One of my phone (Lenovo A6010) has had no physical volume control since like an year, because somehow the whole region was broken and literally ripped off, till now I used alternatives to control the volume like going into settings and stuff.

I never had any problem with restarting my device ever. But this morning when I decided to restart, it powered off and then when powered on took me into a screen which I believe is the bootloader which had "Download, Recovery, Fastboot & Power Off"

Followed by some text:
PCBA Test: Fail
Sensor Test: Fail
MMI Runin Test: Fail
MMI test: Fail

I believe that this is because of the broken volume keys and maybe for a reason the VolUp button is always toggled (in my device it's VolUp + Home button to launch the boot loader). So, tired of it I decided to factory reset by going into Recovery mode but it never loads, it just gets stuck at android logo screen forever. Same with the Fastboot mode option and Download mode doesn't even show anything just a blank screen.

Please help me get through this screen, or at least show me a way to extract documents from the internal storage, they are pretty important and stupidly not backed up.

Edit: I think its Factory Kit Test not bootloader
Edit2: So I just took the PCBA test which also gave an option to test the buttons, so as I mentioned before it maybe because of VolUp button toggled forever, it's not I just poked the volume button area to test it and it passed I can control the volume through the area without even the buttons. So it's not accidentally going into boot loader/Factory Kit Test.

I went into my phone Settings, System, About Phone, Legal Information and checked out the Third Party Licenses section. The first one appearing in my phone is: /fake_packages/selinux_policy-timestamp. Can somebody tell me what this is?

Hi,

I tried to install Lineage OS 15.1 custom ROM using TWRP recovery in my Yureka 2 YU5551. I wiped out the data before flashing. During flashing I faced Error 7 and unable to install custom ROM.Twrp asked this- NO OS installed. Do you want to reboot? I Clicked reboot and my mobile not even booted properly. Still hangs. I tried to open recovery mode using the power button and volume up and volume down button. I am unable to go to recovery mode. When I connect my mobile to my laptop its not recognizing as the phone is not restarting.
I really don't know whether my phone is soft bricked or hard bricked. My phone is rooted.

Can someone plz help me how to install an OS and start my phone. Thanks in advance.

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Thanks
Thinagharraj

When making calls the other party can't hear me. I hear them clearly. Have tried prescribed fixes. Any ideas and help is welcome.

For the less experienced users, when your phone starts acting funny, there are two basic things to try.
1. Shut your phone off, wait a few minutes and turn it back on. Sometimes that's all you need.
2. Next is to clear your phones cache. With the LG V40 ThinQ, there are two ways. I think each way does different things, and I'm not sure the second way works. Either way won't damage your phone.
Way 1 is with the settings.
1.Go Settings
2. General
3. Storage
4. Internal storage - Wait for menu options to finish calculating -
5. Tap Free up space
6. Tap Temporary files & raw files.
7. Select the following options: Cached data. Clip tray temporary files.
8.Tap Delete

An easier way is to shut off your phone, but I'm not positive this works. If someone else would try it a tell me what they get. I'll explain:
When phone is off, press the power and lower volume buttons at the same time and keep them pressed until you get the "System Recovery" menu. You'll know. Then select "Wipe Cache" and tap the power button. I'm getting a green icon (looks like the Android Man icon lying down with his door open and "error" underneath.
I'm not sure what that means. Probably it didn't work but I don't know why. Thanks in advance,

I am on a Samsung Galaxy s4 tab, almost everytime I type up a new topic, it shows my previous ones on here, just on here, so just wondering if anyone knows this bug, using Firefox .

I have an app that's about ready to go and am looking for some people to check it out & give feedback.

Obviously, friends, family, coworkers are a good place to start. I was wondering if anyone has any other suggestions, ideas or approaches you've used, etc.

I need a deleted data recovery program for Android that allows you to add your own custom file extensions to scan for instead of giving you a list of file extensions to scan for. Any ideas?

Still more updates for the OnePlus 6 & 6T on Open Beta

OnePlus have just started the Open Beta 22 & 14 OTA roll out for the OnePlus 6 & 6T to test new features and fixes that may or may not, come to future firmware updates. You will only receive this test firmware OTA if you are already on their Open Beta releases.

