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Why does eUICC Manager get NO_SUCH_ELEMENT aka errcode 3?
I was trying to port eUICC into my phone (I used Google LPA called SIM Manager and other stuff from the same system but other model). I am using Motorola Edge 30 Ultra and used that kit from Moto X40 which natively supports eSIM. I also tried porting the eUICC function from OnePlus 11 to OnePlus 8 and the same error occurred.
It seems status 3 was an error NO_SUCH_ELEMENT, which means no AID was found on the eUICC. But my card had successfully downloaded the profile on Truphone LPA for desktop, and my phone detected the profile and works.
But why does this error occur? Any idea? Permission granted, hardware I think it must be there for AID to be shown. And I don't know if HAL or else could be an error or not. Should I define if I am using an eUICC chip in the SIM (UICC) style and in the SIM slot?
Logs below：
2023-10-14 13:22:14.534  3860-3860  EuiccCardController     com.android.phone                    E
getEuiccChallenge callback onException:
com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccCardException: Cannot send APDU.
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort.lambda$sendApdu$50(EuiccPort.java:1159)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort.$r8$lambda$8x9Mw_LfktrBXDaDFYF0Xl8vpps(Unknown Source:0)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort$$ExternalSyntheticLambda52.handleException(Unknown Source:2)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort$1.onException(EuiccPort.java:1224)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:138)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:127)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.async.AsyncMessageInvocation.handleMessage(AsyncMessageInvocation.java:57)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
    at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:238)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:357)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8088)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:957)
Caused by: com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduException: Failed to open logical channel opened for AID: A0000005591010FFFFFFFF8900000100, with status: 3 (apduStatus=0)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:138)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:127)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.async.AsyncMessageInvocation.handleMessage(AsyncMessageInvocation.java:57)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
    at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:238)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:357)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8088)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:957)

2023-10-14 13:22:18.904  3860-3860  EuiccCardController     com.android.phone                    E
getEuiccChallenge callback onException:
    com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccCardException: Cannot send APDU.
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort.lambda$sendApdu$50(EuiccPort.java:1159)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort.$r8$lambda$8x9Mw_LfktrBXDaDFYF0Xl8vpps(Unknown Source:0)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort$$ExternalSyntheticLambda52.handleException(Unknown Source:2)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.EuiccPort$1.onException(EuiccPort.java:1224)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:138)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:127)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.async.AsyncMessageInvocation.handleMessage(AsyncMessageInvocation.java:57)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
    at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:238)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:357)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8088)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:957)
Caused by: com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduException: Failed to open logical channel opened for AID: A0000005591010FFFFFFFF8900000100, with status: 3 (apduStatus=0)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:138)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.apdu.ApduSender$1.onResult(ApduSender.java:127)
    at com.android.internal.telephony.uicc.euicc.async.AsyncMessageInvocation.handleMessage(AsyncMessageInvocation.java:57)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
    at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:238)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:357)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8088)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:957)

Tried:

An eSIM chip sorted on UICC base.
com.google.android.euicc package installed and granted permission.
Also ported an eUICC partner for slot mapping.

Expected eUICC management to work and could download or delete a profile, but now the download is stuck there and cannot send APDU to the log again and again.


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Mobile Wifi Hotspot auto disables if there is too bandwidth used
I have a Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and mobile wifi hotspot auto disables if there is too bandwidth used. Maybe it's done to avoid overheating. How to avoid this? Is there a workaround? I really need to have a stable connection I can't have an hotspot that auto-disables.
Happens usually when it's very used in terms of bandwidth and people connected.

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Persisting "Unfortunately, Keyguard has stopped." error pops on HP Slate 8 Plus
HP Slate 8 Plus displays

Unfortunately, Keyguard has stopped.

The tablet is somewhat active: it displays in the background the visible WLANs. When I hit OK in the message, it returns immediately.
What can I do to use this tablet again?
(Factory reset is an option)

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No Operacional System Android is Installed
I was trying to install the ROM system-squeak-arm64-ab-gogapps from the project treble_experimentations and I reported some of this in this question, however, It may not be so now.
In short, in my whole process of trying to install the new ROM, I happen to think that at some point things were "wiped" more than I expected, now TWRP says that I don't have any system installed and when I start the Moto E5 Plus it just always drops to the bootloader screen and that's it. Even after I flashed the image on the MicroSD inserted into the device and the process says everything was ok, the bootloader screen doesn't advance, it's as if nothing had happened.

I think I expressed myself wrong, sorry. I did not install the operating system on MicroSD, but the image for installing the operating system was to be installed on my device was on MicroSD.


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Is it possible to install an app through normal Samsung recovery?
I was trying to install an app through recovery by flashing apk in flashable zip but it is not working.
It is showing an error.
What should I do?

Usually ZIP files only contain system updates and/or system apps. How do you make an APK file to an "flashable zip"?


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Installing Android 12 (or 13, 14) on a Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus (2nd Gen, TB-X606X)
Is there a way to install Android 12 / 13 / 14 on a Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus (2nd Gen, TB-X606X)? That is all I want to know if it is possible to do it, and how to do it then (currently running Android 9).
And whats the newest version of Android that can be installed there thats stable and not too slow?
Would my device get bricked when something untill i reflash it or would it be in that state forever?

The answer is still more or less the same as here: How to upgrade my Android device to latest Android version If there is no custom ROM the only alternative would be a Android GSI image (assuming your tablet is Treble compatible), however I am not sure how usable a device with GSI image installed is.

This device is still being sold today with the same Android version so the short answer is no.


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How to keep OnePlus Pad screen bright while charging?
I am using OnePlus Pad as a permanent screen for monitoring/controlling smart home stuff. The power cable is constantly plugged in, and I need the screen to stay still bright.
I have the following settings:

Developer settings:

Keep screen on while charging: ON
Do not use Lock screen: ON

Display & brightness

Auto screen off: 30 minutes (the maximum available)
Auto brightness: OFF
Adaptive Sleep: OFF

The problem is that the screen gets dimmed after the time in the "Auto screen off" setting.
How do I make it constantly bright?


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How to view/delete read-only contacts with Google contact
I have 550 contacts. 450 have Google account, and 100 are read-only contacts.
I want to clean up my phonebook. So I want to do one of these:

Delete all 100 read-only accounts with no Google account in bulk.

See a list of 100 read-only contacts that don't have any Google account.

I have 2 apps installed, both of them will do this job.

Contacts Optimizer. This runs on the phone and will allow you to see these contacts and edit, delete, merge them.

My Phone Explorer. The client runs on the phone and a companion app runs on Windows. The data is dynamically pulled into Windows, where you can individually alter the contacts.

Please note, I am not associated with either.


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TWRP mkfs.ntfs Missing
I have a device with MSM8909 (SD 212).  I found a ready-made TWRP image on the internet and I am using it, but it is not in the mkfs.ntfs /sbin folder required for NTFS formatting.  How can I add it to the TWRP I use and where can I find the required file? I need this because I will be using Windows RT 8/8.1 and Windows 10 ARMv7 via EDK2 UEFI.


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Ability to unlock phone in read only mode (and multiple phone users)
Wouldn't it be nice if Android and Android apps catered towards the ability to unlock your phone on read only mode.
In this way, you can give your phone to someone (for instance, a family member), and they can read all of your stuff, but, through app support, via app APIs (with designation), the user cannot delete your stuff when the phone is unlocked in this way.
If the user is given permission, they may also send email or WhatsApp messages (and, this, also supported in the system and app API, is done on a per app basis).
This can be done by the main user, who controls auxiliary users and sets permissions for them.
This is also important for users that need their personal space on their phone but have a caregiver that manages some of the stuff on their phone for them.
Such users may also easily unlock the phone though an onscreen fingerprint control, for much ease, in the case of assisted users, making breaking into their phone impossible (without gaining access to their hand), and this level of control, in this manner, would not only be possible, but also practical.
Thank you for your support.

So Android Enthusiasts can't help with feature requests, see a similar meta SO post answer on what questions go where. Do realize that Android does allow for multiple user accounts like 'Guest' account but realize that if the primary user has a plain text password file and hands over the device to a child/aide/friend that person can still read the file. Perhaps before the OS was released you could have added in such APIs but I would think about what an evil person could do to exploit them.


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Why are files suddenly disappear after downloaded on Unihertz Jelly Star?
I tried to use Videoder to download some music, but they immediately disappeared as soon as the download was finished. I'm on a Unihertz Jelly Star, and I tried downloading the files to many different folders, but the files always disappear.
If I move the files to the safe folder (the folder where only I can delete something and my phone has no say) while the files are downloading, they stay, but only how much was downloaded at that point, and when I move them back out, they stay.

Please add more details about your phone (model and Android version) as well as the app you use for download and the one you use for seeing the files (for both apps please add link to store).


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App-wise setting of mobile data selection in dual SIM
In a dual-SIM smartphone, how to set the usage of mobile data to a specific SIM for defined apps?

Welcome to the Q&A site Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange. The question was originally tagged with 'oneplus-one'. Did you mean to ask about that device specifically, or more generally?


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Export Recorder tracks preserve file dates
I need to copy tracks from the system app Recorder (apk: com.android.soundrecorder) onto Google Drive and/or Linux PC with file dates preserved. I've tried Send and Save options to phone SD and Google Drive card but the date is lost. (Also it would be very beneficial to convert them from aac to mp3. The default export makes them aac)
Another related question is whether I can find those files in the app data folder directly without exporting ? I've tried to browse /Android/data/com.android.soundrecorder but there are no files and warning message that "files are inaccessible due to Android R restrictions ..."

