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Repartition Internal Storage of SGH-I717
I've come across some variations of this question, but I'm unable to find a definitive solution.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717, currently running Android 4.1.2. The phone is advertised as 16GB, of which 1.97GB is "device memory" and 10.84GB is "USB storage".
How can I increase the "device memory" partition at the expense of the "USB storage" partition?
My understanding is that I will need a PIT file, but I'm not sure where I can get this. Ideally, I would want the internal storage divided into 2 equal partitions.
2GB for app storage is not nearly enough, and I don't know why Samsung imposes such arbitrary limits.
I'm open to other suggestions as well. Would installing Cyanogenmod allow for a modification of these partitions, or is this controlled at an even lower layer?
Thanks.

The partition are indipendent of the os, so installing cyanogen will not help.

@Fabiusp98 Thanks for the confirmation. I was leaning towards that. So do you know a way of doing this? I don't understand why this is so difficult, since an NTFS filesystem could be partitioned fairly easily.

Sorry I don't have a final answer for you, but I have some info that can lead you on your way.
Sidebar: not all apps have to sit in the 2GB partition, you can use various Apps2SD apps, TitaniumBackup, or the built in app manager to move certain apps to the 10GB partition.  Apps that run all the time (background processes, widgets, etc) should stay on the 2GB partition.
I've owned 3 android devices and I seem to recall repartitioning one of them once upon a time, I think it was GT-P1000 going from android 1.x to 2.3.  I was following a guide and didn't fully understand what I was doing, just following step by step instructions...  I know that repartitioning was needed because up until that point my ROMs were all for an RFS based filesystem and I was making the transition to ext4 for improved kernel performance.  I think they were also shrinking /system (ROM) to give more space to /data (Apps).
Firstly, get familiar with XDA.  Every answer I've ever needed has been in there.  I know all the pieces required for you to accomplish this are in there, just maybe not compiled into a single thread.  I've been learning all this stuff over the past 4 years, and have a professional background in programming and system administration for 15+ years prior to that - it may take some time for you to pick it all up.
Secondly, yes absolutely this is possible, just maybe not practical.  You could either modify a PIT file or do it with fdisk through ADB while in recovery mode.
You talk about resizing NTFS, but be aware the filesystem format is independent of your partition table.  In the PC world you can have up to 4 partitions on a hard drive, and you can mix FAT16, FAT32, NTFS on each partition all you like.  The first primary partition comes up as C:\ then D:\ then logical partitions (Win9x & DOS only supported 1 primary partition, the rest had to be extended partitions with 1-4 logical partitions within the extended).
Resizing a partition does not resize a filesystem.  Most modern disk tools do both steps for you with a single click, but it's still two steps.  Also not all FS support resizing, some can only grow, and some can shrink & grow.  Then again there are 3rd party tools that can resize non-resizable formats (PartitionMagic).
Because you mention NTFS I'm presuming you're a windows guy, but if you're familiar with Unix (and thus Linux) it will be easier to follow along.  Here's a high level translation:
HardDisk1 (primary master) on a PC will show up as /dev/hda in Linux x86.
HardDisk2 (primary slave) is /dev/hdb
HD3 (secondary master) is /dev/hdc
HD4 (secondary slave) is /dev/hdd
SCSI, SATA and USB disks might be /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, ...

Partitions are subordinate to the drives:
HD1, Part1 = /dev/hda1
HD1, Part2 = /dev/hda2
HD1, Part3 = /dev/hda3
HD2, Part1 = /dev/hdb1
HD2, Part2 = /dev/hdb2

Then you put a File System on your partitions, and mount them.
Windows:
HD1,P1::NTFS, mounted as C:\
HD2,P1::ExFAT, mounted as D:\

Linux x86:
/dev/hda1::ext3 mounted as /
/dev/hda2::JFS mounted as /usr
/dev/hdb1::ExFAT, mounted as /data

Also, the partition table has a hint indicating what filesystem type is laid out, but they don't always match.  Just because the partition table says /dev/hdb1 is type 0x07, doesn't mean the file table is actually NTFS.  A good OS should compare the two and refuse to mount the filesystem, and a good formatting tool should update the partition table, but not always...  Samsung or Android is notorious for assigning seemingly arbitrary partition types to indicate function rather than filesystem.  I'm sure there's a rhyme and reason somewhere but I have no idea what it is.
Android has many partitions, the first 3 are primary, the 4th is extended and contains up to 30 logical partitions.  Each has a specific function, and there are many different FS, some known and some proprietary.
The 16GB built-in storage is equivilant to x86's /dev/hda - but they call it /dev/block/mmcblk0
The first SD card is /dev/mmcblk1 and so on.
Partitions on each 'disk' get ...p1, ...p2, ...p3 and so on.
Each product vendor and device has its own scheme for laying out partitions.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959445
The i717 uses the following scheme, I don't know what everything means, but most of it I do (I got this from combining android's "df" & "fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0" and from MacOS "heimdall print-pit" while in download mode):
/dev/block/mmcblk0 <-- entire 16GB 'disk'
/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 - ???
/dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 - ???
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 - SMD_HDR - Primary boot loader
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 - SBL1 - Secondary boot loader #1, your flash counter sits in here
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 - SBL2
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 - Extended Partition, container for the following logical partitions
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 - RPM
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 - SBL3
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 - ABOOT
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 - BOOT
/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 - TZ
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 - SSD
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 - PIT
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 - PARAM
/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 - MODEM - 100MB /firmware vfat (baseband modem part 1)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 - MSM_ST1
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 - MSM_ST2
/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 - MSM_FSG
/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 - 100MB /system/etc/firmware/misc_mdm vfat (modem part 2)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 - M9K_EFS1
/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 - M9K_EFS2
/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 - M9K_FSG
/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 - DEVENC - 10MB /efs ext4 - individual info like IMEI and Encryption
/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 - RECOVERY - 10MB  - Recovery, ClockWorkMod or TWRP
/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 - FOTA
/dev/block/mmcblk0p24 - SYSTEM - 1GB /system ext4
/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 - USERDATA - 2GB /data ext4
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 - CACHE - 300 MB /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p27 - TOMBSTONES - crash dump area?
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 - UMS 10GB /sdcard user's playground (usually a vold virtual device)

So, your 2GB partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 and your 10GB partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p28.
To do what you want while preserving data is not really possible, but I've done similar on x86 before as follows:
first you have to shrink the filesystem on /dev/block/mmcblk0p28,
then shrink the partition,
then move the partition to the end of the disk,
then move p27 to end just before p28 starts,
move p26 to butt up against p27,
grow partition p25 to fill the empty space in front on p26,
then extended filesystem on p25 to fill the partition...

In reality, there aren't any readily available tools to do all that.  A more practical method:
1 You'll have to back up the contents of p25, p26, p27 and p28 to external SD,
2 rebuild the partition table with the new boundaries,
3 create new filesystems on each,
4 then restore data onto each.

You're basically looking at a factory reset, the ROM should stay intact.  If I were to do this I would:
0 insert a brand new 32GB sd card into the note
1 boot to recovery
2 connect with adb shell
3 mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 to /external_sd
4 mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 to /data
5 mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p28 to /sdcard
6 tar /data to /external_sd/data.tar
7 tar /sdcard to /external_sd/sdcard.tar
8 unmount /data and /sdcard
9 use fdisk to rebuild partitions p25, p26, p27 & p28 where p25 is bigger, p26 & p27 are moved and p28 is smaller
10 make new filesystems on all four p25-p28
11 mount /data and /sdcard again
12 untar /external_sd/data.tar to /data
13 untar /external_sd/sdcard.tar to /sdcard
14 pray
15 reboot

Here's the full partition table:
~ # fdisk -ul /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.7 GB, 15758000128 bytes
1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 1923584 cylinders, total 30777344 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

              Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1               1      204800      102400  92 Unknown
  Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2   *      204801      205800         500  4d Unknown
  Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3          205801      208800        1500  51 Unknown
  Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4          208801    30777343    15284271+  5 Extended
  Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5          212992      213991         500  47 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6          221184      225279        2048  45 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7          229376      234375        2500  4c Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8          237568      258047       10240  48 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p9          262144      263143         500  46 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10         270336      271335         500  5d Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11         278528      279527         500  91 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12         286720      307199       10240  93 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p13         311296      511999      100352   c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p14         516096      522239        3072  4a Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15         524288      530431        3072  4b Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p16         532480      538623        3072  58 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p17         540672      741375      100352  8f Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p18         745472      751615        3072  59 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p19         753664      759807        3072  5a Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p20         761856      767999        3072  5b Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p21         770048      790527       10240  ab Darwin boot
/dev/block/mmcblk0p22         794624      815103       10240  60 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p23         819200      839679       10240  94 Unknown
/dev/block/mmcblk0p24         843776     2940927     1048576  a5 FreeBSD
/dev/block/mmcblk0p25        2940928     7139327     2099200  a6 OpenBSD
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26        7143424     7761919      309248  a8 Darwin UFS
/dev/block/mmcblk0p27        7766016     8030207      132096  a9 NetBSD
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28        8036352    30777343    11370496  90 Unknown

