) in China or those aren't trustworthy?

@IrfanLatif see the update (since you seem to be unaware)

The China one is a special case due to their law. However, the question seems to become more biased to China instead of global case?

@MaxB oh! That's an eye-opener. You seem to be aware of everything. But I wonder why you missed these: https://mythoughtsontechnologyandjamaica.blogspot.com/2015/03/NSA-CIA-smartphone-hack-Baseband-Processor.html - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39193008 - https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/249521-cisa-the-dirty-deal-between-google-and-the-nsa-that-no-one-is - https://www.tweaktown.com/news/57538/microsoft-gives-nsa-backdoor-complains-exploits/index.html - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/23/nsa-director-defends-backdoors-into-technology-companies

The thing is you hear a lot of propaganda resonating around you against a country. Obviously when one is losing economic war, the frustration and anxiety is justified. But please be noted that there could be no difference between trusting an American company and a Chinese OEM for the whole world.

@IrfanLatif The US doesn't force you to install malware on your android phone, or go to prison if you refuse. You seem to be extremely biased here.

@MaxB you must be kidding, na? Did you read the first link I mentioned? NSA can remotely shut down your smartphone and use it to spy on you, according to ex-CIA and NSA contractor Edward Snowden as revealed in the article “How the NSA can 'turn on' your phone remotely”. What else a govt would want by putting a malware on a consumer's phone? Why would they do this by force when tech companies - in exchange for monetary or other benefits - are willing to let them do this to any Android/iPhone/Windows user? I'm sorry if I was unable to convey this simple thing.

-1: the question appears to be targeting Chinese practices, not recognizing that surveillance is not a Chinese problem only.

@IrfanLatif If the best source you come up with is "blogspot", I don't bother reading further. You seem to be very biased against America.

@MaxB come on man. Don't pose you are a newcomer to internet world. "CNN": “How the NSA can 'turn on' your phone remotely”: https://money.cnn.com/2014/06/06/technology/security/nsa-turn-on-phone/

@IrfanLatif Can you read? If and when the NSA can do it, it's a vuln. Not something the manufacturer intentionally put in at their request. Secondly, just because they "could" do it, doesn't mean they do. I'm getting tired of this. Your anti-American bias is obvious.

Sir I'm just overwhelmed by your sense of impartiality and logical reasoning based on solid facts.

AndroidOne can lower risk of spying due to vendor's negligence or non-systematic action (e.g., one employee adds some spying code without anyone else in the company knowing about that). The more modifications are there, the more places to inject some malicious modification and the more employees to care about.
You might argue that the vendor is just replacing the code from Google, so this is exchange of one potentially risky part for another part with the same risk. However, I would assume that the code from Google (especially the AOSP parts) get much more scrutiny both internally (within the vendor) and externally (by phone vendors and others).
When talking about some backdoors intentionally added (and probably approved by the management), AndroidOne cannot protect you. It might be harder to find a suitable place, but there always will be some:

There can be an additional app in AndroidOne. Nokia is known to add a controversial app for battery management. While this one is not known to be malicious, it shows that Android One can be less pure than you think.
The phone vendor can add some hardware-based backdoor.
The phone vendor can claim it is AndroidOne, while actually not fully being AndroidOne. This can be even obscured in some ways, so it is not noticable from the OTA update packages.

This makes sense, but I don't understand how Google can detect that the phone's been rooted, but it can not detect that the OS's been altered.

Google can detect root if you don't bother trying to hide it. Also, some apps need to use it, so you cannot hide root from all the apps. If the OS has been altered (especially altered by manufacturer), it can be virtually undetectable.

@MaxB @v6ak is right. You can't compare detecting the presence of /sbin/su binary or an alien magiskd process with detecting a modification to code where only kernel source is over 3 million lines. And why would Google detect that the OS is altered, OEMs are supposed to do alteration. Google only provides generic AOSP part, hardware-specific code is developed by respective vendors.

