I have gone on to my Whatsapp but all of a sudden my chats and messages are not showing up. I looked in settings and tapped on all the options, i went on privacy settings and it says 'you can not change privacy settings when you are offline' how do i get back online? Thank you in advanced :) (I've rebooted my phone multiple times)

Following my previous question on how to make the weather widget work again on my Samsung Galaxy Alpha, I have researched about app reverse engineering including Java and Smali as suggested by the answer there. By following this tutorial , I was able to get to the Smali code, make a slight modification to it which I hope will resolve the javax.net.ssl.SSLException: hostname in certificate didn't match error I was getting, and then get to my modified and deodexed .apk. Essentially, the command I executed were:

7za x WeatherDaemon2014_LMR.odex.xz
oat2dex.bat WeatherDaemon2014_LMR.odex temp.dex
java -jar baksmali-2.0.3.jar -a 21 -x temp.dex -o deodex

At this point, I edited the \deodex\com\sec\android\daemonapp\ap\http\HttpClientThread.smali file. Then I executed the below, which gave me the deodexed .apk:

java -jar smali-2.0.3.jar -a 21 deodex -o classes.dex
7za u -tzip WeatherDaemon2014_LMR.apk classes.dex

I am however unfortunately getting a Class not found when unmarshalling: com.android.packageinstaller.InstallFlowAnalytics error when trying to install the modified APK. I have also tried uninstalling this system widget first with Titanium Backup, but the issue remains the same. (This actually corrupted the widget which couldn't be restored, and I had to re-flash the stock ROM to get back to the starting point.) Therefore rather than trying to install the APK, my goal is now to directly replace the WeatherDaemon2014_LMR.odex.xz file located in /system/app/WeatherDaemon2014_LMR/arm/, hence my question of how I could re-odex my APK. I have tried to follow this tutorial but am getting a only position independent executables (PIE) are supported error in step 6. Then I tried the solution here , but am getting the same error in step 5. Researching this error leads to suggestions to compile with the -fPIE option enabled, but I am unsure how and where to do this. Can anyone familiar with app reverse engineering suggest a way forward? Is there a simple way I can get to a .odex.xz file from my modified APK? Apologies if I'm missing something obvious, or if anything I said above isn't making sense, as I am still new to reverse engineering.

My Device is Motorola Moto G 1st Gen. running Android Lollipop 5.0.2 From the last 2-3 months, my phone is not installing apps. It downloads the app and even shows installing but never completes. After showing "Installing " for some time, the notification will go. If I go back to Play Store, it says "Install" and not Installing. So I have to repeat the same procedure. I have tried clearing Data and Cache of Play Store, Download Manager, Google Play Services. I have over 5 GB space available on phone. I have tried the above solution many times but it doesn't works. The only thing I don't want to do is factory reset. Update: After I updated to Android 5.1, apps started to install properly so I think it was a bug related to 5.0.2

I have a Nokia G42 5G with Android 13. A week ago, a notification popped up, asking me to download the latest update (and also that that update was a week behind). Since the size was 2.67 GB, I decided to close the notification at the time; I would install it later. A quick search afterwards revealed that it was an upgrade to Android 14 . When I went to download it later (from Settings → System → System update, then Check for update), it keeps showing “Your system is up to date”. This is how it has been since. Now, I know that that is not the case because - there was that notification, - someone I know uses this very device (model) and they have already upgraded (means, it has been released in our location/market), and - one could check from Nokia’s Website that that update has been released. **My question is: how can I get that update?** I have installed Google Play system updates and what not. I have also cleared the ‘System cache’ app (don’t know what this app does) from Settings → Memory. I have tried using both WiFi and 5G data while the device was charged to full. **What else can I do?** May be allow unrestricted data access to some app? May be clear some cache to force fetch that update? I won’t flash a custom ROM but I am willing to reboot to safe mode or connect to a computer to clear some hidden cache or run some code. Technically, it seems to be possible to postpone updates ; the system will fetch them later . **Is it possible to reset that waiting period instead of waiting it out?** (If that has been the case; my device is my own, not managed.) ---------- On a related note: I recently had a run-in while installing the 2024-02 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034765) update on Windows 11. It downloaded, started installing, computer restarted, it installed all the way to 100%, and then rolled back with a . This happened quite a few times. I tried all kinds of solutions from all around. At the end, it turned out that all I had to do was rename/remove the

:\$WinREAgent

folder . And it worked in a snap! So, I know that software work in mysterious ways!