Please link the app from Play store. It can be confusing to know which app you are talking about or is it a system app of miui


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Nokia x100 error no devices/emulators found
My Nokia x100 turns on but never goes passed the Nokia logo, USB debugging wasn't turned on when this happened so I'm stuck on how to either put into recovery mode or try to flash phone, have kali Linux. I plug in phone but my computer can't find it

May be using one of the common key combinations like holding Vol-Down+Power?


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How to move everything from Samsung Galaxy S20 to S23?
I tried built-in feature (Smart Switch?) but it left most applications gray. How to copy everything? Are there any working solutions?

You should get the best result when old and new phone are connected directly via USB-C cable and then start migration. But a lot of app data is most likely bound to the device and thus can not be migrated.


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Recovering Whatsapp crypt8 file
I would like to re-read some old whatsapp chats that are in a .crypt8 file; I have put the database in my new phone after reinstalling the app and so on (I was already able to use this procedure for some cypt12 databases), but even using the same sim number it doesn't read the database.
Were the crypt8 files not linked to the phone number? How can I read the file?
Many thanks :)


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Family payment method for Google Family Link
I'm trying to set up in-app purchases for my child's Android game. We use Google Family Link. Google Play mandates setting up a family purchase method for our family group before allowing the first purchase.
I've attempted to follow Google Support's instructions on how to do so on the Google Play app, but the specified option doesn't seem to be available in my settings.
Can anyone provide guidance or a workaround for setting up a family purchase method?

Welcome to the Q&A site Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange. "but the specified option doesn't seem to be available in my settings" could you [edit] and provide the link to Google Support, and which specific step you had been stuck on? Otherwise, the community might suggest the same step that you have been trying to do.


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Block URL by VPN
I am using an MDM (Mobile Device Management) service that has a web filtering option built inside the management console.

The problem is it can block URLs only on the browser level (like Chrome or Firefox), so you can still get around and view unwanted sites via the app's inner browser. The MDM service also has a VPN function and a global HTTP proxy, I need to know if it will be possible to block URLs completely via VPN or HTTP proxy. I don't know exactly what is VPN or HTTP proxy is, but someone told me it could do it.
Or someone has another idea?


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Lost old MMS images; can't find in Google Photos
I have years-long Google Messages text threads that have many, many photos. I've changed phones a lot, and the images have always been retained in the threads. I believe I have always selected the Android Device folder for Messages to be backed up
But I just noticed those images are gone from my text threads, and I cant find any of them in Google Photos. I just to the date the photos came in, and they're not there.
So I'm wondering where these could possibly reside. It's hard to imagine they're all gone forever. I thought I was intentionally backing them up. (My pet sitter always sends the best photos. My dog recently passed away, and I'd like to find the photos without having to ask the sitter).
TL;DR: Lost photos from Google Messages text threads despite frequent phone changes and thought I had backed them up. Can't find them in Google Photos.


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Contacts synced when a Google account is added, how to remove them after removing the account?
I have a Realme phone. I added a Google email to the phone, and the contact numbers saved with that email got synced with the phone. Now I removed that email, but the contacts from that account are still there on the phone.
How can I remove them?

Welcome to the Q&A site Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange. Looks like there's a Q&A for the same problem: Deleting unwanted contacts after accidental account sync. Consider reading and trying the answers there and let us know the result. Thanks.


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How to allow execution and creation of files on a filesystem mounted to /mnt
I have a rooted device with Android 11 (LineageOS) and Termux. With root permission an app (that's EDS for crypto containers but should not matter) mounts an ext4 file system to /mnt/eds/Data.
The mount options for Data seems to include a flag that determines the SELinux context and could be problematic: context=u:object_r:fuse:s0.
That Data directory and all its parents, for testing, have read and execute permissions for others and also write permissions. I have also tried to set respective permissions for the owner group such that the Termux user is part of that group everybody.
For some reason, I cannot create files in Data, nor can I execute files as the default Termux user. I can also not create files with file manager apps, although I can read and write existing files. It may be noteworthy that I can execute and create as su with Termux.
Something prevents it for the regular users. I found that on my device /mnt is mounted with options noexec,mode=755, but remounting with exec,mode=777 has not changed the behaviour.
Since I do not want to further escalate the permissions, I would like to avoid running the binaries I want to execute with sudo. Therefore, how can I get the permissions to execute and create files in Data when the filesystem permissions appear to allow that?


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Why does Samsung Internet perform poorly compared to other mobile browsers?
I'm experiencing performance issues on my e-commerce website, particularly on Android devices. When analyzing loading times, I've noticed that Samsung Internet takes about 2.5 times longer to load compared to Chrome and Safari.
Given that Samsung Internet is based on the Chromium project, I was surprised by this inferior performance. I would like to understand the possible reasons behind this. Could it be due to memory management, differences in JavaScript compilation, or other unknown factors?
If anyone can provide information or tips on how to improve performance on Samsung Internet, it would be greatly appreciated for enhancing the user experience on our website.

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Finer control on battery running out and having to recharge it
Using a smartphone is nowadays vital to work.
When my battery reaches 2%, a notification, from the bottom of the screen (this, was well thought. The battery, and battery charger is on the bottom, so it is very well that the message is from the bottom), triggers off.
However, I would like it if you could program both the trigger, for when the battery message were to come up, as well as the time intervals of possible successive warnings of when to remind to charge the phone. These, must have defaults, for instance:

I may choose to trigger the charge battery alarm at 40%

And subsequently every 5% of discharge.
Or subsequently every five, ten, twenty, or forty minutes.

You should be able to configure this in the settings.
This would help me in situations where I am walking outside not far from home, in which I would return, within forty minutes.
In these cases, I should also be able to turn the reminder for the battery off. I may just want to have the phone on until it drags out all the battery. Or I may want to turn the warning off, turn on the phone, and then turn it back on just before a phone call is expected, or just before needed.
...
But, because, sometimes I may go out of home for a short time, sometimes for a long time, sometimes I may be out driving, or sometimes you may be at a day center, or in an office, or at the dentist or to the doctor's, and more time may be required (silencing may override the battery warning),...
Because of this, you might want to be able to override these settings in the battery warning notification that shows up.
For instance, just as with alarms, for appointments and meetings, you may want to specify a specific battery discharge interval or time warning interval before dismissing (or even set a specific one, overriding the settings, and then dismiss).
For instance, you may be in a car, and your friend Matt be already using the car charger and you do not have a USB hub in your car, so you cannot plug in your phone as well, and in this case you may want to postpone, say, two hours, so that you will know the prompt to charge your phone may kick off when you are at home, where, hopefully, everyone has a charger. And if even there a charger is missing, because, perhaps, over broke and they are all in use, then you can use the same battery discharging prompt to set the next battery (perhaps your companion is using theirs while hooked up to USB but you just care that your phone will not run out of battery because you are expecting an important phone call, so will choose a percentage drain parameter instead of a time drain parameter).
Thanks.

Sorry but your question is bit long to read it fully, and the used sentences are also very long (the last section are only two sentences). In the end you are searching for an app that has a very flexible battery notification system. What apps from Play Store have you tested so far?


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Battery notification, overriding do not disturb and playing alarm at night, though settings
Many of us go to sleep with the phone next to the bed or on the tabletop next to the bed.
When at night, the phone enters the do not disturb mode, and we sleep.
However, it would be nice if the user could configure in the settings to be disturbed if the battery was running out.
This could be done, even overriding the notification mechanism and actually playing a special "night wake up" alarm.
This is important, because, in the morning, the phone needs to be charged.
It is important that this be configured in the settings, because sometimes you are on vacation, and you may be sleeping next to someone that may want to sleep and not be disturbed for no matter whatsoever.
Thanks.


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Displaying the battery discharging notification in a larger font through settings for configurable greater chance of user charging phone in response
It would be nice if there were a way in the Android settings to display the battery discharging notification in large or extremely large letters.
This is because when the notification is displayed, especially, when in the middle of an intensive task, or when in between an intensive task with someone else or when working as part of a group, we simply tend to ignore it and dismiss it.
Instead, if the notification text was presented as larger text, it would increase, first, our level of alertness, and, then, our level of engagement, with such notification.
In such cases we would put the battery to charge, in situations, where we might ignore it (and end up with a phone with a discharged battery).
It is also true that such a notification would be easier on visually impaired users, which are also likely to increase their responsiveness to a discharged battery, and charge it.
In the case TalkBack was enabled it would be good if the notification stuck to the screen, so the user, could then hear, it, several times (because they might forget what they hear, and then dismiss it by hovering over it and double tapping).
When will this functionality be supported?
How can I enable such functionality on my Android phone?
Thank you for your support.
Thank you for your feedback.
Thank you for your answers.


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Is there any way to show the last times Android was rebooted?
Is there any way to show the last times Android was rebooted?
I'm using uptime -s for the last time, but I would like to see a list of the last times it was rebooted.
I'm on Android 9 and Termux.

Just to clarify, do you need to specifically use Termux? Also, probably related: Does Android keep a log of when it boots?


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Can an Android tablet act as a speaker for an iOS device?
I've seen a lot of apps that claim to use an Android device as a "wireless speaker", but they all end up needing some kind of PC client as the audio source.  I have a "smart display" that runs vanilla Android (8.0, as a tablet), and can use the Play Store.  I'd like to install something that lets me send audio directly from an iPhone.  Is this possible?  If it only works from specific iPhone apps, that would still be better than nothing.