@IrfanLatif Well, with AndroidOne, OEMs are not supposed to do alternations, although they can provide additional apps. It is designed for some specific SoCs, so Google likely also provides drivers. But let's suppose they cannot add any additional apps, so Google can try to check it. The OEM technically can provide their own kernel that hides some processes. And if Google tried to read the kernel, it could provide them the original kernel. So, this is not going to work for an OEM that decides to break it…

@v6ak Google likely also provides drivers? Really? If by drivers you mean kernel, then yes, that can be true. Kernel is meant to be open-source. But what about the userspace HALs which interface with AOSP code? Are OEM/SoC vendors providing the source for those proprietary binary blobs to Google? If no, how is HIDL going to work without alteration to AOSP's reference implementations for hardware e.g. RIL? Including closed source code to AOSP should be considered alteration by the intellectual owner of that code, irrespective of who is practically doing the alteration.

@IrfanLatif I meant just that Google likely decides about all the drivers being used – their versions etc. It does not mean they are writing or even compiling them…

You could inadvertently pass along proprietary information to a foreign government without even realizing it.

This holds true when a person is using non-Chinese communication or computing devices as well. Just because western economies are also democratic countries do not mean that those democratically elected governments or their intelligence agencies do not engage in the activities the Chinese national government and the Chinese companies are alleged with. Here, try this food for thought.
If you get hold of the book Permanent Record, its author mentioned one obvious but highly uncomfortable point: the internet, the computing and communication hardwares, and the softwares upon which the world runs at large are mostly US centric (whether developed in the US or by companies from the US), so it is natural for US govt and its agencies to make use of this monopoly for ends that may not necessarily be in public interest.
Let this be clear that this aggressive anti-China stance in technological matters is not precisely because of Chinese intrusive activities in civil and military affairs of the US and its nationals (this has been going on for a decade or more), but because China had the audacity and showed the capacity and the will to buy leading chipset and communication device
 manufacturers of the US, and China -- a non-Western, non-democratic, non-NATO country -- further frustrated the US by beating it in developing, testing, and marketing the 5G (the next revolution in communications that would bring unimaginable amount of data -- currency for tech companies and billions of dollars to a 5G leader's economy). If there continues to be demand for Chinese 5G products (either by individual consumers for cellphones or by telecom operators for 5G communication and relevant equipments) in the US, its national security would continue to be undermined1 by China, so it is natural for the US to create this anti-China fear among its people and beyond.

Assuming the accusers are correct, does the use of Android One, as is done by some Xiaomi phones, reduce this risk, or is Android One irrelevant here?

If you do not have access to the source code of the software you are using;
If you cannot understand that source code in entirety;
If you do not have access to the blueprint (or whatever that is called) of the hardware you are using (including the software that is part of the hardware);
If you do not have the skills and the means to detect hardware vulnerabilities or backdoors;

than you cannot have absolute control over your device. You risk unwillingly giving away your private information to a party you may not even know. Everything than rests on trust (that you would not be harmed and the data not be collected involuntarily or misused) and the mitigating measures that you can undertake within the flexibility provided by the software and the hardware.
At last, if you want to stick with some western technological products, do it, but know that you are trusting one potential adversary with another. It is all the same if you are not from the western world.
1: FCC to vote to bar Huawei, ZTE from government subsidy program, sources say

+1 true........

It's like saying "Don't bother being afraid of cigarettes, because you can be killed by a freak lightening strike at any moment. None are safe! Don't delude yourself or others"

@MaxB I was not trying to be condescending  with my last sentence, and I apologize if it came out that way, but I am not a native English speaker so I am not good with articulation. Read my answer from the perspective of a middle eastern or a south Asian or an African. For them, it is all the same. As for the cigarettes analogy, this is not useful because some US or European products do give reasonable flexibility to take mitigative measures, but this hope is lost with Chinese ones.