Google Lens has a feature in which the user can download offline language packs so translations can be performed without an internet connection. That sounds great, but it appears to be very buggy. Language downloads often get stuck at 80-83%, and often even if they reach 100%, they never get added as offline languages. To make matters worse, after failed downloads, Google Lens often no longer thinks the offline language translation files are available for some languages. It's a buggy mess. How does one clear all the data/cache for Google Lens in Android 16, hopefully without clearing anything else? Clicking on the icons in the Google Lens 'Translate from' screen does not work properly.

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?

Working on an Android 6 (Stock ROM) phone, which has only internal storage (no external SD card), and is not rooted. Aurora Store is installed and updated on this phone via F-droid. Aurora Store has a "Downloads" choice in its "hamburger" menu, where I see something like this: So, clearly some .apk's have been downloaded - the question is, where? I have checked the following locations: * /sdcard/Aurora/ - there are some random .apk's there, but not the two on the screenshot * /sdcard/Download/ - again, some random .apk's there, but not the two on the screenshot With a bit of find, I also found the following location - but unfortunately, it turns out completely empty in adb shell:

$ ./adb shell
shell@DDDDD:/ $ ls -la /sdcard/Android/data/com.aurora.store/files/Downloads/
shell@DDDDD:/ $

My guess is, the .apk's Aurora downloaded are actually here - but I cannot access/see them, because I'd need root for that, and this phone is not rooted. Could anyone confirm, what should be the default downloads directory/location for Aurora Store, on an unrooted phone with only internal storage - and whether root is needed to access these files?

I have an Infinix Note 12 (X670) running Android 13. Starting a few weeks ago, I could no longer see downloaded files in the /data/org.telegram.messenger/files directory. Where are downloaded files from Telegram being saved? Or, how can I view them again?

What does the 28 MB mean here? It seems superfluous compared to the other figures.

I use 1DM to download torrents. When the screen display is turned off, after a while (I don't know exactly how long, very approximately 1 hour), 1DM stops downloading torrents. How can I configure Android so that 1DM doesn't stop downloading torrents after the screen display is turned off? I use a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra with Android 13.

I have a web site that has some simple HTML pages with no images, no external CSS or JavaScript references. So the whole HTML page is a single self-containing file that has HTML code, together with *inline* CSS and JavaScript code. In other words, once I copy the HTML file into my Downloads folder on my mobile device, I can use it (while being ***offline***) by loading the following into the Chrome browser: file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/my_page.html The problem is that I cannot download the web page from my web site into the Downloads folder using Chrome on my mobile device: When I go to: https://my-site.tld/xxx/my_page.html and display the page in the mobile browser, I can use the download (⭳) button on Chrome browser's tab; however it creates an .mthml file instead, with a name like this: Title of My Page.mhtml When I try to open this file while my mobile device is offline, none of the interactive content on the page (e.g., buttons, input boxes, etc.) is enabled. Note that my page contains interactive content that is processed ***locally*** by JavaScript contained in the page. Currently, the only solution is to connect my mobile device to my PC (using USB for example) and copy the .html file from my PC to the mobile's Downloads file. Once I copy the .html file and open it on my mobile device using the file:///... URL as given above, the page's JavaScript works as expected (contrary to the .mhtml version). Assuming that the .html page on my-site is updated frequently, it is tedious to download it to PC and copy over my mobile phone when I need an update. There must be a more direct way.

Device in question is a FAW (Full Android Watch): a watch running a full Android OS, not WearOS. It is a LEMFO LEMP running Android 9.1, and I'd like to give the calculator I have to another member of the FAW community: https://discourse.fullandroidwatch.org/t/round-calculator-from-faw-app-store/73203/11 I connected to the watch via USB tether. I started the calculator app and then I opened an adb shell and browsed a ps:

DMN_C16_TFT_PIX64:/data $ ps -A | grep calc                                                                                                                                                                                                 
u0_a52        4132   291 3957800 106124 0                   0 S com.android.calculator2

Based on this I'm hunting for the apk com.android.calculator2. I browsed the file system with Device Explorer in Android Studio. I've found this: First, it looks like to be a directory. If I double click to step into that directory: In any case if I try to download it, I get an error.

