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2020/06/17 | 599 | 2,388 | <issue_start>username_0: How do we verify that a phone call is going through WiFi?
=========================================================
I am hoping that there is some special little icon like this one:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y1qse.gif)
Cr... |
2020/06/17 | 460 | 1,717 | <issue_start>username_0: I was trying to look at the battery usage of different apps and saw this weird app named "-5" on inspection it takes me to google photos which is weird since why will google photos use its name as "-5". I can't find any reasoning for this and want others to shed some light on this topic. I have... |
2020/06/20 | 456 | 1,606 | <issue_start>username_0: On the web version of the Play Store, the "Install" button is greyed out even though the message says: "This app is compatible with all of your devices."
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pXNQU.jpg)
What is the possible reason, and h... |
2020/06/21 | 518 | 1,754 | <issue_start>username_0: Downloaded Sophos Intercept X today cause my Chrome browser kept opening to `https://web.bwanet.ca` all of a sudden + all my open tabs were gone.
Is it due to Sophos? If so, is there a specific feature in the Sophos app that can stop future hijacks?<issue_comment>username_1: First it is totall... |
2020/06/25 | 791 | 2,803 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought a few days ago a Hauwei P30 lite, which comes with Android 9.
In my case, I often connect to the Internet via the mobile network. When I configure the smartphone as a Wi-Fi hotspot (tethering), the smartphone apps are not allowed any more to the Internet (while the external devices exp... |
2020/06/26 | 452 | 1,524 | <issue_start>username_0: Nexus 7 2012 (grouper).
Was running stock ROM (4.4.4), could connect via USB (e.g., as MTP for file transfer) and use `adb`).
Installed Lineage OS 15 (8/O). (Couldn't install any GApps at all because the `system` partition is too small.)
`fastboot` works as it should when booted into the bootl... |
2020/06/26 | 932 | 3,002 | <issue_start>username_0: Upon reading [TikTok says it will stop accessing clipboard content on iOS devices](https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/26/21304228/tiktok-security-ios-clipboard-access-ios14-beta-feature), I wonder: How can I see which applications is reading the clipboard?<issue_comment>username_1: * Prior to Andr... |
2020/06/27 | 1,308 | 5,338 | <issue_start>username_0: An Access Point Name, APN, is a gateway between mobile networks and the public Internet.
I've done research, and there's not much online about what the individual settings are or do.
This is what I've managed to figure out so far, listed in the order they appear on an Android phone.
Settings i... |
2020/07/02 | 960 | 4,170 | <issue_start>username_0: **My device**: I use Android 9 on samsung galaxy s9.
**Background**: I believe there was a feature before (or maybe currently still, but I turned it off) about showing number of unread messages on apps like whatsapp, viber or the SMS app (and i guess gmail or facebook) or at the very least the... |
2020/07/04 | 3,452 | 11,332 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I configure [BlueStacks](https://www.bluestacks.com/) to have Android use dark mode?
On Android 10 I can use:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DJK4h.png)
but I can't see the option on Android on BlueStacks:
[. Until today, I was using YouTube without signing in. Today I signed into YouTube with one Google account. Now I want to sign out from YouTube app but I don't find any such option.
I searched on internet and found [Google S... |
2020/07/04 | 698 | 2,674 | <issue_start>username_0: My **Gionee A1 plus** started acting strange a month ago. It would often restart whenever I received any *SMS notification* and then boot up just fine. I tried using an earphone and keeping the phone in silent mode, as reducing the notification sound levels didn't help. This fixed the problem f... |
2020/07/05 | 506 | 1,880 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an old Android 2.2.1. It doesn't have Play Store, nor any application as Messenger, WhatsApp, or Instagram. I can't download Google Chrome either.
I'd like to download WhatsApp, but it isn't possible because when trying to install it, Google says: "there are no identifiant", but I'm con... |
2020/07/07 | 780 | 2,703 | <issue_start>username_0: I am familiar with how iOS devices report hot spot use by treating it differently somehow. My understand is that Android is not crippled like this, and there is rightly no difference in traffic between hot spot data and data from the phone itself.
So I was a bit shocked when I received a text ... |
2020/07/09 | 442 | 1,936 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to unlock my Google Pixel 2 XL without losing my data. I figured out the simple solution of doing a hard reset, but I can't lose all the important things on my phone because I need them for court and all of my clients of 20 years for work.