Changelog

System

• Fixed issue with the camera while using quick reply in landscape
• General bug fixes and improvements
• Updated Android Security patch to 2019.07 (July 2019)

File Manager

• Improved UI
• Optimized bottom navigation
• Improved app stability

OnePlus Switch

• Supported more types of data migration

OnePlus Widget

• Added clock widget on home screen

Android Security patch is now July 2019

Camera version is still 3.0.42

This is the 14th Open Beta release for the 6T in 191 days = 1 update, on average, every 14 days.

(N.B. Open Beta is NOT available for the T-Mobile (USA) carrier minority variant firmware)

I'm seriously considering switching from iPhone XS Max to Galaxy S10+? Has anyone done this? if so what were your thoughts? Im a bit jubious as my last android phone was a galaxy s3 and I hated it. Awful interface and terrible battery life

Thanks

TM

Hi guys, i tried to create forum thread yesterday but its been deleted.. I was asking about a file Fsdump.1.dat and why it is keep appearing in my internal storage folder.. where was a 2 files that which i mentioned before and another txt file, but i can't remember the name, it was something about dump also.. I deleted them both but .dat file keeps appearing.. I tried to google it but can't find any info about it.. now i kept that file for 2 days and when i check that file info it says its been edited about 5am when i was asleep, and also yesterday that file was 180kb now 223kb. Maybe anyone have any ideas? Thanks

Hi
Can anyone help, please

I want to set my phone so that when I am on a call, the second caller hears the busy tone rather than being forwarded to the voicemail
Thanks
Geoff (Bott)

On the device every picture is texted as a link.

The default texting app is Mood. That texts pictures as a google links.

I lso tested the messages app and that sends pictures as samsung links.

What i want to do is turn off the links and have the pictures directly send to to others without being a link.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Hi!

I'm new to Android Studio but I want to make an app that shows my current location and put a marker on it every time my location has been changed or if is not possbile every time when is changing at least at 15-20 seconds.
How can I add a marker on the map every time that my location changed?

Thank you!

I wish to add my main email to theTablet, I get them on a pc and a laptop and all is backed up. If I add it to the tablet, is it possible to set up so it deletes emails more than say 3 months old, so it that storage is maximised on tablet but the emails remain on pc and laptop? Any advise would be appreciated.
Thanks, Rex

So, apparently since all the recent updates, when I tried to go to Safe Mode to Wipe the Cache Partition, it took me to Safe Mode, but did not show the usual blue screen. It showed the Home Screen and indicated Safe Mode in the lower left. The problem is, with this new Safe Mode screen, I do not know how to wipe the cache partition, then go to Reboot as I used to be able to do.

Has anyone noticed this, and the change I’ve outlined above? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I am interested in mobile photography and mobile gaming. I want to buy a smartphone which can do both the task perfectly. can anyone suggest me which phone I can buy.

It's common knowledge the S10 has removed the LED feature. However, is there are a way for the edge lighting or camera cut out to flash until you acknowledge receipt of a notification without using a third party app?

Thanks in advance.

I have a Samsung Galaxy J5 with 16GB internal memory and 32GB SD card.
I moved as many apps as I could to the external memory.
However, mt internal memory is always used up to at least 15GB, and as soon as it reaches 15.5GB (which is every few days) it starts warning me of dangerously low space.
Even if I move all pics, videos, etc to external it still does not free up more than 0.5GB.
What do I need to do to get the maximum free space on internal memory?

Does anybody still have the files for the SUBj ?

Hi there, Is there a percent symbol on the LG Leon LTE? I'm damned if I can find it!

As title, why we can select Best answer in the post which were not asked by us?

This is a little disconcerting. Apparently, thousands of apps--even those you've denied permission to--can track your phone.

"They use SDKs built by Chinese search giant Baidu and an analytics firm called Salmonads that could pass your data from one app to another (and to their servers) by storing it locally on your phone first."

Pretty nefarious, if you ask me.