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I want to receive Google Chat messages from my work account but I don't want work emails showing up in my Gmail app
I use the Gmail app on my phone for my personal accounts. My work uses Google Chat and Gmail for all communications. The problem is, adding my work account for Chat causes it to also bring in my work emails, which I don't want on my phone.
Is there any way of getting Gmail to ignore an account? Or maybe a way to get the Chat notifications without adding the account to my device?

There's no way other then use a phone (e.g. some Xiaomi) that allows managing and switching between different users/profiles. With different users you can have personal and work separated as you want.


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Code aware / exact entry version of keyboard for Android?
I hate it when I am writing code* and all the English rules get applied. When I type i++, it shows I++. I have to actually like press the lowercase i accept option before I type the ++
or not respecting my camel case (splitting words automatically).
Let variable = ...
I don't want the let being capitalised as its not the first word in a sentence. It's code, not English.
*Note: I'm not saying I write code on my phone ,lol, this is like notes for Evernote, or in a reddit response, not real code that is actually going to run somewhere

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Google's Web & App Activity suddenly not working
Up until yesterday, all my activity carried out on my Samsung Galaxy S20 showed up in my Web & App Activity in my Google account. However today, it stopped. Only showed when I used one app in particular and nothing else. I didn’t change any of my device or Google settings.
Anyone know why this would have happened and how to fix this?


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frp and screen lock issues vivo y02
I received my vivo y02 v2236 as a gift, unfortunately, someone mixed it up with their phone i cannot locate the owner and I am stuck with this. I cannot bypass FRP and screen lock as I don't have the credentials as I received it as a gift. I tried the factory reset still no luck, Android version 12 32GB storage

Welcome to the Q&A site Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange. Please follow the canonical FAQ about bypassing FRP.


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How to configure Wi-Fi Direct P2P to connect to Android?
I'm struggling in connecting an embedded device to Android. Currently, I'm running on the device the following commands:
killall wpa_supplicant
killall hostapd
killall dnsmasq
killall dhclient
ifconfig wlan0 down
sleep 1
modprobe -r dhd
modprobe dhd nvram_path=/etc/wifi/nvram.txt firmware_path=/etc/wifi/fw.bin op_mode=1
ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 10.10.10.1
cat > /tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf << EOL
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
update_config=1
device_name=NAME_ON_ANDROID
device_type=2-0050F204-1
p2p_listen_reg_class=81
p2p_listen_channel=1
p2p_oper_reg_class=81
p2p_oper_channel=1
p2p_go_intent=1
p2p_no_group_iface=1
network={
    ssid="NAME_ON_ANDROID"
    bssid=72:2c:1f:6c:81:49
    psk="theinout"
    proto=RSN
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    pairwise=CCMP
    auth_alg=OPEN
    mode=3
    disabled=2
}
EOL
cat /tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa_supplicant -B -D nl80211 -i wlan0 -c /tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa_cli -i wlan0
    p2p_group_add
    wps_pin any 0000
    quit

The device appears in the Wi-Fi Direct interface of Android as 'available' with the name 'NAME_ON_ANDROID'. When I click on this name on Android, I'm invited to enter a password and I enter 0000. Then nothing happens.
How can I connect an embedded device with a fixed IP address to Android? In the config file, should device_name be the same ssid?


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What features will I lose if I upgrade a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra from Android 13 to Android 14, if any?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra running Android 13. What features will I lose if I upgrade a it from Android 13 to Android 14, if any?


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Adding extension to Chrome mobile browser
I, like must people use my cell phone a lot. I use the Chrome browser. But if I try to add an extension, say for example...a coupon extension... It won't add it to my mobile browser. Is that something that's possible to do?

Chrome for Android doesn't support browser extensions. You have to use other browsers as per the answers on the duplicate.


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ADB shell "vi" file and command issue
I don't know how to fix the following issue, please help me (My OS is Win 10):
After I use adb shell to enter the device->

When I use "tab", it shows some symbols (it may related to the next issue)

I try to edit the file. but as you can see, its format is complete chaos

The last one is I type "space" and it keeps showing 1H/2H/3H...etc.
Am I missing additional plugins on my Windows or anything else?
I'm new to Android development, I try to find similar issues, but I have no idea what I'm looking for and how to fix this one.
Feel free to give any advice! Thanks!

What vi version do you use? Android by default does not contain an editor like vi or nano. So may be your vi version expects a different environment (linux terminal). The output window looks like old Windows cmd terminal. You can check is Powershell is better for starting adb shell.

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts. I have a feeling the formatting issue is due to the different new line indicators between Unix (LF) and Windows (CRLF)...

Please dont use images for textual information.

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Any way to recover data from a device that had its partition table corrupted?
So, I have this custom ROM that occasionally had a bootloop here and there. Usually, I wiped and reinstalled. Recently, the ROM became very stable, and if I just don't touch anything on bootup, all is fine, but someone else touched the phone. I don't know if they accidentally messed anything up but the phone again went into the bootloop.
I tried adb sideload flash the ROM to a newer version in the hope that the boot.img gets fixed, and the flashing worked as I now see the new version in recovery, but I still had the bootloop. I probably made a mistake as I flashed boot.img with fastboot flash boot on an A/B device with ramdisk.
The phone structure is a huge mess, but I ran it with Magisk on the boot, and sometimes recovery in the ramdisk. Hopefully, I haven't made things worse and I can retrieve the data.
When I fastboot boot twrp, I saw that everything internal storage was 0 MB. The problem is that the ROM is Android 13. I hope that my data isn't encrypted. Usually, I had access to everything before this bootloop as I decrypted everything when I set it up in the first place.
I just did the update from adb sideload and flashed boot.img and recovery nothing else. Yet in TWRP, it displayed data as 0 MB.
I don't know what to try and see if the data is still there. Thank you for reading.


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Alarm on inactivity to prevent sleep and theft
Is there a way to configure android or install an app that will sound an alarm if the user stops using the phone?
This is to prevent the user from falling asleep in public transport. This is to ensure they get off at the right stop and to prevent theft while sleeping.


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Can’t set up my Alcatel tablet through Google
I recently decided to use my Alcatel tablet but forgot the password to unlock the tablet, so I did a hard reset to factory settings which worked successfully. My issue is that I’m stuck on the 2-step verification.
No matter how many times I put my email, password, and allow verification through my second device, it keeps coming back asking me for my email, password and again to approve verification through the second device, only to go back asking me again the same thing. I’ve tried through text and email still stuck.
Please help

What is the tablet model name? And what Android version is installed?


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Hardbirck phone showing as unknow device instead MediaTek device
My phone (Redmi 9A) is in a hard brick state after an unsuccessful attempt to flash a custom ROM. Unfortunately, when I connect it to my computer (running Windows 11), it appears as an "unknown device" instead of a "MediaTek" device. Please advise on how to make my computer recognize the phone as a MediaTek device.
Important information :
The device was recognized as mediatek. It only stopped when I stopped the repair process. The tool I tried to repair the phone was smartphone flash tool


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JavaScript bookmarklets not executing in Android Chrome
I know that Javascript bookmarlets work in Android Chrome as I did see
them working before, but today for some reason they don't.
I installed Android Firefox, and they work there. I have reviewed site settings on Android Chrome and it does say "allow Javascript" there. I have also tried running it as a "Desktop site" and it still does not work. It also does not seem to matter whether "Safe browsing" is enabled or not. It still does not work.
Gotta wonder why.

Possible duplicate: Is it possible to run a bookmarklet on Chrome by selecting it from the bookmark?


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How to identify possible causes for screen not working?
My Google Pixel 5a's screen has stopped working. When connected via scrcpy, the display is transmitted. Before ordering a new screen, I want to ask a couple of questions:
Could the problem be related to any other module?
Is it possible to identify the problematic module through ADB?

If your phone is bootloader locked you can try to check all the logs (adb logcat) you can get to see what errors it contains. But without any experience with a dead display you will have to interpret the errors yourself if it indicates a display error or not. https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-take-logs-android/


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Flash a JP Sony Xperia 5 II (A00SO) to a global Vodafone LC Net Locked (XQ-AS52) firmware
Can I flash a JP Sony Xperia 5 II (A00SO) to a global Vodafone LC Not Net Locked (XQ-AS52) firmware?
And what is different between Vodafone LC Net Locked and Not Locked?

Usually branded/net locked firmwares have a different signature than the global unlocked firmware so the device will not accept it, even if the hardware is the same.


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Remove "Suggestions" from Google Drive app
I can successfully turn off Suggestions from the Google Drive website, but I cannot find how to remove them from the Home screen of the Google Drive Android app. (The site I linked suggests a way that does not work.) My searches suggests that this might not be possible. Does anyone have a solution for me?


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Cannot set spellchecker on Tecno Camon 19 Pro
The phone is Tecno Camon 19 Pro.
The system is Android 13 (HIOS 13).
In Language settings, selecting spellchecker opens a menu. The menu has Gboard, but tapping on it does nothing. Still, the spellchecker method is not selected. Gboard settings ask to set system spellchecker first.

Maybe I need to enable some hidden settings?


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Android TV switches to Android home screen 10 seconds after turning on
I have a TCL TV. About 2 weeks ago, 10 seconds after turning the TV on, the TV automatically switches to the Android home screen.
How do I prevent this?


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Android Auto "voice commands are not available right now"
I am using Android Auto with my Samsung Galaxy A10s (Android 11) connected to my 2022 Subaru Outback.
Whenever I try to used Google voice commands I get the message on the display "voice commands aren't available right now". This has been happening for weeks, and happens whether I use the car's talk button or the on-display "voice" button (microphone symbol).
Software and apps appear to be up to date. I cleared the cache of Google Assistant and Android Auto apps on the phone. Non-voice functions with Android Auto appear to be working.
Any known way to fix this?