I can't afford to buy any software, so I downlo... |
2020/07/10 | 398 | 1,753 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an Android smartphone. I wish to mute sound on Instagram stories, which can be achieved easily by using the volume buttons.
However, in that case I need to unmute sound when I want to watch a video on YouTube or listen to a voice message on WhatsApp etc. and it's very annoying.
I want ... |
2020/07/10 | 289 | 1,097 | <issue_start>username_0: My device is showing 1.02 GB of free space in storage settings. But while installing app from play store, it says only 492 MB of space is available.. what should I do, please help..<issue_comment>username_1: Play Store suggests having *500mb of free space* for your phone to work properly. So wh... |
2020/07/11 | 336 | 1,099 | <issue_start>username_0: The text on screen is:
"Þöŵéŕ öƒƒ one two
Ŕéšţåŕţ one two
Ļöçķðöŵñ one two"
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/13Ur5.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: Play Store suggests having *500mb of free space* for your phone to work properly. So ... |
2020/06/30 | 946 | 4,098 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a follow up question related to [this answer](https://security.stackexchange.com/a/234017/236881).
In short: I am importing the self signed Root CA certificate into android system via
`Settings -> Security -> Trusted Credentials -> install from SD`
path slightly differs on different ... |
2020/07/13 | 476 | 1,971 | <issue_start>username_0: Does anyone know what the left-most status icon is here? The one that looks like an upside down signal status.
It only shows up randomly from time to time, and I've tried toggling on/off different settings (such as night light) to try to make it go away, but nothing has been successful.
Reboo... |
2020/07/15 | 586 | 1,956 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to know what is the size of the navigation bar in pixel using ADB.
Using `adb shell wm size` gives the complete screen size instead of only the navigation bar.
Is there any way to get it?<issue_comment>username_1: Enter this one-liner:
```
adb shell dumpsys window windows| sed -n '/Wi... |
2020/07/21 | 885 | 2,968 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a phone (Samsung Galaxy A320F (AKA "A3 (2017)") with the stock ROM that contains a 64-bit armv8l kernel (Linux 3.18.14) and 32-bit userspace with 32-bit Android 8.0.0 platform. Some Android applications provide only 64-bit NDK-based libraries, which makes them incompatible with this setu... |
2020/07/22 | 436 | 1,816 | <issue_start>username_0: I installed LineageOS on my OnePlus One (bacon) a few months ago. With Covid-19 lockdown it was weeks before I noticed that the SIM card isn't being detected. I thought it might be damaged, but EE sent me a replacement, and inserting it changed nothing.
Could it be an absent LineageOS driver? ... |
2020/07/24 | 498 | 1,790 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm on Android Lollipop. Due to ghost touch, the native PDF viewer is selected default.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Enij.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/c6tS7.png)
I also checked Reset Default Apps in the Se... |
2020/07/29 | 365 | 1,547 | <issue_start>username_0: In Android, it is simple to view the modified date and for any file or folder. Just about any decent file manager (such as Solid Explorer) includes this functionality.
But how do you view the *creation* date and time (aka timestamp) for a file or folder in Android?<issue_comment>username_1: I ... |
2020/08/09 | 675 | 2,367 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to install my termux environment (usr folder) to an SD card. is this possible?
I have seen this post [Can I install packages to external SD card on Termux in Android?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/199259/can-i-install-packages-to-external-sd-card-on-termux-in-androi... |
2020/08/10 | 1,830 | 6,288 | <issue_start>username_0: First main question:
is it possible to switch(not only on or off) the state of the mobile data and wifi using adb?
(for example for wifi: if you don't know the state of the wifi now. you send several commands and then you are sure that the wifi state changed.)
if this is not possible then the ... |
2020/08/12 | 456 | 1,892 | <issue_start>username_0: On a Chrome or other Chromium browser (Brave, Kiwi..) on Android
When I click "add to home screen" from the Brave/Chrome menu, on some sites the icon that is added does not open website but instead opens a custom app created for the website (so called "PWA").
