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:

I want to send all calls from numbers **not in my contact list** directly to **voicemail**. I don't want to block them completely because I do get relevant calls from other people now and then. Note that this is not a question about *unknown numbers* in the sense *numbers not registered in a public directory*. What I've tried: - Checked my phone's native settings in the Phone app, but couldn't find an option to send other callers to voicemail. - Installed Truecaller, but it only offers options to block calls from outside my contact list, not send them to voicemail. - Looked through my phone's Do Not Disturb settings, but it gets complicated when I also want to silence my contacts at night. My goal is to have these calls go straight to voicemail without blocking them entirely, as I still want to receive their voicemail messages and have the option to call them back if needed. Device: Google Pixel 8 OS: Android 14

I am trying to set up my new phone and want to understand what information is backed up by chrome in Android/Windows which I can restore. My questions are: Does chrome back up cache, local data like temp files, login data and thumbnails, so that I don't need to set up apps again I new phone, from what I read on internet, apparently not

I'm trying to figure out what is stored where on my Android phone (an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S8 with an SD card). I can examine the phone's contents either via any of the several file manager apps I've installed, or by mounting the entire phone as a network drive on my Windows 10 machine. My File Manager App shows me the contents of "Main Storage" and the contents of "SD Card". The contents of "Main Storage" show up on the network drive in a directory called /sdcard. The contents of "SD Card" show up on the network drive in a directory called /storage/0000-0000 . This is very odd, since the directory called "/sdcard" on the network drive is the *opposite* of the directory called "SD Card" in the File Manager app. The File Manager app shows 57 gigs total in "Main Storage" and 256 gigs in "SD Card". This suggests to me that the former is the phone's built-in memory and the latter is the actual SD card. But I'm thrown for a loop by the fact that the former is called "/sdcard" and the latter is called "storage/0000-0000", which seems backward. I could, of course, pull the SD card out of the phone and examine its contents directly on another device, but I'm squeamish about handling the card. And no matter what I learned, I'd still be curious about the odd naming conventions. So: Question 1: What's going on? What's in which directory? Question 2: If I want to back up all of the data (but not the system files or software) on my phone, does it suffice to make copies of /sdcard and /storage/0000-0000, or are there other places data might be stored? Additional Info: The App X-plore confirms the odd naming, in that it shows me two directories, one named both "Phone Memory" and /sdcard (it shows the former in bold and the latter in roman, both labeling the same directory) and another named both "SD card" and /storage/0000-0000.

I accidentally removed /system/bin/toolbox on my Android 5.1.1 tablet. Right now I have temporarily replaced it by a busybox binary I had at hand, so the system is somewhat usable but not completely functional (e.g. no network connection). I have tried to pull the toolbox binary from other devices I have, but those are either Android 4 or Android 6, so it didn't work due to unresolved linker symbols. Is there a place where I can get a binary for a specific Android version? Or is there a place on my device where a backup is kept?

First of all, let me emphasize that _I AM NOT TRYING TO PIRATE ANYTHING._ My situation is that I have [this game](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disney.starwarsrebels_goo) which needs to be updated, but I have been failing to finish the update every single time. My guess is that the Internet connection got disrupted midway through downloading the OBB file, and Google Play app is not equipped to perform a resumable partial download. It really gets tiresome after a while. I tried installing the "[APK Downloader Extension](http://codekiem.com/2014/08/07/official-apk-downloader-v2-download-apk-files-from-google-play-store-to-pc/) " but it either failed to login (on Chrome) or does nothing (on Firefox). If there's a way to get the URL of the OBB file, I can use Firefox's DownThemAll, and manually transfer it to my phone. So, to repeat the question: Is there a way to download the OBB file without using the Google Play app on the phone?

Is there a universal way to change the PIN code on a SIM card for a mobile/cell phone? Will it work both of my phone's two SIM cards, SIM1 and SIM2?

I am having Huawei Honor 6X in which if I open any app and minimize it, after 1 minute it automatically closes. For example, I want to download using ADM (Advance Download Manager) where I plan download to automatically start at night, but as soon as I minimize it, it closes. How to fix this?

