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LG G2 screen isn't working in partial areas
So the other day I dropped my LG G2 from about 5 feet high and it smacked the ground. The screen was not damaged and everything looked fine with the phone, but when I started using it that wasn't the case. About 75% of my screen works when I touch it but a certain section of it does not. It isn't cracked or anything and you can see everything on screen, only the touch screen will not work in a certain section on my phone. Please help!

The (very small) cable that runs from the digitizer (the thing that reads your touches) to the motherboard (the part that does the thinking) was probably either damaged or knocked loose.
ifixit.com has a section on do-it-yourself hardware repairs or, it's time to find a repair depot.


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Huge unexplained data transfer - investigating
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3, and I do normal usage with it (web, reddit, mail, texts no netflix some youtube clips and not much streaming overall). Have been using it for about 2.5 year, without ever being near of busting data limits or reaching what could be considered heavy user (ex: from my records, 300 mb 4G  and 1.5 Gb wifi a month would be typical). wifi and 4G providers are distinct.
Never had a problem with the device. Device is rooted and unlocked. No bogus app on it (I try to be serious about this - and manage applications permissions with this registered XPrivacy module ) Device memory is 16 Gb (internal) and SD card 32 Gb - overall 2/3 full
then this week I check my provider account for wifi as I do each month before being billed to see if I need any adjustment. And I see this:

We see by looking at this figure that between the third and the sixth of March 2015 - there was a lot of data transfer - that I cannot explain. 25 Gb the 3rd, 49 Gb the 4th, 38 Gb the 5th and 8 Gb the sixth and then a return to something normal after.
Quickly I start investigating my various devices and found this on my mobile: (sorry for the weird colors it is not on purpose - but data is still exact)

The right section show 113 Gb of traffic between the 3rd and the 7th which concurs with the previous figure showing the usage (provider report). And to the left we see a peak in traffic for the same period, this one on 4G. I have no space on my phone to accomodate this transfers - and I still have about 15 Gb /48 Gb free space on it.
So since I am using a VPN service Private Internet Access showing in the left and right part of the figure as the top traffic application, I cannot tell which specific application triggered the traffic, as all traffic is redirected to the vpn interface. So for example, if I start a movie on Netflix, the Netflix application usage won't grow, but Private Internet Access will.
I tried to investigate - a bit more to not avail, using various shell utils (logcat, netstat, ps/top for processes) but I realized the problem way to late and connections were dropped and/or no relevant info was obvious to me.
I was wondering :
if anyone would have a hint as to how I should continue this investigation.
thanks

My first guess would be some OTA update pulled, which would explain the size in that short period. Not sure whether that would show up in the logs (or even if, if it is still there, as the logs are ring-buffers: Securing what you have ASAP with adb logcat cannot hurt, see How can I view and examine the Android log?).

@Izzy > I am currently installing SDK, will investigate with logcat and share some output. About the OTA - a 3 day long 110 Gb sized OTA is not usual I hope! We will see

Oh – a double sorry! It's GiB, not MiB, OMG... No, definitely not. Second sorry for not having included the link to Is there a minimal installation of ADB? – you wouldn't need the complete SDK for that...

OK a quick update. I am not able to get my phone to be detected via USB to any computers (winxp, macosx, win7) using any cables, with usb debugging mode enabled. This need to be resolved before working with SDK. I followed half a dozen tutorial on the matter to not avail, still investigating. My guess is that it have something to do with the rooting procedure. BUT I just found some logs I have not checked yet and those correspond with the 3rd of March, I am trying to figure this out, (I got a lead)

ok no lead finally.. I'll keep investigating if anyone have some suggestions I'll check the thread

As for the device detection: At least on Windows, that might need the appropriate drivers. Also: it cannot hurt asking your provider if he logged the traffic and can tell some "remote IPs" (or URLs) to shed some light.

I have a few suggestions. I had my phone go over my monthly average by only about 5GB and just about threw my phone in a lake.
The VPN app claiming all the data transferred as its own is a problem, but I think you can get around that with third party data management apps like 3G Watchdog and My Data Manager. Based on my research on several sites this seems to just... kind of... happen to people randomly across many different configurations. For me the Android OS service was reporting huge spikes, but My Data Manager broke that out into a different service that was running.

In Apps, clear data and cache for Google Play Services, Google Play Store, Google Services Framework, and Google Backup Transport.
Go to Settings -> Storage, Cached data, reset. Restart your phone.
Until you've figured it out, try to not be on data but wifi instead. That will minimize overages.
If you're feeling proactive, download one of those data management apps, or both. Then wait.

If it never happens again, I bet you'd be happy.

Gentry, thank you for the follow up; actually, in the end I did not found any real solution. I cleared my programs cache and I am quite careful on data transfer - I monitor a lot. I have no clue what it could be - maybe some kind of overflow. I did not have the time to do it but I think I should reinstall the whole thing, (OS, ROM, latest version)  just did not got the time. Still curious of anyone found something

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What functionality will I lose by installing CM on my Xperia Z3?
I am considering to replace the stock rom of my Xperia Z3 with Cyanogenmod.
What are the functions that will no longer be accessible / installable after doing this switch?
For example I heard that Z3 comes with special DRM protected drivers for the camera, so I assume the camera will be worse after installing CM.
What about the Stamina mode to save battery? Will I still be able to use this somehow?
And what about the PlayStation functionalities of the phone?

Yes your camera may perform worse in low light. You will lose your playstation certificate. The stamina mode is associated with the stock rom of Xperia so you will lose your Stamina mode too

Damn, thank you. Anything else you can think of?

From my experience, you will lose all the above, and often things like WiFi, bluetooth, a working screen, 3g, lte etc. It depends on if it is a stable version of CM or a nightly. The nightly ones have a lot of known bugs and are NOT a daily driver. Anything 'Sony' on your device will be gone for sure.

But there may be way where you can backup the TA partition and restore it. So that your DRM keys are intact

in my experience the phone worked really well except for the camera. To take photos I used Google stock camera, shots usually came out distorted (HDR unusable) and except when in perfect light conditions photos where bad, also audio recording of any kind (voice or video) was impossible to achieve. So finally I went back to Sony ROM ... but feels outdated and slow in comparison

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How can I root my Samsung Dart (SGH-T499)?
I've seen several sites using SuperOneClick, but can't seem to find a legitimate download link to it. (The original site, shortfuse.org was down).
I then saw TowelRoot, but it tripped Norton, saying it was a Trojan.
I also looked at iRoot, which also tried to trick me into downloading a virus.
I thought the gurus here might have some advice (or even just a SuperOneClick executable) to help me out.
How do I root my device?
Thanks!
evamvid
PS I already looked at the one-root-question-per-device thread -- my device wasn't there.
PPS Possible relevant information -- It is speculated that this phone is a rebranding of the Galaxy Mini for T-Mobile, however it has capacitative buttons instead of the galaxy mini's tactile buttons. (I don't know if this helps)
PPPS The original SuperOneClick thread on XDA-Developers
PPPPS I also checked KingoApp -- no dice


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Galaxy S5 Active home button - weird long press behavior
I've got an S5 Active on AT&T. After the latest update, my home button started registering almost any press as a "long press." Does anyone have an idea of how to fix or mitigate this problem? Also, if anyone else has experienced the same thing, please let me know as I'd like to think I'm not crazy!

The good news: you're not losing your mind.  The even-better news: there seems to be a solution.
Head on over to ifixit and take a look at their thread.

Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.

The solution I've found while waiting for an update to fix the update is to turn off auto updates if it's on, and uninstall all updates to the Google application, restoring that app to factory. Hoping there's a better fix soon so I can turn auto updates back on.


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SD card is damaged, even after I format and get new sd card, I'm still seeing the same error, Please help!
Hi I've found my 8 GB SD card damaged this morning. And I was able to access it on my computer and I collected the files on it, then FORMATTED it. However, when I put it back in my phone I'm still getting the same error : Damaged SD card.
So I've bought a brand new 2 GB SD card and I'm still receiving the same error: SD card Damaged. I'm using TECNO M3 , android 4.2.2
Please I need help fixing this problem.
PS: This problem has started when I put wi-fi on this morning, and the apps started updating automatically. And suddenly majority of my apps were removed on their own.BTW, I've check different threads here but it seems nobody is having the same problem as mine. I appreciate any help.
Thanks!

Try formatting the SD card on your phone instead of the PC. If it still shows the message, then your SD card might be broken.

The SD card was ok when you accessed it with your computer. Could it be some malware on your smartphone instead?

And suddenly majority of my apps were removed on their own. Is your device Rooted? @ott : I'm kinda skeptical about Malware doing so without Root access. To install/remove Apk's requires very higher privileges which certainly a malware (alike other apps if device not rooted) shouldn't be able to do. But may be a Vulnerability could've been exploited here or else, I could be wrong all along. Care to enlighten here. @Pearl : I agree with @gianttree, try formatting the card only in Smartphone from Settings > Storage > Format External Storage

I've tried formatting the SD card on my phone but I'm still having the same problem.

And I've tried using a new SD card and same problem happened, btw my phone is rooted. I'm thinking it could be a malware the way I'm seeing thing going. Anyways until the moment I didn't manage to fix it. Do you have other suggestions? Thanks

Could be multiple things. With the "first card", you might have formatted it using a file system not supported by the device (e.g. NTFS). The second card might be broken/corrupt, though I think that unlikely. If a third card (maybe you can find one to try from another device?) doesn't work either, I'd rather consider the problem is with the device's card slot (e.g. contact issues).


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HTC One internal storage performing very slowly
Using A1 SD, I can see that my HTC One (M7)'s 'internal SD card' (ie, the embedded storage) is incredibly slow compared to other benchmarks listed by anonymous users for the same phone. I'm only getting  6.68MB/s read, and 2.76MB/s write. However, others are getting 50MB/s read and 33MB/s write (for the same HTC One M7 and the same storage location)
Any idea why my phone might be performing so slowly? And how might I improve its speeds?
Its important to note that I've run this diagnosis because for months I've put up with slow speeds and only now getting around to doing something about it. Quite often when saving a photo or a video it will hang for many minutes. I typically find that performance is worse when the card is nearing on full, but now even clearing out storage doesn't seem to give back much performance.

