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Internal hard disk partitions (sda2) not showing in android system
I have a x86 system (Asus Eee Pc)having hard disk of 232 GB, in which 4 GB allocated for Android and rest I don't know where it is gone. If I open super user and running this command in android terminal: cat /proc/partitions I get following result:
Block_Size(232Gb) sda
Block_Size(4Gb) sda1
Block_Size(rest) sda2

This shows there are two partitions (sda1, sda2) of total 1 drive (sda).
Android is installed in sda1 and seen in it's file system. But sda2 data is invisible.
When i run mount command , we get :

rootfs /rootfs rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw ,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt ext3 rw,relatime,error=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
few lines ....
But nothing about sda2 .

I also try #busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/sda
   Device Boot     start   End     Blocks  Id  System

/dev/block/sda1       1     528   4241128+  83  Linux
/dev/block/sda2      529   30396  23914716  83  Linux
/dev/block/sda3     30397  30402   42714    ef  EFI(FAT-12/16/32)

And when i run
-#busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/sda2
result is :
 - doesn't contain a valid partition table .
How can I mount this drive in android? I just want to access and view the sda2 storage drive.

Not the final answer, but did you try the mount command (without options) in the same place? It should show you what partitions are mounted in the system and where. It's quite possible sda2 might be listed there, which makes the second part of your question (how to mount it) obsolete, and you can go directly to explore it with your favorite file manager.

hi Izzy , i try mount command but there is /dev/sda1 but not sda2 .

That was not clear from your question. It could very well be that the remaining disk space is not even formatted (i.e. has no file system) -- again, your question gives no clue to that. Maybe you add a few more details, e.g. which device it is, which Android version, etc.?

It;s android 4.0 version . Then why it show sda1,sda2 on running command .If it's un-partition how we partition it ?

I did not say "un-partition", but sda2 might have no file system (and thus cannot be mounted). Plus you still missed to name your device. Is it a phone, tablet, or x86?

it's x86 (having android 4.0 o.s), if sda2 have no file system how it mount ? how we access that space ?

If it has no file system, you must create one first. But I cannot tell if that's the case, it's just an assumption. You could try to mount it: Create an empty directory, and try mounting sda2 there: mkdir /sda2 && mount /dev/sda2 /sda2. This might fail either when sda2 has no file system, or when mount could not figure out the file system type used. Btw: I'd suggest you edit your question and add some of the facts from the comments: e.g. the output of the mount command for /dev/sda* (I just added the x68 tag for you).

Is the device inode missing? mknod /dev/sda2 b 8 2 maybe to generate it?

@Izzy i have edit my question & thks for adding tag.

You're welcome. Based on your edit: sda2 is a Linux partition, as is sda1. If there's a file system on it, it most likely is the same, too (ext3) -- so you could try mkdir /sda2 && mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 (as root, of course). If that yields an error ("wrong filesystem" or the like), try again without the -t ext3. If that ends up with something like "unable to determine file system", there probably is none -- in this case, mkfs.ext3 can be used to create one (if ext3 is fine with you -- if not, there are more mkfs.* commands available).

on running the command in android terminal as super user i.e mkdir /sda2 , i got : it failed said read only file system , also unable to chmod .

Any one help me ....

Without being root, you cannot a) create directories directly in / (you noted: read-only, so you would need to remount it) b) mount other file systems will also mostly fail (so you need to make sure to run those commands as root).

i think it's rooted that why i can access as super user mode (su). I also research in that laptop and find that  there is some other OS (MeeGo)been installed ,but not working and have to option seen in boot menu.While using bootable ubuntu usb stick ,it show two partition and one have android and  another MeeGo. Can we access ?


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CM7.2 Viber installing problem
I'm on HTC Wildfire S
With my stock ROM I can use all versions of Viber
But on CM7.2 I can't install newer version than 2.0.x.xxxxxx (I didn't try every version, but the 2.2. and 2.1. installing exit with the app didn't get installed message.
Please help me to solve this problem.
Thanks for your time

This is a member of the Viber R&D Team.
Viber is not fully compatible with custom ROMs yet.. :/
However, please try to download from the following link:
Viber Knowledgebase
Let us know if the issue persists. :)

Please do not use URL shorteners here. They are unnecessary and are too often a vector for malicious sites/software.

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What Android device manufacturers supply their devices with longer software update life cycles than Google supplies its Nexus and Pixel devices?
Google's software update life cycle policy for Nexus and Pixel devices is that:
1. They "get Android version updates for at least 2 years from when the device became available on the Google Store. After 2 years, we can't guarantee additional updates."
2. They "get security patches for at least 3 years from when the device first became available, or at least 18 months from when the Google Store last sold the device, whichever is longer."
Source: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705?hl=en
Are there any manufacturers that give their devices longer life cycles than Google gives Nexus and Pixel devices when it comes to Android version updates, security patches, or both?
In addition, if possible, please tell me how rapidly these manufacturers provide Android version updates and/or monthly security updates, in comparison to how rapidly Google provides them to Nexus and Pixel devices.

No... At least not with any consistency or guarantee. Pixel/Nexus devices have the longest manufacturer's update life cycle.

Flagging as too broad after last edit.

If you're just looking for as many Android version/security updates (minus "from manufacturers"), better off buying known developer-friendly phones that has active 3rd-party development. Custom ROMs will always last longer than any sort of manufacturer support.

@acejavelin the reason for my last edit--where I added the part asking about update speed--is because responses that include information about update speed would help me narrow my choices down further. If others agree that that edit makes my question too broad (even though it technically is not part of my question, because it is an addendum to it, at the end of the question's details section, and not in the title) then I will remove it.

Everyone worth their salt is 2 and 3 for Security Patches, manufacturers with fewer phones and a greater concern for security (Blackberry) might extend the life cycle for the security but Android Version upgrades won't come if the next version is far enough away to let it slide (depending upon Devices in service vs. the idea of buying a new phone).
Once you're off Contract you can Root and Update yourself (cost the Mfg. nothing too) so there's little reason for them to support older Models IF people aren't going to complain (or make it a purchase consideration).
As for the second question: http://www.androidauthority.com/android-oem-update-speed-743073/ .
For Nougat:
LG: 78 days
Motorola: 88 days
HTC: 95 days
Sony: 99 days
Xiaomi: 126 days
OnePlus: 131 days
Samsung: 143 days
Huawei: Might get Nougat Q2 2017

"If the next version is far enough away to let it slide" --> Android version upgrades come once per year, so it sounds like you're saying that even with security-focused manufacturers, after the normal two-years is over, will skip the next version upgrade if it is far enough away during the following 365 days, offering it only to devices less than three years old? Did I interpret your answer correctly?

"If people aren't going to complain (or make it a purchase consideration)." --> For me, the speed with which manufacturers will provide updates--especially security updates--is the primary factor in my purchase decision. I do wonder, however, whether I am worrying too much about vulnerabilities not getting patched by third-party manufacturers as quickly as Google patches them, because some third-party manufacturers' devices might otherwise appeal to me.

1.) It is usual to discontinue updates in this order: Version, UI, and finally Security. Version is the first to go because it's the most work (not just testing everything but each Carrier has to sign-off). UI will be kept 'the same' because they know what is best BUT if the UI gets an Upgrade that is not Hardware focused then it gets pushed to older Devices to keep the whole lineup amalgamated (and no involvement with either Android or Carriers) with security updates last to go so their Rep. is not tarnished. -- 2.) With Google Hardware and Software just one place. Buy from Carrier and Root.

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Need Help in Downloading Applications from Android Market?
I had an android mobile whose version is 1.5 , in that device, can i see the application in the market whose versions are 1.6 and above, is it possible to do this.

No, you can't. Being able to see applications targeted at higher Android version is useless, because it won't install or run anyway.

Can you ensure me, this is any filters in android market, for filtering the Applications

@Tilsan I am 100% sure you cannot see applications targeted for 1.6 or higher from an unmodded version of 1.5

xi: Unmodded version means, in the sense how you said it is unmodded, pls tell clearly

Unmodded means not modified, ie. not rooted.

Only one way to find out. Try it.

It won't matter.  You can only run apps where the developer has either set the target to Android 1.5 or the mintarget to 1.5 (with a target to 1.6+, meaning they'd have to be careful that Android 1.5 doesn't make API calls that do not exist yet for 1.5).

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Is there a way to get my android phone to stop going back to the beginning of a song when I disconnect my bluetooth audio?
I have an Android phone (a Motorola Droid, running android 2.2) that I use with my car's bluetooth audio.  When I turn on the car, it will automatically conenct to the Droid and tell it to play, which automatically starts the music app and begins playing.  (I like that--that's what I want.)  Then when I turn the car off while playing, the music app automatically stops.  (I also like that.)  But when it stops in response to the car turning off, it goes immediately back to the beginning of the song, which I don't like.  I'd like it to pause when the car is turned off, and pick up in the middle of the song where it left off.
I don't even know exactly what's happening behind the scenes to cause this.  Is the car sending the phone a "stop" command when it turns off, which causes the phone to go back to the beginning of the track?  I'm not sure how to find out.  While the car is on, the only commands it supports are "play," "pause," "next," and "previous," which which do what you would expect.  I don't see any options available on the phone or on the car that would obviously control this behavior.
So I guess I'd like to know a) if there's a way to change this on the phone, and b) is there a way to tell exactly what commands the car is sending to the phone and when?  Some sort of log that can be enabled maybe?

I got curious enough about this that I actually wrote my own little program that captures the "media button" events that are driving this functionality.  I was able to determine that the car is doing something that translates into a "MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE" keycode to start the playing.  Then when you tell it to play or pause while it's on, it issues another "MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE."  But when you turn the car off (or turn off the audio in the car), it issues a "MEDIA_STOP".  The music players (both Winamp and the default music app anyway--I didn't try others) respond to the MEDIA_STOP by resetting the song position to the beginning and ceasing to play the music.
So to get what I want, I would have to somehow intercept the stop command and turn it into a "pause" instead.  Or somehow get the music apps not reset the song position when they receive as "stop."