I was going to describe what you might do with fdisk, but I see that the existing partition table leaves unequal gaps between each partition - this bothers me because I don't know why.  Traditionally on disk you would create each partition starting 1 sector after the previous.  Then again your partition sizes would always align with cylinder boundaries so perhaps each new partition is starting on some boundary (multiples of powers of 2?) even if the previous partition didn't end on one???  The gaps are all (multiples of 1024) plus 1, but until I know what the rule is for making a gap I would not touch the partitions...  Does it mean I can make the previous partition 1024, 2048, 3192, 4096, ... blocks bigger?  Is the system sneakily using that blank space for undocumented purposes?  who knows...
Sidebar: You ask if installing CyanogenMod would help or if this is lower.  Partitions is about as low as you can get, then there's the boot loaders, then the kernel, then the ROM (Cyanogen, ParanoidAndroid, etc), then user space like /data, /sdcard and /external_sd.  Booting into recovery mode is kind of like booting a LiveCD image of a diskless OS where the entire system is loaded into RAM.  That way you can do whatever you want to hard drive: backup, format, partition, restore, resize, dissect, clone, etc; then as long as you put it all back together correctly you can reboot back into your original OS.
As for why Samsung chose this arbitrary 2GB limit, it's a backward compatibility thing from back when 2GB memory chips was the biggest you could get, and in a device you would have 2 x 2GB chips.  1st chip would have partitions for boot loaders, kernel, root(/), /usr and the /system ROM - and be READ-ONLY from the running OS to prevent users from breaking the thing; the 2nd chip would be mounted READ/WRITE on /data for users to install apps & settings.  That was basic android using built-in storage.  If you wanted more space it was through an SD card you put in a slot, and this was mounted on /sdcard.  When chips got bigger & cheaper Samsung stuck with the basic design and basically gave you 12GB (10 usable) of internal storage presenting it as /sdcard, then they added external storage and made up /external_sd.  This caused lots of confusion, and some ROMs mounted the external SD card as /sdcard and mounted the 12GB as something else like /emmc.  Jumping ROMs back then was a pain if you were swapping between Devs who followed different paradigms.
Today it's become more standardized with /storage/sdcard0, sdcard1, etc and apps are being designed with this in mind, letting users pick which SD card to use rather just assuming /sdcard or /emmc exist in the right form.
All in all, I agree 2GB is too small for /data, I'm constantly moving apps to SD and integrating google app updates back into the ROM. I don't think I'd go equal though, and I know I wouldn't combine them into one big /data and just have external SD as /sdcard - the old way...  Maybe 4 GB for /data and 8GB for /sdcard...
Anyways, good luck.


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Nexus 7 gets stuck in loop and does not boot
Recently tried to update to Android Lollipop. It downloaded the update but upon restart never installed Lollipop. Kept it for a few weeks and restarted it, could not load after that and the tablet keeps getting stuck in a loop from powering up it shows the bubbles then restarts, sometimes gets stuck on the bubbles screen for hours until the battery drains.
Tried restarting the bootloader and doing a factory wipe but still nothing, just made things worse (lost all my data for nothing). What can I do to make it boot properly?

Did you wipe cache and dalvik-cach?

yes i did wipe the cache,not sure about the dalvik cache bt there was an option that said 'wipe  the cache' @HasH_BrowN

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Mobile WiFi Encryptio
I'm trying to retrieve saved wifi passwords on my Note 3 mobile phone (rooted) but the file has the passwords encrypted. Anyway to decrypt it and stop my phone from encrypting it.
The encryption is not hex like below
4e0b011c8c40445fdafced88ab703ab5
Is it MD5?

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How can I start GPS track logging from an intent?
I'd like to automatically start and stop recording a GPS track by sending an intent, e.g. from Tasker. I don't care what app is used to record the GPS track, and it's OK if I have to set it up myself beforehand, but it shouldn't require any user interaction when I send the intent. I just want to send the intent and have it start recording right away, and later (when my Tasker profile has detected that I've reached the end of the route) stop recording automatically and save the track so that I can review it later.
I also don't care whether the end result is a track that I can only access within the app that recorded it, or a GPX file that gets saved somewhere, or something that gets uploaded to a website automatically.

I hope you're not fixed to that intent – my suggested solution is a plain Tasker one :) Of course, if you are, you can use that intent to start the task... #D

There's an open-source GPS track recording app called GPSLogger. It has shortcuts to start and stop, and also publishes the necessary intent details, so you can start and stop recording without having to interact with the phone. You can also configure it ahead of time (via the app's settings) to save files in various formats and/or upload to Dropbox, OpenStreetMap, or other sites of your choice.
I'm sure there are other apps with the same functionality.

As you already mention Tasker, that should be possible with this alone – though the profile might be a little tricky (complex) to build. To find the needed conditions/actions, I've just added some graphics to my Tasker Resources:

Graph of available Tasker conditions and actions (as of 12/2014; click image for larger variant)
Actions to be used for this:

Location › Get Location
(the fix data are stored in the relevant %LOC variables, see the Variables section of the userguide.)
File › Write File
(If Append is checked, the text is added to the end of the file without changing the existing contents.)
Location › Stop Location
(This is only necessary if the Keep Tracking parameter is checked in Get Location.) – but that's probably what you need to do

Basically, that outlines your task – just in the second bullet-point, you'll need to evaluate the %LOC variable in a loop. Pseudo-Code: "While (not-reached-target) do: (evaluate %LOC), (write file), (wait X seconds)". As the end-loop-condition is a, hm, condition, you'll probably need a slightly different approach:

before the loop, set a custom variable, e.g. %TRACKING_ACTIVE = 1
have a profile firing on that variable. Conditions:

%TRACKING_ACTIVE ~ 1
current location ~ target

that profile's task then: Variables › Variable Set (%TRACKING_ACTIVE = 0)
your "exit condition" for above while loop then is: %TRACKING_ACTIVE ~ 0

So much about a "raw outline" to get you started. Have not the time to try it out myself and ship the ready-to-use profile, sorry :) And of course you've got to figure the format of the file – but hey, you're a dev :) AFAIK GPX should be easy, KML as well, as both are text-based (XML) formats.

That's a convenient way to start it, but in general GPS recording apps have a lot of optimizations, e.g. setting the update rate dynamically according to your speed, and only recording positions to the GPX file when they're a certain distance apart. I think your hacked-up Tasker script would use more battery and produce a larger file - and as you say, it would need some custom programming to turn the file into something you could view or use with another app.

It would certainly need a lot of work to satisfy your wishes, Dan. I won't say it's perfect – but it's the only one I know. I didn't stumble upon any GPS logger coming with Tasker support (yet). And about "how to find the intent to start", we should switch roles (I'm asking, and you can answer) :) Would love to give a more convenient answer...


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root device install again
I want to root my s4 phone I have some apps on it which are no longer are availeble for download, do I have to reinstall them (in other words some programs are lost)
Hans

If you just root your phone and do not flash a custom rom you won't need to reinstall all those apps.
If you are planning to flash a custom rom you will need to backup all those apps. For backing up system app i use es file explorer to go to root> system folder then to apps you will see all the system apps installed in your device copy those apps in your sd card and after you flash your rom you can reinstall those apps . No need to download those apps

Though rooting itself should not erase any data, it's always good to have a backup available in case things go wrong: "Better safe than sorry". So:
If you're just interested in the apps (but not their data), take a look at helpers like [AppMonster](Google Play, AppWererabbit Backup, and comparable apps. They can grap the .apk files of installed apps, and "back them up" to your SD card – so you can later re-install them from the .apk files directly.
You could also do that manually without the help of any app. .apk files are stored in /data/app. Without root privileges, you are not allowed to list the contents of that directory; but if you know the names of the .apk files, you can access them. In case you're running Linux on your computer, Adebar lists the complete paths to those files in the device documentation it creates. Without that, adb dumpsys package provides the necessary data; watch out for the keyword codePath in its output.
Having the "codePath": adb pull <codePath> <appname.apk> would pick the .apk file and copy it to your computer.


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Android Device not detected by adb on Xubuntu 14.04
My phone (Micromax A092) running stock Android 4.3, has recently got factory reset by mistake. Using Photorec, I was able to recover all my files stored in the part of the phone memory, used as an sd card. However, to recover my contacts, I need to access the partitions which I believe, need root access. However, trying to root it is a challenge altogether in itself, as my PC doesn't detect my device in any mode except in "sideloading" mode. I've edited 51...rules, with info from lsusb, but it still has not worked. I run Xubuntu 14.04, and am in desperate need of my contacts.
To clarify my earlier statements:-

$adb devices
returns a blank line
$adb {anything else}
returns device not found et al.
In "fastboot
mode", only the Micromax logo is displayed on the screen, and nothing else.
My USB Debugging is enabled I've tried using it as USB, PTP, MTP, and in charging mode to see if anything happens, but it has all been in vain.
Even fastboot does not detect my device
In USB/MTP/PTP, it mounts as usual and I've tried the commands, with the device mounted and unmounted.

Can someone please help me recover my contacts? If not, atleast in rooting my device?
Thanks in advance.

[Solved]
I had to edit my ~/.android/adb_usb.ini file; it was written with something else.
I found the vendor id from lsusb and replaced the contents with 0x{vendor id}
0xlc9e
in my case


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Insufficient storage message when attempting to install app
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2. I have been trying to download apps, but get the insufficient storage message even though I have enough space free. However, the internal storage is almost full (200 MB remaining). Below is the amount of storage space which is used on my phone:
Internal Storage: Used: 1.8GB/2.0GB
Device Storage:   Used: 3.9GB/11.5GB
SD Card Storage:  Used: 4.0GB/7.4GB

This happened to me sometimes when I uninstall any apk, and try to reinstall it. I use to search for some residual files of the prior apk, and android said you that you don't have space but actually is that it can't install the apk, it can't overwrite the residual files.
Maybe this is your case. It always fix this situation for me.


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Android 5.0 not downloading IMAP emails
my nexus 4 cell phone upgraded to android 5.0 lollipop, and now it doesn't want to download my POP3 or IMAP emails (used to work fine in Android 4.4)
It just gets stuck in "getting your messages" - even for 2 hours.
It does download my GMAIL accounts and Hotmail account properly.
I setup the accounts manually (as I always did in previous upgrades..it worked fine).

I encountered similar issue on my Moto G 1st generation.
Below steps worked for me:

Go to App Info of the app. Press Clear Data
Open App to check whether mails have loaded, if still same message appears restart your phone.
Check your app again and see.

Make sure Sync option is enabled in Data Usage of the email app.
I hope it helps!