Resetting my phone did the trick.
This isn't a very good answer, as I don't know the root cause. I'm going to slowly add back apps and see if there's a particular one that might have been a bit IO greedy. So far I've added most back and its still fantastically fast again. Haven't signed into Facebook yet... I've always had my suspicions...

I just had the same issue on HTC One X. After trying many things, the action that seems to have fixed the problem was deleting two big (almost 500MB each) thumbnail-metadata files for the images.
I hope this helps others, too.

Hi I have the HTC one Max and have had this exact same problem as you describe.  Really slow laggy performance on the phone and was considering a new one even though I am happy with the Max apart from the lag.  I ended up buying a faster SDCard to see if that improved things then tried A1 Bench.  My SDCard was fast 70MB/s read 30MB/s write but the internal storage was slow as treacle reading at 6MB/s.  I did a factory reset last night and now the internal storage is running 43MB/s read 32MB/s write.  I uninstalled the FB app and messenger before the first benchmarks as well so dont think it is that.
I didnt exactly have lots of rubbish apps installed anyway so its strange, I did read somewhere that its best to do a factory reset after upgrading to lollypop so maybe its just that.  I have put most of the apps I regularly use back on except for FB so far and benchmarks are still looking good.  I may put FB app back on as prefer it to just using chrome.
What we really need is something like windows resource monitor that shows all the processes running that we can sort by disk io, memory and cpu usage so when its running dog slow can see exactly what is causing it.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 (SM-T700) support for OTG (On-The-Go)
Not having any luck determining if I can see/move files from my camera to my T700 using a On-The-Go adapter/cable.
See cables advertised but read on various sources that not all devices support all Host services.  Not having much luck finding a cable locally so before I go through the trouble of getting one on line, finding it does not work and having to return it, I'm look for assistance in determining if the T700 is likely to support Host/OTG services.  Contacted Samsung but they just told me none of the tablets support OTG - interesting, who's buying all those adapters/cables that won't work?
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who bought a Galaxy Tab S 8.4 as I never find any mention of this tablet on forums I look on.  Am I the only one? :)

Finally found a USB OTG cable at Best Buy.  Samsung branded as a "Host" cable but nobody knew how it works (or even they had it - 'OTG' that is).  Tried to convince me I need to swap SD cards to transfer pictures from camera to tablet.
Not buying this, I bought the Samsung "Host" adapter cable on the assurance I could return it if it didn't work.  It did.  Worked great.  Just plug in the cable to both the camera and tablet and power up the camera.  And there is, identified as usb a.  Was able to view and transfer (copy) pictures and videos from the camera to the tablet.  No separate file manager app needed either.


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Determining file type from android terminal emulator
I have a file of unknown type that does not display properly in es file explorer and I have no other app installed that can open it. Can I use the terminal emulator (or some other method?) To determine it's file type so as to google the extension and find an appropriate app?

for find File Format, copy this file in Linux, then use this command:

file input

i tried many commands for this in terminal(Android), and does not work.


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IS it common for mobile data to stop working but normal phone reception to be fine?
So I've got a sony xperia z3 compact and it's only a couple of months old.
So far, it's been great but today I noticed that the mobile internet doesn't work. The thing is though my phone reception is fine - I can dial people without getting problems - it's just that when I'm not within a WIFI zone, I have no data.
I've rang up my mobile network provider and they say my data is activated. The phone itself is from overseas but I'm fairly sure, the phone's mobile data has worked before - it's only stopped working recently.
I'm trying to figure out if it's a hardware fault in my phone and I'm hoping it's not because it would be difficult and lengthy to get it replaced. Is it common for a phone's mobile data to stop functioning while the phone's normal phone reception works perfectly fine?
Do these functions use the same components to work?

Do you have Mobile Data enable in the network settings?  Are the APNs set up?  (And yes, you can definitely use voice and SMS without a data connection.)

Not normal , check your phone params to be sure that you did not disable data , you can also dial *#*#4636#*#* to open the diagnostic menu then first item and scroll down to "preferred network" and check what is written.


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How to redirect sound to loudspeaker from arbitrary app
My Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with a front-speaker and a back-loudspeaker. From some applications, such as the Phone app, it is possible to press a software button during a call to redirect the sound to the back-loudspeaker (so that more than one person can hear what the person on the other side of the phone call is saying).
However, I couldn't find the same functionality on the Skype app (or any other videoconferencing or other app).
I would like to know whether there is a system setting somewhere or custom application such that whatever app is running in the foreground, the sound it produces can be somehow redirected to the back-loudspeaker from some external software, so that this can work no matter what app (Phone or other) is running.
Thanks.


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Root access in android
How to get root access in android ?. While  I am trying su or sudo in my samsung galaxy core phone ,I am getting /system/bin/sh :sudo :not found

You have to root your phone. Search (here or on Google) for "How to root ".

You first have to root your device in order to have root access.
I'd suggest you to have a look here.
Do check for supported devices here [as per devices, samsung galaxy core is supported. Do cross-check whether you own the same model or not]

I haven't done rooting in my device till now.In that case ,do you mean that none of the applications currently running in my mobile phone ,including anti virus is having root access ? What I mean is that, although I haven't done rooting in my mobile phone, how a privileged application like anti virus is running in my mobile ? Or is it running with limited privileges?

Rooting your device gives YOU administrative rights.
Means once you root your device, you can explore your device's system files, tweak them, explore all you installed-apps data, install custom ROMs, etc.
All the system files are hidden in UNROOTED device. You do not have permissions to access those files without root.

If this helps you understand more about android root.
Hope this helps.


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How to display Android Screen (5.0+) to my Mac OS X Laptop?
This seems similar to several other questions here, but the other questions are outdated. In Android 5.0 there is a native screen casting button (Cast) on the notification drawer for us to cast the screen to a Chromecast.
Is it possible to make our laptop (Mac OS X or otherwise) act as a Chromecast display so that we can press the Cast button on the Android and the screen is shown on the laptop?
I tried leapcast but the Android device does not seem to detect it.


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Can not install substrate on emulator
I'm trying to install cydia substrate on emulator, when I try to link substrate files I got multiple errors,
Then I replaced /system/xbin/su with a suid-ed /system/bin/sh file and disabled SELinux with setenforce command.
But I still got this:

Anyone know what should I do? With adb shell I can get root but I don't know what script to run ....


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Huge contacts storage in galaxy 4
In my galaxy for some reason my contacts storage grow to almost 6Gb (should be some sync problem.) I dont have SD . I deleted all the photos but still grow by itself and cannot open in the phone. How can I fixed?
Regards
Ricardo

I have a similar problem on an "LG Viper 4G LTE" running Android 4.0.4 ,,, "Contacts Storage" takes up 920 MB for date (and 0 for app), whihc is more than half of the phone's internal storage. I have maybe a couple hundred contacts, how is it using more than 1MB per contact? Is there a setting I can change to shrink that?


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How to mount usb drive in nexus 5 using mount command?
I read in some online sources that lolipop 5 allows mounting usb devices using otg cable without root permissions.
Another thing i saw is that the app "ES Explorer" can mount usb devices without root.
I'm trying to mount usb device using the built in "mount" command but im recieving "permissions denied" error.
The device shows in /etc/partitions as:
8    0    15633408    sda
8    1    15633392    sda1

I tried
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt

and get "permission denied"
What is the right way to mount usb device?
How does ES Explorer mount usb device without root permissions?


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Whatsapp usage with old lost number
I lost my android phone (samsung galaxy grand) . Can I use whatsapp with the same number on my new phone, if I don't have the sim card with that number ? Except for the sms code/call, is there some other method of opening my whatsapp account ?

No, this is impossible. If I were you, I would send a broadcast message to all of my contacts regarding my new number.

you could ask your carrier to disable your old sim card and enable a new one (which you need to get) with the same number.


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How to remove radio from quick settings in Asus zenfone 4
When i bought my phone it had only 4 icons highlighted in green and some others which could be removed in and were highlighted in blue but suddenly the radio icon appeared and i am not able to remove it and I haven't even update any thing plz help

Can you add a screenshot?

Open the toggles bar and on the top along with the settings button there will be an icon of pencil and a page tap that and quick settings menu will launch there will be two headings scroll down the first one and uncheck fm radio and select any thing else you want to


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Frequent "Google sign-in" error
On my Android device, I have added three Google accounts, and probably on average of once (or even twice) per week, all three accounts will have "Google sign-in" errors to show me. Unlike the question about the persistent sign-in errors, once I enter the correct password, the authentication succeeds, and the error vanishes, only to appear a week later.
I am not doing anything to change any of these accounts, but I am just using them normally on other PCs and devices. None of my other Android devices seem to have this problem. I am not using two-factor authentication.
Error dialog text:

[English] Google sign-in: You entered the wrong password or your
account has changed. Please re-enter your password.

What might I be doing to cause these errors and more importantly, how do I prevent these errors?

I'm wondering if it's a cache problem since it's only on that device and not seemingly tied to the accounts themselves (since the problem is not elsewhere). Have you tried deleting the accounts from the device and then re-installing them? This can be a PIA if you have things like movies downloaded because - in my experience - it forgets where they are on the device and wants a re-download.

One of the accounts is the "base" Google account I've linked with my phone, meaning that the device would require a factory reset if I removed it. I would hope to find a way to clear the cache without a factory reset.

I've not had a problem removing all of the google accounts from a phone (no reset required), but of course YMMV.


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Google Play Services Battery Drain
I have sony xperia l running Android kitkat4.4.4 AKOP rom
I want to ask that my phones google play services draines my battery 60% to 80%
I tried all kind of fix but nothing sloved my problem
Thanks

its displayed in settings >> battery

How ???
I didnt understand.