Have you tried using a different music app?  You might get better results from say DoubleTwist or WinAmp.

I have the same with my regular headset, it's the default Music app, wouldn't want to go deleting it.

I'm not saying you have to delete the default Music app (in fact, don't do that!), but you can try one of the alternatives to see if that fixes the problem.

Alas, this doesn't help for me, and it's my car's fault.  See my self-answer below...

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Mount /system on Android 10 with Magisk
I am using Magisk 20.4 and trying to mount /system on a Google Pixel (1st gen) running Android 10.
I have tried using:
adb shell su -c mount -o rw,remount /system

that gives:

mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts

The following also do not work:
adb shell su -c mount -o rw,remount /

'/dev/root' is read-only

adb shell su -c mount -o rw,remount /sbin/.magisk/mirror/system_root

'/sbin/.magisk/block/system_root' is read-only

I was also curious whether stuff in /sbin/.magisk/rootdir/system/ can actually override stuff in /system/ but that doesn't seem to be the case..
Has anyone managed to mount /system on Android 10? Is this issue specific to Google Pixel?
Cheers,
Paschalis
Trying Hack5 suggestion gives me:

mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts

Since I knew that /sbin/.magisk/mirror/system_root was a valid mount point, Ive tried the following, which still fails:
mount -wo remount /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system$(getprop
 ro.boot.slot_suffix)  /sbin/.magisk/block/system_root

mount: '/sbin/.magisk/block/system_root' not in /proc/mounts

UPDATE:
Turns out it's impossible to mount /system on a factory image of Google Pixel. But, I was missing the whole point of Magisk! So I made a few modules and I can override/add the system libs and bins that I need. There is even support for apex on Android 10!

Your second command is correct, but the virtual block device is read only. IIRC, this is caused by the a/b mapping virtualisations.
Referring to https://android.stackexchange.com/a/158890/171244, you can see that specifying the correct block device will help. Try:
adb shell
su -c mount -wo remount /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system$(getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix) /system

This will switch from the virtual mapper (/dev/root) which is read-only, to the actual partition block device, making it writable

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately it does not work (see my updated question).

sorry, i made a typo, the final /system should just be /

I had also tested that and I haven't included on my edited answer. Still no luck :/ At this point I'm wondering even if it's possible!

It's definitely possible from TWRP

TWRP isn't supported on android10, but even temporarily booting into it gives: '/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system_a' is read-only.

I've never had a device with A/B so I'm stumped.

I think the problem is from Magisk.
I have a boot.img that I patched using Magisk 7.2.3. The latest 7.5.1 keeps giving me that error msg. Try using the old Magisk and you won't have that "mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts" error.

you recommend to install magisk manager 7.2.3 right ? and I can see only 7.2.0 versions only..is that right you mentioned or it is 7.3.2  Magisk Manager version ?

ext4-dedup/logical partitions are ro by design

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Stay awake while charging, bad for battery?
Is it bad for battery to use the option to stay awake while charging? Will it make my battery drain faster in the future?
PD: I use my phone for app development. I have activated the stay awake option to avoid unlocking the phone constantly.

It will make the phone run hotter, and heat is the number 1 enemy of your battery. It will cause further degredation of the device, but how much I have no idea as there are way too many variables.

Stay awake while charging only mean that your device's screen will not timeout when you don't touch it. You can still lock it manually.

Yes that is true, I'm just working off the assumption that it will be on for longer than just using it, i.e. the longer it is on the hotter it gets, the more risk of screen burn on an AMOLED and overheating / battery heating. :)

As long as the battery stays below 140 deg F, the extra heat won't damage it.  See retailers' instructions, manufacturer's data sheets, or any professional drone pilot. If anything, the battery works better at somewhat above room temperature.

It will slightly shorten the lifespan of the battery because the screen is on. When the screen is on it uses battery. The more the battery is used the more charge cycles it'll have to go through compared to a phone with a turned off screen.
Another concern is display burn-in. Although that might not be a problem as long as you turn off the screen when you're not gonna use it for long periods of time.

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Extract drivers from ROM directly?
My girlfriend recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 which, after paying over 500 bucks for it, turned out to be a counterfeit s5.
Obviously the scammer didn't get back to us and as much as this is a good lesson to learn (don't be cheap and rely on Kijiji!), we want to make the most out of the phone as well. As such I am hoping to port one of the custom OS on it as the OS that came with the machine is pretty old (Android 4.2 I believe).
The problem is all the hardware signatures were obviously obscured and there is no way (at least I am aware of) to know the exact hardware pieces. My only hope is to somehow being able to extract the drivers out of the existing ROM and see where I can go.
Is there any way I can do that? If not, is there anyway you would recommend to make compiling of custom ROM possible without knowing the exact configuration of the phone (other than having a original factory ROM on hand and obviously the physical unit as well)?

By saying drivers you mean firmware? Kernel? Baseband?

@joaquin I guess I mean the drivers for the radio and baseband and all that. Basically whatever device-dependent component I need to compile the custom ROM.


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Can I use two different messaging applications?
When you have a new phone, before setting preferences, actions that have more than one application capable to fulfil that request, present you a popup with those applications for you to choose; for instance, if you receive an sms with a link and you tap on that link, a popup may appear with chrome and firefox for you to choose which application is going to open it and show the associated web page. That is an example of non set preferences.
I want to send messages to different people with different applications.
For instance, if I open contacts, choose person A and tap the envelop icon besides the phone icon, I'd like the system to show me popup with options of application to send the message with.
Or, I want to set a preference that program A handles messages to contact A and program B handles messages to person B.
Is that possible?
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4
Android version is 4.2.2

I don't see the reason for a downvote, a request to improve or change the question is much better.

Sorry when I rewrote the question I forgot to leave that part. I already updated the question again

I know that it's possible to use two messaging programs in same time (like two browsers), but i don't think it's possible to one program handles messages from one person and other program handles for other person.

Well having a popup window each time will work for me. But I don't have any preference set and still when I try to send a message, there is no popup asking which application should handle it. Seems so far that the system only considers the default messaging application and not Gibberbot.


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Alert Screen after power on Xperia Z
I powered off my xperia z and powered on again. A progress bar with an alert icon has appeared on screen and didn't disappear until now(about 20 min). What's that?
If I need to flash the phone, can I somehow create a backup from files in internal memory?

Do you mean that it appeared but is now gone and the phone is working fine? Please clarify what your actual question is.

No. It is still showing this screen. what does this icon mean at all?

Is the progress bar moving? Could be an OTA update?

If it hasn't disappeared now, I'd say it is a rom problem...

On the photo, there's not much to see. Could you provide a clearer shot with more details (and less mirror effects)?

@Izzy Please see this http://dl.xda-developers.com/attachdl/4828ec2048c38575181a3fa4e953ff39/51ead254/2/0/0/4/7/7/4/xperia_z.jpg (in this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302976)

Sorry: the first link is "gone", and the image in that XDA thread doesn't reveal more (maybe there isn't more to be revealed? Is the triangle and the progress bar all that's shown, no additional text, nothing?)


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Differences in Geo-Location Accuracy
In an application I am building I am using "Fused Location Provider". When the phone is in a WiFi network I am getting an accurate location value (within 14 meters). When the phone is in EDGE Network I am not getting the same accuracy (a value like 1895 meters).
What's the problem with EDGE and WiFi networks? Why I am getting the different values in different networks (Wifi, EDGE, GPS)?

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/location/strategies.html

Google has a big database of (hashes of) Wi-Fi network SSIDs. When Wi-Fi is enabled on your phone, it scans for Wi-Fi networks, and sends the list to Google (in a hashed form). In cities, networks are plentiful, and Wi-Fi networks are short-range, so the combination of networks it can 'see' gives a very accurate idea of where you are.
A similar thing happens with cellular network cell IDs, but these are spaced more widely apart. The phone itself can't perform triangulation, because it only has the received signal strength for each cell it can 'see': it doesn't know the signal's angle of arrival, the transmit strength of the cell, or what might be occluding the signal. However, it can still use the combination of which cells it can 'see' to estimate position, a little more accurately than the distance between cells.
Even if you're connected to an EDGE network, if Wi-Fi is enabled then the Wi-Fi scanning technique will still be used, so the location estimate will be more accurate.
Both these techniques are far less accurate than GPS, which computes a position based on time differences between signals coming from different satellites. When your device can 'see' enough satellites, the precision is limited mostly by deliberate interference added by the US government (which operates the system) to make it less useful to non-US armed forces.

The "deliberate interference" ended on 2000-05-02. The current 3m (or 3cm with averaging on a good chip) is due to financial and technical limitations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Timeline_and_modernization

EDGE and WIFI use cell phone tower triangulation and these have a low accuracy level While using GPS, your each device is sending the message to satellite so accuracy is high
In simple terms
For GPS consider you device is sending the signal so accuracy is high
But for WIFI and Edge is based on an average that is calculated from the towers around you so its less accurate

In GPS, your device doesn't send signals to satellites. It's the other way around. How do you think the satellites would handle the millions of GPS receivers in the world if it worked that way?

When determining the location with the GSM network, I doubt that triangulation is involved.


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Samsung Note 3 cannot detect finger touch
I'm using the Galaxy Note 3, and suddenly it cannot detect my finger touch! It works normally with the S Pen. I tried factory resetting, turning it off and on, and taking out the battery but it still behaves the same!
Is there a way to fix this?

Sounds like a hardware problem to me. Why don't you exchange it especially when it's under warranty.