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Change WiFi Mac Address
I am running on rooted Moto E (XT1022) Android 4.4, and want to change WiFi MAC Address. I had tried installing BusyBox with Terminal and run the following command.
busybox ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:00

This is Temporally, In fact it doesn't actually changes the MAC Address, If I look under Settings => About Phone => Status => WiFi MAC address is still old one.
I had found a file under, which I guess to do something with MAC Address /etc/firmware/wlan/prima/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini which is exact same in this link WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini
Note: none of the MAC changer app working on Play Store - Might for this device.
Does anyone have any idea how to do this ?

Can you tell the output of find /sys/devices -name "*wlan*" after su


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How to delete a Play store accpunt through system
I have sold my old android mobile to a person and made sure that the mobile was completely formatted.
But, when I try to view the list of devices in Play Store it is listing both my new and old mobile phones.
Is it possible to remove this old phone from the list so that the other person doesn't use my account?

If you performed a /data wipe (factory reset) on your old phone, you have nothing to worry about; that person will not be able to "automatically" log onto your Google Account. Old phones will always show up on Play Store when you're looking from your PC.
You cannot remove the device from Play Store, but you can hide it from your Google Play Settings from a PC. Just untick Show in menus next to the device you want to hide.

IIRC you can remove the device after one year of device not connected to gplay


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YouTube app holds a long wakelock. What app settings can I change to keep it from doing this?
I am using an HTC Evo 4g with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. I'm trying to deal with apps which keep my phone from entering sleep mode, and the YouTube app is a major offender. With downloaded apps, usually the fix is to remove the app and find an alternative app that doesn't suck the battery dry. But I want to keep YouTube enabled so I can watch YouTube videos.
What settings for the YouTube app can I change to get it to not hold a wake lock for hours on end? Are there any device settings that I can change to help?
So far I have disabled "Preload subscriptions", "Preload watch later", "Improve YouTube", and "Notifications" in the YouTube app's settings, but the wake lock still occurs.

adb shell appops set <pkg> WAKE_LOCK ignore

You can use Wakelock Detector in combination with Greenify to block wakelocks and save a lot of battery.
Update: Since Gingerbread is not supported by Greenify, you can use Wakelock Terminator to stop the wakelocks if you have root.

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Clock off by 4 min even if "use network value" is on (probably due to an app)
Few days ago i noticed that the clock on my phone was 4 min earlier than "real" time. I thus moved to "parameters > date & time" to check that automatic was "on" and indeed it was "on". I then unchecked/rechecked the box and every get back to "real" time ... but only for a few seconds ...  indeed just a few seconds later the clock suddenly shifted 4 min earlier!
I tried many things before finally discovering that if I turn off "data" connection, the clock remains at correct "real" time. So it is probably an application that for unknown reason is synchronizing to some server and then modifies the clock.
I have a HTC desire - Android 2.2.2 and I have installed no particular application that can make me suspicious to create such time shift (nor i tried to root my phone to any custom ROM).
Any idea for which application could do this or anyone else having same issue ?

Try disabling network time and set the clock manually. Network time relies on your mobile operator setting their clocks correctly, while it is usually a good bet, some misconfiguration on their side could mean that their clock is returning incorrect time. Another possibility is an issue in the database of time offsets in the device (this controls corrections for leap second, etc).
Try checking your time with http://time.is/.

Thanks for your reply. The network time provided by my operator on gsm/cdma signal is in line with many other clocks (including the link you provided). It is only when I activate "data connection" that for some reason it shifts 4min earlier. I will try to spy wifi to find which connections are made. Maybe some app/service is connecting to a NTP server having incorrect timestamp.

NB: The application installed on my phone are so few and so basic (gmail/play/street/youtube) that it's anyhow hard to suspect them  ... maybe a service ... :/

Some say they have an NTP server host-name entry in their GPS config, the file seems generally to be /etc/gps.conf. You may need to be rooted to access this file, while it seems they are few chances that GPS settings offer to set-up that parameter on Froyo.
TIP : You could verify that theory if that problem occurs only when both GPS and DATA (or WIFI capable of routing NTP) are activated.


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How do I navigate to a contacts address using my voice
This seems like it should be easy but I'd I say to Google now or the Google search all "Navigate to Contact Name" it just does a Google search. Contact is saved and synced to Google. Doesn't seem to work with any of my contacts.
I am pretty sure that this used to work...
Thanks

I want to navigate to them - i.e. open Google maps and drive there.

well, I don't believe that is possible for a privacy leak....

@maxpesa I doubt that: the contact data is stored on Google servers, so whom to leak to?

And "phone Contact Name" works...

If that was possible, stalking would be so damn easy... For sure the other person needs to have "Home" set in GMaps, but I don't know anything else...

This is for a contact that I have entered myself. An address I knew already.

Have you already solved the problem? lf so please accept or add an answer to this question.

6 1/2 years later and I'm still having the same problem.  "Hey google, call XXX" works just fine.  So it understands my voice and can access my address book.  But "navigate XXX" confuses google.  It does a web search and ignores my contacts.  I have similar results if I open the map instead of google assistant.

It seems to work fine for me.

Try updating your Google app.
Try enabling Google Settings > Accounts & privacy > Personal results and Contact recognition. Alternatively, you can get to Google Settings from the bottom of the Google Now app (you may have to scroll down).

That's odd, it worked on my tablet (but asked me about allowing contact recognition first). I'll try and see if I can find a contact recognition option.

I found it, I'll add it to the answer.

Google has changed the workflow of the settings. I thought Google Settings > Search & Now > Phone search > Contacts is enough, but I can't get it to work...


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How to take whatsapp backup (from Phone Memory to Sd Card) on Android
I am using Whatsapp on my android phone. Since the phone as Jellybean installed, it doesn't have "Move to SD Card" feature and hence all my whatsapp files such as Backup, Media etc were stored in Phone, which eventually consumes lot of space on the phone.
Since I would now be purchasing new phone (which has KitKat version), I would like to know how can I take backup of whatsapp so that the images taken within the backup are stored in SD card in new phone.
Please assist me.
P.S.: I know how to take a manual backup of Whatsapp on an Android Phone.

I've done that successfully following the steps described in How can i transfer my whatsapp chat history to my new phone?. Note that WA always uses the internal SD if available. For the "official variant", also take a look at Transfer Whatsapp chat history to new device.

On the latest version of Whatsapp you can easily backup WhatsApp conversations with Google Drive. Google Drive is a online file storage service which provided by Google. If you have a Google account you can easily backup and restore whatsapp messages whenever you want.
Read more at Techofy.

You just need to copy the WhatsApp folder from your internal sd card (/sdcard) to your new phone. If you then first launch WhatsApp it should ask if it should restore your messages.
Note: This only works if you use the same phone number on both devices. For more information about that see the WhatsApp FAQ: http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/20887921

Yes I will be using same number.
So I have to copy the entire WhatsApp folder from internal SD card of old phone to external SD card of new phone?

Not the external SD card but the internal SD card of the new phone. Implied that WhatsApp's FAQ is correct it should ask you to restore all your messages. Just in case I would do a full backup of the WhatsApp data inside /data/com.whatsapp/ as well.

How to make sure that the whatsapp folder is stored in external sd card? I did the same thing (as suggested by you in your post) for my friend and whatsapp automatically stored the contents in External SD card.

I think you are mismatching /sdcard and /external_sd. /sdcard is your internal storage so you have to copy your files to /external_sd to back them up to your sd card.

I understood that /sdcard is internal storage (aka Phone storage). So you mean that I have to manually copy the whatsapp folder to Micro SD Card (External)?

Yes and then on the new phone you have to copy it back to the internal storage before launching WhatsApp for the first time.

Let us continue this discussion in chat.


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Can I safely downgrade my Sony Xperia SP?
I just upgraded my Sony Xperia SP (C5306) with Sony's horrible tool from 4.1.2 to 4.3 (build 12.1.A.0.XXX to build 12.1.A.1.207), but my phone now runs worse, and I don't like the changes at all!  Unfortunately, it seems there is no legal/official way to revert.
I am not computer illiterate, but have no experience with rooting and such, and everything I read warns about possible bricking and whatnot, so I am a bit weary of jumping into something and breaking my phone.
Is there something I can do that is safe to return to the old OS?  I'm so bummed as I seem stuck with this OS and I've deleted all my stuff when I tried doing a factory reset. :(
Thanks for any help!!!

Is there something I can do that is safe to return to the old OS?

Easy answer: No, there is not. You should flash it manually using, for example, flashtool (you don't need root).
Here is great guide which may help you.
Chance, that you hard brick your phone is really small If you flash right firmware.

Even if you downgrade, you are likely to get a system update again, as your device is "out of date". Additionally, "hard bricking" your device is very difficult, and really only achievable if you flash an incompatible bootloader. Everything else (often called "soft-brick") is easily fixable by just flashing the "correct" firmware, or sometimes as easy as wiping data/cache.


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Android MINUS Google?
On my Lava mobile, I run Android 4.2.2 as it came installed.
However, I want to remove Google completely. FWIW, I am not too pleased with the ToS and Privacy Policy of Google. Moreover, I almost don't use any Google services.
So, is there any way in which I can completely remove Google from Android?
I am a newbie. So, step-by-step instructions would be useful.

Related question:can-you-fully-remove-google-system-apps-from-android-including-the-play-store-up

Yupp. Entire blog series on that: Android without Google. Should answer most questions ;)


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Mobile Data is Off but still i am being charged 0.041INR..Crazy issue on MOTO E.I am using Vodafone Karnataka SIM
I have very recently purchased Mote E. I have disabled Mobile data and work only with Wifi.
Even after this I see I am being charged with 0 MB data usage.
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I don't understand what is happening here. It is coming very frequently. I am very sure none of the Apps are using it since I uninstalled almost every app that I installed after this problem has arisen. I have checked data usage logs and it says 0 MB data usage and that none of my app have used any mobile data.
Why is this happening? Probably some check after wifi gets disconnected? I checked with android debugger but there is too many log statement... anything particular I should be looking at?
Any help or suggestion is apprecia

Guys..I have copied the Descripton here from one of the previous member who had the exact same problem..Since i felt why think and write the same thing when it is already written...