I want to create a simple website... |
2020/08/13 | 520 | 1,732 | <issue_start>username_0: In Android 10, if you take a photo with the stock camera/photos app (which identifies itself as either "Camera" or "Photos" in the app switcher¹) and then view it afterwards, one of the "buttons" is a trash can. If you tap it, the phone prompts you with,
>
> Move to trash? It will be removed ... |
2020/08/13 | 327 | 1,285 | <issue_start>username_0: Why would [this android phone app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.littlelf.smarthome) for [this IP camera](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B082QRM9F4) need location services to be turned on before it gets set up?
Surely that's a security risk. If the camera company's databa... |
2020/08/25 | 422 | 1,515 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been using All the Internet on my computer and now I want to make it my main search provider in Firefox on my Galaxy S20.
Does anyone know how to change your main search provider so it would now be alltheinternet.com ? I would love to be able to have it on both my computer and on my pho... |
2020/08/27 | 801 | 2,782 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Authenticator app you can hit transfer accounts -> Export Accounts. It will present with you a QR Code.
What exactly is this QR Code? Can it be used to backup Google Authenticator?
I am looking to hard reset my phone and I am looking for a way to backup and restore Authenticator.<issue... |
2020/08/27 | 628 | 2,393 | <issue_start>username_0: I really don't like google lens. I've been searching for ways to turn it off. Searching on line usually brings up an answer like this:
>
> On your Android phone, you go into your settings/apps and click on the 3 dots at the top right of the screen. Choose show system. Scroll down to the Lens,... |
2020/08/28 | 387 | 1,428 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on a project, and it all starts with the share menu on Android. I'd like to be able to take the (in this case) URLs that are shared from various apps, and send them directly to a webhook. Basically, I'd like for there to be an option on the share screen, along with Gmail, WhatsApp ... |
2020/08/28 | 875 | 3,761 | <issue_start>username_0: My Google Location history is amazingly helpful and informative, and generally accurate. I have all settings set to highest so I can always get the best location accuracy. I've read several posts about how Google estimates my location, using cell towers, wifi SSIDs/BSSIDs, etc and it all makes ... |
2020/09/04 | 868 | 3,100 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, Microsoft launcher has started to give web search suggestions when I click on my home button and search for an app.
I only want to find apps, but in addition to installed app results the launcher now also gives internet search suggestions.
I want to disable that because I do not use... |
2020/09/08 | 697 | 2,802 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a French contact (phone number +33 ...) who went to Japan and got a mobile number there (+81 ...). We discussed via Whats App and Signal and now he is back in France.
**I would like to remove his Japanese phone numbers but I simply cannot.**
This is how I see his contact before the edi... |
2020/09/16 | 282 | 1,085 | <issue_start>username_0: How can one alphabetically sort the contacts on the WhatsApp chat list? Right now, the list is completely random, making it difficult to locate a specific chat by its author (contact name)<issue_comment>username_1: There doesn't seem to be any way to sort them alphabetically in the chat list. C... |
2020/09/18 | 442 | 1,618 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering if there was a way to block all non-contact callers on my Samsung Galaxy A20 operating system Android 10. I have been through the settings and the only option I have is block contacts or block unknown callers I'm not sure if that just means private calls or non-contact collars. ... |
2020/09/20 | 883 | 2,956 | <issue_start>username_0: `fastboot version 30.0.4-6686687`
Trying to temporarily boot TWRP recovery image `twrp-3.4.0-0-lake.img` on my unlocked Motorola `Moto G7 Plus`.
Phone is connected via USB `Type-C to Type-C` cord from the box to my laptop running Linux (`Manjaro 20.0.3`) Live USB system.
When I run `./fastbo... |
2020/09/20 | 733 | 2,593 | <issue_start>username_0: I have tried going through many reference links for my below issue, but all of them are at least the pre-Marshmallow age so couldn't find a proper solution.
I have a Redmi 2 Prime mobile (2014 model) and I have flashed it with LineageOS 17.1 version (Android 10) (exact version is `lineage-17.1... |
2020/09/20 | 650 | 2,059 | <issue_start>username_0: I use [Iriun 4K Webcam for PC and Mac](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jacksoftw.webcam) to use your Android phone's camera as a wireless or USB webcam in Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. It is supposed to support resolutions up to 4K. (Max resolution depends on the phone).
I use ... |
2020/09/21 | 556 | 2,241 | <issue_start>username_0: Between the 11th and the 13th of September 2020 something has changed around the method used to log into Google accounts from new Huawei devices after installing Google Mobile Services (GMS).