I'm trying to unpack Android 13/14 ROMs from a set of different vendors but it seems that all images using Android 13+ have some changes in how the filesystem images are built. Using simg2img (simg2img ./system.img ./system.raw) I'm capable of converting the sparse system.img file of a ROM correctly into some unknown image format. Inspecting the converted image shows that it no partition is detected. For Android version below 12 usually it was an ext4 partition.

file ./system.raw
./system.raw: data

However, the file command shows that it is recognized as a data partition. So I guessed that we need to identify some offset to be able to mount or convert this image correctly. I tried to identify if the partition is a F2FS image (following [this tutorial](https://baremetallics.com/blog/how-to-extract-f2fs-android-flash)) but wasn't successful in identifying the magic bytes for F2FS. Does anyone know how to mount or convert Android 13+ ROMs? Are there any good script out there to automate it?

I want to factory data reset my phone. It feels nice to have a phone without so many things on it and I like the less amount of storage I have on it. Needless to say, I want to reset it. My phone is an HMD Vibe, and I just want to make sure I won't lose my plan, or my number. My Google account has all my contacts attached to it so I don't have to worry about that, it's just that I'm worried about losing my plan and stuff.

**Background** -------------- Android 7.1.1 Nexus 6P uses VPN app from Private Internet Access. The app has a "Per App Setting" that allows certain apps to bypass the VPN connection (some games like Pokemon Go don't operate if behind a VPN, you get an 'unable to authenticate' error until you disable VPN or turn off PG in the per app settings). My son has my old Moto X phone (no SIM card) and needs to be tethered to my phone to have Wi-Fi when we're out and about. He does not have the PIA app installed on his phone. **PROBLEM** ----------- When he plays his Pokemon Go game, and we are tethered while my VPN app is operating, he cannot log in or authenticate with his game on his phone. I'll need to turn off my VPN completely before his app will allow him to log and play. **QUESTION** ----------- Is there an Android System Process that I can allow to bypass the VPN so that his tethered Wi-Fi connection isn't blocked?

I'm trying to use Banshee Remote with my Samsung Galaxy S3, but everytime I try to add a new server, it says Can't connect to server. Check your settings. There are only two settings: 1. IP Adress, which I got from whatismyip.org 2. Port, which I got from Banshee (Edit->Preferences->Remote Control->Banshee remote port Is there anything I can try to do to fix this? Notes: I am using Banshee 2.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S5. When I entered in the dial *#12580*369#, it appeared some information about the phone. One of them is "RF Cal" (it is formatted like a date). 1. Does anyone knows what it is? 2. What does "RF Cal" stands for? 3. Where did this terminology come from? What organization/person coined it? 4. If "RF Cal" is the manufacturing date of the phone, then why not just call it the manufacturing date of MFD for example? Is it because there is a difference?

I have an Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, which I've had for about a year (replacing a previous Samsung model). I routinely have need to send text messages to email addresses which worked quite well - until a week or so ago, when the messages stopped going through (to any address). These were MMS messages. Ordinary texting works just fine. I've tried clearing the cache, clearing the data (after backing up the messages!) and rebooting repeatedly. Over the course of my use of Samsung with Android, I've occasionally had similar problems, but they resolved after a couple of days (after clearing cache, etc.). I'd try uninstalling and reinstalling, but that doesn't seem to be possible for a built-in app. Any suggestions? Should I delete a pile of messages (something I'm pretty lazy about doing)? Something else?