Well, first of all, I would check if mobile data is turned on/off on your mobile. If it's always turned off, then I suggest to contact their customer service and ask about the 0.041INR charge. Is it really because of mobile data? Is there any error from their side? Btw, I don't see the image. (PS. I would recommend to remove out your telephone no. or delete the comment altogether to prevent undesirable thing.)

First Check Out Settings>Data Usage  that if there is any usage of data connection by any built in app (as you mentioned that you have deleted third party apps)
If there is not any usage there.As @Andrew T mentioned It must be some problem with your network providers side. Contect them to sort out the matter.


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Why does Google Now never think that I will arrive on time?
I have a Nexus 5 running Android 5.0.1.
Whenever a notification appears in Google Now about an upcoming event, it always tells me "The transportation mode you selected will not let you arrive on time", no matter how close the event is, and how long in the future the event is.
For example, I had the following notification today:

Something doesn't add up:

You can see from the clock at the top that it was 9:27.
The event was starting at 10:30, not that far away.
It tells me to leave at 10:23 (seems reasonable, given the distance)
But then it tells me I won't arrive at time

What's going on here?
By the way, I have Location Services turned on.

Maybe google now knows you are always late to events... kidding. That is interesting. Maybe even though you have location services on, it is unable to get an accurate location.

It wants you to leave 7 minutes before the party. It states that it takes 8 minutes to get there. Therefore you won't arrive on time. Just me, or is this logical?

@saloalv - but why not suggest leaving 1 minute earlier? Pretty much every time i have an event, it says the same thing.

@LeopardSkinPillBoxHat I do not know why it doesn't suggest leaving earlier, I was just stating the fact that if you leave as late as it wants, you'll be late, which is the reason behind the message shown in the app

@saloalv - fair enough. Unless the extra 1 minute is from the "light traffic" which is always added on to the minimum time.

I have the same phone and I'm getting the same message. I don't think it has to do with the traffic, or if it does it isn't calculated, because I have over an hour drive and it is always off by 1 minute. Did you ever find a reason or a fix?

I can hide the "error" by clicking the down arrow and selecting the car as transportation mode.

No fix yet @mikeyprog

@LeopardSkinPillBoxHat Ok, next time you get it try what I wrote above. It doesn't answer the why, but it has hidden the error for me.

Does it hide it permanently @mikeyprog, or just the one time?

It appears so, it lasted through a reboot, but after I added a test event I accidentally swiped away the card, so I'll have to wait.

It turns out it does not hide it permanently. It only works for that specific event.


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Cannot install Whatsapp - it says insufficient storage available
I just got a new android phone running 4.4.2 as an interim before I buy another phone. After factory reset, I tried to install Whatsapp. This was the first app that I tried to install and it failed after downloading saying that there was insufficient storage available. I tried doing it multiple times - to the same result.
Free internal memory - 1.1GB. Free phone storage memory - 1.3 GB. No other app apart from the inbuilt apps have been installed. Post this, I installed Facebook Messenger and it works just fine. I don't understand why Whatsapp isn't installing. Another messaging service called Hike Messenger also works fine. Please help!
Just tried installing "Advanced Task Manager" and "Advanced Task Killer" to the same result - insufficient storage memory.

simple way to fix the issue http://www.scarletfire.co.uk/fix-android-insufficient-storage-available-problem/

Maybe there is a Dead Data Folder
Download and install SystemCleanup on Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SystemCleanup.Inteks.org&hl=en
ROOT ACCESS necessary
Delete Dead Data Folder for WhatsApp.
insufficient space while updating WhatsApp on CyanogenMod

A "dead data folder" on a new phone after a factory reset is pretty unlikely.

@Izzy, I agree.

I had the same problem for past few weeks. Following solutions worked for me.
It seems a bug in Google play store update.

Goto google play store in Settings >> apps >> all >> Google Play Store
Open by clicking the app
Then click Uninstall Updates.

Now goto play store and install any apps without getting "Insufficient Storage Available".

Well there is no Uninstall Updates option at all. My old phone had one. What can I do now? There are only Force Stop and Disable options available apart from the Clear Cache etc options.

Try to install old versions of play store.

I face this problem many times due to facebook application. It automatically expands its size internally. i have taken some screen shots of this

Do check timings in them... Sometimes even like 5 min interval gap this problem used to occur. But imo you won't be having this problem as internal memory your phone has is quite large.
try this then--->
Settings-->Applications--> All-->
Find Google play store, Google play services and google play services framework.
Open each of them and click "clear data".
Now close every app. A restart Will be good not mandatory though.
Open google play store and "accept" agreement. You can download apps now.


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How can I get my soft-bricked Note 3 to work back
I was messing around with my Note 3's build.prop file to play a game which was created for tablets only.
After I was done with editing I just pasted back my backup build.prop file from sd card and restarted the device. Now all I see is a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 Screen and then everyrthing is black.
I tried to install CWM via odin but CWM wont boot either.
I know I can flash a new ROM with Odin but i don't want to lose my files, any way that i can fix my build.prop back? Or recover my files?
Thanks

CWM is a custom recovery and has nothing to do with your current version of Android. If you just flash your actual firmware with Odin then it shouldn't wipe your /data partition and you keep all your data. Because you actually have CWM installed I suggest doing a Nandroid backup (full backup) of your phone before flashing and/or editing the build.prop file again.

Did you change permissions when putting build.prop back into the system.

Flash your stock rom with odin, you will not loose the files on the internal storage

Please include further details so as to anybody else with minimal knowledge would be able to follow along.

If you need information on how to use ODIN, you can look at what is the ODIN tool and What are the basic function of the checkboxs and buttons in ODIN.

http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/05/89/63496881366755/0/root-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-and-flash-stock-roms-using-odin-for-windows.w654.jpg) then click pda, select the firmware that you have choosen and press start. It's easier to do than to explain.

Or follow this http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-install-restore-stock-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-note-3-all-models/ the model is also written behind the battery and you don't need to enable usb debugging


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LG Optimus G fastboot not working
Alright, I have an LG Optimus G that I'm playing around with and trying to install ubuntu on. I'm following this guide I've done everything up to the point where you enter this into the terminal:
$ adb reboot bootloader

Which just reboots the phone but not into the bootloader.
when I check for adb devices:
$ adb devices
devices attached
LG-LS970-9c07c856   device

And when I run
$ fastboot devices

I get nothing. Any idea how to fix this so that it will reboot into the bootloader?

try using
adb reboot-bootloader

from the adb usage text

adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the bootloader or recovery program
adb reboot-bootloader - reboots the device into the bootloader


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I want to display the sender's name rather than their contact photo within a text message conversation
I want to display the sender's name rather than their contact photo within a text message conversation.  I don't have everyone's contact photograph memorized and I have multiple people with the same contact photograph.  My old Android (version 4.0.4) did display the name within the conversation bubble, my new one (version 4.3) displays a small contact photograph next to the conversation bubble instead of the sender's name.  One friend has some random cat wearing sunglasses as her contact photo....I certainly don't associate that with her and when she changes her contact photo then there will be some other random thing I don't associate with her.  I would prefer to see her name rather than a random cat.  For people who don't have a contact photo or for whom I don't have a photo, it displays a generic outline of a head.

What text app are you using? There's loads free on the play store so that might be the way to go.

The Android one that comes on the phone.  No, I don't want to download another app. Sorry, I thought I was on an Android forum.  Should I ask my Android question elsewhere?

Apps work great when you have a good connection to 4G, 3G, etc., but where I work, I don't (it's edge speed at best, but text messages still come through - so an App is not an option for me).  Phone calls only connect about 50% of the time at work, so I know the connection isn't sufficient to support an App.  I still want to get my text messages while at work as that is how the kids communicate with me.

If you use hangouts, seeing the name in the chat is irrelevant as you see it at the top or at the previous chat(s) overview screen.

I recommend installing an alternative SMS app. Once you have it downloaded you won't need any Internet connection. From your comment

"Apps work great when you have a good connection to 4G, 3G, etc."

you are obviously concerned about Internet speed, but this isn't an issue for an app that sends SMS. It will send and receive your text messages in place of the app you are currently using. I do not mean an Instant Messaging application like Kik or Whatsapp, I mean a dedicated SMS app. The current app you use is provided by whoever made the device (e.g. Samsung or HTC or Sony) and it works in its own way.
By way of an example here is a shot of Google Messenger  where you can see the name at the top of each conversation.

Note: This won't be compatible below Android 4.1 JellyBean so will not suffice in this specific instance, but may be of use to others on the site.
Another good SMS app is Go SMS Pro which is also free on the Play Store.
Google Hangouts can also be used for SMS. There are many great SMS apps on the store, and I'm sure at least one of them will suffice.


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Google Play keeps asking for an account (new or existing) and does not start anymore
Suddenly Google Play stopped working and now it is always asking me to provide an existing account or that i create a new one. When i try to use my existing one, it tells me that that account is already installed on Android and it returns back to the "Provide existing or new account" screen. When i remove that account from my device, it allows me to provide my existing account, we walk through the screens, i skip the credit card screen, and afterwards Play does not start. When i start Play again, it again asks me for an account...
Using the same account within the email app works without problems, syncing contacs, calendar etc. works as well without any issue.
How can i find out whats going wrong with Play now after it worked nicely since i have purchased the device?

Have you tried going to (this may vary slightly depending on device) System>Applications>Play Store and tried clearing the cache and data? Worth a go. You can also get the latest Google Store (and legacy versions) on Android Police. They are signed by Google and I've been using them for years (no affiliation).

yes, i also cleared the cache on Google Play without success. Android Police? never heared about it. Is this a replacement for Google Play?