Before, the method involved installing GMS-related apps and signing into the relevant Google accounts ... |
2020/09/23 | 536 | 2,051 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an encrypted android running LineageOS 15. When it said that there was an OTA update, I choose to download and install this new update. In the first moment it seemed to be alright but when the phone restarted itself the recovery (TWRP) appeared again... and again...
It is in a bootloop ... |
2020/09/25 | 716 | 2,630 | <issue_start>username_0: I somehow destroyed Google Play Services while clearing cache n search history cause Play Store kept hanging up indefinitely when trying to download apps. My Google account then kept pinging the phone for play services updates; to remedy the loop I had to remove my Google account.
Now I can't ... |
2020/09/25 | 460 | 1,727 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone (Samsung S7 running Android 8.0.0) recently updated to Chrome version 85, and with it came tab groups.
I am sure this is a welcome thing for many, but I rarely have more than 8 tabs open at any time. Thus the ability to group tabs makes little sense for me.
Unfortunately, I can't see... |
2020/09/26 | 524 | 1,967 | <issue_start>username_0: I work on Android Studio while using actual device for ADB using ADB over tcp/ip through command prompt (no additional software). But, this new device gets offline the moment screen turns off. I've tried turning off everything related to Battery Optimization or Wifi. Although, there's no such s... |
2020/09/27 | 212 | 716 | <issue_start>username_0: With smartphones and the Raspberry Pi both being ARM devices, is it possible to run Android on a Raspberry Pi?<issue_comment>username_1: Yeah ofc..
Check this out... [Google Android on your Raspberry Pi with emteria OS](https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/android-raspberry-pi)
Upvotes: 0 ... |
2020/09/28 | 274 | 991 | <issue_start>username_0: I used to use a virtual US number for registering and using WhatsApp Business (for people i don't trust and don't want to give my personal number) But now whenever I try to register a new virtual number, it says it's an invalid number for USA. I have tried 2ndLine, text+ and few more apps.. Can... |
2020/09/29 | 216 | 793 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using the latest version of BlueStacks.
I have installed my Instagram account on BlueStacks.
It is for the time that I work on my PC instead of my phone.
All the videos are showing upside-down.
Is there any way to fix it?<issue_comment>username_1:... |
2020/10/02 | 538 | 1,984 | <issue_start>username_0: According to the physical keyboard configuration on my android phone, there are a number of keyboard shortcuts that involve the "search" key. E.g. "+⏎" for home. I've included a screenshot below showing the complete list. I am running LineageOS 16.0 (Android 9); the screenshot comes from the "P... |
2020/10/04 | 533 | 2,192 | <issue_start>username_0: As of October 2020 I can't seem to find a working add-on/extension for Firefox on Android. [Tampermonkey's page](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tampermonkey/) says the add-on is not compatible with Android, but I think it used to work fine a while back. Is there any way to insta... |
2020/10/06 | 1,058 | 3,374 | <issue_start>username_0: My goal is to record my screen. Coming from a Huawei, I would have in the upper area icons an option with "Screen Record". I'm now using a Galaxy A30s with Android 10 and these are the only options available
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ncc7Al.j... |
2020/10/06 | 701 | 2,612 | <issue_start>username_0: My friend has just dug out an old Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7.0. It looks like it hasn't been used in a long time, and hasn't been updated in years. It doesn't support TLS 1.2 and is missing updates to Trusted Root CAs.
If I open Play Store it goes into a loop of "Unfortunately, Google Play Store ha... |
2020/10/09 | 776 | 2,270 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to root my Mi A2 android phone. I am following [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSziEe_k3HM) tutorial. When I try fastboot boot path/to/twrp/image the phone gets stuck on the boot screen. What am I doing wrong?
Is it because a) I don't have required drivers or because b) I ha... |
2020/10/13 | 1,151 | 4,519 | <issue_start>username_0: I've got a Pixel phone from Google, but it really doesn't matter, I guess the question would apply to any AOSP-based device. They state that they provide 3 years of version updates and security patches.
I've got an update notification on my phone that it's ready to update to the next Android v... |
2020/10/14 | 429 | 1,840 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Android phone I have installed the Gboard keyboard. After some small use, I see that it has accumulated 20 MB of data!
Why can a keyboard app accumulate 20MB of data?<issue_comment>username_1: Remember that current keyboards are a bit different from keyboards from 10-15 years ago. Back t... |
2020/10/13 | 1,464 | 5,366 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing from my Android. On my laptop, it's pretty simple to choose to open a PDF file directly in the browser rather than opening it in an external program.
The problem comes when I try to open it on Android. I am usually asked to download it and it will open with PDF Viewer. I would lik... |
2020/10/20 | 3,503 | 10,621 | <issue_start>username_0: When I run `tsu` (which is Termux's version of su), my current working directory gets prefixed with "(unreachable)", as you can see from the transcript of my session.
```
[u0_a116 …/~]$ tsu
[root …/home]# pwd
(unreachable)/data/data/com.termux/files/home
[root …/home]#
```
I did some digging... |
2020/10/21 | 272 | 1,010 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently spotted a "crossed circle" system notification icon on my Fire HD 10.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LnFx5.png)
What does it mean?<issue_comment>username_1: Circle with slash means you tapped the volume button and th... |
2020/10/21 | 297 | 1,060 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Verizon Fios Router that has following network
* Fios-95QSI-5G
* Fios-95QSI
My laptop detects and connect to 5GHz Wifi, but not my Android Samsung. How do I fix this?
Below are the specifics
* Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime (SM-J327T1)
* Android Version 7<issue_comment>username_1: Circle wi... |
2020/10/23 | 685 | 2,262 | <issue_start>username_0: How to disable heads-up notifications (pop-up notifications)?
(These are the notifications that show at the upper part of the screen and obstruct the view.)<issue_comment>username_1: Go to Settings > Applications & Notifications> Notifications.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: First of al... |
2020/10/23 | 788 | 2,596 | <issue_start>username_0: My Nokia 7.2 Android 10 phone has the following strange problem that is 100% reproducible:
1. Sits there doing nothing for 10 or 20 minutes.
2. Receives a phone call but does not ring.
3. Receives another phone call soon without ringing.
4. Receives another phone call soon without ringing.
5. ... |
2020/10/24 | 710 | 2,361 | <issue_start>username_0: For example, say I have a sentence that I want to end with a period then have returned to a new line, but the contents of that sentence itself *include* `period` and `new line` as literals. Is it possible to use voice-only commands to write such a message?<issue_comment>username_1: Go to Settin... |
2020/10/25 | 728 | 2,972 | <issue_start>username_0: I didn’t have access to my phone for a month, I’m afraid that I could have installed any software or hardware spyware. Is it possible to check it somehow by logs? Does the Android system keep logs for all operations in the system?<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunately Android does not maintai... |
2020/10/26 | 484 | 1,930 | <issue_start>username_0: Project Mainline (officially ["Modular System Components"](https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/modular-system)) introduced a set of OS components that Google can update via *Google Play system updates*.
Some of these modules are mandatory for OEMs to support depending on the versio... |
2020/10/28 | 463 | 1,755 | <issue_start>username_0: I lost my old android phone. Decided to try out an iphone just to get literate. I'm wondering what the process is for transferring my contacts from my old android phone (which i don't have access to) to my new iphone.
I'm using Verizon as a provider, so might be able to leverage their cloud, t... |
2020/10/29 | 388 | 1,507 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm really paranoid about my privacy idk why. Recently I installed Whatsapp Aero which is super cool but unfortunately its developer is expert in making spyware apps too. I found this [Bouncer app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission&hl=en_IN&gl=US) which prov... |
2020/10/30 | 231 | 903 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a project that requires me to test it on a Sony device. Unfortunately, I don't have a physical device.
Is there a Sony emulator for Android Studio?<issue_comment>username_1: I suggest using [Android Mobile Device Hardening](https://github.com/SecTheTech/AMDH) which:
* list installed ap... |
2020/10/30 | 457 | 1,707 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm joining a Zoom call on my laptop, but I also want to join the same call on my Android device in order to share my Android device's screen and to use my Android device's camera. I don't want to hear other people's voices coming from both my laptop and my phone, I only want to hear their voic... |
2020/10/31 | 308 | 1,103 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using a Motorola phone which has a dedicated Google Assistant button, but I don't use the assistant much.
Is it possible to customize the button and use it for some other activity?<issue_comment>username_1: The only solution I have found for this so far is to plug in some headphones into ... |
2020/11/03 | 1,128 | 4,195 | <issue_start>username_0: In Android 10 I had grayscale display turned on. This was achieved by dragging editing the dropdown shade to add the Grayscale tile.