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WiFi HotSpot Battery consumption for 2.4GHz vs 5GHz vs 6Ghz?
On my phone I can configure WiFi HotSpot between 2.4GHz and 5GHz and 6GHz, does this setting have any noticeable effect on battery consumption?
(It's a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and interestingly, iirc this setting did not exist in Android 12 and was only added when I updated to Android 13)

Why don't you try it out? I am not sure if this question can be answered as it may depend a lot of factors which Wifi frequency range is best, like distance between hotspot and device(s), how much data is transmitted in which time and how often, how occupied are the used frequencies (collisions), the used chip and if I remember correctly in 6GHz the max. transmission power depends on where you are located.


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How to enable RNDIS host mode in Android
I am building Android 13 AOSP but I need to enable RNDIS host mode from kernel. I am not sure which config flags need to be added to the kernel in order to enable RNDIS host mode. Can anybody help?


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Google Calendar: Cross-user overlapping allowed and disallowed events
I am running Android 12 on a Realme 8 5G phone.
I would like to know how the Android Calendar app manages the following use cases:

you and another user registered with the Google Calendar app on your phone have events that overlap in time (perhaps these are work events and you and your partner both have some events at work on the same day but work in different places)

you want to schedule an event at a time your partner has already an event, but, in those hours, you must be together, so, you cannot schedule distinct overlapping events as you must schedule a single activity in which you must both take part at the same time

How does Google Calendar manage these two so different scenarios?
Is there any third parties calendar apps that integrate with Google Calendar that cater to this difference in some way, taking care of displaying thighs properly and warning you of overlaps?
Screenshots welcome.
Thank you for your answers.
Please migrate my post to the user experience (UX) stack exchange if more appropriate there.
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Nvidia Shield - Flickering Issue
Background
I have an Nvidia Shield connected to my TV and have used it for many months successfully. This morning when I turned it on, the screen was flickering: it will change to showing the home screen for about 1 second then either a black screen or the "snow" screen for about 4 seconds, repeating. I have not changed anything recently like cables, tv, or any hardware.
What I have tried
I did look online and most posts regarding this are 8 years old or so and suggest trying a new HDMI cable, unplugging and plugging in a bunch of times, or that the resolution is getting off. I did try a new cable and different tv but same issue.
When I boot it into safe mode the flickering goes away. If I try to change to any of the available refresh rates, it works fine in safe mode still but same behavior once I restart out of safe mode again.
I even tried a full factory reset and still have the same behavior.
Question
I am open to any suggestions for those who have had this issue before. My question is how do I fix the flickering behavior? More than likely it is a resolution issue, and maybe it is linked to some sort of recent firmware upgrade? I was not notified that there was one any time recently though.

Sounds like a hardware issue. The fact it works in Safe Mode which likely is using slightly different parts of the GPU silicon, suggest this is a hardware problem of some type. If you have eliminated the cable as being the problem, and eliminated the TV as the problem, you are only left with the common device that results in the behavior being recreated.


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Plugging in the ebook reader app of choice
In Android you can choose which keyboard to plug in for input.
So why can't I choose which ebook reader I want to plug in to read digital books, such as the ones that you can view, even after purchasing them, on Google Play Books, or the ones that can be viewed in O'Reilly Media subscriptions, where programming books can be found.
Is what I want even feasible?
Why hasn't it been done?
Thanks.

Sorry but I don't understand your question. You have dozen of ebook reader apps, those who use open formats (epub, ...), unbound to specific ebook stores and reader apps that are bound to a certain store (like Amazon Kindle app). It is a decision of the ebook store operator which reader apps are allowed to access their ebooks and which not. If you don't like ebooks that are bound to a certain app, don't use the store. There are a lot of alternatives.


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Android 12 resolution stretch
So i bought an aftermarket display for my samsung note10+.
The edge screen is just cut down, so the actual display is less wide.
But it report back as the original display resolution.
Now the circle icons are a bit stretched upward and pushed from the sides:

If i set a smaller resolution width, it gives me black bars at the sides. I need to stretch the image to those black bars.
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Spelling out words using Android voice typing
My work days are mostly spent on the road visiting clients, so Google Maps is an app that I constantly use.  I am able to perform most actions in Maps using voice typing with minimal manual interaction, but there is one thing I just can't get voice typing to do.
Addresses sometimes have English words, like "3846 Beaver Hall Hill".  But some addresses have non-English words like "7125 Papineau Avenue".  Is there a way to spell out words in voice typing?  There could be keywords that begin and end spell-mode.
Ex:  To get '7125 Papineau Avenue', I would say "seventy-one twenty-five start-spell p a p i n e a u end-spell Avenue".  This would enable Maps users to enter any addresse without ever having to use the keyboard.  This is important because fines are hefty for using your phone while driving.  (I have never gotten one, but that's besides the point :)
As it stands, when I try to spell things out, this is what I get:  I say "seventy-one twenty-five p a p i n e a u Avenue" and I get '7125 P A P I N E A U Avenue'.  Wouldn't be a need for keywords if Google didn't put spaces between the letters.  Furthermore, if I say "7125 p a p i n e a u Avenue", I get '7 1 2 5 P A P I N E A U Avenue' - even worse!
Does anyone know how to do this?
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Manually configuring and setting priority for network devices in a non-rooted Android 13 device via ADB
I'd like to configure and set priority for the different network interfaces on a device (Z Fold4) running Android 13, with multiple USB Ethernet devices, via ADB.
I'm basically looking for functionality similar to ifconfig (but you can't use ifconfig without root).


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Why my Gmail app keep hang up?
For about three months, Gmail started to hang up whenever I tried to compose or reply to emails. I thought battery optimization was the problem, so I made Gmail not restricted by any battery optimization but the problem remains. I also tried removing updates, clearing the cache, and reinstalling updates again.
The problem occurred in two devices, one is Android 10 and the other is Android 13.
Any advice?


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Is there a way to Geo-lock an Android Tablet
We are selling our house and it has extensive automation etc.  To help the agents, I have bought a new tablet, where I can have a cut down access to the smart home - for demo purposes.  I don't really want to put a pin (or lock) on it.
I would like to be able to Geo-Lock it.  So it doesn't work, outside the house/land area.  Is there anyway I can do this, using apps is fine ?


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I want to bypass FRP , without paid softwares ,August Security Patch Removed
Information of device :
Model :SM-A315F
Basedband version : A315FXXS4DWH1
One UI version : 4.1
Android Version : 12
Android Security Patch Level : August ,1,2023
Adb fail when using apps to reset frp
I can't enable usb debugging


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Fastboot not dectecting device mac
I'm trying to flash TWRP on my Samsung but during the flashing process, fastboot can't detect my device. I've looked around forever and can't find anything to help me.
My mac OS is Ventura and my phone i'm using is the: Samsung Galaxy S10+ (SM-G975F)

Had terrible luck with this too years ago. Have you tried using a VM, or running Linux/Windows directly which would likely be more successful?


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FRP bypass without PC for Samsung Galaxy a10e
I have a Samsung Galaxy a10e sm-s102dl and I can't bypass FRP. I don't have access to a computer.  Is there a way to bypass FRP without a computer?


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How to recover deleted videos under this file .do0mo7bi1le1

How can i recover videos in this file.

Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking.


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Why does my Nokia 2.2 screen light keep coming on even in my pocket?
I have Nokia 2.2 updated to Android 11. Why does its screen light keep coming on even in my pocket?
I have turned off "tap to wake" and it comes on when I even touch the phone.


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Google account history shows up at the same hour
Why is all the app activity on Google account history showing up at the same hour?
Activity from a Samsung Galaxy A21 shows, for example, Gallery, Messages, social media apps, Weather app, and whatever else at 3:57 PM.
Why? And is there anything I can do? Thank you.


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Can we mod android phones using custom bootloader, firmware for MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
Can we mod android phones using custom  bootloader (sbl  secondary bootloader)  , firmware for MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 (phone is zte835). Deleting all factory firmware, bootloader and using custom bootloader and Roms.
I deleted sbl boot files while using qfil and magisk. Phone doesn't turn, it got hard bricked . Bootloader files are corrupted .

Flashing custom ROMs is not a problem. There are several guides on it specific to your device model. But flashing custom android bootloader is not possible on production devices because it is protected by secure boot which is permanently enabled in production SoCs by blowing the eFuse in the factory. Primary bootloader in Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs is an immutable image which is burned on the CPU die in the factory. This is where infamous Qualcomm's EDL mode resides. As it can't be tampered with, by design it will enforce secure boot up to android bootloader. A hard-bricked device can still boot to EDL mode. You have to flash the factory image to restore images of all partitions.

When you flash a factory image from EDL mode, it flashes extensible bootloader, android bootloader and all other android partitions. Your question is not specific to your device. If you need help, ask a different question on how to flash a factory image to your device model using EDL mode.

There's not enough information. It depends on your device model.

Model is given as zte835 maven

XDA can help you on this.

People don't log into xda now a days , are you sure it flashes extensible bootloader, android bootloader and all other android partitions when in edl mode.


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Access to folders that require root
I'm trying to find my deleted notes in xiaomi phone(i'm still hope :( ) since May. But i coulndt done it yet with adb. Therefore i'm going to do last decision:''Rooting my phone to access folders'' But i dont know that will files gonna delete after root my phone. Are they deleted or not. A man named Andrew said to me that no documents delete completely. I really thanks to him i hope so thats why i'm trying since May. I really want my notes back. Would d2d transfer would help or is root my last chance i want to know thank you.