No it's just http://www.androidpolice.com they carry google apps apk files which you can install, including the play store!

Did you force stop the apps before clearing data/cache? Also do google framework as well. It might take a few minutes or so for google to sync its data for play store to work again. There shouldn't be any issues then.

if i force to stop every google app like play services, play store and google framework, and then clear those caches, and re-run Google Play, it asks me to connect using an existing or new account. When i provide an existing Gmail account (which i use as email on hte devices as well), right after waiting some moments and after confirming the Google usage notice checkbox, Google Play services terminate with a small popup telling me this, and a few seconds later the device tells me that "com.google.process.gapps" has terminated.

I can then only confirm with Ok. After that, when i try to run Google Play, it asks me again to add an Google account...

Can you set to factory defaults?

Got another phone as the Mii died. Motorola seems to be stable for more than 1,5 yrs now, no single issue so far. /Ad off

This worked for me.
go to settings -> apps -> Google play.
Disable the app, uninstall the updates and re-enable it.

Try the above methods...  If they don't work I would recommend you to flash gapps for your device with proper android version and architecture...  This worked out for me. I'm running stock rom and faced the same issues.  Also don't forget to wipe cache from recovery


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can I flash stock sony z2 ROM on my Xolo play 1100 directly
I want to replace my full phone interface with Sony z2 I have both the phones right now. So I was thinking to make a full cwm recovery of my z2 and flash it my xolo.
I know might be it won't work like that but if suppose I download the stock ROM of z2 from internet and correctly flash that to my Xolo will it work. (Can one run another other companies stock ROM on other phone)
Plz advice me the most correct method.
hardware specification of both the phone are approximately same

Please don't do it, unless you were born with the golden spoon in your mouth. Ok on serious note, flashing different device's ROM to another device, will NOT work. It will brick your device. Once I flashed GT-S5570i ROM on GT-5570, My phone was dead, I thought a small "i" wont matter..But it did.
Look Here.


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What would happen if I cleared the data of my Gallery app?
The app says it's using 36.29 GB of data, even though I don't have nearly that much memory on my phone and SD card combined, so I want to get rid of this bug.
My phone is Samsung Galaxy Grand, and it's not rooted.

I would recommend backing up your photos and videos just in case before clearing the data.

Possible duplicate of Is it safe to clear data for gallery?

I have suffered from same prob. Donn't worry, just clear the gallery app data.
When you restart app it takes some time to reload images & video's thumbnails.

Please add some detail and content, as it stands its not a very good answer.

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How do I add a new ROM/ Moto G 2013?
I was flashing a new ROM to my Moto G and I accidentally put a normal file instead of a ZIP file. I accidentally wiped the OS off the phone and I can't get the ROM back onto the phone. Not Sure What To Do. Moto G 2013 I also used twrp

First make sure you have the zip file on the internal storage of the phone or sdcard. Go to recovery and press install zip and then select the ROM zip and install it. Also you may want to wipe cache , data and dalvik cache before installing zip.
This is a bit searchable stuff you should not ask this types of questions , first you can search on Google or search on this very website about similar questions, that will help keeping out duplicate questions , hope you understand me.


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Is root ownership inherited in shell scripts? (rsync via ssh permission denied)
I am running Android Revolution HD 52.0 custom ROM (Android 4.3) with Koush's superuser 1.0.3.0 on a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300.
In the hope of using some native shell applications on my phone for the purpose of backup and synchronization it with my GNU/Linux computers, I installed opkg from here: http://dan.drown.org/android/, and went on to install openssh and rsync. All of the new binaries are in /data/local/bin, and my own scripts are also in /data/local.
Using Jack Palevich's Android Terminal I am able to use rsync via ssh to push files onto my computers from my phone, but only when not logged in as root (ie when I haven't used the 'su' command).
When I run the scripts as root (after running su in the terminal emulator), I get the following error:
rsync: failed to exec ssh: Permission denied (13)
I get the same error message using adb shell + su.
The relevant line from the script is:
/data/local/bin/rsync --itemize-changes --verbose --human-readable \
--log-file=$local_path/log/nbbak-$(date +%F-%H-%M-%S).log \
--recursive --update --times --modify-window=1 \
--rsh="/data/local/bin/ssh -i $keyfile -p $port" \
$local_path/ $remote_path/

local_path is currently /storage/extSdCard. I have added the \ here for readability.
As I said, this operation (rsync put) works when using the script from Palevich's Terminal without su.
My questions are:
What is the problem? Is it about how Android assigns userids to processes? (As I understand it, new processes all run with their own userid. Is this what is happening here - is rsync not actually running as root, so it is not able to launch the ssh process as root either.) Or is something else going on? How could I troubleshoot this? I have tried running logcat, but don't know what I'm looking for.
What might the solution be with my current configuration?
I would like to run rysnc via ssh as root, as although it works in the terminal emulator without su, I am only able to push, not pull files that way, whereas I would hope as root that I could pull files too.

I'm going to attempt a self-answer although it is something of a Frame Challenge / XY problem situation.
I never found out what exactly was the problem with the configuration I had, however I was able to get what I wanted, ie fully integrated command-line ssh / rsync / bash scripting etc. by installing CyanogenMod 11 on my Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300, as these and more command-line tools come as standard and are evidently properly set up so as to avoid the odd problems I experienced on my previous configuration.


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Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3...trying to change notification sound
Phone has an annoying notification sound that I cannot get rid of.  Want to completely delete off my system if possible.  I've gone into settings under Sound and it has a different sound than the one that plays.  I have also changed to Apex Launcher and have no idea if that creates a problem.  I have gone into the Contacts and also changed the message alert but that hasn't made any difference. Can you please help before I lose my mind any further?

Just go to Settings->Sound & Notifications->Notification Sound and select None or whatever you like.
Samsung's settings application may have renamed some things but in theory that should do it.
If you don't like any notification sound and ring tone then you might want to set your ring tone volume to 0.


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i try to download games on my tablet and it keeps saying no space on device
I try to download games and it always say insufficient space on device what should I do. Google play or play store

You should ocassionally go to Settings -> Storage -> Cached Data and clear it, because over time it could use up more than a GB of storage. Of course, no need to do it to often as Android uses it to find data faster, only when it gets to big.

Go to "settings" and then "Storage", you'll see how much 'System Space' is left. You can uninstall useless app to make room for the game or go to "Files" and cleanup junk folders and files.


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Wifi and data keeps turning on
i did a recent update off some apps a few days ago and ever since my wifi and data keeps turning on no matter  how many times i turn them off... Then on the other hand, sometimes it turns off and stays off for  while, only to turn again randomly. it's really annoying and killing my battery, plus the data usage is killing my wallet as well! i don't know what's causing it...
i'm using apex launcher and i thought it might be causing the problem (since it's recent update) but switching to my previous launcher (htc sense) didn't make a difference... i don't wanna go and delete my launcher since i've made quite some customizations and don't wanna do it all over again.
can somebody help me, please?

Assuming it's an app doing that (which is not unlikely), you'd first need to identify which app that might be. Uninstalling all of them would be a bit hard, so let's try a different approach – and narrow down the candidates.
To be able to change your device's network state, that app would need specific permissions. Which are CHANGE_WIFI_STATE for WiFi resp. CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE for your mobile data. So check your installed apps for those having that permission. You can do so by looking up each of them in the "my apps" section of Google Play – or you use a Permission Checker.
There's e.g. Permission Friendly Apps, being very permission-friendly itself (requiring not a single one). It presents you with a list of all your installed apps, and even marks them according to their "permission-friendlyness". Tapping the entry of an app reveals its permissions.

Permission Friendly Apps and aSpotCat inform about permissions your apps request (click images for larger variants)
Better suited for our purpose here is aSpotCat. As you can see in the screenshot, it lets you browse apps by permission – perfect to find your candidates.
Once you've narrowed down the list of installed apps to those having the necessary permissions, check that for apps you've recently installed or updated (i.e. just before the trouble started). Hopefully that leaves as few candidates as possible, best only one. Those you need to get rid of, at least temporarily, one by one – until your trouble ends. The last app disabled must be the one having caused the issue.
Before "kicking it" completely, check its settings. Maybe it was just a new feature introduced, and you can turn it off. If not: the app stores are full of alternatives, watch out for those. And take care of permissions before installing one of those ;)

I had a recent issue with this problem that keeps turning my wifi and data on by itself. Ive tried everything including that connection optimizer which doesnt exist in my phone because im from Germany then I just decided to install AVG updated it and run a quick scan, immediately after there were several risk and the first one was an app installed which was very fishy to me so i uninstalled it the rest i just change the setting. That solved the problem. Maybe because im always downloading apps from different sites outside google play that it could have brought some malware. Im glad ive installed AVG i was already planning to factory reset my Note 5.


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Changing vibration intensity for system on Lollipop?
Currently the vibration intensity in my Lollipop ROM is too high, even for things like haptic feedback. This is a problem with most ROMs on my device (Xiaomi Mi3W), and was fixed in 4.4 with an alteration to framework-res.apk here, but I can find no information on what files were changed. The only this I can find is here on xda-developers forum, but this is for GB and neither the LP or KK framework-res have that xml file. I cannot replace the LP framework with the KK framework because I am guessing it will just cause bootloops/force closes.
Does anyone know of a system modification that be changed to lower system vibrations for everything? The modification can be in the source or compiled ROM.
Thanks

Settings> Sound & notification> Other sounds> Vibrator intensity.

Many manufacturers modify Android to add their own settings, meaning that settings on your specific phone may be different or missing altogether on another.  "Vanilla" Android 5.0 does not have a "Vibrator intensity" setting under the options you mentioned.  Please make sure to mention your specific phone make and model when giving such answers.

Motorola is reputed to use a relatively vanilla Android, and version 6.0.1 on the Moto G4 does not have any vibration intensity settings.  It has only Other sounds -> Vibrate on touch: on or off.   I only hope Nougat will allow more customization.