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Rooting HP Slate 21 all in one with built in Android Jelly bean 4.2.2
Any ideas on how to root a HP Slate 21 all in one with Android Jelly bean 4.2.2? I am going crazy trying to find a solution for this.

You may want to look into the methods used to root other recent HP Android tablets, like the method for the Slate 7. However, be very careful! I don't recommend using untested methods on your device.

The method to root slate 7 is done via micro usb to the PC. The HP Slate 21 all in one has no ports to connect to a PC. Is there a method to install a APK and root the HP Slate 21?

Unfortunately, I don't think I've ever seen a device that you can root with just an APK. Although I wouldn't completely dismiss the possibility. Also in the case of the Slate 21, you may be able to use ADB over Wifi instead of USB.

In most cases, root permission is required to use ADB over wifi. Any other solution?

Well then.... I'm stumped.

I have found this link to enter recovery mode in the HP Slate 21. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03915683&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=5381346

Is there any Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 image (rooted) that I can use on a SD Card and use the above link and overwrite the default Android image provided by HP Slate 21 all in one?

Probably not. And if there was, there would probably be problems flashing it (as it would be unsigned) with the default Recovery Mode. A custom recovery would most likely be necessary to flash such a system image.

I'm using a to a USB cable that works.
Adb works
And flash boot
There is a adb fingerprint for drivers at hp3 forum.
Unlocking boot loader also no problem.
Root don't work with the normal stuff,
And the Chinese program's also failed.
Wait for a tegra4 like version hope will come soon,
Think its hacked until Christmas.

I bought a to a USB cable and connected it to my HP Slate 21 and my MAC Mini (Lion). Adb does not detect any device. Any solution?

Give Cydia Impactor a try - it works on the tnote 7 and HP Slate 8.

First activate USB debugging by tapping 7 times on Settings → About Tablet → Build Number.
Then connect the tablet to the PC via the side USB port.
For PC:

Edit the USB fingerprint for drivers (refer HP help forum and questions such as how-to adb with slate 21). Use PC as Macs won't work unless they get a new kernel update like Linux (since the driver is in Linux kernel 3.9).
Install the driver manually through "Update driver" in Device Manager as auto install of drivers doesn't work.

Also you will need the other stuff from the Android SDK, most importantly the new ADB platform-tools (Version 1.0.32).
This device is too new, so there is no driver and it is unsupported by HP.

Franny, your answer stops at the crucial point. You only describe how to get ADB working (some links and explanations on the single steps, like how to "adapt the driver handish", would be useful here). But the question was how to root the device, and that part is entirely missing. Could you please [edit] your question to include this?


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How do I root a Samsung Galaxy Star Duos S5282?
How do I root my Samsung Galaxy Star Duos S5282? How do I put it in recovery mode?

Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! Have you tried searching for this? There is a how-to right over here on the XDA Developers forum.

Also, this is actually two questions. If you have more than one question, please keep them separate. I would also recommend searching the internet for instructions for both questions - feel free to come back here if you have trouble.


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gmail application logout
I let my friends log into my gmail app to check their mail, and have since, have NOT been able to get rid of their accounts. I'm sick of seeing their names and I'm sick of being tempted to read their inboxes ;P
PLEASE tell me there's a non-factory reset option to log just the two of them out for now, or a way to reset the whole app - I know I have to log myself completely out, but I can't even find this option and I feel Android-ignorant. HELP PLZ - I have an HTC 4G LTE, ftr.

You don't manage the accounts within the Gmail app, but rather at the OS level.
You need to go to Settings > Accounts on your phone and remove the accounts from there.


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Karbonn A1+ CWM recovery
I have a Karbonn a1+ and i have rooted it. I want to install CWM recovery plz tell me the method and files that i require. Also my hardware version is 1.1.0 and software version is 2.0.2. Also is it possible to upgrade my phone to 4.0 i.e ice cream sandwich.

Download CWM here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/kf88nz9k9adugqa/A1%2B+recovery.img
Download Mobileuncle tool: http://www.mediafire.com/download/lmd4m939ymahddz/Mobile+uncle+tools%281%29.apk
How to install

Download Recovery.img and Mobileuncle tool from given links
Rename A1+ recovery.img to recovery.img
Copy recovery.img to root of your sd card
Install mobileuncle tool
Open mobileuncle tool. Click flash recovery from sdcard, allow root permission, and click ok. Thats it.

Information found on XDA Forum (source).
Custom ROMs for the Karbonn A1+ are few, but I found this XPERIA Rom forum. More can be found elsewhere. Do your research and you'll find some more.


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YouTube - How can i play my youtube playlist in my android phone even my screen automatically goes to sleep mode?
In my samsung galaxy s4, i am playing my youtube playlists like 10 or 20 musics and when i switch off the screen then the music stops.
How can i play forever the music even the screen is on or off?
For example:
1) i am in Gym
2) i open the youtube music playlist and let it play by switching off my screen and head phone is on
3) now when i am doing my workout the music is stoopped
How can i keep it play forever unless i manually close it.

Don't think it's currently possible with YouTube: How to play a YouTube clip in background/minimised?

http://android.stackexchange.com/a/9754/9531

It's not currently possible but it should be soon. According to AndroidPolice background audio is coming in a future release of the YouTube app.


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Contact still visible in Whatsapp after deleting out of my contactlist from my phone
I deleted a contact/number out of my contact list from my smart phone. But if I open WhatsApp I can still see that same contact/person that I deleted earlier. How is this possible?

Have you tried refreshing the contact list and deleting past chats in WhatsApp, as described in their FAQ?

@Chahk : that still does not helps. The contact is still visible. I am just not sure what is goning on here

According to WhatsApp's FAQ, you may need to refresh the list.  You also will still see the deleted contact if there are past chats you've had with that contact.

How do I delete a contact?
The contacts that you see in WhatsApp come from your address book.
  There is no way to directly edit the Select contact screen.
To delete a contact from the WhatsApp contact list, you will need to
  delete the contact from your phone's address book.
In order to find the WhatsApp contact in your phone's address book:

Find the contact in the Select contact page.
Tap on the contact.
Then tap on the name at the top.
On the Contact info page, go to [Menu button] > [View in address book].
From there you can find the option to delete the contact from your address book.

Then, refresh your WhatsApp contact list by opening WhatsApp >
  [Compose button] > [Menu button] > [Refresh]
If you still see the contact, it is likely that you are seeing the
  conversation on your Chats screen. Simply tap and hold on the contact
  and then select [Delete chat] to delete a chat.

This did not solve the problem for me. Could you please say about what might be wrong or how to get it done?

Deleting a contact from the list still may not be of great help, because, the contact's new messages will show up in with his/her unsaved contact number. The best choice would be to block the contact.


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Not able to send media on Whatsapp...Moto X
I just upgraded to Moto X from Motorola Photon. I am not being able to send/receive any picture or media files. The settings for media is turned on but still the media button in mot highlighting.

Welcome to the site! I see your Android 4.2 tag, but I just want to ask so we can be certain: Are you running 4.2 or 4.4?

This can be dependant on the app itself being compatible with your version of android, or the phone itself. Without more information, this is a hard question to answer. I've heard that Whatsapp doesnt like Android 4.4 (KitKat) just yet, or it could be a simple problem with the app that the developer hasn't fixed yet. If all else fails, give it time for the devs to fix the app, make sure settings on your phone allow it the app to work right, or just try reinstalling the app and restarting your phone.

You need to install a third party music player that will allow to send audio files through WhatsApp. One such application is Android Music player by JRT Studio.

I had the same problem in my motorola Moto G . Try going to Configuration -> Apps , then touch the menu button at the right top and select "Reset apps configuration".
This solved my problem. I hope this help ! .

After some tests .. I realized that a temporary solution could be remove the Google Play Music application updates.


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Windows doesn't recognize Nexus 7 in recovery mode
So I have the Nexus 7 (2012). When the tablet is on and USB debugging is enabled, ADB recognizes it. But when I shut it off and put it into recovery mode, then press power and volume up to sideload, Windows/ADB does not recognize it. If I navigate to usb_driver it says it can't find a driver there. I'm trying to update it to KitKat using the OTA update.

Sounds like a driver issue to me.

why does it work when the tablet is on?

I think it uses different driver in fastboot mode normal mode and recovery mode.

well recovery mode uses the adb driver, and when its on it should also be using the adb driver. Anyways i might of fixed it, i force installed the adb interface driver to it. Now it is recognized in command prompt adb

The device is presenting itself using different device-IDs, depending on the mode (normal/recovery/fastboot) used. I guess that's what roxan was pointing to. Being a Linux user, I'm not sure how Windows deals with this (different driver, or same driver with different parameters, or something completely different).

Being a recently Windows converted user I can say that it asks driver for each and every step.

related: Android 5.0 Lollipop device not detected via USB

Use this link [https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb] to install the Google USB drivers. All other solutions mentioned here are outdated and do not work for Windows 10.

The problem is that you're missing the adb recovery driver. You might consider trying Koush's universal USB driver installer -- it solved this very problem by installing the missing drivers.

Does not work for Windows 10. See my comment to original post.

I had a similar problem with my Nexus 5. Windows 8.1 and adb recognized the device until I put it in recovery mode, then it disappeared. I finally said "let me pick from a list of device drivers" and chose the "Android Composite ADB interface." Then adb recognized it and I was able to sideload an update.

I just spent way too many hours trying to fix this same problem when trying to sideload onto my Nexus 6.
What finally worked for me:

Apply update from ADB in the recovery menu.
Once the phone was waiting for the files

I unplugged the phone from USB
then re-plugged it back into the computer.

Then it was there in the device manager and when I did a device check through adb on my console
I ran the adb sideload command and it is currently optimizing my apps

Hope this helps anyone having this problem on their nexus devices.

Does not work for Windows 10. See my comment to original post.


