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How do I NOT install the apps that Google Play Store offers for review?
I have a new Nokia 3.1. It immediately wanted to download updates, which it did successfully. Now I have a notification that I can't get rid of to "Complete setup by installing apps". When I touch it, I get this: [![screenshot of an Android process requesting to download more apps over Wi-Fi][1]][1]...
I have a new Nokia 3.1. It immediately wanted to download updates, which it did successfully. Now I have a notification that I can't get rid of to "Complete setup by installing apps". When I touch it, I get this: screenshot of an Android process requesting to download more apps over Wi-Fi I can't seem to deselect these. How do I NOT download them, and not be bothered by the offer any more?
spraff (279 rep)
Dec 8, 2019, 12:04 PM • Last activity: Dec 29, 2022, 02:15 AM
1 votes
1 answers
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3D using VR headset in Nokia 3
So let's say I have got a split screen 3D video. My Google search results told me that if I just play it in VLC in my Nokia 3 and use a VR headset, I will get 3D experience. However when I play 360 degrees VR videos from Google, they are distorted and not rectangle in shape. So I am afraid that when...
So let's say I have got a split screen 3D video. My Google search results told me that if I just play it in VLC in my Nokia 3 and use a VR headset, I will get 3D experience. However when I play 360 degrees VR videos from Google, they are distorted and not rectangle in shape. So I am afraid that when I play rectangular side by side 3D videos, the videos will be distorted and the sides will be missing. So what should I do to convert the side by side video to the distorted VR like video? Is there any app or something? I have not tried them yet as my VR headset has not yet arrived but I want to have everything ready as soon my VR arrives. (Basically I have decided to wait for some time and if I cannot watch 3D with cardboard I might not buy it) Screenshot of how video should look like when seen by google cardboard(i.e. what I meant by distorted video) enter image description here And this is what 3D split screen loos like and I intend to convert this to above form :enter image description here
user226132
Jul 3, 2017, 03:02 AM • Last activity: Mar 19, 2022, 09:03 AM
1 votes
1 answers
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Help with flashing stock ROM on Nokia 3.1 (Mediatek MT6750)
I got my Nokia 3.1 in a bit of a weird situation trying to flash the stock ROM. I feel like it's a lost cause, but since I can still boot in recovery mode, there may still be a solution, I will explain in case someone can help. It started when I tried to update from Android 8.0 to 10.0 (none of the...
I got my Nokia 3.1 in a bit of a weird situation trying to flash the stock ROM. I feel like it's a lost cause, but since I can still boot in recovery mode, there may still be a solution, I will explain in case someone can help. It started when I tried to update from Android 8.0 to 10.0 (none of the previous OTA updates had worked and would always reboot in Oreo 8.0). This time, it didn't work and got the phone stuck in a boot loop. The phone is still under warranty, but because I bought it overseas and there's no Nokia care centre here is New Zealand, I had no option but trying to repair it myself. A wipe/factory reset didn't help, but after changing the active slot from B to A (using fastboot), it booted again in Oreo 8.0. Only problem is that I could no longer start a fresh Oreo 8.0 install without updating first and since all updates failed, I was stuck. I suspect slot B is damaged or corrupt, hence the impossibility to update. To check it, I switched back the active slot to B after a factory reset, and that was not a great idea, the phone wouldn't even boot and looked hard-bricked. But I still managed to use SP tool to download firmware, so I did that with the original Nokia 3.1 stock ROM (ES2). However, I could not flash all files, I'm not too sure why. I had the error message: ERROR: STATUS_SEC_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER Verified boot is enabled Please download signed image (sutinfo-verified.img) or disable verified boot I didn't know how to do either of these, so I skipped the three problematic files: sutinfo.img, systeminfo_a.img, and cda_a.img (not sure what they do?). It worked and un-bricked the phone, but it now boots to recovery mode only. What puzzles me is that I also no longer have access to fastboot, even when I reboot to bootloader (as if it skipped bootloader and went straight to recovery). I suspect it is because it still boots on slot B but I don't know how I can check that or change it back to slot A without fastboot access. I tried using adb: adb shell getprop ro.boot_suffix but although it can see the device, it failed because it says device is unauthorized. I've tried all the fixes for this I found, to no avail. So that's where I am, able to boot to recovery (but with adb unauthorized), able to flash firmware (except those files that must be signed), and unable to access fastboot. I'm giving up hope that it's repairable, but I'd love to at least understand what happened, if someone has any idea... Sorry for the long story...