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Where are the captions stored for images that are sent or recieved in WhatsApp?
When sending images in WhatsApp, there is an option to add caption to it. This caption is visible on image, at the receiving end, but when this image is copied or forwarded, only image is sent? (although the selection shows image caption also selected)
Is the image caption not in the image file itself Or its stored separately somewhere locally and so that part is dropped?
How can I forward the image along with its caption?

Please add your cell phone platform (Android, iOS, etc). Unfortunately the app have some disparities between them.

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-forward-an-image-with-captions-in-WhatsApp/answer/Vishnu-M-Aiea

This is a bug in Whatsapp. It should send both image and caption.
It's present both in Android and iPhone versions. Doesn't matter if you user the FORWARD ("Arrow/Forward") or the SHARE feature, both loose the original caption.
You and everyone with this problem can (and should) send a bug report thru the app by accessing the Settings panel > help > Contact us.

"but when this image is copied or forwarded, only image is sent":

Well, This is not true, as selected image along with conversation can be forwarded from Conversation/Chat.
May be your WhatsApp App version is bit old? I tested this on mine(App version:2.11.432, Running on Android 4.2)
To Answer your specific question: Below can be steps

Select Image along with caption that you wants to forward.
Choose "Arrow/Forward" Button. This will open "Select contact" screen.
Click "OK" when asked about forwarding to selected contact.

And this should forward image from conversation/chat along with Image's caption to intended recipient.

I have the same problem. I updated it to the latest version, yet the problem persists

When you  re-forward follow this step:
Instead of forwarding the message directly from WhatsApp (using right Arrow on top right) use Share button -> Choose WhatsApp and add the caption again!

This is the workaround I found: instead of forwarding select share,
-> then select Whatsapp -> select contact or group -> type caption again on image... too much effort but will work for emergencies.
Links to similar issues reported
How can I send WhatsApp's image captions to email with images?
http://www.androidpit.com/app/com.whatsapp/problem-in-forwarding-picture-messages-with-some-text-in-it


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Restore S-Memo files
A few days ago my Samsung Galaxy S4 asked to uodate the Samsung Account application which I accepted. After that all me S-Memo files are gone. They aren't in me SD-Card/S-Memo folder. And when I open S-Memo and choose import I can't choose Samsung account. The Memo's are still on my Samsung backup account. When I go to settings/account/samsung/used storage I see 2.85 mb of S-Memo files. When I click on that it asks me which files I want to delete but I don't want to delete them. I want them back. When I go to the account tab in settings again there's a option called cloud with which I can restore files from the Samsung cloud but I only can choose between, logfiles, mms, sms and wallpapers. I definitely need the memo files back. Does anybody knows how I can get them back from the Samsung server. Luckily they aren't completely lost.
Thanks in advance,

I know this is an old question but i just updated my phone software and lost my SMemo's. Dont know how many other people would still be updating old software but in any case, here's where I found them on my phone:
My Files>Application>SMemo>Switcher
Also, when i connected my laptop to the phone they could be found in:
Phone>Application>SMemo>Switcher


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Galaxy S3 keeps switching wifi settings to use a manual proxy
I get no internet connection message.  I go to wifi settings, and something has changed it to use a manual proxy setting.  I don't have a proxy server.  it's a home network.  I switch it to no proxy, save, and all is good for about a minute, maybe less.  I look at network settings, and boom, it's using a manual proxy again.  How do I stop this?

There's either an app that's controlling this setting, or malware. On Windows behavior like this is caused by malware 9 out of 10 times, but on Android I'd suspect that some app is the likely culprit.
For a list of apps with permissions to monkey around with your settings, go to Settings→Security→Device Administrators. Anything listed there that has a checked box on the right has permissions to control settings on your device. See if there is anything in the list that stands out, such as security software or network-related software. Try to isolate which one is the culprit by unchecking the enabled device administrators one at a time and then checking whether changes you make to the proxy settings stick.

I did a quick search on this and I'm seeing that Kaspersky Mobile Security comes up frequently as an app that makes changes to the WiFi proxy settings revert to "Manual" with a localhost IP address (127.0.0.1). Is that the IP address you're seeing, and do you have Kaspersky Mobile Security installed?
According to this thread in the Kaspersky support forums, there was a known bug related to this issue in version 10.4.45. A Kaspersky rep said it would be fixed in the next version in June 2013, but according to this thread in the Vodafone forums there was still an issue with this in a later version:

Thanks for your suggestions guys, I think I have solved this one.  I found other people were having the same issue who were using Kaspersky Mobile Security.  I've just uninstalled it  (version 10.4.47) and not only has this issue completely gone, another weird issue I was having where the WiFi connection took 3 - 4 attempts before it settled on a connection has also gone. Happy bunny.
I need an internet security app though so I may try that Lookout app you mentioned.

I'm not familiar with Kaspersky Mobile Security, so I can't tell you whether that means that the behavior of changing proxy settings is itself a bug that has not been fixed, or that there used to be a more specific bug with this feature but the behavior in general is part of the functionality of the app. However, I can tell you that I've been using Lookout for about a year and haven't had this or any other problem with it.

Another app was my thought too. I'm just not sure whether it requires device-admin to do that (a dev might be able to tell), though it sounds right to me. I initially thought of the CHANGE_WIFI_STATE or WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permissions (which can't hurt to check for as well), but at least for the former I'm not sure if that could do a thing like that.


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Can a flashed rom leave behind artifacts?
I found a few "unofficial" Lollipop ROMS floating around the internet.
I don't know how reliable are they, or how many viruses are there.
All I want to do is to play with it a little. I'm thinking of making an NANDROID backup, flashing the rom, playing with it a little (with no private information placed there), and restoring the NANDROID.
Is this safe? Can a malicious Rom writer intercept any attempt to flash a Recovery and keep itself on the phone (sort of like a rootkit)?

I have never heard of malicious roms. Also, for a hacker it would be easier to just write a rootkit for the system. Anyways, just test a rom which has already been tested by a big number of people

I don't agree with the other posters and would say: "in theory yes!". The eMMC of today's phones is partitioned in a lot of partitions. For instance, the Nexus 4 has around 25 partitions. When you install a ROM, it typically only touches system, recovery, userdata, internal sd (if on separate partition), cache and boot. But since the ROM has full root access, it could write to just any partition and e.g. even manipulate your modem stack.
In practice, I didn't hear about a ROM which attempted that. And I if a ROM contains malicious code, it will only reside in system, boot or recovery.
My advice to be sure: before flashing, dump all partitions and compute their checksums so you can see which were modified by the ROM.

No, it can't.
As long as you don't flash any new firmware files (like we have to do with the HTC One M8 to get it on lollipop) you should be fine with a nandroid backup.
Long story short, if you only flash via recovery and not via fastboot etc. you should be fine.

I would add that, even via bootloader (fastboot), you can replace a rom as, before flashing, any tool erases everything in the system partition.

Not if flashing the bootloader via fastboot. Then I assume it could potentially wreck the ability to boot the other nandroid backup?

Wait, one thing is flashing a rom, another is flashing a bootloader

But a firmware could potentially update the bootloader too? Depending on what's bundled in the firmware?

Well, basically yes, but messing up creating a new bootloader is not so easy, and most of the users would never use it as it is a common rule to flash a new rom in recovery, nobody would download it

Nope. But it's necessary on e.g. the HTC One M8, for all the Lollipop roms to run correctly.
But I think we agree :-)


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insufficient storage space when running updates on S4 mini
my s4 mini keeps trying to run an update but everytime I allow it to, a message pops up saying that I dont have the 539mb (or something like that) in my internal memory or sd card. But I have deleted and moved a lot of things around and now have over 600mb in my internal and still over 6Gb on the sd card.
What do I do?

The same thing troubled me yesterday on my friends phone. Then I have cleared much more than needed, so I was able to proceed, but then got another error: "Can't read SD card" or something like that. Installations were set to install on internal memory so i don't know the reason of this error.

David, you might wish to check our insufficient-memory tag-wiki. Next to some basic explanations, it also contains some first-aid and links to related information. See if that helps, and then please [edit] your question to include what you've tried and where you're stuck – or answer your own question if you were able to solve your issue. Good luck!


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Is it possible to print from an Android device (Samsung Galaxy Tab 3) via mini-USB to USB adapter?
I know you can hook up your printer to the wireless router and connect and print from the Android device via HP ePrint software. But is there a way to simply connect a device directly to the printer via USB and start printing? If not, what is missing? Linux drivers? A general printing interface? (I don't know how any of this works, so I'm taking wild guesses.) Printer is an HP LaserJet 2840, by the way.

First of all, the device should have enabled the OTG in software and of course available as hardware. The other thing, that it misses is Drivers for sure. Maybe you could print out some photos from your phone, if there is an option to connect it as a PTP device directly to your printer, if your printer offers printing through PTP interface.

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system files application
How to open/access app file folder such as; device;sdcard;emulater0; sdcard emulater; and what do they mean?  when i try to open them it says "doesn't have app to view" What is a good app to get to view them? do i need to do it on a computer? Also  Facefile says no media with a bunch of letters  What is this?; How to view Thumbnailsin the file folder?  thank you in advance for any help with this. i have a samsung Galaxy s3

I would try ES File Explorer. It's a really useful manager and could probably open it.
If not, you can use Root Explorer. Yes, you will need root, and yes, it costs, money. But if you change your system files a lot it's a really great tool. Plus, you have a 2 hour trial period after you purchase, so if it doesn't work you can get a refund.