Background 1) Using a file explorer I can select an HTML file and it will start the default browser and then do its thing. 2) The HTML file is on an inserted SDCARD 3) In the browser, the HTML file takes some options and displays text relevant to those options The reverse does not work (The Problem): 1) In a browser I enter the path for the HTML file shown by the file explorer 2) An example: the file explorer shows the path as **/storage/####-####/folder/filename.html** 3) In the browser I enter **file://** then the path above (####-#### is 8 numbers in two sets of 4) 4) This generates the response: "Access to the file was denied: it is not readable. may have been removed, moved or file permissions may be preventing access." There is no user code I wish to enter the file URL within the browser so it can be bookmarked for easy future access

I am using Linage 16 and there I have got enable navbar setting. I want to enable navbar using Tasker program. I have read some info here: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/112283/enable-on-screen-navigation-in-cm12-lollipop-using-shell/113413 . But I still don't understand how to make it.

The menu appears to have been hidden on the more recent Android releases — currently on Android 14 the only per-app toggle the users are given is 'allow background usage' (app info → app battery usage). On my Oneplus 8T device the OS is actively stopping some apps designed to be running on the background at all times, such as Shizuku . On AOSP-based ROMs three settings used to be available for each app, the most permissive being 'unrestricted'. SystemUI Tuner didn't expose the menu. --- Using ADB is an acceptable answer as well.

I was handed a phone from my friend who installed Firefox OS over Android, but now wants Android back. I know roughly how to flash ROMs, but am not sure how to go into download mode or equivalent in Firefox OS. Any help would be appreciated. The model of the phone is a ZTE Kis. If I can supply any more information just ask!

I'm going to make another attempt to find a solution to this. This has been the bane of my life, all the time without interruption, since I bought my first "smart" phone in 2012. I've always had an Android. My current phone is a Samsung J6 dual-sim, so quite old. But a few years ago it was relatively new: in fact I may have bought it on the recommendation that upgrading might solve the problem. No. Just today a client sent me an email and there was no notification for at least 4 hours. All the settings relating to Gmail are COMPLETELY correct. When I then sent myself an email to that address, yup, the notification sounded within less than a minute. The client in question was sending an email from France to me (in the UK). I struggle to believe this could be significant in 2025, but don't rule anything out. But it happens again and again and again. Over those 13 years I have lost 000s of £ due to clients sending me an email (always Gmail) and me not receiving the notification in a timely manner. By "timely" I mean maybe within 30 minutes. Though why notifications shouldn't be received as fast as the emails themselves I have always failed to understand. I have tried turning off battery optimisation and many, many other things. If you have a solution, please don't assume that a setting on your phone exists on my phone: it may, it may not. I believe (not entirely sure) that the gmail ICON does in fact appear in the top left of the phone: i.e. the problem seems to be that the acoustic signal (notification) of an arrived email often does not sound, or sounds only very belatedly. For unknown reasons. I'm a coder and am now inclined to see if I can develop an app, an extremely simple app, which, every minute or so, does a check to see whether this particular Gmail account has an email sitting there waiting to be read, and then MAKES A SOUND. I have never coded for Android and assume it would be quite annoying to develop this. If this is a possible solution surely someone must already have come up with something like it. There is a Reddit question on this theme from 2 years ago. One answerer replies as follows: > Android Gmail isn’t “checking” emails but is the Google Firebase Cloud Messaging pushing notifications to the device. That process should be instant, however for battery saving reasons Google (which made FCM as part of Google Mobile Services on your phone) decide to delay the display of some notifications including Gmail, on my device Gmail notifications are delayed until I unlock it. The solution will be using a local email client and keep that app open, or use another cloud based email client that pulls email to their server then use FCM to push to your phone, which less likely to cause delay. It seems that this person's first language is probably not English, and I'm having difficulty understanding either the suggested technical problem or the suggested solution. If someone here believes this holds a possible key, please try and explain it to me: "a local email client": what might that mean? And could "battery saving reasons" still be the culprit even if I have the optimisation completely turned off (which I do)? Any suggestions welcome. ***Later*** A couple of days of testing has in fact left me more frustrated than ever ... I simply don't understand. On my phone (Samsung J6 dual-sim) I now have no fewer than 3 alternative email apps (in addition to Gmail): BlueMail, Thunderbird and K-9. About 30 minutes ago I sent myself an email from another account (yahoo.co.uk) to my Gmail account (i.e. the one I use for my clients, where I want to get a sound notification every time a new email arrives). THE ONLY app which actually sounded was Gmail. Neither Bluemail, Thunderbird nor K-9 made any sound at all... and no notification icon is showing other than the Gmail one. In THEORY, Bluemail is set to "pull" ("fetch") emails every 3 minutes, and Thunderbird and K-9 are set to pull every 15 minutes. NONE of these apps is working at all. Over the past couple of days, as I've been testing things, I've occasionally had the sound notification from Thunderbird. Hardly ever from Bluemail. What could possibly explain these infuriating (apparent) failures of these apps to do what they're intended to do?