DMN_C16_TFT_PIX64:/ $ pwd
/
DMN_C16_TFT_PIX64:/ $ cd data
DMN_C16_TFT_PIX64:/data $ ls -al
ls: .: Permission denied

Where is that apk and how can I download it?

I am running Android 12 on a Realme 8 5G phone. I am new to Voice Access. I have been following the tutorial to try and set it up, so that I can operate my phone and the user interface that it and its various apps provide entirely via voice. I am trying to download the US English language package from Italy. However, a language update was necessary to use it offline, and, as a result, the Voice Access tutorial stalls, as it takes forever. Here is a screenshot: >

I have just received a video from a customer, via Whatsapp, and I'd like to download it. There was no automatic download, configured on my Whatsapp, and now, even after having configured it, this has not performed the download. The video is quite large, and forwarding it to mail or teams is also not an option. When I start the "Samsung My Files" app, I arrive inside some subdirectory I can't get out of. So, basically: 1. How can I download a video from a Whatsapp on my smartphone? 2. When downloaded on my smartphone, where is it? 3. When plugging my smartphone into my PC, I don't see my smartphone. How to configure that? I'm working with a Samsung Galaxy A51 Thanks in advance

Whenever I use the media apps i.e gallery or any other app like file manager (the apps that require internal storage mostly), the apps close automatically after running like 5 seconds and upon reopening, the contents of app (the media/data that it was displaying) couldn't be found. I have to open them 2 to 3 times and clear it from memory using recent app button (not physical button). Than the contents i.e media show up and again disappear after few seconds and app closes. Chrome runs fine as long as I'm browsing and abruptly closes within 5 seconds when a download is started. Same is in the case of YouTube reddit or any browsing app that I'm using. They [YouTube, reddit, chrome (when not downloading)] run fine for as long as I want. Whatsapp throws an error saying "internal storage is missing" or "turn off USB storage" when downloading or uploading files but downloads media occasionally. Text messages don't throw any error. Just the downloadable files that require internal memory. When I connect the phone to the PC via cable, the PC shows a number of internal storages, ranging from 1 to 20 or more. Depends upon the amount of duration that the phone was connected with PC. Firstly it shows 1 internal storage than keeps on showing more, having same information i.e 35 GB out of 109GB are free on every single one of them, with passage of time. Gallery will first show up as empty and after 1 or two seconds, show the media. The media is readable for few seconds and than the files will say "cannot generate thumbnail" or "cannot play video". I than clear the app from memory using recent apps button and again open it and clear it from memory 2/3 times. Than the media again shows up for 5/10 seconds and is perfectly readable or playable. If I don't clear it from memory, the media also comes back after 5 or 10 seconds and is playable for 5 to 10 seconds. LoL, looks like I'm writing same thing again and again. I don't want to rest until it's the only option (which it is). Infinix note 10 pro (X695), Android. Non rooted. No SD card is put in it. I've tried everything that I could hear or read off. Clearing app cache using adb commands, clearing app data using abd commands (lost xhide data and was signed out of accounts due to this). Making a list of installed packages and using adb command to again install them for user 0. Installing third party virus scanning apps like Microsoft defender mobile (premium) and avast antivirus and avast cleaner app and CCleaner app etc etc etc to clear the hidden caches and scan for viruses. And probably everything that was not the solution for this issue.