First off you need to root your device and after that you can download root explorer(paid) to acess that file
You can download via torrent if you don't wanna pay for the app
For root you can check xda developers


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Lost my phone. Can I still locate it?
So I lost my phone a few days ago. Either somebody found it, or it is somewhere in the snow, soaked with water.
It's a Nexus 4 running CM12 nightly with GPS completely turned off. Google's Android Device Manager shows last online time to be January 10th, which is the day I lost the phone.
It says "Location unavailable" and nothing more. AFAIK, it should show that my GPS is turned off, or that I disabled google location reporting, but it shows none of it. Does this mean my device is turned off -or- wiped?
Can I somehow check the exact last online time (hh:mm) ?
I don't have any tracking apps installed.
Is it possible to locate it by using the IMEI?

How would a disconnected service know that lack of locatability is due to GPS off, or the device has GPS on but it sits in an inaccessible place? There is no distinction. Just like the analogy: I can't see. Is it because I'm blind or just eyes closed?

What do you mean by completely turned off? Remember that without gps any app will only get a radius around your phone but less than 40 meters is very unlikely


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TouchWiz Air View no longer expanding / "exploding" home screen folders
The TouchWiz Air View feature on my Samsung Galaxy S4 used to provide a very cool feedback feature where holding a finger over a home screen folder without actually touching it would cause the folder icon to expand / "explode" and show a clearer picture of everything that is in the folder before actually opening it.
This is no longer working, and I cannot figure out why.  (It is not critical by any means, but it is annoying me that I cannot figure it out.)  How can I and the other users impacted by this (below) fix this?
Since I can't get it working again, I can't post my own picture to better demonstrate what is expected - but the forum thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730260 ("[Q] Air view for folders in GS4 I9505") describes my exact same issue and includes several screenshots - though it is also unsolved.
Another reference to the same issue also exists at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601067&page=63 ("KitKat 4.4 thread", buried in 227 pages).
"Air view" and all of its options are ON under the "My device" settings, and working elsewhere as advertised in the other applications.  (I even tried turning it off and back on.)  It is only the home screen folders that are no longer working.  I've tried rebooting.  I even used the "Force stop", "Clear cache", and "Clear data" options from the Application Manager for "TouchWiz home" (Version 4.4.4-I337UCUFNJ4) - and while this caused everything else on the home screen to reset to defaults (requiring me to re-place all my icons and widgets), it did nothing to resolve the issue.
I have not applied any device / firmware updates since this stopped working - though I'm uncertain if anything came through Google Play automatic updates that would have caused this (I haven't installed new anything recently).  There was a "Samsung Galaxy" update on 2014-12-19, and a "Samsung account" update on 2014-12-29...
Stock AT&T firmware, Android 4.4.4, SGH-I337, Build Number KTU84P.I337UCUFNJ4.


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How to retrieve file from broken samsung
I have a broken Samsung Express GT-I8730 which keeps rebooting every 5 sec.
There is no sd card in the phone but I need the pictures that are on the phone.
In recovery mode, the phone is not seen by the computer.
I cannot copy the photos because it reboots to fast.
Is there any way to retrieve them without starting up the phone?

Have you tried a different battery, on the off chance this one is borked?

I dont have another battery. Also I dont think it is the battery because in recovery mode it does not reboot

I'd suggest trying a new battery anyway. Keep in mind that there's more than one way a battery can go bad. If the battery can't hold a charge, then the recovery and splash screens won't run either, of course. However, it could be that the battery can hold a charge but the voltage has dropped to a level that's sufficient for recovery and startup graphics, but once the OS starts the current is insufficient so it crashes within seconds. Mobile device batteries are dirt cheap, so it's worth a try before giving up on the phone.

Case in point, I had a Samsung phone start rebooting at random times while running, and at one point it stopped completing the boot process. I could go into recovery (stock and custom), and if I tried to boot to the system, it would go through the startup animations, stay at the bright red Verizon splash screen for about 15 seconds, then restart. Over and over and over. So it obviously had enough charge to show the startup graphics multiple times, but the OS couldn't run. I swapped the battery and it never happened again. Also, I put that battery in another phone and the same thing happened.

And is it possible to measure the amount of volts to be sure? If so.. Do you perhaps know how many volts the battery need to support?

If you had Auto Backup turned on in Google Photos, you can retrieve them through your browser at https://plus.google.com/photos.

No I dont have a backup


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Samsung galaxy S4 Blacked out Screen need to retreive files
Anyone know how to get photos/files from a galaxy 4 that has a broken / blacked out screen - Ive tried every method possible ive read online and im getting no-were and ready to scream ...I cant seem to unlock the screen to allow a computer to extract files - Ive pluged the phone into multiple computers it wont read the phone...ive tried the Kies Program...the Samsung recovery system - can I plug the phone into something and see the screen separate from the phone?

Your phone can be turned on and off? Your pc recognize your phone by making any sound?
You don't say what caused your phone screen to break but anyway you can try to do an ADB recovery or an nand backup just google for if and you find many tutorials

I can hear it turn on and off ...I dropped the phone and the LCD broke Im not sure if a ADB recovery would work....does the technology exist to plug into the phone ...mirror the screen and get what I need

The ADB recovery will work since it does not require you to do anything on your screen just your device turned on...google for "adb recovery s4" for detailed steps

And yes you can easily mirror the screen of your phone to your tv using and hdmi cable but still need to use the touch of the phone to click and etc


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Bluetooth Watch that can control the music playback of an android device?
I know shopping questions are kind of offtopic here, but for the life of me, I cannot find a bluetooth watch that can control the music playback of the phone.
I've seen watches that sync the music from the phone to the watch and all that, but I don't need that! I don't want music in my watch, I want to be able to leave my phone connected to some speakers, and control the music from the watch.
Most bluetooth earphones can control this, so it should be deadly easy to create an app that does this from the watch!

I'm pretty sure that all Android Wear watches can control a music player. I own a Moto 360, and whenever i launch GPM to play some music, a card appears on my watch to control it. This should be the case with any music player available on Android.


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Is there any trick to set ADBD to work on TCP/IP on a non-rooted device?
What I want is to control a device from remote:

turn display on/off,
launch a specified application (clock),
open a website.

On a rooted device, I've installed a SSHD app, then I logged in to the device:
su
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
stop adbd
start adbd

Then I can launch adb on my computer, connect to the device and perform various adb commands.
Can I do this on a non-rooted device? I've found that setprop requires root access.
Or, is there any app, which have TCP/WWW interface to do such things? (I've installed an IP camera app, which have URL interface for turning the camera LED on/off, beside usual camera functions, e.g. make snapshot.)

Does this answer your question? ADB connect to a device via TCP/IP

You can try this command, it restarts adbd on the android device after setting the tcp/ip port to the value you want (5555/tcp is a default) :
$ adb tcpip 5555

Try adb shell command. It gives you super user permissions in the connected device.

But I can't adb until I have not set to tcp mode.

If I set adb to TCP/IP mode, will it revert to USB mode at next boot?

Please add some detail or steps to make this a complete answer.


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Tablet and old Nexus don't appear in device manager
I have three devices, a nexus 5 that I use daily and a Nexus 7 and 4. The last time I used Android Device Manager I could see all three. Now I looked but I can only see the N5. The other two (N7 and N5) don't show up. Tried both on the app on the N5 and in Chrome on the PC.
I want to see when my N7 was last seen because it bricked a while back (probably within the warranty period) and I just sent it in for repairs (outside warranty period). If I have a screenshot I can prove it broke within the warranty.
Does anyone here know how I can get the N7 to show up in Device Manager again? Or any other trick how I can prove  when it last worked?
Thanks GJ

If anyone has a similar problem, I was able to see the last seen date for all my devices here:
https://play.google.com/settings


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HTC One M8 Screen Broke
Not sure if this goes here but I don't see any other section where it would go really. About a week ago, I found a HTC One M8 is a creek when I was hiking. I took it out and when I got home I placed it in rice for about 2 days. When I took it out, the battery worked fine because of the charging signal. I let it charge for about 8 hours and the signal is still there. The screen won't power up. Any tips on how to fix the screen without going inside the phone? Thanks.

The charging light means little - chances are it's completely non-functional except for the charging light itself.
However, you could check if it's booting and just the screen is dead by connecting it to a PC and observing whether the PC detects anything.  If just the screen is dead, the PC should still see it as an external storage device.  If the PC sees a USB device, you may be able to check further into its health by connecting via adb. However, keep in mind that these come in both Android and Windows Mobile varieties, and adb isn't going to work with Windows Mobile (there may be a logo on the back indicating which).
As far as fixing the screen if that's the only problem, there's no way to do it without opening the device and replacing the faulty component(s). Search YouTube and the like for teardown guides. However, given the device's exposure to the elements, there could be more faulty than can be replaced. Screen replacements are typically done for cracked digitizers, while your device may have fried graphics chips, etc., and changing the screen would be an expensive, time consuming, and fruitless endeavor.
Finally, although I don't know the circumstances of your find, I would point out that the device's IMEI (or equivalent) can be used by the carrier to return it to the rightful owner. If it's branded with a carrier's name, take it to the nearest store for that carrier and they can easily look up who owns it and get it back to them. Just sayin'.

I found it in Arizona and I live in Alabama so even if I could get it back to the owner they've probably already gotten a new phone. I'll do that though if I can get the phone running. Thanks for the tips.


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What is Android's sleep mode
Many developers speak of Android's sleep mode.
When exactly the device goes into sleep mode ?
What is st standby mode ?
How standby and sleep mode are different (or related)?
When the device goes to standby ?
What are the factors deciding whether standby or sleep mode ?
Is there any thing called deep sleep ? (or deep standby), If so, info on it please...
What services are shut down in sleep mode ?
What will happen to the shut services on device wakeup.
Consider I am downloading a file using ES Downloader, and gives the hide option.
Say it's a huge file like 100mb,
CASE 1 :
My device screen dims, then screen turns off, but not locked.
CASE 2 :
My device screen dims, then screen turns off, and it goes to locked state.

Typically, you should only ask one question. Now, that one question could be inclusive to include what it is, and when does it happen, for example. But you are unlikely to get an answer to this because in order to fully answer, the person would have answer 9 different questions.

