Questions tagged [data]
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What exactly does "allow background data usage" do for an app when it's on screen/not opened at all?
I have the samsung a32 5g.
What exactly does "allow background data usage" do for an app? Does it only work when the app is opened but not on screen, or is it also required to get notifications when the app is not opened?
Will you still get…
ShangWang
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How does Android keep track of if an app has been installed before?
I'm trying to find if there's a location within root where your phone keeps a record of what apps have been installed on your phone, like maybe a database. As a secondary question I'm also trying to find for instance where a game would keep local…
GWARslave119
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Modifying /data/data file from PC
I have an android app (uses sqlite db) that I created and installed on my device. It's an app for my personal use. It's debuggable and its /data/data folder is accessible from the PC with adb pull. Even overwriting the sqlite database file is…
Loma Harshana
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keeping apps and data through LineageOS upgrade
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and I am in process of upgrading LineageOS from 16 to 18. The instructions indicate to wipe the data partition in step 8. Will this remove my installed apps and data? I know how to do a backup and restore using adb…
brett stevens
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Will "Apply update from SD card" delete my data?
Will I lose my data when using Recovery's Apply update from SD card option? And, if so, will I lose data on the phone, on the memory card or everywhere else?
Phone: Samsung SM-A107F/DS (Galaxy A10s)
System: Android 11, One UI Core 3.1
Bootloader…
Pushistik
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Encrypted device doesn't ask for credential on boot anymore on Android 11
I use Android 11 (LineageOS) and recently noticed, that my phone stopped asking me for a decryption password when booting up, so I tried verifying that my data is still actually encrypted. Settings say so, but after removing all my passwords, pins,…
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Should I clear my Gallery Data?
If I clear my gallery data, will I lose all of my albums? My gallery has been taking up a lot of data to the point that I have little data left. If I clear it, will all my albums be deleted?
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Why the screen lock password no longer matches after using a different disk as /data
I'm using a rooted Android 13 device, and an external SD-card that I mount as /data by editing the fstab. The SD-card is partitioned into few EXT4 partitions, and I can boot with any of them mounted as /data just by editing the fstab. For example,…
melonfsck - she her
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how to access the data cache of an application
worked for some company using their own application to deliver parcels. never got paid and they claim that "i never worked" their application was used to track every single delivery I did.. i see it has about 35MB of userdata and cache storage that…
spvpop
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Accessing learned words Samsung Galaxy A12 keyboard
I share a phone with someone who's being shifty and I just need some help.
I was typing an email address into the search bar on the Samsung Galaxy A12 that we share and as I was doing so, a whole bunch of suggestions showed up on the keyboard- they…
Boba Fetti
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how to find which process is continuously uploading data
My phone seems to be suddenly uploading GBs of data at speed of 8+Mbps.
I cannot identify which direction app is doing this. But systems network indicator seems to show that is uploading data. Just not which app.
I even tried force stopping my…
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How can I get totally anonymous from an app on android & bluestack
I am using an app on android
I have confirmed that :
if I clear the app data or even reinstall the app from google play, the app does have a specific behaviour
if I install the app on a completely new device (I'm actually using bluestack android…
Sébastien
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Access "data/tombstones/" dir from Android application
Trying to get access to "data/tombstones" directory from my rooted phone. I am implementing a crash collector application (system application) which would help to record the system's ANRs and tombstones crashes. I am able to access the "data/anr"…
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How to decrypt and mount Android devices?
In Linux, you can read data a device encrypted e.g. with LUKS by doing cryptsetup luksOpen and mounting the volume. What is the equivalent for this in Android, i.e. what specification for encryption is used and what is the syntax to decrypt a…
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How to use /dev/urandom?
As a follow up to my previous question,
I decided to use /dev/urandom to overwrite my data.
But how do I use it? where do I type that?
could you walk me into the steps to do it?
and is it better to do it on empty storage or full storage?
I mean, do…
Roo Tenshi
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