For a client I build a private app which their employees can download on their tablet and use. To get the app, the employee opens Chrome on his tablet and navigates to an URL to start the .apk download. This approach worked fine for the last few years, till a few weeks ago. Instead of installing the app, a folder is shown with the files of the .apk. The only difference I noticed is the source that's stated in the 'Downloads' screen. On June 16th everything worked fine, the source says 'chrome-native://newtab'. As of July 1th, the source changed to the domain where the .apk was downloaded and this problem occurs: " class="img-fluid rounded" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 10px 0;" loading="lazy"> The tablets are only used for this particular app. The company buys a tablet, navigates to the URL, downloads the .apk and installs it. It would like to keep it as simple as this. I've searched everywhere, but still have no clue what causes this problem. Any ideas? This problem occurs on Android 8.1.0, the upgrade form 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 may be the cause of the problem. But I still have no idea how to solve it.

I have a 512 GB external microSD card that's connected to a smart phone. For speed reasons, I would like some functions like the camera to still use the on-board phone memory, but would like files downloaded from Google Chrome and Google Drive to go to the external microSD card by default. Is there any way to do that? I tried the following on an per-app basis: - **(1) Google Chrome -> Settings -> Downloads -> Download locations** // But it says the SD Card does not have enough space, despite having 100's of GB of space that I can still transfer to after any download to the phone's memory - **(2) Google Drive -> Settings** // But there's no option to change the default download path there.

I use [LibreTorrent](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent&hl=en_US&gl=US) to download torrents on Android. Sequential download is disabled, yet it is partly downloading sequentially. Why? Example:

I am making a shell script for Android to run on ADB, however, the script should download a file. Commands like wget and curl aren't available in /system/bin. Here are a few possibble solutions that I thought of, each with its cons: 1. Rooting and installing BusyBox (my target systems are rootless) 2. Downloading file in computer using wget or curl then transferring the file to Android with adb push (the script should be ran on Android, not the computer connected to it) 3. Downloading wget or curl in Android (how can I download a binary without them in first place???) 4. Termux (nope, my script sets some settings in Android which Termux can't) Is it even possile? If yes, how?

I am currently downloading a roughly 50 GB file in Chrome for Android (10). I am on my home WiFi. Given the speed of my network it should take roughly 8 hours. It is a regular file download which is being handled in the default way, just like when you download any file in Chrome. I will have to take the device out of my house (thus outside of the WiFi range) later, and I do not wish to interrupt the download. I have 1000 GB mobile data plan so I could just continue the download over 4G/LTE as I go out. But, as my internet connection switches to mobile data, will that interrupt the download, forcing me to start over again? If so would it help to pause the download? I could then either resume it when I get back home (on the same WiFi network) or even if it would work to resume it once I am on mobile data?

about a few days ago i discovered an unknown file in my downloads on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S21FE). It could not open it on my phone so i just transfered it onto my pc to open it. It contains somethig that looks like Hex-Values "91e1f39[...]092abb0e2333b8f2e" (in the [...] are more of this). I doesnt have any extension, or information where it comes from. It just has a name "testing". When i delete it, it randomly appears on my phone a few days later... Do you have any idea what this could be? Thanks

I want to study the Android API on my phone during my frequent and long metro rides (where I cannot connect to the internet). What would be the best way to make the documentation available (I would appreciate being able to use a search option and an index)? Is copying all the documentation files from my PC to my Android device the best thing to do? Is there any serious app that could provide these features?

I would like to know **what are the functions and differences of the Download Manager and the Downloads native apps of Android OS**? For example, I have downloaded and set Firefox as my default browser, and in it's settings, I see the option to use external Download Manager; so I wonder, is this app dependent (i.e., subordinate) to the native Download Manager or Download app? Or is it's **own** downloading utility independent from native downloading apps?

Chrome for Android seems to require no permission to download files and install web apps. Disabling storage permission does not prevent the browser from downloading the EICAR test file, and disabling app downloads does not prevent the installation of the Android Developers web app. In further detail, installing the Android Developers web app seems to trigger a download with Google Play Services, but does not show up in the list of installed applications in Google Play. When attempting to access its page in Google Play through notifications, apparently it doesn't exist and shows an error has occurred. I'm not sure whether this is an intended feature or if my device has been compromised.