I just updated to Android 11. The display is still in grayscale, but the Grayscale tile is removed, so there doesn't seem to be any way to turn it off! I sometim... |
2020/11/03 | 425 | 1,637 | <issue_start>username_0: If an Android user debug build comes with adb root access by default, does it contain the su binary to achieve this?
If not, is it any different from rooting your phone?<issue_comment>username_1: No, adb does not require a `su` binary to get root permissions.
On a regular build, it is just th... |
2020/11/11 | 461 | 1,705 | <issue_start>username_0: I lost Pocket and other options in Android Chrome share...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sgvSW.jpg)
How do I get them back? Apologies, as I think I'm missing something obvious and I'm being stupid.<issue_comment>username_1: No, adb does not require a `su... |
2020/11/13 | 518 | 2,025 | <issue_start>username_0: Ok, the problem is my camera's protective glass cover has wore down and now some dust has entered, causing the camera's output to become blurred. This is causing me a lot of issues currently, especially when I need to scan some QR code. For example, now I can't login to WhatsApp on my PC, cuz I... |
2020/11/14 | 197 | 831 | <issue_start>username_0: When I lose my device (or think I did) I would like my partner to be able to locate it. However, I cannot find any such setting in the "Find my Device" app.
Is there maybe an alternative application that allows this?<issue_comment>username_1: you must add the account of your partner on the dev... |
2020/11/16 | 520 | 1,934 | <issue_start>username_0: I've installed "Automate" Android App which I thought that I can use it easily.
But it turned out I don't understand at all on how to use it.
I've read a simple tutorial on [how to create "Hello World"](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-automate-tasks-and-workflows-on-android-with... |
2020/11/17 | 557 | 2,123 | <issue_start>username_0: Device: OnePlus7, Android 10
**What happened**
* Device was rooted with October security patch updated, custom kernel installed and Magisk Manager hidden (to prevent root detection by an app). All working fine. No problem.
* Updated Magisk Manager to 8.0.3 successfully but it shows Magisk not... |
2020/11/19 | 1,104 | 4,141 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to check and play with different ROM's at my mobile phone. My phone is unlocked and rooted.
Here is scenario:
1. I installed LineageOS 17.1(microG) and made backup using TWRP. I check all options for backup except cache(boot, data, recovery,system, system image,efs)
2. Next I want to i... |
2020/11/20 | 277 | 1,025 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using a Xiaomi RedMi 3S phone, whose MIUI environment includes a "Notes" app.
The app itself does not have an export feature. Can I somehow locate/extract the note data - for all notes - into text files, or some other readable format?
Note: I don't know where this data is stored.<issue_co... |
2020/11/21 | 674 | 2,787 | <issue_start>username_0: I wrongly click the button to book a update for Android System.
How can I cancel it before Nov 22 after 02:00
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/daHVsl.png)<issue_comment>username_1: You can not cancel the update itself because it... |
2020/11/24 | 1,892 | 7,410 | <issue_start>username_0: Some apps, like Facebook, LinkedIn, Tinder, etc., seem to have a mechanism to remember which Android phone installed their app. So if a user is banned on these apps, the next time somebody creates an account on the same Android phone, that account is flagged or even banned automatically.
What ... |
2020/11/24 | 1,773 | 6,894 | <issue_start>username_0: I have bought 20 Samsung s6 and after every 4 of them got stuck on Samsung logo, I keep them on charging for 2 days. Nothing work for me.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't know exactly how each app implements this but I wold assume that they use the `ANDROID_ID`. Each app gets an ID that does n... |
2020/11/27 | 1,007 | 3,778 | <issue_start>username_0: There are apps that can do this but they are not exactly Bothie. The app allows the user to first take a picture from rear camera and then from the front camera (but not simultaneously). Nokia first came up with this idea in 2017.
[More about Bothie](https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-bothie... |
2020/11/29 | 213 | 849 | <issue_start>username_0: I find using the power-button + down-volume button extremely cumbersome especially when taking time sensitive screenshots.
Is it possible to do this using a shortcut key on a bluetooth keyboard?<issue_comment>username_1: 1. Download [Button Mapper app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/detail... |
2020/12/01 | 409 | 1,708 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a very strange situation that I have not found yet something in the internet that could lead me to solve this issue.
I paired my physical bluetooth keyboard (**Keychron K2**) with my phone (**Huawei P30 Lite with Android EMUI Version 10.0.0** which I think is Android 10) and I have foun... |
2020/12/03 | 601 | 2,077 | <issue_start>username_0: I uninstalled the DocumentsUI only to know it wasn't "just" a files manager. My `/system/priv-app/DocumentsUI` is empty. Putting any 3rd party DocumentsUI.apk in it results in bootloop. I have a custom rom (Aosp extended).
Flashing the `/system` again would fix the problem I think. Just want t... |
2020/12/03 | 356 | 1,393 | <issue_start>username_0: I intend to close my Google account for personal reasons. No part of it will I leave operable.
But, I use an Android phone. I am not asking about Google apps here. I am asking if the phone will still work for making phone calls. Mind you if I have it my way there will be no Google account for ... |
2020/12/03 | 1,195 | 4,624 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for phones with stock Android. I was able to find articles on the internet, but they mention mostly new phones, and I'm more interested in older (cheaper) versions.
I have Google Pixel (one) and from what I read, it's the one with "vanilla" Android. But there are some preinstalled ... |
2020/12/05 | 1,494 | 4,801 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (X00T/X00TD)
It is/was discharged and powered off. When i plug it in for charging, it is cycling in start of chaging:
1. vibration
2. the icon of empty battery
3. The bootloader is unlocked... text
4. the icon of empty battery
5. empty screen
6. and then starts ... |
2020/12/05 | 669 | 2,240 | <issue_start>username_0: At the quick settings dropdown are some items that have no icon and just a label . They cannot be re-arranged and are obviously useless.
Please have a look at the Screenshot
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VyqFOl.jpg).
I would like to know how I... |
2020/12/06 | 617 | 2,121 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to block an app from using mobile data even when that app is in foreground. How can I do that? I can find an option to disable mobile data when in background and an option to disable WiFi for an app but I want to disable mobile data for a specific app completely. I am using a Galaxy A71 ... |
2020/12/08 | 864 | 2,897 | <issue_start>username_0: I am running an AVD through Genymotion. Also, I have installed Kali Linux VM in my windows laptop. I am trying to connect to the android through the terminal
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> adb connect 192.168.104.103
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and it connects successfully. Then I have tried to install an application with
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> adb inst... |
2020/12/10 | 792 | 2,586 | <issue_start>username_0: Using Gmail version 86.0.04240.198 on my Samsung Galaxy A30s with Android 10.
From [the documentation](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/12516?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en) we can read
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> You can't mark all messages as read from the Gmail app.
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I know this is a task that ... |
2020/12/11 | 1,018 | 3,493 | <issue_start>username_0: When I was playing with settings on my Nokia 6.1 Plus running a stock ROM Android 10 with bootloader unlocked and rooted with Magisk v21+, I noticed that **Firebase App Indexing** that comes under **Google Account Preferences** was collecting all of my *personal* data. Of course, **GMS** was th... |
2020/12/11 | 1,189 | 4,634 | <issue_start>username_0: I can't connect to campus WiFi anymore after installing latest ROM with december 2020 security patches. The configuration is PEAP/MSCHAPV2. Under CA certificate, we usually choose "Do not validate" but now CA certificates is set to "Use system certificates" and can't be changed. "Use system cer... |
2020/12/11 | 870 | 2,761 | <issue_start>username_0: Using WhatsApp version 2.20.207.12, YouTube version 15.47.36 on my Samsung Galaxy A30s with Android 10.
Previously (I remember this working in November) when I shared a link from YouTube in WhatsApp I'd get a preview containing an option to play the video
[](https://i.st... |
2020/12/14 | 1,007 | 4,301 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm researching on how to protect my phone from being able to be reseted by thieves. Doing some research online I figured out that the main method of putting a stolen phone to work again is to do a factory reset through rebooting and using some combinations of volume + power buttons to activate... |
2020/12/16 | 508 | 2,024 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a tablet I've had for years, and suddenly it decided that tabs in Chromes cannot be selected, exited, or added (The only change I can do is the new tab button option on the 3 dots, but I can't switch back from it, or I close out of Chrome and reopen it, then I can do only one of those t... |