I have a LG lm-X320 with Android 10. I want to move all my photos to the installed SD card. I have quite a few albums created. When I looked at the native File Manager, it showed both DCIM and Pictures folders on the SD card. Which one should I move to? I also want to set the phone to store any new photos on the card.

I am using Samsung S24, Android 14 and Nova Launcher Prime 8.0.18. My memory is the the setting to change desktop pages was either in Android or Nova settings. But I cant find it. I have 4 pages already. How do I add another desktop page?

I'm trying to eliminate all **Google** and **Meta** services from my digital life. (I don't like their policies.) So I thought about buying a new smartphone, removing the pre-installed ROM, and installing Android AOSP without Google **Gapps**. However, the question I would like to ask is whether programmatically, a lot of information from my AOSP smartphone will communicate some information with Google despite not using their services. Is removing Gapps enough, or could something else be done? Is there empirical evidence in the code that confirms this? Considering that for web browsing I would mainly use Mozilla Firefox with DuckDuckGo thus avoiding any Chromium-based browser, and for messaging Telegram downloaded from their Website. (I haven't used WhatsApp for several years.)

I have a Motorola ROKR E6, which is currently running MontaVista Linux. I was thinking of installing Android on it to make it usable again (and also to clear a lock code previously set on it that I completely forgot). I found how to access the bootloader, and now I'm installing the required drivers and software. But if I flash Android on it, it may brick the phone, so I'm going to be very careful while flashing Android. Do you think that installing Android on a non-Android phone like this old Motorola phone is possible?

Whenever I'm connecting my Samsung Galaxy A40 running Android 9.0 to a laptop or PC, I'm getting an annoying prompt to allow data transfer, and the following setting which I had set to "Charging phone only" gets reset to "Transferring files": However, I only want to charge the phone and absolutely never allow data transfer for security reasons as I frequently have to connect my phone to public or workplace PCs for charging. The service which throws the notification/prompt is called *Android System* and the icon looks a bit like this (only with filled font): I activated developer options and explicitly configured the USB connection settings to **not** allow data transfer. Why does *Android System* keep changing my settings and prompting for data transfer? Is this normal behaviour? Is there a way to regain control without having to root the device?

Sometimes I start Android Emulator with the GUI, and sometimes I start with the CLI. If I keep using the same method, everything is fine, but if I switch between methods, it causes problems. For example if I start the emulator with the CLI, then shut down, then start again using the GUI, I get this: ~~~ Cold boot: snapshot failed to load ~~~ If I start with the GUI, then shut down and start with the CLI, I get this: ~~~ qemu-system-i386.exe: Failed to load virtio-blk:virtio ~~~ Here is the command I use with CLI: ~~~ adb start-server emulator -writable-system -avd Pixel_2_API_24 ~~~ Am I doing something wrong?

Since starting to use USB-C headphones (my new phone has no audio jack), I have noticed this (to my ears) very annoying issue: during playback of any audio, the sound output will be cut during moments of (very) low volume in the audio stream. For example: listening to an audiobook, after every sentence, when the narrator pauses, you will hear a noticeable cut of all sound output, where normally there's always a little white noise in the background. I guess it's an optimization of not sending any audio signal when there is nothing to be heard, but to me, these constant breaks in the background white noise are very annoying. As a reference: this did not happen when using the audio jack on my old phone. The background white noise was just always present during playback. I tried to research this issue, but it seems to be almost impossible to set the right search terms or no one else is complaining about this, although I find the latter hard to believe since my partner experiences the same. Also, in the Android settings, I cannot find anything related to this. Still, I hope there is a way to resolve this. Either by applying a certain (advanced) setting or maybe by using some other workaround trick. Any insight and/or help in this matter is much appreciated, thanks! P.S. I assume this is standard Android behavior for USB-C headphones and not headphone-specific. Please enlighten me if I'm wrong.

I am using Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on TI OMAP 5 platform. I want to install applications on an external SD card, but even if a lot of space is free (more than 25MB), I am getting an error "Insufficient storage". 1. Is it possible to install applications on an external SD card in Jelly Bean? 2. How can I move an application installed on internal memory to an external SD card?

From my understanding Project **Treble** was supposed to separate Android's OS data from the OEM's binaries (which are more or less equivalent to the drivers one installs on Windows) into different partitions. From that point on, Android device certification would include ensuring a device could boot Google's Generic System Images and Treble support was supposed to become mandatory for devices released with Android 9.0 or later. By this logic, seven years later, everything one could reasonably get their hands on would be Treble compliant - yet custom ROMs still seem to be made bespoke to individual devices, and I do not find much mention of people installing Google's GSIs. Why? Did Treble fail in its original purpose somehow? Why is there still no equivalent to doing a clean Windows install for Android devices?

I've recently switched from a Pixel 7a to a 9a due to a broken screen. On the Pixel 9a, I have a very strange issue: When my phone is inactive for a while, it keeps Wi-Fi connection (icon on the top shows Wi-Fi), but when I try to open the browser and do anything, it hangs as if I have no internet connection. On the Wi-Fi page, it also says "Connected / No Internet". Other devices on the same Wi-Fi connection have no issue. To resolve the issue, I have to turn Wi-Fi off and back on. Then it works normally. Why does this happen? How can I prevent it? My Pixel 7a didn't have this issue. Here are some things I've tried, that did not help: - **Disable Adaptive Connectivity** -- It seemed like the most likely suspect, plus it was recommended on some reddit thread. Didn't work. - **Disable VHT80** -- It was recommended to me to disable VHT80 on my access point and switch to WHT40 or just Full 20. I tried that, didn't make a difference. - **Switch to WPA-2** -- It was recommended to me to disable WPA-3 and switch to WPA-2. I tried that, didn't work. - **Reset the Network Settings** -- As suggested by Robert in the comments, I tried resetting the network settings. That did not fix the issue. - **Disable Adaptive Battery.** -- As suggested by Rohit Gupta in an answer below. No change. - **Disable Private DNS** -- Suggested by Gemini AI. Seemed hopeful at first, but did not work. - **Get a replacement phone** -- I contacted Google, explained the issue, and was offered a replacement phone. New phone arrived, different IMEI number, but still same issue. - **Delete the DuckDuckGo app.** -- This was the only app I installed pretty much after a clean reset, when asked which search provider I wanted. It also installed some kind of VPN service unbeknownst to me. It *did* drastically improve response times to pings, but the main issue still persists. - **Disable DHCP** -- I tried disabling DHCP, enabling a static IP address, as I read Android had some DHCP-related bug at some point. No change. - **Set 8.8.8.8 as DNS** -- Might as well try. No change. - **Use 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi instead of 5 GHz.** -- Perhaps that had some effect? It did not. I'm running Android 15, build BD4A.250505.003. My router is a Linksys WRT1900ACS. # Update: I reinstalled Android from scratch, and now the Wi-Fi connection is even worse. It randomly breaks, even when the phone is actively in use. I've tried pinging the phone continuously while it's in use, and I get

From 192.168.1.3 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable

repeatedly. At this point, I genuinely believe that my phone's hardware is broken. # Update 2 I received a replacement phone with the exact same problem. Maybe the idea of having internet in my own home is just too complicated for modern tech.

I want to have a adbd in debug mode on my Pixel 6a. The easiest way to get it would be to flash a userdebug image as suggested by [f.e. official guides](https://source.android.com/docs/setup/create/new-device#build-variants) . Using the flash.android.com tool does not work because it does not include userdebug builds (anymore?). Is there any place where one can find pre-built userdebug builds? Is there any other way except for building a full AOSP image myself?

I have a problem with booting my Lenovo A1000, so I decided to flash a new firmware. I have tried it many times, but every time the phone finished flashing, and the SPD Factory Tool passed with 100%, the phone couldn't boot. I have already tried 5 flashable ROMs, but the same thing happens every time. So I decided to check its recovery, and there I found > E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/log What can I do?