ericnz (11 rep)
Nov 10, 2020, 07:22 AM • Last activity: Nov 14, 2020, 11:23 PM
0 votes
2 answers
671 views
TWRP loop on booting nokia 3?
i successfully installed twrp but on twrp reboot i selected system and now on opening nokia 3 it goes to twrp. Only twrp can be opened not the OS (normal boot) of nokia 3. I tried flashing stock rom of nokia 3 with sp flash tools but on starting or booting phone , it will not detect nokia 3 and red...
i successfully installed twrp but on twrp reboot i selected system and now on opening nokia 3 it goes to twrp. Only twrp can be opened not the OS (normal boot) of nokia 3. I tried flashing stock rom of nokia 3 with sp flash tools but on starting or booting phone , it will not detect nokia 3 and red and yellow bars does not appear. so how to flash stock firmware when i am stuck boot looping in to Twrp. Any other way if possible please describe.
Atif Rehman (5 rep)
Jan 16, 2019, 10:30 AM • Last activity: Nov 7, 2020, 03:46 PM
0 votes
1 answers
2091 views
How do you keep Mobile Hotspot on During sleep?
I have a Nokia 3.1a (from Walmart), and it appears to be basically running stock android. Overall it seems to work well other than two annoyances. Can't go back to 3 buttons, stuck with gesture interface. And the annoyance that this thread is for. The mobile hotspot feature works as long as the scre...
I have a Nokia 3.1a (from Walmart), and it appears to be basically running stock android. Overall it seems to work well other than two annoyances. Can't go back to 3 buttons, stuck with gesture interface. And the annoyance that this thread is for. The mobile hotspot feature works as long as the screen is turned on. As fun as it is setting the screen to time out after 30 minutes, I would love it, if it would stay on while the screen was off. I thought maybe the wifi chip was turning off. Google has hidden the "wifi on during sleep" setting, so using ADB I can confirm that wifi_sleep_policy is 2 (always on). Also, under advanced settings, I have the timeout if no devices connected set to "never". Any help would be appreciated!
Questionable (111 rep)
Jul 30, 2019, 05:06 AM • Last activity: Oct 18, 2019, 09:44 PM
0 votes
1 answers
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Have oem unlocking option available in nokia 3 ,do i have to unlock bootloader?
there are guides on rooting and it first requires to unlock bootloader on nokia3, at first i did do it but due to some issue i had flash firmware ,after flashing back there was a option available of oem unlocking . So do i have to unlock bootloader even if i had oem unlocking option available in set...
there are guides on rooting and it first requires to unlock bootloader on nokia3, at first i did do it but due to some issue i had flash firmware ,after flashing back there was a option available of oem unlocking . So do i have to unlock bootloader even if i had oem unlocking option available in settings and also can you tell on starting device i get red state warning is it a big issue or should i ignore it.
Atif Rehman (5 rep)
Jan 16, 2019, 04:52 AM • Last activity: Jan 16, 2019, 06:56 AM
0 votes
1 answers
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problem opening normal boot after TWRP install on nokia 3
by using sp flash tool i installed TWRP on nokia 3 phone and using fastboot loader i can open TWRP but i can not normal boot , when trying to boot normally only android logo appears. Is it possible to open in normal boot.
by using sp flash tool i installed TWRP on nokia 3 phone and using fastboot loader i can open TWRP but i can not normal boot , when trying to boot normally only android logo appears. Is it possible to open in normal boot.