Rooting your phone usually requires unlocking your bootloader which will execute a factory reset. A factory will delete everything including your encryption required for decryption all your user data, so without that key data recovery absolutely impossible.

@Robert so there is nothing we can do?

@Robert I remember you said something about d2d transfer few months ago. If i need a  device which is rooted, i can transfer all the data without root my phone?

Assuming the app uses a database file for storing the notes (and the db file also includes the deleted notes) and the app does not disallow backup, migrating the phone via USB to a new rooted device could work.

@robert Does that new device need big memory and miui ? Because my phone has miui

Your question is very general, therefore you get answers like one from Rohan. You should have linked your old question about adb backup and which mentions the path where the files are located, because knowing the path eliminates the possibility to recover data from a different app.

Regarding device2device transfer: As the notes app is AFAIK a xiaomi  system app I would say you need another xiaomi device with a compatible notes app. The USB based transfer as I know it is only available if the target phone has been factory reset. But the whole process is often a bit intransparent, so you never know what data is copied and which not (and why). But I never had the case of moving a system app, so I can not help you with real experience...

Sp you're saying i cannot know without try yep?

@Robert i bought a new xiaomi phone (it's miui version is lower than mine btw) but Xiaomi doesnt have d2d app. Do you have suggest for app

Normally you don't need a special app. First you complete the initial set-up wizard. On some devices this wizard has a possibility to take-over data from a previous device via USB. If not then some time later a notification should appear to "complete device set-up" in that you should have the option for USB transfer. Use an USB-C cable and directly connect phones and hope for the best.

@Robert Thanks man if it works i really dont know how to thank you and some people in here. Same if it wont work i dont care you guys always helping me.


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Chrome bookmarks desktop (embedded in Chrome)
I was wondering whether within Chrome it is possible to create a set of bookmarks via web site icons that get placed on a special, scroll-bar and screens enabled, bookmarks page.
That way, WITHIN CHROME, there would be a special page within Chrome, that looked like the Android desktop where all the apps are placed, except that this would be within the web browser.
I think, with this strategy, web site clutter on the desktop, would be avoided.
At the same time, the user would browse the web more... because, besides bookmarks on the bookmarks page, they would have access to their own mini-desktop from within Chrome.
As an application, one could place an icon for each social network website, that the user, used, on this page (even rearranging and moving icons around the Chrome screens).
Of course, the HTML, and the Chrome options menu would need to support placing these bookmarks via special icons on the Chrome desktop bookmark page.
Is this available in Chrome?
If not, then then will this be implemented?
When will this feature be available?
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adb uiautomator get all of the scrollable content
When getting the current UI elements displayed on the screen using adb exec-out uiautomator dump, only the visible elements are included in the xml. I want to get all of the elements that are present in the scrollable view.
Is there a way to get all of the content in the current Activity instead of only what is visible in the screen using adb uiautomator?
For example in this image:

When the UI is dumped, only elements till end of the first paragraph ("adipiscing commodo") are extracted.
If I scroll down and dump the UI again in this state:

The content of second paragraph is also added in the UI dump.
How to get all of the content present in the current Activity?
Additional finding:
I can get of all text in the chat in the  Google Message app, even the messages not currently visible. Maybe it is a webpage thing. But also cannot get all the elements on the store page of an app in the PlayStore.


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android wifi hotspot custom ip not working
if i add a ip address on my wifi hotspot interface with ip a add 192.168.20.1/24 dev wlan1 (in a root shell), i then can't ping it (or connect to it in any way) from my laptop that is in the same hotspot network with ip 192.168.20.20.
with tcpdump on the phone i see, the icmp requests coming in from 192.168.20.20 to 192.168.20.1, but they are just ignored by the phone.
This led me to believe that it has to do with some kind of firewall so i tried on my phone:

iptables -I INPUT -i wlan1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I OUTPUT -o wlan1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -i wlan1 -o wlan1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT -d 192.168.20.1 -j ACCEPT

But no luck.
Does anyone have any idea, what makes android just ignore traffic destined for ips added with the ip command?
(phone: Fairphone4 with Lineageos 20-20230625-NIGHTLY-FP4, android-version: 13)


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Auto voice reply when someone calls you?
I'm looking for a way to have something reply instantly when the number gets called. Hopefully, the reply will be randomized based on 10< available replies, but any starting point is fine.
I'd rather it be compatible with Messenger and/or Viber, but I understand that it's a hard sell. Also, I've seen Google Voice, but I'm not sure if it can work in this instance? If it could, please help show how


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How to increase microphone level?
I just installed a custom ROM and everything is working fine except my microphone is very quiet in audio recording and voice messages.
Works fine on calls.
I've read on XDA that it can be fixed by editing mixer_paths.xml but I don't know which strings to edit.
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Is there a way to route notification to the phone speaker when connected to a Bluetooth speaker?
I often listen to music/radio on my Bluetooth speaker.  Everytime a message is received the music mutes and I hear a very loud notification sound.  I would like the music to continue and the notification sound to play on the phone's speakers.
Is there a way to achieve this?

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Samsung Galaxy A52s (Android 13) has been playing the default ringtone for the past month twice (sometimes more) a day
My Samsung Galaxy A52s (Android 13) has been playing the default ringtone for the past month twice (sometimes more) a day.
I've tried checking the Nice Catch module that helps keep records of what apps make what sounds but it doesn't show up there. I've also tried checking the permissions manager to see what apps have used the phone app permission they have to trigger the ring, but that also was a dead end.
How to identify the source of the sound?


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Any way to force cellular network refresh?
Cellular coverage where I live is very spotty, to the effect I can essentially draw lines on a map and say "on this side, I probably have coverage, while on the other side I almost certainly don't". Naturally, crossing one of these lines (almost always) results in losing coverage.
The inverse, unfortunately, is not true; once I lose coverage, it takes several minutes before I have a cellular connection again, even if I've been in an area that should have coverage.
Switching into and back out of airplane mode almost always gets the connection back sooner.
Now... this actually makes sense. IIUC, trying to get a connection, especially if coverage is poor, takes power, and so to conserve battery, once connectivity is lost, phones implement a delay before trying again. Whereas coming out of airplane mode, the phone obviously hasn't been trying at all, and it would normally be the case that coverage is available and you don't want to wait several minutes before trying to establish a connection. Thus, the 'toggle airplane mode hack' overrides the usual delay between connection attempts.
IIRC it's also possible to fiddle with the network settings in order to make the phone try for a connection more frequently, but I don't want it wasting power if I'm actually sitting somewhere that has poor/no coverage. I also don't like the airplane mode 'trick' because it's slow and disconnects other networks that I might be using.
Is there another way to make an Android phone try to reconnect to cellular service "now"? (If it matters, I have Android 13 with Samsung One UI 5.1.)


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Location history altering
Is there any telltale signs I could look for while reviewing someone's location timeline to see if it has been modified or altered in any way?


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How to recreate partitions, like system_a?
I deleted the system_a partition on my Xiaomi device, and when flashing GSI, it says:
E:\platform-tools_r34.0.5-windows\platform-tools>fastboot erase system
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Does d2d transfer all system data?
I want to recover my deleted notes (which is located in data folder that need root to access) and i'm going to try d2d transfer today. But i want to know does phone transfer systems transfer all data include system folders? Because i want to recover deleted files which are probably being there in compressed form(i hope so).After i transfer to the rooted phone(mine is not), i'm going to use data recover apps to save and see them.Once i tried a program in my pc and i couldnt believe my eyes after all reset over years this program showed a lot of pictures and videos from 10 years ago. And if i use d2d, will data be on 2 phone or will they deleted in my phone after i transfer? Thank you i want to finish that recover notes i'm trying for months and if i cannot succeed in this, I will give up and break the phone.

10 year old phones are not comparable of recent phones as recent phones have built-in file-based encryption which makes common file-recovery tools useless as deleted files are encrypted by a key that is next to impossible to recover. https://android.stackexchange.com/a/214496/2241


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How to change ortograph correction in WhatsApp on Android 13
I have a OnePlus phone. When I type particular words that I use a lot like: "pos", it will change it to uppercase "POS".
I tried to add "pos" to the dictionary, but it is still changing it. I don't want to turn the correction off, because it is very helpful, I just want to correct some errors it does.
How should I do it?


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How do I force reboot my phone when the lock/side key is broken?
is there anyway for me to force reboot my phone when the lock/side key is broken? Well the situation here is:

I flashed a module
It made SystemUI broken
I wanted to force reboot but the side key was broken
Now the phone is stuck on black screen but remains MTP mode on.

Well this is what I am trying so far:

Tried ADB command, eg. adb reboot recovery
Doing MTP tricks for Samsung phones
Holding 2 volume keys
Accessing phone data (On windows, it is not showing, on Ubuntu, mount failure)

About my phone:
Samsung Galaxy A30
System/ROM: Lineage 20 (Nov 2023 Security Patch)


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Visual Voicemail Storage Location on Android 14
Does anyone know where visual voicemail files are cached on Android 14? I am using a Pixel 6 Pro with root access and I would like to track down the location where the visual voicemail files are cached.


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My clock disappeared from my lock screen on my Galaxy A50
I have a Samsung Galaxy A50. I've been messing with it a bunch with ADB, uninstalling apps. I do not have root access. Recently, I was just sitting there, listening to music on it, when it suddenly shut down. When I turned it back on, the clock was gone from the lock screen. If i swipe through the "face widgets," the time will appear in the top bar, and it's there in the top bar when I unlock my phone too. It is just missing from the "face widget" on the lock screen. When I go into settings > lock screen, tapping "clock style" does literally nothing.
I am guessing this is a result of something I uninstalled, but which built-in app could it be? And why did this only happen several days after uninstalling stuff?