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Grand Quattro boot loop and can't go to recovery mode
Let's keep this simple...

I root my phone using Kingo ROOT and now can't boot.
This... https://www.dropbox.com/s/8v7fbrlep05oc3y/WP_20150308_15_34_19_Pro.mp4?dl=0
Note that my phone is grand quattro and not win
Can't go to recovery mode but can access download mode.
I have Odin.

What should I do? Format or something? :/

Hopefully you made a nandroid backup... if you are able to get into download mode you should be fine. Put the device in download mode. Have the device connected to the pc. Open odin. Make sure that odin recognizes the device. There should be numbers in the first small box in odin above the ID:COM. Select your pda file by clicking pda in odin. Select the tar.md5 file that you should have downloaded. If you do not have this file you can get it by searching for a thread for rooting your phone. Once your device has been recognized and you have the md5 file selected, click start. The overall process should take 10-15 seconds. Once the process has been completed the phone should restart. You can now disconnect the phone. You should now be root.
note this will trip the Knox counter so you may not be able to claim warranty.
Now download clockworkmod recovery md5 file for your phone. Now do the previous steps up to where you select the md5 file. So when you click pda this time select the clockworkmod recovery file you just downloaded. Now you can do this next part two ways:

If you are able to boot your phone you can leave auto reboot checked in odin and then hit start.

Or:

You can uncheck autoreboot so that your phone stays powered off after you click start. Now you should be able to boot into recovery and recover your nandroid backup.

This anwser is based on not knowing if you are still able to boot into your phone or not. If this anwser does not fix your problem please post some clarification and I will try to adjust my anwser. Hope this helps


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is there a way to recover partially received contact files from bluetooth
I recently bought a new Galaxy s5 phone. when I tried to Bluetooth my contacts over, it only partially sent the file is there a way to open the partially send file?

What phone are you sending the contacts from? If the phone is older, and especially if it's not Android, the files are most likely not compatible. You'll be better transferring the contacts via the Internet, if possible. You can use either Google account and sync your contacts with it, or use one of those sites dedicated to backing-up and transferring contacts.


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Removing Firmware from a tablet
I purchased a NeuTab Tablet with an AllWinner Quad core cpu.  It appears to be rooted already but there doesn't seem to be a away to upgrade to a newer version of Android or at first glance to even flash CyanogenMod.
Is there a way to get rid of/unlock the firmware that's on there without bricking the device?

You can manually update the firmware using Odin. Find the firmware you want to install. Try www.xdadevelopers.com and search for firmwares and various other Roms that "might" be available for your tablet.

Odin only works on Samsung devices.

Did not know that. Thanks for the information.


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Is there a way to export Google bookmarks to another app?
I currently switched to firefox and would like to keep my Chrome bookmarks, but I can't find a way. Also I'm looking for a bookmarks editor/organizer. Are there any practical solution? I can't find any on the net easily.

Are your Chrome bookmarks synced to Google?  It might be easier to do this on a PC.  Start Firefox, run the import wizard to import Chrome bookmarks, set up Firefox Sync on both desktop and mobile app, and you should be good to go.


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RPC:S-2:AEC-2 when trying to install Facebook
The phone is a Moto G running Android 4.4.4.
The problem happens when trying to install Facebook.
I've tried clearing the cache for Google Play Services and Google Play Store.
The "Uninstall updates" button in Google Play Services is greyed out.
How can I fix this issue? Thank you very much.

Very related: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/87489/google-play-error-retrieving-information-rpcs-2aec-2

Unfortunately, that didn't work. I found that post and tried everything before I submitted this question.

It fixed itself after a few hours when installing it from play.google.com. I suppose Google's servers were in a broken/inconsistent state?

It seems just like the answer on the other question... which is actually Google-side issue.


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Which is faster '1GB RAM with 64 bit' or '2GB RAM with 32 bit'
I planed to purchase new mobile. I confused with processor and RAM.

Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 (64 Bit) 1GB RAM
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7 (32 Bit) 2GB RAM

Which one will be faster?

The second one has more RAM and a faster processor (and a newer model one too). The 32/64 bit isn't really a factor IMHO in the decision. If a device had over 4Gb of RAM then a 64 bit version may be useful, but only in certain circumstances. Since Android is Linux it's really even less of a concern again. A full answer to this would be far too long, and broad for this site. The second one is better, but there is a degree of opinion in that too.

Given the size of RAM you are talking about here, 32-bit 2Gb would potentially lead to better performance assuming a well set up and tuned operating system is installed on it. The advantages of 64-bit are that it can handle more computational values in memory, but if you have less memory to work with your advantage is diminished. Also bear in mind that if an application is not designed to take advantage of the 64-bit architecture then the whole arguement is moot as it would still behave in a 32-bit manner, once again in this instance more RAM would prove more advantageous.


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Files deleted from Internal/External SD return with a size of 0 bytes
I am running the Resurrection Remix ROM on my i9300, I don't know what could've caused this. Every time I save files to my SD card, external or internal, for instance when I download a file from the internet and have it saved to my sdCard in storage/sdcard0/Downloads and I decide to delete that file, the file deletes fine but after a while, I check that same path and find out the files  are back with a size of 0 bytes.
After studying how the issue has been occurring, I noticed it happens with only files I download and not files I copy from my PC to the phone.
I have tried:

Deleting the files from recovery with the aroma file manager.
Clean install of my ROM to an updated version
Changing ownership of these files then deleting them from the command line via the terminal emulator app.
Formatting my internal and external sd storage from recovery.
Connecting my phone to my PC and deleting the files from there.

Here's a screenshot of how things have been going down:


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Typing in Web Browser (Firefox and Chrome) Text Boxes and Text Areas on Android is Awkward
There are several sites which have web browser text areas which you can type stuff in. When these sites are visited with Firefox or Chrome, and you want to enter more than 3 lines of text (for instance your text may end up wrapping up and spanning 5, 6, 7, or 8 lines), then it becomes awkward to move to the lines in the middle, since the android placeholders that can be used to select text will scroll up or down too fast to select the middle lines.
I would like to know whether there is a workaround for this (personally I would suggest that the text box / text area on such browsers running on Android devices be resizable by dragging the lower-right-hand-side corner of such text area box. Not sure if this is possible at the moment.
The best solution I've found for this so far is to try and download the corresponding apps for the websites you need to visit and enter this kind of text in, but this is a non-solution given that some websites will not have corresponding Android apps to be used to enter the given information more conveniently.
Anyone know whether Firefox and Chrome plan to support the feature I just mentioned?

Asking whether they plan to support the feature is kind of playing with crystal-ball, since until there's an official announcement by them, we don't have any clue and can only speculate (and thus, off-topic IMO). OTOH, some keyboards have built-in navigation: Hacker's Keyboard (5-row only) and Google Japanese Input (maybe not so useful for most people).

You don't need to drag the placeholder, in a text area whose content is larger than the editing area, you can scroll the text by dragging on the editing area itself. This works in both Firefox and Chrome for Android.
Regarding to text area resizing, yes, this is possible. Resizable text area works in both Firefox and Chrome for Android (demo), but they must be enabled by the website with a CSS3 code.
If the website you frequents doesn't enable text area resizing, in Firefox Mobile you can use the Stylish Add-on to force all text area to be resizable with a userstyle CSS like the following:
textarea { resize: both; }

Stylish add-on is fully supported in Firefox Mobile.
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command on adb waits forever
I can successfully execute ADB commands, but if the command has no output the command line just waits there and does not let me enter a new command until I press ctrl-c, the commands do work however. Is there anyway to prevent the command line waiting forever until I press ctrl-c?
Here is an example of what I mean. I have entered this command, and the command line waits there forever until I press ctrl-c

I am using Windows xp and the phone I am using is an HTC Incredible

I just tested this, with the latest SDK tools, connected to my FireTV (over TCP) my command runs and exits right after. Maybe it has to do with the device.

can you try it as separate commands: first connect to adb shell, then in the shell run "input keyevent 22" and see if that command hangs. If not, it may have to do with the ADBD that runs on the device.

@RyanConrad how do I connect to the shell first?

run adb shell. then you will see $ (or something like that). From there run input keyevent 22 and see if that "waits" or if it then brings you back to the $.

@RyanConrad it just waits there. It probably has to do with the device then.

Are you running the latest version of ADB? Fire up SDK Manager.exe and see if there's an update available for "Android SDK Platrofm-tools" package.  Also, could be WinXP related.

@Swing's solution works, but requires more information to be useful.
Running
netstat -nao | findstr 5037

will display all connections on port 5037, which is the TCP port that ADB daemon runs on.
Terminal should output something like this:
  TCP    127.0.0.1:3592         127.0.0.1:5037         ESTABLISHED     9984
  TCP    127.0.0.1:3603         127.0.0.1:5037         ESTABLISHED     6204
  TCP    127.0.0.1:5037         0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING       9904
  TCP    127.0.0.1:5037         127.0.0.1:3592         ESTABLISHED     9904
  TCP    127.0.0.1:5037         127.0.0.1:3603         ESTABLISHED     9904

The last column of numbers (like 9904) is the PID or Process ID that is running on the port that ADB uses. In some cases ADB doesn't end its previous process and cause future instances to hang/wait like you described.
If you're on Windows, open Task Manager, click Details, and find the matching ID in the PID column. Right click the process and end it, and try your adb command again.

use this command to find out if port 5037 is used by another process:
netstat -nao | findstr 5037

if in use, kill that process, than try it again.

Can you give some background on that? What is port 5037 for? Where is that command to be executed? Moreover, OP states the ADB command succeeds (and then hangs), and he simply wants to get rid of the neccesity to do a Ctrl-C. So how does your proposed solution improve that?

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How to change Device ID without Root?
So, there is an app, 9chat. I was using it for a while, then out of nowhere, the app started to give me error: "Invalid user ID and Token!"
I have LG G3 D855.
I tried everything to log in to app again (restart, reinstal, changing account, etc) , yet nothing worked, then I used another Android device, and I had no problem. Even with same user and pass.
The problem is so rare, that there is no way to solve it from my side. But the developers don't help either, I saw people were not be able to log in more than a month.
And then I thought maybe factory reset, will help, so I get back up, then reseted. I did 4 factory reset, each time using different Google Account, yet each time, after installing 9 chat as the first thing, I got the error "Invalid User ID and token!"
The weirdest thing, is the app says "welcome back username blah blah blah" then says invalid token. And the other app of this company, 9GAG works fine, without any problem, using same accounts.
So, I need to change Device ID. I have latest stock Lollipop, so I can't root, and I don't like other roms. Is there any thing that can help me here? I don't need the app, I just want to win.

Wrong question. Samsung aren't making good stock ROMs... Are you sure that 9chat fails to connect to 9gag account?

I'm not Samsung either, I'm LG G3. LoL. Yeah, it fails because of my Device ID, that's why I have to change Device ID.

I know. Oh, just my phone lagged. That must be impossible without root on any phone, so I think there is no answer

Consider to update the problem from your post on XDA.

Have you tried wiping the davlic cache when resetting? Go here for more info on that http://androidforums.com/threads/should-i-wipe-dalvik-cache-on-lollipop.916170/. If that does not work try encrypting the phone THEN doing a factory reset/wipe.


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When downloading a Rom on NOTE 4 questions
Now I unlocked my phone  from T-mobile switched carriers to AT&T, my question is when downloading a rom do I download of N910T still or something different? In my phone setting it reads N910T... Even though I'm on AT&T now.

Even if the phone is originally from t-mobile and after i unlocked the phone to a new carrier it  still says N910T/ Should I use N910A?

Well I went against what you said install the ROM that was originally for tmobile and it works perfectly I'm glad I didn't listen to you and brick my phone.

It seems These are Have different Roms.
Galaxy Note 4 Models:

T-Mobile SM-N910T Galaxy Note 4
Sprint SM-N910P Galaxy Note 4
AT&T SM-N910A Galaxy Note 4
Verizon SM-N910V Galaxy Note 4
Canadian Rogers SM-N910W8 Galaxy Note 4
Canadian Bell SM-N910W8 Galaxy Note 4
Canadian Telus SM-N910W8 Galaxy Note 4
International SM-N910F Galaxy Note 4
International SM-N910C Galaxy Note 4

and According to list, you need SM-N910A Galaxy Note 4 Rom for AT&T.
hope this help.


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Autoreject calls via predefined SMS message while away from phone
On my Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo there is a neat feature where when you receive a call you can type on a predefined text message to send. I wonder whether the following scenario can be achieved on Android phones:

The user is away from the phone, perhaps having a shower or working out at the gym.
The user (sets up and then) selects a predefined text message (saved in a list of predefined text messages).
The user specifies that whenever a phone call is received, the corresponding text message will be sent to the caller's phone number automatically (and this could be set up either for everyone or just for a few phone numbers the user wants to share this info with).

If a caller rings twice from the same number, there would also be an option to send the SMS only the first time (so as to not have some malicious user deplete all your SMS credit).

With SL4A or Qpython (Python Script Engine) you can use android apps permission .(E.g With it you can send mesaages, take picture etc.)
If you have basic knowlege of python you can make a script that will help you to do that.
You will also need tasker etc. To launch script
[I think it will be hard task to do it.I just gave you the Base Idea.Hope you will make it]

Thank you for your response. +I know python, tcl, and shell scripting, but I'm not sure about how to proceed.

You can first install the Qpython3 then after importing SL4A module you can go through its documentation. and see how can you use messageing feature in creative way to solve your problem.


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How do I turn off the Google Voice typing on htc desire 510
I'm having a problem I change my oil changed I guess D card in my phone and now to send a text message all I got is Google Voice typing and I don't want it how do i turn it off

Try to open Settings - Language & Input (or similar), then see if there are other input types. Otherwise, download some keyboards.

I caused the same problem to my Desrie 510 as I disabled some apps.
Go to phone settings, scroll down to Apps, go down to make sure HTC SENSE INPUT is enabled.

In your phone's settings, look for Input settings. It might come under Languages or Text Input. Look for the list of keyboards, and de-select Google Voice Typing. Note that your phone should have another keyboard installed for you to be able to switch to something else.


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Phone app comes up when the phone is unlocked by swiping
I have a Motorola Moto G and have just upgraded to Lollipop.
Every time I wake the phone up by swiping/logging in, the phone app comes up as if I want to make a call.
Is there any way to stop this happening? I'd prefer just to see my home screen.

swipe straight up, if you swipe from the left, or to the right from the center, it will open the phone app. if you do it in the opposite direction you will open the camera.

If you just upgraded to Lollipop, my guess is you're swiping from the left side to the right side, the way you did pre-Lollipop. That doesn't work on Lollipop. Lollipop is unlocked by swiping from the bottom to the top. Swiping from the left to the right unlocks you directly into the phone app (which is why its icon is in the bottom left of the lock screen), and swiping from the right to the left unlocks you directly into the camera (which is why there's a camera icon on the right).
Takes a few days to get used to swiping up instead, but once you do, you're golden.

Thank you so much for providing the solution so quickly.
I've noticed the minimalist approach on other things like the toggle switches for things like Wi-Fi.
I must remember to be more observant!
Thanks again
Very much appreciated.
Jamie A

Happy to help. There's a lot of oddities to get used to, but most are really great.
Also, please mark this as answered, if you don't mind. ;)

Please follow these steps..
Settings
Goto-- lock screen and settings
Info app and shortcuts
Next     appshortcuts
( now disable right and left shortcuts)
Simple now you will see direct menu when you unlock the screen


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On S3 Mini, Heimdall ERROR: Partition "RECOVERY" does not exist in the specified PIT
Following this guide for Samsung S3 Mini to install recovery: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i9300

Started up in download mode
connected USB
in Terminal (Linux user), typed in
heimdall flash --RECOVERY <file-name>.img --no-reboot

The Terminal returned the error:
ERROR: Partition "RECOVERY" does not exist in the specified PIT.

What do?

I managed to solve as follows (on Linux):
Cause of problem:
In the PIT, there is no partition, called "RECOVERY" (duh). Keep in mind, the command is case sensitive.
Have a look at the PIT:
sudo heimdall print-pit --verbose

On my phone the recovery-related partition was called "Kernel2"
What worked is:
sudo heimdall flash --Kernel2 recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.6-i9300.img --no-reboot

And does the phone after that worked with the new OS? The S3 mini is a i8190 (not supported) and not a i9300. Please see https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/alpgip/samsung_galaxy_s3_mini_gti8190_handled_like_i9300/


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Cannot boot to bootloader, fastboot or recovery
I have Sony Xperia Z2 with Cyanogenmod 1220150305
I cannot boot into any recovery based applications.
I have tried with the phone off and the down and up volume buttons, I have tried with apps that reboot to recovery, I have tried with the advanced power button on CM, I have tried with adb reboot bootloader/recovery and I have tried by just trying to install an update from the CM Updater.
What do I do to get this into Recovery? Otherwise the phone is fine, but it now means I can never update the phone ever again which I am not happy about as this version of CM12 is not great.

turn off your phone completely and press volume- and powerbutton togethor for fewsecond. Your phone will get into recovery mode

Turn off your phone and let it stay like that for 20 seconds
Then try the key combination again until the led goes blue (from pink)
If that doesn't works
Try flashing the cwm recovery image again manually using
fastboot flash recovery nameOfTheImage

Or follow this link to download the boot.img file and flashing it via
fastboot flash boot boot.img

Link:-
http://techbeasts.com/install-cwm-recovery-root-xperia-z2-2301a0167-d6502-d6503-d6543/
Hope this helps!

Settings> System> Developer options
Check 'advanced reboot'
Power button> reboot
Boot screen should show you an option to go into recovery.


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reduce size of videos
Videos made on my android device have a size of about 70 MByte per minute.
How  to reduce to size of the videos?
I guess (but don't know) that a clever CPU intensive transformation with a better output codec could make the file size much smaller.
The recoding can happen on the device itself or on a Ubuntu PC.

Have you tried different resolutions, or do you want to retain the resolution  yet reduce the size?

@Firelord I would like to keep the resolution.


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Why are some contacts shown several times?
Some of my contacts are on SIM card and some are on phone. I want to keep all at one place.  If I transfer them from SIM card to phone, am I going to have duplicate contacts or it is smart enough to figure out?
If I select the option "all contacts" then one contact is shown several time in the list, like one for wiber, waze, whatapps etc. Please help me to manage my contacts.

if your contacts are shown from different accounts (google & non-google accounts), just disable one of the accounts to hide multiple contacts.
If you have duplicate contacts on your Google account, simply go to Google Contacts website via desktop, and choose option "merge (or delete, I can't remember) multiple contacts". Sync your phone contacts and you're done.

The app Simpler Caller ID can merge duplicate contacts. To do that, open the app → go to Tools → Duplicates, and then press Merge.

This happens to my android too.
Whenever you restore your contacts over GOOGLE, it gives you a copy of the last contacts you uploaded to GOOGLE, And when you use your SD CARD to have your contacts by default, it will duplicate said contacts whenever you restore, and then when you restore over GOOGLE again, it will copy it again, and again, and again...
Just delete the contacts that are duplicated, and disable google from restoring you contacts in the settings. It should stop.

You have to select which contacts you want to display at the given options, since you are displaying all of them and their associated accounts, for example WhatsApp/Viber etc.

Please open Contacts application. In menu option select "contacts to display". Option list will open . Select customise . List of accounts will open . Pick which accounts you want . Problem solved. Hole you find this useful


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How can I access my Galaxy S5 from a PC to retrieve all of my files?
I broke the digitizer (LCD display/touch sensor underneath glass screen). The phone still turns on and can connect to computer but I can't access it because I have a passcode lock on it and it doesnt give me the option to type it in on my computer. The screen is completely blank and un responsive. Is there anything I can do to retrieve my files?

It's possible to backup or access your files from Kies 3 installed on your PC even if it is password protected.
I've also tried it on my Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 and it worked.


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Can I disable GPS?
Is there a way to completely switch off GPS or deny apps access to it?
Even though all three checkboxes in Settings -> More -> Location Services are unchecked and the button in the notification drawer is off, apps are still able to determine my location using GPS.

Disabling the Access to my location checkbox is not completely without effect, it does prevent Google Maps from showing my location. I noticed that in this demo application the "fused" location stops working but the "GPS" location still works. I further noticed that in GrabTaxi, a taxi hailing app, the map is disabled, but it is still able to search for "nearby places" (with much better accuracy than GeoIP).

related: How can Google Maps accurately locate my phone when GPS is disabled?


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Alcatel One Touch S'Pop remap power button
How can I remap the camera button to work as a power button?
I have a rooted Alcatel One Touch S'Pop.
I edited system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl by copy-pasting POWER WAKE string from the power button to the camera button, turned off the phone and reinserted the battery. Nothing happened. The camera button still activates camera. Now I restored the old file.
In system/usr/keylayout folder, I have these files:

ACCDET.kl
AVRCP.kl
Generic.kl
hid-keyboard.kl
mhl-keyboard.kl
mtk-kpd.kl
qwerty.kl
Vendor_05ac_Product_0239.kl
Vendor_22b8_Product_093d.kl
Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl
Vendor_046d_Product_c216.kl
Vendor_046d_Product_c294.kl
Vendor_046d_Product_c299.kl
Vendor_046d_Product_c532.kl
Vendor_054c_Product_0268.kl

Which one should I edit?
Thank you for your help and time.

Try with the file mtk-kpd.kl and change these values. First, make a backup of that file.
key 116 GRAVE
key 212 POWER      WAKE
Key 211 POWER      WAKE

What if the keys are wrong? How will I fix that?


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How can I bypass the headset mode?
My headset jack broke off inside my phone and I cannot make calls or hear anything.  Can I turn off the headset mode?

If you open your phone you might be able to push it out using a needle. (Depending on the jack.)

Unfortunately not without rooting your phone. Your best bet's going to be to remove the headset jack. If it's not reachable with any normal tools, you're going to want to use something thin and strong, like a toothpick with a filed-off end, and apply a small drop of super glue to the end of it, then VERY carefully insert it into the jack, press it firmly against the end of the headphone jack you can reach, hold it there for about a minute, and then carefully remove it.


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Computing when on charger - long term effects on battery life
Donating your computational power for scientific projects is, in some cases, available for Android. One of them, the World Community Grid, states that "Using the application will not significantly reduce your battery life or your recharge time." (source)
On the short term, I'm sure this is true. However, I was wondering about the long term. On my Nexus 5, I have experienced that, even when the device is fully charged and still plugged in, if I use power-hungry applications, battery level may drop to 99 or 98 percents. This indicates that the battery is still used when the device is plugged in.
For this reason, I was wondering if the battery can actually be bypassed at all, or if the device is just permanently charging. Notebooks with removable batteries can obviously do this as they still work without the battery, but as I can't remove the battery on my Nexus 5, I can't check this there.
I'd be interested in an answer regarding my specific phone, but general information about how most Android devices operate there would also interest me a lot.

My galaxy s4 doesn't work without the battery even if it is connected to the charger

You could try disconnecting the terminal by taking it apart, but you would need more power than whatever you are using currently. Such as a powered USB hub or higher amp charger.


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Is it possible to change the button combination for recovery/download mode?
I had to press power + home + vol up/down, but my home button just stopped working.
Is there any way to change the key combination?
(I can go into recovery by using the reboot menu, but it would be better if it worked.)
Samsung Galaxy S (I-9000), Android 4.4 (CyanogenMod 11)

You would need to modify the bootloader in order to change those button combinations. I don't think that's easily possible.

Try holding down the volume up, then camera, then lock button. If this works then use the up/down volume keys to select what you want to do.


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Reconfigure Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Fingerprint Scanner
Is there a way to avoid clicking on the centre button where the fingerprint scanner is. I would like to reconfigure the fingerprint scanner to go to home when brushed. Is that possible?

Not without rooting the phone, no.

That means, the answer is actually, "Yes, if you're rooted". Meanwhile, could you provide the steps/reference to do this on rooted device?

And any apps that do that when rooted? Am I the only one annoyed (and lazy) by the clicking

No, my wording was precise. Without root it's not possible. With root it MAY be possible, but I'm unable to locate any appropriate apps to do so, and I suspect it's not. In reality, I don't believe there are any capacitive sensors in that button, so without pressing it, it's unaware that you're interacting with it.


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Massive battery drain after factory restore
I've been struggling the last couple of days figuring out a way to solve my mass battery drain issues on my android phone (Samsung Trend Android v 4.2.2). Since my time for finding a solution was running out (I used diagnostics tools to check wakeloks, battery usage and such, trying to turn off location services, etc. i mean i did try stuff) I decided to go with a full factory restoration.
Now the thing is I did this while specifying NOT to sync previous settings nor downloading my apps from my google accounts...I just wanted to see how it would behave "clean".
Seems like web browsing hasn't drained my battery (which it used to) but youtube persists on killing my style and decides to suck off my battery's soul after just a couple of videos (while fully charged).
I looked online and did search through out the forums but coudn't find a clue about this....anyone? help? please? lol.

How old is the phone? It sounds like the battery is getting on in age, which typically leads to rapid battery life loss under heavy load.
Greenify helped me squeeze extra battery life out of my phone, it may help you too. Keep doing tests on how quickly is loses charge in different apps. Try using MX Player or your web browser to play the youtube video instead of the youtube app. The only other suggestion I have for increasing battery life would be switching to a custom ROM more suited for battery life preservation. Anything else either consider replacing the battery, or getting a 2nd external backup battery/case


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Cyanogen play store access
If cyanogen forks off and comes up as a direct competitor to Googles version,can google prevent android apps from working on cyanogen or since both are android based all would android apps would work perfectly fine with cyanogen version of android.

Thank you,What about the apps,can an android app developer put up the same app he has created for Google play store to say the Amazon or a cyanogen App Store.Or would it require quite a bit of work before its compatible .

That's done all the time: many apps are available in multiple places, like Playstore, F-Droid, Aptoide, Amazon. Just check my app lists if you don't believe it. Plus, Playstore can even be accessed without GApps. Just search this site for "NOGAPPS", which is how I do it on my CyanogenMod devices :)

Android is an open-source project. Kindle Fire works with its own store and it's making a lot of money. So no, Google won't forbid you using the Android - without Google.


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Tasker programming Help?
I am a relatively new tasked user and need a little help. I installed the AutoShortcut plugin to allow Tasker to expand my notifications through the nova shortcut. I would like to have tasker expand the notification bar once on the launch of a certain app, then wait until the app is closed. However, with a simple launch app>expand notifications>stop task, the notification bar will continue to drop down over and over because the app is still open. How can I configure tasker to expans the notifications only ONCE, and then not again until the app has closed?

I would suggest adding an If statement to the task that checks if a variable is set, if it is not, set the variable and execute task, if it is end task.


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internal SD card not initialising
Micromax A121. couldn't access the internal SD card  whenever I try to open gallery, rebooted several times. I lost some of the files and data due to this .
Can anyone help to take the corrective meassure

the problems you are experiencing are related to your device software. I hope they release updates for you as this will fix the bug issues you are having.
For the time being I would suggest:
restarting your device, safely removing SD card and re inserting, pluging your phone to a computer and unpluging. Do this over a few cycles untill you can sync your SD card.
Another option would be to save your SD card files to your computer, then formatting the SD card with your phone. Afterwards proceed to moving your files back to your SD card. Although you will see results more with this method I would not recommend this unless as a last resort. Also be careful as this method can wipe your data.


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My songs I put on my Micro SD Card does not appear on Samsung Galaxy S5!
Here's what happened. Recently i bought myself a 128 gb Micro SD card. I added all of my music, which takes up 30 gb of the SD Card. When I open up music player i don't see all of the songs i put, only about a handful of them. I only see like 2 GB of the music. Please Help!

Use a file explorer (e.g ES file explorer ) and view the contents of your SD card and select and copy your music to the file path  on your internal storage at:
storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.google.android.music
Then close and restart Google Play Music and go into the menu and select Refresh. Then your music should show up.
Note: The file path may be slightly different depending on the phone but you'll be looking for the subfolder com.google.android.music

Install another app that can search trough your phone for music.
Shuttle for example has option "Rescan library".
Music Player scans your songs the firs time you open it and you can search trough folders for your music later.

Did my answer helped you? @Jalan Pyles

A little, some songs appeared but not all of them

I had a similar problem with a different phone (BLU Studio Energy), and it was related to the size of the microSD card.
If less than half of the microSD card was filled, the phone did not recognize it at all! It was a 64GB card, and once I passed 32GB all the music could be seen by the phone.
That may be a terrible bug unique to the BLU phone, though.

Your player only sees songs that are in the android internal media database.
Android has a buildin service that scan the filesystem for media file (photo, music, video) and transfer this info into the media database.
depending on your android version there can be different causes why the new songs are not in the media database (yet)

the media scanner has not been restarted yet. If you transfered the files via usb it may be helpfull to dismount the sd card and remount it. this will trigger the media scanner. after a while the songs should appear.
if you can see the songs with a device local filemanager then android and the media scanner can read the files, too.

Make sure that all your songs are in a folder without a .nomedia file and without a .nomedia file in its parent (direct parent, parent of direct parent...) directories.
(The .nomedia file is used to tell media apps not to scan any of the subdirectories of the folder where that file is located. This method is used by apps with video ads for example to prevent the video player from adding ads to its menus.)


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locked out of my phone
I have a galaxy s4 and I put a lock on it.  I don't know the pin code.  I tried using android device manager and it reset my lock code, but still says its the wrong password or pin.  I have reset it over 20 times.  It always says its the wrong password or pin.  I have switched it up to see if it matters.  The keyboard changes to fit my password or pin, so i know its updating and changing the password.  Is there any way at ALL to unlock it or fix android device manager with out factory resetting it?  Please.  I cant lose everything on my phone.

Hello Tyler the Android device manager works if you had previously set it up before hand, as well as Samsung's find my mobile.
When you use the device manager, are you able to see it on the map? Can you click ring to see if it responds? If so then you should be able to reset your lockscreen. After you reset the lockscreen password, the device should change its lockscreen from a pin to a black transparent bar to input your newly made password. Also make sure that the right device is selected when doing this.
If the lockscreen doesn't change try turning off the device for a few seconds then power on. Make sure the device has Internet connection as well. If none of the so solutions work, your only option would be to hard reset the device.


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Old sim deactivated but i want to use that same number for new sim
My old sim has been deactivated and most of my contacts know me by my old number.
I want some way to register my whatsapp to that old number

You have to have active SIM card for the first-time registration/authentication (either by using SMS, or voice call). Other than that, I don't know if it's even possible to "cheat" WhatsApp server.

Phone numbers aren't tied so much to the SIM card, but to the provider via your SIM card. Your old phone number can be reassigned to another person now, so it would be unwise at best, probably illegal, to make Whatsapp use your old phone number.
In short, "your" old phone number is no longer yours.


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Voice to text punctuation and new line in Spanish andorid 5
Does Android 5 recognize punctuation and new lines in Spanish voice-to-text?

Only for  Spanish(Spain) but not for other variants (for example Spanish(LatinAmerica))
AFAIK the available commands are:

"coma" (,)
   "punto" (.)
   "signo de interrogación" (?)
   "retorno de carro" o "nueva  linea"  (carriage return)
   "signo de exclamación" (!)

authors: sereen كيف تكتب بخط جميل


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Moto G Lollipop update
I'm in Ireland and recently got the Lollipop update for my Moto G. Ever since then although the emoji's appear and I send them the people receive the messages but with no emoji's attached is anyone having the same issue.

Go to message settings, SMS Encoding Method, set to Automatic
This worked for me


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Reminders doesn't work (Google Keep, Any.Do, ...)
No reminders work in applications like Google Keep or Any.Do
But when standard alarm event is fired - boom! All past reminders that you were supposed to remember 5 hours ago are displayed.
How to make them work as they should?
No greenify or similar app is installed. The phone is Alcatel One Touch with Android 4.3.


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Force/Enable Pin screen lock
Is there a way to enable/set a pin code for screen lock, independently of the settings?
In my case everything is greyed out (except "Password") because I use device encryption.

Any luck with this?


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Where is this specific setting I forgot the name? Using Sony Xperia Z3, Android 4.4.4
While getting used to my new phone, an assistant showed up, asking me to configure some time settings regarding night & charging, time settings when I plug in/out my charger cable, and alarms, etc.
Now, I wanted to review those changes I made, but I cannot find those settings anymore!
Anyone knows whats the setting name or menu item for that specific assistant on that phone (Sony Xperia Z3)?

On Nexus, if I go to Settings - Apps - All, I can find "Google One Time Init", which I believe is the first-time wizard. However, there is no launcher or any way to access that. I'd assume if I clear its data, it would run again on next boot, but I didn't try it. Perhaps there's a similar app on Sony.

Related, but might be device-specific: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/67177/how-can-i-get-the-first-boot-android-welcome-screen-again-without-doing-a-factor

Thx @andrew, but that wasn't it. After searching through the phone some more, I found it: for future readers, its called "Smart Connect". The reason its not to be found in any preference setting, is that it has its own icon and comes pre-installed. For my specific case, I then select "Night", where I can see all the additional tasks the phone does "automagically" (and that cause troubles ;)

Good to know you found the solution! Consider to post it as answer instead of comment. Self-answer is encouraged too :)

[Answer based on my previous comment]
The feature/setting is called "Smart Connect". The reason it's not to be found in any preference setting, is that it has its own icon and comes pre-installed (I guess on most Sony devices). For my specific case, I then select "Night", where I can see all the additional tasks the phone does "automagically" (and that cause troubles ;)
Other events for automation include "Music on the go", and "Music at home".


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How to access IPv6 websites via the mobile network
my landline only has an IPv6 address (well in addition IPv4 via crappy DSLite). I'm anyway trying to set up an owncloud server at home and access it from remote locations. So the task by now is to access the owncloud server via IPv6 using my Android 5.0.0 phone (Moto G 2014).
If I open the IPv6 address in my browser on the phone while connected to the same WiFi as the owncloud server everything works fine. But once I turn off WiFi and switch to cellular data the server can't be accessed anymore even though my router is configured to pass every connection to the owncloud servers IPv6 address range. This result is still reasonable since via the mobile network I only have an IPv4 address and no IPv6 address, so I can't communicate directly with an IPv6 target.
Are there some tricks to still reach an IPv6 host through an IPv4 connection on Android? Using tunnels ect? Or is this completely impossible by design?
Thanks a lot for replys!

You can only reach IPv6 sites from your device if it has IPv6 connectivity, whether it be via an IPv6-enabled WiFi network or via your mobile carrier's network. It is not generally possible to reach IPv6 sites if you only have IPv4 connectivity.
The below is no longer relevant because SixXS is now defunct. Thanks to Rodney for the tip-off.
You can set up an IPv6 tunnel for the times when you are on a network that doesn't provide native IPv6. I was able to find two Android apps which set up tunnels to the free SixXS network:

The Androiccu app is based on the aiccu program for PCs that sets up SixXS tunnels. It claims to require a rooted phone.
IPv6Droid claims to be able to do the same, without requiring the phone to be rooted.

I've used SixXS and aiccu since 2006 and they are generally quite good, though their points of presence can go offline or be decommissioned without notice.
I haven't tested either app, as I've had native IPv6 at home for a few months and on my mobile for a couple of years now. Given that I know in general how tunnels are set up, I would expect the app requiring a rooted device to be more reliable, and if you are rooted, I would start with that one.

Sorry, Dan: Michaels hint still sort of works. You can still use IPv6Droid (even from Sources) today either

using the built-in tunnel subscription for its own tunnel infrastructure for a monthly fee, or
setting up IPv6server by yourself, requiring a site that is accessible via static IPv4 address as well as via a static IPv6 address block: this might be at your favourite VM hoster or perhaps even your home server if your landline happens to meet these criteria.


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what will happen to built in apps in galaxy note 1 n7000 after hard reset such as s pen?
my gt n7000 is getting slow, sometimes it restarts by itself and some application close by itself. i presumed the low device memory was behind all f this.i want to ask if hard reset will solve my memory problem and what will happen to my built in apps such as S-pen? will they still working or i have to reinstall it again? please i need your suggestion. thanks.

The types of problems you're describing are generally best solved by, indeed, factory resetting. If you can't find another solution, it's pretty much always the last resort. So if you're willing to do it, it's all but guaranteed to fix the problem, unless the problem is being caused by a hardware issue.
Built-in apps will all remain. Anything that shipped with the phone will still be there. Some may have updates that need to be reapplied, but you won't lose anything that was there when you first turned on your phone after buying it.

so i just go to setting- backup and reset- factory data reset? so the only missing apps are the additional one which i downloaded from google playstore? how do i backup my apps to my sd card?

sorry i was too exited to hear your answer, thanks so much for your reply.

That's correct. And unless you're rooted, you can't backup your apps to your SD card. But you may wish to try the app Helium which has some limited app backup abilities without root.


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Anki - Next card review in <-36.2 years?
Was playing around with AnkiDroid, learning US of A state names as a test run. I just started today and AnkiDroid gives me the following options for cards I've seen already:
Again >1 minute, Hard 20 years, Good 50 years, Easy <-32.6 years
THat suppose to be normal?

That's not normal indeed... What version of AnkiDroid are you using?

@NicolasRaoul Version 2.4.2; Found the problem. Phone's incorrect date and time threw AnkiDroid off correct statistics.

Solution: Date & time were incorrect on the phone when I was studying decks in AnkiDroid. After syncing to the correct time - AnkiDroid thought I've been studying a set of decks for years, not minutes.
Therefore, make sure your time is correctly set and preferably doesn't change to an incorrect value, otherwise don't use AnkiDroid when your date and time are wrong. Set correct date and time first.


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Where did all these photos and videos come from?
My phone's memory is so full that it won't let me take or download pictures anymore. Also cannot download almost any app due to low memory. When I look at memory usage, most of it is used for photos and videos. I plugged my phone into my computer and imported all photos and videos. I then would delete a bunch of them off my phone because they were now saved somewhere else. When I looked at what had been imported to my computer I saw hundreds of photos I have never taken or viewed before. Most of them were of people I know but have never taken pictures of. Also there were several video advertisements for brands like Colgate, McDonalds, and Gucci. I cannot find these photos or videos on my phone, or else I would delete them, they are almost certainly the reason for my phones low memory. All I can figure is that they must have come from Facebook. How do I find and delete these photos/videos, and also how do I prevent them from being saved to my phone?
Any help with this is much appreciated!

Without having the device on-hand myself, a few wild guesses only: it could be app caches (from advertisements); here some tools for System Cleanup might be helpful. As for the friends' photos: some stuff from social networks like Facebook, or shared stuff via Google+ photos could have brought those.

It sounds like your facebook app is keeping a cache somewhere on your phone. Using an app like SD Maid, or any other phone cleaning application that searches for and deletes cache files such as this should solve this.


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How to Uninstall the lollipop app
Could you please tell me how to go back to my old android? I have a Samsung S5 and I tried the factory reset and that did not work. I hate this new android version

this is Lollipop Rom, not app. can you tell us, this is Stock or Custom Rom?

What carrier are you with? It's possible to download the ROM for the previous version and flash it, but doing so will wipe all data on your phone. As well, all future support from Samsung for your phone, including updates, new features, and security patches will be released ONLY for Lollipop. It's likely far better for you to attempt to adjust to the changes or ask for help in resolving the ones you don't like than to roll back to an older, unsupported version.

Download previous firmware.
Try samfirmware.com
Use odin to flash it.
And you will be back to stock and dont forget to back up your data


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Cannot get a G2 to connect to anything via USB
I just bought a G2 on craigslist. It came rooted and with custom recovery. Whenever I plug it into my computer (tried my mac and two other PCs) the phone does not recognize it's plugged into a computer (just gives me a regular slow charging warning). On windows when I plug it in I get a malfunctioning usb device error. I have tried many cables.
I have USB debugging enabled.
I also tried putting it in download mode, but it still gives the malfunctioning usb error and the progress bar never goes anywhere.
I think the device is missing a recovery partition (might be something I did while trying to fix it) because I can't seem to get into recovery.
Is this a hardware issue or what?

Have you tried checking the device manager on your PC? you might need to install some software to have it work.  However you just use Wireless Storage and type in \G2 in networks to access it.

Turns out it was a hardware issue..yaay.

What OS is it running?  Knowing that might help.  My former device was an LG LS860 (Mach, Cayenne), with ICS 4.0.4 installed. Could not use the external micro-usb storage device just bought. Long story short, went to Google Play Store, downloaded a USB OTG detection app, nothing was found. Turned out that either LG or Google left that feature out.  Researched it further and learned that rooting might work.  Afraid I could brick my phone, decided to live with it.  A viable workaround would be to transfer files via wi-fi or Bluetooth. If no Bluetooth hardware on your computer, get a dongle to plug into the USB port. It should work.


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How transfer documents (not music/video/photo) from Mac to Tab S 10.5?
HELP:  Really stuck just can't seem find a solution to move documents (powerpoint etc) from my Mac to a new Galaxy Tab S 10.5 - nothing seems to work - any suggestions please (of course i can fall back on dropbox I suppose but why can't the device be seen as an external memory source same as the Galaxy Note??

The Galaxy Tab S 10.6 seems to use MTP as USB connection mode. Since Mac OS X doesn't support MTP, your Mac can't see your device. I suppose that your Note has Micro SD card installed, and your Tab doesn't. If your Tab has a Micro SD card, it might be able to connect with your Mac.
For your question, I suggest using Airdroid (the first version) or anything similar to it. Since it transfers your file via LAN, transfer speed is a lot faster. Hope this help ;)

Thanks for that yep the Tab also uses the micro-SD card - i've given airdroid a try seems to work well, thanks so much


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Prevent Apps from Hiding Navigation Bar
I am using CyanogenMod 12 (Lollipop) and I have Expanded Desktop disabled for all apps.
However, there are some apps that either "minimize" my Navigation Bar, turning the buttons into small dots and I have to touch them to enable again. An example is CameraZOOM (slide.cameraZoom).

There are also other apps that hide the Navigation Bar completely, usually putting some Ad behind it. An example is Jelly Jump (com.ketchapp.jellyjump).
Is there any way I can disable this functionality, and make my Navigation Bar completely unchangeable? This is very annoying and I think apps shouldn't have any control on these buttons in any way.
Thank you.

The solution I'm using to control this behavior is App Settings Xposed module. If you've never used Xposed before, it's fairly easy to install, you just flash a zip, install an app, and you're ready to go.
App Settings enables you to control the immersive behaviour of your app, on per-app basis.

Thank you very much, I'll definitely try it. I do have Xposed installed, actually, but I never enabled it since I don't know it it will be compatible with CyanogenMod. Have you ever experienced any problems with CyanogenMod + Xposed? Regards.

@Nuno , no, I've never experienced any problems with it, it worked as expected and never caused instability to the system.

Hey! I've just made sure Xposed is working and installed the App Settings module. I went to CameraZOOM options and set "Full Screen" to "Prevent" (there's the Immersive option there as well). It doesn't seem to stop the navigation bar from minimizing the buttons (turn them into dots). Any ideas here? :) but there are many interesting stuff here, though! Thank you very much.


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Memory card formatting needed
I am using Micromax P470 tablet. My memory card was fine but suddenly it appeared that I need to format my memory card. I removed my memory card and connected to a PC. It was opening and I could see all my files. But if I put it on my tablet then it is showing "need formatting". I tried to format on phone. It is still the same. What should I do?

I would connect your memory card to your computer and back up everything you can, then on your tablet, let Android format your memory card. Once Android formats your memory card, put it back in your PC and move everything from the backup to the memory card. Then just put it back in your tablet to see if it works.
If that does not work, you could try reformatting it on your computer. In Windows, just go to "Computer", then right your memory card and click format. On the window that comes up, everything should be set already, so just click start.
Note: Using Android or Windows to format your memory card will erase everything... That's why I told you to back up everything on your card.
If formatting it on Android and Windows does not work, then it is possible your memory card has died and you need a new one.


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Status of a recently added contact
Can I see a recently added contact if she is online?  Say she has not accepted my invitation.
Thanks.

Not until she accepts your invitation. That's part of the point of that feature: to prevent strangers from merely adding you and knowing if you're online.


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Getting screen dimensions in a shell script
To run a game on my Nexus 5 (5.1), I need to change my screen resolution. I'm trying to write a shell script that will detect the current resolution and change it, basically a toggle.
I know that I can actually change the resolution using wm size XXXXxYYYY, but I don't know how I can check the current resolution. I know very, very little about regex, and I tried to figure out how to pull the results from dumpsys display, but I really had no idea what to do.
How can I get the current screen resolution for a shell script that will use if to check it, like a toggle?

you nearly answered your question already. wm size shows you the current resolution.
Saving the output of the screen reoslution into a shell variable: A=$(wm size | busybox cut -c16-)


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Whatsapp message doesnt delivered but the profile picture and status are changed
Hello i have one friend on whatsapp , so i sent to him 2 messeges but he didnt recived them so the messeges were with one check mark, after maybe 24 hours or less , i enter in whatsapp and i see that he changed his photo and status but the messeges are still not delivered (still with single check mark) what is going on ? Am i blocked or something or problem with whatsapp ? (my friend turning off the phone usualy , and im in europe he is in asia maybe because of this or?) ..
Any idea or same issue ?

WhatsApp messages with one check mark even after a long time usually means that the other person has blocked you. But since you can see profile pictures and status updates he hasn't blocked you.
From WhatsApp's official site.
There are a couple of indicators that you may be blocked:

You can no longer see a contact's last seen or online in the chat window.
You do not see updates to a contact's profile picture.
Any messages sent to a contact who has blocked you will always show one check mark (message sent), and never show a second check mark (message delivered).


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how to view a list of spam numbers in galaxy s3?
Ok, I knew how to make a number become spam number in Samsung galaxy s3. That is simple, just tap on that number and click "Add to spam numbers". But,
how to view a list of spam numbers in galaxy s3?
At this moment, the only way i can do is to check each number one by one by tap on that number and if it appears "Remove from spam numbers" then we know that number is spam.

This is what you want : (On Kitkat - 4.4.2)

"Settings" > "My Device" > "Call" > "Call Rejection" > "Auto Reject
  list"

or you can Create an List for Block Numbers.
also,
Samsung - Remove a number from the reject list


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Connect android phone to WAN port of router (not lan)
I would like to connect my phone to a router so that I can share its internet connection among the devices in my house. How do I connect the phone to the WAN port of my router so that the router is 'getting its internet' from the phone? Will a normal microusb to ethernet adapter do it, like this one? (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-USB-5-Pin-10-100-Mbps-RJ45-LAN-Ethernet-Adapter-for-Tablet-PC-S6-/321629022330?pt=UK_Computing_USB_Cables&hash=item4ae295687a)
I have a tethering plan, and a spare phone I am not using, which is why I am doing it this way and not with a dongle and usb router. Some of the devices I want to connect don't use wifi or will just work better with wired connections, which is why I want to attach the phone to the router via a cable.

I have the same question. I know it is possible to do this with just a normal phone usb cable. But it will only work with some routers. I understand it may work with some Asus routers and it may work with dd-wrt. Another possibility is the Australian ROOTer project (based on openwrt). I am trying to learn the details to get this work. Hope someone answers this question.

What is dd-wrt?

http://www.dd-wrt.com It is an open source (linux-based) router firmware (operating system). Others are openwrt and tomato.

I got this working today. I bought an Asus RT-AC68P router. It works out of the box. I just connected my phone to the router's USB 3.0 port using a normal phone usb cable (same one used for charging, etc.).
All Asus routers have the same firmware, so this should work "out of the box" with any new-ish Asus router.
I am not impressed with the Asus setup procedure when using a USB 4G modem/phone for WAN, but I ultimately got it working. I prefer working with dd-wrt myself.
This functionality is supposed to work with dd-wrt too, but today I also purchased a BUFFALO AirStation AC 1750 DD-WRT Router (WZR-1750DHPD) with firmware "DD-WRT v24SP2-(8/12/14) std" and I could not get it to work. I will try a newer or different version of dd-wrt in the near future.
Here are some references for more reading on the topic:
DD-WRT Forum :: View topic - 4G USB Modem
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=981336#981336

"I can recommend Kong Mod to achieve this. Works right out of the box,
  at leastt for me. I recently lost my wired internet connection and
  used a 3G dongle as backup. The only thing I did was to plug in the
  dongle, select '3G/4G' as Wan connection and filled in the APN.
  Everything worked directly, no additional modules to load. Success or
  failure is of course dependent on the dongle being supported."

DD-WRT Forum :: View topic - BS build 14144 3G/UTMS option
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=69970&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60&sid=3a47d435b696e5f108ef1475040e1337
Mobile Broadband - DD-WRT Wiki
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Mobile_Broadband

As of 04/04/09 we support UMTS 3G / 3.xG / 4G/ LTE and CDMA2000(EV-DO)
  modems connected via the USB port or as mPCIe cards.

Of Modems and Men
http://ofmodemsandmen.com/index.html
DD-WRT Router Benefits - #5: Take Full Use of a 3G USB Modem or 4G MiFi Mobile Hotspot
http://www.flashrouters.com/blog/2012/03/26/dd-wrt-router-benefits-advantages-5-taking-full-use-of-a-3g-usb-dongle-or-4g-mifi-mobile-hotspot/
Share network of Android mobile phone to the router (USB 3G tethering) | SmallNetBuilder Forums
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/share-network-of-android-mobile-phone-to-the-router-usb-3g-tethering.9624/

This page contains screen shots of the Asus router firmware and some
  minimal instructions for how to use a 4G phone as the WAN connection.

Useful, but this can only work for routers that have a usb, which many of them don't... I asked about connecting it to WAN

At least some routers do have USB ports, making my solution a practical one. On the other hand, I have never seen a mobile phone with an RJ45 jack for connecting directly to a WAN port. Neither have I seen a router where the WiFi antenna was on the WAN side. Given that nobody else has given you a better solution in almost 3 years, please go ahead and mark my answer as accepted.

No, sorry, but it's not the answer to the specific question I asked. Useful information for someone and I'm glad you posted it (I am the one who upvoted), but still

...and adapters exist for connecting phones to lan, too

You could also try openwrt or rooter. I got these to work with straight tethering but couldn't get them to work with a vpn. My solution was to buy a Asus router. I was actually searching getting greedy looking for a way to use both usb ports for tethering with 2 phones at the same time.


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Android 5: headset's button mutes an active phonecall instead of ending the call
I recently bought a phone that came bundled with android 5. It is a ZTE Blade S6. I also have bought a Senheizer MM70i which has one button.
I am sure that the first few days if I pressed the headset's button during a phonecall the action would end the call.
Then I tried the jetAudio Basic music player and now it seems that when talking on the phone pressing the button mutes the conversation instead of hanging up.
Is there a way to revert that??
I have tried installing "Degauss Headset control center" but the application states that single button action is indeed to answer/end call, so I cannot alter the action through there.
Is there any other (perhaps low-level) way?
Thank you

ok so apparently I can still end a call with a long press of the headset's button.
I wonder if there is any way to tweak these settings.

You can proably tweak it with something like a custom ROM or using GravityBox


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Google Calendar app entries on Android Device inconsistent with web browser entries
I cannot make sense of the entries on my Google Calendar for android application. When compared with the web version of Google Calendar (see screenshots below), I can see the following differences:

Google Calendar for Android shows two accounts (both are associated with exactly the same e-mail address, and this is exactly the same e-mail address I use to access Google Calendar via a web browser). To me this is confusing: why two accounts with the same name? And why two of them, when on the PC only one of them shows up?
Secondly, the entries (the calendar names, if this is what they are), are different. The Android app displays "Events" (but I have no calendar called Events on the web interface), Samsung Calendar (no clue as to what this is), "My calendar" (but on the web interface I have "My calendars", i.e., more than one), etc... you can see that besides "Birthdays" and "Holidays" I cannot see all the other calendars which can be seen and I have added via the web interface.

Can someone please explain these differences?


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is fastboot a part of firmware
I was thinking of installing kali linux on my phone but before that I just had few doubts.
Is fastboot a part of firmware and can any one overwrite it to brick my phone?

"Fastboot" is another name for the bootloader.  On the devices I've used (Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 5, Nexus 10), the bootloader is stored in a partition called "bootloader", and you can use it to overwrite itself by running fastboot flash bootloader (filename) from a PC.  Overwriting the bootloader partition with something that isn't a working bootloader will presumably brick the device, though I've never tried it.
Google's official factory images for Nexus devices include bootloader images, and flashing a factory image begins by overwriting the bootloader with the version from the factory image.  Custom firmwares (such as CyanogenMod) don't include a bootloader, so the device will keep the one from the official firmware.
On a rooted device, it's possible for apps with root access to overwrite partitions (including the bootloader partition) from within the running Android OS.  On a non-rooted device, apps can't do that.
I've never installed Kali, but looking at the installation instructions, it apparently installs as a chroot environment, which doesn't involve fastboot or any partition images.  So I'm guessing that your concern isn't with the installation of Kali itself, it's that a remote intruder who gets into your Kali installation might be able to overwrite your bootloader.  That seems unlikely to happen, but it's possible if your Kali installation is able to run programs as root.

thanks for the information its really useful. sorry I cannot give you a up vote as I am not eligible


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Toggle application with NFC
I am using NFC tag to run Car application, and to set volume up in car on my HTC M8. But after I go out of the car I must to manually close application and set volume down.
Please, is there a way how to create task to toggle application and volume setting(if app is not running start it, when app is running close it)?
Thanks a lot

Try an automation app like Automate (free) or Tasker (paid).


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error:not enough internal storage
I have 12 GB remaining on my SD card and 200 mb remaining in my phone storage than also when I went to install a 800KB app then it says "low internal space" in my phone geoniee M2 and have android jelly bean 4.2.2

try cleaning applications like clean-master https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard&hl=en

Well this is quite a common problem for some users.
Try this out...

go to settings
then go to apps section
then go to all apps section
find google play store
click on clear cache

Hope this will work...


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Nexus Software Update Debate
I need you end a debate me and my friend are having. He claims that the Nexus phones only have the capability of one software update in the sense that it'll only update to whatever is next after Lollipop and that's it while i claim that it'll update to every software update. Who's right. Thank You In Advance

It's a bit of both, it will get each RELEVANT version of android. E.g the Nexus 5 runs 5.0.1   (let's ignore 5.1 doesn't exist for a second) but the Nexus 7 runs 5.0.2, the phone didn't get this as the changes are fixes for tablets only. The Nexus devices WILL get 5.1 as it is for all currently supported devices. So yes, they do get all updates as they come out, with the odd little exception (a small change for one device only or such). All older versions are available as factory images also. You're right, but not 100%

Nexus devices will receive updates at least 18 months after their initial release. There are some minor releases 5.0.1 or 5.0.2, which are not distributed to every Nexus device because those releases may only fix bugs associated with specific devices.
Also, some devices will receive updates past the initial 18 months of its release. For example, the Nexus 4 was released in November 2012, but has still been receiving updates more than 2 years later.
It is also possible that a device will get no more than 18 months of updates. A famous example is the Galaxy Nexus, which included hardware made by Texas Instruments who moved away from phone processors. As a result, Google decided not to upgrade the device beyond Android 4.3, which means it only received 20 months of official updates. Despite this, it is still possible to upgrade to KitKat and Lollipop if you don't mind using community-created ROMs.
For an official resource directly from Google, they explain the Nexus update process as the following:

Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7, Nexus 9, and Nexus 10 devices receive the latest version of Android directly from Google. Once an update is available, it can take up to two weeks for it to reach your device. Based on your carrier, it may take longer than two weeks after release to get an update.
Nexus devices may not receive the latest version of Android if they fall outside of the update window, which is usually around 18 months after a device has been released.

Considering Google's recent emphasis on Android One, the system requirements for Android are likely to remain pretty lean for a while to accommodate the lower-end hardware Google seems eager to support. Since you tagged your question as "Nexus 6", it is unlikely you'll need to worry about Google upgrading your phone to the latest version of Android for a long time since the reasons of the past (lack of hardware capability) won't be an issue for you.


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Cannot Connect to PC. No USB Connection Notification Bar on Device (Samsung Galaxy Tab S)
I updated my Firmware to 4.4.2 using Samsung Kies, and had just notice it recently that I cant connect my tab to PC again. Usually, the there will be a notification bar on the device (like to choose MTP or USB) but right now, I cant even find it, no clue either.
I tried to scan my device using adb.exe but it return empty information. Different case when I plug my nexus 5.
Does anyone have an idea why this is happen? Suppose this caused by firmware update, how to fix it? Is it possible to downgrade it without connecting it to PC? I tried to factory reset it several times, but it will return to 4.4.2 again.
Please help. Any comment will be appreciated.
Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S

This link helped me a lot.
http://androidforums.com/threads/s3-charges-via-usb-but-not-recognised-by-pc.626480/page-2
Just enter the download mode (turn off, then press vol down+howe+power. press vol up). Your windows will detect the usb.

This solution is for those who will face the same problem:
To fix same problem on my S4 mini I've tried:

Numerous PCs and USB cables
USB debugging (& Stay awake & Unknown sources) checked and unchecked
Unmounted & remounted SD card
Asking the PC to look for new hardware
Removed and re-installed PC drivers
Dial *#7284# or *#0808# and set MTP+ADB USB Setting

Nothing help me.
However, thanks to Google, I have the solution , as follows:

Remove phone from PC and remove battery to shut off phone.
Plug USB cable into PC.
Plug USB cable (other end) into phone.
The PC install new hardware appropriate drivers for a few minutes (phone without battery)
Unplug USB cable from phone
Put battery back in and turn on phone
As the phone boots, hold down Volume up and down. Phone boots into safe mode.
Plug USB cable into phone.
I saw notification about USB MTP-connecting on the phone. PC have found my phone!
After the reboot in normal mode problem was fixed


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Locked out of Samsung Galaxy S4 tablet
I cannot remember password on my tablet  Samsung Galaxy S4. It just keeps giving me options to enter, I've tried 30 times I should have never changed it in the middle of doing something.

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You can use recovery mode option. You can erase cache partition.
Find my mobile is on then you can erase mobile using google account. You can also use Samsung account and erase mobile.
You can connect mobile to computer and restore mobile.
https://mobile-cellphones.blogspot.com/2021/02/howto-unlock-pattern-lock-and-password.html

If the S4 is connected to the Internet and has your Google Id logged in, then you can change your password using Android Device Manager.