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Application downloading error (919)
I am experiencing a problem with Google Play in my Android phone.
When I download new apps from the Play Store, it completes 100% and then shows me an error:
(unknown Error code during application install:''919'')

Could be an issue with your network, if we believe SO: unknown error code during application install 919

this happened with me the other day and i believe as izzy said it has to do with the network.

I get this error installing some apps, but for others it works just fine.... What is the issue? I don't understand...

Converted from my comment on the question itself:
According to a post on StackOverflow, this is most likely a network issue. In his answer there, Vignesh writes:

Its due to wifi restriction, when i connect the internet through my service provider its working fine. Able to install any application.

I was getting the same thing when updating apps. Tried over wifi and service provider network same thing was not with just one app all apps that were set to up date even google apps.  I cleared the cache and it seems to be working fine now settings/app manager/googleplaystore/clear cache

An anonymous user inserted the following as an edit "It has to do with insufficient storage. Clearing the cache will free up a little space, but you will need to remove or export old unused apps/media."

I Know its already answered but this answer may help to fix it and help someone. source link
Method 1
Check your phone memory, how much is free. You can transfer your apps to sd card through ‘apps2sd/app manager’ (free). Clear your cache and data now. For this, follow these steps:

Go to menu>settings
Go to Application and then press manage application.
Now select google play.
Then you have to click on clear cache.
After that come to the home screen.
Go to download manager.
Select clear data.
Once you clear the data the problem will resolved.

Method 2
If your problem isn’t solved by using method 1, try using a different internet connection than you’ve used previously. It means, if you are using your mobile data to download and install or update the apps, you can try using your wi-fi network, or vice-versa. This method is reported to work in most of the devices by the users.
Method 3
Change your APN (access point name) settings:

Go to menu > settings > wireless and networks > mobile networks > access point names.
Edit APN settings as one of your friend’s APN in the same carrier.

The method 1 is the most commonly used, and you can try it first and in case it doesn’t work, you can try those which are given underneath.


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How do I show my Android device screen on my PC with no lag (at 30fps)
Device: Galaxy Note 3 N900W8
I need a solution that would let me show my phones screen on my PC at a high framerate. I tried VNC. It could not find a display method. I tried some random apps that work with USB debugging. No dice. Any suggestions. HDMI is not a option because then I would need to purchase a capture card and a HDMI adapter for my phone.

What is your end goal? Video capture?

Yes it is. I do not mine rooting because I am already rooted. I just want reliable 30fps video capture like I have doing screencasts on PC.

You mentioned that video capture is your goal but does that mean that it has to be live on your PC? If what you're looking to do is get a capture of your phone's screen so that you can post it to YouTube or something, consider trying to capture locally on the device then transferring that video file to your computer for processing and upload. This might give you better results than trying to "cast" your phone's screen to your PC live and then capture it there.
If your Note 3 has been upgraded to Android 4.4.x Kitkat you can use adb's built-in screenrecord utility. Full documentation is available from Google Android Developer Support. Here are the basics:

To use the screenrecord from the command line, type the following:
adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/demo.mp4
Stop the screen recording by
  pressing Ctrl-C, otherwise the recording stops automatically at three
  minutes or the time limit set by --time-limit.

Google also outlines the following limitations:

Some devices may not be able to record at their native display    resolution. If you encounter problems with screen recording, try
  using a lower screen resolution.
Rotation of the screen during    recording is not supported. If the screen does rotate during    recording, some of the screen is cut off
  in the recording.
Audio is not recorded with the video file.

Might try flashing the leaked KitKat build on my Note3 soon and will test this out :)

I had a good time playing around with it, worked very well on my Nexus 5.

I use Android Screenshots and Screen Capture, and it works well.


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How to move from one Google Account to another?
I work at a company that has its own Google account , usually used for Gmail (not sure how it works and what is this service called, but they have it).
However, I've used it for Gmail and many other things, like purchasing apps and even created a developer account.
How do I move all of the things I've paid for (even the developer account, which costs about $25) to my private account? This was actually a mistake, as I didn't notice which account i'm logged in to, so I didn't even publish any app using this developer account.
Is it also possible to make the Google Plus account to belong to another Google Account?
I ask this in hope that if some day in the future I will leave my job, I will still have all of the things I had before.

I'm fairly certain that your purchases are permanently tied to the purchasing account. If there is a way to transfer purchases to another account, you'll need to contact Google directly. How you'd go about doing that, I have no idea. Either way, as this question seems to be Android-independant (It's about your accounts, not about using Android), I think this question may be off-topic.

dotVezz is correct: purchases are tied to the account, and are not transferable. As this is unlikely to have pure technical background, Google might make exceptions if you can convince them; but chances are rather low. Though I've heard the possibility should exist, I've never heard of anyone using it successfully.

How could it be that google allows transferring apps between developers accounts (see here: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/checklist/3294213?hl=en&ref_topic=3450986 , though i don't understand the steps), but can't transfer other things?

@androiddeveloper, this is something that we can't answer. You'll need to contact Google for a concrete answer.


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Android phone cannot connect to internet via wireless, other devices can
I recently installed a new cable modem.  After getting everything up & running, I can connect to the wireless router, and then to the internet, through laptops, desktops, and a Roku device, but I cannot access via my Android phone.  It connects to the router, but cannot get to the outside world.  If I turn off the wifi, then I can connect via my data plan, but I cannot connect via wifi.
Some details:

The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3, and the Android OS is 4.1.2
I use Comcast for cable internet.
The (old and unchanged) wireless router is a Netgear device.  (I am not sure the model number, but I can get it if that seems pertinent.)
The new cable modem is also Netgear.  It's model CMD31T and it is DOCSIS 3.0, while the old modem was quite old and I have no idea what it's level of throughput.
I changed to the new modem because the old one was becoming "spotty" -- it would occasionally lose signal.  The new modem has so far been consistently on, and with strong signal... it's just that the phone cannot connect to it.

When it "connects to the router": does it show a wifi signal indicator in the notification bar (and if, with strong signal)? In Settings→WiFi, does it show "connected" with your AP, or something different (e.g. "obtaining IP address")? Any useful information in the logs, maybe?

Well, now the phone can find the signal fine after a few days.  I did NOTHING different.  However, I had taken many steps beforehand, such as updating the firmware, PRL & Profile, restarting the phone, restarting the cable & router.  None of those actions worked, however just waiting a few days seemed to resolve it.
This is not much of an "answer", but I am keeping the question & answer so that if anyone else has troubles, maybe theirs will also be resolved by "just waiting".


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Can I edit Swype's user dictionary to remove typos?
Swype has become populated with numerous words that don't exist due to typos.
As a result it frequently gets words wrong or pops up with its hidden word tip.
Is there a way of viewing all the user added words in its dictionary to selectively delete them?
I'm not sure if this is os/handset specific so I haven't tagged it as such, but I'm on Froyo on a Galaxy S.

If you are getting lots of typos it sounds like you are using it wrong.  The swype mode doesn't add words to the dictionary, you have to type them out.  So you should only need to type a particular word once and just be more careful at that stage.

There is unfortunately no way to directly edit the dictionary.
You can delete any user-added word by highlighting it and hitting the Swype key.

According to the Swype guys this sort of thing is in the pipeline but a way off. http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?1233-quot-Hidden-Word-quot-Tip-Notification

Good to hear :)


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HTC One m7 OTA update to Lollipop fails with "red triangle exclamation mark inside a htc one" graphic at recovery
*** TAMPERED ***
*** RELOCKED ***
V7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT-1.57.0000
...
OS-5.11.631.8

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 5.11.631.8
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: -
(bootloader) imei: -
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: ROGER001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4023mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e47fb74b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

I had TWRP and it was rooted but S-ON was kept on.  I have since installed XPosed framework and that's it, didn't flash another ROM.  I have unrooted with SU and flashed with a stock recovery.
What shall I do going forward from this point to install Lollipop OTA?
Could I have installed the Lollipop OTA zip via TWRP?
Thanks!

Loaded the correct stock recovery unzip by WinRAR from one of the previous OTA updates with matching cidnum, re-locked it, then the new OTA installed fine.


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How to move Apps to SD on the LG P-705 with Android 4.0?
I can move apps manually or progammatically on my Samsung Galaxy Ace 1, but on my LG P-705 with newer android version there is no such an option. Apps like App2SD don't work as well.
Why does LG P-705 Android 4.0 Smartphone not have a move to SD feature?

First, you should root your smartphone. Then, use Link2SDapp. Then, move the app to the SD card.

If possible, please provide a link to the app. :)

first of all, you should root your phone, follow this link to find out how you can root your phone : ONE CLICK ROOT YOUR LG LG-P705
then you can use this apps to move your apps too your SD card :
APP2SD 3 or
AppMgr Pro III


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Issues with mDNS on an Android device
I'm running a local testing environment (MAMP) on a Mac (Mountain Lion), and Im having having difficulty accessing these sites on my Galaxy S3 running 4.1.2
Everything works fine testing using windows laptops, iphones etc ... on the network, except the android device does not recognise the name of the machine (mDNS)
There is a work around by using the machines IP address but this has its problems and isn't an ideal solution.
Is there a solution I could use to get mDNS working on the mobiles browsers?
Cheers

Is this a development question? Are you trying to use the zeroconf APIs from Android?

Im testing websites hosted on my Mac

Have you tried both the bare hostname of your machine, and the fully qualified domain name? I find most mobile devices (including non-Android ones) don't resolve the hosts on my local network unless I use their fully qualified name.

@GAThrawn I'm not sure that I know the difference between the two? I use 'compname-imac.local'

You might need to try the IP instead -- unless the nameserver your DHCP server (on WiFi) offers can resolve your local hosts. This domain for sure won't work via 3G, as your provider will certainly not resolve your local names ;)

@noelmcg In that case it sounds like you're already using the FQDN (bare hostname would just be compname-imac).

