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Fast way to update custom ROM on encrypted phone?
If I add corporate (exchange) account to my phone I am forced to use PIN and now it even forces me to encrypt the phone. I have not done it yet but I need to.
I udate my ROM - cyanogenmod - quite often. Now I have no idea if I am going to be able to do so and if it process of updating is going to take longer.

HTC One XL phone - no external SD card
TWRP recovery
I use Titanium Backup to do backup before update and then restore after update.
Currently I am running CM11.2 but want to try cm12 soon.
Q1) can I still use Titanium Backup to backup/restore?
Q2) How to quickly update cm in future if the phone is encrypted?
Q3) enything else I need to know before I encrypt the phone?

It depends a bit on the recovery you use. But if your device has enough RAM, you could try to install the update via adb sideload.
If you encrypt "your phone", actually only the data partition gets encrypted. You can use Titanium Backup to back things up, but you will be out of luck regarding the data partition (and possibly internal sdcard, see below). If you use TWRP, it offers the option to unlock your encrypted /data when entering recovery, making a full backup possible. Also, using such a USB-OTG device allows you to update via ZIP directly from there!
Depending on your device, also the internal sdcard (and/or external - but you don't seem to have one) will get encrypted. In this case, your recovery will be unable to store the backup anywhere, but if you encrypt your phone you certainly don't want to store your backup unencrypted somewhere on the phone. Therefore, if your device supports USB-OTG, you could just connect an unencrypted usb stick for this purpose - this would be my recommendation.
Apart from that, you can always do "raw" backups directly via ADB by backup up unmounted partitions or even complete block devices. You should be familiar with the partition layout of your device in this case, or simply backup the complete flash (which might take a while). You would typically achieve this (just an example, you might have to use a different device name!):
adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0

And to restore the backup:
adb push your-backupfile-of-mmcblk0 /dev/block/mmcblk0

But of course you can do this also just for individual partitions, e.g. /system:
adb pull /dev/block/sd.whatever/by-name/System

Check out the fstab.VENDOR file for your device (typically resides in your root directory), you should be able to find the proper device names in there.

I use latest TWRP. So when I update cm would it pick up that the mobile is encrypted? Once it's all running I guess I can use Titanium to do restore, can't I. Can I somehow create new unencrypted partition?

The info, whether your home partition is encrypted or not is stored in the so-called encryption footer. The info where the encryption footer resides is defined via fstab, both for CM and TWRP (of course they should use the same). Now if you update your CM and it uses the same location for the cryptofooter, it will recognize your encrypted home and ask for the password, just as normal. Things only get complicated if they decide to keep the footer somewhere else or encrypt it differently, but this is rather unlikely to happen.


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Why does android ignore my etc/hosts change in the browser?
I've remounted /sys as rw, added one entry to etc/hosts (e.g. 10.0.0.1 x.com www.x.com) and rebooted my device.
After rebooting, if I check etc/hosts, the entry is fine. If I ping x.com, it pings the correct IP address I entered.
But, if I open a web browser (either stock or Dolphin), and browse to x.com, it'll go to the IP address the DNS resolves to.
What's happening?
(My phone is a Nexus One, which is running the custom Cyanogen 7.1 ROM based on android 2.3.7)
Update:
On the app 'LAN Droid' I get the edited address (so 10.0.0.1) just fine too. It seems like that it's only the browsers where it behaves wrongly.

Just curious: what if you do it the other way around, and set a well-know domain (or some advertisement site) to become localhost instead? Does it fail to load that then? And is it really such short domain name like used in your example? (Not-so-fun-fact: Internet Explorer stopped accepting cookies for two-letter domains. Of course, unrelated to your problem, but maybe short domain names have other odd limitations in some browsers? I guess not though.)

can you do this - ls -l /etc/hosts, possibly permissions/ownership problem?

@t0mm13b "-rw-r--r-- root root"

@t0mm13b you're spot on! In my case it was the permissions. chmod 644 /system/etc/hosts sorted it out

This sounds exactly like this, down to ping working but not the browser. His eventual solution is quoted below:

Stupid question, but are you editing the file on the handset or just pushing the file that
  you posted here?  The one you posted is in dos format, so it has extra linefeed characters
  at the end of the line that could confuse a linux system.

I don't know what you used to modify it, but you might want to check what kind of linefeed/newline characters it's using.

edited with vi on the terminal emulator. tried to force ff=unix now and set list to see any DOS line  break... even went ahead and run a regexp as if there was any DOS line break, nothing found.

Not sure if this helps but I had a problem of an ignored hosts file and it was solved by a guy on this thread - the answer is to put a blank new line at the end of the file.

Can you install strace and compare the output running strace on ping with strace on the browser to see why DNS lookups are being handled differently?
Are you sure there isn't persistent caching going on? What's the TTL on your domain records?
Android doesn't appear to use /etc/resolv.conf, but maybe there are some properties that control which apps use /etc/hosts and which go directly to DNS lookup. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/android-platform/K2Wr4WaEneI

good points. TTL is 1h, the default for the catch all rule i have.  The g.groups thread is mostly about the decision of which nameserver to hit during DNS queries, this logic happens after the etc/hosts. i hope. Now i will run the strace (find out how to before) and report back.

If you are creating the hosts file on a windows machine, make sure each line is separated by an LF only (not [CR][LF], only [LF]). You can verify that and create a proper hosts files using notepad++.

My suspicion would be that the browser is configured to work through a proxy.
You might be able to tell using netstat -n or looking in the /proc/net/tcp (or better yet, /proc/#browser_pid#/net/tcp) what address it is actually connecting to.  If that does not match your website's address its likely you are going through an intermediary.

I'd normally say (but this doesn't apply to you, alas):
Just try a reboot if changes go unnoticed because the Dalvik machine instance or the underlying system might have cached a former DNS request.
You could try AdAway to manually add entries to your hosts file (just to cross check if it does the same as you did manually).

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Facebook non-official app for contact sync
I want to remove official Facebook app from system because its a piece of crap, but I am not doing it because it syncs my contact with Facebook. I add someone friend and I get her phone no. and email id in my smartphone (provided her privacy settings permit it). It also syncs photos and missing data with existing Google and local contacts.
I have tried FriendCaster's contact sync. It sucks because of Facebook's privacy policy. Facebook doesn't share phone nos. and email addresses of friends to any app.
So, all apps which login using oAuth have problems with contact sync (correct me if I am wrong). I don't have problem sharing fb password to an app if it can do pure Facebook contact sync. Is there an app?

I could tell you some FB sync apps -- but as I don't use Facebook myself, I cannot vouch whether they fit your needs. If you are interested nevertheless, I'll list them app with a few comments.

@Richard I know its not because of oAuth. The point is: With oAuth, you've no choice other than official API. With password, you can do whatever you want.

And, as I've seen official Facebook app brings new phone nos. and email addresses to my smartphone..

Have you tried HaxSync? I use it to sync high-res profile pictures to my contacts, but I also use the Facebook sync, so I don't know which one syncs the phone numbers and emails.

Sure you can remove the official Facebook app in fact I also uninstalled it by resetting to factory setting and wipe user data.
and then I link Facebook account to accounts and sync. It works perfect for me.

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How do I get the Google Plus app to ignore videos I loaded onto my phone?
I recently loaded some videos from my PC to my phone (running Jelly Bean) and got the most recent Google Plus app. I was going to turn on 'Instant Upload' so that it backs up my photos quickly, but realized that it also wants to upload the videos I put on my phone.
Is there a way I can get it to not upload videos from my phone (or have it ignore things in a certain directory on my phone)?

Why not try putting in a .nomedia in a certain directory, an empty file that is. IE, a dot filename which is marked as hidden by the Linux filesystem...?

I don't think there is any way to stop the Google Plus from auto uploading video if you have instant upload turn on.
The work around I can think off is to use a file manager like "Astro" to move all your video file from /DCIM/Camera folder to a different folder in your sdcard.  I believe Google Plus will ignore the folder outside of /DCIM/
EDIT: Re-read your post, looks like you were uploading video from your PC to your phone which you probably just placing those under some folder in sdcard.
You can try this app StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager and set the folder that contains video with .nomedia and perhaps the entire folder will be ignore by Google+

Or skip using the app and just add your own .nomedia file to the folder.

There is: open photos app (Google's one of course), go to 'on device' menu and tap right-hand side cloud icon on any folder you want.


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TeamViewer QuickSupport on Jelly Bean
Currently the TeamViewer QuickSupport v7.0.640 doesn't run on Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (N7100). This is not a hardware problem but a problem with various devices running on Android 4.1.1
The problem seems to be a missing library, I get a handled exeption:
could not load application module:
Cannot load library:
link_image[1892]:
1936 could not load needed library 'libsurfaceflinger_client.so'
for 'libjniscreenshot23.so'
(load_library[1094]: Library 'libsurfaceflinger_client.so' not found)

So I managed to get a libsurfaceflinger_client.so by searching google.
According to this XDA Post i tried to push the library to /system/lib/ and then chmod rw-r--r--
After launching the App I now get a Force Close due to an unhandled exception:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError in Class:
com.teamviewer.incomingremotecontrollib.activity.MainActivity in Method:
onCreate()

Any ideas? My guess is that the downloaded library is not for Jelly Bean.


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How does goomanager work?
I want to install custom ROM on my HTC One XL. I have unlocked (not rooted) the phone following the unlock process on www.htcdev.com. Now I installed goomanager which supposed to let me install TWRP recovery.
I already downloaded openrecovery-twrp-2.3.0.0-evita.img and copied the file to my mobile but it doesn't seem to me that I can use this downloaded file.
More over it seems to me that I can directly use goomanager to install custom ROM and not to do it via TWRP as I read somewhere.
Q1) Can I install files that I downloaded using my computer and copied over to my mobile or goomanager will always download them for me?
Q2) Do I have to install TWRP to install custom ROM (cm10)?
Q3) Can I use goomanager to install custom ROM?