How does Google Play store decide to indicate that an application has a major update?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone running on Android 5.0. At home and in the office, when I'm connected to a WiFi network and the screen is locked (sleep), WhatsApp doesn't receive any messages until I unlock the screen. I don't use so many apps so I can't confirm if this is the case with other applications or not, however, I might have experienced the same problem with the email app as well. I have observed my phone behavior and noted that other applications (e.g., hangouts) show act the same. Furthermore, I noted another fact that might shed some light: Say, I unlock my screen and after several seconds my apps start to notify me about some messages. But the time-stamp of these messages aren't for this moment but rather [e.g.] half an hour ago when they were supposed to be delivered. "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" is set to "Always", I don't have any power management application or any particular settings. I checked WhatsApp FAQ and they suggested checking priority notification, which I don't use. Searching the web suggests clearing cache and data which doesn't solve the problem. I have cleared the cache/data files, updated the app, etc. I would highly applicate if you submit answers that do not suggest these generic (and almost always non-functional) workarounds. Any workaround?

I'm trying to install WhatsApp, but I'm obviously uncomfortable about serving up my entire address book for Facebook to trawl through. I've found plenty of posts from a few years back saying it is possible, but I'm wondering if something has changed. On opening the app and going to the 'chats' screen, I'm greeted with a screen saying >To help you message friends and family on WhatsApp, allow WhatsApp access to your contacts along with a link to open my settings. If I push the green 'chat' button in the bottom right, I get a popup with the same message. If I hit the 'not now' option, it closes the popup and puts me back on the original screen. There doesn't seem to be a way forward here. Does this app just strong-arm you into uploading your contacts list in order to use it? Or is it potentially a more phone-specific issue?

I am having some slight issue using the query

adb shell content query
 --uri content://browser/bookmarks" & "adb shell content query
 --uri content://browser/searches

I have played around with the browser and added some bookmarks, but I am receiving nothing in return. Does anyone have encounter any issue using the queries?

I have just bought a second-hand Oppo Find X6 Pro and it has a global ROM on it. I don't know how they did it because there's no global version of the phone. I think they might have tweaked the firmware because everything seems valid, except it hasn't got any updates and its security patch is of June which is pretty behind for this device. This is the version on it: PGEM10_13.1.1.144(EX01). The (EX01) OPPO Reno 10 Pro 5G has it and it stands for a European version, I think. That's why I say they might have tweaked something because even Google recognizes the device as OPPO Reno 10 Pro 5G. > **Check your Oppo Reno10 Pro 5G** > > Google sent a notification to your Oppo Reno10 Pro 5G. Tap **Yes** on the notification, then tap **17** on your phone to verify that it's you. So I wanted to roll back to stock firmware. I downloaded different stock ROMs, but there wasn't any way to flash them on the device. Can someone help me and go back to the stock ROM? - I tried https://oppostockrom.com/oppo-find-x6-pro-pgem10 but didn't figure it out. - I also used the QPST Flash Tool, but the firmware didn't contain anything to open it inside QPST like .hex or .mbn. It just had .elf for the programmer which when I chose it to flash the ROM, it said error FireHose. - The recovery mode also doesn't have a local update and online update. - When I reboot to EDL using adb, it just shows a black screen, but the computer does recognize Qualcomm 9008. I think the recovery is also not stock. I will attach the system information: