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What URL does a homescreen shortcut contain?
I want to make shortcuts to OneNote notes on android in a certain folder (not app launcher folders, but folders visible in a file manager app). To do so I want to create a `.url` file containig the link to the note. Unfortunately, it is [not possible to share notes][1] with OneNote, thus I have no i...
I want to make shortcuts to OneNote notes on android in a certain folder (not app launcher folders, but folders visible in a file manager app). To do so I want to create a .url file containig the link to the note. Unfortunately, it is not possible to share notes with OneNote, thus I have no idea how the links look like. I was given the idea to enable developer mode on my android device and then to check the logcat while tapping the Android home screen shortcut. This should reveal the full Intent which contains the link of the note. I tried to do so but I don't understand the android developer mode. **Is this a possible way to find out the link of a shortcut of the home screen? Can anyone who succeeds in this share a OneNote home screen shortcut link**? I would like to know the link format so that I can make those shortcut link files by myself. ____ **What I mean by "link format"**: For example, I figured out that simply adding ?si= at the end of a Spotify web link opens the app. Compare https://open.spotify.com/track/3Bp8X5z1jgq7HS0tCr0liJ which opens the song in browser to https://open.spotify.com/track/3Bp8X5z1jgq7HS0tCr0liJ?si= which opens the same song in the app. I hope there is a simple solution as this for OneNote: Once I know the differences in format I can easily make android shortcuts from web links.
LulY (141 rep)
May 4, 2023, 01:55 PM • Last activity: May 4, 2023, 04:10 PM
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How Do We Set the Default Camera App in Android 11?
In Android 11 Beta 3, Google is blocking the ability for third-party camera apps to handle photo/video requests on behalf of other apps. Interested developers can read [the release notes](https://developer.android.com/preview/behavior-changes-11#media-capture) for the rationale behind this change. H...
In Android 11 Beta 3, Google is blocking the ability for third-party camera apps to handle photo/video requests on behalf of other apps. Interested developers can read [the release notes](https://developer.android.com/preview/behavior-changes-11#media-capture) for the rationale behind this change. However, there is one odd sentence in that explanation: > A user can set a third party camera app as the default camera app. Here is the "Default apps" screen in Settings: Default Apps Settings Screen in Android 11 I don't see "Camera" on there. And if I search for "default" in Settings, I do not see an option for setting the default camera app. So... how do we set the default camera app in Android 11?
CommonsWare (716 rep)
Aug 20, 2020, 11:27 PM • Last activity: Dec 17, 2021, 11:09 PM
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What is the format of Android M1 Initial Preview system.img?
I download Android Emulator M1 Initial Preview from https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview/releases Inside the .app file I found `api30-gphone-arm64-v8a/system.img` which isn't a yaffs2 nor sparse file: ``` ./unyaffs2 /tmp/android-wip/system.img /tmp/android-wip/system-img/ unyaffs2-0...
I download Android Emulator M1 Initial Preview from https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview/releases Inside the .app file I found api30-gphone-arm64-v8a/system.img which isn't a yaffs2 nor sparse file:
./unyaffs2 /tmp/android-wip/system.img /tmp/android-wip/system-img/
unyaffs2-0.2.8: image extracting tool for YAFFS2
image size (3232759808) is NOT a mutiple of 2048 + 64

operation incomplete
files contents may be broken
simg2img system.img.ext4 system.img
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Failed to read sparse file
So what is the format of such file? **Updates:** Based on the direction from @Robert, I can see that the file is an fdisk image:
$ fdisk -lu system.img
Disk system.img: 3,1 GiB, 3232759808 bytes, 6313984 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 41F73643-DBCB-41A1-A27E-9FDB53578618

Device      Start     End Sectors Size Type
system.img1  2048    4095    2048   1M Linux filesystem
system.img2  4096 6311935 6307840   3G Linux filesystem
Now, it's unclear what format of the partition inside, because mount it as a regular linux partition fails:
$ sudo mount -o loop,offset=1048576 system.img /mnt/android-1
mount: /mnt/android-1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop17, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
gparted also doesn't understand the partition: enter image description here
Phương Nguyễn (43 rep)
Apr 1, 2021, 10:23 AM • Last activity: Apr 4, 2021, 05:31 PM
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Setting's "Search" function doesn't work properly on Android N Preview 3
In settings of Android phone, there is a search button in the Action Bar and it cannot give me what I want to search. I find it works sometimes but 90% it doesn't. The 2nd image shows the very irrelevant results. For example, I enter `battery` to search for battery settings, it gives me nothing. My...
In settings of Android phone, there is a search button in the Action Bar and it cannot give me what I want to search. I find it works sometimes but 90% it doesn't. The 2nd image shows the very irrelevant results. For example, I enter battery to search for battery settings, it gives me nothing. My question is: how to fix it? --- search settings And result when enter ba: enter image description here
Tung D. Nguyen (195 rep)
Jun 2, 2016, 10:42 PM • Last activity: Sep 4, 2020, 01:10 PM
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Does Android L Developer Preview fix the mm-qcamera-daemon problem?
I have a Nexus 5 running on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat, and the mm-qcamera-daemon problem appeared today for the first time (I don't have the usual culprits like Snapchat or Skype). Does Android L Developer Preview fix this issue?
I have a Nexus 5 running on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat, and the mm-qcamera-daemon problem appeared today for the first time (I don't have the usual culprits like Snapchat or Skype). Does Android L Developer Preview fix this issue?
Rick Sanchez (356 rep)
Jul 14, 2014, 12:17 PM • Last activity: May 23, 2020, 08:00 PM
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Determine Android N preview stage build
I have Nexus 6P and I'm on Android Beta Program for Android N Developer Preview. From [its program overview](http://developer.android.com/preview/overview.html), it's stated that there will be 6 stages: 1. Preview 1 (initial release, alpha) 2. Preview 2 (incremental update, beta) 3. Preview 3 (incre...
I have Nexus 6P and I'm on Android Beta Program for Android N Developer Preview. From [its program overview](http://developer.android.com/preview/overview.html) , it's stated that there will be 6 stages: 1. Preview 1 (initial release, alpha) 2. Preview 2 (incremental update, beta) 3. Preview 3 (incremental update, beta) 4. Preview 4 (final APIs and official SDK, Play publishing) 5. Preview 5 (near-final system images for final testing) 6. Final release to AOSP and ecosystem How do I know which Android N preview stage I have?
Ramsharan (133 rep)
Mar 23, 2016, 03:48 AM • Last activity: Aug 22, 2016, 11:09 PM
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Nexus 6 with developer preview no mobile data
The mobile data 4G/LTE is not working on my nexus 6 and I think it is because of the beta preview of android nougat latest version announced today. When I was with marshmallow it was working fine but now even when I asked people in the store to set up the APN it is not working. 2G/3G also don't work...
The mobile data 4G/LTE is not working on my nexus 6 and I think it is because of the beta preview of android nougat latest version announced today. When I was with marshmallow it was working fine but now even when I asked people in the store to set up the APN it is not working. 2G/3G also don't work but I can receive and give calls to other numbers. Anyone having the same issue? **Edit:** It turned out the problem was from the mobile operator. I should probably have checked that first.
Nikola (101 rep)
Jul 19, 2016, 01:07 PM • Last activity: Jul 19, 2016, 05:49 PM
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Android M Preview 2: "Error: Cannot Load System.img"
I am trying to update my Nexus 9 to the M developer preview 2, and when I try to run the command `fastboot flash system system.img`, I get the error > error: cannot load 'system.img' I've tried re-downloading the image from Google and reflashing many times, but it gives the same error. I am able to...
I am trying to update my Nexus 9 to the M developer preview 2, and when I try to run the command fastboot flash system system.img, I get the error > error: cannot load 'system.img' I've tried re-downloading the image from Google and reflashing many times, but it gives the same error. I am able to flash other system images from Google, but not this one. I didn't see this listed as a known issue on Google. Anyone else see this issue or have any suggestions?
ez4nick (151 rep)
Jul 19, 2015, 03:25 PM • Last activity: Dec 26, 2015, 10:04 AM
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How do you enable Hotspot Wifi Sharing on Nexus 5 Android M version on Sprint, Tmobile, and AT&T?
I just loaded the Android M preview version as of July 2015. I'm also on the Sprint network and my phone is rooted. How can I enable wifi hotspot ability on Android M?
I just loaded the Android M preview version as of July 2015. I'm also on the Sprint network and my phone is rooted. How can I enable wifi hotspot ability on Android M?
Patoshi パトシ (595 rep)
Jul 28, 2015, 02:59 AM • Last activity: Nov 16, 2015, 05:12 AM
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Installing Android M OTA on Android M preview
Currently my Nexus 5 is on Android M preview. I know that developer preview won't get the OTA update, that's why I am trying to manually install OTA of Android M public release, but I get these errors on 50%: failed to verify whole-file signature signature verification failed Installation aborted ad...
Currently my Nexus 5 is on Android M preview. I know that developer preview won't get the OTA update, that's why I am trying to manually install OTA of Android M public release, but I get these errors on 50%: failed to verify whole-file signature signature verification failed Installation aborted adding more details: no root no custom recovery just bootloader unlocked no changes in system files Does manually installing Android M final release OTA work on device running on Android M preview? Or do I need to downgrade it to Lollipop first?
Yogi (117 rep)
Oct 12, 2015, 11:24 AM • Last activity: Oct 18, 2015, 03:09 PM
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How do I root Android Lollipop developer preview?
How can I best root the new Android Lollipop developer preview? Chainfire's original SuperSU binaries don't seem to work: (Click image to enlarge) [ ][1] > There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem! > If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually r...
How can I best root the new Android Lollipop developer preview? Chainfire's original SuperSU binaries don't seem to work: (Click image to enlarge) <img src=" class="img-fluid rounded" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 10px 0;" loading="lazy"> > There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem! > If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device!
Huey (1106 rep)
Oct 21, 2014, 04:49 PM • Last activity: Oct 11, 2015, 12:35 PM
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Can I install the Android M Developer Preview on HTC One?
So I just wanted to try out the new Android M developer preview on my HTC One M8, but the only build available is for Nexus devices. If I flashed it on my HTC with MultiRom, and it bricked, could I easily just remove it with MultiRom? Or would it mess up my main stock 5.0 ROM also? In that case, sho...
So I just wanted to try out the new Android M developer preview on my HTC One M8, but the only build available is for Nexus devices. If I flashed it on my HTC with MultiRom, and it bricked, could I easily just remove it with MultiRom? Or would it mess up my main stock 5.0 ROM also? In that case, should I make a Nandroid backup with TWRP?
Shane Smiskol (476 rep)
Jun 14, 2015, 07:00 AM • Last activity: Sep 22, 2015, 01:46 AM
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Bypass & Enable tether / WiFi hotspot on Android M (Marshmallow) Preview 3?
I just got a Nexus 6 and flashed Android M Preview 3 to it and also have it rooted, but how do I enable tethering / WiFi hotspot? I tried doing the old method of finding `dun_tether` in the SQLite database, but it isn't there anymore. How would one enable tethering / WiFi hotspot on Android M (Marsh...
I just got a Nexus 6 and flashed Android M Preview 3 to it and also have it rooted, but how do I enable tethering / WiFi hotspot? I tried doing the old method of finding dun_tether in the SQLite database, but it isn't there anymore. How would one enable tethering / WiFi hotspot on Android M (Marshmallow)?
Patoshi パトシ (595 rep)
Sep 22, 2015, 01:21 AM • Last activity: Sep 22, 2015, 01:43 AM
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App drawer doesn't allow scrolling by letter on Android M Dev Preview 3
I just flashed the newest Dev Preview of Marshmallow, but I found the App Drawer looks different than most screenshots. Mine: [ ][1] Screenshots: [ ][2] Is there a setting I need to set? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/5aLPF.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/HdHek.jpg
I just flashed the newest Dev Preview of Marshmallow, but I found the App Drawer looks different than most screenshots. Mine: <img src=" class="img-fluid rounded" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 10px 0;" loading="lazy"> Screenshots: <img src=" class="img-fluid rounded" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 10px 0;" loading="lazy"> Is there a setting I need to set?
WhatTheBuck (229 rep)
Sep 18, 2015, 01:07 AM • Last activity: Sep 18, 2015, 03:07 AM
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Will the Android M developer preview get an OTA update to the stable release version?
If I install the Dev Preview 3 on my Nexus 5 right now, will I get an OTA to the stable build or will I have to flash it as well?
If I install the Dev Preview 3 on my Nexus 5 right now, will I get an OTA to the stable build or will I have to flash it as well?
WhatTheBuck (229 rep)
Sep 17, 2015, 08:54 PM • Last activity: Sep 18, 2015, 02:14 AM
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2 answers
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Will I get OTA updates after installing Android L Developer preview?
I installed Android L developer preview on my Nexus 5. Now I was wondering if I still would get over-the-air updates. If not is there a way of fixing this?
I installed Android L developer preview on my Nexus 5. Now I was wondering if I still would get over-the-air updates. If not is there a way of fixing this?
Jelleroggie (31 rep)
Jul 30, 2014, 10:08 AM • Last activity: Sep 18, 2015, 02:04 AM
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