Though I wouldn't usually recommend device specific websites but since i'm not a One XL user I cannot verify its authenticity.
Next time when you ask questions about custom roms please mention whether you are already rooted, locked or unlocked bootloader(htcdev.com only unlocks your bootloader without giving you s-off). Try this to just get an idea of one of the methods to install a rom.
http://onexroot.com/one-x-roms/how-to-install-custom-rom-on-rooted-att-htc-one-xxl/
goomanager is a service used by developers to upload their roms into one location and users can check for available newer versions of existing roms. Follow the regular clockworkmod / twrp procedures to flash your rom.
You can always copy roms that you downloaded with your computer onto your phone.


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Cyanogenmod 7.1 doesn't send MMS
Not sure when this started to happen, most likely after I upgraded to cyanogenmod 7.1. I was able to send/receive MMS before without any problem.
Now I can

receive MMS at any time
send MMS when connected to wi-fi

my settings

HTC Desire
Testra
cyanogenmod 7.1

Any suggestions how make sending MMS possible again?

UPDATE
I compared my MMS APN settings with below one and I had to change Authentication and I cannot find MMS Protocol in my settings thouh.
• Name: Telstra MMS
• APN: telstra.mms
• MMSC: http://mmsc.telstra.com:8002
• MMS proxy: 10.1.1.180
• MMS port: 80
• MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
• MCC: 505
• MNC: 01
• Authentication: CHAP
• APN type: mms

I also tried all other sort of advices found on the Inet like wiping SMS/MMS settings, fixing permissions. Nothing helped.
I wonder if upgrading radio would help?
I also noticed that I have troubles to log into my sip account using CSipSimple after upgrading to 7.1.

Are youre APN Settings alright?

How can I check? I can access internet when I am not able to send MMS. At the same time I can receive MMS.

Go to "Settings > Mobile > APN (Access Point Name)". Now you see your APN. Compare it with these, add new if neccesary: http://androidforums.com/hero-support-troubleshooting/45005-mobile-network-apn-settings.html | http://blog.mobilebroadbanduser.eu/page/Worldwide-Access-Point-Name-%28APN%29-list.aspx#403 | http://www.netcomm.com.au/solutions/3g-mobile-broadband/why-use-3g-hspa/3g-carriers

The APN name is different but the values look the same to me.

Updated my question with new findings ....


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Can I change the level for "Connect your charger"?
My phone HTC Desire on cyanogen mod 7 shuts it down if the battery level is 18%.
Can I change this level to something lower?

I'm not sure if this is how it works, but try to re calibrate your battery and see if the battery level notification comes at a lower level..

I have a 3.2amp hour from seidio, 15% still have more volts available than the stock crap from htc at 30%

CM6/Magic here; my phone complains at 15%. If you're shutting down at 18, something is wrong with your battery calibration.
Use your favorite recovery to wipe the battery stats, get a full charge, and then use the phone until the battery runs out.
Your battery life will appear to be worse, but it's really that the number is more accurate.

Opinion: Also, HTC has this reputation for using really low capacity batteries, and people complain that they wear out pretty quickly. Try a new battery or an after-market one with extended life. Still will want to use the battery stats wipe though.

Could you suggest what battery I can use? I have no idea what "extended life" means. Also ... can I change 15% to some other number?

Not sure you can change 15%. The "extended life" battery is an after-market battery of a different size. You'll probably need to get a different back cover for the phone.

I did the battery wipe and full charge (mobile was turned on) then used till battery ran out and now the phone shuts down at 20% ... :-( The battery is one year old.

That's...amazing. I'm out of ideas, beyond doing the same thing but not wiping this time.

Now I did what you suggest but as I read somewhere else I did the full charge while the phone was off and it looks OK now. I mean it turns off at 15%.... So back to the original question :-) 15% is very far too early.


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how to take a screen shot and send it via MMS?
can I somehow take a screen shot of a google maps in a easy way and then send it via MMS?

HTC Desire on 2.1 (not rooted)

Only if you're rooted. See this answer: How to take a screenshot with an Android device?

yep, I read that one. It led  me to ShootMe which works sometimes even on non-rooted phones (not for me) http://www.appbrain.com/app/shootme-%28screen-grabber%29/com.bw.picme.local

Have you tried ShootMe for other screens besides maps?

I cannot start the application. I says that the phone is not rooted. And I was so happy when lots of users reported that it works on un-rooted phone for them.

Try Map It!
It won't let you send anything from the Maps App, but the Map It! app uses Google Maps and lets you draw routes and put push pins into the map, then take a screenshot of it and send it via email or MMS.
It's useful if you want to send a picture of a particular place on a map or some kind of mock up to a map, but it's no good if you're trying to send the route that you already mapped out in the separate Maps app.  To do this, I believe, you'd have to draw the route by hand on the map in Map It.
Also, you should note that it puts an ad at the top of the screen (in the same way other apps do this), and when you take your screenshot, it will show that ad too.  There is an Ad Free version that I haven't tried.

have you tried it?

Yes.  I should have specified.

I wanted really just a screen shot of a map with a pin :-) But I cannot make it send via MMS. Email without any problem. When I choose Send from the menu then MMS then I get "Complete action using" menu with no mms option in there.

That's weird, it brings me right to Handcent.  I really wish they'd incorperate that into Google maps but good luck getting them to do it.  You'll probably have better luck email the dev of Map It and getting him to fix the problem.

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how to post a pic I took to someone's wall on fb?

I took a pic on my HTC Desire 2.1
I want to post it to somebody's else wall on facebook so facebook stores the picture?
any easy way how to do this?

I guess I can find the pic on my mobile and then upload it using full site facebook interface. It's bit too complicated, isn't it.

You're not going to be able to do this via the Facebook app as it currently exists. Even the mobile interface (m.facebook.com) doesn't offer image upload. You'll need to do it via the full site.

I thought so but I hoped that there would be a nice solution to that. Could you create an answer from that? I will accept it.

Upload it to a generic image hosting site. Copy the url and put it in a comment on 'someone's' wall.

good suggestion but I want fb only solution ...

How about uploading it to your own profile, then sharing that link on the other person's page? At the bottom, below a picture you've posted you should see "Share this photo with anyone by sending them this public link:" followed by a url.

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incoming call ring volume ( sound - silent - vibrate )
I used to be able to change the incoming call ring volume from sound to silent to vibrate using the volume buttons. Today I went to Sound settings and unticked "Audible touch tones" and since that I cannot use  the silence mode. Only volume or vibrate is available.
any idea how to make it back to sound <-> silent <-> vibrate

HTC Desire on CM7

I don't think the Audible Touch Tones menu item is actually related, since that controls whether or not you hear dial pad tones when dialing a number.
The setting you want should be CyanogenMod Settings->Sound->Silent State, and you'll just need to make sure that it's checked. I have Audible Touch Tones disabled as well, but it doesn't interfere with my ability to enable/disable the Silent State option.

I thought that Audible Touch Tones won't matter but I wanted to state what I did.

any way to change the order? Right now I have sound - vibrate - silence. It used to be sound - silence - vibrate

@Radek: Hm, that one I don't know. It's always been Sound<->Vibrate<->Silent for me, as far as I recall. I don't see any obvious way to change that order, either.

it's not necessary to change the order. I am happy as I have my 'silent' mode ... but you know humans ... they don't want any change :-p

@Radek: Oh yeah, I can understand that. I use a theme on Firefox 3.6 that basically makes it look like 1.5 ;)


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Why does my Samsung Galaxy S2 have duplicate calendar events?
Why does my Samsung Galaxy S2 have duplicate calendar events?  I am using Outlook calendar and have downloaded the Google calendar to allow it to sync.  When I use the Samsung Kies Program to sync the Samsung Galaxy S2 I end up with multiply duplicates of some of the events and not others.

By duplicate events, do you mean duplicate notifications of the same event? If so, this is just a matter of turning off notifications on one of the calendar apps.


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Problem with Facebook sync - All instead of existing
I have a problem when time comes to sync my Facebook friends with existing contact. Even if I select "Sync with existing contact" in the app, all my Facebook friends are added to my local contact, like if I'd chosen "Sync all". But the options works 'cause as soon as I select "Do not sync", everything from Facebook disappear from my contact on my phone.Is anyone else having this problem, or a solution perhaps?
By the way, my phone is a Galaxy S2 running ICS (4.0.3) with the latest version of Facebook (1.9.7). Everything use to be all right before... I don't know which update messed up.
Thanks!

I had the same problem with this new update from Facebook. You need to go to Settings | Apps | All apps, search for Facebook, tap the entry, and then "Uninstall updates". This option is only available if your phone came with the Facebook app, not if you installed it yourself. Then try sync again. I'm skipping the latest version of Facebook; the one before worked just fine.

Damn! In my "troubleshooting process", I've uninstall then reinstall Facebook...so I don't have the previous version :( I'll wait and wish that updates will come fast!

If this is still a problem, you can download an older version of Facebook that doesn't have the quirk you are currently encountering.


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S3 headphone jack not working properly
My Galaxy S3 doesn't play music through an AUX cable, but it works with the headphones that came with it. What could be causing this, and how can I fix it?

Possibly related: What determines if a phone will accept a microphone in the audio jack - hardware or software?

What is on the other side of the aux cable?

You should try another aux cable, it's possible that the TRRS layout doesn't match the phone's jack layout.


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Android security patch level from the future?
Device: OnePlus One, non-rooted, stock Cyanogen OS
I installed an OTA update today (27 August 2016).
Now, the Android security patch level shows a date from the future (1 September 2016).
Why is it such a date?

Google sends out the security patches for the next month a few weeks earlier, so manufacturers/carriers can implement them and test them before releasing an OTA in a timely fashion.

@GiantTree If you are sure, do post an answer. :)

I think @GiantTree has the point, but nevertheless, there's a small possibility that it's modified in build.prop to display that. Patch note is not released yet so no way to verify.

GiantTree's explanation sounds plausible but there is a bug report raised on first of this month for a patch released last month with similar concern : Issue 218947:  Security Patch Level shows the future date?
There has been no revert on this from Google, so the cause is uncertain. OP may star the bug report to be updated by Google


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How to access/disable the Google account sync settings in Android 8.1?
So I've just got a Nexus phone running Android 8.1 and wonder where I can turn off all of the Google account synchronization settings?
Under Settings->Users & accounts->[name of google acct] there's an option Account sync to Sync on for all Items - pushing it syncs all data. However, that's exactly the opposite of what I'm looking for. I'd like to disable all account synchronization. Do you have any ideas where the sync settings are hidden in 8.1?