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How do I root my Sonim XP8?
I'm working on rooting a Sonim XP8. This is a pretty obscure device, so it isn't easy to root. A lot of the normal options (fastboot, rooting apps, etc.) don't work because it's a pretty locked-down phone.
I'm following this great tutorial on XDA Developers. It is pretty much the only tutorial for my specific phone on the internet. It is pretty complicated as it uses Qualcomm's QPST tools to change the emmc data of the phone to flash a custom ROM.
My ultimate goal is to eventually get a Generic System Image of e/OS installed, but I am having trouble along the way. I'm stuck on step 1 part 3 of the Magisk rooting tutorial on the forum.
Here is my problem:
I am trying to run fh_loader.exe  --convertprogram2read --port=\\.\COM<#> --sendxml=<xmlfile.xml> --lun=0  --memoryname=emmc --noprompt --reset while my phone is in EDL mode to copy all the system files as a backup. I get an error message when I do so, which is below:
INFO: FH_LOADER WAS CALLED EXACTLY LIKE THIS
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fh_loader.exe --port=\\.\COM3 --convertprogram2read --sendxml=backup.xml --lun=0 --memoryname=emmc --noprompt --reset
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12:40:37: INFO: Current working dir (cwd): C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\QPST\bin\
12:40:37: INFO: Showing network mappings to allow debugging
12:40:37: INFO:

12:40:37: INFO: Trying to store 'backup.xml' in string table
12:40:37: INFO: Looking for file 'backup.xml'

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        | |__ _ __ _ __ ___  _ __
        |  __| '__| '__/ _ \| '__|
        | |__| |  | | | (_) | |
        \____/_|  |_|  \___/|_|

12:40:37: {ERROR: Could not access 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\QPST\bin\' with acess mode 'rb'}

So for some reason the fh_loader tool can't access the folder at which I'm trying to execute the command, even though I am running my command prompt in administrator mode and I am located in the same folder as the executable for that command.
Any advice or help would be appreciated.


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How to change input device for Android Voice Access (Accessibility)?
I am running Lineage OS v20, my device is rooted OnePlus 7.
I want to use my Bluetooth device as an input for the Voice Access, but it doesn't work.
I tried changing audio_policy_configuration.xml by adding BT SCO Headset Mic to attached tag (just fiddling around) didn't work. I just happened to find this file while going the system files.
I am a noob with android and it system settings


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Parental control: interrupting apps sent over the network to direct child to other app or external event
Phones can be used to interrupt children.
The common scenario, is, that the child wants to use the phone to understand something or to do something, but the parent wants to interrupt the child to get them to do or learn something else.
For example, they may want them to learn a language, or learn about timetables, timing, preparing and being on time, or about when what will happen and how to plan and be aware of when the parent and child will go to which event, when it will happen, who will be there, explain the concept of time and future, perhaps, even on time.
In order to do this, the parent, may elicit to use special apps for this (how these apps would be designed, this, I address in a separate post).
This post is about whether Android should be designed with interruption apps, special apps used to interrupt the user, explain, visually, what the interruption is about (a parent could, for example, also, very practical, in my opinion, send an interrupt to eat, interrupt, which would display an image of a family eating in front of the phone, as an overlay, and this could be sent from the parent phone to the child phone). This, would make unnecessary grabbing the phone out of the child's hands and getting them to sit at the table in a more clumsy manner. It would just be nice to have the overlay app.
So we need:

apps to direct us to other apps (hopefully, these, would be well designed (or the child experience would be terrible and they would regret it).

apps to direct the child to events external to the phone

The interruption overlay, or interruption overlay with button (in case we must direct the child to a different app), must be such, that they can be taken off by the parent from the parent phone to the child phone (in case the child cries, or cries excessively).
Is this possible in Android?
Is anyone willing to develop this?
Would, this, even (be helpful).
Thank you for your support.
Has this been developed?
Thanks.


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Android accessibility, camera switches, accommodating new comfortable or comforting navigation modalities
Android comes with an accessibility feature called Camera Switches, which is designed to help people with motor impairment, who can only move some of their eyes (up, right, left), eyebrows (up), or mouth (open), to control navigation and input and selection though a mobile phone.
I was wondering, whether it is possible, to glue a widget, above the user interface (the entire user interface frame is pushed down, leaving space for this widget at the top).
With this widget, I can raise my eyebrows up, and, with such moment, control what "eyes up" does.
The widget consists of a number of squares, which can grow and shrink, (according, to mood, time, and, as these explain, needs).
When I raise my eyebrow, the selected square moves from left to right, in a circular fashion.
The last two squares can be used to grow or shrink the number of squares, and can be selected by opening the mouth on the square before it.
When this is done, the next two squares become accessible and allow you to add our remove squares.
So, for the rest (to the left), each square determines what an eyes up does.
So, once a square is selected, you can navigate with what an eyes up does, and use the remaining eyes left, eyes right, and mouth open, to navigate.
This, is just one possibility.
It, suggests, that we may want to have the capability to install a separate window manager layer on top of the switch access layer, to ensure, navigation, meets needs, and is comfortable.
The user can, that way, gain some satisfaction in the fact that the navigation modality is accommodable, and, feels good.
Does Android currently support adding on such behavior?
Thank you for your answers.


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accessibility: Camera switches and switch access users: typing with the eyes closed through Morse Codes
Currently, users navigating the phone through the switch access accessibility feature navigate the phone, and enter, text, ...
by looking at the keyboard keys and entering then by navigating through them.
I wonder, whether, it is possible to enter text by entering Morse Code codes.
Here is the Wikipedia article on Morse Codes.
This, would have the advantage, that if the disabled user with limb impairment that wanted to navigate the keyboard to enter text, wanted to close their eyes (for instance, they may be tired), or they may even be a blind user, then they could raise the eyebrows, smile, or open the mouth, for different lengths of time, to enter the morse codes. The user could configure which of these three gestures to use for their purpose, according to need and preference.
This could be comfortable. The user could be lying in bed, and be wanting to enter something while in a relaxed state.
This, could make for more, comfortable and relaxed typing.
Would this be at all possible, with current Android accessibility support?
Is anyone willing to implement this?
Thank you for your continued help and support.
Let's make this platform better for all and everyone.
Thank you.
(I would like to congratulate and support the camera switch access and switch support team for listening to user needs, and, implementing, useful or essential user accessibility features).
Thanks.
EDIT:
Here is a link to a Camera Switches tutorial video.


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"Do not disturb" mode with caller profiles (e.g. switch favorites)
I need the "Do not disturb" mode modificated with caller profiles (e.g. switching user definded favorite settings).
This to enable something like caller groups in single and mixed posibillities, e.g. family or job or special friends...
Is that implemented, codeable or needs to be a feature request to Google itself?

Not implemented //Coding questions are off topic here// Look for a custom ROM that has this feature or make a feature request to Google


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Forgot lock pattern on Huawei P40 Pro, how to reset it without losing data?
I forgot my lock pattern in my Huawei P40 Pro. I have Huawei Cloud but my phone IS now in airplane mode.
How can I reset my phone without losing data? Can I at least connect it to the internet with some other method?

it is impossible to decrypt the files without correct pattern, that's a high security feature and the main purpose of the lock screen


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Android Television: WOL (Wake On LAN) for accessibility
Suppose a disabled user with paralyzed arms is sitting at a wheelchair and utilizing and navigating their phone via voice access or camera switches.
Suppose, now, that the TV is off, that the television, is, an Android television, and that the user wants to turn it on, navigate through the channels, and select some television or application program to watch.
In order for this to happen, the television would have to have a chip, that could be a Bluetooth or WiFi-direct enabled ethernet card, that had the Wake On LAN feature.
With this feature (an advanced feature that used to be found in relatively cheap high end ethernet cards for PC), you can send a data packet over an ethernet cable to a PC that is plugged in but is not on, to turn it on.
The ethernet card could support WiFi, I believe, and implement this feature over WiFi.
Perhaps, it can also be done via Bluetooth.
In either case, it would be ideal.
It would allow the disabled user to turn on the television from their mobile phone.
Users who have trouble finding television and satellite dish television controls could also benefit from this, as they could access the television, quicker, when needed, and, would not have to locate, other, gadgets, to operate their television, and could do all of this from their mobile phone.
I wonder whether Android televisions support this (and whether any hardware-software combination has implemented this to date).
Thank you for your answers.


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Unroot hacked Xiaomi Poco C40
My Xiaomi Poco C40 was hacked and rooted by a stranger. How to restore to factory settings?