Using the IP is be a bit of a pain Izzy, as it isn't fixed, and I'll also have probs with things on the local environment, like wordpress multisite, typekit etc ... @GAThrawn thanks for the clarification, can you use a FQDN on an android device on a local network?

See newer question: https://android.stackexchange.com/q/230644/22600


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Any applications using map view is crash on just bought MotoE
I've just bought a new Moto E gen2 with Andriod 5.0.2 and every application I start immediately crashes when I try opening any map-related view.
I've updated Google Maps, no effect.

Probably related to memory issue, but have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling Google Maps update? Also, could you expand more on "any map-related view"? Is it 3rd-party maps app? Or Google Maps on Browser?

Have you looked at logcat to see where the crash is occurring?  The stack trace would be helpful.


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Custom (or native Android 5) Notification Center on Android 5 device with ZenUI
My ZenPad S 8.0 comes with Android 5.0 and ZenUI launcher on top of it. I can replace the launcher and desktop environment with something like Nova Launcher that feels more native, but when it comes to notification center (the dropdown thing with notification descriptions), I could not find any reasonable alternative that could replace the (imho, ugly) ZenUI notification panel with something custom or just revert back the default\native Android 5 one. The only thing I found is the Material Status Bar Lollipop app for Android 4.* that does the job (replace the dropdown notification area with custom - more native looking one), but does not work very smoothly on Android 5.
So I'd love to replace this:

with this:

Thank you.
udp I have found the slowball app that somewhat does what I want (not very smoothly, but still), but I'm still wondering if there're any other custom notification center apps for Android 5 or any way to use the stock one instead of ZenUI?

It won't come as an app. You'll have to decompile SystemUI.apk, change the xml files (for icon sizes, colors, etc.), or if you just want to change the graphics, no need to decompile, just replace the .png files after renaming .apk to .zip.

@AaronGillion , thank you! I don't actually know how does it work, but it seems to me that snowball somehow manages that by "hooking" a slide-down gesture and running itself as a custom notification center; I suspect ZenUI notification thing works similarly - that is not the "skin" over stock notification center (with icons or fonts replace by custom ones), but must be a standalone app, I guess?


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Difference between ADB drivers and MTK drivers?
Flashing a ROM in an android through PC requires  drivers along with softwares in order to make the process success ,in case of drivers which drivers are needed and when ,what is relation between ADB drivers and MTK drivers are they same and if not how are they different .I appreciate the answer in detail

Firstly it's not ABD driver it's Adb driver.Adb means Android Debug Bridge.ADB is a command-line utility included with Google's Android SDK. ADB can control your device over USB from a computer, copy files back and forth, install and uninstall apps, run shell commands, and more.When your device is in Fastboot/Download mode you can access your phone only through Adb.
For example if something goes wrong while flashing a rom and your phone is softbricked.Only way to access a bricked phone is through Adb.Adb mainly not used for flashing rom, It's used for flashing recovery/bootloader.

Thanks,but what are MTK drivers ,are adb drivers and MTK drivers same and if not how are they different .which drivers are required when etc


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Reviving a Samsung Galaxy III Mini (GT-I8190N)
I have an old Samsung Galaxy III Mini (GT-I8190N) that was running O2 (UK telco) firmware and the latest Jellybean browsers: Chrome 42, Firefox 68 etc., that worked with TLS 1.2.
I've flashed the firmware with the last Samsung BTU 4.1.2 Jellybean firmware, which takes Chrome down to version 28. That doesn't work with TLS 1.2, and attempting to update via Google Play fails with "Error: No connection", which I'm assuming is also a TLS error.
What steps do I need to take to restore Google Play so I can patch the apps to the same versions as the O2 firmware?
Edit: Post Robert's answer:
I sideloaded a 24.x version of Google Play Store and a 20.x Google Play Services. That got things moving again. They updated to 25.2 and 21.33 respectively. A sideloaded earlier version of Firefox wouldn't update, but the APK of 68.11 is available from Mozilla's servers.
Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Opera Mini all work with TLS1.2. The stock Android Browser 4.0 doesn't.

I want to keep the device on its last official firmware, so moving to something newer like Lineage isn't an option.

The main problem is that the old versions of Google Play Services and Google Play Store app don't support TLS 1.2. Only the newer versions support TLS 1.2 on Android 4.0 - 4.2.
The best way to bypass this is to download Play services and Playstore APK files from 3rd party sites like apkmirror or apkpure and install them manually as update.


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Droid - what won't function properly on device if I disable background data usage for google play store?
I just upgraded to a new droid razor maxx from an older version.  With the older version I never went over my 150 mb of data.  Since I received the new phone Google Play Store is eating up my data and I went over my limit within 3 days.
Why does google play eat up all my data using mostly "background" usage, when I am not even accessing it?
What won't function properly on device if I disable background data usage for google play store?

I have done that months ago for the very same reason, so I can tell from my own experience:

you will no longer receive update notifications while on mobile data (naturally)
no apps will auto-update while on mobile data (again, naturally)

Both is what you want. I encountered no more restrictions. Update notifications coming in as soon as the device is connected to any WiFi, updates I either do on WiFi only.
What I didn't try is to force an update/install while on mobile data. In theory, this should work as long as you keep the app in foreground – but the installation will stall as soon as you switch to another app (as then Google Play no longer is the "foreground app"). But that's the theory only, as I've never tested it.

Anytime, Tara! If an answer solved your issue, please consider "accepting" it (by clicking the checkmark next to it), so other users can identify solutions. Of course you might want to verify it first :)


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Is there a way to see app feedback I've sent on Android?
Yesterday I sent some feedback for an app (Google Hangouts) through Android's system-wide Send Feedback function. This is the same dialog box that is triggered when you choose to report a Force Close. See screenshots below.
I realised later that I had no internet connection at the time, and so the feedback may not have been sent. This made me wonder: is there any way to see every feedback item and crash report that I've sent to specific apps?
For the record, I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1 (Jelly Bean 4.2.2) on an HTC Sensation.

actually this is not the exact same dialog of reporting about crashes, since the bottom part( just above the buttons) isn't there. however, it's a good question and as a developer i didn't even find out how to show it like this, and i've posted about it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20528809/how-to-show-the-send-feedback-to-x-dialog

It looks like you can't send Google Feedback reports to specific apps (although, as Dan Hulme commented, Google does forward them to the developers of the app on which you are reporting) - as you said, it's a system-wide option. You can visit https://www.google.com/tools/feedback/reports?hl=en to view feedback reports that you have submitted while logged into a certain Google account. However, I have not been able to find anything on viewing crash reports themselves that you or your device have sent, automatically or otherwise.

That's not true: the reports get shown to the developer of the faulty app.

Yes, but you don't send it to them directly or specifically. Google and its Developer Console handle that, as far as I am aware.

No, as of November 16th, 2014, Google has not provided a method of reviewing and/or checking past crash reports. While this may be available in future references, reports are sent solely to development teams.


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I can't find launcher on my apps
I cant find it in the drawer. I've been experiencing errors and I've found the solution. Problem is, my launcher is missing and I cant clear the data because I can't find it.

(1) What is your phone? (2) Are you using default launcher, or 3rd-party launcher?

I'm just a bit puzzled: How did you get into the drawer when there's no launcher?

If the launcher icon is not visible in the application drawer, go to System Settings > Apps > Running select the launcher.
From there you can perform your fix.


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Determine strength of the cell antenna in an Android phone to ensure good cell reception
In some parts of the world, the cell towers are few and far between. In places like these, when someone is shopping for their next smartphone upgrade, they need to consider cell reception.
Boosters may be a good option, but it lacks a mobile power supply and is uncomfortably bulky.
It seems clear that some phones would be better than others when it comes to cell reception, for example, in the modern world my Note II will hold 4G internet even if my USB modem will not.
But in places like these, the challenge is to get any kind of reception, let alone 4G.
How can one determine the strength of the cell antennae on the phone they are about to buy? Is there a place to look this information up, or a spec one could check on?
And does the method of determination change whether you are on a GSM or CDMA network?

It may be difficult to find a resource for this information. There are a lot of variables in signal reception. Antenna type, size, and design all contribute to its total gain and directionality. It's hard to find info about each phone's antenna. To make things even more complicated, different Radio firmwares (which you sometimes get in software updates) often have different properties that affect how a connection is recognized, established, and maintained. The exact same phone, when updated, can have hugely differing performance.

I suggest you ask carrier reps in the area you are concerned about, as I am not aware of another way to get the information you are asking for.  As others have mentioned, there are many factors that go into how well a phone will pick up, let alone how it will pick up in a certain area/location.  I used to work for Verizon and this was a question we got a lot. What I can tell is that, at least for the location I worked at, we knew which phones picked up well and which ones didn't.   If we had customers that lived in the country/rural area there were certain phones we would try to steer them away from.  However, if the customer was not going to be in the country then that same phone may have been fine.  Of course, as new phones launched we would eventually learn how they performed in different areas, so the information was constantly evolving.  Having to help technologically challenged customers troubleshoot signal issues was a great incentive to learn which phones worked the best!  Certain phones gained reputations for being great or horrible when it came to signal.  You didn't want to sell an elderly customer a  phone with bad reception unless you wanted them to pay you many angry visits in the near future!
All that is to say that you should spend some time asking people in the area who sell phones.  I personally try not to venture into carrier stores too much, but this is one area where you may be able to get some help from carrier reps. Dealing with as many phones as they do they are in a unique position to know which ones work the best in their area.

You can compare the specific absorption rate (SAR) between handsets. The number isn't precisely a measure of antenna performance, but the higher the SAR the more RF the phone is emitting. Also, I found a review (current as of 2013) of mobile antenna performance. Your best bet may be to buy a cell phone booster; check ubersignal.com for examples. They aren't perfect, but they do allow you to use a variety of antenna configurations, including using a directional (beam) antenna.

One way is to use apps like openSignal on two separate phones. The signal strength of the tower obtained can tell which phone is better.


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How to force Backup Assistant to sync in airplane mode with WiFi on
I recently switched phones but am keeping my old phone for use on WiFi.  I have put the phone in airplane mode to improve battery life and keep it from looking for the cell network (as this is futile, it is no longer activated).
However, now every morning I am getting an error telling me that Backup Assistant was unable to sync.   At first I thought this was very strange as I have a WiFi and Internet connection.  However when I finally went into the app to see what was going on it told me I was in airplane mode and asked did I want to exit airplane mode or cancel.  Obviously I don't want to exit airplane mode so as to save battery life, nor do I want to have to manually sync as that defeats the whole purpose of automatic backup.
How can I get Backup Assistant to work without leaving airplane mode?

While there might be work-arounds available (I know of none, though), you should contact the dev of the app and report that as a bug. He checks the wrong setting: it's not important whether you're in airplane mode, but whether a network is available. And cell network definitely is not required here ;) In case there's no response, consider switching to another app (or use another app to sync your data, e.g. FolderSync).

I have not looked at FolderSync, but am I correct in thinking it won't interoperate with Backup Assistant on another phone on the same account?  In any case, it doesn't even seem like there is a way to stop it from trying to sync (unless rooted).  I'll contact the dev shortly here...

How do you have a wifi connection in airplane mode?  On every Android device I've used, airplane mode disables wifi, as well as the cell transceiver and bluetooth.  Does Motorola just do airplane mode weirdly?

Yes, WiFi works fine in airplane mode, although it is a bit wonky because the order seems to matter - I have to enable WiFi after airplane mode.  Although, upon reboot WiFi is shut off even when it was enabled before, so I just have to enable it after reboot and it works fine.

@Compro01 I use that on many devices that way: enable airplane mode (switches WiFi off), then enable WiFi again. Works like a charm. I didn't even have Michael's problems concerning a boot, it simply restored that state (airplane on, WiFi on). Though I have to admit Tasker could have to do with that a little (re-establishing the state after a reboot I mean).

Michael, sorry that I've overlooked your comment. I don't know the app (as I don't use it), but does it support to store its backups locally and read them from the local path for restore? If so, just let the app do exactly that, and use e.g. FolderSync for the off-device copies. For a restore, it should then work if FolderSync placed the files at the appropriate location on the device.

Definitely contact the dev about that, like Izzy suggests.
You could simply not use Airplane mode (you're not really saving battery life if you're still enabling WiFi and other radio connections like Bluetooth and GPS) and just disable mobile data on your device.
This article indicates that you can easily disable Data by going to Settings > Battery & data manager > Data Delivery > and un-tick the Data enabled option. This might vary across devices and carriers.
That should allow you to use your device without a mobile carrier network connection, saving battery by not searching for the network, and allow the app to work just fine.

I have to disagree on the "not really saving" part. Airplane mode consists of switching off all antenna (BT, GSM, WiFi, NFC) and maybe even some more things. If then only WiFi is re-enabled, those other radios are kept off and thus are not eating anything. See my answer here for details, and add some overhead to the standby values for the radios looking for available connection points in intervals. Unticking data wouldn't make a difference in this case, as Michael doesn't even have a SIM inserted.

Fair enough, although if Airplane mode only turns off all radio communications (which is almost certainly all it does from what I've found), turning them back on defeats the purpose of using it. Most people can perpetually have NFC, BT, GPS disabled without having to resort to airplane mode. I also failed to see that he's on Verizon, so the SIM card criteria didn't even cross my mind. I'll delete my non-answer when the OP finds a real, better solution.

If you want to discuss this, chat might be a better place (and you have the required rep for that, so be welcome ;) But to make it short: It's easier to enter airplane mode and then enable WiFi only – than to disable GSM, BT, NFC separately and think what you might have forgotten. Next to the fact that many devices wouldn't even let you do that.

I contacted the dev, which in this case is actually the carrier (Verizon) but they weren't too much help.


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How do I turn on battery percentage in Android Lollipop?
I haven't been able to find a menu option for this setting in Android Lollipop (previously known as Android-L).

This website has a good page on the information:
http://nexus7.wonderhowto.com/how-to/unlock-android-ls-hidden-battery-percentage-icon-status-bar-0155876/
But if you want a quick and dirty way to enable this, you can just use:
adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:status_bar_show_battery_percent --bind value:i:1

followed by
adb reboot

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:status_bar_show_battery_percent --bind value:i:1
adb reboot

Screenshot of Battery percent for Kitkat (click image for larger variant)

its make thing to user to identify easily with pictures. its having here and settings on which screen would be important so added with the picture nothing more i did here! thanks for respose @Andrew T.

I apologize, I didn't mean the answer was bad. The image definitely helped, but readers might be confused since inputting the adb command won't show the image. Instead, I remember that the image is from this app. Friendly suggestion to add the link to the app on your answer, this way it becomes more useful :)

It's not a good habit to just post some code without explanation. Where to run that code? Not everyone is familiar with ADB. And even if one knows the name, would he be willing to install the entire SDK for that (though that's not strictly required, it's the first people think of)? What about running it in terminal instead (omitting the adb shell prefix)? This could be a great answer if you would make it such. So feel encouraged to [edit] your post and improve it :)


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Sporadic incorrect time on Galaxy S3
My S3 has been displaying the wrong time lately; maybe 3 or 4 times in the last week.  It's not off by exactly an hour, so I know it's not a timezone or daylight-saving-time issue.  It's usually off by 15 to 25 minutes; just enough to make me late to work.
It's not only a 3rd-party app or widget issue; the actual phone time is wrong (in the upper, right-hand corner near the signal indicator).
My wife has an older Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and this never happens on her phone.  We live together (obviously), so our phones are in the same location, and we use the same provider; so I don't think it's a network/signal/tower issue.
Any ideas what would cause this.  I've searched around, and all I can find are forums w/ 6 pages of "Me too" responses.  A couple definitive answers/suggestions would be welcome.
UPDATE - I've disabled the automatic date/time settings, but the problem still comes back.  I've worked on desktops and laptops for years, and they all use a CMOS battery to keep track of time... even when a computer is off.  Do phones have anything similar?

Does this happen at a particular location? Do you have the setting as "Automatic date and time", or "Network provided time"? If you do, I assume the cellular region has incorrectly set time and is providing it wrong. The phone adjusts when you move to a well-maintained region.

I'll have to check the time setting in a bit.  As far as cellular region... I updated my question, because my wife and I are both on Verizon, and she never has this issue w/ her older Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone, so I doubt it's a network/tower issue.

To further wbogacz's response, I would disable the automatic network time and just set it manually. See if that works. It worked for my coworker who was having the same issue. It isn't a fix for the underlying issue, but it did eliminate the problem, or so it would seem. It hasn't happened again in the week since he disabled the network time setting.

This worked temporarily, after I manually set the time.  However, a few days later, it was a few minutes behind again.  I'm disabling Automatic Timezone as well just to see if that helps.

Nope, no luck here.  Any other ideas?  Do phones have something like a separate CMOS battery (like computers)?

No they don't have a separate battery. Considering the number of times I have seen this since the 4.3 update, makes me think it is a bug with the ROM itself. You are on the 4.3 update, right? If so, have you done a factory reset since you got the update? It fixes all sorts of problems and is nearly essential. If you haven't, you should look into it. Back up everything you need to your PC like internal storage. If you need more than that like contacts you can use Kies to back it up. Then do a factory reset, reinstall your apps and move your data back and see if it helps.


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Galaxy Nexus reboots on USB connection
I've had my Galaxy Nexus since April of 2012, and it's been fairly reliable ever since.  However, for the past few weeks, I've noticed that it's rebooting whenever I plug it into my computer for charging.
Also, I've not flashed or rooted the phone.  Is there a way to view logs on a phone to get a better idea of why it might be crashing?  Some sort of equivalent to Windows' Event Viewer?
Any help is appreciated.
UPDATE - I've noticed that this also happens when charging via AC as well; meaning it's not just happening when I charge via USB.

That is odd. Some sort of short I'd imagine. But it doesn't do it when you charge by AC? Are you using stock, or have you flashed something custom?

@Krampus - I've added more info to address your questions.  I'll test to see if it happens when I charge on other computers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence ?


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I can't connect my phone as a debugging device
I have a newer phone (an LG G2), and I'm trying to develop on it using a new laptop for the first time (I've done this before w/ other phones and other computers).
I've installed all of the Android SDK and Java SDK components on the laptop.  On my phone, I've enabled Developer Options, and I've checked the "USB debugging" checkbox.
However, when I connect my phone to the laptop, I only get the standard dialog box for charging vs. viewing-files, etc.  I don't get prompted to accept an RSA Key... nothing happens.
I've run "adb devices", and the "List of devices attached" is empty.  I think I really need to purge my laptop of whatever driver it's using for this phone.  Charging and transferring-files works fine, but not debugging.  Any ideas?
EDIT: I've also checked Device Manager, and I don't see an "Android" section in my devices.  My phone is only listed under "Portable Devices" as "VS980 4G".
Also, When I connect my phone to my computer, I don't see the debugger icon in the notification tray of my phone.

Did you disable MTP?

How would a disable MTP, @HasH_BrowN? Thanks in advance

Settings>General>System>PC connection. When I use adb and it doesn't see my device I switch the MTP setting and my PC then sees the device.

Switch the MTP setting to what?  I only have these options: "Charge phone", "Media sync (MTP)", "Internet connection", and "Camera (PTP)".

I ultimately got my phone to enter debugging mode by switching the USB setting to "Internet Connection".  Once I did that, I found MORE issues w/ my new Eclipse install, so I just switched to Android Studio and moved on w/ my life.


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How can I turn OFF Google Lens search, permanently
I really don't like google lens.  I've been searching for ways to turn it off.  Searching on line usually brings up an answer like this:

On your Android phone, you go into your settings/apps and click on the 3 dots at the top right of the screen. Choose show system. Scroll down to the Lens, Qlens (or both depending on your phone) and then click Force Stop and Disable (if available). This should stop the service from running until you click on it again or it updates.

The problem is, when I do that on my Andriod phone there is no Lens nor Qlens listed among the apps (even after clicking show System Apps).
I did find one thing that says to "Disable" (or Uninstall, but Uninstall is not an available option, but disable more-or-less the same) the Google App, and re-enable it.  This works, but only for about 1 day, after which Google Lens magically re-appears.  For three days now I have Disabled the Google App once a day.
Is there any way to permanently get rid of Google Lens?   It's horrible.

I discovered an approach that, at least for two weeks now, seems to have worked.
I tried a twist on this approach which I had mentioned above:

I did find one thing that says to "Disable" (or Uninstall, but Uninstall is not an available option, but disable more-or-less the same) the Google App, and re-enable it. This works, but only for about 1 day, after which Google Lens magically re-appears. For three days now I have Disabled the Google App once a day.

The "twist" is I did NOT re-enable the Google App.  This seems to have permanently removed Google Lens (Yay!!), and I have not noticed any other functionality missing from my phone since I did not re-enabled the Google App. Yay!!

Update: It's been over three months and Google Lens has not come back since I implemented this approach!  Very satisfied.

This link shows how to disable the feature.
It's hard to follow at first, just replay it a few times.
Basically type chrome://flags in your chrome browser, which give you a "search flags" prompt, type in lens, then disable each of the items that appear.  Type Relaunch (to relaunch Chrome); close Chrome; Lens will still be there.  Re-boot phone; Lens is gone!
https://youtu.be/6PlEuLNPxqY
Good luck.

This is the correct answer if you're coming from Chrome on desktop too, bothered by 'Search images with Google Lens' in context menu instead of 'Search Google for Image' that it used to be.

This flag doesn't exist any more.


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How to remove/disable Voice Talk on Ace 2?
Regular (not rooted) Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.
How to disable or remove Voice Talk application? By disable I mean I don't want to see it ever again when I press double home button or anything like that.

Does your phone have an S Voice app?

I don't see it. I have Voice Talk (you double press home and it appears).

When the Voice Talk appears, is there any way you can go into its settings? See if this helps: http://android.stackexchange.com/a/58106/5342 Please feedback.

@geffchang, no change. I believe it is additional wake-up.


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Google Play Music - Edit tags of Remotely Stored Music?
I am often surprised by the treatment of MP3 names by the native music player, Play Music. Fairly frequently albums are split, or unexpected titles pop up, etc. I am pretty meticulous about ID3s in my collection, and I often can't exactly determine the reason for the unexpected behavior.
Luckily, for those files I copy directly to the phone (Nexus 4), I can fix the issue fairly simply with an app called MP3dit (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ADnet&hl=en). For those that I upload to the cloud via Google Music Manager I am not aware of any such option. Is there a method for changing these? I can't find any alternatives/plugins to Google Music Manager, or at least not yet.
I thought of trying the "Keep on Device" thumbtack button - doing keep, making the edit, and then unkeeping it. However, this is would be tedious and unwieldy, plus I can't seem to find the location of the file once it is downloaded.
One, but far from the only example. Tags looks uniform, but player splits album. And that one funky artist name with all the extra spaces!

So...
1 - Is there a way for me to change the artist/track/album info on these cloud-stored songs?
2 - Can anyone shed some light on the naming system in general? I'm fairly certain it isn't simply ID3s. Some albums that look totally uniform on my hard drive are then split when copied to the Nexus 4 (both on device and remotely stored, but at least those on the device are fairly easily fixed)

I'm going to hazard a guess that Unicode had/has a hand in the misrepresentation of the data in those fields when applied as tags to songs.

You can now access those via the context menu of each track and choose "Edit info". And it even offers suggestions.

by "now" you mean 5.1, correct?

I would check the 'album artist' and 'composer' tags in addition to the 'artist' tag. I had Google play do some ridiculous things to my music because of those fields. Setting album artist equal to artist, and ensuring composer was blank, fixed my issues.

I use album art changer from playstore to keep my music file tags proper...the reason why they are splitting up are becasue there are some unseen tags which differ ...u can check this through the 'album Art changer' and if that doesnt help u can try mp3tag (it displays all the tags ) for desktop if i am not wrong


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How can I get the Car Home app to work?
I'm running KitKat and can't locate the Car Home app on it. It's listed in the Play Store as "Installed" and also "incompatible with all your devices", also "not eligible".
There's a seeming incongruency in the app install versus availability, and an inability to access the the app on my devices: no icon, no ability to add a shortcut to the launcher?
I've not seen another app in the Play store reporting itself in this odd manner.  My immediate assumption is it has been discontinued and/or is installed in the Android OS but only makes itself available under certain conditions (e.g. a docking station is present).
There does seem to be discussion around the Internet about the Car Home app and docking station integration.
Back in Gingerbread days I used to open the Car Home app manually to use it.  I haven't checked for it in a while.
Currently I'm running a Nexus4 with KitKat but I think this doesn't seem to matter. The app also won't work with my Note 10.1 and is not available for the old Nexus S either (lost that phone though so I'm only going by what the Play store is reporting for it).
I've settled for using a third-party app for now, however if Car Home is part of Android and the Play store I would prefer to use it.

I use Car Mode Ultra. It's highly customizable and more useful than the old car mode from Google

There are 2 ways I have seen things that existed on the phone that did not have a application button, or shortcut.
AnyCut (or better cut) Anycut can make shortcut widget things for almost anything , all the normal things are already in it (the apps you know). There is also this huge list of junk that is not easy to navigate , and sometines is very poorly marked Like every settings item in existance.
Better cut attempts to assemble the data better in catagories, but not all items will exist in better cut.
With Anycut I have made direct buttons for deep settings items, and stuff I never even heard of.  Any Cut might be useful for finding stuff, and setting it up with an icon to run.
Any good explorer, with the option to see hidden, even though without root you wont be doing much with it.  Duel file manager, astro, ghost commander, just about any of them except the built in file managers which are often more simple.
With the explorers viewing and even searching for all items on the device, I found the jelly bean easter egg executable, and ran it, before ever knowing it was an easter egg.  Searching with a wildcard etc.  Most of these explorers have some way to run things that will run, or view.
Never know what you can find :-)  That is a few ways to look. I am runing testing now on the app called Ultimate Car Dock , it is large button interface voice interaction, shorts contactcs and apps. read and replay to messages with voice It is "ok" so many others did not even get this far. 7day trial pay app.
Analisis of UCD , it works , it has to be task ended with its services set to task end to stop working , or be reset in settings. It was not so easy to get it to stop, which is both good and bad, good that a lot of programs fail over time, so this did not.
Needs more settings to reduce the interaction as the method is learned, eventually a person wants to tell it to shut-up and visually present less info.
Has the same fatal flaw with voice recognition that most everything else has, a "translate to text first" approach, then "programatically compare the STT text" that was poorly recognised. (this method would work if there was a large "sounds like" compare for the limited choise triggers).
Other than that it was fully operational, very usable by clear speakers and TTS knowlegable, very frustrating for mumbling non-tech people.


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How to remotely backup folders on stolen Android?
Most Android anti-theft apps can backup photos and text messages, but is there any app that can be installed through the web version of Google Play that can give me access to my folders and files to backup online if the phone is connected to WiFi?

The lost-phone tag you've used might include the key. Please follow up to its tag-wiki, which includes a few helpful links.

If you have a Dropbox account, you can use Dropsync to select which folders you want to sync to the Cloud.
I'm sure there are other solutions, but this is one thing you can consider.

Thanks geffchang, but how about a stolen phone that doesn't have DropSync on it?

@Qattaj I can't help you there, since I don't know. All I know is that some anti-theft apps let you WIPE / format the phone remotely. But if you needed an app to use AFTER the phone was stolen, I think that's too late. Anti-theft apps should be installed before the phone is gone; the same goes for Dropsync.

If you synchronized your device with gmail account, then login on your gmail, and check there for data.

You can’t and you shouldn’t be able to either. Lost means lost. It would be a huge security vulnerability if you could arbitrarily extract files from the device remotely. The time for backing up has come and gone.

Why would it be a security vulnerability? The device has an authorized Google account and OP wants to use the same account to remotely install apps in his device to get hold of certain data. What's wrong in that? That's the feature of Play Store.


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Sync Hotmail with Android so it recognize read status
All the email it pulls are currently unread, it's really annoying, how do I set it up so Hotmail and Android know a email has been read?

This seems to primarily be a problem on a Galaxy S3.  Are you having this issue w/ a different Android phone?

I know the built-in Android mail client doesn't sync read status with Hotmail.
Have you tried the official Hotmail client? It does seem to support most of Hotmail's more advanced features.

Yes, this is what I use now.  The interface is not the most convinent, but at least it works.


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If I tap and hold on the homescreen, nothing happens
I wanted to uninstall and move some applications from my homescreen, but when I tap and hold to get the menu for uninstalling and editing, nothing happens. The icon is selected, but there is no response. This was working fine earlier, but has been broken for the last month or so.
Does anybody know if this is connected to any settings, or would you guess it's an error?

Just a raw guess: does this problem persist after a reboot? Maybe simply something got stuck. The hard way would be to go to settings > apps > manage apps and clear the launchers cache and, if that doesn't help, its data as well (the latter would mean you need to re-configure the app completely, but your screens being clean).

Why is this tagged input method?

Thanks for the feedback! Liam meanwhile took the medal for the answer ;)

As it turned out, my "raw guess" was a direct hit -- so to make it easier to find for future "searchers", I make it an answer as promised:
This problem is mostly caused by the fact that something got messed up with the apps' cache and/or data. So what you should try first is:

Go to Settings → Apps → Manage Apps
Select your launcher
Hit the button labeled "Clear Cache"

If that doesn't solve the issue, take the same steps -- but in the last step hit the "Clear Data" button (note: This will reset the launcher configuration as if you just removed the app and did a fresh re-install).
If you still had no luck, you could simply uninstall and re-install the launcher (as long as it's not a system app). This will do all the above, but additionally remove (and on re-install re-create) the apps Dalvik cache. Count it as "partial factory reset".
Having mentioned the dangerous word: A factory-reset can serve as a "last resort" (as it cleans the entire device) -- but you would lose all your data that way, and needed to re-configure everything anew. In case you have to do that (I don't think it is necessary for your case here), take care to have a backup of as much of your data as possible.

I would guess it's an error.
The easiest fix would most likely to be to:

Wipe the launcher app data
Wipe system data (factory reset)
Return to manufacturer (hardware issue)

Thanks, it worked to clear the launcher cache. I'll just have to add the icons to the home screen again, but that's no problem.

If you are running ADW, you probably activated the "Lock Desktop" feature. This prevents accidentally adding/moving/removing icons from the home screen. To disable the lock, simply press the menu button and click "Unlock Desktop".
In the most recent update of ADW, if your desktop is locked, pressing the menu button pops up a dialog box asking if you want to unlock the desktop.


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Factory reset a Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 - can't start settings to enable USB debugging
A recent update to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 seems to have broken something fundamental.
System apps will load but the screen will stay blank. e.g. Settings loads up and shows the header with 'Settings' but the rest of the screen is white. I have left it 30 mins and it stays that way. It frequently stalls and has to be rebooted, sometimes you see Launcher3/Settings/etc is not responding, neither wait nor close help. Same in safe mode. I have turned on airplane mode, turned off basically everything I can, removed SD card and SIM etc. Still the same. Google Play wont load so I can't load any apps that might help.
Unfortunately that means I can't turn on Enable USB Debugging, and so I am limited in my options. It seems like the only options are the following:

Using a 'secret code': *#06# works (shows IMEI num) but nothing else seems to, though I did find an info window in the background one time (I think must have been *#*#4636#*#*). I am going off a list of codes I found here.
Using Recovery Mode: There seem to be a lot of different ideas on how to get into recovery on this phone, but none of them work for me. It seems like it's possible to get into a fastboot mode and from there you can do adb reboot recovery but only if Enable USB Debugging is on! :/

Is there anything else I can do?  I am not even sure what version of Android is on it, perhaps 4.4

the linked post descripes how to enter fastboot mode without usb-debugging. however, you can not boot straight into recovery from fastboot mode. but you can try to unlock bootloader for factory reset (fastboot boot recovery.img from pc will also work after this)

Recent update? Android version 5.0.2 with android security patch level 2015-12-01 is the latest I can get. That last updated happened maybe 3 year ago.


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A grey stripe has appeared right above the nav bar
This morning after some regular use a grey stripe suddenly appeared right above the nav bar. The stripe follows the nav bar, so if I collapse the nav bar the stripe is moved down to the lower edge of the screen. Se attached images:

It's semi transparent and a nuisance...
The device is a Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus

Hi @beeshyams I uploaded another screenshot, Chrome has nothing to do with the error, just used it for screenshot background.

@beeshyams This has nothing to do with styling the nav bar. some bug has appeared and I wonder if anyone knows how to remove it, hopefully without reseting the device.

I found out what the problem was.
As a side note I work as a designer for a company with a dedicated Android app. The current builds from the development team are pushed to my device where I can test the builds and provide input.
In the latest builds from today the team had integrated a third party lib which produced a on-screen server communications log. This log appeared as a grey stripe wherever I was in the device without me knowing, and only started printing logs when I started the beta app.
So, no problem with Samsung on this one, I guess this is a problem no one else ever will encounter. :)


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Put G+ back on share menu?
It use to be when I went to share a photo on from my Droid, a little menu would pop up with Facebook, G+, GMail, text messages, and more.
After what I think was an update, that menu changed.  G+ seems to have been removed and something called "Photos" has replaced it.  Tapping "More" lists a lot more apps but none of them are G+.
Choosing photos does not create a post on my G+ stream.  Instead it uploads the photo to some weird holding place that can only be accessed from the G+ web interface.
How can I get my G+ app back into the share menu?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. I have tried Andmade Share. It involves way too many taps.  First after tapping share, you have to tap more. Find Andmade share in that list and tap it.  Then Andmads Share shows an even longer list of apps.  From there you have to scroll to find G+.  Not the simple, tap share tap G+ post.

If the list you get after clicking "More" is too long, it scrolls. Could it be that you simply need to scroll the list to see Google+? If that's not it, does Google+ still show up in the app drawer (the list of all apps)?

Also, instead of Andmade, take a look at AppChooser. My personal preference. And besides: the "Photos" app is part of G+, afaik. Looks like they want to integrate the Galery app into G+ like they did the SMS with Hangouts.

It isn't in the More list.  I've scrolled.  It clearly was replaced by this Photos thing.


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Android 4.3 autoscreen turn on
This issue I noticed,once i updated my android to 4.3.
The issue is after every 1 min the lock screen automatically turns on.
There was no problem before.
Please help,i dont want to degrade to 4.1 again.
Device-Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

I don't think there's enough information here for us to help you. From what I've seen of similar issues in the past, there's probably some app that needs to have the screen on in order to function. What do you have that updates every minute? You might need to start taking apps off and using a process of elimination to find the culprit.

Full ack to Al's comment, and let me add something: A "full wakelock" does such things (turning the screen on to make sure the device is fully awake). To find the app requesting this, a useful resource thus might be How to deal with (orphaned) WakeLocks?

I'm having this problem as well, on the exact same device.

I don't have a Galaxy Note 2, but I would recommend just turning on Debug mode and running adb logcat and hoping that you can see the culprit make an announcement when it happens.

Using WakeLock detector from the wakelock thread, the only apps that seem to trigger a screen wakelock are the default messaging app and the package installer. I've turned both of these off, and the screen still keeps turning on.

Using Tasker?  (or Locale, Llama, etc)  Tasker has a compatibility setting that turns the screen on when checking certain conditions.

@smhmic, nope, I am not using Tasker or those other apps :(

@stringo0 Have you tried turning Sync off? Maybe there is a sync adapter that is misbehaving.

@Andris, yes I have. I'm starting to think it could be a hardware issue with mine.

I also recently upgraded my Note2 from 4.1 to 4.3 and was having the same problem. I installed the Wakelock Detector by UzumApps and found that the Noom Walk pedometer app was waking the screen. I uninstalled the Noom Walk app and the screen no longer wakes. The Noom developers have posted a test APK which can be found here: http://noom.uservoice.com/forums/207934-feature-requests-noom-walk-/suggestions/4147991-fix-noom-walk-on-the-samsung-galaxy-note-ii
I have not tried it yet. I may post more later if I try installing it.

That seemed to be it for me! The Wakelock detector didn't show the Walk app waking the screen, but uninstalling it has fixed it! No wake ups any more! Yay! Thanks for your help!

Glad I could be of assistance!

Android has different lock options - PIN, pattern, or facial recognition,.. .
Change current lock option to other and see if issue still exists.

Thanks for the suggestion @MAkS! It didn't seem to work. I changed it and it still turns on every minute.

Check if you have 'Daydream' turned on. Settings->Display->Daydream on Android 4.4. I was playing with my Nexus 7 and noticed that it would bring up the clock when I left it alone so it could be that. I must have turned it on when I was playing around with new features as it was introduced in Android 4.2.


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Key Layout change
My Captivate Glide's power button is broken, I was hoping to remap the a hardware key in the keyboard layout folder so that i may use a different key as the power button once the device is on. I was wondering if the change to the layout file would only be applied after boot or if i can use the assigned key to power on the phone as well?

Mr. Spock's logic suggests: No. As before the device is powered up, how should it read the contents of your keayboard layout folder?

@Izzy thanks for the reply, by extension that would mean kernel changes would have no effect either and the only other way would be a hardware modification. As there is no other solution short of repair, keyboard mapping will have to suffice. Thanks again for the reply.

That's correct, yes. Unfortunately, short of turning it in for repair, I see no other solution.

Remapping power and volume keys


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wave hand & lock phone automatically
Is there any way to lock my Samsung Quattro (running Android 4.2) just by waving my hand upon it?

Guys, "How do I do X?" is not an off-topic subject. "How do I do X? Is there some app?" is not off-topic either. If you don't like the word "app", just leave it on the side of your plate.

You could use automation apps like Tasker to use proximity sensor to do this. But the problem will be that it will get locked/unlocked at unwanted situations (like while in bag or pocket).

Rule of thumb: if "is there an app for" can be re-phrased to "is there any way to (achieve this)", it's most likely on-topic. I just did so with this question.

I cannot promise that any of these solutions work on your device, but there are several apps listed which seem to be able to achieve this, as e.g. Air Gesture Control or Wave Control. Just try a search for "air gestures" on Play Apps.
Note: my links go to AppBrain, as that site is not limited to 16 search results. Being an alternative front-end to Google Play, you still can install your findings from the latter. AppBrain even offers Google Play links for each app.


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SIM card removed?
Apparently I'm getting this message after using the phone camera. But not all the time. Then it restarts.
What could be the problem?
Nexus 4, Android 4.4

Okay, so I've had this problem before. I suggest powering off, removing SIM card, then putting it back in (if possible) and reboot. Please check the card for any visual damage.