You went a little too far! Go into settings -> users and accounts -> Google. Without pressing on your email address, you'll see an option "auto sync account data" turn that off. This will stop sync for all Google apps.
If you just want to turn off sync for some apps, then leave that setting on, and you'll have an option to choose individual settings.


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Can't start backup
I'm trying to backup using adb backup org.mozilla.firefox on a Nokia 8 (with Android 8.0).
I get the screen where it asks for a password. There are two texts at the bottom "Cancel" and "Backup my Data". They look identical (i.e. it looks as if I can click either) but nothing happens when I press "Backup my Data". What is going on?
I also tried to enter a password but that doesn't help.
Same effect with adb backup -apk org.mozilla.firefox: in both cases, only an empty backup.ab file is created. To be sure, I've also included the -f option to explicitly specify an output file name – same effect, the file stays empty.
adb version 1.0.39.

Not sure if it's mandatory, but didn't you miss the -f <filename> parameter to tell ADB where to store the backup to?

Without that, it defaults to backup.ab. I can see that an empty file is created. Just to be safe, I also tried with the parameter. Same effect.

Thanks, Aaron! Just wanted to be sure, as you mentioned neither (even not the empty file). Wouldn't be the first time some device came with a strange ADB daemon. In my case with one device (no longer in use), adb backup worked fine but adb restore did nothing. So it could be a faulty ADB daemon as well. Have you tried with other apps? It might well be Firefox having backup disabled (ALLOW_BACKUP:FALSE). Otherwise, while waiting for answers here, I'd suggest you try contacting Nokia's customer service.

Mozilla disabled backups back in 2015, documented in Bugzilla.
Of course this causes a lot of trouble for people trying to get access to their own data.


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can I push 'hanging' sending email in gmail outbox?
I sent out three (big emails - 6 pictures from my mobile camera) very quickly one after each other. Now after 10 or so minutes they are still in the gmail outbox folder. I experienced the same when I was connected via both wireless or mobile network.
Can I somehow push the emails to be sent out? I tried to open them and send again but it didn't help.
Last time this happened I deleted them and sent out slowly one after each other again and it went ok.
HTC Desire 2.1

you could try disabling the sync options, then re-enable them.

I will try that. What always helps is to delete gmail data from application settings

This problem is a known bug in Android 2.1 (don't know if it is still present in newer versions). There is not much that you can do except being careful not to send too big emails. From my experience, it will eventually be sent but it can take up to a day.
Be careful because it will block all the emails you sent after the large one! It seems they need to be sent in the order they were created.
A solution to this problem is to use the Dropbox application, to upload your pictures to Dropbox, to "long press" on the filename, then "Share..." and "Share a link" by email to your recipients. This will only send a link by email so the message will not block as it does with large files.

I have the same problem, I think also for emails without attachments. The solution is to open the respective email. When I open it (by tapping on it in the Outbox), it gets sent within a few seconds (the caption goes from "Queued" to "Sending" to "Sent" or something like that within seconds).


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desktop shortcut to phone options?
can I have shortcut to

airplane mode and/or
phone options (power off/airplane mode etc)

I do not like the  current way of holding power on/off button for some time

The Quick Settings app puts that at your fingertips and, by default, is launched with a long-press on the search button.

long-press on the search button (very right one) gives me 'Speak now' window

Yes. With this installed (until you choose a default) it will prompt you for which action you want.

I didn't get it first time... works marvelously ... thank you Al


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What codecs does the 2.3-Gingerbread Internet calling (SIP) use?
I am looking at the internet calling options in 2.3-Gingerbread. Does anyone know what codecs this dialer uses?
Can the codecs be configured?

From a packet capture, the codecs are:

GSM-EFR 8Khz
AMR 8Khz
GSM 8Khz
G.711/PCMU 8Khz
G.711/PCMA 8Khz

Here's the tidbit from the RTP packet capture:
m=audio 22728 RTP/AVP 96 97 3 0 8 127
a=rtpmap:96 GSM-EFR/8000
a=rtpmap:97 AMR/8000
a=rtpmap:3 GSM/8000
a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
a=rtpmap:127 telephone-event/8000
a=fmtp:127 0-15

I couldn't find a way to configure the codecs either.

Awesome. I never thought of using packet capture.

This is also true for Android 5.0 Lollipop - supported by my own testing and android.net.rtp.AudioCodec documentation.


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Market Downloads, GTalk and GMail notifications fail when on company VPN
I've noticed that when I login over WIFI to my company VPN the following problems occur:

GTalk does not login.
No GMail notifications received.
I can access the Android Market but when I attempt to download an application it fails.

All these work ok on my home WIFI and 3G connections.
Does anyone have any idea what would cause this?
What protocols/ports do these services use and is it possible to edit them?

Ask your company's administrator? They surely should know better than some strangers in the internet if your company blocks some services.

I agree, it's like some ports being blocked.

Happy to ask them but wasn't sure what to ask. IE: what protocols/ports do these services use? Is it possible to change them? I've updated the question to make this clearer.

I think GTalk uses port 5228, and the notifications and Market downloads both use the GTalk protocol internally.

Found this on the google help. Seems like it is ports 5222 and 443.
http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=27930


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How to use the Search box on these Stack Exchange sites with the Galaxy S?
When I type something into the search box at the top right of the main page, I get a Next key instead of the Go or enter key.  If I enter text in search, pressing Next takes me to the interesting tags input, then to the ignored tags input; pressing Go from there takes me back to the main page, with my search text sitting in the search box and no way to do anything with it!
My phone is a Galaxy S and I've tried all three of the input methods -- Swype, Samsung and Android -- and all behave the same way.
From https://android.stackexchange.com/search (it's the same text on other SE sites):

To search, type in the box at the top right of every page and press Enter.

How can I provide the Enter that the search functionality depends on?  If I can't do it directly, are there any workarounds?
(I'm certain I've run into this problem on other websites too, but I can't think where right now.)

Works for me on HTC Desire... must be a problem specific to your phone.

@Mark: I wondered why nobody else had noticed it before now. :)

@Niall: I Uber Keyboard on my Moto Droid, and I also tried the stock keyboard and on both I'm given the option to "Go" in the SE search field.

That's odd, I can confirm I'm seeing the same thing on my Vodafone UK Galaxy S (Eclair 2.1 update 1, build JM4). I don't actually search much on StackExchange sites, I'm more of a browser so never noticed before. On the full /search page the only box that's gives me a "Go" button is the DuckDuckGo box.

which browser are you using?

@Michael: the default one on the phone.

Don't if there's something on the StackExchange sites that has changed, or if the Froyo update has fixed this, but I do get the Go button now, not a Next button when I type into this site's search box on my phone.
(Vodafone UK branded official Samsung Galaxy S 2.2 Froyo release JP7)

I'm still seeing Next on 2.1, so it's probably the 2.2 update.  I'll confirm if and when T-Mobile USA gets around to releasing it to their customers.

Even with my hardware keyboard on my Moto Flipside (2.1) pressing the return key doesn't work. :-(

Oops, I completely forgot about this question.  It works now and I'm pretty sure it was after I installed the Froyo update.


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Why is Android claiming I have multiple Flickr accounts, and not allowing me to upload to Flickr?
Starting about a week ago, my phone -- rooted HTC Incredible, 2.2 -- stopped being able to upload to Flickr. I can't associate any system/device changes with the problem; I rooted a couple of months ago, and updated happily, since then.
I'm not using any special Flickr apps -- just the default "Share >> Flickr" accessed via the Gallery.
But when I do, I first get prompted to log in to Flickr, then told that I have multiple accounts (I don't) which is not supported.
hunh?

N.B.: Question may be rephrased over time....

Go to:
Settings -> Accounts and sync

Do you see a Flickr account there?  If so, either make sure you are using that account with the Gallery or try deleting that account and trying the Gallery again.

Only one account was listed. I don't know what was wrong, but I deleted the account, re-created it, and gallery was then happy. Bizarre

Good to hear :)


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How can you send email to a Gmail Contact Group?
I'm using Android 4.1 on a Droid Razr M.
Is there any way to send an email to a contact Group?
I've read several posts that show how to do this but none of them actually work.
There is also an app (GroupU) but it would be nice to be able to send to groups within Gmail.

You can't send them within gmail app. You need to create Google group for that.  See http://m.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/how-to-send-email-to-groups-efficiently-with-google-apps/1483

I spent some time checking for a solution myself, and here are my conclusions.

We will never be able to send to groups within Gmail for Android. I think it's a problem Google will never solve maybe because they want us to use Google Plus to send to groups (i.e. Circles).
To send to Gmail groups outside of Gmail, I found that using Go Contacts is the best way. Gmail Group Share (Free) is also working, but it shows groups of only one Google Account at time.

Fast forward to now, Google Plus is no longer available, and Gmail Group Share cannot be found anymore.

This is actually very easy:

Go to your Admin Console & click on “Groups”
Create a Group of Users (e.g.: “mygroup”) in your Google Apps Admin Console. Then the group will have an email address like @mydomain. com

How do I get to the Admin Console?
Is that the Admin in Gmail or in my Google Account?
Does this work if I am not using the paid Google Apps?

For most users with personal Gmail addresses, I'm afraid this answer is not something that can be achieved easily...

Use gmail group share, go to the settings and click to show the hidden group and system group.

As of current writing, I'm afraid it's unclear what this refers to; whether it referred to a built-in feature, or a 3rd-party app (based on another answer)


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How to change facebook profile avatar and cover photo from Android app?
I cannot change my avatar and cover photo from within the Facebook app. I can do that using a browser.
Any idea?


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GT-P1000 pc and phone icon
I was trying to root my old Galaxy Tab 7 (GT-P1000) device when it got frozen at the setup connection. I noticed then that it was a Gingerbread file -- so I killed Odin. Now I'm getting phone and exclamation mark and a PC.
Can somebody please help me solve this? I've been searching the Internet and didn't find anything.
Please note that Odin still recognizes/sees the device.
Edit: to clarify, this was the youtube video on 'How to Unbrick Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000' that was used and ended up right now as per the question above.