Quite a few videos on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOkEu4XY8Rc

If your phone is indeed rooted, it must have its bootloader unlocked. You can restore its factory state from fastboot if bootloader is unlocked.
WARNING: you will lose all data

write down your MI account and google account credentials
download the Fastboot Type of MIUI according to your region
power off the phone
press Volume Down + Power to enter fastboot mode
connect the phone to PC
install usb drivers
install platform-tools
execute flash_all.bat
reboot when done
enter your Mi Account password to unlock (FRP)


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Possible to use h264_mediacodec hardware encoder in Android?
Is it possible to use hwaccel h264_mediacodec encoder in Android?
Here is the error I get in Termux:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (h264_mediacodec))
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help                   [swscaler @ 0x7493629240] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    Last message repeated 3 times
[h264_mediacodec @ 0x73933efe40] Use 1 as the default MediaFormat i-frame-interval, please set gop_size properly (>= fps)                             [amediacodec_ndk @ 0x73633f47d0] Encoder configure failed, -10000                                   [h264_mediacodec @ 0x73933efe40] MediaCodec configure failed, Generic error in an external library
[vost#0:0/h264_mediacodec @ 0x73833f5b10] Error while opening encoder - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height.           Error while filtering: Generic error in an external library                                         [out#0/mp4 @ 0x73333f9070] Nothing was written into output file, because at least one of its streams received no packets.                             frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize=       0kB time=00:00:01.02 bitrate=   0.0kbits/s dup=1 drop=0 speed=2.94x
[aac @ 0x73933f20c0] Qavg: 5968.975
Conversion failed!
~ $

The default h264 codec shipped with ffmpeg in termux seems to be broken (also mentioned here: Hardware accelerated ffmpeg using MediaCodec on Android? )
Meanwhile, you can use the software libx264 encoder with -c:v libx264 as mentioned in this comment on the packages repo: https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/18023#issuecomment-1741926145


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How in Termux to kill a process by PID when this process is running non-stoppable, e.g. vim after a typo cannot be closed?
In my case it often happens that vim becomes non-operatable, does not accept key-strokes nor mouse actions and cannot be closed.
When vim runs in bash in one of the many windows below Konsole in  KDE/Kubuntu, I can switch to another window and can kill vim by
kill -9 PID

How to do such kill when vim runs in a single instance of Termux?

Some more details:
I have done:
:!ps

And I have seen the PID of vim.
Then I typed
:!kill -9 PID

Result: this instance of vim with this PID was killed, but automatically an new vim process was invoked with a new PID.
Now I thought, I have to stop this procedure, and I gave
:!kill -SIGSTOP PID

Result: all was dead.


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In fastboot mode my phone appear locked
My phone is Huawei mate 8 when i try to install a twrp is appear locked in fastboot mode & i cant unlock oem.
I cant acces to my data.
Any one have an idea about recovery data from fastboot mode.
Pleaaaaaaaase

you can unlock bootloader with PotatoNV but you can't decrypt your data without pattern


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Do deleted files disappear over time?
I know that deleted files in database are not actually deleted instead of that, files are marked as 0. But how can we sure that no data is written on them?
I have a 128GB Xiaomi phone. I deleted my notes in May by accident. Since then, I tried to keep my phone storage under 100GB, thinking that deleted files which are marked as 0 are still in there. Now I have bought a new 128GB phone to recover my deleted files. I think it is only way to recover them.
My phone does not have root so I will transfer my data to new rooted phone at installation with USB OTG cable. Then I'm going to use programs which are needed to root, to recover deleted files. I hope I will save them. I'm trying from May and I saved money to buy a phone. Is there still hope or its hopeless.

You are mixing up database files and files in a File-System. As recent versions of Android use file based encryption both work totally different.

But i know that in d2d transfer even notes and app datas transfering too.

If you have deleted the data and if you have not used your phone much after the data loss (adding more data or clicking new pictures or anything) you can be assured that data is not overwritten. If you're thinking of rooting Android phone, just a reminder, it should only be done in case of emergency as it nullifies your phone’s warranty and may not guarantee data recovery. Talking about purchasing new phone, you could have opted for genuine android data recovery software present online that could've recovered your files without rooting your old phone.

This is not true.  The OP says they have been using, just keeping the usage under 100Gb.  If there is software, then please elaborate on it.


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WizTree: Difference in values of "Total size" and "Size" of disk
Here is the screen shot of the file tree of my phone's internal storage:

Why the total space available (shown at the top) is 48.8 GB but size on disk is just 20.5 GB, isn't it supposed to be 48.8 GB? How can i see the hidden 28.3 GB of files?
Thank you!

Maybe others partitions / folders on the drive ? What do you have inside the select field of your screenshot ? - You are currently inside 2027 folder.

If you connect an Android device to a PC the PC does not get access to the storage system of Android. Instead Android exposes some folders to the PC using the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).
Furthermore Android uses multiple partitions, usually one or more system partition(s), and one partition for user data. The entries "Total Space" and and "Space Used" refer to this user data partition. The system partitions (depending on the device and Android version) usually have a size of about 8-25GB, thus the user data partition can only be as large as the remaining space. In your case I assume your phone has 64GB flash storage. The user data partition has 48.8GB which means the system partitions consume the other space of 15.2GB.
The user data partition there are again several sections:

Shared storage (/sdcard or /storage/emulated/0)
App private data (/data/data)

MTP only allows you to see shared storage, so the shown storage tree only covers this part of the user data partition. Therefore you only see 20.5Gb of 48.2GB via MTP.


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Galaxy S10e phone call quality on receiver's end poor, but otherwise all is fine
When making a phone call on my Galaxy S10e (Exynos), the audio for the receiver is quite low, chopped and sounds a bit like being underwater. I've confirmed this with echo test calls - it always happens.
However, audio calls via WhatsApp or plain sound recording are working perfectly. The only thing affected is a real phone call.
Tried clearing all cache for all phone related apps and services. Tried Android's safe mode ... Tried at different locations. To no avail.
It's like the microphone is set on a very low sensitivity, but I see no way of controlling that.
Any advice much appreciated!

Could be a problem of your mobile provider. Mobile networks mostly use different audio codecs than used in wired telephone networks, so any call that leaves the MNO network may be converted to a different format which can cause problems.


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Can't access my local host via Google Chrome on Android
I have mini PC which serves as a small home server for various needs. Running Ubuntu 20.04.
When I replaced my old router with new one I'm having minor issues with connection:

when trying to connect with server hostname (not ip) from W10 via ssh: works perfectly
when trying to connect with server hostname from Windows 11 via Google Chrome: works perfectly
when trying to connect from Android device (ssh and Google Chrome): got error that name can't be resolved

Tried flushing DNS records on the android device and setting custom DNS server (1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com), but with no avail. Connecting with IP works, but I would like to use server's hostname.
Any advice would be much appreciated ;)
Thanks in advance!

Make sure the new router has a DNS record for your server, and set the router as the DNS server for the Android device. Win10/11 will use mdns to discover hostnames on the local network, but I'm not sure Android does the same by default? might depend on the version/device


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'adb wm size' to part of the screen
I want my android version 5.1 screen to be more accessible
The base resolution of my android screen is
720x1280
I did

adb shell wm size 720x892

and it gave me this:

Now I want to achieve this:

How do I do that?
Tried wm overscan, but it only moves the edges and you can't actualy control the screen position

Related // As you can see there Android version matters. Please [edit] your question and tags to mention Android version. Adding device details may also help


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How to fix Whatsapp always leaves opened conversation to main chats (contacts) view?
I am using redmi note 12 xiaomi MIUI 13
The situation is like this; I open Whatsapp, then open some conversation with anyone. Then if I switch away from Whatsapp, not closing it, only switching to another application, now if I switch back to the Whatsapp again, I expect to see the same opened conversation, but what happens is that Whatsapp always switches from that opened conversation to the main view instead which is the chats view; list of contacts view. Then I have to open the conversation with that contact again and again.
I uninstalled Whatsapp and downloaded it again, the problem solved for few days but continue again!.
How to fix?

It seems the WhatsApp app was killed in the background. You might find info from Don't Kill My App! helpful to prevent/reduce that case.


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How to change output from call to media?
I call on Discord a lot and for a while was able to trick (I'd play a voice message and pause it before it ended) my phone into thinking the call was coming from a media source, so it would use media volume. This made everything sound high quality.
Unfortunately, this glitch has stopped working and now my calls sound tinny and distorted. Not solely in Discord, as well.
I was wondering how I could improve this and make things sound better again.
I have a TCL 408.


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Samsung sph-m510 not charging
I have a Samsung sph-m510 that I recently got a new battery for and it was working fine until one day after leaving it untouched for about a week I went to charge it and it wouldn't charge it just got really hot. Does anyone know what is going wrong?


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microSD read-only for 3rd party apps after factory reset - Lenovo A1010, Android 5.1
I did a factory reset on said phone due to a malware infection, used APKPure to install the handful of apps that I need (no Google account activated on phone after reboot) and now I observe the following:

no third-party app (OpenCamera, ASTRO File Manager etc.) can write anything to the microSD
built-in SW can write to the microSD without an issue: the built-in com.mediatek.filemanager app can create directories on the card and I can wipe the microSD clean from Storage management in Settings
if I take out the card and mount it on a computer, it works just fine, read and write

The phone is not rooted and I'm hesitant to root it because of complexity or safety of the procedure.
I've tried formatting the card on the computer, on the phone, playing around with Developer options etc. but nothing seems to work. It doesn't look like a hardware malfunction or a filesystem error, since built-in apps seem to be able to write to the card just fine. I don't have another card at hand to check that it's not the card, though.
What can I do to enable writing? Google's/Lenovo's handcuffs regarding HW I supposedly own are really frustrating.


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Samsung Galaxy Player 5 Bootloop
I have a Samsung Galaxy Player 5 (US Edition) that is stuck in an infinite boot loop (Hangs at the Samsung logo). The device was running stock Android 2.3.5 with no modifications of any kind. The device was working fine and I restart the device and it has been in a boot loop since.
Is there a way that I can recover my photos from the device? I am still able to access download and recovery mode. I am also able to interface with the device via ADB. I've admittedly little experience with Android, but I've read online about the possibility of installing custom kernels using Odin while still retaining data.
If there is any additional information that I can provide, please let me know. I appreciate the help!