Atif Rehman (5 rep)
Jan 15, 2019, 09:33 AM • Last activity: Jan 15, 2019, 04:55 PM
3 votes
1 answers
758 views
How to avoid the screen turning on for each notification?
### Problem I have a Nokia 3 with stock Android installed, not rooted. Whenever the phone receives a notification, the screen turns on. I wish to change this, mostly because it drains the battery and causes me to activate the camera in my pocket. In fact, I would appreciate if the screen **only** tu...
### Problem I have a Nokia 3 with stock Android installed, not rooted. Whenever the phone receives a notification, the screen turns on. I wish to change this, mostly because it drains the battery and causes me to activate the camera in my pocket. In fact, I would appreciate if the screen **only** turns on when I press the power button. **Edit** As was said in the comments, the Nokia comes with Android 7 (Nougat) installed. ### What I have tried so far - Just for the record, I did browse through the settings of the phone looking for an obvious choice, and could not find any way to turn it off. - I have tried every possible setting for lockscreen notifications to no avail. - There is no [Ambient display](https://www.howtogeek.com/255696/how-to-disable-androids-ambient-display/) option in the Display section of my settings. - There is a screensaver option there, but whether it is on or off makes no difference. - After reading [this](https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6/602793-turn-screen-wake-off-notifications.html) , I tried using another text message application than the default. That also did not help.
Jesko Hüttenhain (175 rep)
Aug 3, 2017, 11:55 PM • Last activity: Dec 29, 2017, 01:53 PM
-3 votes
1 answers
3273 views
Disable USB charge!
> I just tried and found that you need to modify a file: > > sys/class/power_supply/usb/device/charge > > its default content is `1` which means 'enable charging' you need to set it to `0` to 'disable charging' > > $ su > $ echo 0 > /sys/class/power_supply/usb/device/charge > > I tested on Nexus 4 a...
> I just tried and found that you need to modify a file: > > sys/class/power_supply/usb/device/charge > > its default content is 1 which means 'enable charging' you need to set it to 0 to 'disable charging' > > $ su > $ echo 0 > /sys/class/power_supply/usb/device/charge > > I tested on Nexus 4 and it's working successfully. user3395818 has posted this answer. I have Nokia 3 and it comes with Android 7 Nougat. I am new to Android. How to perform the above task? Please explain in detail with steps.
vinod kanna (7 rep)
Aug 11, 2017, 06:00 PM • Last activity: Dec 29, 2017, 11:54 AM
2 votes
0 answers
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[Nokia 3]adb reboot bootloader failed
I have Nokia 3 Android 7.1.1 connected to PC Windows 8. Problem is: C:\>adb reboot bootloader reboot failed: -1 Reason to do it is to flash/root in future. Other commands ok: C:\>adb devices -l List of devices attached NE1GAM0760502899 device product:TA-1032_00WW model:TA_1032 device:NE1 transport_i...
I have Nokia 3 Android 7.1.1 connected to PC Windows 8. Problem is: C:\>adb reboot bootloader reboot failed: -1 Reason to do it is to flash/root in future. Other commands ok: C:\>adb devices -l List of devices attached NE1GAM0760502899 device product:TA-1032_00WW model:TA_1032 device:NE1 transport_id:11 C:\>adb reboot [...really reboot as expected] C:\>adb reboot recovery [...really reboot to recovery] C:\>adb --version Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39 Version 0.0.1-4500957 Installed as C:\Users\nobody\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe C:\>adb -t 11 reboot bootloader reboot failed: -1 C:\>adb shell getprop ... ... What's wrong? I can reboot to fastboot manually from recovery menu ok.
sasha-x (21 rep)
Dec 27, 2017, 04:23 PM • Last activity: Dec 28, 2017, 01:08 PM
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