Clarify exactly what you're doing - you're rooting and where does Odin come in? Show us the link or instructions that you got it from to enable us to help you.

This one worked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPSBXC72rmg,
How to Unbrick Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000

rooting or unbricking... which is it?

Let me see if I understood your question: You were trying to root your tablet but you killed Odin, so your tablet got bricked. The video you talk about is what you found to try to unbrick your device, but that didn't help. Am I right? "Now I'm getting phone and exclamation mark and a PC." I don't understand this part, though. Are they icons? Where do you see the exclamation mark? Where do you see the PC? What operating system are you using in your PC?

I'm using windows with odin 3, I was trying to root the phone but it failed for some reason then I unplugged the cable then I got the phone and pc icons, then I followed the you tube video to restore it back


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Getting internet for Galaxy Tab 2 from Galaxy S3
Is there a way to use the Galaxy Tab 2 with my Galaxy S3 (SPRINT) to get an internet connection?

Yes, very easily actually.
To Make your S3 emit a WiFi network

Enable 'WiFi Tethering' in System Settings->More->Tethering and Portable Hotspot->Portable WiFi Hotspot.
Configure the hotspot (name, password etc), in the Setup WiFi Hotspot menu.

To Connect your Tablet to the WiFi network

Enter the tablets WiFi settings, and turn WiFi on.
Select the WiFi network you configured on your S3).
Select connect. If you setup a password, you need to enter it.

Other Info
If you do not see the WiFi Hotspot option, then your network has disabled it. If you're rooted you could use an app such as WiFi Tethering - just be aware that this will produce an Ad-Hoc hotspot, and Stock Android cannot connect to these types of hostspots.
There is currently no way, AFAIK, to create a standard WiFi hotspot without using the stock android tethering system.

I assume that you have 3G/LTE connection on your Galaxy S3 and want to use that connection on your Galaxy tab2, so you would have internet on it. OK! here is the solution:
On Galaxy S3:

Enable Internet (3G/LTE mobile data)
Go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Tethering & portable hotspot (the path and names may be different on your phone)
Enable Portable Wifi hotspot
Click on "Configure Wifi hotspot" and define a desired SSID and password for your network.

Now, on your Galaxy Tab 2:

Go to settings and enable Wi-fi
In the list of available wireless networks, find your wireless network created on Galaxy S3, and tap on it to connect
Enter password of the network you created on S3 and then it should connect to your Galaxy S3 and use its internet connection.

more info: http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=168932

If your network (Sprint) has disabled Tethering on the phone, you may want to use 3rd party apps to enable tethering (Liam has pointed to one of them in his answer)

This is exactly what I said, just in another wording.

@LiamW Sorry, when I started typing my answer, there wasn't any answer on this question, and just after I clicked "Post", I found that you have been quicker than me :) (however your answer wasn't structured and step-by-step at first, before you edited it). BTW, if you think my answer is a copy of yours, I would delete it.

What I did is to root my Samsung S3 and install a WiFi Tether apk file so I can get free internet on my Samsung Tab 2.

Not exactly an answer - for starters, what wifi tether app are you referring to when in fact there's an inbuilt Wifi Tethering into the ROM....?

Samsung galaxy tab 2 and Motorola photon you can get internet thru Bluetooth

Uhhh... care to elaborate more instead of posting one line answers?

What do you need Motorola photon for?

Best way is to enable WiFi Tethering.
Bluetooth also works.

Perhaps you should expand your answer. It doesn't currently add anything, as the other answers have explained this (and in more detail).


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text message notification interrupting voice calls samsung galaxy s2
Does anyone know how to turn off the notification for text messages that breaks into voice calls on my Sprint Samsung Galaxy s2 (SPH-D710)?

Do you want to turn them off permanently, or just during calls?

On my S2 (SGH-S959G) the setting is in Settings App > Call > Call Alert > Uncheck Alerts on Call.

Samsung Galaxy S3 has a setting within the Phone Dialer "Call Settings\Call Alert\Alerts on call". Unchecking this will prevent alerts from interfereing a phone call. This is probably similar on your Galaxy S2.


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how to connect blue yeti mic to galaxy nexus
I'd like to use the blue yeti as audio input for recording video on the galaxy nexus. How can I achieve this? I know thus far that I need a USB otg cable, but when I plugged it in it didn't seem to be recognized. I'm running android jelly bean 4.2 and am using stock camera app for video recording.

I think you cannot do it yet because the drivers do not support it.
You can record audio on its own, though. USB Audio Recorder Pro from the Google Play store may work for this purpose. If you search for it, the description contains a link that will allow you to download a demo version for testing.
It definitely works with the Blue Yeti on Nexus 7 as reported by the developer, and a number of other devices.
Note that it has to be USB Audio Recorder Pro by extream software development (to which I am not affiliated), and not USB Audio Recorder which is a different product.
Whereas this is not a full answer to your question, I hope it helps.

You could then re-sync this to the video, using any good video editor, including the many free ones.


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My device is trying to open mSecure app whenever I launch an internet browser
Whenever I launch an internet browser on my droid phone it attempts to launch another app (in my case mSecure).
This happens with dolphin and my stock browser so I don't think it's an mSecure setting.  In fact I deleted mSecure but I still get the message failure attempting to launch mSecure.
Any help to get rid of this message will be appreciated.
Thanks

What version of Android do you have? Is it a stock version or a custom ROM? Are you rooted?

mSecure is a Password Manager and Digital Wallet. It contains a feature called Auto-copy on URL Launch. Reinstall the app and untick all of its settings, maybe they kept somehow "active" for your browsers even after you uninstalled the app. Then uninstall the app if you still want to do it.

If neither the above nor the answers which other users post here work for you, the app manufacturer have an email to give you support. In that case, we encourage you to post here what they suggest you in order to fix the problem.

Thanks for your answers. I have a stock (unrooted) Jellybean OS (V4.1.1). I have attempted to uninstall and reinstall mSecure, without success. Even after I uninstall mSecure, the remnants of the problem exist, as I get a message 'unable to launch mSecure' whenever I open up a browser. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled Dolphin, but the problem still exists.
I have emailed mSecure, but they cannot help me.  There response was "We are not able to make our app do this, even if we wanted to. Apps are “sandboxed” and can’t affect other apps like that"

I also looked for a manifest file (.xml), but couldn't find one.  I know I can resolve this issue by doing a factory reset, but I'm hoping to try and understand what's going on before I take that drastic step.

Just to reiterate - this is happening with at least three browsers - Dolphin, Chrome and the stock browser, so it is almost certainly some setting / corruption in a service used by all browsers

Depending on the version of Android, you might need to revoke the Device Administrator privilege for mSecure under the Security/Device Administrators setting.


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Galaxy S3 display issue
I have a Galaxy S3 International Version, without any modification whatsoever.
However, of late, I have begun experiencing problems with my screen / display.

Graphics display issue
The problem goes as follows: When I pull down the notification menu on the home screen slowly, I see that the the part of the screen that is visible is being displayed in poor quality. If i continue dragging, towards the last one third of the screen I begin to see banding similar to gradient banding.
Another issue, that goes in conjunction with the one above, is that the display seems to be grainy. Say, I press the apps button and see the icons of the apps I have installed. On top, where the option exists to see 'Widgets' or 'Apps' I see a grainy band run across those buttons. Grains can also be seen when browsing the internet or scrolling a list and so on.

I am unsure as to how to solve these problems. There are a few more 'problems' that I would like to discuss, probably on a different thread.
But for now, this is the one I have.
Can someone please tell me how to solve this?
Android Version: 4.1.2
Build Number: JZO54K.I9300XXEMF6

"without any modification" - does this include root?

It's still two questions you should have split into two posts (I'd suggest to ask a new question, moving one of the two over there). As for RAM: Please check the ram tag-wiki; unused RAM is a wasted resource.

@Chahk Yes. I haven't rooted the phone at all. It is as good as stock with a few Play Store apps :)

@Izzy Ok done editing it into two parts. Here is the second one; http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/54007/galaxy-s3-high-ram-consumption-even-on-idle

Just that I might add, grainy-ness also continues under brightness cranked up.

Thanks for splitting. That makes it much easier to answer. I've placed an answer to "the other part", hope it helps you sorting things out. No idea about this one here though, sorry.

@Izzy Went to a Samsung store pretending to be a customer interested in GS3. Saw the same issue in the stock phone. Haha !!

In that case it looks like a hardware issue, so we won't be able to help you with this here, unfortunately.

@Izzy Or maybe that it is OK as it is in all phones ?

I cannot tell, as I've not seen it first-hand. Up to you to decide then :)

@Izzy You can do me a favor by checking the GS3 at your nearest store :D


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How to check if my battery is OK?
I use my phone mainly for wifi use and I know it is a battery hog. However, what I would like to know is how much time it takes for the battery to charge. I guess it is supposed to take like 4 mins to charge 1%.
I plugged in my phone at 11% battery at 1.00 am and at 7.00 am it was still charging at 65%. What seems to be the issue here ?
Update 1:
Going by a comment on the post here, it is because of the sequence in which I connect the phone to the charger. The comment goes as follows:

Hi I think I found the problem as to why mine was charging slow.  Make
  sure the USB end is unplugged from the charger BEFORE plugging the
  phone end. After plugging into the phone, plug the USB to the charger
  while the charger is into the wall. Not sure why but the sequence is
  Important and affects charging rate big time.
Alex

This is in the manual, too. Unsure as to what the internal mechanics of the charging are.

Does your phone have LTE capability?  Do you live in an area with LTE service?

@Compro01 Yes, we do have 2G and 3G services

An issue I've had with my S3 (model I747m) is random absurd battery drain when in LTE service.  It'll go from a full charge to under 30% within 3-4 hours.  The drain tends to stop after a reboot.  I'm wondering if this drain effect may be happening when you're trying to charge and slowing the charging to a crawl.