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HTML-only browser for Android? (skip all resources, load just base page/HTML)
For example, I have tuned my desktop Firefox browser to skip loading JS, CSS, fonts etc.; but here I'm asking for something much simpler: when I enter a URL or click a link on an existing page, browser should simply load the page pointed by that URL, and not any other resources that are referenced inside it. Basically, a HTML-only browser.
I'm not looking to just disable CSS etc. (e.g. unlike the "No style" option of Firefox, which loads the CSS file and only skips the rendering step). I want the browser to completely avoid loading the linked resources. (Saving bandwidth is one main goal.)
I'm well aware that this would break functionalities of several websites, not to mention "ugliness" from lack of CSS; but the site(s) that I wish to access are already tested to work fine in desktop under HTML-only rendering conditions.
I have tried many of the "custom" browsers on Google Play, but none seems to contain something resembling a HTML-only mode.


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Google Sheets unbold text within parentheses
How can get Google Sheets to automatically un-bold any text typed between parentheses?
Thanks in advance


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How to exit and close FX Text Editor (the text editor of FX File Explorer) - end of question
Thanks for your answers - here my final report:
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The "FX file explorer" is in one of the windows and cannot be removed.
I intended to kill the process by its PID. To get the PID I used the App "Activity Monitor" (other task manager for Andoid I have forgotten). But this App had not discovered and not listed "FX file explorer".
I made a test: In another terminal I have run "FX file explorer" and have it work in Google Drive in order to not be idle. Also for this test was true: "Activity Monitor" App had not discovered and not listed "FX file explorer".
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Regarding if FX is good or not: In some articles of Journals in Internet, FX was commented as the best Filemanager in Android. Many days I have dealt with a task, but I was forced to give up.
Regards

We appreciate your input, however I'm afraid you mis-posted this as a question instead of an answer on your own question. Being a Q&A site, questions are only for asking questions, but you can post an answer on your own question by filling the Answer box below :)


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How can I unlock my Pixel phone?
Last night I added a pattern lock on my Pixel 4a before sleeping. After waking up today, I cannot remember the exact pattern. I can only remember that it was a zigzag pattern. After failing several times trying to figure out the pattern, I got locked out and cannot even use my fingerprint anymore. Most of the resources on the internet seems to suggest that I will need to erase my phone to unlock it. That will be very disheartening since I did not backup any of my photos. I am wondering whether any of the following is possible-

Use my google account on a different device to unlock my phone.
Use my google account to remotely backup my photos in google photos
Use a third party software to extract photos from my device without unlocking it

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Do you make updates? https://twitter.com/xdavidhu


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Ghost Singapore Safe app will not delete
I purchased a Samsung phone while in Singapore, it has the usual pre installed apps and the covid 19 SGsecure app. The app is greyed out and has no delete option when clicked on it says "app not installed". I ve just re-flashed the firmware using ODEN with what i thought was Australian firmware but the SGsecure app icon is still there,  did i not flash it correctly ?is it possible to delete?


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Tecno BC3 failing to push notifications
Notification features not available
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Tecno BC3 runs Android 10 Go, which is covered in the duplicate question.


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How to show all of my data usage as tethering?
I have a 50 GB tethering package but I want to use it on my phone too. My carrier said I can't use this package from a Windows phone. Probably because Windows phones don't support their check method. My Mi 9T Pro is rooted so I can change several configurations within the system. Can I mark all of my data transfer as tethered so I can use it on my phone as well?


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Huawei Y6 (2019) stuck in boot-loop after stand-by, how can I recover my data from the device?
My, completely unmodified, Huawei Y6 (2019) is stuck in a Boot-Loop since I wanted to leave the Stand-By a few days ago. Generally it's unresponsive, cannot be put into recovery mode either. Only when I plug it into a power source does it turn on for a short moment, displaying the Huawei-Label before turning black immediately and repeating that loop until I unplug it. While I am aware that there are options like flashing the phone or doing a hard reset, I would like to know if it's possible to save some of my data from this phone. Several notes, photos, videos and contacts are stuck there. That's pretty much the only relevant stuff on it, so if it's possible to get that data off this phone, even if it might brick the device, it would be appreciated to hear some thoughts and answers in that direction.

Unfortunately the only way to recover data is fix the issue and boot into android, then unlock screen with credentials. TL;DR data is lost


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Is the Pixel 7a GWKK3 is a locked or unlocked phone?
I've tried to find if my new Pixel 7a GWKK3 is locked or unlocked by looking at its box. I have not opened it yet.
I could not figure out for sure if i can open it and install grapheneos on it.
Do you maybe know if it's a locked or unlocked?
How can I tell for sure?
Thank you.


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How can I setup multiple/restricted users on S6 lite?
I have an S6 lite that I would like to share with the kids.
So, I would like to have a normal account that I can use, and another account that the kids can use with some supervision.
I would like to restrict the apps available on this account, which I am able to currently do.
I would also like to restrict the usage time of the tablet; the option in the tablet takes me to Family Link, which it seems I cannot install in the desired way.
From what I have understood, if I go for Family Link, it should be added in the only account in the tablet.
I have a google account configured as a child account in Family Link, but I am not able to add this account to the tablet along with my parent account.
Is there a way I can configure the S6 lite like this?

Main Profile - No restrictions
Kid Profile - Restrictions on available apps and time allowed

Are there any other tablets that would have allowed me to do what I wanted?

Please note that device recommendation is off-topic here. You might be interested in our sister site, [HardwareRecs.SE], but please follow their guidelines to get a suitable device for your needs.


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How do I adjust the double click speed of my wireless mouse on Android or Samsung DeX?
The default double click speed of mouse seems so fast that I have to try many times before it works.  It is a big trouble for me. I could not find a way to adjust it in Settings.  I am using Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Android phone with DeX connection to a TV.  Thanks.


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I can't connect my pc's Ethernet to my mobile
I have an ethernet connection in my pc, but the administrator banned it's Wifi connection.
I want to connect my pc's internet through USB, but I don't know how to connect it.
Whenever I use USB tethering, it connects my mobile internet to pc, not my pc's internet to phone.
Finally, if you give simple and understanding guidelines so that I can connect and share my pc's internet to mobile.
yours sincerely

Please provide specs on your PC, OS, brand and model of you phone and what OS it is running


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OnePlus Android loses data whenever on a voice call
My OnePlus Android cellphone (OnePlus 9R Android version 13) always loses the data / internet connection whenever a voice call arrives.
Is there any way to get the phone to continue the data connection even when on a voice call?
Voice and data work in parallel if I am on wifi but otherwise a voice call stops data.
Any setting that would fix this? I am on a 4G network.


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How to access photos and videos stored inside Google Photos "Locked Folder" using adb?
I would like to take the backup of all photos and videos stored inside google photo's "Locked folder".
I use adb to pull out files from my android. And i would like to seemlessly pull media from the locked folder using adb and then delete them from my phone.
Any way to do it, without moving the media out of "Locked Folder" first?

In my understanding the purpose of "locking" images is to make them only available within the app itself. As Google knows how to implements such a feature in a secure way there shouldn't be a way to access those images outside of the Photos app (may be with root, but I don't know how exactly locked images are stored).


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Multiple notifications
This started with the latest update about a month ago. It first started with getting no notifications. Now i get multiple notifications for each email. They used to be grouped together.  Samsung s23. One email account, one app.

Possibly related/dupe: Why am I getting a separate notification for each incoming e-mail? (not answered yet)


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Phone is bootlooping as I accidentally erased recovery.img
I'm using Realme C11 (2020) edition since it was released. I exchanged the stock rom with Pixel Experience. When doing that, I used TWRP to flash the PE. But as PE was officially not available for my phone, I had to use unofficial one from XDA, so I faced many software issue. So I thought to change this again, with PixelPlus UI.
At this time, I again used TWRP to flash PPUI. So, after making flash using .zip file, my phone was booting on recovery mode instead of system, again and again. Then I decided to erase recovery file to ignore the process. So, on pc, I typed fastboot erase recovery on cmd followed by fastboot reboot.
Now, my phone is bootlooping again and again. I tried to access fastboot mode by pressing volume and power button, but not working. I also tried to shutdown phone, but nothing is happening. It's just bootlooping


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How to unlock bootloader of my vivo v20 pro or how to root it
how to unlock bootloader on my vivo v20 so that i can compile and install a new rom. Cause I find no websites to download custom rom for vivo devices
device --- VIVO V20 PRO
Running OS --- Funtouch OS 13 (based on Android-13)

Seems like Vivo phone has no official OEM unlock functionality, therefore users who want to develop a custom ROM just don't buy Vivo phones. Some background is described here: https://www.xda-developers.com/vivo-unofficial-bootloader-unlock-x70-pro-plus/


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Adding a total in a cell when a checkbox is ticked in an adjacent cell
On my budget spreadsheet, in the 'amount' column is the different direct debits going out each month, then I tick the checkbox in the 'gone out?' column when it goes from my account. I'm wanting to add up the the different amounts in the 'amount' in the highlighted cell when a checkbox gets ticked. I'm using Google sheets on android

If your amounts are in the range B3:B23 (for example - I can't see the range from your screenshot), then you could use:
=sum(filter(B3:B23,D3:D23))

We are generating an array corresponding to all amounts where the corresponding gone out tickbox has been ticked, then summing them.

Thankyou, exactly what I wanted


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ADB push sync but delete files at destination that don't exist at the origin
I'm sure I did this a few months back, but I'm drawing a complete blank.
I'm syncing my music using from my computer to my phone via usb using:
adb push --sync local remote
That's all fine until I rename a folder locally and then it adds it remotely, but doesn't delete the remote copy: duplicates things
I'm sure last time I just added --delete to the end like you can do on rsync, but it seems that's not valid, so I must have done something different.
Can anyone enlighten me!? All the googling and reading of docs hasn't helped!

Have you tried adb-sync or it's successor better-adb-sync?