A few to much questions for a single post, though they are mostly related. Let's roll up from the end:
Deep Sleep is a state where the CPU has "nothing to do at all". Depending on the tasks the device has to perform, CPU runs in different "speeds" (frequencies). Say you've got a 1 GHz CPU, that doesn't mean it permanently runs at 1 GHz (and eats your battery); it will only "fully power up to that" if there is demand for it. On average, it will run on much lower frequencies, down to ~50 MHz. If there's really nothing to do, the system will "send it to sleep", and set a timer to wake it up later. This state is called "deep sleep".
Your device goes to Standby only when you've turned the display off, never when the display is turned on. IMHO "Standby" and "Sleep mode" are synonyms. But switching off your display is not the only criterium for entering Standby. Depending on your device's settings and apps currently started/running, e.g. running downloads might continue, as well as other "ongoing calculations". The "locked state" usually has nothing to do with it: that's rather a "security measure" against "unwanted access".
What services are stopped when you switch off the screen is something no generic answer can be given to: this very much differs not only between devices and Android versions, but also depends on what apps you have installed and how they're programmed/configured.
As for your specific example: This again depends. Say you've switched off mobile data, and run your download on WiFi. Your "WiFi Standby Policy" is set to cut the connection when the screen is turned off. Results for your download should be obvious then :)

Note that this answer most likely is incomplete, as the topic is rather complex – and your number of questions don't make it easy to answer in a short manner.

Can you differentiate screen dimming ,screen goes to off but not locked and screen goes off with locked

Screem dimming has nothing to do with it, neither has locking (the latter I've already pointed out in my answer).


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Will my tablet work with a device which says it must have Bluetooth 4.0?
The title pretty much says it all. If a Bluetooth compatible device claims to require v4.0, will my table running Android 4.4. with Bluetooth v2.1 work with it?
This is the device in question: AwoX SmartLIGHT
Thanks.

Did your try my answer? Was it util? If so, mark it as answered, please.

The first answer that comes to my mind is NO. If it needs Bluetooth 4.0 and your tablet supports 2.1 then it won't work.
One of the advantages of Bluetooth 4.0 over 2.1 is its velocity (35 mbps vs 3), so if the device you are talking about relies on this data flow then it won't work properly.
Bluetooth is backwards compatible, so if your tablet would have Bluetooth 4.0 and your device is v2.1 then everything would work nicely.
It can happens that the device you're taking about is Bluetooth 4.0 just because it's new and doesn't make use of all its capabilities, so if you can you should try it personally. My answer is a NO, I insist, but if it's free you could try.

authors: Евгений Семашко


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If the owner installs an app can a secondary profile use it?
It appears that in Lollipop secondary user profiles can no longer install APKs from unknown sources.
So, if I install an APK from the owner profile, can I give a secondary profile access to that app?
Suggested tag: secondary-profile

Yes, as long as the user is a Restricted User.  When you first create the user, you must choose "Restricted User".  Then you can choose what apps the user can access (4.2 style).

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Unable to add exchange email account on LG G3 with Android 4.4.2
I keep getting the message "Login information incorrect. Try again". But the login info is most definitely correct. My work IT department confirmed the domain, port, and server address, and my username/pword were correct. Online search results showed this may be a known issue going back more than a year as described here: http://windowsitpro.com/blog/kitkat-causes-activesync-headaches-android-users, but none of the fixes described seem to apply to my phone. Does anyone have any suggestions?

No problems here with exchange account on LG G3.  I'd double check the domain, port, and server address!  Follow these steps:  http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-113047/

Login to your email on the Web.  Check Settings > Options . There might be an option such as "Connect Devices & Apps with POP".  Ensure that this is set to Enable.
I had the same issue when setting up a Windows Live email on an LG G3.  Once the POP setting was Enabled, the email email account set up worked fine.
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How to schedule power on & off on a tablet?
I have an Asus TF303CL with KitKat.
I'd like to use it as my alarm clock, but it seems that the alarm cannot sound if the tablet is turned off during the night.
On my previous android smartphone (a chinese phone with gingerbread) I could simply go to settings and set the time at which the phone would turn off and the time at which the phone would turn on in the morning, so my phone was completely turned off during the night (it was not in airplane mode, it was turned off), turned on 5 minutes before the alarm and the alarm could sound.
How can I achieve the same effect with this tablet?
I've already checked the settings but I cannot find any entry similar to what I had on the old phone.
I know it's possible, since I've been able to do that for 2 years with a basic chinese smartphone; surely this brand new tablet can do everything that old phone could do. Maybe rooting the device is required for such a functionality?

Just because one phone had the option to do that, doesn't mean every device is made that way!  This isn't a common feature on most phones.

Possible duplicate of Does the alarm work when my phone is turned off?

@eldarerathis It's not a duplicate of that question. If you read my question you'll realize I know perfectly well that the alarm application can't, by itself, work if the phone/tablet is off. That's exactly why I'm asking how to automatically schedule on & off, so that the tablet can be turned on at the right time for the alarm to sound. And this, I stress, is possible. A valid answer to this question should either 1) provide a means of doing this or 2) provide a means to determine whether a particular device support this feature or not.

I did read your question. You want the alarm to work even when the device is shut off. How you get from A to B does not seem material to the question, and if such a workaround existed then it would also be an entirely valid answer to the linked question. You have the exact same underlying goal. And, as an aside: no matter how much you "stress that it's possible", it doesn't mean that it actually is. Your older device supported this apparently, but that's totally irrelevant to your current device. It may work on both, but there is no guarantee that it will.

Alternatively, see Alarm which could Ring even when Device is Off, or even more discussion of the feasibility of this at What's the reason that the alarm clock isn't working when the phone is turned off?


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Rooting An HTC Droid DNA Phone on Verizon Network
I have a Droid DNA, running on the Verizon network. I would like to root this phone so I can use some of the more advanced features of Tasker; however, I am very fearful of "bricking" my phone. I see many approaches, which concerns me, because I would feel more comfortable if I could be sure process X is the one to use and works. Here are the particulars of my phone:
Model:  Droid DNA
Model #: HTC6435LVW
Android Version: 4.4.2
HTC Sense Version: 5.5
Software # (Build #): 4.09.605.5
Baseband Version: 1.02.01.0818
Kernel Version: 3.4.10-gc345f6f and @ABM101 #1 SMP PREEMPT

Can anyone advise me as to the best approach to take, even if it means there is no current software to root my phone with the version it has?
Thanks, FDijohn

Related: How do I root my android device?. The device is specifically not in that question/answer, but there are many generic methods that may work for this device.

Thanks Ryan, but I a very leery of trying any generic approach for the fear of "bricking" my phone, which is why I was hoping someone who actually rooted their Droid DNA phone could tell me the steps and software they used.

Posts say RevOne works. But I did not look at what the steps are.

I know this is late, and you probably have already rooted it. I'm going to go ahead and answer this for other people's benefit.
I understand the problems, because I have an HTC One M7, Verizon branded. Kingroot
(Which can be found here) worked for my Samsung Galaxy S3, which was running Kitkat (4.4.2). If that one does not work, try Kingoroot.They are both reliable, and should work. If you want functionality, use kingroot, but if it is a good UI, use kingoroot. They both are similiar, so it should not matter too much.
Hope this helps.
PS.
If none of that works, then you might want to cough up the $25 for Sunshine S-OFF. It should root , and S-OFF.


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Problem PC stopped seeing S4
My S4 has suddenly stopped to connect to any computer. I tried with 3 different cables and 2 PC's with win7. I can't see it as a hard-drive. I can't see it in the device manager either (should I)?
Any help would be welcome.
Many thanks!

What about connecting with Kies? Does that work?

Uninstall the drivers from Samsung and download and install then again on your PC this seems to be an driver problem. If this not resolve your problem come back and I can suggest other options.
Does your phone recharge when plugged in?
Any sound on your PC when you connect or any notification on your phone about being connected via USB?

Thank you for your answer.
The phone is charging and there is a beep when I connect it to the pc. I tried to connect it to other pc's where no Android were ever connected and I couldn't see it ether. Tried to reinstall the driver but nothing yet.


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Can i use my android device as a windows touch pad?
i want to use my android device as a touch pad for windows like ipad and other tablet device do for designing what should i do for this problem

There are plenty of ways to do this. Here is what I recommend:
Remote Mouse: It's an Android App/Windows Program that serves that exact purpose, and has a clean UI.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hungrybolo.remotemouseandroid&hl=en
You can also use a remote desktop app like Splashtop or Chrome Remote Desktop, these will let you actually display your computer screen on your Android device no matter where you are.


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My Files app is missing
My files app is not on my home screen and don't know how to find it because I am sure it was there and don't know how or why it disappeared so I really hope someone can help me please. Thanks Sue


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App Permission and Force stop
Hello everybody :) I would be very grateful if you could answer my questions.
1- If the app has as a permission : Read and send text messages (SMS or MMS). Does it include  whatsapp and viber messages ?
2 - If I force stop an app, does it mean that the app's permissions are also disabled ?
Thank You

SMS and MMS are general, system wide messages available through the Android API. Messages by any third-party app are independent from that and cannot be retrieved without reading the original database files containing those messages. (Which basically means it involves a rooted device/root permissions)
If you force close an app it is shut down and doesn't run. It does not remove any permissions what also means that another app may launch that app and that app may read your messages then.

Apps that don't run are not doing anything but the permissions persist. Using an application that is able to manage those permissions can revoke those permissions permanently.

I truly thank you for taking the time that you did to give me clear answers :D


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I accidentally reset my user data on my phone, can I get it back?
I forgot my password to my phone and it reset all my data, is there any way possible to get back my lost data?
Thank You.

No, you will not be able to get your data back.  This is security, and is by design.  Some of your data will be backed up to the cloud (like your contacts are synced to GMail for instance).  Anything on your device (pictures, SMS history, etc) are lost forever.