Oh, no. I mean I am not using the LTE services. I am charging on flight mode cause it charges faster =) @Compro01

What Aditya Somani say is correct. The amount of amperage your charger has will determine the charge speed. However, turning off things like WiFi, LTE and probably even the whole phone will make the charge go faster.
For the wire-in-phone first thing, I believe that is a myth. I've heard it for computers and mobiles alike, but never found a reason to exactly why. My education in electronics might be vague, but no matter what you say, the charger will not charge before it's connected to power, and thus it should not matter if you connect charger to wall or prone first.

As suggested by Aditya Somani try charging by switching off. Try changing the charger or the usb cable of the charger.
Charging via PC takes time and drains faster

I think what matters most is the amperage of your charger. If you are plugging your phone into a computer then it is limited to 500mA. A charger for the S3 will typically provide 1A to 2A I believe.
One more thing which may be going wrong is battery hogging applications. If you switch your phone off and then charge, by how much does your charging time lessen down?


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How do you turn off notification sounds on LG G4?
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to turn off the notification sounds. I found the option in settings for the notification sounds, but none of the options are to turn it off or silence it, without silencing the whole phone!

"Alternatively, you can set system sounds to silent (settings -> sounds -> volume). That includes notifications, annoying boot noise and audio touch feedback.
I don't know what else it turns off, but whatever it is, I don't miss it.
With this approach you can keep the priorities logic intact."
That was taken from this post. Maybe it will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/mute-volume-notifications-leave-phone-t3141244

@jer3my Lowering the volume setting will also lower the ringtone. I DON'T want to mute the ringtone, only the notifications.

Hmm I have only ever had samsung phones(besides the one htc I dont count... lol) and when I adjust the volume on mine, It does change all of them, However if I click on the gear, I can change each one to whatever level. http://i.imgur.com/4Msh4gk.jpg
Its weird that LG would make it all or nothing.

OK. I think I figured it out. It's this whole stupid interruption mode feature. Setting the phone to Priority Only, and then enabling all incoming calls and messages achieves the same result as disabling the notification sounds. This is a horrible design IMHO.

Also have a look here : http://recomhub.com/blog/how-to-mute-lg-g4/

I looked at that post, but all the information is incorrect. There are no buttons on the left side of the G4; the author is confused. The volume and power key are on the BACK of the device. And holding the volume down key DOES NOT accomplish what the author says it does.

Use a silent tone, meaning a notification tone that doesn't include any noise. You might find some here.

The one person above had the correct answer.  You have to go into your email account, click the three dots on top left, choose settings, and then click the account you want to change.  In there is a notification setting where you can silence the notification.

This is not an answer, it is more of a comment. It also does NOT address the question. I am not trying to mute my email app, I am trying to mute all notifications.

Go into the email app, click the three dots in a row, select settings, select the email account you will see notification settings; select silent

Go to settings, sound and notifications, apps. Then select which apps give you notifications and how they do it (sounds, notification bar etc)


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Pull or backup only the contacts from Android
My phone is on a bootloope _ soft bricked. I have managed to detect it via adb on recovery mode. So now I want to know the exact command to pull contacts first from the phone to my pc.

Is this correct?
adb backup -apk -shared -all -f C:\test.ab
Next what is the generic (original factory) directory for phone saving all the pictures/pdfs?
What is the command I should run to pull those from phone to pc?
Is pulling faster or healthier a bricked phone than backing up into pc?
Also due to UK language settings my pc has no backslash, is there a way to get it into command prompt?

(Since I am nooby and I just crashed everything I know right now from last night - please have mercy. I want to make sure the commands are precise.)

Is what correct? 3. I'm afraid I don't understand what you're asking. 4. UK keyboards do have a backslash, next to the Z key. If you're having trouble entering text on your PC, you'll want to fix that first: we don't have the expertise to help you with that here.

You may ignore that backslash although next to 'z' there's no backslash. Anyway, I found out I haven't managed to root my soft-brick device. Can u help me on that please?


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How can I disable Facebook button on HTC ChaCha without voiding warranty?
I'm interested in the HTC ChaCha but I don't like the Facebook button. I'd prefer it to link to my address book or something like that. Is it possible to do that or in the worst case disable it?

Try this app: FB ReMap For HTC ChaCha

ReMap has been removed from the Play store. Any chance of alternative apk download links? Otherwise, F-Button Lite (or the alternative) works for me.

Is impossible for you to attempt to make the change withouth the device been rooted.
According to XDA Developers Thread, you need to go into your system folder located in your root, to change the keyboard layout file located here: /system/usr/keylayout/[devicename]-keypad.kl.

Try Facebook Button for HTC ChaCha or its lite version.
It is a normal standard-abiding Android application, which installs from the Market, does not require any hacks, and works on unrooted devices — so it'll keep you warranty safe.
Feel free to check also its support thread on XDA-Developers.


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How can I fix notification vibration?
When I receive calls and alarms go off, the phone vibrates.
However it won't vibrate for any notifications.
Changing the vibrate setting from vibrate always or vibrate only when in silent mode has no
effect.
Does anyone know what can cause this and how to fix it?
Is there a separate hidden setting for notification vibrations?
For what it is worth I'm running a HTC Magic with a custom 2.3-Gingerbread ROM installed.
This definitely used to work. Not sure what I did to break it though.

Update: I've got it working again by playing with the settings.
Under Settings->Sound settings->Volume 'Use incoming call volume for notifications' was ticked.
When I un-ticked this setting the notification vibration began to work again. This seems really strange to me and if anyone could help me understand what is going on it would be much appreciated.

Update 2: Installed an app called AudioManager. It has separate vibrate checkboxes for alerts and ringer. Using this helped too. Not 100% but it seems to indicate separate settings that are not exposed through the regular settings interface.

Did this work before and stopped, or have you never had vibration working?  What phone do you have?  Are you using a custom ROM (and if so, which)?

I've updated the question to include this info.

The AudioManager suggestion was awesome -- I had the exact same issue and this also solved it for me. You should add it as the accepted answer to this question.

@Miquel Ok. Done!

Install an app called AudioManager. It has separate vibrate checkboxes for alerts and ringer. Setting the checkbox for alerts fixed the issue for me.

Is there an open-source app that has the same functionality?

You can have app-specific notification settings.  Have you gone into the settings of the offending apps to see whether they're set to vibrate on notifications?

Thanks but I have. GMail, Mail, Calendar, Messaging, all set up to vibrate but no vibration.

OK, I've asked some questions up above to help us troubleshoot further.

Hmm.  Well a factory reset should fix it but hopefully we can find something easier.

Even better ... get new phone! (Have to convince my wife first)


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Why are some songs are not named correctly in media players?
Most songs in my collection display correctly. However some will display the name of the song as "01 Song name" instead of "Song name". Note that the file name is "01 Song name.mp3".
They also appear out of order in the album so doesn't seem to be taking the track number into account.
When I check the id tags all the information is correct.
This occurs in all media players that I have tried.
Does anyone have any ideas why this occurs and how to correct it?

Are you sure your tags are correct, it sounds like they're not?
Try looking at the files with something like MP3Tag or MediaMonkey they should show exactly which tags are in there and let you clear out any corrupted tags.

I think you are right. But it is a little strange. On my PC the Tags look correct. Some players show that the tags are correct but PlayerPro shows empty tags. If I load them in iTag the correct values come up and then I save them. Then they are correct all the music players.

It's not that strange once you start to see the mishmash of different tagging pseudo standards.  Between ID3v1, ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, and APEv2 it's bad enough.  Then you have the differences between how different players use those tagging standards to store information.  Add in the various tag parsing, writing, and codepage bugs and hacks in different players over the years, and it's amazing that any info can be passed between programs at all.


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Is there a way to edit contacts birthdays on the phone?
As far as I can tell the default contacts app on the phone does not have a field to enter or edit birthdays.
Is there a way to do this?
What about other contact apps?

Running HTC Magic with 2.3 Gingerbread with the default contacts app.

On Android 4.4.2 one can edit the Contact, and if the birthday is not showing at all, scroll to the bottom and tap on the "Add another field" button, add a tick mark to "Events", then tap "OK".  The default event field shown will be "Birthday".  If you tap on the event type tag, it can be set to "Birthday", "Anniversary", "Other", or "Custom", where "Custom" can be edited to display an arbitrary string.  As of this writing, Google Contacts in one's Web browser only recognizes dates in the forms "MM/DD/YY", e.g., "12/24/72", or "MMMM DD, YYYY", e.g., "December 24, 1972".  It flags other formats as invalid, such as ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). <sigh>  This can cause problems if contacts are imported from other sources that recognize ISO 8601.  Fortunately, if you enter the date on the Android side, it is constrained to the proper format by the "Set date" selector window and it also gives one the option to enter just the month and day if the year is unknown or irrelevant.
Multiple events can be created for a Contact entry.  In a test, I tapped the "+" repeatedly and in addition to "Birthday", created "Anniversary" and over 250 "Other" fields, but the Contact app never issued a warning that a limit been exceeded.

On my phone, I can't enter contact's birthdays, but if I've previously entered their birthday on GMail then it does appear in their Contacts entry on the phone, and I can edit it there. Not that useful, as the birthday field is something you're likely to add to someone, and then its not very likely to ever change after that!
One workaround that I use if I'm entering this on the phone is to add their birthday into the Notes field, and then later on when I'm at a PC I can go into GMail and put the birthday in properly.
This is using the Contacts app on a Galaxy S using their stock Froyo  (2.2.1).

This issue is now resolved in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).

I can edit the birthdays in the "People" app on my HTC Desire just fine (running Android 2.2). So maybe it's a phone-dependent thing?

The People app is part of HTC Sense, which is only on HTC branded phones running HTC Sense. This is separate from the standard Android Contacts app.

Perhaps the rumoured "People" app in Ice Cream Sandwich will let you do this.

On my Google Nexus S, the only way I have found is to use browser access to my GMail contacts, or to log the birthday as a note then transfer later.
My HTC Incredible S can capture birthdays natively in the HTC People application, but overall I prefer the "native" Google look and feel to HTC's.
As far as I could tell looking at a Galaxy Nexus in a shop on release day, this is still true for Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), at least in the native Google application.
Not good - hope it is fixed soon.

This is now fixed. We can probably delete the question.

A more complicated solution but maybe the cleanest one, you can export your contacts and manually edit the .vcf (with Notepad++ for example), replace all the "END:VCARD" by "END:VCARD\n" to have a new line between each contact, and then manually add birthday for each contact.
A vcard looks like this:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Name;;;;
FN:Name
END:VCARD

So you'll want to add a BDAY field, for example if Name's birthday is October 22:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Name;;;;
FN:Name
BDAY:--10-22
END:VCARD

If you want to add a custom event it's a bit more complicated
X-ANDROID-CUSTOM:vnd.android.cursor.item/contact_event;DATE;0;LABEL;;;;;;;;;;;;

For example
X-ANDROID-CUSTOM:vnd.android.cursor.item/contact_event;2019-10-19;0;Rencontre;;;;;;;;;;;;

Please see this page for a list of properties and values format.
You can then import the vcf in the contacts app.
Please note that, like user31389's answer, the birthday will not appear on the contacts app, because it just doesn't support it, but other apps will be able to detect it, like the most important one: Birthday Calendar Adapter

Android Contacts is missing a date entry field (or missing any add entry field) on my Android 6.0 Motorola 3g phone. I found that the contacts entry in my standard Android phone app does have a date field. It is different. Curious.
The standard Android phone app date field can be used for birthdays. So, go into your phone app, the one with the blue phone icon, select the contacts tab on top. Then select a contact. Then select the edit icon (a pencil. Find it at the top of the page.). Find the More Fields menu item at the bottom. Select it. Flip down to find the date icon and entry line. It looks like a tiny calendar. The entry line has a down arrow on its right where you can enter the birthday date. Under the Date line is a category for the date. Select birthday.
Once this is accomplished, the next birthday entry will be much faster. Good luck!

What worked for me, was installing MyLocalAccount App, then create a new local account for my contacts. I could then add birthdays to contacts within this account (just like for contacts in the google account), which didn't work for the normal "Phone" account.
I moved my contacts from "Phone" to local account using MyPhoneExplorer.

No, at this point in time, the only way is to go to the Contacts section in GMail and edit a contact's birthday AFAIK.

I had the same problem on LineageOS, Android 9. Fortunately I've found the Simple Contacts app.

Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro
F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro
GitHub: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Contacts

It allows you to add and edit birthdays, in addition to your usual contacts management. It's open-source. The Google Play version is paid, the F-Droid version is free (though I still encourage you to donate to its author). It's a part of a suite of apps, called Simple Mobile Tools.


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"Access to Keep is unauthorised" error message
I started seeing this error message today whenever I open Google Keep. It reads, "Access to Keep is unauthorised".
So I have archived my notes and taken a screenshot to post here.

Can't find anything about this on Google. Any idea what this is?
OnePlus One, latest stock ROM, COS13, non-root. All apps updated to latest versions.
And this issue seems to extend to the Google Keep web app also. Its says, "You’ve been signed out. Please reload the page to sign in again and continue working."
UPDATE
I no longer see the error message. It resolved somehow, and it's probably due to some work done from Google's server side.

I'm getting the same issue. Looks like it's happening to heaps of people

It seems to be resolved. I no longer see the error.

Yep it looks like it's resolved for me now, too

This is an outage on the Google side, see their G Suite Apps dashboard. Fix should be on the way.
The current outage (as of 11 April 2017) has its own status page, and you can get details on future outages via the above dashboard link.

+1 Thanks for that link. But I'm not sure what it means. Is it resolved already? I started seeing the issue only today.

What timezone is the time you quoted?


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Moving installation location on non rooted Android 5 Lollipop device
I have a Moto G (2nd generation) with Android 5.02 on it. Internal SD card is about 8Gb and I have an external SD card with 16Gb free space.
Moving application to SDCARD from the application's menu moves it to sdcard0 which is the internal SD card.
Adb shell command:
pm get-install-location

gives me:
0[auto]

I tried to set installation location through:
pm set-install-location 2

But I'm getting this error:
Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Package android does not belong to 2000

That is I believe complaining about root permissions.
And because it's a production build trying:
adb root

gives me:
 adbd cannot run as root in production builds

Is there any way to set the applications install their data to external SD card?
P.S: I don't want to install a custom rom or install third party software to root the phone.
Edit:
I've noticed that applications data was stored in the folder /storage/sdcard0/Android, so I thought of moving this folder to /storage/sdcard1/ and creating a symlink this way instead:
ln -s /storage/sdcard1/Android /storage/sdcard0/Android

will this do the job?
Thank you.

Basically speaking: You can't. At least not without rooting.
The main reasons Android does not allow you to install an application to your external SD card are:

Security: It's the main reason for that restriction. Basic file systems like NTFS or FAT (any version of it) do not allow for Unix-like permission management.
This means: any application would be able to write to any file on that storage.
Thinking of malicious apps, they would be able to replace proper apps with fake/infected ones, bricking your phone and rendering it unusable.
Volatile storage: Your external SD card is not safe to be inserted in your device all the time. You are able to eject it any time what makes your SD card not a very good candidate for a permanent storage. Consider apps running off of your SD card and you eject it. Those apps will just crash and all other apps saved on your SD card are gone as well. You can't use them at that time and the data of those app is also affected by reason #1.

I have a linux background so I've considered this approach: I've noticed that the application's menu option "Move to SDCARD" created a folder called Android on sdcard0 (the internal one) with applications data on it; will creating a symlink (in sdcard0) called Android to a folder called Android in sdcard1 work?

The issue is: Android stores only application data and obb in /sdcard/sdcard0/Android. Applications are stored in a hidden folder called .android_secure where not even root has access to (I tested it on my device, you can't  evencd to that folder).

Actually that's precisely what I need! The main problem getting me thinking of this is the data especially with heavy games.. The main applications are not that big compared to the data they add later. So you think it might work?

If it is only data or obb then it certainly works. At least on Android versions that do not make sdcard_rw belong to the root group or feature the user sdcard_rw at all. But with a bit of permission changes you should be able to get that sorted out.

Running ls -l /storage/sdcard0 gave me this lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-04-20 15:59 sdcard0 -> /storage/emulated/legacy and running ls -l /storage/sdcard0/ gave me this
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_r 2014-12-20 18:16 Android.. Is that a good or bad news? Since I'm not root I believe I can not set permissions.

The first result was predictable, your internal SD card is actually located at /data/media, where storage/emulated/legacy points at. The other result is an "easy fix": First you need to move the original Android folder to another location or rename it, to make space for the symlink. Then link /storage/sdcard1/Android to /storage/sdcard0/Android and name the link Android. At last fix all permissions (777). This is just theoretical but I imagine it should work like this.

I'm testing it right now. cp -R /storage/sdcard0/Android /storage/sdcard1/ (too shaky about the mv lol) then rm -r /storage/sdcard0/Android then ln -s /storage/sdcard1/Android /storage/sdcard0/Android. If this works the credit goes to you so you may update your answer. I'll let you know! ;-)

Don't remove Android it will break all running apps (or at least most of them). It's just a theoretical approach off of my head; nothing to exactly follow. If you are quick enough, you may be able to recover apps after crashing but keep in mind that all actions are undone after the next reboot.

Yep! It all broke up! lol I was unable to create a symlink: it gave me the error ln: /storage/sdcard0/Android: Operation not permitted. So the next question is how to create a symlink? (I reverted my changes and all is fine.. or so I think for now! lol)

The main issue is: Android tracks file accesses and if one of the Android folders are missing, it recreates them a moment later. this is also why applications like Link2SD link individual app's folders instead of the whole Android folder. You can try that, but I can't promise success.

This is quite interesting because I have a problem with only a data folder of a game (that is taking 2Gb).. I will try that and report back. Thank you.
P.S: Link2SD did nothing in my case.

It's just how Link2SD worked last time I used it. I don't need it anymore because my storage space is sufficient :)

I failed to create a single symlink. (Operation not permitted). I believe it's simply because my sdcard1 is fat32 formatted. To what should I format it (I mean its main partition)?

You can create a symlink to anywhere, the destination does not matter (even though fuse might not permit you to create a symlink to your external SD card). If you can, try formatting your SD card as ext4 so permissions can be applied without using fuse as an intermediate permission manager, that blocks most read and write attempts without proper package permission.

I was unable to use ext4 since my phone didn't recognize it and kept w95 fat32 LBA (kernel issue?!).. I was unable too to create symlinks for many reasons: non root (?!), fat32 issue.. Now I believe I'll take option B.. ^^

Only root can create symlinks. Keep that in mind.

Basically you can! ;)

First, Root your phone!
Second, Create a secondary partition in your SD card (Ext.4) >= 2GB and set it as primary.
Third, download and install Link2sd app from playstore.
Open the app, and I will ask you to create a mount point to your 2nd partition. Select Yes. Reboot.

After reboot, EVERY app you install will automatically go to SD card.
If you don't know how to create partition search for a guide in Google there are plenty of them

That's actually what's I'm trying to avoid: installing third party software. :-)

That was quite a journey searching for an answer not involving rooting but I ended up:

Unlocking my bootloader
Booting on TWRP without installing it:
fastboot boot recovery.img

Installing Chainfire's SuperSU with TWRP.
From Terminal Emulator or adb's shell:
su
pm set-install-location 2

From an application's menu in Settings > Applications just pushing Move to SDCARD moves it* - its data and obb - to the external SDCARD.
Removing SuperSU......

Nah... I didn't do that! 3:)

Go to this address
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/shell.html#shellcommands
Android 5 and above does not support this pm get-install-location
Try to backup your apk and follow the steps bellow
adb shell pm install -r -s <path of your apk>

Example
adb shell pm install -r -s /storage/sdcard1/base.apk

-r means reinstall apk with existing data and
-s means sdcard

"Android 5 and above does not support this pm get-install-location" -- how do you know? Try this: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/android-5.1.1_r29/cmds/pm/src/com/android/commands/pm/Pm.java#1819. It is for Android 5.1.1. I have support for this argument in my Android 5.0.2, 5.1.1 and 6.0.1!

Sorry, but -s is for specifying which device should adb operate on ("-s <serialNumber>").

First install Adbd insecure (apk download from xda-developers).
Once installed on your device, open it and mark the box: "Enable insecure adbd".
Now you can change the location to install your apps.


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Is it safe to install cyogenMod on my rooted, bricked , then unrooted Samsung Captivate
My Samsung captivate was running the latest version of Android available to it which is 2.3.5 Gingerbread.
I rooted it by installing ClockworkMod Recovery, (flashing zImage using heimdall on Ubuntu), I then installed CyanogenMod 10. It worked up until the point I went and tried to restore the data or db data(can't remember) part of the backup I made in CWM. This broke the ROM I had to revert to a stock ROM I found.
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
Baseband Version: I897ucjf6
I then tried to restore the custom ROM to no avail. The CWM recovery log said something to the extent of I can't re partition the device or mount the device due to a bad sector. The long and short it did not work.
When I start the phone normally, it does not boot. When I hold 2 vol keys the screen looks as if a VGA cable is not connected properly - everything is colorful, but distorted (no text is recognizable).
Is there a way to get an official (or official-ish) version of Android 4.1 on my phone, preferably using Odin 100% of the time so I am not having to boot into recovery and apply update from zip (Although I can do this if needs be).
Should I use Kies Mini to update to Gingerbread and try again?
Should I just forget about my Android 4.1 dream?
I followed this guide the first time I rooted the phone.
I downloaded CyanogenMod 10 from their seemingly official website under the Samsung Captivate section.


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Redirecting incoming calls to different numbers depending on WiFi connectivity
Can we have an android application which will direct any incoming call to:

The cell number in case WiFi is disabled
Office extension number through Jabber client in case WiFi is connected (when I am in office, I want to receive calls on my extension instead of cell).

Is there any Jabber client is available which has such settings, or I need to develop an Android application (In java) which can achieve this?

This is a very particular case because not everybody which has a WiFi connection is necessarily in an office, so I think currently there is no app to achieve this. I might be wrong but I guess you'll have to develop that one.

Will Xabber be the suitable Jabber client for this?

Try with Xabber, because is highly rated by users, although you should check out Cisco Jabber too.


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Can Factory Reset delete a virus?
In my Lenovo A536 phone a malicious app that is alarm controller and calendar service is unknowingly installed and it is creating a problem.
I am not able to uninstall the app as it is automatically stored in in-built app.
So can Factory Reset remove it?

If the app has installed itself as a system app, then no, factory reset will not remove it. It will just wipe it's data, but it will start installing again, after you boot your phone up.
You will need to flash your device with a stock firmware file, which does not have the virus installed.
You can follow this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-lenovo-a536-stock-t3300818

These are not viruses. These are false positives.
AlarmController is a system app that allows your alarms to play, even when the main alarms app is not running.
CalenderService does a number of things. It notifies you of calendar events, ensures the system date is (relatively) accurate, and manages the synchronisation of Calendar data with the cloud.


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Can't send/receive text messages and calls on Samsung Galaxy S4 since update to Lollipop
My boyfriend has updated his Samsung Galaxy S4 earlier this week to the new Lollipop and ever since the update, he's experiencing issues.
His phone is slower, things crash, the battery drains way faster,...
But most important, he can't send/receive text messages or calls anymore and he can't use mobile data.
When trying to send a message, it keeps trying and ends up telling him the message could not be sent. When trying to make a phone call, it does not give the ringing sound. It just stays silent, and then after a short moment the call ends.
In the rare occasion that he can send a message, it takes an awful long time for the message to be sent. he's had this problem at work, at home, at other locations,... He even tried using a different SIM card and the problem persists.

Sometimes all of a sudden he can send and receive text messages. Then a few minutes later the problem comes back. But it happens very rarely that it works again, 9 out of 10 times the problem is happening.We have no idea how to fix this. We tried a soft reset, a factory reset, switching between automatic and manual network (worked for a while when on automatic), switching SIM cards, trying his card in my phone and vice versa,...Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT:
Yesterday we downgraded his phone back to KitKat (using ODIN) and the problem persists even in KitKat. Apparently it seems to be a hardware issue. :(
SECOND EDIT:
Suddenly, it works again. He can send and receive messages, make calls, get on the mobile network,...
Funny thing is, he was on the toilet at work when the problem began. A few days later after all these issues, he goes to the same toilet, and BAM. His phone is acting like nothing happened. No more problems. I'd say it was a haunted toilet...


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Apps checking for app data in sd card instead of internal memory
I have an android phone with 13gb usable internal memory. I have many apps installed in it like fifa etc. I have been using the phone for quite some time without any sd card. Today I got an sd card and inserted it, and all of a sudden all installed apps are checking their app data in sd card instead of internal memory. Default write disk is internal memory and no apps have been transfered to sd card. I noticed this when I wanted to play fifa and it asked to download data first. How can I make my apps work without removing my new sd card?
Device
OS : 4.4.2
Model : infinix x507
Kernel: 3.4.67

Is the device rooted? I can suggest something but requires root access and Xposed framework installed.

@Firelord yap, it's rooted


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Change Android's default focal-length
I have Samsung device( GT-S7562) with 5 mp camera . When I updated it into CyanogenMod , I lost its camera quality . It always force me to take pictures with 3 mp . There is now option to change it . I tried lot of camera apps( including Google cam, HDR cam, Ported xperia,Samsung &HTC cams ...) and all those apps saying I have only 3 mp cam . So i think it is about the OS .
where can i change it ? I am happy if you prefer me to edit system files ;-)
Thank you

Which device specifically, CM version, no device tags? Please add this info as well here [edit] What other camera apps have your tried? What other apps that shows camera specs or system specs have your tried so far, do mention them?


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Is there a way to display current weather on lollipop lockscreen?
It seems lock screen widgets have been removed in lollipop. Google now has a weather notification but it does not show up on the lock screen. Is there a way to get this or any other weather information on to the lock screen.

There are a decent number of 3rd party weather apps that have an option to add the current weather conditions to your notification bar. Consequently, enabling one of these persistent weather notifications will add the entry to your lock screen as well.
I personally use 1Weather, which looks like this:

This is (in my experience) a pretty common feature for weather apps, so you could "shop around" a bit for one that you like.

Dashclock also lets you put various info on the lockscreen - temperature, battery charge, number of new emails, etc.

Dashclock doesn't work on Lollipop, as far as I'm aware.


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Can I move apps to internal USB storage?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S. I am getting a "Low on space - Internal phone storage is getting low" error.
When I go to Manage Applications it shows the internal memory as 1.9GB used, 6.0 MB Free.
When I click "On SD Card" it shows "USB Storage 681 MB Used, 13 GB Free".
There is no external SD card in the device.
When I select an app and click "Move to SD Card" it just returns the following error:
Failed to move application. Not enough memory.
Is there any way I can move the apps to the internal USB memory?

Update: I've reset the phone to factory settings so no longer get the error about space getting low and internal storage is almost empty.
I've installed a couple of apps and still get the same error when I try migrate them to USB storage.

Have you tried using a third party application such as App2SD? Although you don't explicitly have an SD card (as you stated), it may allow you to solve your problem.

Before doing a factory reset (you already did, but maybe this is useful for "next time"), you might also want to check Something is secretly eating up my tablet memory and I need help finding it and What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?

Sounds like you need to clean up your internal memory first before you can do anything.  There's three ways I can suggest to free some up:

Clean out your app caches to free up space (browsers and maps are usually the worst offenders): you can use an app like SD Maid (it's tiny, you should be able to install it) or by going into the application management section (Settings->Applications->Manage Applications->All, then click on an app name) and manually clearing out app data for hogs like Google Maps and the like using the Clear cache button (note: don't clear the app data! just the cache).
Uninstall some apps, then reinstall them after you've moved other apps to the SD card.
Root your phone and uninstall bloatware / system apps you don't use with an app like Titanium Backup (make sure you back up the apps first in case you need them later).  Note: this will keep your phone from being able to install carrier Android updates in the future.

Android is usually pretty good about auto-installing apps to non-system storage when possible.  Does your version have an option to prefer installing to SD set?

Thanks Logos. All good advice but see my update above. It doesn't seem to be related to the internal memory being full. I'm on stock and haven't found an option to auto install to SD.


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How can I manage Intent association with Apps?
When the system emits an Intent for which you have multiple apps that can handle the intent, a dialog opens to tell you which application you want to use with that intent.
Is there a way to see what these associations are, and clear them?
If there is no app or interface to do that, do you know of an API to access these associations?
EDIT: When I said associations, I was thiking of the "late-bound" associations. For example, when I open a link and I have multiple browsers, an intent is fired saying "view link", and I choose "always use that application"; what can I do if, after some time, I would prefer to use another application for that intent?

The fact that one cannot view all registered Intents is a serious flaw in the AOSP

I believe it's a no to both those questions. Yes you can clear default associations only if you know which app is associated with with Intent (you will still be prompted with the dialog asking you which app you'd like to use with the current Intent).
Apart from that there is no way to clear associations. They are hard coded inside each app, there is no way to remove them.
UPDATE: To answer your edited question head to Settings > Applications > Manage applications find your application that you chose as your default app for that intent, click Clear defaults

You can remove some Intent associations by going to the specific app that you specified the Intent for in the Settings --> Applications --> Manager Applications --> [Find your app] --> "Clear Defaults" button.
There is no way to view all associations given from Intents to Apps

If your device is rooted, you can use apps like AutoRun Manager (ARM) to list up all registered listeners, and even can disable/enable them at will (e.g. to prevent a certain app from firing up at times you don't want it to). This would correspond to "clearing an association".

The app you link to only appears to enable and disable broadcast receivers, so it won't affect different activities that you can choose between.

I was looking exactly for AutoRun Manager. Thanks!


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is CPU virtualization needed to run Android Virtual Device?
My Dell Laptop has Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400 (2M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) CPU which has no virtualization support.
http://ark.intel.com/products/40479/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-T6400-2M-Cache-2_00-GHz-800-MHz-FSB
Above link says :
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡ no
My basic hello world Android application using eclipse not able to open AVD.
I can not see device window opening.
is that CPU visualization problem ?
Thanks in advance

You can always try to use an ARM VM instead of an x86, because the error log you provided states that: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!. So try this and report back. Keep in mind that QEMU (used for ARM on x86) is very slow and eats CPU cycles like crazy.

While running AVD I got the error:
[2015-05-04 23:02:01 - TESTapplication] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'TEST_5.1_5.1.1'
[2015-05-04 23:02:01 - Emulator] emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
[2015-05-04 23:02:01 - Emulator] Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable.
[2015-05-04 23:02:01 - Emulator] CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!

and I got the thread which talk about this error.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27720064/hax-kernel-module-is-not-installed
so Conclusion is my Intel Core to Duo T6400 CPU do not support hardware virtualization and will not be able to run AVD. I need to get new Laptop to get this CPU function and AVD running.

Please include this information in your question and not as an answer.


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Lag when opening Data Manager Settings
Since I have a prepaid Internet/Data Plan, I need to turn off/on Data Connection frequently. But Navigating to Settings -> Data Manager takes at least 25-30s on my Moto Defy (2.2) device. What could be the problem?
EDIT : As a workaround I am using this app to turn on/off. Have installed and uninstalled lots of other widgets which never worked.

When you say "Navigating to Settings -> Data Manager takes atleast 25-30s on my moto defy (2.2) device." Why does the process take so long? Where is it slow?

@Peanut After I tap on Data Manager it doesn't open up immediately. it shows a blank screen and loads the menu after 30s. This is the same problem I have but there was no solution as to how the OP fixed it.


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VPN to an android TV box via a MikroTik routerboard
I have a threefold question:

Is it possible to control an android TV box over the internet at a remote location?
What program is suggest by the community.
And if this is possible how does one set it up?

Keep in mind that this is for a remote site that cannot accept user input and has a MikroTik RB that I will be using to port forward to the devices in question.


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keep losing names from numbers on my contacts list in my HTC desire s
I keep losing names from numbers saved to SIM in my contacts list randomly on my new HTC desire S. If I reboot my phone, they come back, only to disappear again randomly! Only some of my contact's names disappear and all my contact's numbers are saved to SIM in the same way....!? What do you reckon?


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How to adjust S Pen pressure sensitivity on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1?
A little background on me: I'm a professional cartoonist and have been working digital for about 20 years. I've had numerous Wacom devices & currently enjoy a Cintiq 21UX (older model). I also have the ASUS EP121 Slate. I think I understand Wacoms pretty well and generally don't panic about computer stuff.
The Samsung Note 10.1 S Pen is using Wacom's penabled tech. Same kind of hardware in the ASUS EP 121.
With every Wacom device I've used to date, either Mac or Windows, there is a control panel dialogue box that allows you to tweak the pressure settings of the pen so that the artist/user has the best control for them. The S Pen does not have this and I want it! :)
I have called Wacom. They said they provided the hardware but do not provide support for it. I called Samsung who said it was an Android operating system issue. Before I begin another round of waiting on hold hoping for Android support I thought I'd try here.
Any assistance or at least firm Android tech suppport numbers I could call would be much appreciated. I realize the Note 10.1 is brand new tech and a proper driver solution may be a few updates away but I am willing to be a squeaky wheel and/or early adopter to help this happen :)

XDA has a forum with a similar question. There are more threads, just search the Note's forum for pressure or so.

You can try this http://galaxy-note2.wonderhowto.com/how-to/adjust-your-samsung-galaxy-notes-s-pen-sensitivity-for-better-touch-response-0140084/

Community bump prevention: this question was closed because the question seems to have been abandoned (OP hasn't visited the site anymore after asking the question and existing answers have no votes). If anyone can evaluate the existing answers, feel free to vote accordingly and reopen the question (or mod-flag the question requesting for reopening). For anyone else having the same issue, please post a new question and refer to this question as additional context.

Only chinese tablet Eben T6 or T7 provide a better solution of Wacom S pen, Samsung has no development of Wacom pen pressure tuning at all and make it no much different from a capasitive pen

Do you have sources? The fact that the tablet uses Wacom's technology which does have pressure control suggests that it can be done on a Samsung tablet, perhaps not with their OS but certainly on that tablet.


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Google Voice "Call With..."
I love the Call With... feature in the Google Voice webapp and use it often. It allows you to initiate a call from your Google Voice number by first dialing one of your linked phones then patching you through to the number you want to dial:

This would be perfect for my Nexus 7 - I'm often at home on my couch next to my land line phone wanting to make a call. I don't want a VOIP solution for the tablet, I'd rather tell GV to call my land line and patch me through to the number I want to dial (the call quality is much better on the land line). I can't find this feature in the Google Voice Android app. I've used the webapp, via Chrome, on the N7 but that's kind of clunky. Does anyone know of more finger-friendly way to initiate a GV call like this from an Android device?

Having GV on your landline's speed dial seems like it would be easiest ... though I can see that making use of your device's contacts could simplify things too.  Seems like you need a smartphone landline :P

You're using a tablet. Why not just use the regular web interface?

There's an app I used to use specifically for this. It's called Voice+. You dial a number, it asks you which of your google voice connected numbers to call.
However, this app catches the intent from when you dial a phone number. The Nexus 7 doesn't have the Phone app installed. You could try installing another dialer app like Go Contacts Ex and see if dialing a number from their interface brings up Voice+.

I thought the regular web interface was too heavy, so I created GoogleVoiceCallingPageLite (GVCPL):
"A Lightweight HTML page for making and receiving Google Voice calls" . You can find it at https://sourceforge.net/projects/googlevoicecallingpagelite/.  I created it to use on my computer, not a phone/tablet, but if you want you can use it on your phone/tablet too, just by going to http://www.elvey.com/GVCPL.html.  It's the exact same code as on sourceforge, where you can see a screenshot too.
As noted there: To use: Log in, then open this page. It only works if you're already logged in, otherwise, it doesn't work - and doesn't (yet) give a useful error message.


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how to fix framaroot :exploit work but installation of super su and su binary fail
4.2.2 cherry mobile cherry jelly and I'm trying to find some rooting access applications to root my
Phone, and then i found the framaroot, after that it works perfect I have super su installed in my device after that I try to factory reset my device, and then I installed the framaroot again when I press some selection like boromir and it says  :exploit work but installation of super su and su binary fail: plss help me guys I want to root my phone again :-( .

Try to root with aragorn. If you have installed supersu from the playstore delete it completely. And don't forget to turn on USB debugging and allow unknown sources.
Edit:
Here is a rooting method for cherry:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2286251

Hey techmod what version is framaroot with aragorn

Actually you can choose directly in framaroot from the dropdown menu. You can also try toweloot or kingroot.

The towelroot and kingroot doesn't work for my android

Use the link above


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Google photos displays pixelated images
Today I noticed that pictures (screenshots, pictures, etc) in my phone (LG F60) are displayed awfully. I use google photo. Until yesterday everything was fine but today i noticed that everything in google photos looks pixelated, like in low quality/ resolution.
Also... I uploaded a screenshot (which looks pixelated on google photos) to imgur, and it looks perfect, the same with every picture I see in the browser, if I download a picture I see it blurry in google photos.
Maybe due to a google+ update?? (Yesterday morning updated to a new version)
Thanks!


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How to empty "Pictures, videos" folder?
I have a LG F60 phone, it has only 1gb of internal storage, and I can't find a way to empty the "Pictures, videos" folder.
Any help?

The pictures and videos I want to keep are already backed-up in Google Photos. I have the regular 'File Manager' that comes with the phone. If I browse the folder I only see the files in the external storage and what I want is to delete all the pictures and videos from the internal storage.
Regular File Manager

Regular File Manager

I go to images and as you can see most of the folders are in the external memory... the thing is that I can't access that 'storage/emulated' folder..

If I go to videos folder, all external.

And if I go to 'All files', Internal I see this 'storage/emulated' folder which I can't access..

@beeshyams I'll edit my question to make it more clear.

/storage/emulated is not a physical directory. Once you remove from internal storage using solid explorer, you will find space freed up. As to why you file manager can't see internal storage it can be a separate question

If you are sure everything is backed up to Google Photos, you can free up the from Google Photos app itself. It deletes the files physically from SD card or internal memory.

@MAN I get this message 'no items to remove from device'

Download Total Commander and than try.

Your device should be having an inbuilt file manager, if it doesn't you can download from Play Store. Many are available. Solid Explorer is a good one. Photos are stored in /sd/DCIM or if you have downloaded videos/ photos, they would be in /sd/downloads. You will need to search for the location and delete them, if stored elsewhere
If you don't wish to identify the folders, use Solid Explorer, on launching the application , tap the menu button on left and scroll down where you will find photos and videos folder. Browse through them, select and delete

Alternatively, DiskUsage gives a good visual feedback of your storage and let's you select the file you wish to and delete

HI thanks for you answer! What I want to delete is all the pictures and videos that are in the internal storage, no need to worry about the SD card.

I'll try with solid explorer and come back .

Just go ahead and do that using solid explorer as explained. Also please see my comment under your question about emulated. That is not real in the sense not occupying physical memory

Haven't seen any response? Any problems?

@beeshams Hi there, I was quite busy. I'm still unable to empty that 'Pictures, videos' folder, and its size is increasing. I'm trying with DiskUsage, and managed to delete some of this files (screenshots, and Telegram images), but I still got 76MB of thumbnails and can't access them. I get this message 'no viewer found' while trying to go to those files through DiskUsage.

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Whatsapp notifications
I recently updated my samsung note 4 to the latest android version 5.0.1, and since then my whatsapp notification always vibrates even if I turn off the vibrations in the app settings.
If the phone is on mute or ringer then it is fine.
Before the update it was fine even if the phone was on vibrate whatsapp didn't vibrate.
Anything I can do to fix this?

"I turn off the vibrations it still vibrates" Where did you turn off the vibration setting?

By default the setting is vibrate. If you want to change go to whatsapp setting ---> notification tab. Click notification there you will find vibrate default it has different options like "OFF,DEFAULT,SHORT,LONG" select which is suitable for you. Hope this helps.

It's off in the whatsapp settings.

Mani: The original question clearly states "...even if I turn off the vibrations in the app settings." Please ensure your suggestions are compatible with the specifics of the question asked.